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Full name John Wakefield Holder
Born March 19, 1945, Superlative, St George, Barbados
Current age 63 years 244 days
Major teams Hampshire
Nickname Benson, Hod
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Umpire
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Combermere High School, Barbados; Rochdale College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
47
49
14
374
33
10.68
0
0
12
0
List A
40
26
8
114
25
6.33
0
0
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
47
7098
3415
139
7/79
24.56
2.88
51.0
5
1
List A
40
1860
1213
46
3/18
3/18
26.36
3.91
40.4
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1968 - 1972
List A span
1969 - 1972
Umpiring statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 19-22, 2001 scorecard
Test matches
11
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sep 4, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Pakistan at Leeds, Jun 17, 2001 scorecard
ODI matches
19
ODI statistics
Profile
John Holder was a brisk right-arm seamer who played for Hampshire between 1968 and 1972. His best season was in 1970 when he took 55 wickets at 23.27, but his most impressive performance came in 1972 when he took 6 for 49 and 7 for 79 against Gloucestershire and a month later took a hat-trick against Kent. Between 1974 and 1982 he was a professional in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Leagues, and in 1983 he joined the first-class umpires panel. He stood in his first Test in 1988, and in the next three years officiated in nine more, including four with John Hampshire in Pakistan for the series against India as one of the first neutral umpiring appointments. His final appearance came in 2001, after a ten-year absence. That summer he also umpired in the last of his 19 ODIs. His other claim to fame was that in 1987 he and Don Oslear came up with the idea of a bowl-out after the Tilcon Trophy final had been washed out after organisers requested them to think of a way of finding a winner other than a toss of the coin. The idea was subsequently introduced into all ECB competitions.
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