Robert Arthur White (born 6 October 1936) is a former English first-class cricketer and umpire.[1]
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| Full name | Robert Arthur White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1936 (1936-10-06) (age 85) Fulham, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1958 to 1965 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 to 1980 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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White joined the Lord's staff at 15 after leaving school. In 1955 and 1956 he did his National Service, mainly in Cyprus.[2]
He made his county debut in 1958 with Middlesex, where he played as a batsman. He had his most successful season in 1963 when he scored 1355 runs, the only time he reached 1000 runs in a season.[3] He was awarded his county cap during the season.[4]
In 1966 White moved to Nottinghamshire, where he developed his off-spin and played as an all-rounder.[5] His best bowling season was 1971, when he was the county's most successful bowler.[6] He took 81 wickets, and achieved his best figures of 7 for 41 against Derbyshire; he had taken 10 wickets for 51 in the match when rain washed out play early on the third day.[7][8] He made his highest score of 116 not out against Surrey in 1967, when he and Mike Smedley set a Nottinghamshire record of 204 for the seventh wicket after the score had been 64 for 6.[9]
In his final years at Nottinghamshire, White was manager and captain of the Second XI.[2] In his second-last first-class match, against Derbyshire in 1980, he took 4 for 33 in the first innings and 6 for 24 in the second, when Nottinghamshire dismissed Derbyshire for 54 and won by 89 runs.[10]
In 1983 White began an 19-year career as a first-class umpire. He umpired 314 first-class and 323 List A matches before retiring after the 2001 season.[11] His most important appointments were to umpire several quarter-finals of the county one-day competitions.[12]