Richard Callaway (umpire)

Richard Callaway, known as "Dick", (2 August 1860 – 19 March 1935 at Sydney, New South Wales) was a cricket Test match umpire. Callaway's younger brother Sydney played Test cricket for Australia.

He umpired 3 Test matches between Australia and England in the 1901/02 season. Umpiring threatened to be controversial in this series, with England captain Archie MacLaren demanding the right to appoint one of the two umpires for the first Test match, at Sydney from 13 December to 16 December 1901; the New South Wales Cricket Association at first passed a resolution asserting its right to appoint both umpires, but then rescinded the resolution while confirming Callaway as its umpire for the match.[1] In the event, MacLaren did not pursue his demand, and Callaway stood with Bob Crockett from the Victorian Cricket Association umpires' list in a match which England won by an innings.

In addition to cricket, Callaway was involved as an administrator and umpire in attempts to establish baseball in Australia; a report of a baseball benefit match arranged on Callaway's behalf in 1920 in the Sydney Morning Herald stated that "Mr Callaway is regarded as the 'father' of baseball in this State".[2]

Callaway died in Sydney on 19 March 1935 "after a lengthy illness".[3]

See also

References
  1. "Cricket". Sydney Sportsman. Surry Hills, NSW. 20 November 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Baseball: Mr R. Callaway's Benefit". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 7 September 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Famous Umpire Passes: Dick Callaway, Aged 74". The Referee. Sydney, NSW. 21 March 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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