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George Sharp (born 12 March 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer and umpire. He was born at West Hartlepool, County Durham.




Playing career


Sharp spent 17 years at Northamptonshire and played more than 300 games, as a wicketkeeper batsman.




Umpiring career


Sharp umpired 15 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals. He umpired over 300 matches in First-class and List A cricket. Sharp continued to umpire matches in England until 2015, when he turned 65. ECB policy requires all umpires to retire when they reach this age, in order to allow younger umpires to gain employment. Sharp and fellow Northamptonshire team-mate and umpire Peter Willey challenged this decision at an employment tribunal, alleging age discrimination on the part of the ECB, but lost their case.




See also


List of Test cricket umpires
List of One Day International cricket umpires




References






External links


George Sharp at ESPNcricinfo

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