George Sharp (born 12 March 1950) is an English former

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er and umpire. He was born at

West Hartlepool West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland. The former town was originally formed ...

, 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.

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* 1950 births Living people English Test cricket umpires English One Day International cricket umpires English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers People from West Hartlepool Cricketers from Hartlepool T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers Wicket-keepers 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1950s-stub

Playing career

Umpiring career

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