Colin Hoy (9 May 1922 at

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– 24 March 1999 at

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), was an Australian cricket Test match umpire, the first Queenslander to be appointed. Hoy took to umpiring after becoming frustrated by a run of batting failures in Brisbane's grade cricket competition, and stood in his debut First-class match in January 1952. He umpired nine

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between 1954 and 1961. His first match was between Australia and

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from 26 November to 1 December 1954, won by Australia by an innings with centuries to

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and

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. Hoy's partner in this match was

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, writing in 1959 when Hoy was a current Test umpire, stated that "he is young, has excellent eyesight and the keenness to study his art. … He should be in the forefront for years." His last Test match – in front of a world record crowd of over 90,000 on the second day - was between Australia and the

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on 10 February to 15 February 1961, a close match won by Australia by 2 wickets. In this most dramatic of all Test series, Hoy stood in every Test with Col Egar. In the first Test, at Brisbane, Hoy gave

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run out to record the first tie in Test history. The West Indies' captain

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was full of praise for the calm and unobtrusive competence of the umpiring in that tension-filled series. After that series, Hoy retired from umpiring to concentrate on business and grade cricket in Brisbane, playing for the

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until 1988. He returned to umpiring for the

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tour of 1978-79. His working life was spent in the retail trade and with

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, and he was the Australian rules football reporter for the Brisbane ''Courier-Mail''.

References

* Moyes, A. G., ''Australian Cricket: A History'', Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959. *''

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'', 2000 edition (obituary, p. 1546) *''

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'', 1999 edition (obituary, p. 824-5)

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* 1922 births 1999 deaths Australian Test cricket umpires {{Australia-cricket-bio-1920s-stub

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