Kenneth Holmes Cave (25 February 1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand

cricket umpire In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the ''Laws of Cricket''. Besides ...

. He stood in six

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between 1930 and 1933. Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the

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area. A middle-order batsman, he played for Whanganui teams from the late 1890s till the mid-1920s, and was one of their leading batsmen when they held the

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in 1914-15 and 1925–26. He became an umpire in the Whanganui area in the 1920s. Without having umpired a first-class match, but with the support of the English touring team, he was chosen to umpire all four matches in New Zealand's first Test series, against England in 1929-30. He also umpired two of New Zealand's other four home Tests in the 1930s. Cave's nephew

Harry Cave Henry Butler Cave (10 October 1922 – 15 September 1989) was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his 19 Test matches. His Test career extended from 1949 to 1958, and he played first-class cricket from 1945 to 1959. E ...

captained the New Zealand Test team in the 1950s.

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1874 births 1944 deaths Sportspeople from Sunderland New Zealand Test cricket umpires British emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1870s-stub

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