William Lloyd Budd (25 October 1913 – 23 August 1986) was an English

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er and international cricket

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. Budd initially played

for

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between 1934 and 1938, and briefly following the

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. He later became an umpire, standing in four

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and twelve

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s from 1976 to 1979.

Playing career

Budd was born in October 1913 at Hawkley, Hampshire. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman, Budd made his debut in

for

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against

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in the

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. He appeared infrequently, but was utilised the most by Hampshire in 1935 and 1937, when he played in 22 and 19 matches respectively. Following the 1938 season, Budd retired from playing to become a police officer with the Southampton City Police; the occasion was celebrated with a farewell match between a team captained by Budd and another captained by Walter Pearce. Prior to this, he had appeared for Hampshire in 56 first-class matches and taken 61 wickets, though these had come at a high

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. As a batsman he played two innings of note, putting on 125 for the last wicket with Alec Hosie against

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in 1935, and making 77

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against

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in 1937. Budd continued to serve in the police during the

, during which he played exhibition matches for Southampton Police against the Metropolitan Police, in addition to playing for the London Counties cricket team. Following the war, he resumed playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, making four appearances in the 1946 County Championship. An additional three wickets took his career tally to 64, at an average of 30.15 and with best figures of 4 for 22. With the bat, he scored 941 runs at a

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of 11.47. Following the end of his first-class career, Budd played

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in Southampton for Deanery Cricket Club.

Umpiring career

Following a gap of over twenty years from senior cricket, Budd first stood as an

in senior cricket in April 1969, in a List A one-day match between

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and

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. The following month, he officiated in first-class cricket for the first time. Budd officiated in his first international match in 1974, when

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played

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in a

(ODI) at

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. The following year, he umpired in four matches in the

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. Budd stood in his first Test match alongside

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in 1976, when

played the

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. The match was controversial due to the West Indian bowlers, led by

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, subjecting the England batsman, notably openers

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and

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, to a barrage of bouncers. Both Budd and Alley did not initially intervene to reprimand the West Indies for their excessive use of the bouncer.

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considered Budd's lack of action as being down to him standing in his first Test match and not wanting to rock the boat; eventually, after 162 minutes of hostile bowling, Alley issued a reprimand for 'intimidation'. Following the match, there were calls to ban the use of bouncers, with the

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responding with only a marginal strengthening of the regulations governing their use. As part of the

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, Budd, alongside

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and the English and

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teams, met The Queen and

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, during the first Test of the 1977 Ashes Series. He stood in two Tests during the series, and the following year he stood in his fourth and final Test match between England and

. He stood in four matches in the 1979 World Cup, which were the last of the twelve ODI's he officiated in. Budd retired from the first-class umpires list at the end of the 1982 season, but subsequently returned to umpire a handful of first-class and List A matches to 1985. He umpired in a total of 267 first-class and 233 List A matches. ''

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'' noted that "apart from war service with the county police, his whole life was given to cricket, playing, coaching or umpiring". Budd died in hospital at Southampton on 23 August 1986.

References

External links

Cricinfo: Lloyd Budd
{{DEFAULTSORT:Budd, Lloyd 1913 births 1986 deaths People from East Hampshire District English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Southampton City Police officers London Counties cricketers English cricket umpires English Test cricket umpires English One Day International cricket umpires 20th-century English sportsmen

Playing career

Umpiring career

See also

References

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