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Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant (29 December 1903 – 23 August 1943) was an Australian
, who umpired an 1863 Gentlemen v Players fixture.Arunabha Sengupta (8 August 2014)
"18 father-son pairs who have appeared in the same match"
– Cricket Country. Retrieved 11 January 2015. The second match Tarrant umpired began the day after the conclusion of the first, with a Patiala team hosting the MCC at
Patiala v Australians
Australia in India and Ceylon 1935/36 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2015. Patiala's captain was the Maharajah's son and heir, the Yuvraj of Patiala, who later succeeded him on the ''gadi'' (throne). The Patialas and the Tarrants consequently each became one of the few father–son pairings to play in the same first-class match, with the Maharajah and the Yuvraj the only combination known to have captained opposing sides.
Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant (29 December 1903 – 23 August 1943) was an Australian cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er who both played and umpired first-class matches in India during the 1930s. Unusually, he made his debut as a first-class umpire before making his debut as a first-class player.
Personal life
Born inClifton Hill, Victoria
Clifton Hill is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Clifton Hill recorded a population of 6,606 at the 2021 cens ...
, Tarrant was the son of Frank Tarrant, who played 329 first-class matches in Australia (for Victoria
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), England (for Middlesex
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), and India (for the Europeans
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and Patiala
Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...
). Frank Tarrant's uncle, Ambrose Tarrant, also played at first-class level for Victoria.
Tarrant moved to England at the age of six months, returning to Australia as a young man. He later accompanied his father to India and became guardian and tutor to Yadavindra Singh
Yadavindra Singh (), also spelt as Yadvinder Singh, was the ninth and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala from 1938 to 1947. Singh kept his royal titles until 1971, when princely titles were abolished through the 26th Amendment to the Constit ...
, the Yuvraj (Crown Prince) of Patiala
Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...
. He coached the prince in cricket, swimming, soccer and boxing. Yadavindra succeeded his father as Maharaja of Patiala
The Maharaja of Patiala was the title of the ruler of the princely state of Patiala State, Patiala, in Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India. The first ruler of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh (1691 – 1765), who held the title o ...
in 1938 and the following year Tarrant was appointed as his aide-de-camp with the rank of captain, the only non-Sikh ADC.
Tarrant was interred at Karrakatta Cemetery
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in Perth
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, Western Australia, following his death in August 1943, aged 39.
Umpiring career
While resident in India during the early 1930s, Tarrant, aged 29, umpired two first-class matches during an MCC team's 1933–34 tour of Ceylon and India. In the first, beginning on 9 November 1933, Southern Punjab, captained by the Maharaja of Patiala, hosted the Englishmen atAmritsar
Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...
's Alexandra Ground
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It is currently used for Cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1933, when it was known as the Alexandra Ground. It is currently used ...
. Tarrant umpired alongside his father, Frank, who was standing in a first-class match for only the second time (although he went to umpire two of the England–India Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to:
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played on the tour). Other father-and-son pairs known to have umpired in the same first-class match include M. G. Vijayasarathi and his son M. V. Nagendra, who umpired a match between Mysore
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and Andhra
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during the 1960–61 season, and Tom Sewell senior and Tom Sewell (cricketer, born 1830)">junior
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* Bowser Jr., ..."18 father-son pairs who have appeared in the same match"
– Cricket Country. Retrieved 11 January 2015. The second match Tarrant umpired began the day after the conclusion of the first, with a Patiala team hosting the MCC at
Patiala
Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...
's Baradari Ground. Frank Tarrant played for Patiala rather than umpire, with his son's umpiring companion being (The Rt. Rev.) George Barne, an ex-Somerset
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player who was at the time Bishop of Lahore.
Playing career
In December 1934, Tarrant made up the numbers aswicket-keeper
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for Patiala in a non-first-class match against a Bombay XI, led by J. D. Antia. His teammates in that game included his father, Indian Test players Lala Amarnath
Lala Amarnath Bhardwaj (11 September 1911 – 5 August 2000) was an Indian cricketer. He is considered to be the father figure of Indian cricket. He scored the first ever century for India in Test Cricket in 1933. He was independent India's fir ...
, Nazir Ali, and Wazir Ali
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Early life
Wazir played in all the Tests that India played before the second world w ...
, and Prince Peter of Greece
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, a cousin of three Kings of Greece
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and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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, the future consort of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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. When an Australian team toured during the 1935–36 season, Tarrant was called on to make up the team's numbers in two matches, firstly in a minor match against the Maharaja of Cooch Behar's team in Calcutta
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, and then in a match against Patiala, which was accorded first-class status.
In his only first-class innings, Tarrant, aged 32, scored 16 not out
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At least one batter is not out at ...
batting ninth in the Australians' total of 484 all out. Owing to injury and illness, the team was so depleted that Frank Tarrant, aged 55, and the Maharajah of Patiala, aged 44, were both called upon to play, with the Maharajah given the honour of captaining the Australian team.Australia in India and Ceylon 1935/36 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2015. Patiala's captain was the Maharajah's son and heir, the Yuvraj of Patiala, who later succeeded him on the ''gadi'' (throne). The Patialas and the Tarrants consequently each became one of the few father–son pairings to play in the same first-class match, with the Maharajah and the Yuvraj the only combination known to have captained opposing sides.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarrant, Loris 1903 births Australian cricketers Australian cricket umpires Cricketers from Melbourne Australian expatriate sportspeople in India 1943 deaths Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery People from Clifton Hill, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportsmen