Ronald James John Wright (1913 – 14 June 1968) was an Australian

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. Wright umpired 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1959. His first Test was between

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and

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on 23 January to 28 January 1948, a match won by Australia by an innings, with

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scoring 201, Lindsay Hassett scoring 198 not out, and

Ray Lindwall Raymond Russell Lindwall (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) was an Australian cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight ...

taking 7 wickets in the second innings. Wright's partner in this match was George Borwick. His last match was between Australia and the visiting

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on 13 February to 18 February 1959, where the home team won comfortably.

Les Townsend Leslie Hyde Townsend (born 4 October 1914 at Sydney, Australia; died 30 January 1986) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, won b ...

, officiating in his only Test match, was Wright's partner in this match. Wright umpired 61 first-class matches between 1945 and 1961. Apart from eight of the Test matches he officiated in, all his matches as an umpire were in Melbourne.

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