Terry Arthur Prue (born 11 December 1948) is a retired Australian Test umpire, from

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. He umpired 9 Test matches between 1988 and 1994. His first match was between

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and the

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on 2 December to 6 December 1988, won by the West Indies by 169 runs, in spite of

Merv Hughes Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia in 53 Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wicke ...

taking 5/130 and 8/87, including a

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spread over two innings and three overs. Prue’s partner was Robin Bailhache, standing in his final test match. Prue’s last test match was between Australia and

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on 28 January to 1 February 1994, won by Australia by 191 runs with a century to

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and 7 wickets to

Craig McDermott Craig John McDermott (born 14 April 1965) is a former Australian cricketer. Between 1984 and 1996 he played 71 Tests for Australia, taking 291 wickets. Following the end of his playing career, he was the bowling coach for the Australian team fo ...

. Prue’s colleague was

Darrell Hair Darrell Bruce Hair (born 30 September 1952) is an Australian former Test match cricket umpire, from New South Wales. He was on the International panel of umpires from 2002 to 2003, before he, along with fellow Australian Simon Taufel, and New ...

. Prue umpired 39

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(ODI) matches between 1988 and 1999. Altogether, he umpired 75 first-class matches in his career between 1983 and 2000.

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