Anthony Ronald (Tony) Crafter, (born 5 December 1940 in

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), is a former Australian Test cricket match umpire. He umpired 33 Test matches between 1979 and 1992, the highest number by an Australian umpire to that time. (The previous highest was

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’s 32 matches.) His international umpiring debut was a Test match between

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and

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in February 1979, which England won by 9 wickets, thus retaining

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. Australian captain

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scored 121 of the first innings total of 198, but the rest of the batting in both innings failed against

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and

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. Crafter's partner was fellow debutant Don Weser. Crafter's last Test match was between Australia and

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on 1 February to 5 February 1992, won by Australia by 300 runs, with

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, Dean Jones, and Tom Moody scoring centuries, and Mike Whitney taking 11 wickets. Indian batsman

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also scored a century. Crafter's colleague was

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. Crafter also umpired 84

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(ODI) matches between 1979 and 1992. He umpired two women's Test matches in 1979 and 1984. He umpired 94 first-class matches in his career between 1974 and 1992, retiring after standing in the

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final that season. Between 1992 and 2001, Crafter served as umpire development manager for the

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