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1891 Private Residents

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Adams Mrs., Church street, Lower Mitcham
Addington Paul, Boston villa, Cavendish road
Anwood Thomas George, Riversdale, Devonshire road
Asprey Mrs., Park road
Atherton Charles Samuel, Lyveden road

Bagley Mrs., Lower green
Baker Robert Benjamin, 5 Arnold road
Baker William, The Ferns, Cavendish road
Baker William, 11 Graham road
Bamford Henry William, Homeleigh, Graham road
Baptiste Joseph, 1 Miller’s mead, Singlegate, Merton road
Barnham Walter Marten, Carlingford house, Park road
Barringer James, Blagdon, Merton road
Barrington Mrs., 4 Park villas, Park road
Bartley Miss, Lower green, Mitcham
Barwick William Sampson, Arundel villa, High street, Upper Mitcham
Batt John, Woodside villa, Devonshire road
Beckett John, 3 Arnold road
Bedford Allison Okey, 2 Cavendish villas, Cavendish road
Beeman Miss, Whitford lane
Berry Other Windsor, 7 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Bidder George Parker, Ravensbury park
Biggs Miss, 13 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Billinghurst William, Woodlnds, Common side
Birch Richard, 5 Park villas, Park road
Blackstone Henry, High street, Lower Mitcham
Blake John, 2 Havelock villas, Park road
Boobbyer Joseph H., Baron house, Lower Mitcham
Bourne John, Railway cottage, Lower Mitcham
Bousfield Frederick, Arnold road
Boxall William, Llawnt ho., Devonshire road
Boyd William, The Ferns, Cavendish road
Brown William Peter, Woodside Park road
Bullock Mrs., St. Margaret’s, Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Bullock William, The Chestnuts, Upper Mitcham
Bumpas Edward, Tooting hall
Burnham Percy, 10 Lyveden road
Burridge William Charles, Millbrook villa, Marlboro’ road
Bush Richard, Holmdale, Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Butler Charles, Lowmoor, Lyveden road
Butler Henry William, Phipps bridge

Caldicot Henry S., The Cottage,Graham road
Campbell William Innes, Cavendish house, Bond’s lane, Upper Mitcham
Cary Samuel John, 1 Arnold road
Catchside Charles Ernest, Grimsby villa, Cavendish road
Chandler Walter Henry, Graham avenue
Charlton Mrs., Cranmers, Lower Mitcham
Chart Mrs., Clarendon villa, Upper Mitcham
Chart Robert Masters, The Limes, Lower Mitcham
Clarke James Ferrier, Baron lodge, Lower Mitcham
Clarke Peter Harrison, Ravensbury villas, Morden lane
Claxton George, Heatherhurst
Cobb Hewett, Manor house, Park road
Cobbett Alfred, Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Coles John Saanich, Mitcham common
Collbran Francis Albert, 6 Sandown villas, Grove road
Collingwood James, Arnold road
Conquest William, Lower green
Cooper William, Berkeley cottage, Lower Mitcham
Cope Mrs., 3 Lyveden road
Copland William, Abbotsford, Devonshire road
Coton Thomas Henry, The Laurels, Harewood road
Cove Arthur James, 2 Carisbrook villas
Cove Charles Ernest, 1 Devonshire villas, Devonshire road
Cox Gordon, Brookfield
Croft John James, High Clere villa, Marlborough road
Cuckow Mrs., Blankenburg, Graham road

da Costa Louis A., 1 Cranmer villas, Lower green
Daily James, Lime villa, Church street, Lower Mitcham
Darby Frederick James, Sherwood lodge, Common side
Dempsey Mrs., Lower green
Drake Geo., Eager villa, Robinson road
Drewett James D., Vine cottage
Drowler Mrs., Merton road
Duncan Matthew, Ryde cottage, Church street
Dungate Charles, Rosebank, Park road
Dutriez Louis, The Willows, Mitcham com

East Mrs., 2 Sandown villas, Grove road
Ellis Charles, The Myrtles, Devonshire road
Ellis Mrs., Inglemere, Upper Mitcham
Elmer John, Douglas cottage, Upper Mitcham
Ewer The Misses, Grove cottage, Common side

Field Ambledon, Cedars
Field Hamilton Kearns, Jesmond, Common side
Flintoff Miss, Lower Mitcham
Forshell Edwin, 1 Castalia villas, Cavendish road
Foucard Emile, Lavell house, Devonshire road
Fowles Francis John, 2 Castalia villas, Cavendish road
Fry Mrs., Lower green

Gage George Henry, Ivy lodge, Morden lane
Gasworthy John, Brentnor villa, Marlborough road
Gedge Mrs., Cedars
Gibbs Mrs., 1 Phoenix villas, Devonshire road
Glaisher William, La Villette, Devonshire road
Golding William, 12 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Gooden Charles, Park road, Merton road
Goodman George, 2 Gladstone cottages, Church street
Goodwin George, 2 Park villas, Park road
Goodwin William, Tamworth park, Upper Mitcham
Gosling George, 3 Harewood road
Green Frederick Valentine, Harewood road

Hall Mrs., 2 Cranmer villas, Lower green
Hallward Charles Amelia cottage, Lower green
Harbour William, 6 Park villas, Park road
Harding Capt. William Francis, Golab Ghur, Wilton road
Harland Robert, Homefield, Phipps bridge
Harmer Horace, Holly cottage, Common side
Harris William John, Gorringe park
Harrison George John, 2 Queen’s road, Upper Mitcham
Harvey George, 5 Lyveden road
Harvey William, Branksome, Wilton road
Harvey Mrs., 2 Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Harwood Athol, Primrose cottage, Whitford lane
Harwood William Russell, Glebe lands
Hatfield G., Morden hall, Morden road
Herbert Jas., Rose cottage, Common side east
Hobbs Richard. Wooton cottage, Lower green
Hodges Henry, Garthmeilio, Whitford lane
Hooker Frederick, Church street
Hurrell Henry Edward, Cavendish road
Hutchings Elisha, Shamrock, Graham road

Ibbotson Harold, The Laurels, Park road
Iles Charles, Glengarry, Lyveden road
Inwood Thomas George, Ravensdale, Devonshire road
Irvin William Charles, Choonarah, Wilton road

Jackson Rev. Sidney, [chaplain to Holborn union workhouse, Mitcham], Upper Mitcham
Jarrett John, Church street, Lower Mitcham
Jeckells Augustus, 7 Lyveden road
Johnson William, The Birches, Lower green, Mitcham
Johnson Wm., 5 Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Jones Miss, 10 Arnold road
Josling Zaceheus, 2 Devonshire villas, Devonshire road

Keath William Hyde villa, Upper Mitcham
Kemshead William Bath, Avondale, Graham road
Kimber Henry, Levarda, Park road
Kincaid William, 2 Harewood villas, Harewood road
Knight Edmund, Manor house, Upper Mitcham
Knight Jasper, Glebe lands
Kohler Mrs., 9 Lyveden road

Lambert Stephen Elliott, Beaconsfield house, Devonshire road
Lambert Sydney, Devonshire road
Lancefield William, The Chestnuts, Upper Mitcham
Langford Mrs., 7 Harewood road
Latham Ernest, The Plateau, Upper Mitcham
Latham Joseph, Hawthorndene, Devonshire road
Lea Henry, 1 Park villas, Park road
Leftwich Alfred, The Hut, Common side
Legg Rev. Francis Stewart M.A., Christ Church vicarage, Merton lane
Leonard Samuel, Harewood road
Lewis John Owen, Manor house, Low.Mitcham
Little Edward Armstrong, 2 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Love Henry B.A. M.B., 3 Glebe villas, Whitford lane, Lower Mitcham
Lowe Rev. Charles M.A. [curate], 3 Cranmer villas

Maclachlan Archibald, Lower green
Mann Robert, New close, Phipps bridge
Marshall Edward, Church house, Church st
Martin William Verandah, cottage, Upper, Mitcham
Meagher William, Maisonette, Devonshire road
Merrell Henry John, 1 Cavendish villas, Cavendish road
Miles Lieut. A. Stafford, R.N., 2 Cawthorne villas, Wilton road
Mills Edward, The Lodge, Morden lane
Mitchell William Stair, Wandle grove, Lower Mitcham
Morgan David, The Laurels, Park road
Morgan George, Chelsea villa
Morgan Mrs, The Laurels, Park road
Morgan William, Homewood house, Church road
Morris Edward, Florence villas, Cavendish road
Morris Edward, 2 Springfield villas, Cavendish road
Mountier George, Cromer lodge, Devonshire road

Nichols William James, The Poplars, Merton lane
Nickalls William Arthur, The Cottage, Phipps bridge
Nobes Jerman, Wandle house, Phipps bridge
Nolan George, 2 Lyveden road

Owen Robert Joseph, Hinton villa, Harewood road

Packer Edward Arthur, Wilton villas, Wilton road
Page Octavius, Sunny side, Cavendish road
Pain Dennis, 4 Cranmer villas, Lower Mitcham
Palmer George, Church street
Palmer Mrs., 5 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Parker Angus Thomas, Beechwood, Marlborough road
Parker Charles William, 2 Tyrrells pass villas, Devonshire road
Parsons Thomas, 6 Baron grove, Lower Mitcham
Pearce John, 2 Harewood villas, Harewood road
Pellatt Sidney, LaViletta, Devonshire road
Pellinger Thomas, Church street
Penney Alfred Hall, Lyncote, Park road
Pickett Albert, Morden lodge
Pitt George, Berkeley house, Lower Mitcham
Poulton John, 1 Havelock villas, Park road
Powell Edward, Benedict villa, Benedict road
Powys Arthur Edward, Swiss cottage, Devonshire road
Pratt Mrs., 2 Phoenix villas, Devonshire road
Prior Miss, 3 Harewood villas, Harewood road
Priver Tom, 3 Sandown villas, Grove road
Pugh Isaac, The Ferns, Devonshire road

Read George, 7 Sandown villas, Grove road
Reading Samuel William, 6 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Revill Rev. Thomas [Catholic], Maori cottage, Upper green
Rhoades Miss, Church street
Richards John, 6 Baron row, Lower Mitcham
Richardson Henry, Ivy cottage, Lower green
Richens John, Newton ho. Common side
Richman Rev. Robert [Congregational], Douglas house, Upper Mitcham
Ridgeway Mrs., Elm court, Lower green
Roberts Charles, Merton lane
Robinson Christopher, The Lawn, Mitcham common
Rockbeare Samuel John, Robinson road
Rowbury William, 10 Queen’s road
Russell George Norman house, Lower Mitcham

Sandell Frdk. D., Thelvies, Devonshire road
Satchell Edwd. Cedar villa, Mitcham common
Sayers Charles, Morden lane
Sehomburg Theodore Geo. 3 Arnold road
Seaton Arthur William, Lyveden road
Seaton Rev. Octavius Herbert B.A., Devonshire road
Seily George, High street
Shackell Rd. W. Elmhurst, Tamworth park
Shelswell Oscar Berridge, 8 Glebe villas, Whitford lane
Shepherd Frederick Griffin, 1 Sandown villas, Grove road
Shepherd William, 7 York place
Smith John, 4 Grove road
Smith Mrs., Levarda, Park road
Smith William Ph.D., Mitcham college, Upper Mitcham
Sperling Frdk., Springfield, Cavendish road
Sutter John, 5 Sandown villas, Grove road
Syms Mrs., Upper green

Talbot Sl. Jeffrey, Ingledene, Wilton road
Talbot Walter Henry, Brackenhurst, Wilton road
Taylor David, 1 Clare villas, Singlegate, Merton road
Taylor Henry Claremont house, Cavendish road
Taylor Henry Helensburgh, Devonshire road
Taylor Henry Uppingham village, Merton road
Thomas Angus, Beechwood, Park road
Thomas Walter, Meadow Croft, Whitford lane
Thomson William Wright, Tamworth house, Common side
Thunder Fras., The Beeches, Lower Mitcham
Tocock James, Church road
Trowell Mrs., 1 Devonshire villas, Devonshire road
Tudhope Mrs., Hall villa, Lower Mitcham
Turner Mrs., 4 Arnold road
Tutty John, 4 Church road

Upton Mrs., The Canons

Varley John James, Haslemere, Cavendish road
Varnham George, Floral cottage, Merton la
Vickers James Muschamp, Mitcham grove
Vine William Thomas, Church street
Vuran John William Harold, Tamworth lodge

Wade Mrs., Lower green
Walker Alfred, Collierswood house, Merton road
Walsh John, Cedar cottage, Upper Mitcham
Ward Edward, Rosenheim, Devonshire road
Ware William Charles, Woodlands, Devonshire road
Watney John, South lodge, Mitcham common
Watson Joseph, Mill house Common side
Watts John Henry, Holicot, Harewood road
Webber Joseph, Highclere villa, Marlbro’ road
Wells Samuel, Claremont,Church street
Westacott Sydney, Woodbine cottage, Singlegate, Merton road
Wheeler Robert Percy, 4 Hare wood villas, Harewood road
White Henry, Deane’s cottage, Mitcham com
White Levi, 9 Queen’s road road
White Miss, 8 Lyveden road
White Mrs., Bramber villa, Cavendish road
Whitfield Mrs. Hazledene,Devonshire road
Whiting George, 2 Ravensbury villas, Morden lane
Wiggins John, 2 Morden lane
Wilkinson Robert, 3 Denton villas
Williams Mrs. Jackson, The Limes, Whitford lane

The Association of Cricket Umpires

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The Association of Cricket Umpires was formed in the Kings Head Hotel (later called the Burn Bullock) in 1953, by Tom Smith. Below is an article he wrote for the Mitcham Cricket Club Yearbook of 1954.

By Tom E. Smith, Hon. Gen. Secretary of The Association of Cricket Umpires.

It is a very great pleasure to me to be invited to contribute to the Mitcham Cricket Club Year Book a review of the work that is being done by my Association.

The Association has very strong links with Mitcham because apart from the fact that I, as founder, am a Mitcham man, the inaugural meeting was convened at the King’s Head Hotel, at the Cricket Green, last March. This was by no means an accident, but by way of careful design. At the beginning when I contacted about 20 umpires with a plan of forming an association on somewhat different lines I felt that a better start could not be made than by organising the formation at one of the most famous cricket greens in the world. There could surely not be a better omen for the inauguration of an association for umpires than at the very place where cricket has been played for over 250 years.

The Association has the blessing of the parent body, the M.C.C., The Club Cricket Conference, the National Association of Cricket Clubs, and other controlling bodies. From that start there are now over 200 names on the books. From all over the country the membership ranges through First Class County umpires, Minor County, M.C.C., C.C.C., the Leagues, the three Services and Club, to potential and trainee umpires. Such has been borne out in fact!

Besides an overseas membership in N. Ireland, North Borneo, British Guiana and Gold Coast and a very strong contingent in B.A.O.R., Germany, the Association works in close cooperation and liaison with the South African Umpire Associations, Jamaica U.A., Madras U.A., and many other bodies. Joint functions are held with the Cricket Society, whose Chairman is Ayton Whitaker, the B.B.C. producer. One of our active members is John Arlott, the well-known cricket journalist and commentator, and who is a keen vice-president of the Association.

To what can be attributed this tremendous growth from such a very small beginning ? The predominant object of the Association at all times is, “To improve the standard of umpiring.” The serving committees have created a powerful organisation with this theme always in mind.

For many years there has been grumbling in this country about the standard of umpiring and inefficient umpires but nothing has been done about it seriously. No attempt has been made to train and test umpires to bring them up to a standard for examination or grading.

The Association conducts its affairs and policy along the lines of a professional body. Members are elected as Associates on the understanding that they are willing to study and work to take the examination in theory and oral for “Full” status. These examinations are difficult and the standard is high. Perfect answers to theoretical questions do not necessarily make a perfect umpire. His interpretation of the laws on the field must finally count.

The Training Committee consisting of senior umpires, all experienced in teaching and coaching, has prepared training schedules with a standard system of training and grading. The first examinations were held in London in January, and the examiners were Frank Chester and K. McCanlis, the county umpires. It is difficult to imagine anyone better qualified for the job.

Lectures, discussions and demonstrations in theory and practice are proceeding. Welfare arrangements include legal advice and insurance against accident on the field and whilst travelling. An appointment bureau is available and a news bulletin is circulated. Refresher and other courses are planned.

Douglas Jardine, the famous England captain, became first President in October and publicly expressed his enthusiasm for the work of the Association. The National Press and a B.B.C. news bulletin followed with the announcements that Frank Chester, H. M. Garland Wells, K. McCanlis and John Arlott had become vice-presidents.

We now have to live up to a tremendous standard set by the leadership of a great England captain and the technical advice of the best-known umpire in the world today. In this book Frank pointed out last year that an umpire may know the laws inside out but the test is putting them into practice. We believe that is very true. He must have confidence in his bearing and personality. An efficient, well trained umpire will have quiet confidence in himself on the field. This leads in turn to the players having confidence in him and this to the greater enjoyment of our wonderful game by the players, officials, and spectators alike.