Richard Torrance

Richard Torrance (14 August 1884 – 28 September 1972) was a New Zealand cricket umpire and player. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. England, in 1933. He played 42 first-class matches for Otago between 1905 and 1928.[1]

Richard Torrance

Personal information
Full name	Richard Cameron Torrance
Born	(1884-08-14)14 August 1884 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	28 September 1972(1972-09-28) (aged 88) Dunedin, New Zealand
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905–1928	Otago
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1933)
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 42 Runs scored 682 Batting average 11.21 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 43 Balls bowled 11,060 Wickets 176 Bowling average 24.71 5 wickets in innings 13 10 wickets in match 4 Best bowling 7/21 Catches/stumpings 17/0
Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2013

Torrance served in Europe with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the First World War as a private.[2]

An accurate left-arm opening bowler, Torrance's best first-class match figures were 42–11–93–14 (7 for 51 and 7 for 42) against Hawke's Bay in the 1908-09 season,[3] when he was the most successful bowler in New Zealand first-class cricket with 28 wickets at an average of 11.57.[4] His best first-class innings figures were 7 for 21 against Southland in 1919-20, when he bowled unchanged through both innings, finishing with match figures of 23.3–8–41–11.[5] He sometimes made useful runs in the lower order, as when in 1925-26 he scored 28 against Canterbury, adding 105 for the last wicket with Reginald Cherry, who was thus able to make his only first-class century.[6][7] In club cricket, which he played in Dunedin until 1931, he played as an all-rounder.[6]

Torrance umpired eight first-class matches in New Zealand between 1932 and 1938, including the First Test in 1932-33.[8]