Tommy Wilson (umpire)

Thomas Guy Wilson (5 November 1937 – 29 March 2023) was an English cricket umpire from Bretherton, Lancashire.[1]

Wilson first stood as an umpire in a Minor Counties Championship match between Shropshire and Cambridgeshire in 1969. Seven years later, he stood in his first first-class match between Yorkshire and Lancashire in the County Championship.[2] In that same year, he stood in his first List A match between Yorkshire and Northamptonshire in the 1976 John Player League.[3] In total, Wilson stood in 25 first-class matches from 1976 to 1986,[2] and 35 List A matches from 1976 to 2002, standing in his final List A game in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between Buckinghamshire and Suffolk which was held in 2002.[3] In addition, Wilson stood in 151 Minor Counties Championship matches from 1969 to 2004,[4] as well as 36 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches from 1983 to 2002.[5] Wilson also stood in 37 Second XI Championship matches from 1972 to 2000.[6]

A biography, There's Only One Tommy Wilson by Douglas Miller, was published in 2015.[7]