Desmond Fell

Desmond Robert Fell (16 December 1912 – 22 January 1992) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal either side of the Second World War, and later became a Test cricket umpire.

Biography Fell was born in Pietermaritzburg, where he attended Maritzburg College. He represented South African Schools in a match against the touring MCC team in March 1931. He made his first-class debut the next season.

Fell's only first-class match outside South Africa was the game he played for Dominions against England at Lord's in late August 1945; he made 12 and 28 in what was the first first-class match to be played in England after the end of the Second World War.

After his retirement from playing, Fell umpired 14 first-class matches in the 1950s and 1960s, almost all involving Natal. The two exceptions were the first Test between South Africa and New Zealand at Durban in 1961–62, and a non-Test game between a South African XI and the Australians at Pietermaritzburg in 1966–67.