John Hampshire

John Harry Hampshire (10 February 1941 – 1 March 2017), also known as Jack Hampshire, was an English cricketer and umpire, who played eight Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England between 1969 and 1975.

Between 1969 and 1975 he played 8 Tests for England, scoring 403 runs.

After the ousting of Geoff Boycott from the Yorkshire captaincy, Hampshire captained the club for two seasons from 1979 to 1980. He made his Sheffield Shield debut with Tasmania in their first season in 1977–78. He was a member of Tasmania's 1978–79 Gillette Cup-winning squad.

Hampshire was a powerful stroke maker in the middle order, especially strong off the front foot. He scored 28,059 runs in 577 first-class matches at 34.55, including 43 centuries, He added another 7,314 runs in 280 one day matches with a best of 119 at 31.12.

Umpiring career After retiring from the playing arena, Hampshire became a county umpire in 1985. He was then appointed to the Test list in 1989,

Coaching career Hampshire coached Zimbabwe in its first Test against India in 1992.

Death Hampshire died at the age of 76 on 1 March 2017, after a long illness.