About W. A. Young
W. A. Young was an Australian cricket umpire.
William Alexander Young was an Australian Test cricket umpire. He umpired one Test in 1912.
Young umpired 15 first-class matches between 1901 and 1913, all of them in Melbourne. He umpired the Test match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 9 February to 13 February 1912, won easily by England after a record first-wicket partnership of 323 between Jack Hobbs and Wilfred Rhodes. Young gave Rhodes out caught by the wicket-keeper. Young's colleague was Bob Crockett.
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