Henry Armstrong (umpire)

Henry James Armstrong (21 June 1885 – 23 March 1945)[1] was an Australian cricket Test match umpire.

Armstrong was born in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe.[1] He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at Sydney on 27 February to 4 March 1931. In this match, in which the West Indies gained their first win over Australia, he was partnered by Walter French.[2]

He umpired 12 Sheffield Shield matches in Sydney between 1930 and 1937.[3] In the 1930s he served for some years as honorary secretary of the New South Wales Umpires' Association.[4][5]

Armstrong married Essie Hill in November 1911.[6] They had two daughters. He died at their home in Wahroonga, in March 1945.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Henry Armstrong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "5th Test, West Indies tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 27 - Mar 4 1931". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Henry Armstrong as Umpire in Sheffield Shield Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Throwing controversy again". Sun: 7. 11 November 1931.
  5. ^ "Don is now qualified to umpire". Sun: 2. 2 August 1933.
  6. ^ "Social". Sydney Morning Herald: 8. 25 November 1911.
  7. ^ "Deaths". Sydney Morning Herald: 24. 24 March 1945.