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William Caldecourt — MCC Professional and Standing Umpire, 1830s
MCC; Umpires
1835-06-15
William Caldecourt, a Lord's ground bowler in the 1810s and 1820s, became through the 1830s the senior figure of the MCC professional staff and the club's most-used standing umpire. Caldecourt's interpretations of the roundarm law — especially the shoulder-height limit after the 1835 revision — effectively set the practical boundary that other umpires followed.
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