Kenneth Holmes Cave (25 February 1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand
cricket umpire. He stood in six
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between 1930 and 1933.
Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the
Whanganui area. A middle-order batsman, he played for Whanganui teams from the late 1890s till the mid-1920s, and was one of their leading batsmen when they held the
Hawke Cup in 1914-15 and 1925–26.
He became an umpire in the Whanganui area in the 1920s. Without having umpired a
first-class match, but with the support of the English touring team, he was chosen to umpire all four matches in New Zealand's first Test series, against
England in 1929-30.
He also umpired two of New Zealand's other four home Tests in the 1930s.
Cave's nephew
Harry Cave captained the New Zealand Test team in the 1950s.
See also
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List of Test cricket umpires
References
1874 births
1944 deaths
Sportspeople from Sunderland
New Zealand Test cricket umpires
British emigrants to New Zealand
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