Ronald James John Wright (1913 – 14 June 1968) was an Australian

Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...

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. Wright umpired 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1959. His first Test was between Australia and

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on 23 January to 28 January 1948, a match won by Australia by an innings, with Don Bradman scoring 201,

Lindsay Hassett Arthur Lindsay Hassett (28 August 1913 – 16 June 1993) was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by ''Wisden'' as, "... a mas ...

scoring 198 not out, and

Ray Lindwall Raymond Russell Lindwall (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight rugby league ...

taking 7 wickets in the second innings. Wright's partner in this match was George Borwick. His last match was between Australia and

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on 13 February to 18 February 1959, where the home team won comfortably.

Les Townsend Leslie Hyde Townsend (born 4 October 1914 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died 30 January 1986) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 F ...

, officiating in his only Test match, was Wright's partner in this match. Wright umpired 61 first-class matches between 1945 and 1961. Apart from eight of his Test matches, all his matches were in Melbourne.

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