Shujauddin Siddiqi (10 May 1919 – 21 July 2003) was an Indian first-class

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, he was a Pakistani first-class and

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. Shujauddin Siddiqi was born in

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. He played in seven

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matches for

between 1939/40 and 1945/46, scoring 138 runs at a batting average of 12.54, and taking 12 wickets as a

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at a bowling average of 28.75. He umpired one first-class match in March 1946, the Ranji Trophy semi-final between

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and

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. After nearly four days of play, the match was tied - Southern Punjab scored 167 in their first innings, and Baroda replied with 106. After Southern Punjab's second innings of 146, Baroda were bowled out for 207. Baroda won a toss of a coin to decide which team should go forward to meet

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in the final. He moved to Pakistan after

, where he continued to umpire in first-class matches, and also became a Test and ODI umpire. He appeared in 22 Tests spread over near 24 years, all played in Pakistan. His first Test as umpire was the match between

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and

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in January 1955. His last was also between Pakistan and India, at

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in November 1978. He stood in all three Tests in the MCC tour of Pakistan in 1968/9 which was marred by a series of riots. The final match, in Karachi, was abandoned during the third day due to crowd trouble, after

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reached an imposing total of 502 for 7.

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was stranded on 96*, four runs short of his maiden Test century, as rioting crowds stormed into the ground. He umpired one ODI match, between Pakistan and India in

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in 1978, standing with

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. He died in

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