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Mervyn Kitchen

England

Full name Mervyn John Kitchen

Born August 1, 1940, Nailsea, Somerset

Current age 68 years 343 days

Major teams Somerset

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Other Umpire

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	354	612	32	15230	189	26.25	17	68	157	0
List A	172	163	12	3388	116	22.43	1	12	52	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	354	181	109	2	1/4		54.50	3.61	90.5		0	0
List A	172	125	97	5	2/34	2/34	19.40	4.65	25.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class span	1960 - 1979
List A span	1969 - 1979

Umpiring statistics

Test debut	England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 21-26, 1990 scorecard
Last Test	England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Test matches	20
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 9, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Pakistan at Leeds, Jun 17, 2001 scorecard
ODI matches	28
ODI statistics

Profile

Mervyn Kitchen was a home-grown, ruddy-faced Somerset lad who came through the junior ranks but had to serve his time in the 2nd XI despite performing well on his few first-team opportunities. A left-hand batsman who loved to play off the front foot, he finally secured a regular place in 1966 when he ended the season at the top of the county batting averages. In 1968 he moved from the middle to the top of the order, again topping the averages with five hundreds. But thereafter his form was spasmodic, and he missed much of 1974 and all of 1975 with injuries. He returned in 1976 before finally surrendering to his crumbling body and retiring in 1979. He was elevated to the first-class umpires list in 1982, standing in 20 Tests and 28 ODIs between 1983 and 2001. He retired from umpiring in 2005.
Martin Williamson (October 2005)