The
Australian cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1964β65 season to play a five-match
Test series against the
West Indies. The West Indies won the series 2β1, beating Australia for the first time in a series.
The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
When the local umpires' association boycotted the match because only one of its members was chosen to officiate, West Indian selection panel chairman Gerry Gomez was hastily pressed into service as the only person on the spot with the requisite qualifications, even though he had never officiated in a first-class match.[1]
The
Australian cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1964β65 season to play a five-match
Test series against the
West Indies. The West Indies won the series 2β1, beating Australia for the first time in a series.
The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
When the local umpires' association boycotted the match because only one of its members was chosen to officiate, West Indian selection panel chairman Gerry Gomez was hastily pressed into service as the only person on the spot with the requisite qualifications, even though he had never officiated in a first-class match.[1]