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Full name Mervyn John Kitchen
Born August 1, 1940, Nailsea, Somerset
Current age 68 years 72 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)
