First-Class Youngest Umpires

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(Age on first day of their first First-Class match)

The exact dates of birth of some cricketers and officials have not been, or cannot be, verified. The details in the following list are based on the best information currently available, but - especially, though certainly not exclusively, in the cases of cricketers or officials from the 18th and earlier 19th centuries, and those from Pakistan and Bangladesh - they should be treated with appropriate caution. Where only a year of birth is known, the stated age is based on an assumed birthdate of 1 January, or (where known) the date of the player's or official's christening.

Years	Days
17	122	I Brookes	Cambridge University v England XI	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1878
18	135	WHD Malraison	Transvaal v Western Province	Albert Park, Durban	1894/95
18	207	DR Close	Tasmania v Victoria	Formby Recreation Ground, Devonport	1986/87
18	255	AM Ollivier	Otago v Canterbury	South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin	1869/70
18	321	S Crawford	Guyana v Jamaica	Guyana National Stadium, Providence	2015/16
19	31	A Bawa	Natal v Western Province	Curries Fountain, Durban	1973/74
19	47	T Flynn	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1887/88
19	54	KJ Anja	Maharashtra v Tamil Nadu	Nehru Stadium, Poona	1972/73
19	74	TH Nixon	Gentlemen of England v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1862
19	179	CT Stuart	Port Elizabeth v Natal	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1889/90
19	311	GF Read	Otago v Tasmania	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1883/84
20	97	GC Morris	Otago v New Zealand Under-23s	Logan Park, Dunedin	1977/78
20	119	F Norley	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1865
20	139	G Bean	Sussex v Australians	County Ground, Hove	1884
20	203	G McCrea	Leinster Lightning v North West Warriors	Oak Hill Cricket Club, Oak Hill	2017
20	285	EAP Sainsbury	Hawke's Bay v Wellington	Recreation Ground, Napier	1895/96
20	328	F McHardy	Boland v Transvaal B	Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch Farmers Winery Ground, Stellenbosch	1989/90
21	13	SM Deenik	Eastern Province B v Eastern Transvaal	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1993/94
21	13	NC Chatterjee	Bengal v Southern Punjab	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1938/39
21	62	EF Wilson	Royal Navy v Royal Air Force	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1928
21	100	H MacNeil	Otago v Canterbury	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin	1881/82
21	108	A Clarke	Surrey v All England Eleven	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1852
21	135	T Sewell	Sussex v Kent	Royal New Ground, Brighton	1827
21	170	JB Hide	Sussex v Australians	County Ground, Hove	1878
21	173	CA Martin	Western Province v Eastern Province	Avonwood Park, Cape Town	1978/79
21	244	EH Baillie	Transvaal B v Northern Transvaal B	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1988/89
21	256	AB St Hill	Trinidad v Barbados	Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain	1893/94
21	285	GF Tarrant	North v South	London Road, Sleaford	1860
21	341	S Gogwe	Mid West Rhinos v Matabeleland Tuskers	Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe	2010/11
22	34	WA Woof	Gloucestershire v Middlesex	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton	1880
22	55	H Nixon	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1874
22	66	ER Ludbrook	Otago v Hawke's Bay	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1893/94
22	78	JD Cloete	Western Transvaal v Griqualand West	Witrand Cricket Field, Potchefstroom	1993/94
22	102	BC Smith	Natal B v Western Province B	Lahee Park, Pinetown	1975/76
22	107	SV Ramani	Andhra v Hyderabad	Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium, Vijayawada	1974/75
22	109	JE Barrett	The Rest v Australian XI	Association Ground, Sydney	1888/89
22	154	G Coulthard	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1878/79
22	197	T Sherman	Surrey Club v Marylebone Cricket Club	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1848
22	230	G Brann	New South Wales v A Shrewsbury's XI	Association Ground, Sydney	1887/88
22	235	E O'Shaughnessy	Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club	County Ground, Derby	1883
22	240	S Banerjee	Orissa v Assam	Khalli Kote College Ground, Berhampur	1967/68
22	259	TR Matare	Centrals v Northerns	Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe	2006/07
22	262	Sajjad Asghar	Peshawar v Combined Services	Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar	1977/78
22	290	AD Pougher	Combined XI v A Shrewsbury's XI	Association Ground, Sydney	1887/88
22	300	GF Cooke	Yorkshire v Kent	Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield	1849
22	301	R Teece	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1869/70
22	349	AJ Furness	Wellington v New South Wales	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1895/96
22	351	RW Ledingham	Otago v Wellington	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1968/69
22	354	FM Ridge	New Zealand v New South Wales	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1895/96
23	1	NG Kock	Western Province B v Orange Free State B	RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town	1991/92
23	25	WJ Buttress	Cambridge University v England XI	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1873
23	39	HR Cox	Worcestershire v Cambridge University	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1934
23	45	WJ Craddock	Victoria v Western Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1933/34
23	62	L Agenbag	Central Gauteng v Boland	Imperial Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2019/20
23	65	G Howitt	Cambridge University v RD Walker's XI	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1866
23	99	GP Harrison	Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1885
23	109	JD Ghosh	Assam v Bihar	Nowgong Sports Club Ground, Nowgong	1958/59
23	122	J Phillips	Australian XI v Combined XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1883/84
23	153	J Pilcher	A to M v N to Z	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone	1789
23	156	G Smith	Cambridge University v Cambridgeshire	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1868
23	157	LS Reifer	Barbados v Jamaica	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2012/13
23	181	TS Mortlock	Surrey v Kent	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1847
23	218	G Ulyett	South v North	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea	1875
23	223	EG Arnold	Oxford University v Worcestershire	The University Parks, Oxford	1900
23	225	BP Jele	Boland v KwaZulu-Natal Inland	Boland Park, Paarl	2009/10
23	231	T Jordan	Marylebone Cricket Club v Lancashire	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1867
23	260	L Rusere	Easterns v Westerns	Country Club, Harare	2008/09
23	272	A Shaw	Marylebone Cricket Club v Surrey Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1866
23	275	GC Vassila	Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1881
23	296	DS Richards	Sussex v South Americans	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1932
23	314	TW Garrett	Yorkshire v Australians	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	1882
23	363	AJD Diver	Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1848
24	20	H Shaw	Derbyshire v Hampshire	County Ground, Derby	1878
24	26	WP McGirr	Wellington v Canterbury	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1883/84
24	34	DHV Bindon	Auckland v Northern Districts	Eden Park, Auckland	1961/62
24	36	A Shrewsbury	England XI v R Daft's American XI	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1880
24	51	G Baker	South v North	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1862
24	54	SJA Taufel	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1994/95
24	54	W Barnes	South v North	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1876
24	69	DF Cotter	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1885/86
24	93	JAE Hickson	South Africa v England	Newlands, Cape Town	1888/89
24	110	RB Terry	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
24	114	CS Alington	Canterbury v Otago	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	1870/71
24	115	CH Vintcent	Western Province v Eastern Province	Newlands, Cape Town	1890/91
24	119	TJ Tapfumaneyi	Mashonaland v Western Province	Alexandra Sports Club, Harare	1996/97
24	133	KR Meherhomji	Bombay v Western India	Poona Club Ground, Poona	1935/36
24	134	J Kissling	Otago v Canterbury	South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin	1863/64
24	147	T Ellis	Sheffield v Manchester	Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield	1852
24	190	RA Barlow	Lancashire v Yorkshire	Botanical Gardens, Manchester	1851
24	194	F Morley	Oxford University v Cambridge University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1875
24	195	J Bean	Gentlemen v Players	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1900
24	199	J Lillywhite	Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1850
24	201	JR Patel	Sind v Bombay	Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi	1938/39
24	212	EG Hayes	Cambridge University v Surrey	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1901
24	213	WG Routledge	Natal v Transvaal	Kingsmead, Durban	1931/32
24	213	FM Andrews	Auckland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Eden Park, Auckland	1929/30
24	232	JE West	Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1886
24	247	T Attewell	Liverpool and District v Cambridge University	Aigburth, Liverpool	1894
24	249	WH Scotton	Players of the North v Australians	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	1880
24	249	WH Caldecourt	Oxford University v Cambridge University	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1827
24	265	G Keeble	Middlesex v Oxford University	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea	1874
24	271	D Odhiambo	Kenya v Sri Lanka A	Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi	2000/01
24	276	HRJ Charlwood	Kent v WG Grace's XI	Mote Park, Maidstone	1871
24	278	NKP Salve	Central Provinces and Berar v Hyderabad	Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur	1945/46
24	296	SG Randell	Tasmania v Indians	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	1980/81
24	300	MHC Doll	Barbados v Marylebone Cricket Club	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1912/13
24	319	TE Shoubridge	Lancashire v Somerset	Aigburth, Liverpool	1893
24	341	R Blair	Wellington v Auckland	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1882/83
24	344	R Iddison	North v Surrey	Broughton Cricket Club Ground, Salford	1859
24	352	GA Turner	Canterbury v Otago	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1882/83

The list shows occurrences of umpires aged under 25 years