Test Oldest Umpires

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(Age on final day of their last Test match)

Years	Days
69	283	AC Jones	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1928/29
65	125	WFF Price	England v Pakistan	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1967
64	237	WL Budd	England v Pakistan	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1978
64	162	DR Shepherd	West Indies v Pakistan	Sabina Park, Kingston	2004/05
64	145	TW Spencer	England v New Zealand	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1978
64	61	W Reeves	England v West Indies	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1939
64	25	AA Qureshi	Pakistan v Australia	Lahore Stadium, Lahore	1959/60
63	285	DA Elder	Australia v England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1928/29
63	66	HD Bird	England v India	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1996
63	16	SJ Davis	West Indies v England	Queen's Park (New), St George's	2014/15
63	12	LT Cobcroft	New Zealand v England	Eden Park, Auckland	1929/30
63	1	A Millward	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1921
62	295	SA Bucknor	South Africa v Australia	Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town	2008/09
62	186	JP Orr	Australia v West Indies	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1930/31
62	138	WE Alley	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1981
62	111	CS Elliott	England v Pakistan	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1974
62	92	RK Illingworth	Bangladesh v Ireland	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	2025/26
62	85	JR Gayle	West Indies v England	Sabina Park, Kingston	1985/86
62	62	RM Crockett	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1924/25
62	55	CN Woolley	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1948
62	47	AL Hill	England v Australia	Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, Chester-le-Street	2013

The list shows occurrences of umpires aged 62 years or more