Stanley Tomkinson (5 June 1907 – 12 August 1969) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches, one in 1951 and the other in 1955.[1]

Stanley Tomkinson
Personal information
Full name
Stanley Brabyn Tomkinson
Born(1907-06-05)5 June 1907
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died12 August 1969(1969-08-12) (aged 62)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired2 (1951–1955)
Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2013

Tomkinson was a prominent player as a batsman for the Grange club in Dunedin senior cricket before he took up umpiring.[2] In all, he umpired 18 first-class matches between January 1948 and January 1957. All but one, the Test match in Christchurch in 1951, were played at Carisbrook, Dunedin.[3] In the Christchurch Test, Tomkinson gave the English batsman Cyril Washbrook out leg before wicket, but reversed his decision a moment later after the New Zealand captain, Walter Hadlee, told him the ball had touched Washbrook's bat before hitting his pads.[4]

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  1. ^ "Stanley Tomkinson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Umpires appointed". Otago Daily Times: 6. 13 March 1950.
  3. ^ "Stanley Tomkinson as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "New Zealand makes 417 for eight". Press: 8. 20 March 1951.