How To Use Umpire In A Sentence

The flag waving was decorous, the cheering polite and the umpire was never once insulted.
We were helping the umpires by two of the batsmen walking off (without being given out) which was disappointing as well. Times, Sunday Times
_ A person who presides at backsword or singlestick, to regulate the game; an umpire: a person who settles disputes. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire
With saris, kaftans and a range of Indo-Western outfits, this Fourth Umpire's look is far from sporty.
Ground truth is, in effect, the sum of the scenario and the moves as privately submitted to controllers and mediated by umpires.

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The colourful Yorkshireman umpired the first innings of a game between an Old England XI and Lashings World XI at Scarborough Cricket Club.
The match was the first to be forfeited in Test history and led to the umpire losing his place on the elite panel. Times, Sunday Times
His sophomore year, he was unable to pitch due to unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards one of the umpires that had gotten him ejected for the rest of the state tournament.
Taking some time to leave the crease, he turned round to look back at the umpire, and shouted as he walked back to the pavilion. Times, Sunday Times
You know, if an umpire were ruling on this one, he'd call it foul for foul-mouthed.
Last year, a friend of mine showed me an umpire's clicker that would record five balls and four strikes.
A batter becomes a runner when the third strike called by the umpire is not caught, providing (1) first base is unoccupied, or (2) first base is occupied with two out. USATODAY.com - Pierzynski's heads-up play keeps Sox alive
He called for a ball from the umpire and stepped on second base, claiming to have retired Merkle on a force-out. No Uncertain Terms
Most interventions by an umpire detract from the spectacle and hence are unwelcome to players and spectators.
For all the work of the match referees and umpires, it was always the players who would have to lead the way. Times, Sunday Times
And, as I say, there was law and order instead of enactments and restrictions such as disfigure our umpire state to-day. Law and Order
She is a qualified coach and umpire who has helped develop an impressive number of pupils from the school who play in the colts teams at Ealing, Brentham, Perivale and Wembley cricket clubs.
Bussa says Muamba has ceased to be the umpire and harmonizer of viewpoints and must resign. DRC Opposition Ousts Leader Ahead of Elections
His advice and support during the two games I stood as umpire was very detailed, earnest and helpful.
NOT A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR UMPS: Speaking of the umpires, this columnist is an unabashed admirer of many of them. Covering baseball for USATODAY.com.Torre's dilemma: Choosing No. 1 starter
Before the match two minutes silence was observed by both teams as a mark of respect for umpire Annesley who passed way last morning.
In the event of a request for arbitration, each party shall appoint an arbitrator and the arbitrators shall appoint an umpire.
He umpired, trained umpires and became District 10 manager, finally hanging up his Little League cap in 2006. Greenbriar: Chantilly's Levitt town
Officials of a table tennis tournament include umpire, service line umpire and scorer.
Very soon the umpires' only duties could be to count the deliveries and call no balls and wides!
Both umpires claimed that they were unsighted, and were thus forced to give Somny the benefit of the doubt.
Starmers has been chosen to umpire the next cricket test match.
Of course the umpire is protected against acts of violence by the state -- we all are, at least in theory. A Theory of Government, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Then there were the press conferences with his wife coming in having already slapped the chair umpire around the face. Times, Sunday Times
The rule now gives umpires the authority to call the batter, as well as the runner, out when a runner intentionally interferes for the purpose of breaking up a double play.
We felt the umpires would get to a position where they'd check all their decisions; we could unintentionally deskill umpires over time. Technology Catches Up With Cricket
All the players are on the field gettings penalties and scoring goals but their uniform colors are blurred, even the umpires and field judges are difficult to distinguish from the players from where I sit. Safety in Michoacan
It was in his nature to fight with captains, umpires, team mates, managers, mentors, pupils.
The umpires asked McCullum to hang around while they checked for the no-ball, but Tait was okay and so the dangerous McCullum is on his way, swishing his bat in frustration.3rd over: New Zealand 10-0 Guptill 0, B McCullum 8 Lee, 34 years young as David Brent would say, has started wonderfully here. Australia v New Zealand - live! | Rob Smyth
Umpires have responsibility only for ensuring that batsmen wear helmets, not that the make conforms to the new standards. Times, Sunday Times
This is just like a summer baseball game, when a player loses and blames it all on the umpires. margo Obama about to clinch victory, aide says
Berlin Barker stepped forth briskly, urging the umpire to keep the game in motion, his bat held as if he intended to try for a safe bingle. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
Up until this season the umpire closest to any suspicious or contentious incident would review the game tape and lay a charge if warranted.
The umpire, supported by the third, TV, umpire, correctly gave him ‘out’, but 90,000 spectators disagreed and proceeded to riot until the game was stopped.
There has to be a system like football and hockey where the umpire is vested with the authority to warn a player according to the nature of the offence.
In addition the umpire was permitted to consult the television umpire with respect to hit-wicket appeals.
I am not impressed by the policy in international cricket that both umpires must be from a non-participating country.
Despite a lack of wind, racing was close and the umpires were given plenty of cause for close scrutiny.
In fact, the only slightly disturbing moment of the afternoon came when the lid of the bin by the umpire's chair blew off in the wind. The Sun
And then there are the cigarettes you puff on after you've been sawn-off by the other team's umpire or run out by one of your idiotic team-mates*. Cricket & Tobacco: A Match Made on a True Pitch
The punishment depends on how the umpire interprets the rules.
By working in some 2,600 consecutive contests, he was stamped as the "Iron Man" of the umpires.
They never call on parties to negotiate and they don't want the umpire involved.
The umpire ruled that the batsman was out.
Broad's tactic was outlawed because the umpires and match referee think it is unacceptable gamesmanship. The Sun
I don't think there's any question that moving the umpire is causing that number to go up," Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, co-chairman of the NFL's competition committee, told Maske. NFL Week 5 Live: Holding penalties rise over first quarter of season
Zhang complained that the British were wasting time, received a sermon from the umpire, and then supervised some time-wasting of his own in an attempt to wrest back the initiative.
It was said that peace is made by hand-to-hand fights in which single pairs of opponents fight until the _datus_ who act as umpires award the victory to one or the other. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
According to the website Cricinfo. com Benson "ranted" in the umpires room at the close of play and expressed his dissatisfaction with the review system which, he is alleged to have said, "just makes umpiring harder". Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
I would have to say that the best moment of any cricket match for me is the very first; the stately procession to the middle of the two umpires.
Apparently, ever since a female umpire disqualified him from the individual medley at a swimming gala he'd found it difficult to deal with older women.
A good number ended as they often do with the ejection of managers by umpires.
The first umpire believes he can call an objective reality; the second umpire is aware that perception is involved. The Volokh Conspiracy » Attempts to Defeat the Kagan Nomination, and Political Hardball
Currently two neutral umpires officiate in Test matches while one umpire from the home country stands with a neutral umpire in one-day internationals.
The ball becomes live when it leaves the referee's or umpire's hands on a jump ball.
The tennis umpire wore an eye - shade.
Athletics and horse racing have photo finishes and a rugby referee can refer a try to a TV umpire. Times, Sunday Times
For you older players, they are also looking for umpires, scorekeepers and coaches to lend a hand.
Anybody who has ever played the game knows that if a batsman is bowled, there is no need to appeal to the umpire.
Personally, do you believe that the third umpire concept is workable in a fast game like hockey?
Blackburn sent a written apology to the umpire in question and has since apologised personally to him.
The umpire called the pitch a strike.
Only then did the umpires march out, remove the bails and stumps, and declare that England had won the Ashes.
Once the umpire had power to order parties to the negotiating table and broker a fair deal.
Thankfully, the lack of umpires and a couple of notorious rousers kept some traditions intact.
When the crowd barracked him and he told them to shut up, the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, issued a code violation, which really got Tarango going.
Starmers has been chosen to umpire the next cricket test match.
His major league officiating career spanned three decades, from 1954 to 1978, when he retired as an umpire in the American League.
The umpire ignored two huge snicks from Aussie batsman as New Zealand pressed for victory in the third Test.
The Spa club requires umpires and linesmen to officiate at games with our own referees.
The umpires checked for the no-ball, as they did with Tait's first wicket, but again he was just about okay.14th over: New Zealand 66-4 Taylor 4, Styris 0 A double-wicket maiden for Mitchell Johnson. Australia v New Zealand - live! | Rob Smyth
(Could you imagine how strange it would be if the umpire signaled to the crowd before C.C. Sabathia pitched that they had to "shush" while the big left hander delivered the ball?) Roger I. Abrams: The Sound and the Fury
The umpire's duty is to see that competition is fair play.
The chain was a surveyors chain of 22 yds, two men and an umpire measuring the hit.
By his own say-so an insignificant umpire could dismiss a world class player by the lift of his finger rather as if a stage carpenter could have told Sir John Gielgud to hop it.
It is at this stage that Zombie Isner starts to look like Zombie Mahut and the Zombie Umpire stops croaking and starts to chirrup like a grasshopper. Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 23 June
When the appeal is turned down he looks at the umpire the way a teenager looks at his father when told he cannot have £50 for a night out: incomprehension.
Would you let the general manager of the opposing team run the officiating in the Super Bowl, or be the umpires in the World Series?
_ Well, Miss Gryll, I should like, some winter evening, to challenge you to a _tenson_, and your uncle should be umpire. Gryll Grange
Robredo's game is getting increasingly ragged and he still appears to be upset by his altercation with the umpire.
The match was the first to be forfeited in Test history and led to the umpire losing his place on the elite panel. Times, Sunday Times
What the court was concerned about in that case was that the umpire had failed to achieve fairness as between the parties.
Early in the second innings, Best had bowled a beamer at Sangakkara and when he followed that up with another one to tail-ender Rangana Herath the umpire had to remove the bowler in accordance with the playing conditions.
It ought to be a straightforward match, but there will be a certain frisson in the umpire's room today when the appointments are handed out. Times, Sunday Times
John Sparling had all but finished his sixth over against the tourists when Umpire Shortt lost count.
Enter no arguments, not even as a peacemaker, referee or umpire.
To qualify, you have to do two written exams, an oral exam and umpire in a number of matches over two seasons.
Cricket umpires have had light meters for years, why can't tennis have the same? Times, Sunday Times
The Australians then appealed, but the umpire also, not hearing any sound, gave Hobbs not out.
Greg asked Trevor, ‘How are you at bowling your underarms?’ before asking the umpire to inform the batsman the delivery would be underarm.
The secretary of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League said the match was a bit of a headache for the scorers and umpires.
His Garrymore colleague, Tom Murphy, who was acting as umpire, took charge, when Jarlath retired at the interval.
Shouldn't we dispense with a weak link, and if the weak link is the human failure of an umpire, then bye-bye.
Mr. Weller took a chair, and Sam took a box, and the umpires took what they could get, and looked at the almanac and one or two papers which were wafered against the wall, with as much open – eyed reverence as if they had been the finest efforts of the old masters. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Blackburn sent a written apology to the umpire in question and has since apologised personally to him.
Hitters beware: As veteran umpire Jim McKean put it, the high strike is here to stay.
Nigel Iggo, an international umpire from Christchurch who last month umpired both finals at four-nation tournaments in Australia, said umpires had been using the interpretation for some time.
Is their any provision to ban an umpire for his attitude problems and making of ill decisions?
Umpires now have official mentors in the same way that football referees have assessors sitting in the stands. Times, Sunday Times
The umpires have two options. Times, Sunday Times
In tennis, the umpire can overrule the line judge.
If, after the umpires have made allowances for drinks intervals or extraordinary delays, a bowling side has not completed the overs in the designated time then points will be deducted.
Bruce Froemming umpired more seasons in the major leagues, thirty-seven, than anyone else, and his 5,162 regular-season games is second only to Hall of Fame arbiter Bill Klem. It’s What’s Inside the Lines That Counts
In all football championship matches the referee must have his own umpires and official linesmen and a standby referee are also appointed.
Footy spectator suing AFL Queensland for failing to conduct checks on umpire who king hit him after trial match in 2009 A BRISBANE footy spectator is suing AFL Queensland for failing to conduct checks that would have revealed an umpire who king-hit him after a trial match two-and-a-half years ago had a previous criminal conviction for violence. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
Umpires have responsibility only for ensuring that batsmen wear helmets, not that the make conforms to the new standards. Times, Sunday Times
Actually, does anyone know the highest level at which a female has umpired? Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth
Judge Arthur Gonzalez, who umpired Chrysler's case, said in court papers that legal precedents allowed the auto maker to be sold "free and clear" of such liabilities. Car Bailouts Left Behind Crash Victims
A few full-throated appeals for lbw nearly always find the umpire's approval.
Kendall put the ball in the net early in the game but his strike was ruled out because the umpire had already blown for a short corner.
The hot-headed tennis star became involved in an incident with the umpire.
Umpires have responsibility only for ensuring that batsmen wear helmets, not that the make conforms to the new standards. Times, Sunday Times
Technology and the referral system must be brought in now to spare the umpires endless criticism. Times, Sunday Times
As far back as 1900, pitchers squawked about umpires' calls and there were complaints about competitive imbalance among teams
But hockey is such a challenging game to umpire and it so fast. The Sun
He has stood as an on-field umpire in 16 matches.
David, a former solicitor, was Welsh junior doubles champion in 1968, captained the tennis team at Nottingham University in 1969 and umpired the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final in 1984.
The players anxiously awaited the verdict of the umpire.
At the time of the play, the umps were working with a three-man crew because plate umpire Bill Miller had left an inning earlier with an injured ankle.
He umpired baseball games.
The umpires have two options. Times, Sunday Times
From this assumption, one can readily build an argument for the rational necessity not merely of local deliberative commensurability, but of a global deliberative commensurability that, like Mill and Sidgwick, accepts just one ultimate umpire principle Moral Reasoning
This means that batsmen can often lose sight of it against the background of the umpire. Times, Sunday Times
If it had not something of crudeness and imitation, we should suspect the youth, and be disposed to examine him as the British turfmen have been examining the American colt Umpire, first favorite for the next Derby. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860
Cricket umpires have had light meters for years, why can't tennis have the same? Times, Sunday Times
Also, I thought that, towards the end of the match, the umpire was no-balling me unnecessarily, allowing Benjamin to go for big shots.
Sadly the umpire gave him out for the ball hitting his glove.
Sachin goes on the back foot, covers the line of the ball, the bat goes up ever so gentle and then with a low backlift swings to meet the ball seam-up, the meat of the willow taps the ball, it edges past the outstretched fingers of Wasim, brushes past the umpire and races toward the boundary, the mid-off and mid-on players giving up the futile chase half-way through. Personal - Cricket Nostalgia
Javed Omar was the first to fall, trapped lbw for 3-and he was walking before the umpire had raised his finger.
Bragan's managerial ingenuity in confronting umpires was almost unlimited, both in the major leagues and the minors.
It might make the umpires feel more comfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately in hurling, team officials are burdened with the extra task of finding volunteers as umpires and linesmen for almost all games.
the umpire called it a no ball
The umpire intervenes in the rally after a Sharapova shot grazes the line, and the Russian takes the replayed point to win the match.
An umpire stands behind the catcher in baseball.
DENVER — Umpires are keeping a close eye on game balls at Coors Field after the San Francisco Giants expressed concern to the commissioner's office that the Colorado Rockies might be using "juiced" balls when they're batting. Giants, Rockies Tussle Over 'Juiced Balls' Allegations
The second great purpose of the monarchy is to be available as an impartial umpire above party when the nation is split by a constitutional crisis.
If anything, he should have directed his ire at the umpires, who are required to regulate the comings and goings of fieldsmen.
He was the only National League umpire to wear an outside chest protector.
Umpires seem to report lesser-known bowlers but do not take action against higher-profile players.
He was the only National League umpire to wear an outside chest protector.
I would have to say that the best moment of any cricket match for me is the very first; the stately procession to the middle of the two umpires.
There was a moment of unpleasantness when Yorkshire thought Parthiv was caught behind on 98 but umpire Graham Burgess gave him not out and some chuntering between the sides continued throughout the remainder of the day.
Even the umpire (one of the opposition team) said ‘it takes an older bowler with experience to winkle out these openers - why didn't they use you earlier?’
The hot-headed tennis star became involved in an incident with the umpire.
While the umpires may have incurred the wrath of the crowd, their handling of matters on the field has been smooth enough. Times, Sunday Times
For all the work of the match referees and umpires, it was always the players who would have to lead the way. Times, Sunday Times
Is it time umpires were given the power to cut out time wasting? Times, Sunday Times
His low target and still body give umpires a great look at pitches, which leads to favorable calls for the staff.
Taking some time to leave the crease, he turned round to look back at the umpire, and shouted as he walked back to the pavilion. Times, Sunday Times
McKay said he thinks the decision to reposition the umpire from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive backfield, a move made for safety reasons, has not affected the mechanics of play during games. NFL to review 'Calvin Johnson Rule'
Finally, 13 minutes later, the two umpires walked ceremoniously onto the wicket and removed the bails, signalling the draw and a 2-1 series win for England.
It was an Australian umpire, standing in Australia, who no-balled him for throwing in 1995.
The umpires make the determination as to whether or not a fielder intentionally drops a fly ball.
The umpires, linesmen and gatemen and ‘everyone else’ were thanked too while the faithful supporters were not forgotten either.
It's bad form to argue with the umpire.
But remember the umpire is not arbitrating warring parties. A Theory of Government, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Umpires will report code of conduct breaches and where a breach occurs, it will be dealt with.
An umpire stands behind the catcher in baseball.
The umpire called the ball out.
We all make mistakes and if people in everyday life were to take as serious a view of our errors as young cricketers do of umpires' decisions I am afraid we should be somewhat unhappily situated.
Baseball players and managers of the offensive and defensive team, as well as umpires, can request time out for a number of purposes.
This is the only place where Justice Roberts 'claim to be an "umpire calling balling and strikes" makes any sense. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
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It should have been a classic on a fast, true Adelaide pitch and, but for the intervention of umpire Ross Emerson, it would have been.
Besides, another really laudable step was the running of coaches and umpires' clinics concurrent with the National Championship.
Umpires in club games will be able to access information similar to that given to the third umpire in international matches. Times, Sunday Times
The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.
Finally, excessive appealing, looking at the umpire too long for appealing, or not looking at the umpire for appealing will be punishable by burning at the stake.
Trouble flared on the third and final day of the match with Burgess wagging his finger at Lehmann, who was fielding at mid-wicket when James Middlebrook had an appeal for lbw rejected by the umpire.
England felt they had broken through twice, once when Mr. Katich fell across an inswinger from Mr. Anderson, only for the DRS to post an immediate rebuke to umpire Billy Doctrove, and once when Mr. Strauss called for a review unsuccessfully for a leg-before against Mr. Watson. Game On After Hussey Leads Fightback
The umpire's duty is to see that competition is fair play.
Umpires have responsibility only for ensuring that batsmen wear helmets, not that the make conforms to the new standards. Times, Sunday Times
If he does, the umpire will merely direct the proper batter to take his place in the batter's box while inheriting the count.
The ball, however, made contact with umpire Paul Runge, who was positioned on the infield side, and it caromed into short left field behind the shortstop.
Competition is for women's, men's and mixed teams, while there is also a need for managers, coaches, graded umpires and support staff.
The umpire said the ball was out.
They will perform duties from the second stage as field umpires on a rotatory basis.
Cook and Strauss were beginning to threaten several of their own partnership records when the captain was bowled round his pads, sweeping at leg-spinner Amit Mishra but it appeared that umpire Simon Taufel had missed a Mishra over-step and therefore failed to call a no-ball. Evening Standard - Home
Until then, it is the umpire's job. Times, Sunday Times
Throughout the game, he banters with the arbitrator, the home plate umpire, subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) representing his club's interests and appealing for fair play.
While the timekeepers claimed they had been forced to take their cue from the umpire, Chiltern's loss left a bitter taste that flavoured matches against Greta for almost five decades.
After an hour and 16 minutes of delay, umpire-in-chief Dave Phillips decided the field was unplayable, and called the second game.
The match was cancelled after both umpires and captains agreed it would be dangerous to play on a dry pitch.
Umpires can remove a bat from the game if a bat has exceeded the pine tar limitation.
Mary Rook our onboard umpire who was there to call overlaps gripped the carbon gantry at the stern while onboard cameraman Dan darted between the two of us trying for the best angle. YBW News
Of course not, well maybe to the point of engaging in kabuki theater to convince the gullible Democrats that Alito and Roberts were just umpires and not activists from the bench … Think Progress » Lieberman satisfied by prospect that Obama nominee could make Supreme Court ‘slightly less liberal.’
You mean to tell me that our umpires are ignoring the clear language of the rulebook and the intentions of its framers?
He hits the stumps, appeals, and the umpire gives him run-out.
Instead they made her umpire their matches. Times, Sunday Times
Then there were the press conferences with his wife coming in having already slapped the chair umpire around the face. Times, Sunday Times
And the umpires who colluded with them in getting play halted after tea because of bad light are also guilty. The Sun
Hoy is often credited as the reason umpires adopted hand signals for safe, out, and strike calls, which would make for a nice little niche in baseball history.
At one point there was a mad scrabble for the ball and the umpire blew for a bounce.
If an umpire is struck by a batted ball in that position, the ball is dead.

How To Use Umpire In A Sentence

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