Judah Reuben (21 January 1922 – 13 November 2006) was an Indian cricket umpire.
Reuben began umpiring first-class cricket in 1960, and made his Test debut in 1969. He umpired ten Test matches between 1969 and 1977. He was best known for his involvement as a lead investigator in Vaseline incident.
Reuben worked as a fingerprint expert with the Bombay police in the Criminal Investigation Department, from 1947 to 1980.Wisden 2007, p. 1568. He died after a fall at home in 2006.
Matches Umpired
Reuben's personal record lists the following matches which he umpired:
+ Statement Showing the Number of First-Class and Important Matches UmpiredFrom Reuben's personal Bio-Data Statement (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_reuben_important_matches.jpg) . Item No. Match/Test Type Matches Umpired1. Ranji Trophy Matches 432. Duleep Trophy Matches 43. Irani Trophy Matches 24 (i). Test - Unofficial 24 (ii). Test - Official 105. Foreign Side Matches 76. School Test 37. Defense Fund, Defense Savings and Small Savings Matches 68. Memorial and Benefit Matches 69. Cooch Behar (All India Schools Finals) Matches 110. Vizzy Trophy (All India Universities Finals) Matches 111. Inter-railway Matches 512. State Bank of India Inter-Circle Matches 313. All India Inter-Civil Services Cricket Tournament Matches - Finals 214. Ranji Centenary Celebrations Festival Cricket Match and Single Wicket Tournament 215. Gujarat Governor's XI vs Maharashtra Governor's XI Match 116. One-day International Match Bush XI vs West Indies (Wadekar Benefit Match) 117. One-day trial Match - In preparation of Indian Team's participation in the World Cup Tournament 1
Awards and recognition Judah Reuben was the recipient of the government of Maharashtra's Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1978 for services rendered to sports.
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