world record:- Longest serving cricket umpire: Dean Groves set world record

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Dean Groves, 81, retired at the ending of last season later umpiring as the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association for 33 yrs, the Wide Bay Cricket Association in Queensland for twenty yrs and Adelaide's nowadays-defunct Independent Central Cricket Association for 2 yrs; a career spanning 55 yrs which adjusts the world record as the Longest serving cricket umpire.

"I'd take yearly leave and long service leave to umpire at the fairs," he tells. "I only loved it all so much. Being an umpire is unlike being a batsman or a bowler - you are involved in all individual ball of the game."

He has enjoyed cricket all his life. At twenty-five he started umpiring Jr cricket in the Adelaide parklands and went on to umpire district-level games in South Australia and Queensland.

The World's Longest serving cricket umpire says "pretty healthiness" is the key to continuing for so long.

"[But] 55 yrs is a long while out there and I have seen an amazing lot."

Groves has watched cricket change over the yrs and there's one thing he doesn't like.
"The referral system I do not agree with. I mean the umpire's given the chance to go for the 3rd umpire whenever they wish," he said.

Groves has been nominated the world's most durable cricket umpire through The Guinness World Records.

The Guinness world record as the most durable cricket scorer was adjust by Mike Garwood (United Kingdom, b. 24 Feb 1928), who has been keeping score regularly for Old Minchendenians Cricket Club, Southgate, United Kingdom, for fifty yrs.

Guinness World Records too accepted the longest individual net session, which lasted for 24 hrs and was finished by Stephen Speak (U.S.) at St Mark's School, Downey, CA, U.S..