Judah Reuben


Judah Reuben 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. He died after a fall at home in 2006.

Matches Umpired

Reuben's personal record lists the following matches which he umpired:
Item No.Match/Test TypeMatches Umpired
1.Ranji Trophy Matches43
2.Duleep Trophy Matches4
3.Irani Trophy Matches2
4.Test - Unofficial2
4.Test - Official10
5.Foreign Side Matches7
6.School Test3
7.Defense Fund, Defense Savings and Small Savings Matches6
8.Memorial and Benefit Matches6
9.Cooch Behar Matches1
10.Vizzy Trophy Matches1
11.Inter-railway Matches5
12.State Bank of India Inter-Circle Matches3
13.All India Inter-Civil Services Cricket Tournament Matches - Finals2
14.Ranji Centenary Celebrations Festival Cricket Match and Single Wicket Tournament2
15.Gujarat Governor's XI vs Maharashtra Governor's XI Match1
16.One-day International Match Bush XI vs West Indies 1
17.One-day trial Match - In preparation of Indian Team's participation in the World Cup Tournament1

Awards and recognition

Judah Reuben was the recipient of the government of Maharashtra's Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1978 for services rendered to sports.