Steve Randell
Stephen Grant Randell is a former Australian Test cricket match umpire, and the first from Tasmania. In 1999, he was convicted of 15 counts of sexual assault against nine schoolgirls aged 10–12 while teaching at a Catholic primary school between 1981 and 1982.
Biography
Randell was born in Hobart, Tasmania.He umpired 36 Test matches between 1984 and 1998, the highest number by an Australian umpire to that time. His umpiring debut was the Fourth Test between Australia and the West Indies at Melbourne from 22-27 December 1984. Randell's fellow umpire in that match was Peter McConnell.
In 1994, the International Cricket Council introduced a policy of appointing one umpire to each Test match from a non-participating country. Ten of Randell's matches were played outside Australia, and did not involve Australia. His last Test match involving Australia was against South Africa at Adelaide on 30 January to 3 February 1998, finishing in a draw, with captain Mark Taylor dominating the first innings with 169 and Mark Waugh scoring a century in the second innings. Randell's umpiring colleague in that match was a New Zealander, Doug Cowie.
Randell's last Test match was between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at Harare on 21–25 March 1998. Randell umpired 88 One Day International matches between 1984 and 1998. He also umpired one women's ODI, in 1991. Altogether, he umpired 119 first-class matches in his career between 1980 and 1998.
At the club level, Randell was a left-hand batsman for the South Hobart and Sandy Bay clubs. Off the field he was a school-teacher with the Tasmanian Education Department.