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Why I . . . am a cricket umpire

GP Rodger Charlton talks to Kathy Oxtoby about the excitement and unpredictability of being a qualified cricket umpire

Rodger Charlton is known as the “Spin Doctor” by members of his local village cricket team in recognition of his skills as a leg spin bowler on the pitch. Even when he’s not playing the game or chairing his local cricket club, he keeps his eyes fixed firmly on the ball as a qualified cricket umpire.

Umpiring has given him time out of clinical practice and a chance to do something completely different and recharge his batteries. “When you’re on the field of play, the only thing you can and should think about is the game in front of you. Every other anxiety or worry is forgotten,” he says.

“Some might say cricket is boring and a very slow game. But there is never a boring moment it’s exciting and unpredictable,” says Charlton, a GP and professor of undergraduate primary care … ....

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