Gloucestershire call for Shepherd tribute

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Shepherd, who was a batsman for the county for 14 years but came to prominence as a leading umpire, passed away aged 68 in the early hours of Wednesday morning and Gloucestershire chairman Light believes fitting tributes will be made to the universally-popular Shepherd.

He told Press Association Sport: "We have already spoken to people and there will be a service at Instow church, which was exactly what he wanted, and a large-scale memorial service - though we don't know where that is yet."

Shepherd stood in 92 Tests around the world and umpired three successive World Cup finals and was perhaps most famous for his one-legged jigs when the score reached 111, 222 or 333, known as a 'Nelson'. He retired in 2005 but was struck by cancer soon after.

Light added: "We are redeveloping our ground at Bristol and it may be that we consider naming part of it after him but it's early days for that.

"But certainly at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club there will be an appropriate tribute because of the general respect we have for him."

Light added: "I think the world of cricket will pay an appropriate tribute.

"I don't want to put words into the mouth of the MCC or ECB but I'm sure his contribution to the world game was such that we'll get a world [tribute], I think that would be appropriate. I don't decide that though.

"It's not just his standing in Bristol, it's his worldwide standing because he was popular wherever he went umpiring. He could communicate with the crowd, like the way he signalled a four with his little wave.

"I happened to notice when watching the final of the Champions League Twenty20 competition in India that some of the Indian supporters were celebrating fours exactly like he used to signal them, with the wave. It goes to show the international respect and appeal."