Judah Reuben

Judah Reuben (21 January 1922 – 13 November 2006) was an Indian cricket umpire.

Judah Reuben

Personal information
Born	(1922-01-21)21 January 1922 Bombay, India
Died	13 November 2006(2006-11-13) (aged 84) Mumbai, India
Role	Umpire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	10 (1969–1977)
FC umpired	54 (1960–1977)
Source: CricketArchive, 27 June 2012

Reuben began umpiring first-class cricket in 1960, and made his Test debut in 1969. He umpired ten Test matches between 1969 and 1977.^[1][2] He was best known for his involvement as a lead investigator in Vaseline incident.^[3]

Reuben worked as a fingerprint expert with the Bombay police in the Criminal Investigation Department, from 1947 to 1980.^[4] He died after a fall at home in 2006.^[5]

Matches Umpired

Reuben's personal record lists the following matches which he umpired:

Statement Showing the Number of First-Class and Important Matches Umpired^[6]

Item No.	Match/Test Type	Matches Umpired
1.	Ranji Trophy Matches	43
2.	Duleep Trophy Matches	4
3.	Irani Trophy Matches	2
4 (i).	Test - Unofficial	2
4 (ii).	Test - Official	10
5.	Foreign Side Matches	7
6.	School Test	3
7.	Defense Fund, Defense Savings and Small Savings Matches	6
8.	Memorial and Benefit Matches	6
9.	Cooch Behar (All India Schools Finals) Matches	1
10.	Vizzy Trophy (All India Universities Finals) Matches	1
11.	Inter-railway Matches	5
12.	State Bank of India Inter-Circle Matches	3
13.	All India Inter-Civil Services Cricket Tournament Matches - Finals	2
14.	Ranji Centenary Celebrations Festival Cricket Match and Single Wicket Tournament	2
15.	Gujarat Governor's XI vs Maharashtra Governor's XI Match	1
16.	One-day International Match Bush XI vs West Indies (Wadekar Benefit Match)	1
17.	One-day trial Match - In preparation of Indian Team's participation in the World Cup Tournament	1

Awards and Recognition

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