Career
Hair umpired his first Test match in January 1992, between Australia and India in Adelaide. The test was won by Australia and according to the Wisden was “marred … by controversy lbw decisions – eight times Indians were given out, while all but two of their own appeals were rejected”. Hair's umpiring partner was Peter McConnell, who was standing in his last Test match.
In 1994 the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a policy of appointing one umpire to each Test match from a non-participating country, and since 2002 both umpires have been appointed from non-participating nations. Since 2002 the majority of Hair’s Test matches have been played outside Australia, and did not involve Australia. His last Test match involving Australia was against South Africa at Melbourne on 26 December to 29 December 2001. Hair’s colleague was the West Indian umpire, Eddie Nicholls.
At the local level, Hair began his career playing in Orange and Molong and moved to Sydney in1972 where he played with the Mosman and North Sydney clubs in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition, as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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