There was one occasion in particular, on which the soft-spoken umpire felt that he was never going to take the field again.
It was in 1973 when the West Indies team, led by Guyanese Rohan Kanhai, was playing against the Aussies in Jamaica.
"Ian Chappell was the batsman and I can't remember the bowler offhand. Ian swept at a ball going down the leg side and the wicketkeeper who was Mike Findlay caught the ball sending all the fielders up in the air shouting their appeals."
"Now, every umpire would know that this is one of the hardest decisions to make because with the bat facing downwards, there is no way an umpire can see bat hitting ball, so my decision was 'not out'."
"The incident took place with just a few minutes remaining before lunch and as usual at lunch time I went about my usual routine."
"In those days, there was no special room for umpires so we hung our coats and washed our faces in the same room as the players."
"So lunch time, as usual I went about doing this. But obviously Kanhai was very cut up with my 'not out' decision with Chappell, so while in the room he was using some very unhealthy language inquiring of the manager 'Whey alyuh get dem so and so umpire from?'"
"The cursing went on for a while and when I could no longer take it I turned to Kanhai and asked him "Excuse me, but are you referring to me?"
"That was a very big mistake I made, for Kanhai turned and started to direct his 'cuss words' to me with 'Who the so and so tell you to come in this room', 'why the so and so you don't get out.'"
"I was really embarrassed and humiliated."
"I mean this is happening in front of all the players. I cannot really explain how I felt at the moment. I just left the room and went to the pavilion."
"I did not even bother to go and eat and in fact I was not thinking of going back to the field. My first thought was to get to my hotel, collect my things and get on the first flight back to Trinidad and forget about umpiring."
"But the West Indian manager Clyde Walcott came to me and saw my tears. Clyde did a good job in consoling me and I went back to the field and resumed my job."
"The truth is I did not really know what was happening on the field of play in that session."
