Croft (centre) with SA Test umpire Cyril Mitchley (right) and former England player Roger Prideaux.

Croft with Cyril Mitchley and Roger Prideaux.

(from left) - Match referee John Reid (New Zealand), 3rd Umpire Rob Brookes with match umpires Cyril Mitchelly and Rudy Kroetzen. Standard Bank tournament final, abandoned game on 22 April 1998 at Newlands, Cape Town SA.
Match referee John Reid with match umpires Cyril Mitchelly and Rudy Kroetzen••Western Province Cricket Association
Umpire Cyril Mitchley jokingly batsman Philo Wallace a yellow card after having to leap out of the way to avoid getting injured by the batsman's shot, West Indies v England, 5th Test, 2nd day, March 13, 1998
Umpire Cyril Mitchley jokingly batsman Philo Wallace a yellow card after having to leap out of the way to avoid getting injured by the batsman's shot••Ross Setford/PA Photos
Umpire Cyril Mitchley talks to the third umpire via walkie talkie, South Africa v England, 4th Test, Port Elizabeth, 4th day, December 29, 1995
Umpire Cyril Mitchley talks to the third umpire via walkie talkie••PA Photos
Fast bowler Brett Schultz bowls, watched by umpire Cyril Mitchley, South Africa Board President's XI v Indians, Centurion Park, November 7, 1992
Fast bowler Brett Schultz bowls, watched by umpire Cyril Mitchley••Getty Images
Cyril Mitchley during the fifth eng-wi test
Cyril Mitchley decides whether to take the players off••TransWorld- WI Board
Umpire Cyril Mitchley stands in the Barbados Test, West Indies v England, 5th Test, Bridgetown, 1st day, March 12, 1998
Umpire Cyril Mitchley stands in the Barbados Test••Matthew Ashton/PA Photos
Mike Atherton walks past umpire Cyril Mitchley, who wrongly gave him caught off the thigh pad, South Africa v England, 4th Test, Port Elizabeth, 3rd day, December 28, 1995
Mike Atherton walks past umpire Cyril Mitchley, who wrongly gave him caught off the thigh pad••PA Photos
Cyril Mitchley: portrait
Cyril Mitchley: portrait•International Cricket Council