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Australian Test cricket umpire

Colin John "Col" Egar (30 March 1928 – 4 September 2008) was an Australian Test cricket umpire. Born in Malvern, South Australia, Egar umpired in 29 Test matches between 1960 and 1969.

During a rest day after the second day's play the media dissected the events of the previous afternoon. The South African Charles Fortune wrote that Meckiff's action was "not according to the laws of cricket" although he would not call the Australian bowler a "chucker". Egar said that he was "the second most upset person in the world", and later added that he thought Meckiff's first ball was suspect. He said that he could have called more deliveries, but was worried that the over would never end. Retired Test umpires Hoy and Les Townsend were watching at the ground when Meckiff was called. The day after the incident, both asserted that they would not have no balled the paceman, claiming that Meckiff's action, though unusual, was legitimate. Meckiff later agreed to a series of ghost written articles about the no ball incident. He said that Egar's calls "hit him like a dagger in the back", A dinner hosted by board member Don Bradman in January 1963 for visiting state captains was later cited to suggest that Meckiff may have been a sacrificial offering. At the dinner, Bradman had showed film of Meckiff among others, which purportedly depicted incriminating actions. This indicated Bradman's doubts over Meckiff's legitimacy, yet Bradman was one of the selectors who oversaw Meckiff's inclusion. Many members of the Australian media alleged a conspiracy against Meckiff, using words such as "the whole affair smacks of a set up", Several called for Bradman and his colleagues to resign. Gibbs later claimed that the selection of an extra bowler for the match hinted at fears that Meckiff would not be able to bowl. Alan Connolly remained adamant that his teammate's action was legitimate and implied a conspiracy, saying "I wasn't amazed [by Egar's call] There was a good reason for that which I can't disclose and won't disclose." Tom Veivers, who made his Test debut for Australia in Meckiff's last match, hinted at the same. He recalled that Rowan had said "It's going to be a very interesting game" at the pre match function. Egar stood in all five Tests as well as four of South Australia's home matches during 1963–64. Despite taking a total of 7/71 on debut, Illingworth was overlooked for further state selection for over two years. Illingworth's best performance in a Sheffield Shield match was against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 1964, the same match in which he was called. Illingworth took 4/92 in South Australia's first innings but was no balled a total of three times by Egar and his partner Jack Ryan, both standing at square leg. He was called twice by Egar on the second and fourth deliveries of his eleventh over, and once by Ryan on the sixth ball of his fourteenth over. In the same fourteenth over, Illingworth had dismissed former Pakistani Test batsman Duncan Sharpe and Australian Test wicket keeper Barry Jarman from the first and fourth deliveries respectively. Victorian captain Bill Lawry chose not to remove Illingworth and continued to bowl him. In 1965–66, Egar had the busiest season of his career. He stood in all five Anglo Australian Tests, two matches between South Australia and England, and three of his state's home Shield matches. The following season, the Test team were in India and South Africa, and Egar stood in all four of South Australia's home Shield fixtures.

Egar remained outspoken about bowling actions that he considered to be dubious in his later life. He was strongly critical of the action of the Sri Lankan world record breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. In 2002, he criticised Wisden for ranking Muralitharan the best bowler in Test history, citing his bowling action. After Muralitharan broke the world record for career Test dismissals, Egar said "As far as I am concerned they should have a separate record for bowlers with illegal actions I've got a photo at home of Murali's arm bending at 48 degrees." Egar criticised laboratory tests on Muralitharan at the University of Western Australia as "rubbish The only tests that matter are those conducted under match conditions The administrators of the game have got to take the blame for letting his action go."