CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

J. C. Collings

South African cricket umpire

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ16198678 ↗
Source-derived summary

J. C. Collings was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in nine Test matches between 1931 and 1936.

Collings umpired 23 first-class matches between 1928 and 1938. He officiated in the last four Tests of the series between South Africa and England in 1930–31 and all five of the Tests between South Africa and Australia in 1935–36. Aside from some of his Test matches, all the matches he umpired were held in Cape Town.

Editorial summary

“J. C. Collings” enters the record as south African cricket umpire. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Collings, South and African can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 1936, 1928, 1938—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Collings, South and African.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“J. C. Collings” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Collings, South and African provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16198678. The first chronological checks are 1931, 1936, 1928 and 1938.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “J. C. Collings”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow J. C. Collings primary sources, J. C. Collings archive and Collings research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “J. C. Collings”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “J. C. Collings” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.