Rex Vernon Whitehead (26 October 1948 – 26 June 2014) was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Victoria.
Whitehead gave the Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar out LBW at a critical point in the match, but the batsman indicated he had edged the ball and reluctantly started to leave the field.
The Indian team manager intervened before Chauhan had left the field, ordering him to continue, and the match resumed.
Gavaskar later claimed he ordered Chauhan to join him in leaving the field in response to abusive remarks made by Lillee.
[2] Whitehead's last Test match was between Australia and England at Melbourne on 26 December to 30 December 1982, a remarkable match won by England by 3 runs only after a valiant 10th wicket partnership of 70 runs between Allan Border and Jeff Thomson was ended by a juggled catch.