William Frederick Simpson (1915 – 18 April 1967) was an English cricket umpire.
Shortly thereafter, he began coaching on cricket at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.
[2] While engaged at Cranwell, Simpson played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire in 1951.
[2] Nearly twenty years after he last officiated in first-class cricket, Simpson stood in 25 first-class matches in 1966,[1] in addition to umpiring a single List A one-day match in the quarter-final of the Gillette Cup between Worcestershire and Essex.
[5] However, a year after his appointment to the first-class list, Simpson died at Wandsworth in April 1967, at the age of 52.