Career
Meyer played football for Bristol Rovers in 139 league matches, scoring 60 goals. He also played for Plymouth Argyle, Newport County, Bristol City and Hereford United. A good wicket-keeper, he played for Gloucestershire Commodity Credit Corporation in 406 first-class cricket matches from 1957 to 1971.
He took 707 catches and 119 stumpings, but was a relatively poor batsman - his career first-class batting average is only 14.19, with a highest score of 63.
Meyer was born in Bournemouth. When he retired, he became a cricket umpire.
He umpired 26 Tests in England from 1978 to 1993, including the 1981 Ashes Test at Headingley. He also umpired 23 One Day Internationals from 1977 to 1993, including the Cricket World Cup finals at Lord"s in 1979 and 1983.
In 2006 he published an autobiography, Getting lieutenant Right, co-authored with Andrew Hignell.
Meyer"s son Adrian was also a football player, making 144 appearances for Scarborough, many in the Football League, before injury curtailed his career. He died at the age of 83 in 2015.