Round 4 – shorts
A full round of matches this week and no emergency umpires got a run! Phew what a difference seven days can make. Two of the field umpires who were replaced last weekend, Jason Armstrong and Ben Ryan were able to get themselves up and went back out to umpire in...
New player-umpire identified
Playing a hunch while tracking down mystery umpires from the early VFL years can often pay dividends. For many years J. Gregory, a VFL boundary umpire was not able to be identified. There were not enough clues. A chance reading of an article in The Age from 1933 about...
Chamberlain lends a hand
Talented young umpires will have the chance to learn from the likes of Ray Chamberlain through the 2014 Mates Program. Please click here to view the full article from AFL Victoria.