The first VFL matches played on the 25 April occurred in 1914 exactly 12 months prior to The First Division storming ashore at Gallipoli: Geelong drew with Essendon Fitzroy defeated Melbourne Collingwood drew with Carlton South Melbourne defeated University St.Kilda...
Field umpire Ray Chamberlain was forced off the ground due to a heel injury at half time in the “Q clash” on Saturday evening. Ray took some convincing that he needed to put his welfare first and leave the game to first gamer, James Waldorf. James is a...
Katrina Morris (nee Pressley) was the first woman to be appointed to an AFL game. Katrina was appointed to the AFL list in 1998 and umpired 28 AFL matches in her six season’s on the list before her retirement in 2003. Katrina goal umpired out of her home state of...
When one achieves a significant milestone, one can not help ponder how an opportunity which presented itself to David Dixon as he finished playing junior football. David was invited by the Footscray District League to take up umpiring and now 30 years later, David...
AFL goal umpire, David (Dicko) Dixon broke the games record for VFL/AFL goal umpires when he officiated in Saturday’s St. Kilda v Collingwood Game at the MCG. It was Dicko’s 338th game which includes 32 finals and 6 grand finals. It has taken him into...
