Jun 25, 2024 | Member News, Uncategorized
My next ‘Where are they Now’ focuses on an Umpire who, in a small way, contributed to the demise of infamous coach of the Melbourne Football Club, Norm Smith. In 1964 Donald Reginald Blew (Heritage No. 240) was officiating as Field Umpire at the MCG in a clash between...
Jun 13, 2024 | Milestones, News
Ian Burrows is set to join one of the most exclusive clubs in umpiring. Since 1897, just twelve people across all three umpiring disciplines have achieved the 400 game milestone. Of that twelve, the 602 past and present boundary umpires have produced just three...
Jun 6, 2024 | Member News
My next ‘Where are they Now’ has been a football fanatic ever since he could walk. Having been brought up in a football environment, where his father Clifford was a trainer with the Footscray Football Club Reserves team who won the premiership in 1962, following...
