Umpiring stalwart, Bryan Sheehan was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame at a gala evening at Parliament House in Canberra last night.
Bryan Sheehan inducted in the AFL Hall of Fame
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Milestones
200 Games – Foster & Margetts
Two great umpires achieved their 200 game milestone over the Queen’s Birthday weekend.
150 Games – Chris Appleton
Goal umpire, Chris Appleton, notched up his 150th AFL appearance in Darwin on Saturday night. Chris, a stalwart of the goal umpiring brigade has umpired in some out of the way places this year, including Darwin and Wellington in New Zealand on Anzac Day.
200 Games – Simon Meredith
Simon Meredith certainly had a milestone game to remember, Adelaide v Fremantle at AAMI Park in his 200th AFL match went down to the wire. Simon had to call on all of his experience to work through a tense score review in the dying minutes of the game when Adelaide were pressing to regain the lead.
Justin Schmitt – 250 up and still blowing strong
TO HAVE umpired 250 AFL games is to have dealt with a lot of harsh scrutiny and absorbed the cries of displeasure of thousands of angry fans.
Umpire Shorts – May 13
Round seven sees only one milestone being achieved but it is a good one! WA based boundary umpire Alan Zanich clocked up his 150th game when he took to the field in the Fremantle v. Collingwood game at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night.
AFL Whistleblowers’ Field of Dreams
It’s 2005 at the MCG and Essendon is getting ready to take on Hawthorn. First-time AFL field umpire Troy Pannell is standing in front of 70,000 screaming fans.