The boundary umpire factory of South Australia has produced another outstanding athlete, boundary umpire and more important, a great person. Stand and applaud, 400 AFL games, Mark Thomson.
Round 23 shorts: Mark Thomson – 400 of the best
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Round 22 shorts – The problem of being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Spare a thought for second year field umpire, Alex Whetton who weighs 60kg ringing wet when he inadvertently collided with Lachie Schultz weighing in at 78kg running at full pace. Alex was knocked unconscious and had to be assisted from the field. While he did not show any immediate signs of concussion he did in the days following and his season has come to a premature end.
Round 21 shorts: Where has 2019 gone?
Photo courtesy of: Grant Case
Where are they now? Roland Glanville ‘Roly’ Caird – Oldest AFLUA member
It is with great pleasure that l introduce our next ‘Where are they now?’ member. Our oldest AFLUA member is Roland Glanville ‘Roly’ Caird, affectionately known as Roly is currently 99 years of age and will turn 100 on the 23rdof June 2020.
Five hundred reasons to continue the celebration
The celebrations continue for our games record breaker Shane McInerney. Four AFL coaches arrived at training last Thursday night to recognise the enormity of Shane’s achievement. They arrived only to find every field umpire training in one of Shane’s 37 old umpiring shirts with the number 30 on the back. It was a sight to behold.
Where are they now? Ray James ‘Splinter’ Prosser – Heritage Number: 347
Our next ‘Where are they now?” is boundary umpire Ray James ‘Splinter’ Prosser, Heritage number 347 who ran the boundary for 150 games in the two-boundary umpire system from 1977 to 1986.
Round 19 Shorts – Dillon Tee’d up a gem
Round 18 Shorts: Daniel Wilson keeps on keeping on
Sixteen years in elite sport, maintaining a very high level of performance, balancing work and life are all the battles that Dan faces each week and indeed each year to keep his spot on the goal umpiring panel. Two hundred and fifty games is a mammoth games tally, indeed only 16 goal umpires have gone further than 250 games. Only one current umpire, Chris Appleton, 279 games has done more. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride is also a saying that Daniel can be labeled with. His career finals number eight, but his near misses are too numerous to note. Remember only eight goal umpires each year form the finals panel. Only six current goal umpires have umpired a grand final. Mention Dan’s name to anyone and he is regarded as one of the best. Well done Dan.
Rob reaches the ton
Rob O’Gorman’s quietly passed his 100thgame milestone when he took to the field for the Fremantle v Carlton game on Sunday 30thJune.