List of Goal Umpires

Umpires who have officiated as a goal umpire in at least one match in a VFL/AFL premiership. This includes emergency umpires, even if never activated. Missing umpires and incorrect tallies are due to incomplete records.

Umpire List

# Umpire Season(s) AFLUA Heritage No. Match(es) Final(s) GF(s)
1 Frederick Burton 1897 1 12 2 0
2 John Elliott 1897-1901 4 57 8 0
3 David Elder 1897 3 2 0 0
4 William Goer 1897-1898 5 21 2 0
5 John Lucas 1897-1913 6 106 11 4
6 Richard Turpenny 1897-1901 8 53 7 0
7 Alexander Coventry 1897-1901 2 58 10 0
8 James Rickard 1897-1902 7 68 11 1
9 William Bruton 1897-1903 9 71 9 1
10 Christopher Thomas 1897-1901 12 60 10 0
11 George Clapham 1897-1903 10 79 9 2
12 Frederick Franks 1897-1915 11 137 13 4
13 Daniel Shine 1897-1898 13 11 2 0
14 Walter Watling 1898 16 10 1 0
15 Joseph Jones 1898-1916 14 125 9 2
16 James Spedding 1898 15 9 0 0
17 James Russ 1898-1901 17 37 6 0
18 Joseph Middleton 1899-1909 18 63 8 2
19 William Little 1902-1913 19 58 2 2
20 Mick Minahan 1902-1915 20 82 5 3
21 Hugh O'Bern 1902-1909 23 28 4 3
22 James Benson 1902-1909 21 26 2 1
23 Sam Chapman 1902-1913 22 56 3 3
24 Alfred Collis 1903-1916 24 75 3 2
25 Thomas Taylor 1905-1909 25 2 0 0
26 Fred Sigmont 1908-1915 29 53 3 1
27 Frederick Lucas 1908-1916 28 61 2 1
28 Cornelius Buckley 1908-1914 26 52 3 1
29 James Keenan 1908-1912 27 11 0 0
30 Lewis Thomas 1911-1915 30 10 0 0
31 Percy Devine 1912-1914 31 46 2 0
32 James Smith 1913-1916 34 31 4 1
33 Jack Monohan 1913-1922 33 40 5 3
34 William Miller 1913-1919 32 38 4 2
35 Charlie Foletta 1913-1915 35 31 0 0
36 Walter Lindsey 1913-1917 36 32 1 1
37 Frederick Bartlett 1915-1920 38 18 4 2
38 Alexander Salton 1915 40 8 0 0
39 Edward Barter 1915-1916 37 20 4 1
40 Charles Bell 1915-1931 39 19 4 4
41 John Swift 1917-1923 42 3 2 2
42 David Disher 1917 43 1 0 0
43 Daniel Paterson 1918 45 2 1 1
44 William Bowes 1918 46 2 0 0
45 Andrew Ferrari 1918 47 1 0 0
46 Frederick Whittaker 1918 48 2 0 0
47 David Wheeler 1918-1930 50 3 2 2
48 George Hough 1918 49 1 0 0
49 George Fox 1920 51 2 1 1
50 Ern Jenkins 1920-1927 52 6 5 5
51 Patrick Crowe 1924 54 1 0 0
52 W. Hooper 1925 57 1 0 0
53 William Harris 1925 56 1 0 0
54 William Craddock 1925-1928 55 3 2 2
55 Otto Lober 1925 58 1 0 0
56 Thomas Phillips 1925-1930 59 3 2 2
57 Reginald Williams 1925-1933 60 2 1 1
58 Stanley Rouvray 1926 63 2 1 1
59 Frederick Morgan 1926-1934 62 2 1 1
60 Sydney Campton 1926 61 1 0 0
61 Charlie Dummett 1927-1943 64 3 2 2
62 Reginald Treloar 1927-1941 66 9 8 8
63 William Stride 1927 65 1 0 0
64 Mick Madden 1928 67 2 1 1
65 Billy Briscoe 1929 68 1 0 0
66 George Laity 1929 69 1 0 0
67 William Wetenhall 1929-1941 70 6 5 5
68 Thomas Nicholson 1930-1949 74 5 4 4
69 Les Whyte 1930-1945 75 4 3 3
70 Arthur Hiskins 1930-1931 73 2 0 0
71 John Currie 1930-1937 72 6 5 5
72 Bert Streckfuss 1930 76 2 1 1
73 Ernest Lucas 1931 77 1 0 0
74 Walter Johnston 1932-1936 79 2 1 1
75 George McNiece 1932 80 1 0 0
76 John Collins 1932 78 1 0 0
77 Percy Jory 1934 81 1 0 0
78 John Drysdale 1936 82 1 0 0
79 Andrew Barlow 1938 83 1 0 0
80 John Fitt 1938 84 1 0 0
81 John Leheny 1938 85 1 0 0
82 Ed Sanneman 1938 87 1 0 0
83 William Furlonger 1938 86 1 0 0
84 Clyde White 1939-1953 90 7 6 6
85 Teddy Shorten 1939 89 1 0 0
86 J. Johnson 1939 88 1 0 0
87 Roy Allen 1940-1953 92 3 2 2
88 Francis McDermott 1940 93 1 0 0
89 Edward White 1940-1954 94 4 3 3
90 Charles Rodwell 1941-1948 95 3 2 2
91 Frederick Rooney 1942-1946 96 3 2 2
92 William Glasson 1943 97 1 0 0
93 Alan Nicholson 1943-1952 98 3 1 1
94 Charles Munton 1943 99 1 0 0
95 Percy Hutchinson 1944 101 1 0 0
96 Bob Sellers 1944 102 1 0 0
97 John Lancaster 1945-1947 103 2 1 1
98 Francis O'Shea 1946 106 1 0 0
99 Patty Morgan 1946 105 1 0 0
100 Vincent Baker 1948 107 1 0 0
101 Norman Grant 1949-1956 108 4 1 1
102 Edward O'Brien 1949-1956 110 2 1 1
103 Keith McLellan 1949 109 1 0 0
104 Leslie Banner 1949 111 1 0 0
105 Thomas Bride 1950-1952 112 3 1 1
106 Francis Leverett 1950-1957 113 3 2 2
107 Eric Thomas 1951 114 1 0 0
108 Francis Grant 1951 115 1 0 0
109 Alexander Stevenson 1951 116 1 0 0
110 Leslie Murphy 1951 117 1 0 0
111 Thomas Jones 1952 118 1 0 0
112 Alfred Rees 1952-1958 119 3 2 2
113 Jack Lee 1953-1960 123 3 2 2
114 Harry Clayton 1953-1955 121 2 1 1
115 Darrell Cranch 1953-1959 122 3 2 2
116 Harold Forsyth 1953-1962 120 3 2 2
117 Jim Perry 1954 124 1 0 0
118 Owen Thomas 1955 129 2 0 0
119 Roland Caird 1955-1959 125 2 1 1
120 Keith Cree 1955-1965 126 3 2 2
121 Edwin Coe 1955 127 1 0 0
122 Albert Stanley 1955-1957 128 2 1 1
123 Frank Spokes 1956 131 1 0 0
124 William Ludlow 1957-1961 132 2 1 1
125 Ernest Traplin 1957 133 1 0 0
126 Alexander Stewart 1957-1963 135 2 1 1
127 Jack Simmonds 1957 134 1 0 0
128 Daniel Parsons 1958-1968 137 2 1 1
129 Kenneth Mugleston 1958 136 1 0 0
130 William Caddy 1959 138 1 0 0
131 Tom Rossiter 1960-1972 139 6 4 4
132 Harold Stevens 1960-1966 140 4 3 3
133 Maxwell Lingwood-Smith 1961 142 1 0 0
134 Norman Barwick 1961 141 1 0 0
135 Leslie Wright 1961 143 1 0 0
136 Richard Sankey 1963-1975 144 6 5 5
137 Leslie Barratt 1964-1969 145 4 3 3
138 Bryan Grant 1964-1967 146 2 1 1
139 William Schwensen 1964 147 1 0 0
140 James Mahoney 1965-1981 148 3 2 2
141 Peter Stokes 1967-1970 151 3 0 0
142 Reginald Pawley 1967-1970 150 3 1 1
143 Charles Cole 1967-1969 149 2 1 1
144 Alfred White 1967 152 1 0 0
145 Leslie Robinson 1968-1977 153 6 5 5
146 Keith Pawley 1969 154 1 0 0
147 Noel McLennan 1970 156 1 0 0
148 Kevin Barker 1970-1980 155 7 5 5
149 Robert Barker 1971-1980 157 3 2 2
150 Brian Jones 1971 158 1 0 0
151 Barry Page 1971-1973 159 2 1 1
152 Ted Johnson 1971-1982 160 2 1 1
153 Joseph Bell 1973-1974 161 3 1 1
154 Gerald Gaffney 1973 162 1 0 0
155 Brian Pratt 1976-1983 164 2 2 2
156 Barry Farrow 1978-1981 166 3 3 3
157 Graham Danne 1982 167 1 1 1
158 Robert Gilham 1983-1986 168 2 2 2
159 Allan Grant 1984-1990 188 2 2 2
160 Bernie Lowden 1984 163 1 1 1
161 Kevin Andrews 1985-1986 175 2 2 2
162 Andrew Sinclair 1985 183 1 1 1
163 Craig Clark 1987-2002 229 14 10 7
164 Douglas Purss 1987-1989 201 2 2 2
165 Michael Roache 1987 198 1 1 1
166 Leigh Keen 1988-1991 179 2 2 2
167 David Mitchell 1988 178 1 1 1
168 Roger Selwood 1989 196 1 1 1
169 Graeme Williams 1990 197 1 1 1
170 David Flegg 1991-2011 240 24 4 3
171 Rod Davies 1992-1997 212 5 4 2
172 Colin Hood 1993-2006 241 7 5 2
173 Doug Gourlay 1993-2001 211 7 3 2
174 Steve Shepherd 1994-1995 250 2 1 1
175 Michael Heinrichs 1994-2000 263 5 2 1
176 Laurie Page 1995-1996 221 2 1 0
177 Frank Raiti 1996 210 1 0 0
178 Peter Jeffers 1996 261 1 1 0
179 Anthony Black 1996-2007 258 11 10 7
180 Steve Murphy 1996-1997 266 2 1 0
181 Steve Stirling 1996-2010 248 4 2 1
182 Anthony Squeo 1997 277 1 0 0
183 Mark Powell 1997-2000 253 7 3 2
184 Glen Dryburgh 1998-2000 278 3 1 0
185 Neil O'Brien 1998 265 1 0 0
186 Cos Martino 2000-2002 284 4 2 1
187 David Shawcross 2000-2003 285 5 0 0
188 Mark Canning 2000-2014 259 74 8 2
189 Alf Galea 2000-2005 290 3 0 0
190 Harry Stamatopoulos 2000 292 1 0 0
191 Andrew Curtis 2000-2004 272 5 3 1
192 Peter Gonis 2000-2012 291 34 1 0
193 Mike Nicolai 2000 245 1 0 0
194 Ante Perkovic 2000 282 1 0 0
195 Brad Strachan 2000 289 1 0 0
196 David Dixon 2000-2016 279 124 23 6
197 Ken Ray 2000 288 1 0 0
198 Paul Hoare 2000 267 1 0 0
199 David Morris 2000-2002 273 2 0 0
200 Alan Letson 2000 276 2 1 0
201 Katrina Pressley 2002 283 1 0 0
202 Wayne Hendrie 2003 294 1 0 0
203 Mark Harrison 2003 271 1 1 1
204 Sergio Villagra 2006-2013 300 39 0 0
205 James Savage 2006-2014 305 50 0 0
206 Lloyd Fisk 2007 312 1 0 0
207 Peter Nastasi 2007-2012 303 33 2 1
208 Steve Axon 2007-2021 311 122 13 4
209 Jason Venkataya 2010-2015 296 75 4 0
210 Daniel Wilson 2010-2021 308 137 14 0
211 Chelsea Roffey 2010-2021 310 137 20 4
212 Adam Wojcik 2010-2021 319 145 25 5
213 Peter Challen 2010-2022 318 43 4 0
214 Steven Paunovic 2010-2011 327 8 0 0
215 Darren Mills 2010-2013 320 39 1 0
216 Dale Edwick 2010-2016 314 64 1 0
217 Mike Spear 2010 307 1 0 0
218 Adam Peacock 2010-2012 316 22 0 0
219 Luke Walker 2010-2017 309 138 27 8
220 Michael Hammond 2010-2015 313 71 3 0
221 Stephen Williams 2010-2022 322 154 25 2
222 Chris Appleton 2011-2017 302 128 23 4
223 Brett Rogers 2011-2022 325 104 5 0
224 Matthew Laycock 2011-2015 331 38 0 0
225 Troy Mavroudis 2011-2013 298 41 0 0
226 Tristan Symes 2011-2017 317 91 0 0
227 Shaun Apted 2011-2017 323 86 0 0
228 Courtney Lai 2011-2017 329 56 0 0
229 Daniel Hoskin 2011-2021 324 88 1 0
230 Matthew Norton 2011-2015 328 43 1 0
231 Maurice Deegan 2011 0 0 0
232 Matthew Wilson 2012-2015 330 36 0 0
233 Michael Palm 2013-2017 334 62 2 0
234 Dale Puren 2013-2015 333 32 0 0
235 Luke Edwards 2013-2021 332 68 2 0
236 Rose O'Dea 2014-2017 336 37 0 0
237 Robert Whitehead 2014 338 2 0 0
238 Michael Craig 2014-2022 335 75 8 1
239 Mark Ensbey 2014-2021 337 60 2 0
240 Brodie Kenny-Bell 2015-2021 340 63 7 0
241 Steve Piperno 2015-2021 339 56 5 3
242 Matthew Dervan 2016-2022 341 55 13 4
243 Alistair Meldrum 2016-2021 343 32 0 0
244 Angus McKenzie-Wills 2016-2022 342 48 6 1
245 Sally Boud 2016-2021 344 29 1 0
246 Matt Maclure 2017-2021 346 22 0 0
247 Dylan Benwell 2017-2022 345 31 7 1
248 Sam Hunter 2017-2022 353 16 3 0
249 David Rodan 2017-2021 347 21 1 0
250 Sam Walsh 2021-2022 348 26 7 2
251 Simon Plumridge 2021 351 12 0 0
252 Jesse Baird 2021-2022 350 15 1 0
253 Matthew Bridges 2021-2022 352 14 1 0
254 Alex Chisholm 2021 349 10 0 0
255 Jason Yazdani 2021 0 0 0
256 Callum Leonard 2021 354 1 0 0
257 Tom Sullivan 2022 356 1 1 0

Season List

Season Umpire(s) Debutant(s) Brian Pratt Medallion
1897 VFL Season 13 13
1898 VFL Season 14 4
1899 VFL Season 12 1
1900 VFL Season 12 0
1901 VFL Season 12 0
1902 VFL Season 12 5
1903 VFL Season 12 1
1904 VFL Season 4 0
1905 VFL Season 3 1
1906 VFL Season 2 0
1907 VFL Season 2 0
1908 VFL Season 6 4
1909 VFL Season 15 0
1910 VFL Season 2 0
1911 VFL Season 3 1
1912 VFL Season 12 1
1913 VFL Season 16 5
1914 VFL Season 13 0
1915 VFL Season 16 4
1916 VFL Season 9 0
1917 VFL Season 4 2
1918 VFL Season 7 6
1919 VFL Season 2 0
1920 VFL Season 3 2
1921 VFL Season 2 0
1922 VFL Season 2 0
1923 VFL Season 2 0
1924 VFL Season 1 1
1925 VFL Season 8 6
1926 VFL Season 4 3
1927 VFL Season 5 3
1928 VFL Season 2 1
1929 VFL Season 5 3
1930 VFL Season 7 5
1931 VFL Season 4 1
1932 VFL Season 5 3
1933 VFL Season 2 0
1934 VFL Season 3 1
1935 VFL Season 2 0
1936 VFL Season 3 1
1937 VFL Season 2 0
1938 VFL Season 7 5
1939 VFL Season 5 3
1940 VFL Season 5 3
1941 VFL Season 3 1
1942 VFL Season 3 1
1943 VFL Season 5 3
1944 VFL Season 4 2
1945 VFL Season 3 1
1946 VFL Season 4 2
1947 VFL Season 2 0
1948 VFL Season 3 1
1949 VFL Season 6 4
1950 VFL Season 4 2
1951 VFL Season 7 4
1952 VFL Season 6 2
1953 VFL Season 6 4
1954 VFL Season 3 1
1955 VFL Season 7 5
1956 VFL Season 3 1
1957 VFL Season 6 4
1958 VFL Season 4 2
1959 VFL Season 3 1
1960 VFL Season 4 2
1961 VFL Season 5 3
1962 VFL Season 2 0
1963 VFL Season 3 1
1964 VFL Season 5 3
1965 VFL Season 3 1
1966 VFL Season 2 0
1967 VFL Season 6 4
1968 VFL Season 3 1
1969 VFL Season 4 1
1970 VFL Season 5 2
1971 VFL Season 7 4
1972 VFL Season 2 0
1973 VFL Season 4 2
1974 VFL Season 2 0
1975 VFL Season 2 0
1976 VFL Season 2 1
1977 VFL Season 2 0
1978 VFL Season 2 1
1979 VFL Season 2 0
1980 VFL Season 2 0
1981 VFL Season 2 0
1982 VFL Season 2 1
1983 VFL Season 2 1
1984 VFL Season 2 2
1985 VFL Season 2 2
1986 VFL Season 2 0
1987 VFL Season 3 3
1988 VFL Season 2 2
1989 VFL Season 2 1
1990 AFL Season 2 1
1991 AFL Season 2 1
1992 AFL Season 2 1
1993 AFL Season 5 1
1994 AFL Season 4 3
1995 AFL Season 4 1
1996 AFL Season 10 5
1997 AFL Season 4 2
1998 AFL Season 4 2
1999 AFL Season 2 0
2000 AFL Season 23 15 Peter Gonis
2001 AFL Season 2 0 Wayne Hendrie
2002 AFL Season 4 1 Sergio Villagra
2003 AFL Season 4 2 Chris Appleton
2004 AFL Season 3 0 Luke Walker
2005 AFL Season 4 0 Luke Walker
2006 AFL Season 6 2 Lloyd Fisk
2007 AFL Season 4 3 Peter Challen
2008 AFL Season 2 0 Adam Wojcik
2009 AFL Season 2 0 Darren Mills
2010 AFL Season 21 11 Stephen Williams
2011 AFL Season 29 11 Courtney Lai
2012 AFL Season 27 1 Courtney Lai
2013 AFL Season 27 3 Michael Palm
2014 AFL Season 28 4 Michael Craig
2015 AFL Season 27 2 Brodie Kenny-Bell
2016 AFL Season 26 4 Steve Piperno
2017 AFL Season 28 3 Matthew Dervan
2018 AFL Season 3 0 Sam Walsh
2019 AFL Season 3 0 Sam Walsh
2020 AFL Season 3 0 Jesse Baird
2021 AFL Season 28 7
2022 AFL Season 12 1