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UMPIRING AND RULES
DRAGGING GAME DOWN
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Umpires Board.
No two umpires
nterpret the rules alike, Iior on
onJcuUvc Saturdays dois the one
mpire " give " anything approaching a
onsistent ruling.
umpiring lias confused the football public,
I must confess that Week by week, no two
weeks being the same, I am convinced that no man
knows these football rules.
Last week I made it my business to ask the men
ho are mostly concerned through thc success or
failure of their teams with thc umpires' rulings — thc
coaches. No coach had a good word to say for the
umpiring as a whole. Some like this man and some
that. But by and lares the umpires hnvc thc coaches
cratching their heads.
YOUNG PLAYERS UPSET
"Nothing has been more difficult to overcome this
season than the inconsistency of the decisions of thc
umpires," said Roy Cazalv, South Melbourne coach,
in discussing the up-and-down form of teams
this season.
"Let me make myself perfectly clear. I am .
1 0 '^Inga case for South Melbourne. Wv have I
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be. Further. 1
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I «m not having a shot at any umpire
S?Jpa™™ 1^- Each might be
0r
^ ""^relation of the laws.
"I am stating a case, therefore, as an
old footballer of 30 years' standing on
behalf of the youngir players - Uic
fellows who are in their first season try-:
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^^'s one reason, why ^u h ,
ames provjdmg surprises each week.
It has been my duty as a coach to
rtudy umpires and their methods. 1
tear umpires coach, Arthur
»und
lines, but what is the good o f
^to^S&nH^" f ^
P.L.f^ understand his Ideas qt
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umpire
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ruling. «' ln K- -
"I have spoken to other coaches about'
a loss to know how to instruct our lean*
1 n o i«^mK ^ L f ^iL i ^l"
ul t >- ,, Thut 48 >»» J<*
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would say, howewr, that a lot ol
wro n dcasl0ns 8
«.
^ to receive the ball"
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f c X f & e pre^l^ of S in"
juries and sliin injuries is due to the
i promiscuous boot that seeks a restim
p)aCc on any but a team-mate's limbs.
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toi-ffiS*
S oi teams is^sitting^amenting
in commitl(!. - d n i Z nuralnc t
M i t S ta i^TZ another.
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Eveiy pme'l have seen this season
us presented a greater proportion e(
crambles than previously.
In fact the Australian 'code, as interpreted
bv League Umpires, is not * gam*
nt aj] It Is a free-for-all, a street tight
transferred to thc village green.
Tlie rules of the game with their uncountable
interpretations would be mors
uitable as the syllabus of a debating
society.
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