Charlie Dummett Explained

Charlie Dummett
Fullname:Herbert Charles Dummett
Birth Date:1891 1, df=y
Birth Place:Brunswick, Victoria
Death Place:Kew, Victoria
Originalteam:Rose of Northcote
Statsend:1911
Years1:1909, 1911
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:4 (3)

Herbert Charles Dummett (9 January 1891 – 4 May 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Henry Peter James Dummett (1857–1921),[2] and Jessie Adeline Dummett (1856–1928), née Rouse,[3] Charlie Dummett was born in Brunswick on 9 January 1891.

He was the brother of Collingwood footballer Alf Dummett, and of Victorian cricketer Arthur Dummett (1900–1968).[4]

He married Amy Dorothy Bertram (1895–1974) in 1916.[5]

Footballer

Dummett made three appearances for Collingwood in the 1909 VFL season, as an 18-year-old.[6] [7] He did not play at all in 1910, a Collingwood premiership season;[6] and in 1911 he played just one senior game.[6]

Although his brother, Alf Dummett, was also at Collingwood at that time, they never played together.[8]

Goal umpire

From 1927 to 1945, Dummett goal umpired 264 VFL matches, the most ever by a former player. He officiated in the 1933 and 1943 VFL Grand Finals.[9]

Death

He died on 4 May 1976.[10]

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Collingwood Forever.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1737640 Deaths: Dummett, The Argus, (Wednesday, 23 February 1921), p.1.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204178551 Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 January 1928), p.1.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165418360 Cricket: Geelong v. V.C.A., The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 6 April 1920), p.5.
  5. Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Saturday, 8 June 1974), p.25.
  6. AFL Tables.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196115071/18552532 Fitzroy (10.12) Beat Collingwood (9.7), The Age, (Monday, 3 May 1909), p.5.
  8. Holmesby (2007).
  9. AFLUA: Herbert Dummett.
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bf4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7212%2C1575056 Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Thursday, 6 May 1976), p.25.