Herbert Charles Dummett (9 January 1891 – 4 May 1976) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Collingwood in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL).

Family

The son of Henry Peter James Dummett (1857-1921), and Jessie Adeline Dummett (1856-1928), née Rouse, 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). He married Amy Dorothy Bertram (1895-1974) in 1916.

Footballer

Dummett made three appearances for Collingwood in the

1909 VFL season The 1909 VFL season was the 13th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs, ran from 1 May until 2 October, and comprised an 18-game ...

, as an 18-year-old.AFL Tables. He did not play at all in 1910, a Collingwood premiership season; and in 1911 he played just one senior game. Although his brother, Alf Dummett, was also at Collingwood at that time, they never played together.

Goal umpire

From 1927 to 1945, Dummett goal umpired 264 VFL matches, the most ever by a former player. He officiated in the

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and

1943 VFL Grand Final The 1943 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Princes Park in Melbourne on 25 September 1943. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victo ...

Death

He died on 4 May 1976.Deaths: Dummett, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 6 May 1976), p.25.
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Footnotes

References

AFLUA: Herbert Dummett
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External links

''Boyles Football photos'': Charlie Dummett.
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1891 births Collingwood Football Club players Australian Football League umpires Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1976 deaths People from Brunswick, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1891-stub