04-10-2022, 03:49 AM
(04-10-2022, 03:46 AM)townsendcalling date Wrote:Shortage of umpires Australia wide.Yep, suburban and amateurs have taken to playing games into the night so that senior umpires can double up with a daytime and evening game and get a rest in-between. It's a serious situation.
But let's not make the job of those who do harder just for the sake of tradition, let the boundary umpires come in a few steps if they want to so that we at least get the pill in a reasonable distance from the boundary line.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"