Charlie Dummett
# Charlie Dummett

Herbert Charles Dummett (9 January 1891 – 4 May 1976) 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), 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, as an 18-year-old. 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 1933 and 1943 VFL Grand Finals.

## Death

He died on 4 May 1976.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Collingwood Forever.
* ↑ Deaths: Dummett, The Argus, (Wednesday, 23 February 1921), p.1.
* ↑ Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 January 1928), p.1.
* ↑ Cricket: Geelong v. V.C.A., The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 6 April 1920), p.5.
* ↑ Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Saturday, 8 June 1974), p.25.
* 1 2 3 AFL Tables.
* ↑ Fitzroy (10.12) Beat Collingwood (9.7), The Age, (Monday, 3 May 1909), p.5.
* ↑ Holmesby (2007).
* ↑ AFLUA: Herbert Dummett.
* ↑ Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Thursday, 6 May 1976), p.25.
