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ANZAC Day
The day
The first VFL matches played on the 25 April occurred in 1914 exactly 12 months prior to The First Division storming ashore at Gallipoli:
Geelong drew with Essendon
Fitzroy defeated Melbourne
Collingwood drew with Carlton
South Melbourne defeated University
St.Kilda defeated Richmond
From 1915-1960 Victorian legislation prohibited the playing of sport on ANZAC day. Only in 1953 did 25 April fall on a Saturday within the football season thus requiring a gap in the fixture. By a change in the legislation in 1960 new terms permitted the playing of sport on ANZAC day after 2.00PM. The first matches played were:
Fitzroy (19.17) defeated Carlton (19.10) at Brunswick Street
St.Kilda (5.18) were defeated by Melbourne (10.12) at Junction Oval.
These matches had been part of 1960 Round 2, which was scheduled to be played on April 23 but had to be postponed because of heavy rain the previous two days. Between 1960 and 2011 there have been 117 Anzac day matches.
| Field Umpire | Matches | Coll / Ess | Boundary Umpire | Matches | Coll/Ess | Goal Umpire | Matches | Coll/Ess |
| McLaren, S | 8 | 2 | Jansen,S | 6 | 5 | Pratt,B | 7 | |
| Sawers, R | 8 | 1 | Burrows,I | 5 | 3 | Clark,C | 6 | 3 |
| Cameron, P | 7 | Fitzgerald,D | 5 | Danne,G | 6 | |||
| Allen, B | 6 | 4 | Grant,G | 5 | Flegg,D | 6 | 3 | |
| Goldspink, D | 6 | 5 | Green,C | 5 | Johnson,E | 6 | ||
| Harvey, J | 6 | 3 | Owen,M | 5 | 1 | Keen,L | 5 | |
| Deller, W | 5 | Sutton,P | 5 | Barker,K | 4 | |||
| James, M | 5 | 3 | Budge,P | 4 | Barratt,L | 4 | ||
| Robinson, I | 5 | Doig,N | 4 | Dixon,D | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ryan, S | 5 | 4 | Foster,M | 4 | 4 | Edwick,D | 4 | |
| Smith, K | 5 | Geggie,J | 4 | Sankey,R | 4 | |||
| Carey, P | 4 | Giles,J | 4 | Traplin,E | 4 | |||
| Howe, P | 4 | Haala,R | 4 | 4 | Williams,G | 4 | ||
| Kennedy, H | 4 | 1 | Morris,John | 4 | 3 | Appleton,C | 3 | 2 |
| Mitchell, C | 4 | Paterson,L | 4 | Barwick,N | 3 | |||
| Nash, N | 4 | Prosser,R | 4 | Bell,J | 3 | |||
| Sutcliffe, J | 4 | Ryan,A | 4 | Canning,M | 3 | 2 | ||
| Vernon, G | 4 | 1 | Smith,G | 4 | Cree,K | 3 | ||
| Vozzo, M | 4 | 4 | Sporton,C | 4 | Farrow,B | 3 | ||
| Avon, M | 3 | 1 | Williams,M | 4 | Gilham,R | 3 | ||
| Bryant, A | 3 | Zanich,A | 4 | Grant,A | 3 | |||
| Coates, A | 3 | 2 | Barr,R | 3 | Hood,C | 3 | 3 | |
| McBurney, S | 3 | 2 | Bell,M | 3 | 3 | Mahoney,J | 3 | |
| McInerney, S | 3 | 2 | Bennison,J | 3 | 3 | Page,L | 3 | 2 |
| McKenzie, M | 3 | 1 | Cato,S | 3 | Purss,D | 3 | ||
| Morgan, J | 3 | Donsen,M | 3 | Raiti,F | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rich, D | 3 | 1 | Fitzgerald,R T | 3 | Schwensen,W | 3 | ||
| Rosebury, B | 3 | 2 | Gooch,D | 3 | Spear,M | 3 | ||
| Russo, J | 3 | Gulliver,R | 3 | Stirling,S | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sheehan, B | 3 | Hicks,J | 3 | Andrews,K | 2 | |||
| Brophy, R | 2 | Hunichen,G | 3 | Armstrong,E | 2 | |||
| Carbines, S | 2 | Kidd,R | 3 | Barker,R | 2 | |||
| Chamberlain, R | 2 | 1 | Lowden,B | 3 | Best,G | 2 | ||
| Chapman, J | 2 | Macdonald,C | 3 | 3 | Black,A | 2 | 1 | |
| Clayton, I | 2 | McDonald,P | 3 | 1 | Caird,R | 2 | ||
| Crouch, J | 2 | Mitchell,K C | 3 | Cole,A | 2 | |||
| Dalgleish, J | 2 | Nicholls,P | 3 | Ferguson,R | 2 | |||
| Dore, G | 2 | Pampacos,G | 3 | Forsyth,H | 2 | |||
| Fisher, S | 2 | Sutton,W | 3 | Gaffney,G | 2 | |||
| Head, M | 2 | Willcox,G | 3 | Gonis,P | 2 | |||
| Hodgson, H | 2 | Bigelow,J | 2 | Harrison,M | 2 | 2 | ||
| Howlett, D | 2 | Carland,G | 2 | Hunt,G | 2 | |||
| James, G | 2 | Chehade,A | 2 | Ludlow,W | 2 | |||
| Jeffery, S | 2 | 1 | Cook,A F | 2 | 2 | Macdonald,G | 2 | |
| Margetts, D | 2 | Coote,A | 2 | 1 | McLennan,N | 2 | ||
| McDonald, S | 2 | Dalgleish,B | 2 | Nastasi,P | 2 | 1 | ||
| Meredith, S | 2 | 1 | Delaney,J | 2 | Page,B | 2 | ||
| Mollison,J | 2 | Frost,R | 2 | Parsons,D | 2 | |||
| Nicholls,M | 2 | Gooch,T | 2 | Pawley,R | 2 | |||
| Norden, M | 2 | 1 | Gordon,C | 2 | 1 | Powell,M | 2 | 1 |
| Sleeth, R | 2 | Hammond,A | 2 | Pryde,W | 2 | |||
| Stevic, M | 2 | 2 | Harding,G | 2 | 1 | Roache,M | 2 | |
| Wenn, S | 2 | 1 | Harris,B | 2 | Robinson,L | 2 | ||
| Woodcock, D | 2 | 2 | Hutton,S | 2 | 1 | Rogers,B | 2 | 1 |
| Ackland, D | 1 | Kent,H | 2 | Rossiter,T | 2 | |||
| Artso, I | 1 | Kovess,A | 2 | Selwood,R | 2 | |||
| Bird, M | 1 | Lee,G | 2 | Smith,P | 2 | |||
| Blew, D | 1 | Leslie,S | 2 | 2 | Stevens,H | 2 | ||
| Brewer, E | 1 | Marsh,H | 2 | Stewart,A | 2 | |||
| Brewer, J | 1 | Maxwell,D | 2 | 1 | Walker,L | 2 | 2 | |
| Coates, I | 1 | McLellan,B | 2 | Antoniou,T | 1 | |||
| Donlon,C | 1 | 1 | O'Leary,J | 2 | Auhl,R | 1 | ||
| Dye, M | 1 | Roberts,C | 2 | 2 | Billing,G | 1 | ||
| Elder, J | 1 | Saultry,P | 2 | Brewer,E | 1 | |||
| Ellis, M | 1 | Sinclair,G | 2 | 2 | Buckley,C | 1 | ||
| Farmer, L | 1 | Thomson,M | 2 | Buisman,R | 1 | |||
| Fellows, G | 1 | Vitiritti,M | 2 | 2 | Butler,S | 1 | ||
| Findlay, R | 1 | 1 | Wood,B | 2 | Bywater,M | 1 | ||
| Forster, G | 1 | Wright,R | 2 | Collis,A | 1 | |||
| Garrett, T | 1 | Andrews,G | 1 | Corrieri,L | 1 | |||
| Gaudion, B | 1 | Baker,G | 1 | Curtis,A | 1 | |||
| Grant, R | 1 | Barker,R | 1 | Dalgleish,D | 1 | |||
| Grun, S | 1 | Bellizia,M | 1 | 1 | Devine,P | 1 | ||
| Harris, S | 1 | Carbery,G | 1 | Fargie,R | 1 | |||
| Hay, S | 1 | Carmichael,B | 1 | Foletta,C | 1 | |||
| Hedger, W | 1 | Collingridge, J | 1 | Franks,F | 1 | |||
| Hendrie, C | 1 | Cook,A D | 1 | Galea,A | 1 | 1 | ||
| Henry, M | 1 | Dainty,F | 1 | Gourlay,D | 1 | |||
| Hood, B | 1 | Davies,W | 1 | Grant,B J | 1 | |||
| Huggins, G | 1 | Deckys,A | 1 | Hendrie,R | 1 | |||
| Humphery-Smith, D | 1 | Donohue,S | 1 | Hendrie,W | 1 | |||
| Irving, J | 1 | Doran,S | 1 | Honeyman,P | 1 | |||
| Jolley, D | 1 | Elliott,H | 1 | Jeffers,P | 1 | |||
| Kamm, A | 1 | England,R | 1 | Jones,B | 1 | |||
| Lane, C | 1 | Fitzgerald,R A | 1 | Kelly,P | 1 | |||
| Luckman, S | 1 | Fleming,J | 1 | 1 | Langham,D | 1 | ||
| Malcolm, A | 1 | Foster,N | 1 | Lee,J | 1 | |||
| Mance, C | 1 | Fox,H | 1 | Leverett,F | 1 | |||
| Matheson, P | 1 | Gibb,R | 1 | Lindsey,W | 1 | |||
| Mckernan, A | 1 | Gibson,R | 1 | Lingwood-Smith,M | 1 | |||
| Mcsherry, E | 1 | Goding,H | 1 | Lowden,B | 1 | |||
| Morrow, G | 1 | Green,I | 1 | 1 | Lucas,F | 1 | ||
| Nash, M | 1 | Hammond,D | 1 | Marrapodi,J | 1 | |||
| Norden, A | 1 | Hane,M | 1 | Martino,C | 1 | |||
| Nunn, R | 1 | Harvey,W | 1 | Minahan,M | 1 | |||
| Pannell, T | 1 | Hebblethwaite,D | 1 | Mitchell,D | 1 | |||
| Pfieffer, T | 1 | 1 | Heptinstall,R | 1 | Murphy,S | 1 | ||
| Polites, G | 1 | Hill,M | 1 | Nicolai,M | 1 | |||
| Quinn, K | 1 | Innes,K | 1 | Orr,J | 1 | |||
| Rowe, C | 1 | 1 | Jessup,N | 1 | Pawley,K | 1 | ||
| Rowston, C | 1 | Johnston,S | 1 | Perkovic,A | 1 | |||
| Schmitt,J | 1 | Jones,S | 1 | Pulham,M | 1 | |||
| Sercia, V | 1 | 1 | Kennedy,J | 1 | Roffey, C | 1 | 1 | |
| Sneddon, M | 1 | Lefevre,M | 1 | Rutter,M | 1 | |||
| Williams, R | 1 | Leslie,R | 1 | 1 | Shawcross,D | 1 | ||
| Woodhead, B | 1 | Marantelli,M | 1 | 1 | Sigmont,F | 1 | ||
| Martin,H | 1 | Simmonds,J | 1 | |||||
| McDonald,A | 1 | 1 | Sinclair,A | 1 | ||||
| McNamara,T | 1 | 1 | Siutryk,T | 1 | ||||
| McNiff,J | 1 | Smith,J | 1 | |||||
| McQueen,G | 1 | Stokes,P | 1 | |||||
| Mitchell,K L | 1 | Taggart,R | 1 | |||||
| Monaghan,P | 1 | Taylor,P | 1 | |||||
| Morrison,C | 1 | 1 | Venkataya,J | 1 | 1 | |||
| Muir,G | 1 | 1 | Villagra,S | 1 | ||||
| Murphy,A | 1 | Watson,P | 1 | |||||
| Naismith,W | 1 | White,A | 1 | |||||
| Payne,W | 1 | Whitling,D | 1 | |||||
| Payton,M | 1 | 1 | Williams,S | 1 | ||||
| Pearson,A | 1 | Wilson,D | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Perry,D | 1 | Wojcik,A | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pope,L | 1 | Wright,L | 1 | |||||
| Sandison,A | 1 | |||||||
| Scherger,G | 1 | |||||||
| Sheppard,R | 1 | |||||||
| Smith,J | 1 | |||||||
| Smith,S | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Starr,M | 1 | |||||||
| Stewart,B | 1 | |||||||
| Sullivan,G | 1 | |||||||
| Tanner,R | 1 | |||||||
| Taylor,G | 1 | |||||||
| Thomas,N | 1 | |||||||
| Tounge,P | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Treloar,W H | 1 | |||||||
| Ward,C | 1 | |||||||
| Wheeler,A | 1 | |||||||
| Wheeler,I | 1 | |||||||
| Wilson,D | 1 | |||||||
| Wilson,J | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Winston,F | 1 |
Updated to include Round 5, 2012
