ON A SPECIAL day of commemoration, field umpire Peter McHugh had more reason than most for pride when officiating at the Anzac Round reserves clash between Inglewood and Bridgewater.
Wedderburn’s McHugh, 67 and a life member of the former North Central associatrion, was umpiring his 750th match in a career of remarkable longevity. He first took to the field in 1984, and since has umpired football matches in such places as Cork in Ireland, and in the Middle East, where he blew the whistle in two grand finals for AFL Middle East.