Simon Meredith (umpire)
| Simon Meredith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Simon Meredith | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1975 | ||
| Umpiring career | |||
| Years | League | Role | Games |
| 2004-Present | AFL | Field umpire | 189 |
Simon Meredith (born 11 March 1975) is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 189 career games in the AFL, as at the completion of 2012 AFL season.[1] Meredith officiated in the 2012 and 2013 AFL Grand Finals.[2]
In June 2014, Meredith suffered severe headaches whilst umpiring a game between Sydney and Port Adelaide. He was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage or bleeding on his brain. He spent over a week in hospital, not even changing out of his umpiring clothes for two days, before returning to Melbourne. He is expected to be fully recover and hopes to be umpiring again in the coming month.[3]
On Tuesday 23 September 2014, the AFL Umpiring Department announced that Meredith along with Matt Stevic and Mathew Nicholls would officiate the 2014 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Footnotes
- ↑ Meredith AFLUA Statistics
- ↑ Julia Gauci (24 September 2013). "AFL announces Grand Final umpires". Australian Football League Umpires Association. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ Quayle, Emma (26 June 2014). "AFL umpire Simon Meredith on the mend after major health scare". The Age. Retrieved 27 June 2014.