Vale: State and International umpire John (Jack) Collins
Mr Collins umpired 5 Test Matches, 1 One-Day International, 41 First Class games and 9 List A Games, was a Member of the CV 200 Club (235 Matches total between International, Domestic and District/Premier Cricket) and was inducted as a Life Member of the VCAUSA in 1976.
Mr Collins stood in 8 District 1st XI Finals (with his 1st Final being the famous Northcote vs Essendon Final in 1965/66 where Bill Lawry scored 282* to win the flag for Northcote), stood in the Australia vs Rest of the World test in 1971/72 (where Sir Garfield Sobers made 254) and was also one of the first umpires recruited for World Series Cricket when run by the late Kerry Packer, umpiring 7 Supertests and 42 other WSC matches across the two seasons.
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