Craig Robert Hendrie is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 field umpire who umpired between 2003 and 2009 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

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Junior football

Hendrie began umpiring in the North Suburban Junior Football League in Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 in 1988.

WAFL

Hendrie joined the WAFL umpiring panel in 1995 and made his league football debut in 1996. Hendrie umpired the 2001, 2002 and 2003 WAFL grand finals. To the end of the 2008 WAFL season he had umpired 208 WAFL matches.

AFL

Hendrie joined the AFL umpiring panel in 2003. To the end of the 2009 AFL season

2009 AFL season

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he had umpired 69 AFL games.

In October 2009 it was announced that he would not have an AFL contract for 2010.

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