IN CHARGE: Bendigo Country Week cricket umpires Helen Wardlaw and Lisa McCabe officiated at Golden Square's MyJet Oval on Wednesday. Picture: NONI HYETT
HISTORY was made at Bendigo’s 83-year-old Country Week cricket carnival on Wednesday when for the first time two female umpires officiated a game.
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Helen Wardlaw and Lisa McCabe took charge of the division one clash between Northern Districts and Goulburn Murray at Golden Square’s MyJet Oval.
McCabe is in her second season of umpiring and Wardlaw – from England – in her first with the BDCA.