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‘Turtle’ to pull up stumps after 40 years

AFTER more than 600 games and 40 years, Noel “Turtle” Slade is calling stumps for one last time.

The 75-year-old veteran umpire of cricket and football will retire from the former at the end of the season, citing health reasons.

“I love doing it, I would like to keep going but I’ve got to pull the pin sometime,” Turtle said.

“(But) I’ll have one more year footy umpiring, you can�...

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