Help with referee or umpire
 

Referee is used for football, baseball. Umpire for tennis
What other sports do you use the word "referee" and "umpire"
For hockey is it an umpire or a referee?:doh:
Thanks for your help

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Baseball: umpire
Basketball: referee
Boxing: referee
American Football: referee
Soccer: referee
Hockey: referee

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Thanks a lot Eric.

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cricket - umpire.
(that obscure english game that everyone gets confused with croquet!) :-)

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Thanks a lot Clive:)

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Depends what sort of hockey you're talking about. If it's the grass variety, definitely umpire. I suspect Eric meant ice hockey ...

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thanks Sue
What about rugby, fencing, judo, Karate, chess
Is it referee or umpire?:confused:

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All referee.
Umpire for - rowing, bowls, netball, softball, and Australian rules football, sailing. Referee for most other sports.
Re cricket - there are actually two umpires and a referee. if the umpires aren't sure of a decision they can ask the off-field referee to view a video replay and decide. Tennis tournaments also have a referee who can overrule an umpire's decision if necessary.

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a hockey official is called a referee there is usually 2 on the ice in a rec league but 4 in the nhl and college leagues :)

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:doh:can we just say "judge"?
no?