WAFL
In 1906 Crapp was enticed to move to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on the promise of employment and a contract from the Goldfields Football Association. Crapp found that no job existed for him and departed by train to Perth intending to return to Melbourne.
WAFL officials however managed to intercept Crapp and convince him to umpire the first round in their Perth-based competition. The League quickly offered him a contract having seen the quality of his umpiring. He was outstanding in the WAFL, as he had been in the VFL, and he was appointed to the 1906 finals series and Grand Final. He became the first-choice umpire in the WAFL and he umpired every final until 1914 – a total of 30 in all. Crapp also umpired four West Australian State Premiership matches; in 1906, 1909 and 1913.
Although historically Crapp was considered to have coached East Perth in 1909, it seems that this was unlikely. Records indicate that he also umpired every week that season, including a final in which East Perth played. It seems likely he may have been in some other capacity with the club and that Ben Wallish was the coach .
In 1914 he travelled to Sydney as the Western Australian representative umpire at the Australian National Football Council Carnival.
In the WAFL Crapp umpired more than 120 games before his retirement in 1920. His last major appointment (by request of the Victorian association) was to the 1921 Interstate match between Western Australia and Victoria - at the astonishing age of 48.
He died in Western Australia.
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