June 26, 2009

Rock 'n roll scoreboard...

THE Elsternwick Park electronic scoreboard was built in 1985, with one of its original sponsors being the State Bank. The bank has long gone (state governments love selling their assets, don't they?) but the scoreboard remains, a seemingly vast structure for a suburban ground, albeit the headquarters of Victorian amateur football.
In the annual Community Cup charity match on Sunday 21 June between the Espy Rockdogs and the RRR/PBS Megahertz, the musicians defeated the public radio broadcasters in a thrilling and controversial finish, when You Am I's Tim Rogers goaled just before the siren after marking a perfect 45 metre pass from Collingwood player Rupert Betheras. The former Magpie was listed in the footy record as 'Banjo' and the Megahertz were not entirely happy that such a high-quality ring-in was playing for the Rockdogs.

Editor's note:  Part of the Rupert Betheras 'football journey' was the 42-game stint he spent at East Perth in 1996-97 that included the heartbreaking 1996 grand final.

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