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Category Archives: Footy
SA’s Eagles play in NSW on 1922 tour by Richard Jones
After South Adelaide’s 1884 trip north Adelaide’s West Torrens Football Club was another interstate footy club to journey across the borders to NSW to play a series of matches. But this wasn’t until July 1922 when the SANFL Eagles started their tour in Wagga Wagga with a match against the combined Riverina side. Continue reading
The fourth jumper by Vin Maskell
FIDA Seagulls’ Indigenous and Special Event games guernsey. Photo Courtesy of FIDA Seagulls website.
Earlier this season, only a few weeks ago, I wrote a piece called Three Jumpers. It briefly re-visited stories from some time ago about two footy jumpers that have meant a lot over the years, and then concluded with a new story, about a third jumper. Continue reading
Bendigo league pulls the pin on 2020 by Richard Jones
There’ll be no senior footy and netball played in the Bendigo league this season.
For the first time since World War 2 – the 1944 season – no football will be played in the central Victorian sport headquarters. Continue reading
Croweaters visit Sydney in footy’s early days by Richard Jones
Sydney was a popular destination for interstate Aussie Rules football teams in the latter part of the 19th century. Only two seasons after VFL club Geelong had played a series of four games, South Adelaide arrived in 1884 for a schedule of five matches in two weeks. Continue reading
Three jumpers by Vin Maskell
THIS is a story of three jumpers. Football jumpers. Australian Rules football jumpers. A story of stripes and numbers, of collars and colours. This is a story of a brother, a father, a daughter. Of a widow, a greengrocer, a stranger. Continue reading
Was Henry Harrison a ‘Father’ of our game? by Richard Jones
Henry Harrison has long been regarded as one of the founding lights of Aussie Rules and indeed was christened “Father of the Game” back in the 1860s. But was he? It’s something I wasn’t aware of until reading Roseville Rod Gillett’s and Ian Granland’s 2019 Journal of the NSW Australian Football History Society. Continue reading
Players with multiple flags to their names by Richard Jones
When footy historians compile best-of lists, players who have won more than one fairest and best award plus those who were voted top footballer on the ground in a grand final there’s some other amazing statistics tabulated. How about a list of people who have played in six, seven or more country Victorian premiership-winning sides since World War 2. Continue reading
Glimmer of hope still for central Victorian leagues by Richard Jones
While neighbouring district footy and netball leagues have pulled the pin on their 2020 seasons three central Victorian bodies have still got their collective fingers crossed. Continue reading
Inglewood’s story one of the oldest in central Victoria by Richard Jones
City-based football followers in this early part of the 21st century probably don’t realise that some of their district clubs boast a long and proud history. Such is the case with Inglewood, a town of 1,100 sited 45 kilometres up the Calder Highway from Bendigo. Continue reading
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