Final Player Profiles Of The Year

  New Club Profiles

  A Bomber Blitz

Final Player Profiles Of The Year

Over the past few days I've added a handful of player profiles to the Biographies section, i.e.

John Ellis (Essendon, Perth, Sandgate, Cooee, Dandenong)   John Greening (Cooee, Collingwood, Port Melbourne, Penguin, East Devonport)   Jim O'Dea (St Kilda & Dandenong)   Troy Ugle (Wanderers, Swan Districts, West Coast)

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New Club Profiles

The latest stage in the 'Phase Two' process described below has involved researching and writing profiles of clubs from outside the major state competitions and the AFL.  Initially, I intend to concentrate on presently existing clubs, but in the fullness of time I would like to add profiles of notable former clubs as well.

During December I have made a small start by adding profiles of all current Goulburn Valley Football League clubs, i.e. Benalla, Echuca, Euroa, Kyabram, Mansfield, Mooroopna, Rochester, Seymour, Shepparton, Shepparton Swans, Shepparton United, Tatura.  

I have also added a profile of Goldfields Football League club Kambalda, which was the only club from that competition not so far covered, as well as current Kyabram District Football League clubs Murchison, Nagambie, Rushworth and Stanhope, South West Football League clubs Bunbury, Carey Park, Eaton Boomers and South Bunbury, and Tongala of the Murray Football League.

The next competition to which I shall be devoting my attention is the Ovens and Murray Football League, the current VCFL champions.  The only clubs covered so far, however, are Albury and Corowa-Rutherglen.

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A Bomber Blitz

Essendon's blistering display against Melbourne in the 1946 VFL grand final is the latest addition to the Great Games section.  View it here.

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  WAFL And SANFL Match Results

  The Amateur Game

  'Phase Two' Of Full Points Footy

  Latest Player Details

WAFL And SANFL Match Results

The results of every V/AFL match ever played can easily be viewed by anyone who has a PC with an internet connection, but the same is not the case for either the SANFL or the WAFL, which are competitions of comparable significance in terms of the overall history and development of the game.  Over the past few weeks I have made a small start in addressing this issue by adding a selection of seasons' results summaries for both competitions to the site's Records and Statistics section.  Thanks to the generosity of Steve Davies, who has compiled comprehensive amounts of data relating to every season of the game's history in WA, and who has kindly provided WANFL results summaries for the entire period 1940 to 1949, there are presently more WAFL seasons covered than SANFL, but in the end I hope to give exhaustive coverage to both leagues.  

For the WA results summaries, go here, and here for SA results.  All results summaries are in PDF format, so you will need Adobe's PDF reader, which is freely available from Adobe's website to view them.

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The Amateur Game

The Interstate section has been expanded with the inclusion of a sub-section devoted to amateur interstate and representative football.  This includes results and ladders from all AAFC carnivals, results of amateur interstate and representative fixtures since 1911, and details of matches played by the All Australian Amateur team.  Once again, much of this material is in PDF format.

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'Phase Two' Of Full Points Footy

During the website's first five years I have tended to concentrate, in the main, on what I would describe as the elite expressions of the game - the AFL and the principal competitions in each state and territory, as well as representative football between teams selected from these competitions.  However, it has always been my intention, health and time permitting, to dig deeper into the fabric of the game's history - the title of the website is, after all, and certainly not by accident, Full Points Footy - and over the past three weeks or so I have made a small start in that process.  One development has been the commencement of coverage of amateur interstate and representative football referred to above.  Another, potentially even more far reaching, development has been the addition of reference pages for a number of leagues which might be described (non-pejoratively) as existing below the elite level.  This process is really nothing more than erecting a foundation for what I hope, ultimately, will be the internet's most wide-ranging historical examination of the grassroots game, more or less along the lines of my examination (so far) of the elite levels.  This means that, in the fullness of time, there will be league and club histories - by which I do not simply mean catalogues of dates, events and achievements - together with profiles of important players, coaches and other personalities.  Admittedly, it's the sort of task that I'll never realistically be able to say I've completed, but I hope - with help - to make a decent start.  Too much of the game's grassroots, boots and liniment, chook rally-infused history is in danger of being lost forever.

So far, as I've implied, all I've done is begin the process of erecting a foundation for the real work ahead, but some site visitors may well find aspects of this foundation of interest.  At present, it comprises basic reference information for the following leagues:

VICTORIA: Alberton Football League, Ballarat Football League, Ballarat-Wimmera Football League, Bellarine Football League, Benalla and District Football League, Bendigo Football league, Central Highlands Football League, Central Murray Football League, Clunes Football League, Colac and District Football League, Diamond Valley Football League, East Gippsland Football League, Eastern Football League, Ellinbank and District Football League, Essendon District Football League, Geelong and District Football League, Geelong Football League, Gippsland Football League, Golden Rivers Football League, Goulburn Valley Football League, Hamden Football League, Heathcote District Football League, Horsham and District Football League, Horsham Junior Football Association, Horsham Junior Football League, Kyabram District Football League, Lexton Plains Football League, Loddon Valley Football League, Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League, Mallee Football League, Mid Gippsland Football League, Mid Wimmera Football League, Millewa Football League, Mininera and District Football League, Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League, Mornington Peninsula Football League, Murray Football League, Nepean Football League, North Central Football League, North Gippsland Football League, Ovens and King Football League, Ovens and Murray Football League, Peninsula District Football Association, Peninsula Football Association, Picola and District Football League, Riddell District Football League, South West District Football League, South West Gippsland Football League, Southern Football League, Sunraysia Football League, Talangatta and District Football League, Tatong and Thoona Football Association, Victorian Amateur Football Association, Warrnambool and District Football League, West Gippsland Latrobe Football League, Western Border Football League, Western Region Football League, Wimmera District Football League, Wimmera Football League, Yarra Valley Mountain Football League

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Great Southern Football League, South Australian Amateur Football League, Spencer Gulf Football League, Western Border Football League, Whyalla Football League 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Goldfields Football League, Great Northern Football League, Sunday Football League, Upper Great Southern Football League, Western Australian Amateur Football League 

NEW SOUTH WALES: Broken Hill Football League, Farrer Football League, Millewa Football League, Murray Football League, North Coast AFL, Ovens and Murray Football League, Picola and District Football League, Riverina Football League, Sunraysia Football League 

NORTHERN TERRITORY: AFL Central Australia 

QUEENSLAND: Cairns AFL

(Clicking on the state or territory link above will take you an index page where you will be presented with a series of links to the various league pages shown.)

Obviously, I have done little more than scratch the surface here, both in terms of the number of leagues and comps covered, and in the depth of that coverage, so expect to see significant developments – in both respects – in due course. 

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Latest Player Details

Given all the above activity, the addition of new player profiles has, of necessity, been more or less put on the back burner for the time being.  However, there have been a handful of fresh entries, namely:

Jack Cassin (Essendon)   Gordon Lane (Essendon & South Melbourne)   Richard Thomas (East Perth & Essendon)

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  AFL Hall Of Fame: 'See Victoria'

  That Grand 'Old East' Tradition

AFL Hall Of Fame: 'See Victoria'

The latest addition to the Essays and Articles section is an examination by Bernard Whimpress of the process used by the AFL in selecting the original members of its Hall of Fame.  Despite being published more than ten years ago, it appears that very little has happened since to render its conclusions either irrelevant or outdated.  Entitled as above, it can be accessed here.

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That Grand Old East Tradition

During the mid to late 1990s I engaged in correspondence for a time with former journalist and renowned football historian Jack Lee, since, alas, deceased.  Jack was the author of books like Old Easts 1948-1975, Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition, and (with Frank Harrison) the two volume The South Fremantle Story, all of which combine a scrupulous passion for detail with an urbane prose style that somehow seemed - and seems - to me to complement and embellish his subject matter.  Over the time of our correspondence we exchanged a fair amount of material: he sent me copies of the South Fremantle books mentioned above, for instance, while I reciprocated, if that's the word, by lumbering him with copies of the series of East Midland Eagles Yearbooks that I produced between 1992 and 1995 (easy to tell who was the winner in that particular exchange!)  He was a major influence on me in several ways, both in a general sense, and more specifically in terms of some of the WA-related information on this website.  Therefore, when I came across a brief article he sent me in June 1995 I felt it might somehow be appropriate to publish it on Full Points Footy as a kind of belated tribute to that influence.  Entitled That Grand 'Old East' Tradition it is really little more than a sketch, and therefore should not be regarded as truly representative of his work as a whole other than in terms of the underlying passion it so clearly evinces.  It can be viewed here.

Several months earlier, as part of an ongoing discussion about the merits of various players over the years, Jack sent me a list containing what he regarded as the greatest 41 footballers to have graced the West Australian game.  (Initially, the list was meant to have comprised just 40 names, but Jack had a last minute afterthought, as will be seen below.)

I seem to recall questioning Jack about the omission from his list of Jack 'Snowy' Hamilton, who would definitely 'get a guernsey' for any 'best of' combination I was selecting, but Jack was his own man, and wasn't to be swayed.  Besides, he had (at a conservative estimate) about 20,000 times more experience and knowledge of the game than I'm ever likely to.

Given that some people I know will find Jack's list of interest, here it is, reproduced in full, verbatim, right down to the style and colour of the font:

WA FOOTBALL LEGENDS

SUGGESTED LIST OF 41, GRADED INTO THREE SECTIONS LABELLED SUPER-CERTAINTIES, NEAR CERTAINTIES AND PROBABLES - AND IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

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  Latest Additions To Great Games Section

  Original Woodville Football Club

  Picture Gallery Overhaul

  Latest Player And Coach Profiles

Latest Additions To Great Games Section

The 1919 SAFL finals series was one of the closest fought and most memorable in the competition's history.  Featuring two drawn matches, it is probably best remembered for Sturt ruckman Ivor Nicolle's last gasp winning goal in the challenge final replay against North Adelaide.  However, the final and final replay involving North Adelaide and West Torrens were every bit as dramatic, and are reviewed in detail here.    

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Original Woodville Football Club

A brief profile of the original Woodville Football Club, which participated in the SAFA in its inaugural season of 1877, has been added to the Clubs section.

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Picture Gallery Overhaul

The site's Picture Gallery has been given a long overdue overhaul, with new images being added to the Populo Ludus Populi, The Big Men Fly and Where The Action Is pages.  Watch out for more additions soon.

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Latest Player And Coach Profiles

The most recent player and coach profiles to be added to the Biographies section have been for:

Maurie Allingham (Port Adelaide)   George Bisset (Footscray & Collingwood)   Wayne Broadbridge (Port Adelaide)   Morton Browne (Hawthorn)   Ken Bryan (Perth)   Percy Bushby (Essendon & Coburg)   David Christie (Woodville)   Denis Clark (Melbourne & Sandringham)   Peter Coventry (Perth)   Bill Curtis (Perth)   Mick Daly (Central District)   Horrie Edmonds (Collingwood, Richmond, Footscray)   Peter Endersbee (Sturt)   Wayne Gordon (Preston, Collingwood, Melbourne)   John Graham (West Torrens)   Stewart Gull (South Melbourne & Melbourne)   Ian Hayden (Richmond)   Juan Hooper (West Adelaide)   Graeme Jacobs (Melbourne & South Melbourne)   Francis Magor (Port Adelaide)   Alan Maynard (Port Adelaide)   Alexander McFarlane (Port Adelaide)   Jeff McGann (Perth)   Leo Merrett (Richmond)   Ross Millson (Perth)   Bob Page (Perth)   Stanley Patten (West Torrens)   Horrie Pope (Port Adelaide)   John Robertson (Port Adelaide)   Keith Robertson (North Melbourne)   Saverio Rocca (Collingwood & Kangaroos)   Graham Scott (South Fremantle, St Kilda, Melbourne)   Bob Shields (Perth)   Charlie Skehan (Perth)   Lyle Skinner (Central District & North Melbourne)   Ray Stokes (Burnie & Richmond)   Kelly Stringer (North Adelaide)   Ken Turner (Collingwood)   Enrico Vidovich (Central District & East Fremantle)   Michael Voss (Brisbane)   Paul Williams (North Hobart, Collingwood, Sydney)   John Winneke (Hawthorn)

This means the site now contains a total of 2348 such profiles.

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  New Sandover Medal Book

  Latest Additions To Clubs Section

New Sandover Medal Book

At long last the Sandover Medal has been afforded the sort of detailed historical overview it deserves with the recent publication of Alan East's 'The Sandover Men'.  An illustration rich 479 pages in length, the book deals at length with every Medallist to date except for this year's, including the under-age wartime winners and those who were awarded retrospective Medals in 1997.  Through a combination of personal interviews, articles from a wide variety of sources, and astute commentary, East manages to lift the lid on West Australian football's premier individual award in a way that is always interesting and entertaining, as well as intermittently surprising.  It's well worth seeking out by all lovers of football history, regardless of whether or not they hail from WA.

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Latest Additions To Clubs Section

Brief profiles of early SAFA clubs Kensington, South Park, Bankers and Victorian have been added to the Clubs section, as have details of SthFL regional league clubs Triabunna and Central Hawks.

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  Magpies Too Good For Roos

  This Month's Player And Coach Profiles

Magpies Too Good For Roos

The 2006 Broken Hill Football League grand final, played last Saturday, saw Central Broken Hill down South Broken Hill convincingly by 49 points, 13.11 (89) to 5.10 (40).  On an afternoon of high winds, cool temperatures and frequent showers, scores remained close until three-quarter time, at which point Centrals led 5.10 (40) to 5.5 (35).  During the last term, however, Centrals produced arguably the best football seen in the Silver City all year to race to victory.  Sixteen year old 'boy wonder' Locchie McGregor booted 5 goals to add to the 10 he had snared in the preliminary final, but he was far from a one man team as the likes of inspirational skipper Anthony Berg (voted best on ground), ruckman Mark Zanette and centre half back Steve Crowhurst all produced telling efforts.  Best for South were half back flanker Mick Vlatko and on-baller and coach Anthony Murgatroyd.

The grand final capped an excellent year for football in Broken Hill with aggregate crowds up roughly 20% on the 2005 total.

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This Month's Player And Coach Profiles

The following player and coach profiles have been added to the site during September, bringing the total number to 2306:

Kevin Abley (Glenelg)   Corry Bewick (West Perth)   Bruce Campbell (Subiaco, Carlton, Fitzroy, Melbourne)   Merv Carrott (East Fremantle)   Graham Christie (South Adelaide)   James Coad (West Adelaide)   Brian Cook (Perth)   James 'Jim' Dawes (South Adelaide)   Eric Dix (West Torrens)   Len Dockett (Melbourne)   Chris Duthy (South Broken Hill, Glenelg, Fitzroy)   Duncan Fosdike (Norwood)   Harry Free (Newtown)   John Gleeson (Turner)   Fred Hansch (Woodville)   Chris Hansen (Fitzroy & Footscray)   Paul Harding (East Fremantle, Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast)   John Hardy (Carlton & North Shore)   Glenn Hawker (Essendon & Carlton)   Trevor Hughes (North Adelaide & West Adelaide)   Bert Johnson (West Adelaide, North Melbourne, Dandenong, Williamstown)   Peter Jonas (Central District & North Melbourne)   Graeme Lee (Wynyard, St Kilda, Launceston, East Devonport)   Haydn Linke (Glenelg)   Brian Livesey (West Torrens)   Harold Maddigan (Acton & Turner)   Neil McCann (North Adelaide)   Bill McKenzie (North Adelaide)   Barry Metcalfe (Hawthorn, Mordialloc, Claremont)   William Milroy (North Melbourne & Carlton)   Brian Needle (East Fremantle)   Fred Odgers (Sturt & New Town)   Jack Pimm (Collingwood)   Rod Podbury (Bankstown & Campbelltown)   Barry Potts (North Adelaide)   Stephen Power (Footscray)   David Rankin (Fitzroy & East Fremantle)   Don Russell (West Torrens)   John Ryan (West Adelaide)   Jim Sewell (East Fremantle & Footscray)   Allan Sidebottom (Swan Districts & St Kilda)   John Sims (East Fremantle)   Bernie Slattery (West Adelaide)   Wayne Stringer (North Adelaide & Glenelg)   Tom Sullivan (Kalgoorlie Railways, Subiaco, East Fremantle, Mines Rovers)   Brian Taylor (Richmond, Collingwood, Prahran)   Joe Traynor (Hotham & Norwood)   Ray Trenorden (North Adelaide)   Peter Vertudaches (Norwood & West Adelaide)   Ernest Wadham (Norwood)   George Wallace (South Adelaide)   Danny Warr (Preston, St Kilda, Eastlake, Turner)   Roy Watterston (Newtown, Queanbeyan-Acton, Acton, Eastlake)   Lindsay Webb (East Devonport & Devonport)   Alan White (North Adelaide, South Adelaide, Swan Districts)   Malcolm Whitford (North Adelaide & South Adelaide)

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  Club History Revisions And Updates

  Previously Unbeaten Eagles Founder At The Last Hurdle

Club History Revisions And Updates

Some of the earliest club histories on the site were first written more than a decade ago, and frankly it shows, not least in terms of detail (or lack of it).  Consequently, I intend to re-visit the older entries one by one over the next few months and attempt to bring them 'up to scratch'.  The first such entry to be revised and expanded in this way has been that for West Torrens, with more to follow soon.

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Previously Unbeaten Eagles Founder At The Last Hurdle

There was major drama in the Sydney premier division grand final as East Coast Eagles, which had won the minor premiership with an unblemished record, and then beaten Western Suburbs in the 2nd semi, lost a nail biter to Pennant Hills by 2 points.  Final scores were Pennant Hills 5.20 (50) to East Coast Eagles 7.6 (48) after the Eagles had led by 7 points at the last change.  Pennant Hills had won just 10 out of 16 home and away matches, but managed to find their best form when it counted most.  They last went top six years ago.  Rubbing salt into the Eagles' wounds in a sense was the fact that they provided the Rod Podbury Medallist in the shape of Kristian Pearson.  They also provided the premier division's top goal kicker for the season in Gus Seebeck, who booted 65 goals. 

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  Railways Notch 28th Flag

  Lions Lift Rodriguez Shield Again 

  Footy's History on NSW's North Coast

Railways Notch 28th Flag

Last Saturday's Goldfields Football League grand final saw Kalgoorlie Railways secure the 28th senior flag in their history with a hard fought 11.10 (76) to 10.7 (67) defeat of Boulder City.  Few country areas of Australia have as rich a footballing tradition as the West Australian goldfields, with the GFL in particular being home, over the years, to players of the calibre of Jack Broadstock, John Colgan, 'Johnny' Compton, Dave Cuzens, Lou Daily, Jack Diprose, John 'Jerry' Dolan, Gordon Earnshaw, Allan Ebbs, Alec Epis, Joe Fanchi, Hugh Gavin, Bill Grundy, Jim Gosnell, 'Paddy' Hebbard, Ted Holdsworth, Frank Hopkins, Dean Kemp, George Krepp, Jack Leckie, Gordon 'Sonny' Maffina, Don Marinko senior, Joe Marmo, Steve Marsh, Phil Matson, Bill Mayman, Stephen Michael, Frank Murphy, 'Brum' O'Meara, Tom Outridge, Snob' Polglaise, Ted 'Otto' Pool, 'Jack' Reeves, Jack 'Carp' Reilly, Jack Regan, George Renwick, Clarrie Reynolds, Lin 'Blue' Richards, Ralph Robertson, Alec Robinson, Jack Rocchi, Ted Rowell, Jack Shea, 'Paddy' Shea, Whyburn Taylor, William 'Billy' Thomas, William 'Nipper' Truscott, Charlie Tyson junior, Charlie Tyson senior, George Tyson, Dick 'Bendigo' Vernon, Neville Way, Jack 'Balla' Wells, Jack Woollard, Percy Youlden 

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Lions Lift Rodriguez Shield Again

The Rodriguez Shield for the club with the best combined record in the WAFL seniors, reserves and colts competitions has been won by Subiaco for the seventh time in total, and the second time in succession.  (I'm indebted to Steve Davies for this information.)  A full list of all Rodriguez Shield winners since the award's inception in 1957 can be accessed here.

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Footy's History on NSW's North Coast

A PDF file containing Rod Gillett's intriguing account of the brief history of football in the North Coast region of New South Wales is the latest addition to the site's Essays and Articles section.  It can be viewed here.

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  The 1970 VFL Grand Final - A Myth Examined

  AFL Free Kick Discrepancy

  More Player And Coach Details

The 1970 VFL Grand Final - A Myth Examined

Hyperbole and sport appear to go hand in hand, and few sports are more prone to hyperbole than Australian football.  Thus, if you believe the hype, the 1970 VFL grand final between Carlton and Collingwood represented the 'birth' of football's 'modern era' , with Blues coach Ron Barassi single-handedly inventing the concept of play on football during the match's half time interval.  Common sense alone is enough to tell you that this is nonsense, but as with all such myths there is an underlying grain or two of truth, which my recently added statistical analysis of the game hopefully goes some way towards expounding.  Read it here.

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AFL Free Kick Discrepancy

Ray Mitchell has been analysing free kick allocation in the AFL over the past three seasons, and has come up with some interesting findings.  In particular, he has identified a marked discrepancy in the number of free kicks awarded to Victorian teams as against those from other states in matches between the two.  In the first fifteen rounds of the current season, Victorian teams had been awarded a total of 1,139 free kicks in such matches, compared to 914 for the non-Victorian clubs.  That works out at an average of 20.34 as against 16.32 per match, a discrepancy of 4.02.  (Over the 2004-5 seasons the discrepancy was closer to 6 frees per match in the Victorians' favour, so I suppose one could say that the situation was improving.)

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More Player And Coach Details

The latest player and coach profiles to be added to the Biographies section have been for:

Colin Aamodt (North Adelaide)   Geoff Ablett (Hawthorn, Richmond, St Kilda)   F. 'Cocky' Ahearne (Cananore)   Frank Aked senior (Footscray & Hawthorn)   Ron Alexander (East Perth, Fitzroy, East Fremantle, West Coast)   Graeme 'Gubby' Allan (Sunshine, Fitzroy, Collingwood)   Frank Allen (East Perth)   Stephen Allender (Port Melbourne, Sydney, Hawthorn)   Tom Alvin (Carlton & Sandringham)   Dean Anderson (Hawthorn & St Kilda)   Andrew Angwin (Port Melbourne & Hawthorn)   Ken Ashdown (West Perth)   Gary Baker (Footscray, Melbourne, Sydney, Mordialloc, Moorabbin)   Jason Baldwin (Fitzroy & Richmond)   Gerald Balme (St Kilda & West Perth)   Adrian Battiston (Melbourne, Sydney, Glenelg)   Anthony Bellos (East Perth)   John Benetti (Carlton)   Russell Blew (Essendon & Waverley)   Richard Bray (Port Adelaide)   Ron Brown (East Perth)   Ned Bull (East Perth)   Neil Button (Norwood)   Craig Callaghan (Swan Districts, Fremantle, St Kilda)   Graham Campbell (Fitzroy, West Perth, Glenelg)   John Cassin (Essendon, West Torrens, North Melbourne, Fitzroy)   Wally Clark (Fitzroy & Latrobe)   Craig Cock (South Adelaide)   David Conrad (North Adelaide)   Graham Cooper (Port Adelaide)   Jock Cordner (Footscray, Fitzroy, North Melbourne)   Gary Cowton (North Melbourne, Footscray, South Melbourne)   Darcy Cox (North Adelaide)   Russell Crow (Fitzroy)   Daryl Cumming (Richmond, Melbourne, North Melbourne, South Melbourne)   Stephen Curtis (East Perth & Port Adelaide)   Chris Daniher (Essendon)   Neale Daniher (Essendon, Werribee, Melbourne)   Andrew Demetriou (North Melbourne & Hawthorn)   Jim Derrington (Sturt)   Des Dickson (Hawthorn)   Syd Dufall (West Perth)   Anthony Dullard (Melbourne & Williamstown)   Emmett Dunne (Richmond & Footscray)   Gordon Earnshaw (Kalgoorlie City, South Fremantle, East Perth)   Tony Elshaug (Melbourne, Essendon, Collingwood, Dandenong)   Eric Eriksson (South Fremantle)   Dennis Errey (Port Adelaide)   Tom Everett (East Perth & East Fremantle)   Alan Ezard (Coburg & Essendon)   Bob Fabian (Port Adelaide)   Harry Fleet (North Adelaide)   Les Fong (West Perth)   Ted Fordham (Essendon)   Jim Forsyth (Essendon & West Torrens)   George Foulis (North Adelaide)   Laurie Fowler (Richmond, Melbourne, Waverley, Springvale)   Alan Galloway (North Adelaide)   Michael Gaudion (North Melbourne)   Bob Geisler (North Adelaide)   Barry Gill (Carlton)   Allan Goad (Hawthorn)   Doug Gott (Collingwood)   Laurie Green (South Fremantle)   Frank Gumbleton (North Melbourne)   Eric Guyatt (St Kilda)   Robert Hancock (St Kilda)   Henry Harrison (Richmond, Melbourne, Geelong)   Ross Haslam (Port Adelaide)   Neil Hawke (Port Adelaide, East Perth, West Torrens)   Arthur 'Reg' Heusler (Norwood, Claremont, Perth)   Glynn Hewitt (West Adelaide, Woodville, South Adelaide)   Malcolm Hill (Hawthorn & Sturt)   Mervyn Hobbs (Footscray)   Clarence 'Jackie' Hooper (Port Adelaide & Claremont)   Colin Hounsell (South Melbourne/Sydney, Nightcliff, Woodville)   Brendon Howard (Sturt)   Andrew Ireland (Collingwood)   Gerry Iseger (Perth, Swan Districts, South Adelaide)   Bernie Jones (Hawthorn & Essendon)   Peter 'Percy' Jones (North Hobart & Carlton)   Peter Keenan (Melbourne, North Melbourne, Essendon)   Paul Kennett (West Torrens & North Adelaide)   Rene Kink (Collingwood, Essendon, St Kilda)   Paddy Knox (Unions/Fremantle)   Keith Kuhlmann (West Adelaide & Glenelg)   Ron Lawrence (East Fremantle)   Victor Lawrence (North Melbourne)   Colin McDonald (Woodville & Woodville-West Torrens)   James McDowall (North Adelaide)   William McFarlane (Port Adelaide)   Kevin McGill (East Perth)   Ron McGowan (Longford, Hobart, Footscray)   Don McKenzie (Essendon)   Peter Medhurst (West Perth & Central District)   Ken Montgomery (North Melbourne)   Alan Morrow (St Kilda & Dandenong)   William Mose (East Perth)   Brian Mulvihill (West Torrens, North Melbourne, Woodville)   Wally Naismith (Fitzroy & Melbourne)   Bill Nettlefold (Richmond, North Melbourne, Melbourne)   David O'Halloran (Hawthorn)   Leo Oprey (Oakleigh & Carlton)   Tony Parentich (South Fremantle)   Ian Paton (Hawthorn & South Launceston)   Michael Perry (Richmond)   Reg Poole (Hawthorn)   Allan Poore (Collingwood & Waverley)   Kevin Pritchard (Preston)   Charlie Pyatt (West Torrens)   Harold 'Tim' Robb (Yarraville, Footscray, North Melbourne)   Ian Robertson (Carlton & Footscray)   Geoff Rosenow (Geelong & Mordialloc)   Brian Sampson (Essendon & West Perth)   Eric Sarich (South Fremantle, Swan Districts, South Melbourne, East Fremantle, Subiaco)   Brad Scott (Hawthorn & Brisbane)    Paul Seal (East Perth)   Thomas Serjeant (Claremont)   David Shaw (Essendon)   Gray 'Mick' Sibun (South Melbourne)   Jim Slaven (West Torrens)   Valentine Sparrow (East Perth)   Keith Spencer (Port Adelaide)   Damien Squire (North Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Sturt)   Darryl Sutton (Glenorchy, North Melbourne, Swan Districts, Richmond, Sydney)   Xavier Tanner (North Melbourne & Melbourne)   William Thomas (North Adelaide)   Edward Tilley (Sturt)   Charles Tyson (South Fremantle & Subiaco)   David Wall (Fitzroy & Northcote)   Jim Washbourne (East Perth)   Ronald Wearmouth (Collingwood)   Fred Wooller (Geelong & Penguin)   Kevin Worthington (Claremont, Collingwood, Perth)

This brings the total number of such profiles on the site to 2250.

On the subject of player and coach profiles, I'm indebted to Greg Parker and Phil Manning for providing me with useful additional information about some of the players covered on the site.  Such details are always welcome, and greatly appreciated.

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  Tigers Tame Blues - Twice

  Inductions To Tasmanian Hall Of Fame

  Latest Mini-Biographies 

Tigers Tame Blues - Twice

Accounts, based on contemporary source material, of the 1921 VFL final and challenge final, both of which featured Richmond and Carlton, have just been added to the Great Games and Memorable Matches section.  Both games went right down to the wire, with the final being noteworthy for more than just the football.  Read the match reviews here.

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Inductions To Tasmanian Hall Of Fame

I am indebted to Len Colquhoun for kindly providing the following information.

Hobart's Wrest Point was the venue recently for the second gala induction function of the Tasmanian Football Hall Of Fame.  A total of 550 guests attended the event which witnessed: 

  Ian Stewart and Royce Hart joining previous inductees Horrie Gorringe, Darrel Baldock and Peter Hudson as icons of the game;

  Hec Smith, Laurie Nash, Terry Cashion, Arthur Hodgson and Alastair Lynch being inducted as legends.  They join players John Leedham, Geoff Long and Rodney Eade, coaches Bruce Carter, Roy Cazaly, Geoff 'Paddy' Martin and Jack Rough, umpire Jack McMurray junior, administrator Ian Drake and media representative Tim Lane;

  North Launceston's induction as Tasmanian football's second official 'great club', a  distinction they share with last year's inaugural inductee, North Hobart.

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Latest Mini-Biographies

The following profiles have recently been added to the Biographies section: 

Lou Armstrong (West Melbourne, Essendon, Essendon Association)   Sydney Barker senior (Essendon Association, Richmond, North Melbourne, Essendon)   Hans 'Ossie' Bertram (West Torrens, South Melbourne, St Kilda)   Harry Bushell (Subiaco)   William 'Joe' Bushell (North Fremantle, Sturt, St Kilda, Subiaco)   Frank Caine (Carlton, North Melbourne, Essendon)   Les Charge (South Melbourne)   Norman 'Hackenschmidt' Clark (North Adelaide, Carlton, Richmond, Brighton, St Kilda, North Melbourne)   Norman Claxton (North Adelaide)   Hector 'Johnny' Compton (Claremont & Kalgoorlie City)   Jos Dailey (West Adelaide)   John Earl (North Adelaide)   Jack Edmeades (Claremont-Cottesloe/Claremont)   Ron Evans (Essendon & West Perth)   Alec Ewers (North Adelaide)   Ted Farrell (Fitzroy & Richmond)   George Green (Collingwood)   Art Gregory (West Melbourne & Footscray)   Hugh Guthrie (Claremont)   Charlie Hardy (North Melbourne, Essendon, Coburg, St Kilda)   Stanley Headon (Sturt & Claremont)   Graham Jenzen (Perth)   Ernest Johns (North Adelaide)   Ernest Jones (South Adelaide, North Adelaide, Port Adelaide)   Alby Klose (West Adelaide & North Adelaide)   Norman Le Brun (South Melbourne, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton)   Bernie Leahy (West Adelaide & North Adelaide)   Jimmy Matthews (North Adelaide)   John J. McCarthy (West Adelaide)   Ray Mills (Perth)   Harry Morgan (Subiaco, South Melbourne, Footscray, Carlton, West Adelaide)   Harold Pash (North Adelaide)   Norman Pash (North Adelaide)   Graham Ramshaw (Perth & Fitzroy)   George Rawle (North Melbourne, Essendon Association, Essendon, Camberwell)   Jack Rees (North Adelaide)   Victor Stephens (West Adelaide & Norwood)   James Stewart (North Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton)   William Sutherland (Claremont)   Lawrence Tulloch (Collingwood)   Robert Weatherill (Richmond)

In addition, the profile of 'Jack' Dermody (Port Adelaide) has been expanded to incorporate information kindly supplied by the player's son, Peter Dermody.

The site now features a total of 2115 player and coach profiles.

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  Notes On Contributors

  Tricolours Triumph

Notes On Contributors

Not before time, I have added a page to the site which summarises and acknowledges the contributions of some of the many individuals who have provided me with assistance, criticism and advice over the years.  The page also provides brief biographical information about each contributor.  Expect to see the page, which you can access here, expand considerably over time.

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Tricolours Triumph

The story of Footscray's fifth senior flag, which came via a nail-biting 1 point final victory over North Melbourne, is told here.

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  Recommended Site

  South End Nineteen Year Drought

  Latest Mini-Biographies 

Recommended Site

The Blueseum is, as the name perhaps suggests, a repository of virtually everything Carlton.  Still only in its infancy, it looks likely to develop into something pretty special, and is well worth a visit - and not just by Carlton fans.  Essentially styled along wiki lines, but infinitely more imaginative and eye-catching, you can view it here.

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South End Nineteen Year Drought

South Melbourne's sixth senior premiership was in some ways the most impressive in the club's history, affording a classic example of a team which learned from its mistakes, and succeeded in putting things right in a truly dramatic and memorable way.  Read about it here.

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  'The Doc' - A Football Legend

  1908 Melbourne Carnival

  Collingwood's First Flag

  Player And Coach Profiles For June

'The Doc' - A Football Legend

Well, I daresay most of us knew that already, but it was nice to see the AFL making it 'official' with the induction of the great Darrel Baldock as a Hall of Fame Legend, making him the second Tasmanian footballer (after Ian Stewart) to be so honoured.

I'm grateful to Len Colquhoun for sending me a copy of an excellent article from 'The Mercury' highlighting Baldock's honour, and summarising his career.  The article also gratefully acknowledges that, for the first time ever, the AFL has seen fit to include details of a footballer's Tasmanian achievements in his official Hall of Fame résumé, and understandably goes on to express (albeit implicitly) the hope that this might herald the inception of a more open-minded, less VFL-centric selection policy.  It cites the case of the great John Leedham, who

"........is widely regarded as the best Tasmanian player not to play in the VFL, and while South and West Australians have been inducted on their local records alone, this is an honour yet to be bestowed on 'the Great JL'."

(And, one feels constrained to add, the likes of Horrie Gorringe, Terry Cashion, Arthur Hodgson, Allan Rait, Bruce Carter..............)

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1908 Melbourne Carnival

The account of the 1908 Melbourne carnival has been expanded to include brief reports of all twelve matches played. 

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Collingwood's First Flag

When Collingwood and South Melbourne finished level at the top of the VFA premiership ladder in 1896 a play-off - in effect, the Association's first 'grand final' - was necessary.  A review of that match, entitled 'A New Football Power Emerges', has just been added to the Great Games and Memorable Matches section.

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Player And Coach Profiles For June

The latest player and coach profiles to be added to the Biographies section have been of:

Bill Alderman (Subiaco)   George Bates (Collingwood, Northcote, Richmond, South Melbourne)   William Benton (Richmond)   Jim Bicknell (North Melbourne)   Len Bowe (Essendon)   Horrie Bullen (Hawthorn & Carlton)   Daryn Cresswell (Glenorchy, North Hobart, Sydney)   Gordon Dangerfield (St Kilda & Brighton)   Ray Hank (West Torrens)   Len Harman (West Perth)   David Hickinbotham (Geelong)   Jack P. Howell (South Melbourne & Footscray)   Brian Humphries (West Perth)   Ken Inman (Perth)   John Judd (South Adelaide)   Ross Kelly (West Perth)   Marx Kretschmer (Port Adelaide)   Don Laffin (Glenelg)   Milton Lamb (Geelong)   Gilbert Langley (Sturt & Essendon)   Rex Leahy (Glenelg)   Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane)   Theo 'Hank' Lindner (North Adelaide)   Keith London (West Perth & Perth)   Clarrie Lonsdale (Hawthorn)   William Lowenthal (Essendon, Fitzroy, Preston)   Don Marinko junior (West Perth & East Perth)   Ray Marinko (West Perth & East Perth)   Owen Martin (North Adelaide)   Max Mayo (Norwood)   Laurie McNamara (West Perth)   Patrick O'Dea (Melbourne)   Gordon Ogden (Melbourne, Williamstown, Yarraville)   Roy Porter (West Perth)   Don Prior (West Torrens)   Edward Rippon (Essendon & St Kilda)   Joe Sellwood (Geelong)   Stan Spinks (Hawthorn & Camberwell)   William Strickland (Carlton & Collingwood)   Stephen Traynor (Port Adelaide)   Bill Vanthoff (Melbourne)   Gavin Wanganeen (Port Adelaide, Essendon, Port Adelaide Magpies)   Sydney Ween (West Torrens & Port Adelaide)   Fred Williams (Subiaco)   Tony Yaksich (West Perth)

The site now features a total of 2074 such profiles.

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  Fifth Flag For Fitzroy

  East Perth's Teams Of The Century

  Port In Perth

  Carnival Classics

Fifth Flag For Fitzroy

An archetypal 'David and Goliath' encounter: the most successful VFL side of the time, Fitzroy, against perennial under-achievers, St Kilda, in a clash for the 1913 premiership.  You can view it here.

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East Perth's Teams Of The Century

East Perth have belatedly announced not just one, but two, official 'Teams of the Century', the first covering the period between 1906 and 1944, and the second 1945 to 2005.  You can view them here.

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Port In Perth

Port In Perth recounts the matches played by Port Adelaide against East Fremantle and a Combined WAFL XVIII during the club's memorable 1910 Western Australian tour.

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Carnival Classics

Brief accounts of important matches from the 1908, 1911, 1921 and 1924 carnivals have just been added to the Great Games and Memorable Matches section.  The matches in question are:

  The first ever carnival match, New Zealand vs. New South Wales, MCG, 1908 - 'A False Dawn'

  The decisive match of the 1911 Adelaide carnival between South Australia and the VFL - 'Croweaters Do It In Style'

  Western Australia vs. South Australia, Perth, 1921 - 'Carnival Clincher'

  One of the all time great carnival clashes, the VFL vs. Western Australia at Hobart in 1924 - 'A Carnival Classic'

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  Two Early VFL Flags

  For Whom The Bell Tolls

  Pause For Thought

Two Early VFL Flags

 Reviews of the following two early VFL premiership-deciding matches are the latest additions to the Great Games and Memorable Matches section:

  The 1899 final between reigning premiers Fitzroy and South Melbourne - 'Tip-Top Roys'

  Melbourne's and Fitzroy's clash from the following year - 'Fuchsias' Farcical Flag'

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

The recent controversial ending to the AFL match between St Kilda and Fremantle got me thinking about other, similar instances in the history of the game, of which there have been many.  Of these, I decided to research and write about a couple, for inclusion in the Great Games and Memorable Matches section.  The two games in question are:

  The 1907 West Australian League grand final between Perth and East Fremantle - 'A Premiership on Protest'

and, perhaps of particular interest to any still aggrieved St Kilda supporters:

A round 17 clash from 1928 between the Saints and Melbourne - 'Saints Edge Home After The Bell'.

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Pause For Thought

It may have been written almost a century ago, but the following editorial comment by 'Amateur' in 'The Leader' of 27/9/1913 still seems uncannily relevant today, particularly in light of the round ball shenanigans going on in Germany at the moment:

I have often thought that it is a matter for regret that the intensely parochial nature of the Victorian game prohibits the wider interest of international matches, which in these days of Olympic Games and the like is the highest trend of modern sport.  Racing, cricket, rowing, tennis, pedestrianism, yachting, cycling and some forms of football, such as Rugby and Soccer, all have their international contests, but the Australian game, racy of the soil, must rest content with inter-State matches, in which only a milk and water interest is displayed.  The federation of the football world might bring about a different state of things, but that desideratum seems to be as far off as the millennium.  Even in Melbourne we are in the anomalous position of having two rival bodies, the League and the Association, controlling what is in effect the same style of football, and our Queen city is not yet the hub of the universe.  One is confident that our native born athletes compare favourably with the rest of the world, and in any form of football they would undoubtedly hold their own.  Grand as our style of football is it must make the mouths of our crack players water to read day after day of different trips organised to tour America, England, South Africa, New Zealand, &c., by Rugby and Association teams.  

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  1979 TANFL Grand Final Enters Hall Of Fame

  Croweaters Prevail In Adelaide

1979 TANFL Grand Final Enters Hall Of Fame

The 1979 TANFL grand final between Clarence and Glenorchy is the latest game to be added to Tasmanian football's official Hall of Fame.  You can read Tim Rowland's review of the game here.  Thanks to Len Colquhoun for sending me a copy of the recent 'Examiner' article about this.

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Croweaters Prevail In Adelaide

Last Saturday, 27th May, South Australia overcame a vigorously stern challenge from Western Australia to win a high quality Haydn Bunton Cup state league encounter at the Adelaide Oval.  Final scores were South Australia 14.14 (98) to Western Australia 12.9 (81).  The result means that, of the 89 senior interstate, state of origin and state league clashes between the two states, South Australia has now recorded 45 wins compared to the sandgropers' 44.  The full, city by city breakdown of results reads: Perth - WA 30 wins, SA 10; Adelaide - SA 29 wins, WA 8; Melbourne - WA 4-0; Hobart - WA 2-1; Sydney - SA 3-0; Brisbane - SA 2-0.

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  Email Problems

  Latest Mini-Biographies

Email Problems

It's recently come to light that my ISP has been experiencing problems with its email server which has resulted in the delivery of a very small number of emails being significantly delayed, sometimes by up to a week.  At first I thought I hadn't been affected by this problem, but then this morning I received an email (not Full Points Footy-related) which was dated 13th May, so it appears there's a possibility that there are other emails that are still in the system waiting to be delivered.  I normally aim to reply to emails within 3-5 days, so if you've written to me longer ago than that, and haven't yet received a reply, it's just possible that they've been delayed.  Rest assured I'll give any such emails priority once they get through.  If you've contacted me via the site's feedback feature there's a very small possibility of delays there too as it uses the same server.

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Latest Mini-Biographies

Profiles of the following players and coaches have been added to the site during May:

Brenton Bills (West Torrens)   Cornelius Britt (Collingwood)