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"The Canonical 12" 1925-1981

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Grand Final 1954

Some action from all quarters

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Some bloke
written up as
"Mr Football"

Some of the Footscray cast

John Kerr
#1 Teddy Whitten
#3 Charlie Sutton
#6
Arthur Edwards
#11 Ron Stockman
#17 Dave Bryden
#18
Jim Gallagher
#24 Doug Reynolds
#28 Ron McCarthy
#33

President
Otto Grobbecker

Coach
Charlie Sutton

Captain
Charlie Sutton #6

Some of the Melbourne cast

Ken Christie
#4 Lance Arnold
#10 Laurie Mithen
#11
Bob Johnson
#18 Don Williams
#25 Noel Clarke
#26

John Beckwith
#30 Ronnie Barassi
#31 Noel McMahen
#35

President
Bert Chadwick

Coach
Norm Smith

Captain
Geoff Collins #8

Field Umpires

Jack McMurray Junior

Boundary Umpires

Malcolm Henderson
William Treloar

Goal Umpires

Alfred Rees
Edward White

"Alan Martin handballs over to Donald – they had a beautiful combination around the half back line picked up by Johnny Kerr best on ground in 54 Grand Final -effort by that player towards Gilmore. A stab pass by Gilmore a beautiful pass hits Jack Collins right on the chest."

Ted Whitten narrating this in 1991

Saturday 25th September 1954 from the MCG

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Grand Final 1954

This retrospective made sometime prior to 1983 Grand Final

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Lew Richards
Teddy Whitten
talk over the 8 minutes

Some of the Footscray cast

Jack Collins
#2 Peter Box
#5 Roger Duffy
#7
Don Ross
#9 Alan Martin
#19 Wally Donald
#22
Herb Henderson
#25 Harvey Stevens
#32 Brian Gilmore
#34

President
Otto Grobbecker

Coach
Charlie Sutton

Captain
Charlie Sutton #6

Some of the Melbourne cast

Denis Cordner
#1 Ian McLean
#5 Ken Albiston
#6
Geoff Case
#7 Geoff Collins
#8 Stuart Spencer
#12
Geoff McGivern
#17 Ralph Lane
#34 Ken Melville
#38

President
Bert Chadwick

Coach
Norm Smith

Captain
Geoff Collins #8

Field Umpires

Jack McMurray Junior

Boundary Umpires

William Treloar
Malcolm Henderson

Goal Umpires

Edward White
Alfred Rees

"There goes Doug Reynolds once more this is a nice piece of football you will see him take a handball back here & eventually the ball bounces back into his arms & he puts it through on his left boot, we could do anything in the last quarter"

Teddy Whitten

Saturday 25th September 1954

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Round 14 of 22 from 1982

A few minutes of the 4th quarter

Covered by

Commentators Drew Morphett
Doug Heywood

Some of the Footscray cast

Stan Davidson
#9 Mark Komp
#13 Greg Towns
#17
Ian Dunstan
#32 Ross Christensen
#41 Gary Walpole
#42

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian Hampshire
(Bluey)

Captain
Kelvin Templeton #31

Some of the Melbourne cast

Gerard Healy
#3 Michael O'Sullivan
#6 Vinnie Catoggio
#15
Chris Connolly
#22 Kelly O'Donnell
#23 Paul O'Brien
#40

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Field Umpires

Kevin Smith
Geoff Morrow

Boundary Umpires

Paul Budge
Gary Grant

Goal Umpires

Roy Ferguson
Greg MacDonald

“Beautifully taken by Christensen and puts it through. Footscray have taken the front"

Doug Heywood

Saturday 26th June 1982 from V.F.L Park, Waverley

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Round 3 of 22 from 1983

Action from the 1st, 3rd & 4th quarters

Covered by

Commentators Tim Lane
Don Hyde

Some of the Footscray cast

Mark Kellett
#3 Doug Hawkins
#7 Chris Burton
#16
Neil Cordy
#29 Brian Perrin
#40 Rod McPherson
#43

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian Hampshire
(Bluey)

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Some of the Melbourne cast

Brian Wilson
#7 Les Bamblett
#8 Peter Moore
#10
Stephen McCarthy
#24 Tony Dickson
#29 Alan Jarrott
#47

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Field Umpires

Glenn James
Rowan Sawers

Boundary Umpires

Paul Nicholls
Ray Prosser

Goal Umpires

Kevin Andrews
Robert Gilham

Rod McPherson, I think that's his first kick and what a beauty

Tim Lane

Saturday 9th April 1983 from the Western Oval

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Melbourne

vs.

Footscray

Round 14 of 22 from 1983

Action from the fourth quarter

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Drew Morphett
Doug Heywood

Some of the Melbourne cast

Gerard Healy
#3 Roger Ellingworth
#14 Kelly O'Donnell
#23
Kelvin Templeton
#31 Tony Elshaug
#33 Alan Jarrott
#47

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Con Gorozidis
#11 Stephen Lunn
#15 Chris Burton
#16
Geoff Jennings
#25 Peter Foster
#32 Terry Wheeler
#35

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian Hampshire
(Bluey)

Captain (Acting)
Acting
(for) Jim Edmond #20

Field Umpires

David Howlett
Kevin Smith

Boundary Umpires

Stephen Donohue
Alan Rankin

Goal Umpires

William Pryde
Alan Sinclair

Steven Smith kicks out wide, McLean's the leaper.....ooh good football once again this time by Hawkins, shoots for goal and did it superbly.......... playing his hundredth game

Doug Heywood

Saturday 25th June 1983 from the MCG

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Round 9 of 22 from 1984

2nd & 3rd quarter action

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Don Hyde
Tim Lane

Some of the Footscray cast

Andrew Purser
#1 Mick Egan
#10 Chris Hansen
#17
Ian Rickman
#37 Zeno Tzatzaris
#48 Michael McLean
#51

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain
acting capt for
Jimmy Edmond

Some of the Melbourne cast

Peter Giles
#4 Peter Thorne
#8 Alan Johnson
#9
David Williams
#12 Kelvin Templeton
#31 John Fidge
#44

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Field Umpires

Geoff Morrow
Ian Robinson

Boundary Umpires

Murray Williams
Phil Sutton

Goal Umpires

Barry Farrow
Graham Danne

Rickman on the Footscray half forward line looks dangerous, a long kick over the head of Beasley that's great play by Rickman and a tremendous goal for the bulldogs.

Don Hyde

Saturday 26th May 1984 from V.F.L Park, Waverley

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Melbourne

vs.

Footscray

Round 19 of 22 from 1984

Some action from the 3rd quarter

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Clarke Hansen
Geoff Leek

Some of the Melbourne cast

Danny Hughes
#10 Roger Ellingworth
#14 David Cordner
#28
Kelvin Templeton
#31 Frank Rugolo
#43 John Fidge #44

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain (Acting)
Acting Capt for
Robbie Flower #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Andrew Purser
#1 Mark Kellett
#3 Chris Burton
#16
Brian Royal
#33 Brian Cordy
#49 Michael McLean
#51

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Field Umpires

Peter Cameron
Kevin Smith

Boundary Umpires

Leigh Paterson
Geoff Campbell

Goal Umpires

< Ted Johnson
Barry Farrow >

Rod MacPherson now has a quick look, screws one back, it will bounce through, what a marvelous goal, he went for it that was the most important thing, he tried it and it came off

Geoff Leek

Saturday 11th August 1984 from the MCG

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Melbourne

vs.

Footscray

Round 4 of 22 from 1985

4th quarter action

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Jack Edwards
Peter McKenna

Some of the Melbourne cast

Robin White
#5 Brian Wilson
#7 Mark Withers
#15
David Cordner
#28 Paul Payne
#43 John Fidge
#44

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ronald Dale Barassi

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Doug Hawkins
#7 Rick Kennedy
#8 Les Bamblett
#9
Michael Egan
#10 Allen Daniels
#11 Michael Ford
#45

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Field Umpires

Ross Castle
Geoff Morrow

Boundary Umpires

Steven Cato
Chris Sporton

Goal Umpires

David Mitchell
Wayne Smith

As that mark was taken by the best man on the ground at this stage in Andrew Purser who had a magnificent first quarter against Peter Moore

Peter McKenna

Saturday 20th April 1985 from V.F.L Park, Waverley

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Round 20 of 22 from 1986

Action from 1st quarter only

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Jack Edwards
Peter McKenna

Some of the Footscray cast

Robert Groenewegen
#14 Phil Maylin
#17 Dean Chiron
#21
Craig Somerville
#25 Peter Baxter
#26 Neil Cordy
#29

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain (Acting)
Brad Hardie #4
for Rick Kennedy #8

Some of the Melbourne cast

Robert Flower
#2 Brian Wilson
#7 Chris Connolly
#22
David Cordner
#28 Shane Zantuck
#32 Alan Jarrott
#47

President
Stuart Spencer

Coach
John Northey

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Field Umpires

Peter Cameron
Peter Carey

Boundary Umpires

Phil Sutton
Ray Prosser

Goal Umpires

< Brian Pratt
Allan Grant >

Here is a chance for Footscray once again the shot at goal was good its been kicked by Steve McPherson, he's put it through

Jack Edwards

Saturday 16th August 1986 from Western Oval

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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Round 20 of 22 from 1986

1st quarter in whole

Produced By

Covered by

Commentators Jack Edwards
Peter McKenna

Some of the Footscray cast

Andrew Purser
#1 Tony McGuinness
#11 Simon Beasley
#18
Neil Cordy
#29 Michael Ford
#45 Brian Cordy
#49

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain (Acting)
"Teddy" #4
(for) Rick Kennedy #8

Some of the Melbourne cast

Robert Flower
#2 Garry Lyon
#3 David Williams
#12
Adrian Battiston
#16 David Allday
#37 Tony Campbell
#40

President
Stuart Spencer

Coach
John Northey

Captain
Robert Flower #2

Field Umpires

Peter Carey
Peter Cameron

Boundary Umpires

Ray Prosser
Phil Sutton

Goal Umpires

< Brian Pratt
Allan Grant >

"There's some of the diehards there of course a few Fosters cans in the background don't know why they would want to drink on a day like this"

Peter McKenna

Saturday 16th August 1986 from Western Oval

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