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"The Canonical 12" 1925-1981

All other opponents

Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Grand Final 1954

Some action from all quarters

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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

Inside the Charts:
Sh-Boom by The Crew Cuts

"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

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Commentators

Lew Richards
Teddy Whitten
talk through
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

Inside the Charts:
Three Coins in the Fountain

"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

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Commentators

Drew Morphett
Doug Heywood

Some of the Footscray cast

Stan Davidson
#9 Steven Knight
#12 Mark Komp
#13
Greg Towns
#17 Kelvin Templeton
#31 Ian Dunstan
#32
Terry Wheeler
#35 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 Peter Keenan
#10
Vinnie Catoggio
#15 Chris Connolly
#22 Kelly O'Donnell
#23
Ted Fidge
#36 Paul O'Brien
#40 Stuart McKenzie
#49

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

Inside the Charts:
I've Never Been To Me by Charlene

“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

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Commentators

Tim Lane
Don Hyde

Some of the Footscray cast

Mark Kellett
#3 Ian Williams
#5 Doug Hawkins
#7
Michael Egan
#10 Robert Groenewegen
#14 Stephen Lunn
#15
Neil Cordy
#29 Brian Royal
#33 Brian Perrin
#40

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian Hampshire

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Some of the Melbourne cast

Gerard Healy
#3 Brian Wilson
#7 Les Bamblett
#8
Roger Ellingworth
#14 Peter Moore
#10 Stephen McCarthy
#24
Glenn McLean
#26 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

Inside the Charts:
I Knew You by Linda Ronstadt

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 4th quarter

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Commentators

Drew Morphett
Doug Heywood

Some of the Melbourne cast

Gerard Healy - OFF
#3 Peter Giles
#4 Brian Wilson
#7
Roger Ellingworth - ON
#14 Rodney Wright
#19 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

Jim Sewell
#2 Mark Kellett
#3 Con Gorozidis
#11
Stephen Lunn
#15 Chris Burton
#16 Chris Hansen
#17
Geoff Jennings
#25 Peter Foster
#32 Terry Wheeler
#35

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian (Bluey) Hampshire

Captain (Acting)
Simon Beasley #18
(for) Jim Edmond #20

Field Umpires

David Howlett
Kevin Smith

Boundary Umpires

Stephen Donohue
Alan Rankin

Goal Umpires

William Pryde
Alan Sinclair

Inside the Charts:
Jeopardy by Greg Kihn Band

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

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Commentators

Don Hyde
Tim Lane

Some of the Footscray cast

Andrew Purser
#1 Jim Sewell
#2 Mark Kellett
#3
Emmett Dunne
#4 Rick Kennedy
#8 Mick Egan
#10
Neil Cordy
#29 Zeno Tzatzaris
#48 Michael McLean
#51

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain (Acting)
Simon Beasley for
Jimmy Edmond

Some of the Melbourne cast

Peter Giles
#4 Michael O'Sullivan
#6 Peter Thorne
#8
Alan Johnson
#9 David Williams
#12 Kelvin Templeton
#31
Shane Zantuck
#32 John Fidge
#44 Alan Jarrott
#47

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

Inside the Charts:
Bitter Desire by Kids In The Kitchen

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

Action from the 3rd & 4th quarters

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Commentators

Peter McKenna
Jack Edwards

Some of the Melbourne cast

Brian Wilson
#7 Stephen Icke
#11 Rodney Wright
#19
Chris Connolly
#22 Xavier Tanner
#25 Peter Moore
#30
Kelvin Templeton
#31 Shane Zantuck
#32 Alan Jarrott
#47

President
Sir Billy Snedden

Coach
Ron Barassi

Captain (Acting)
Acting captain
for Robbie Flower #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Jimmy Sewell
#2 Doug Hawkins
#7 Rick Kennedy
#8
Les Bamblett
#9 Michael Egan
#10 Steve Wallis
#24
Steve McPherson
#27 Michael McKenna
#34 Rod MacPherson
#43

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Field Umpires

Peter Cameron
Kevin Smith

Boundary Umpires

Geoff Campbell
Leigh Paterson

Goal Umpires

< Ted Johnson
Barry Farrow >

Inside the Charts:
What Is Love by Howard Jones

Peter Foster as we said a greatly improved player up to Edmond, Edmond taking a strong mark and the bulldogs look terrific, there's the handpass too coming out to Royal for umpteenth kick looking for Beasley, he's got him!

Peter McKenna

Saturday 11th August 1984 from MCG

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Melbourne

vs.

Footscray

Round 19 of 22 from 1984

Some action from the 3rd quarter

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Commentators

Clarke Hansen
Geoff Leek

Some of the Melbourne cast

Steven Smith
#1 Peter Giles
#4 Danny Hughes
#10
David Williams
#12 Roger Ellingworth
#14 David Cordner
#28
Greg Healy
#33 Francesco 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 Robert Groenewegen
#14
Chris Burton
#16 Simon Beasley
#18 Peter Foster
#32
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 >

Inside the Charts:
Automatic by Pointer Sisters

"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

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Commentators

Jack Edwards
Peter McKenna

Some of the Melbourne cast

Robin White
#5 Brian Wilson
#7 Rodney Grinter
#14
Mark Withers
#15 Adrian Battiston
#16 David Cordner
#28
Shane Zantuck
#32 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 Robert Groenewegen
#14
Neil Cordy
#29 Michael Ford
#45 Michael McLean
#51

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Michael Malthouse

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Field Umpires