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Footscray

vs.

Melbourne

Grand Final 1954

Quarters

Field

Jack McMurray
(Junior)

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Malcolm Henderson
William Treloar

Goal

Alfred Rees
Edward White

Richmond End

City End Scoreboard End

Melbourne

1

Footscray

2

Melbourne

3

Footscray

4

Melbourne

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

The Video action
Host: Mr Football

Teddy Whitten

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Oval

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Punt
Road

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01

Western
Oval

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Princes
Park

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Western
Oval

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Western
Oval

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Glenferrie
Oval

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05

Western
Oval

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14

Kardinia
Park

10-24

Vic v SA

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June

19

MCG

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June

26

Western
Oval

12-24

11-18

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July

03

Victoria
Park

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10

Junction
Oval

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W.A

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Perth

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24

Western
Oval

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14-18

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Lake
Oval

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07

Western
Oval

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14

Arden
Street

19-24

17-18

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21

Windy
Hill

20-24

18-18

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Aug

28

Western
Oval

21:24

1 SF

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Sep

04

MCG

22:24

2 SF

Sat

Sep

11

MCG

23-24

Prelim

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Sep

18

MCG

24-24

Grand

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Sep

25

MCG

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MCG

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Princes
Park

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01

Glenferrie
Oval

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08

MCG

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05-18

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15

MCG

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06-18

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22

Junction
Oval

07-24

07-18

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May

29

MCG

08-24

08-18

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June

05

Kardinia
Park

09-24

09-18

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June

14

MCG

10-24

Vic v SA

Sat

June

19

MCG

11-24

10-18

Sat

June

26

Western
Oval

12-24

11-18

Sat

July

03

MCG

13-24

12-18

Sat

July

10

Victoria
Park

14-24

13-18

Sat

July

17

MCG

15-24

SA v Vic

Sat

July

24

Adelaide
Oval

16-24

14-18

Sat

July

31

MCG

17-24

15-18

Sat

Aug

07

Brunswick
Street

18-24

16-18

Sat

Aug

14

Punt
Road

19-24

17-18

Sat

Aug

21

MCG

20:24

18-18

Sat

Aug

28

Lake
Oval

21-24

1 SF

Sat

Sep

04

MCG

22-24

2 SF

Sat

Sep

11

MCG

23-24

Prelim

Sat

Sep

18

MCG

24-24

Grand

Sat

Sep

25

MCG

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

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

Quarters

Field

Jack McMurray Junior

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

William Treloar
Malcolm Henderson

Goal

Edward White
Alfred Rees

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End,

Melbourne

1

Footscray

2

Melbourne

3

Footscray

4

Melbourne

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Grand Final Marathon
Host: Sandy Roberts

Lew Richards
Teddy Whitten
talk through
the 8 minutes

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17

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Oval

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02-18

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24

Punt
Road

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03-18

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May

01

Western
Oval

04-24

04-18

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May

08

Princes
Park

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05-18

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May

15

Western
Oval

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06-18

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May

22

Western
Oval

07-24

07-18

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May

29

Glenferrie
Oval

08-24

08-18

Sat

June

05

Western
Oval

09-24

09-18

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June

14

Kardinia
Park

10-24

Vic v SA

Sat

June

19

MCG

11-24

10-18

Sat

June

26

Western
Oval

12-24

11-18

Sat

July

03

Victoria
Park

13-24

12-18

Sat

July

10

Junction
Oval

14:24

WA v Vic

Sat

July

17

Perth

15-24

13-18

Sat

July

24

Western
Oval

16-24

14-18

Sat

July

31

Lakeside
Oval

17-24

15-18

Sat

Aug

07

Western
Oval

18-24

16-18

Sat

Aug

14

Arden
Street

19-24

17-18

Sat

Aug

21

Windy
Hill

20-24

18-18

Sat

Aug

28

Western
Oval

21:24

1st SF

Sat

Sept

04

MCG

22:24

2nd SF

Sat

Sept

11

MCG

23-24

P Final

Sat

Sept

18

MCG

24-24

Grand F

Sat

Sept

25

MCG

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R

01-24

01-18

Mon

April

19

MCG

02-24

02-18

Sat

April

24

Princes
Park

03-24

03-18

Sat

May

01

Glenferrie
Oval

04-24

04-18

Sat

May

08

MCG

05-24

05-18

Sat

May

15

MCG

06-24

06-18

Sat

May

22

Junction
Oval

07-24

07-18

Sat

May

29

MCG

08-24

08-18

Sat

June

05

Kardinia
Park

09-24

09-18

Mon

June

14

MCG

10-24

Vic v SA

Sat

June

19

MCG

11-24

10-18

Sat

June

26

Western Oval

12-24

11-18

Sat

July

03

MCG

13-24

12-18

Sat

July

10

Victoria Park

14-24

13-18

Sat

July

17

MCG

15-24

SA v Vic

Sat

July

24

Adelaide
Oval

16-24

14-18

Sat

July

31

MCG

17-24

15-18

Sat

Aug

07

Brunswick
Street

18-24

16-18

Sat

Aug

14

Punt
Road

19-24

17-18

Sat

Aug

21

MCG

20-24

18-18

Sat

Aug

28

Lakeside Oval

21-24

1st SF

Sat

Sept

04

MCG

22-24

2nd SF

Sat

Sept

11

MCG

23-24

P Final

Sat

Sept

18

MCG

24-24

Grand F

Sat

Sept

25

MCG

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

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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Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Grand Final of 1961

Quarters

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Herb Kent
John Hicks

Goal

Keith Cree
William Ludlow

Richmond End

City End

Hawthorn

1

Footscray

2

Hawthorn

3

Footscray

4

Hawthorn

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Mike Williamson,
Bert Deacon,
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey

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April

15

April

22

April

29

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6

May

13

May

20

May

27

June

3

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12

June

17

June

24

July

1

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8

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15

July

22

July

29

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5

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12

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19

Aug

26

Sept

02

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09

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16

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23

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29

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12

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26

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02

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09

Sept

16

Sept

23

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Les Kaine
#1 Graham Arthur
#2 Graham Cooper
#10
Malcolm Hill
#11 Steadman Hay
#20 John Peck
#23
Cam McPherson
#26 Reg Poole
#29 Colin Youren
#30

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Merv Hobbs
#2 Teddy Whitten
#3 Bob Ware
#4
Keith Beamish
#6 Bob Spargo
#8 Cameron McDonald
(Onka) #9
Alex Gardiner
#12 Barney McKellar
#30 Ian Bryant
#37

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills of Tyrol) by Andy Stewart

“Has a second bite of the cherry and puts it though, that’s his second, Johnny Quarrell’s second”

Michael Williamson

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Grand Final 1961

Quarters

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

John Hicks
Herb Kent

Goal

William Ludlow
Keith Cree

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Hawthorn

1

Footscray

2

Hawthorn

3

Footscray

4

Hawthorn

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey
Mike Williamson
Bert Deacon

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April

15

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22

April

29

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06

May

13

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27

June

03

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12

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17

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24

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01

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02

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29

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23

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Graham Arthur
#2 Morton Browne
#4 John Fisher
#5
Ian Law
#7 John Winneke
#12 Ian Mort
#14
John Cunningham
#19 John Peck
#23 John McArthur
#28

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Merv Hobbs
#2 Teddy Whitten
#3 Bob Ware
#4
Keith Beamish
#6 John Schultz
#14 John Quarrell
#15
John Hoiles
#23 Jack Slattery
#24 John Jillard
#25

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee

"Well Beamish is down on the ground and I didn't hear the siren go there but the siren has gone, Mike you heard it did you?"

Geoff Raymond

Saturday 23rd September 1961

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Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Grand Final 1961

Quarters

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

John Hicks
Herb Kent

Goal

Keith Cree
William Ludlow

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Hawthorn

1

Footscray

2

Hawthorn

3

Footscray

4

Hawthorn

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Mike Williamson,
Bert Deacon,
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey

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15

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29

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06

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13

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27

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12

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17

June

24

July

01

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08

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29

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26

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02

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23

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29

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23

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Morton Browne
#4 John Fisher
#5 Brendan Edwards
#9
Graham Cooper
#10 John Winneke
#12 Ian Mort
#14
Cam McPherson
#26 John McArthur
#28 Garry Young
#31

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Bob Ware
#4 Charlie Stewart
#5 Alex Gardiner
#12
John Schultz
#14 John Quarrell
#15 Graham Ion
#17
John Hoiles
#23 John Jillard
#25 Bernie Lee
#29

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Hello Mary Lou by Rick Nelson

Very interesting to note that Beamish is off the ground for Footscray, he's been replaced by Charlie....Charlie.... Stewart from Shepparton who gets his big chance this afternoon on the half forward flank, Quarrell goes into the roving position in the forward pocket

Bert Deacon

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Grand Final 1961

Quarters

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Herb Kent
John Hicks

Goal

William Ludlow
Keith Cree

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Hawthorn

1

Footscray

2

Hawthorn

3

Footscray

4

Hawthorn

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Mike Williamson
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey
Bert Deacon

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April

15

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April

29

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06

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13

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03

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17

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24

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01

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23

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Les Kaine
#1 Ron Nalder
#3 Malcolm Hill
#11
John Cunningham
#19 Steadman Hay
#20 Phil Hay
#22
Reg Poole
#29 Colin Youren
#30 Garry Young
#31

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Charlie Stewart
#5 Cameron McDonald
#9 Ken Duff
#16
Graham Ion
#17 Charlie Evans
#28 Bernie Lee
#29
Barney McKellar
#30 Ian Bryant
#37 Barry Ion
#38

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Crying by Roy Orbison

"However we would like to take this opportunity of congratulating our director Alf Potter I'm sure all of you watching this telecast at home have enjoyed the pictures you've seen as a result of the great work done by our cameramen & our crew here & especially the work of our director Alf Potter"

Michael Williamson

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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Richmond

vs.

Footscray

Round 22 of 22 from 1973

Quarters

Field

John Sutcliffe

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Gary Grant
Geoffrey Lee

Goal

Gerald Gaffney
Kevin Barker

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End, Western Stand End

Footscray

1

Richmond

2

Footscray

3

Richmond

4

Footscray

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Dick Mason

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07

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14

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28

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09

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30

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25

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01

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07

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30

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25

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01

Some of the Richmond cast

Rex Hunt
#5 Laurie Fowler
#11 Robert McGhie
#12
Brian Roberts
(Whale) #15 Neil Balme
#21 Kevin Bartlett
#29
Francis Jackson
#34 Mervyn Keane
#40 Bill Nalder
#46

President
Al Boord

Coach
Tommy Hafey

Captain
Royce Hart #4

Some of the Footscray cast

Dennis Collins
#15 Adrian Gallagher
#17 Les Bartlett
#20
Steve Power
#21 Robert Rose
#22 Stuart Magee
#23
Gary Steel
#33 Glenn Gingell
#37 Terry Wilkins
#48

President
Jack Collins

Coach
Bob Rose

Captain
David Thorpe #16

Inside the Charts:
Old Fashioned Way by Charles Aznavour

"Short pass by Wilkins finds Gingell. Gingell in turn finds Magee. Magee to Salmon, Salmon goes bang with a long one but squares it up and Steel is there"

Dick Mason

Saturday 1st September 1973 from MCG

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Richmond

vs.

Footscray

Round 5 of 22 from 1983

Quarters

Field

John Morgan
Shane Carbines

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Graeme Hunichen
Bruce McLellan

Goal

Graham Danne
Barry Farrow

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End, Western Stand End

Footscray

1

Richmond

2

Footscray

3

Richmond

4

Footscray

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Sandy Roberts
Bob Skilton

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R

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R

W

R

Some of the Richmond cast

David Palm
#6 Matthew Wall
#12 Phil Egan
#13
Greg Strachan
#19 Wayne Shand
#30 Graeme Landy
#34
Craig Balme
#36 Michael Rolfe
#41 Brian Winton
#42

President
Ian Wilson

Coach
Francis Bourke

Captain
Barry Rowlings #22

Some of the Footscray cast

Andrew Purser
#1
Jim Sewell
#2 Mark Kellett
#3
Ian Williams
#5 Rick Kennedy
#8 Mick Egan
#10
Robert Groenewegen
#14 Steve Wallis
#24 Neil Cordy
#29

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian (Bluey) Hampshire

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Inside the Charts:
Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

Edmond has kicked two... its coming back... JIMMY has kicked three, the dogs are alight at the MCG

Sandy Roberts

Monday 25th April 1983 from the M.C.G

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Richmond

vs.

Footscray

Round 5 of 22 from 1983

Quarters

Field

Shane Carbines
John Morgan

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Bruce McLellan
Graeme Hunichen

Goal

	Graeme Danne
	Barry Farrow

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End, Western Stand End

Footscray

1

Richmond

2

Footscray

3

Richmond

4

Footscray

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Sandy Roberts
Bobby Skilton

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Some of the Richmond cast

Mark Lee
#1 Robert Wiley
#2 Dale Weightman
#3
Michael Roach
#8 Maurice Rioli
#17 Mervyn Keane
#18
Jim Jess
#20 Kevin Bartlett
#29 Peter Welsh
#31

President
Ian Wilson

Coach
Francis Bourke

Captain
Barry Rowlings #22

Some of the Footscray cast

Steve Lunn
#15 Chris Burton
#16 Chris Hansen
#17

Steve MacPherson
#27 Brian Royal
#33
Michael McKenna
#34
Brian Perrin
#40 Rod MacPherson
#43 Brian Cordy
#49

President
Dr Tony Capes

Coach
Ian (Bluey) Hampshire

Captain
Jimmy Edmond #20

Inside the Charts:
Lets Dance by David Bowie

Purser over the back does it well, the Footscray defence has been outstanding in this quarter they've been able to repel the attacks as Cordy takes the mark at centre wing.

Sandy Roberts

Monday 25th April 1983 from the MCG

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Melbourne

vs.

Footscray

Round 14 of 22 from 1983

Quarters

Field

David Howlett
Kevin Smith

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Stephen Donohue
Alan Rankin

Goal

William Pryde
Alan Sinclair

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End, Western Stand End

Footscray

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Melbourne

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Melbourne

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Footscray

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The Winners
Host: Drew Morphett

Drew Morphett
Doug Heywood

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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

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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