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He probably could in his spare time but he is a farmer and not a qualified headstone mason, unlike the chap I am thinking of, who is one of the more decorated Power players. --Roisterer (talk) 21:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
1919, with Collingwood defeating the University 'A' side. I feel like I'm cheating with my book by my side, but then again nothing says you can't do that! Gibbsyspin06:08, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, and no. Sorry everyone. These clues should help you get it. He played 4 Tests for Australia, took the first ever wicket in ODI cricket, nickname of Froggy. Gibbsyspin04:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The 1958 VFL Grand Final was unusual in that both teams were ordered to change the numbers on their players jumpers. What number did Barassi wear that day? Jonesy (talk) 10:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Number 2 I think - pure alphabetical order would have been the method. This change was done because a newspaper printed the team's numbers without the league's permission. And to think that the AFL tries to rule with an iron fist nowadays! The-Pope (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2 is correct (saw the pic in the book 100 Years of Australian Football). I hadn't realised that they chose the numbers in alphabetical order though. Jonesy (talk) 03:18, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I see his nickname is the "Swamp Fox", which a vague part of my memory tells me as also the nickname of a former VFL player (although I can't remember which). --Roisterer (talk) 01:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's been a month, and I'd like to get this quiz up and running again. It's footy season now, so the questions should run through pretty quickly. Here's one to restart us:
Who was the most recent player to win a match by kicking a goal after the siren? Gibbsyspin - (and all that's been said and done) 01:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What springs to mind for me first would be scores. Maybe something to do with St. Kilda conceding only 64 points over their last two matches, am I on the right track?? Gibbsyspin09:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Gibbyspin is on the right track. It has something to do with St Kilda but not only how many points they've conceded, also how many they have scored. It is also linked to round 5 of the season. Jonesy (talk) 01:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's it. I think it was Bruce McAvaney who mentioned this during Friday night's telecast of the Saints v Port game. I would have thought it would happen more frequently that that. Jonesy (talk) 02:23, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, apologies; I let the quiz drift a while back by not following up with a question. Secondly, I’m going to go for a particularly wild guess and say Jonathon Yerbury. --TheGrantley (talk) 03:16, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I've just spent an enjoyable(?) 1/2 hour typing each former West Coast and Fremantle player into a search engine, along with the words "Monkey Mia" and found that Darren "Capes" Capewell, former Freo player and dual WAFL premiership player, is the bloke you're after. --TheGrantley (talk) 23:11, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Right you are. I met Capewell at Monkey Mia, who is leading the good life; hanging out on the beach and he seems to be popular with the female backpackers. --Roisterer (talk) 12:34, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry bout the late reply, couldn't find my book. Harvey and Fothergill are right but there is another that I am looking for and it's not Alistair Lord. He's in the same era as Fothergill. Gibbsyspin10:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jade Rawlings has been appointed coach of Richmond at the age of just 31. If Richo returns to action later this season we will have the case of a player being older than his coach. In what year did this last happen in the VFL/AFL and who was the coach (could be a caretaker)? Jevansen (talk) 11:27, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Malthouse would have coached Bruce Duperouzel, who is three years his senior, so he qualifies. There were some others since however. The most recent occurance was at non Victorian club, in this century. Jevansen (talk) 02:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
According to his Wikipedia page, which player was the first Sydney local to play with the Swans after they relocated from Melbourne? Jonesy (talk) 07:57, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thripp debuted in 1983, Chilcott in 1984. According to this article, Chilcott played rugby league for Dapto, but it says he didn't make it to the NRL. It says here however that that he was on the 'fringe of 1st grade selection', so I presume that meant he was in their reserves side. Anyway, the original article has Chilcott as the 'native New South Welshman' to play with the Swans. Dapto is a suburb of Wollongong, so Thripp would still have been the first from Sydney. Thripp may also have migrated to Sydney as a kid, hence Chilcott being the first 'native'. Jevansen (talk) 01:09, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Woaah, sorry about the delay for this question; I've been busy with work/ill for a bit. Which former VFL footballer (famous in other fields) did I see at Tullamarine Airport the other day? --Roisterer (talk) 05:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What record is held by Matthew Pavlich, Peter Burgoyne, Lance Franklin, Brad Johnson, Barry Hall, Tony Lockett, Alistair Lynch and Jason Dunstall? Each player is a leader in a certain categories of this record with a related qualification. Tony Lockett may lose his place in this list in the coming weeks, no one else is likely to be replaced in the near future. The-Pope (talk) 16:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Goal-kicking, Tony Lockett lost his position as the last player to kick 100 goals in a Home and Away season in 2009 after Lance Franklin kicked 100. Shadowmaster13 (talk) 05:16, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wow... forgot all about this. I wonder who still has it watchlisted???? OK... first let me check who is still leading each list...
Pav, not Burgoyne but McLeod (I missed him, he didn't overtake him), Franklin, Johnson, Hall, O'Loughlin did only just overtake Lockett, Lynch and Dunstall are still in the lead. I think I'll give it a couple of days, then give the answer and probably mark this page as "GAME OVER!" The-Pope (talk) 03:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Forgot about this again. Sorry. The answer to the question was "leading non-native goalkicker in each state". Pavlich (from SA) has kicked more goals than anyone at Subi & the WACA; McLeod (from NT) is about to be overtaken by Taylor Walker (NSW) for the most goals in SA (needs 14 more), Franklin (WA) is now only one goal clear of Jarryd Roughead (Vic) in Tassie. Brad Johnson (Vic) and Barry Hall (Vic) still hold the records for the Northern and Capital Territories. Lockett (Vic) held the NSW record, but Micky O'Loughlin (SA) just pipped him at the end of 2009. Lynch (Tas) was overtaken by Jonathon Brown (Vic) for the Qlds record, and Dunstall (Qld) kicked over 1000 of his goals in Victoria, so Richo/Hudson (Tas) or Carey (NSW) weren't in with a chance. The-Pope (talk) 13:57, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]