MEMORY TEST

[Bobby McKenzie 2,383]

Brad Green and Cameron Bruce were picked up in the 1999 draft. I was wondering who the others were and if anyone out there knows the actual order of picks. I know Bruce was a late pick but I can't remember where the others sat in order. Thanks anyone!

[Yencks 8]

Trades:

Troy Longmuir to Fremantle for Pick 19

Steven Powell from Footscray for Pick 35

Mathew Bishop to Port Adelaide for Pick 42

Pick 19: Brad Green

Pick 20: Paul Wheatley

Pick 42: Michael Clark

Pick 50: Mathew Whelan

Pick 63: Shannon O'Brian

Pick 64: Cameron Bruce

PSD

Pick 3: James Cook

Pick 11: Steven Pitt

Pick 14: Simon Godfrey

Rookie

Luke Williams

Bruce was picked up from the Melbourne Reserves

[45HG 1,539]

Bruce was from Melbourne High Old Boys wasn't he?

[pantaloons 2,019]

Bruce was from Melbourne High Old Boys wasn't he?

Yes, but Nugget is right also. Bruce (along with Peverill incidentally) were on Melbourne's supplementary list in 1999 and played very well in our reserves.

[Bobby McKenzie 2,383]

Trades:

Troy Longmuir to Fremantle for Pick 19

Steven Powell from Footscray for Pick 35

Mathew Bishop to Port Adelaide for Pick 42

Pick 19: Brad Green

Pick 20: Paul Wheatley

Pick 42: Michael Clark

Pick 50: Mathew Whelan

Pick 63: Shannon O'Brian

Pick 64: Cameron Bruce

PSD

Pick 3: James Cook

Pick 11: Steven Pitt

Pick 14: Simon Godfrey

Rookie

Luke Williams

Bruce was picked up from the Melbourne Reserves

Many thanks Nugget. We didn't see much of Michael Clark,Shannon O'Brien (who?),and Steven Pitt did we? One trade that was bad was Mathew Bishop for Clark.As we all know Bishop was a great defender in the strong Port Adelaide sides. Also James Cook was a bit of a flop. I thought Paul Wheatley was around this time but had forgotten Matty Whelan. Just goes to show how high number drafts can be so valuable. eg Bruce- Twice runner up B&F, and now B&F. Also remember Dean Kemp of WC being in the 70's and what a great player he was. We haven't been too lucky with our EARLY draft picks recently ( with a couple of exceptions of course). Let's hope that this year will be vastly different. Once again thanks for your research.

[BAMF 4,299]

For anyone who is interested in draft history information, Wikipedia has a heap of information on the previous drafts.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afl_draft

Go to the bottom of the page and there are links to the individual years.

[Jarka 767]

Bruce was originally a supplementry listed player and the club made a decision between him and Peverill on who to draft.

For prvious drafts I use footywire.com, very comprehensive and you can do searches by club or by the year of the draft.

[Yencks 8]

btw, i was exited by james cook

he was awesome in one of those pre season games

what ever happened to him?

btw, best late trade has got to be james hird at pick 70 something

[Jarka 767]

btw, i was exited by james cook

he was awesome in one of those pre season games

what ever happened to him?

btw, best late trade has got to be james hird at pick 70 something

Chris Grant was 100+ from memory.