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BROWNLOW QUESTION

Bobby McKenzie
Bobby McKenzie
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Yze was 11th with 71 votes. Just one vote behind the 10th placegetter.

Bruce would have to be nearby.

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    Nice quiz there bobby .

    Ivor Warne-Smith played his 9th game for our Club at the age of 27 ! He amassed 25 B.O.G's in the Brownlow when only 1 vote was cast per match to the best player .

    He also served at Gallipoli and the Western front in WW1 as well as the Middle East , New Guinea and Borneo in WW2 .

    He was Captain Coach of the Club from 1928 to 1932 and was Chairman of selectors from 1949 . He was said to be Norm Smith's closest advisor .

    Ivor was also a regular football writer for the "Argus" .

    Of course he won 2 Brownlows ( 1926 and 1928 ) and was also runner up in 1929 . He was named at Centre Half Forward in Melbourne's Team of the century .

    He was known as quiet and unassuming but what a life this man had !

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    Well Don won one, but I'm guessing Dennis polled more over his career ?

    Correct. It was Denis. 93 votes.Number 8 recently retired captain and big goal kicker. Number 9 Lost some fingers in a mill accident. Number 10 would have won many more if he hadn't backchatted the umpire so much.

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    Lyon ,Viney ,Ox ?

    Alan Johnson had a few good years .

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    how did goal machine jacko poll in his brief but prolific stint with the dees?

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    Correct. It was Denis. 93 votes.Number 8 recently retired captain and big goal kicker. Number 9 Lost some fingers in a mill accident. Number 10 would have won many more if he hadn't backchatted the umpire so much.

    Well 8 would have to be Neita

    Would 9 be ? "3 fingers" Dooley Mueller I think a FF in the 40s

    10 wouldn't be the Ox I suppose

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    i think the backchatter @ no. 10 would have to be the great RDB.. still giving lip (and a little bit more) to people who deserve it to this very day, as per events of last NYE show

    100% correct 'Grapeviney'. Well done.

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    Well 8 would have to be Neita

    Would 9 be ? "3 fingers" Dooley Mueller I think a FF in the 40s

    10 wouldn't be the Ox I suppose

    Jack Mueller was No 9. Not the Ox though.

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    how did goal machine jacko poll in his brief but prolific stint with the dees?

    Jacko polled just 15 votes in his career.

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    100% correct 'Grapeviney'. Well done.

    Now we have the top 10. Flower, Wells, Moore, Stynes, Hardeman, Alves, Cordner (Denis), Neitz, Mueller and Barassi.

    LOW vote winners but GOOD players were: I. Ridley 9, C. Connolly 9, A. Ingerson 9, G. Case 8, B. Vagg 7, C. Laidlaw 7, Doc Roet 5, K. Melville 5, Rodney Grinter 4, G. Collins 3, I. Thorogood 1.

    Curent MFC players progressive totals are; B. Moloney 34, C. Sylvia 25, B.Green 23, A. Davey 20, N. Jones 13, J. McKenzie 6. Ex Demons still playing, C. Bruce 43, J. McDonald 22.

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    Nice quiz there bobby .

    Ivor Warne-Smith played his 9th game for our Club at the age of 27 ! He amassed 25 B.O.G's in the Brownlow when only 1 vote was cast per match to the best player .

    He also served at Gallipoli and the Western front in WW1 as well as the Middle East , New Guinea and Borneo in WW2 .

    He was Captain Coach of the Club from 1928 to 1932 and was Chairman of selectors from 1949 . He was said to be Norm Smith's closest advisor .

    Ivor was also a regular football writer for the "Argus" .

    Of course he won 2 Brownlows ( 1926 and 1928 ) and was also runner up in 1929 . He was named at Centre Half Forward in Melbourne's Team of the century .

    He was known as quiet and unassuming but what a life this man had !

    Thanks for those facts 'Macca'. I had Ivor credited with 66 Brownlow votes. Not sure when the one vote system was abolished. If he did achieve 25 one vote BOGs as you state then his tally would be 25x 3= 75. That would place him ahead of Mueller and Barassi on my list. All very confusing isn't it?

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    Nice quiz there bobby .

    Ivor Warne-Smith played his 9th game for our Club at the age of 27 ! He amassed 25 B.O.G's in the Brownlow when only 1 vote was cast per match to the best player .

    He also served at Gallipoli and the Western front in WW1 as well as the Middle East , New Guinea and Borneo in WW2 .

    He was Captain Coach of the Club from 1928 to 1932 and was Chairman of selectors from 1949 . He was said to be Norm Smith's closest advisor .

    Ivor was also a regular football writer for the "Argus" .

    Of course he won 2 Brownlows ( 1926 and 1928 ) and was also runner up in 1929 . He was named at Centre Half Forward in Melbourne's Team of the century .

    He was known as quiet and unassuming but what a life this man had !

    Thanks for those interesting facts 'Macca'. I had Warne-Smith credited with 28 Brownlow votes. Not sure when the one vote for BOG was abolished. If he did achieve 25 BOGs as you state then his tally would be 25x3=75. This would place him ahead of Mueller and Barassi on my list. All very confusing isn't it?

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    Thanks for those who entered the Brownlow quiz. Your names have been entered for free admission to Melbourne's next GF. Hope you don't have to wait for too long!

    Who is going to bankroll the admission in 2013? Not you I hope Bobby?

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    Thanks Bobby Mc. Always like a bit of trivia.

    But relevant to today, 25 votes for Sylvia is a very poor return for a player of his talent who plays a fair bit on ball. It's now a midfielders medal, so he should be doing better than that. I'd like to see him double that total in one year. In fact, if he doubles it in the next two, I'd be happy.

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    Thanks for those interesting facts 'Macca'. I had Warne-Smith credited with 28 Brownlow votes. Not sure when the one vote for BOG was abolished. If he did achieve 25 BOGs as you state then his tally would be 25x3=75. This would place him ahead of Mueller and Barassi on my list. All very confusing isn't it?

    Yeah , and you would have thought Ivor Warne Smith would have received his fair share of 2nd and 3rd B.O.G's as well . Virtually impossible to figure out . At a guess he might have got a total of around 120 votes , maybe more . That's giving him 15 x 2 and 15 x 1 . Anyway , interesting exercise bobby .

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    If you count BOG's from 1924-1930 (when they only did one vote) as three then Warne-Smith got 78 in total. He had 75 in that era and three votes total in 1931.

    Also while Greg Wells is credited with 127 votes it comes with a disclaimer as the year he joined Carlton midway through they still didn't announce who got votes for which game so some may have come for Carlton. Either way he's well clear from 1st and 3rd so it wouldn't make a difference.

    The next highest MFC vote getters to have played for two teams in one season in the mystery votes era are Michael Byrne and Ray Smith (5)

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    The next highest MFC vote getters to have played for two teams in one season in the mystery votes era are Michael Byrne and Ray Smith (5)

    Now there is one for the trivia buffs out there...two teams in the one season.

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