Not Demonstone's Enigmatic Exasperator

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,811]

I've been waiting all day for another of Demonstone's excellent challenges. While I've been waiting I have put together one of my own. What does this team have in common? (Apologies to Demonstone for stealing his thunder...but it's a long time between last Thursday and next Saturday).

 

B:           Colin Garland (Melb)      Peter Giles (Melb)           Charlie Payne (Ess)

HB:        Nathan Brown (Melb)    Mark Graham (Haw/Rich)           Trent Rivers (Melb)

C:           Brad [censored] (Coll)                Taylor Adams (GWS/Coll)            Daniel Chick (Haw/WC)

HF:        Matthew Bate (Melb)    Ken Hunter (Carlton)      Maverick Weller (GC/St K)

F:           Oscar Allen (WCE)           Doug Wade (Geelong)   Maddie Gay (Melb)

Foll:       Stefan Martin (Melb/Bris/WB)   Clayton Oliver (Melb)     Daisy Pearce (Melb)

Inter:    Bill Sykes (Fitz), Chester Read (Sth Melb/St K), Charles Brownlow (Geel), Marley Williams (Coll/Nth)

Coach: Chris Fagan (Demons)

Edit: The thought never occurred to me that the wingman, Brad, would have his surname censored. It's a common abbreviation of Richard.

Edited July 14, 2021 by La Dee-vina Comedia

[Whispering_Jack 30,206]

Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I've been waiting all day for another of Demonstone's excellent challenges. While I've been waiting I have put together one of my own. What does this team have in common? (Apologies to Demonstone for stealing his thunder...but it's a long time between last Thursday and next Saturday).

 

B:           Colin Garland (Melb)      Peter Giles (Melb)           Charlie Payne (Ess)

HB:        Nathan Brown (Melb)    Mark Graham (Haw/Rich)           Trent Rivers (Melb)

C:           Brad [censored] (Coll)                Taylor Adams (GWS/Coll)            Daniel Chick (Haw/WC)

HF:        Matthew Bate (Melb)    Ken Hunter (Carlton)      Maverick Weller (GC/St K)

F:           Oscar Allen (WCE)           Doug Wade (Geelong)   Maddie Gay (Melb)

Foll:       Stefan Martin (Melb/Bris/WB)   Clayton Oliver (Melb)     Daisy Pearce (Melb)

Inter:    Bill Sykes (Fitz), Chester Read (Sth Melb/St K), Charles Brownlow (Geel), Marley Williams (Coll/Nth)

Coach: Chris Fagan (Demons)

 

1. Can we assume that one of the wingmen is an appendage?

2. Does this have anything to do with the author, Charles [censored]ens?

[Demonstone 22,581]

I think Jack may have it with the Charles Dickens link and all those players' names presumably appear in his books.

I'm not long home and coffee calls, but I'll put my own effort up fairly soon.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,811]

12 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

1. Can we assume that one of the wingmen is an appendage?

2. Does this have anything to do with the author, Charles [censored]ens?

Well done. All have the same names as characters in the works of Charles Dickens. All bar one have only one of the names correct, but Bill Sykes (the footballer) gets maximum points for having the same name as Bill Sikes in 'Oliver Twist'.   

I wanted to find a way to include the hero of 'Tale of Two Cities', Sydney Carton, as it seemed that the closeness to the names of two teams warranted inclusion but decided not to cloud the issue. 

Edited July 14, 2021 by La Dee-vina Comedia

[Whispering_Jack 30,206]

I love puzzles with a bit of a twist. ?

 

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,811]

Here's the full list:

AFL/W Footballer	Character	From
Marley Williams	Jacob Marley	A Christmas Carol
Daisy Pearce	Solomon Daisy	Barnaby Rudge
Chester Read	Edward Chester	Barnaby Rudge
Taylor Adams	? Adams	David Copperfield
Brad [censored]	Mr [censored]	David Copperfield
Nathan Brown	Alice Brown	Dombey and Son
Maddie Gay	Walter Gay	Dombey and Son
Daniel Chick	Louisa Chick	Dombey and Son
Doug Wade	Miss Wade	Little Dorrit
Mark Graham	Mary Graham	Martin Chuzzlewit
Stefan Martin	Martin Chuzzlewit	Martin Chuzzlewit
Clayton Oliver	Oliver Twist	Oliver Twist
Bill Sykes	Bill Sikes	Oliver Twist
Charles Brownlow	Mr Brownlow	Oliver Twist
Mathew Bate	Charley Bates	Oliver Twist
Peter Giles	Butler Giles	Oliver Twist
Maverick Weller	Samuel Weller	Pickwick Papers
Ken Hunter	Leo Hunter	Pickwick Papers
Oscar Allen	Benjamin Allen	Pickwick Papers
Charlie Payne	Dr Payne	Pickwick Papers
Colin Garland	Abe Garland	The Old Curiosity Shop
Trent Rivers	Nelly Trent	The Old Curiosity Shop

Probably no surprise that there was no AFL footballer with the names Pecksniff, Pumblechook, M'Choakumchild or Cheeryble.

[Demonstone 22,581]

Lovely quiz LDVC which demonstrates your thorough knowledge of Dickens' works.  

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,811]

8 minutes ago, demonstone said:

Lovely quiz LDVC which demonstrates your thorough knowledge of Dickens' works.  

Actually, demonstrates my thorough knowledge of how to use Google.

I have read a few of the books above (I recommend Martin Chuzzlewit, by the way, and Great Expectations, although it's not in the list above.)

[Demonstone 22,581]

I know that Dickens is revered as an all-time great author, but I've never been able to get into his books.

My current reading pile consists of a few of Bill Bryson's, a few of Titus O'Reily's and a couple of MFC related ones ("The Red Fox"  and Neale Daniher's "When All Is Said And Done").  That's not to mention both of Supermercado's efforts which are on order and will hopefully arrive in the next few days.

[daisycutter 29,616]

bill bryson is a good read.  read them all.  we even  named a dog bryson

you'd enjoy his 2 books on the english language (if you haven't already read them)

[Engorged Onion 10,215]

7 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

bill bryson is a good read.  read them all.  we even  named a dog bryson

you'd enjoy his 2 books on the english language (if you haven't already read them)

Mother Tounge is a ripper - reckon I have read it 10 times.

Isle of View @daisycutter

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1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Here's the full list:

AFL/W Footballer	Character	From
Marley Williams	Jacob Marley	A Christmas Carol
Daisy Pearce	Solomon Daisy	Barnaby Rudge
Chester Read	Edward Chester	Barnaby Rudge
Taylor Adams	? Adams	David Copperfield
Brad [censored]	Mr [censored]	David Copperfield
Nathan Brown	Alice Brown	Dombey and Son
Maddie Gay	Walter Gay	Dombey and Son
Daniel Chick	Louisa Chick	Dombey and Son
Doug Wade	Miss Wade	Little Dorrit
Mark Graham	Mary Graham	Martin Chuzzlewit
Stefan Martin	Martin Chuzzlewit	Martin Chuzzlewit
Clayton Oliver	Oliver Twist	Oliver Twist
Bill Sykes	Bill Sikes	Oliver Twist
Charles Brownlow	Mr Brownlow	Oliver Twist
Mathew Bate	Charley Bates	Oliver Twist
Peter Giles	Butler Giles	Oliver Twist
Maverick Weller	Samuel Weller	Pickwick Papers
Ken Hunter	Leo Hunter	Pickwick Papers
Oscar Allen	Benjamin Allen	Pickwick Papers
Charlie Payne	Dr Payne	Pickwick Papers
Colin Garland	Abe Garland	The Old Curiosity Shop
Trent Rivers	Nelly Trent	The Old Curiosity Shop

Probably no surprise that there was no AFL footballer with the names Pecksniff, Pumblechook, M'Choakumchild or Cheeryble.

A symptomatic John Peck? (GET TESTED, JOHN!)