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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.

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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?

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.

 
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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. 

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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.

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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.)

 

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.

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)


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

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!)

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