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    2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Yeah, alright @old55...

    Brent Heaver, early on, was just too early for the start of something big, while, ironically, Paul Earley found himself in the thick of it!

    And how stiff was Michael Howard?!

    Indeed!

    Persistence pays off!

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    Solution.

    A team of MFC players who played in jumper numbers that represent the last two digits of our premiership years.

    Let's hope James Jordon becomes eligible this year and Trent Rivers next year.

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    1 minute ago, old55 said:

    Solution.

    A team of MFC players who played in jumper numbers that represent the last two digits of our premiership years.

    Let's hope James Jordon becomes eligible this year and Trent Rivers next year.

    Oi weh. No wonder I could not fathom ANYTHING about this puzzle. I even consulted Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed. Got nowhere.

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    1 hour ago, old55 said:

    Solution.

    A team of MFC players who played in jumper numbers that represent the last two digits of our premiership years.

    Let's hope James Jordon becomes eligible this year and Trent Rivers next year.

    I worry for those that got it, particularly Demonstone who seemed to get it withing minutes.

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    1 hour ago, old55 said:

    Solution.

    A team of MFC players who played in jumper numbers that represent the last two digits of our premiership years.

    Let's hope James Jordon becomes eligible this year and Trent Rivers next year.

    A Protest, please!

    My pm said:  Is it that we won a flag in the year that equates to the number of games a player played.  eg we won in 2021 and there were 6 players that played 21 games (if my arithmetic is correct) similarly with other players in the team:  games played all equate to a flag year...

    How is that different to the answer?  Other than 2021 the others had to be flags in 19xx so the last two digits, no?

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    4 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    A Protest, please!

    My pm said:  Is it that we won a flag in the year that equates to the number of games a player played.  eg we won in 2021 and there were 6 players that played 21 games (if my arithmetic is correct) similarly with other players in the team:  games played all equate to a flag year...

    How is that different to the answer?  Other than 2021 the others had to be flags in 19xx so the last two digits, no?

    It's the numbers on the players' backs that are the same as the premiership years, e.g. Nev Jetta #39 and 1939, Steven Febey #21 and 2021.  I think that's different from your answer above ...

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    7 minutes ago, old55 said:

    It's the numbers on the players' backs that are the same as the premiership years, e.g. Nev Jetta #39 and 1939, Steven Febey #21 and 2021.  I think that's different from your answer above ...

    Thank you, Protest withdrawn🙃

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    2 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

    I worry for those that got it, particularly Demonstone who seemed to get it withing minutes.

    You leave me and my warped mind alone!

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    3 hours ago, Allus Monk said:

    I look forward to the bulldogs team, 22 players who wore 16 and one who wore 54. 
     

    Saints, not so much. 

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    I've looked it up, the Bulldogs have had two players wear 54 in an AFL/VFL match, Jamie Barham and Glen Sampson. Interestingly, they were born within months of each other in 1960, are both listed at 179cm, and played 7 games between them.

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    1 hour ago, Allus Monk said:

    UPDATE:

     

    I've looked it up, the Bulldogs have had two players wear 54 in an AFL/VFL match, Jamie Barham and Glen Sampson. Interestingly, they were born within months of each other in 1960, are both listed at 179cm, and played 7 games between them.

    And there’s a Melbourne connection with said Jamie Barham who played with both Melbourne (4 games in 1981)  and Footscray (1 game in 1982). He was famous for being the first player since Vic Nankervis in the 1940s to have the misfortune of playing for two different wooden spoon teams in successive seasons.
     

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    Unfortunately, neither Jamie nor his brother Bill were in the same class as the other brother, former Collingwood racehorse Ricky Barham who had the ignominy of playing in five Grand Finals without tasting success.

    I met Ricky at a boozy BBQ in late 1978 in Warrnambool where he was hanging out with Geelong champ (and fellow winger) Michael Turner.  Both were recruited from the area.  They spent the afternoon botting smokes off me.

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    Ernie Taylor is rightfully peeved with Helen D'Amico. Might have cost him a place in the side. He wore no.82 for Richmond.

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