Something I find myself doing in idle moments is fixing up the digitised text on old newspaper articles on Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/). One of the phrases I sometimes search, naturally, is "Melbourne Football Club". So I thought I may as well share some I come across on here.

Starting with a mere 165 years ago...

Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Monday 22 April 1861, page 4

"The weather being anything but warm on Saturday afternoon, an impromptu game of football was got up on the vacant space outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sides were chosen from all comers by Messrs. Harrison and Smith. A sharp contest took place, which however did not last long, but which resulted in Mr. Harrison's side obtaining a goal. On Tuesday afternoon a general meeting will be held for the purpose of making arrangements for the ensuing football season, which will commence in about another fortnight."

4 minutes ago, Dees_In_October said:

On Tuesday afternoon a general meeting will be held for the purpose of making arrangements for the ensuing football season, which will commence in about another fortnight."

Who would have thought that after all this time we are still having trouble settling on the start of the football season...

1 hour ago, Dees_In_October said:

Something I find myself doing in idle moments is fixing up the digitised text on old newspaper articles on Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/). One of the phrases I sometimes search, naturally, is "Melbourne Football Club". So I thought I may as well share some I come across on here.

Starting with a mere 165 years ago...

Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Monday 22 April 1861, page 4

"The weather being anything but warm on Saturday afternoon, an impromptu game of football was got up on the vacant space outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sides were chosen from all comers by Messrs. Harrison and Smith. A sharp contest took place, which however did not last long, but which resulted in Mr. Harrison's side obtaining a goal. On Tuesday afternoon a general meeting will be held for the purpose of making arrangements for the ensuing football season, which will commence in about another fortnight."

How accurate is the search on Trove? Are you able to search headlines and phrases?

I once saw a headline from 1965 after the Smith sacking that included the words "Barassi is my fault" and I always wanted to find the article and understand what it meant but never could.