Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Triplets, then...

'Our good friend Geoff' stands alone among Melbourne players for his 2 goals being the top score in his 1 game. But, to 2008 (I'm relying on my 150th anniversary MFC history) he is joined by only 3 others kicking 2 goals in their 1 game. Graeme Aubrey's 'Margitich' was the 1968 season's end. He debuted in the last game - like Frood, in a big loss to Richmond, 'away'. He kicked 2.2, and his 19 possies was 4th best, behind only B.Dixon, H.Mann and another. Many MFC champs were lesser lights than Graeme that day. He remained on the list in '69 but never delivered on his 1 game's promise. 'Midget' Arthur Britt kicked a quarter of MFC's score (two others also kicked 2) in a win against Carlton in 1902. More we cannot say, except that he was cleared to St Kilda for 1903. An 'Edwardian Clarrie' perhaps? 1954 Footscray premiership player John Kerr transferred to MFC during 1958, to second-top-score in round 15 at Glenferrie Oval behind A.Webb (6). He made it no further, who knows why, and certainly not to that year's fateful grand final... No 1-gamer has bagged 3.

What was your source, btw, @Little Goffy? Also, à la @Demonstone, maybe a reveal of the more subtle clues (Andrew Gaff. Dammit!)

Do NOT apologise! As I've already said and spent waaaay too much on it, just this, then: Excellent quiz 👏 p.s. (post spew) Confession #1: I was never close. Confession #2: It hurts just a little bit cos it's just the sort of quiz I'd have set. So a mix of inadequacy and jealousy!)

Tick, tick, tick...

I already have. Several times. I've had both enough cause AND enough time to do so. 😄

As the saying would have it, I was invoking the requirement of desperate times.

@demon-4-life, exceptionally well done! Now, then; I believe it is customary for winners to grin by joining in the hinting?

Ergo, Viney x 2, Lyon, Healy and Flower are also not eligible?

It's curious that no one has cracked it (as opposed to cracked it, as I think we all have done or are about to do!) I hope we're not going to find there's been some flaw or transgression in your construction or clueing @Little Goffy. It's been too much 'fun' for it to come to that end!

A very nicely crafted post, LG. Didn't get me anywhere. But, yeah, very nicely crafted. (p.s. As gauntlets are thrown down, not at, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at its sinking...)

Fair point. Though why, then, has the AFL made it so (apparently) difficult (= expensive) for the 19th team to enter? And they've set a pretty high financial bar, for themselves and for all the funding parties, for the 20th.

Building more together | LEGO Australia extends I really thought they might have regretted their decision to align with us so overtly as 2025 so quickly unravelled. Dare I say it, they might be seeing that we're getting the building blocks together for lasting success!

AFL playing a long game? Now amalgamation will become a more arguable option, replacing - or at least improving on - relocation. Particularly if (when) Tassie becomes an attractive, Geelong-like powerhouse from AFL largesse and persistence and Tasmanian passion.

@Little Goffy, is there anything you can share with us that supports your contention in your OP that this is 'so obvious'? The worst you could do is finally make it just that.

Darn! That was going to be my guess!

Yep, the only stats recorded for ogfG in 'AFL Tables' is his 1 game and 2 goals.

'So obvious'? In solidarity with all(?) the other head-scratchers I'm gonna put a couple of thought bubbles in the public (post) rather than private (PM) domain. So there! It's the 'second easiest puzzle ever', yes? So we wouldn't be expected to know more about the otherwise unknown Geoff Frood than his MFC 1sts 'career', yes? And for that, @Little Goffy's statement appears to be all there is to know - other than it was an away game, at Punt Rd, it was round 10, and he wore No.33. And the shared feature existed in 1930, but then became more common in 'recent' decades, yes? 'Common' isn't a tricky word. So, unless the team all live in different English villages, each having community open green spaces, DG's clues, having 'common' in common, mean 'the feature' is something they players are/do/have that is the same but they each are/do/have their own, yes? Consider the gauntlet thrown, LG!

Allow me to be the first: No.

Thanks for including me, BB. Who are the other two?

Good on you @Little Goffy! On to it soon. Meanwhile, I note a bench of only 4. If this team is up for 2026, you can fit Laurie in!

Hmmm... We exited a player who wanted to continue playing midfield but we told him he mightn't be, and we got a player because he was told he mightn't be playing midfield and we wanted him to. I'm OK with the former and happy with the latter, btw. But curious, innit? Kinda confirms there was a lot more to both moves, particularly the former.

Oh, the opportunities...

Hmmm, " @2029_brownlow_medalist " OK, I give up: Who? 😁

Sheeesh! How many good selling days would they have lost had they waited until mid-November? Only need to make <gag> Black Friday these days!