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Barry Denny was one of the early ones in the 70s but didn’t quite make it.

Yes. Ormond was in Melbourne’s local recruiting zone back in the day. My oldest son played a season for Ormond in the Under 16s some years ago. Still has their ghastly light blue and brown jumper somewhere at home.

Thanks for posting Dante. I was just preparing my next piece for the 1964 and all that series and I came across his name as making his debut in Round 3, 1964 against Carlton. Melbourne had some pretty decent cricketers back in those days. Neil Crompton was a very good state cricketer who was a trifle unlucky not to get a test cap. Watson himself ended up choosing cricket because of test duties and then we recruited Max Walker a couple of years later. Unfortunately, we missed out on another good cricketer in Peter Bedford who went to the Swans and won a Brownlow. Condolences to the Watson family.

Anzac Day, 1964 also fell on a Saturday. Sport could not be played before midday out of respect for the marchers. Ironically, today sport can’t be played at all because of another plague on humanity. Back then, the Demons bounced back in tentative fashion to win their first game and start their march up the ladder. Round 2, 1964 North Melbourne vs Melbourne Saturday 25 April Venue: Arden Street Attendance: 15,914 B Williams Massey L Mann HB Miller Roet Leahy C Townsend H Mann Adams HF Groom Lord Vagg F Kenneally Bourke Robbie Foll Tas Johnson Barassi Rov Emselle 19/20 Matthews Wise The Demons ventured to Arden Street on Anzac Day with skipper Ron Barassi back in charge although he almost missed out again, this time with a bout of flu. Also in doubt with the same ailment were Hassa Mann and Bernie Massey but they recovered to take part in the team’s first win for the season after a hard fought encounter. Melbourne had first use of the strong breeze but was held to four goals in the opening term. The home side returned fire with a six goal second quarter to take a 6 point lead into the half time break. The Demons hit back in the third stanza and held a four goal lead at three quarter time. The Kangaroos peppered the goals in the final term but squandered their chances by booting a wasteful 1.8 to the Demons’ solitary goal which saw them win by 16 points. North Melbourne 0.1.1 6.5.41 7.5.47 8.13.61 Melbourne 4.3.27 5.5.35 10.11.71 11.11.77 Goals Barassi 3 Bourke Robbie 2 Kenneally Lord Townsend Vagg Best H Mann Robbie Kenneally Barassi Leahy Lord Reserves North Melbourne 15.11.101 defeated Melbourne 10.18.78 Goals Carroll 4 Mounter 2 Bartlett Brewster Mitchell Watson Best Jacobs Watson McLean Under 19s Postponed until 20 June due to Anzac Day restrictions on morning sport.

The next 10 numbers - Number 21 1912 Arthur Ferguson 1913 Charles S. ‘Buns’ Armstrong (No. 29, 1914, 1919) 1914 Herbert Roberts 1915 William Brunier (No. 38, 1914; No. 22, 1919) 1919 – 1923 Jack House 1924 – 1925 Robert Ewer 1926 Tom O’Brien 1928 Gerry Beare 1928 William London 1929 William Coomber 1930 – 1934 E.W. ‘Bill’ Vanthoff 1935 Fred Backway (No. 10, 1937) 1936 William Ralston 1938 George McNaughton 1939 – 1941 Ron Kimberley (No. 1, 1944) 1941 – 1950 Donald Cordner 1951 John Cordner 1953, 1955 Noel Baker 1956 – 1958 D.A. ‘Peter’ Cook 1960 – 1965 Brian ‘Wrecker’ Leahy 1966 Edward Burston 1967 – 1968 Edward Lees 1969 David Hone 1970 – 1975 Graham Molloy 1976 – 1977 Allan Davis 1979 – 1981 Jim Durnan 1983 – 1984 Peter Tossol (No. 46, 1982) 1985 Les Parish 1986 Mike Reynolds 1988 – 2002 Steven Febey 2003 - 2009 Daniel Bell 2013 -2018 Cameron Pedersen 2019 - Brayden Preuss Number 22 1912 Bernie ‘Rookie’ Nolan 1913 Laurie Brady 1913 Carlyle Kenley (No. 1, 1914) 1914 Alec Gray (No. 14, 1915, 1919 – 1921) 1915 Rupert Lowell (No. 6, 1914) 1919 William Brunier (No. 38, 1914; No. 21, 1915) 1920 Syd Hutcheson 1921 W. Harry Bruce 1922 J. ‘Charlie’ Corby 1923 Jim Makin 1925 – 1927 Harold Moyes 1928 Claud Carr (No. 19, 1929) 1929 W.O. ‘Ossie’ Green (No. 5, 1926; No. ?, 1931) 1930 Fred S. ‘Pop’ Vine (No. 23, 1926 – 1934) 1930 – 1932 Reginald E. Conole (No. 29, 1933) 1933 – 1935 William Libbis 1936 Ken Feltscheer 1938 – 1939 Harry Harley 1940 – 1941 J.P. ‘Shane’ McGrath 1942 Arthur Franklin 1943 Thomas Ferguson (No. 16, 1942) 1944 Anthony Bizzaca 1944 J.P. ‘Shane’ McGrath (See also 1940 – 1941) 1945 Roy Stabb (No. 8, 1946 – 1947) 1945 Ernie O’Rourke (No. 27, 1946 – 1948) 1946 – 1950 J.P. ‘Shane’ McGrath (See also 1940 – 1941, 1944) 1951 – 1954 John Ferguson 1955 Ivan Baumgartner 1957 Ben Crameri 1958 John Kerr 1959 – 1969 Bryan Kenneally 1970 – 1972 Ray Carr 1973 Henry Ritterman (No. 45, 1971 – 1972) 1974 Charlie Pagnoccolo 1975 – 1977 Frank Giampaolo (No. 43, 1973 – 1974) 1978 – 1979 Ken Whitfort 1982 – 1989 Chris Connolly 1992 Stephen Wearne 1993 Martin Pike (No. 10, 1994) 1994 – 1996 Jeff Hilton 1997 – 2002 Shane Woewodin 2005 - 2012 Brent Moloney 2013 James Magner (No. 49, 2012) 2014 - 2016 Viv Michie 2017- Aaron vandenBerg Number 23 1913 Campbell Brady 1914 Vic Gordon 1915 Edward Johnston (No. 20, 1919) 1919 Alex Salvado 1920 – 1922 Les Boyd 1923 – 1924 Roy James 1925 Frank Richardson 1926 – 1934 Fred S. ‘Pop’ Vine (No. 22 – 1930 also) 1935 – 1942 Ray Wartman 1943 – 1944 M. Jack Doherty 1945 Norm Leverton 1946 Ted Cordner (No. 28, 1941 – 1943) 1948 David Hardie (No. ?, 1947) 1949 – 1950 Ken Carlon 1951 – 1952 George O’Keefe 1953 – 1954 Leigh Glourey 1957 – 1962 Geoff Tunbridge 1963 – 1966 Graham Wise 1967 Adrian Bowden (No. 46, 1966) 1968 Brian ‘Doc’ Roet (No. 18, 1961 – 1965) 1969 – 1972 Peter Sinclair 1973 – 1979 Shane Fitzsimmons 1979 – 1984 N.R. ‘Kelly’ O’Donnell 1985 – 1986 Daryl Bourke 1987 – 1989 Warren Dean 1990 – 1991 Trevor Spencer 1991 – 1995 Kevin Dyson (No. 50 – 1991 also) 1996 – 1997 Alastair Clarkson 1998 - 2010 James McDonald (No. 54, 1997) 2014-2018 Bernie Vince Number 24 1912 Jack S. Strong 1913 Norm R. Jordan 1914 Tim Collins (No. 4, 1915) 1915 Roy Franklin 1919 Lou Salvana 1920 William McIntyre 1920 Albert W.D. Fawcett 1922 Vern Moore (No. 34, 1923 – 1924) 1923 Eric Peck (No. 34, 1922) 1924 – 1927 Harry ‘Snowy’ Davie 1928 – 1929 M.J. ‘Jack’ Haw 1930 Colin Jackson 1931 – 1944 Percy Beames 1945 – 1946 Richard Kennedy 1947 – 1949 Frank Hanna 1950 – 1951 Ray Hutchins 1953 William Morrow 1954 – 1961 Ian ‘Tiger’ Ridley 1962 – 1963 Jim Jenkinson 1966 – 1972 Ross Dillon 1973 – 1975 Wayne Delmenico (No. 38, 1972) 1976 – 1977 Graham Osborne (No. 7, 1966 – 1975) 1978 Kelvin Richards (No. 25, 1979) 1979 – 1981 Tony Martyn 1982 Des O’Dwyer (No. 27, 1978; No. 47, 1981) 1983 Steve McCarthy (No. 52, 1982) 1984 – 1989 Bret Bailey 1990 – 1992 Luke Beveridge (No. 48, 1989) 1993 – 1994 Phil Gilbert 1995 – 1996 Clay Sampson 1998 - 2009 Russell Robertson (No. 42, 1997) 2010-2012 Liam Jurrah (No. 48, 2009) 2014-2019 Jay Kennedy Harris Number 25 1912 Ted Politz (No. 15, 1913) 1913 Matthew Incigneri (No. 36, 1914) 1914 Cliff Burge 1915 Len Incigneri (No. 28, 1913 – 1914) 1919 Alec Farrow (No. 4, 1920; No. 28, 1921) 1919 Howard Richardson 1920 Claude Bryan (No. 26, 1915) 1921 – 1924 Percy Wilson 1925 James A. Sullivan 1926 Jack Cannan (No. 33, 1925) 1927 Peter Hannan 1929 Carlyle Jones (No. 11, 1925 – 1926) 1931 William Collins 1932 William Earle 1933 Percy Streeter 1934 – 1936 Frank Kelly 1937 Albert Chandler 1938 G.F. 'Ted' Regan 1940 – 1941 Colin McLean 1942 Doug Heywood (No. 26, 1944; No. 8, 1948 – 1951) 1942 Hugh McPherson (No. 16, 1941, 1943 – 1944) 1944 – 1949 Colin McLean (See also 1940 – 1941) 1951 – 1952 Ron McMahon 1953 – 1959 Don Williams (No. 35, 1964 – 1968) 1962 – 1963, 1965 – 1966 Kerry Rattray 1967 – 1968 Geoff Whitton 1968 – 1971 Peter Weekes 1975 Barry Ough 1979 Kelvin Richards (No. 24, 1978) 1981 – 1982 Mark Jackson 1984 – 1985 Xavier Tanner 1986 – 1992 Simon Eishold 1993 – 1994 Jason Norrish 1995 – 1996 Luke Norman 2000 - 2007 Nathan D. Brown (No. 41, 1998) 2009 - 2010 Kyle Cheney 2012 - Tom McDonald (No. 43, 2011) Number 26 1912 Hugh Odgers (No. 16, 1920) 1912 Hugh Purse (No. ?, 1915) 1913 Charlie Edwards 1914 George Walker (No. 20, 1915, 1920 – 1921; No. 16, 1919; No. 28, 1920) 1915 Claude Bryan (No. 25, 1920) 1919 Cyril Hall 1920 Vern Rowe 1921 Enos J. Thomas 1922 – 1923 Jack Lord Snr (No. 11, 1921) 1924 – 1925 Max Wright 1927 Charles Young 1932 – 1934 Louis Riley 1935 Jack Carr 1936 – 1940 Jack Furniss (No. 14, 1947) 1941 Mac Wilson 1942 Gordon Kramer (No. 10, 1944 – 1945) 1943 Ron C. Hobba 1943 Frank Scanlan (No. 13, 1944; No. 34, 1947 – 1948) 1944 Doug Heywood (No. 25, 1943; No. 8, 1948 – 1951) 1945 Es Downey (No. 36, 1944) 1946 Ralph Shalless (No. 27, 1943) 1948 Colin Cox (No. 9, 1949) 1950 Dave Bedford 1951 – 1955 Noel Clarke 1957 – 1962 Ian Thorogood 1963 Anthony Thiessen 1965 – 1966 Frank Vearing 1968 – 1973 Greg Parke 1974 Graham Scott 1975 – 1976 Gary Guy 1977 John Sparks (No. 40, 1975) 1978 Mark McKeon 1979 Stewart Gull 1980 – 1984 Glenn McLean 1986 – 1987 Joe Rugolo (No. 53, 1985) 1988 – 1991 Jay Viney 1992 Wayne Henwood 1993 – 1996 Greg Doyle 1999 – 2000 Daniel Ward (No. 49, 1998 – 1999; No. 10, 2001 – 2002) 2002 - 2005 Luke Williams 2009 John Meesen 2012-2014 Daniel Nicholson (No. 49, 2011) 2016 - Sam Weideman Number 27 1912 Les Abbott 1912 – 1913 Thomas Wellington 1914 William McKenzie (No. 4, 1913, 1919; No. 6, 1912; No. 18, 1915) 1915 Jack Doubleday 1919 Jack Connole (No. 34, 1914) 1920 Harry Tampling 1921 William G. Lyte 1923 – 1924 William Carter 1924 George ‘Nugget’ Simmonds 1925 – 1933 William Tymms 1934 – 1935 Len Smith 1936 Archie Roberts (No. 6, 1932 – 1935) 1937 Stanley Penberthy 1940 – 1941 Gerry Daly (No. 16, 1939) 1942 Frank Deayton (No. 17, 1943) 1943 Ralph Shalless (No. 26, 1946) 1943 Bryan Martin (No. 36, 1942) 1944 Colin Galbraith 1945 Keith Molloy (No. 3, 1943) 1946 Gerry Daly (See 1940 – 1941 above) 1946 – 1948 Ernie O’Rourke (No. 22, 1945) 1949 – 1950 Kenneth Rollason 1951 Robert Rowse 1952 – 1953 Neil Whitaker 1956 – 1962 Dennis Jones 1965 Robin Andrew 1967 John Murnane (No. 49, 1966) 1968 – 1970 John Forster 1972 – 1973 Ross Brewer (No. 6, 1974 – 1978) 1974 Greg Wood 1976 – 1978 Colin Graham (No. 50, 1975) 1978 Des O’Dwyer (No. 47, 1981; No. 24, 1982) 1979 – 1981 Don Whitford 1984 Glenn Boland (No. 45, 1983) 1985 – 1995 J.P. 'Sean' Wight 1996 – 2001 Anthony Ingerson 2003 - 2012 Jared Rivers 2013 Tom Gillies 2014 - 2015 Aidan Riley Number 28 1912 Clarence P. Abbott 1913 – 1914 Len Incigneri (No. 25, 1915) 1913 Percy Ellingsen 1915 Jack Huntington (No. 3, 1914; No. 19, 1919 – 1920) 1919 Matt Connors 1919 Bob Bodington (No. 18, 1920) 1919 Jack A. ‘Dodger’ Evans (No. 29, 1912; No. 8, 1913, 1915; No. 7, 1914) 1920 George Walker (No. 26, 1914; No. 20, 1915, 1920 – 1921; No. 16, 1919) 1921 Alec Farrow (No. 25, 1919; No. 4, 1920) 1922 Harold Dunbar 1923 – 1928 Hugh Dunbar (No. 29, 1922) 1929 Henry McRae 1930 – 1932 W.T. ‘Webber’ Jackson 1933 Bill W. Robinson 1934 – 1938 Pat McNamara 1939 Leslie Gibbs (No. 31, 1941 – 1942, 1944) 1941 – 1943 Ted Cordner (No. 23, 1946) 1944 – 1945 Percy Taylor 1946 – 1949 Adrian ‘Spud’ Dullard (No. 34, 1940 – 1943; No. 18, 1945) 1950 Greg Lourey (No. 17, 1948) 1951 – 1952 William Smeaton 1953 – 1962 G.J. ‘Terry’ Gleeson 1963 – 1965 David Robbie 1967 – 1970 Derek Feldmann 1973 – 1981 Tony Dullard 1982 – 1987 David Cordner 1988 – 1989 Jamie Duursma 1990 – 1992 John Howat (No. 51, 1989) 1993 – 1996 Glenn Molloy 1997 Nick Pesch 1998 – 2002 Matthew Collins 2004 - 2006 Phil Read 2007 Isaac Weetra 2010-2013 Joel MacDonald 2015 - Oscar McDonald Number 29 1912 Jack A. ‘Dodger’ Evans (No. 8, 1913, 1915; No. 7, 1914; No. 28, 1919) 1912 – 1913 Herbert Joolen 1914 Charles S. ‘Buns’ Armstrong (No. 21, 1913) 1915 Alf George (No. 3, 1912; No. 14, 1913) 1919 Charles S. ‘Buns’ Armstrong (see 1914 above) 1919 Frank Cummins 1920 George Garlick 1921 Les Wallace 1922 Hugh Dunbar (No. 28, 1923 – 1928) 1923 Jack Robertson (?, 1924) 1925 – 1932 James Davidson (?, 1924) 1933 Reginald E. Conole (No. 22, 1930 – 1932) 1934 Jack Young 1935 – 1937 John ‘Jock’ Ball 1938 Harden Dean (No. 11, 1936; No. 38, 1943) 1939 – 1942 Jack O’Keefe 1942 Colin Bradley (No. 15, 1943 – 1944) 1943 Jack Minnis (No. ?, 1942; No. 32, 1944) 1944 Ken Levey (No. 31, 1943) 1946 Alfred Copsey 1946 Harry Rowe (No. ?, 1945) 1949 Raymond Jones 1951 – 1952 Kenneth McKaige 1953 – 1957 Anthony Bull 1957 Brian Dunsford 1959 – 1968 Hassa Mann 1969 Steven Arnott 1970 – 1973 Noel Leary 1974 David Murray 1976 Terry Wilkins (No. 38, 1975) 1977 – 1981 Andrew Moir 1982 – 1986 Dale Dickson 1987 Peter Kiel 1987 – 1989 Dean Chiron 1990 – 1994 Andrew Obst (No. 4, 1995 – 1997) 1995 – 1998 Shaun Smith 1999 – 2004 Chris Lamb 2007 – 2011 Michael Newton 2016 - Jayden Hunt Number 30 1912 – 1913 Mick Maguire (No. 14, 1914) 1913 F. Ellis (also wore No. 31, 1913) 1914 Artie Best 1915 Michael McQuade 1919 Bill Shelton (No. 13, 1920 – 1924; No. 20, 1925) 1920 Bruce Campbell 1921 Pat J. Bourke (No. 32, 1922) 1922 Arthur H. Cambridge 1923 – 1924 Eric Donaldson 1926 R.G. ‘Bert’ Lawrence 1932 Dan Cunningham 1932 Howard Steel (No. 9, 1930 – 1931) 1933 Cliff Tyson 1935 – 1938 Jack Foster 1939 – 1943 Alby Rodda 1945 Norm Wilson (No. 20, 1946) 1946 – 1950 Alby Rodda (See also 1939 – 1943) 1951 – 1960 John Beckwith 1961 John Leahy 1965 – 1966 Kenneth Rowe 1967 Robert Langford (No. 52, 1966) 1969 – 1972 John Letcher 1973 – 1974 Peter Williamson (No. 49, 1971; No. 54, 1972) 1976 – 1983 Peter Hamilton 1984 – 1987 Peter Moore (No. 10, 1983) 1989 – 1990 Danny Seow 1991 – 1992 Paul Bryce 1993 Paul Hopgood 1996 – 1997 David Cockatoo-Collins 2000 - 2007 Simon Godfrey 2009 - 2011 Tom McNamara 2012-2013 James Sellar 2015 - Alex Neal-Bullen

This is promising - Harley Bennell ‘a really good chance’ to be fit to play for Demons once AFL returns

Chris Aitken played for the club in 1967 and 1969, then left and came back again for a few games in 1977. He’s Wilbur Wilde’s brother.

On this day in 1964, the VFL season opened with a round of six matches. The Melbourne Football Club had taken part in the past ten finals series under the coaching of the legendary Norm Smith and had won five premierships in that time. However, it was now almost four years since their last flag. The Demons were drawn to take on 1963 premiers Geelong on the MCG in the opening match. Round 1, 1964 Melbourne vs Geelong Saturday 18 April Venue: MCG Attendance: 66,250 B Crompton Massey L Mann HB Anderson Roet Leahy C Dixon H Mann Adams HF Groom Lord Vagg F Williams Bourke Robbie Foll Tas Johnson Kenneally Rov Emselle 19/20 Miller Townsend Melbourne took on the reigning premier in the opening round and Geelong overcame their poor MCG record over the past decade to prevail over the home side by 13 points. Hassa Mann was acting captain for the game as regular skipper Ron Barassi sat the game out serving the last match of a four-week suspension for striking Richmond’s Roger Dean in Round 17, 1963. After an even first quarter, the Demons took the initiative to go to a 20 point lead during the second term before a Cat fight back cut their lead to three points at half time. Hassa Mann started on 1962 Brownlow Medal winner Alistair Lord, and comprehensively outplayed him in the first half while John Lord’s strong marking was decisive during this period. The Cats grabbed the lead in third term with three goals to their full forward Doug Wade in the third quarter but it was still anyone’s game at the last change. Geelong’s superior fitness stood out in the final quarter with three quick goals and despite a last ditch comeback Melbourne went down by 13 points. Melbourne 2.4.16 8.7.55 11.11.77 14.13.97 Geelong 2.2.14 8.4.52 12.7.79 17.8.110 Goals Lord 4 Emselle 3 Bourke Robbie 2 H Mann Vagg Williams Best H Mann Lord Kenneally Vagg Bourke Anderson Reserves Geelong 11.7.73 defeated Melbourne 10.9.69 Goals Carroll 4 Bourke 2 Bartlett Leitch Matthews Wood Best Zinko McLean Davis Under 19s Melbourne 8.18.66 defeated Geelong 7.11.53 Goals Stone Pritchard 2 Jones McNabb Osborne Reinholdt Best Stone Jones Pritchard

Continuing the series - Number 11 1912 Hedley Tomkins (No. 17, 1913) 1913 William Hendrie (No. 5, 1912; No. 15, 1914; No. 12, 1915) 1914 Charlie H. Lilley (No. 6, 1913, 1915; No. 8, 1919 – 1925) 1915, 1919 – 1920 Jack Bacquie (No. 35, 1914) 1921 Jack Lord Snr (No. 26, 1922 – 1923) 1922 – 1924 Dave Elliman (No. 35, 1919) 1925 – 1928 CD ‘Derek’ Mollison (No. 16, 1923 – 1925) wore both 11 and 16 in 1925 1925 – 1926 Carlyle Jones (No. 25, 1929) 1926 Bruce Pie 1929 Art Beaumont 1931 – 1932 Frank Smith 1932 Terry Ogden 1933 Robert C Johnson (No. 16, 1926 – 1932) 1934 – 1936 Sid Meehl 1936 Harden Dean (No. 29, 1938; No. 38, 1943) 1937 Beres Reilly 1938 Sid Meehl (see also 1934 – 1936) 1939 – 1940 Harold C Ball 1941 Warren Lewis (No. 33, 1944) 1942 – 1944 Norm Matthews (?, 1935) 1945 – 1950 Gordon Bowman 1952 – 1953 Jim Wilson 1954 – 1962 Laurie Mithen 1963 – 1969 TG ‘Tony’ Anderson 1970 – 1980 Greg Wells (No. 50, 1969) 1981 Gary Hardeman (No. 33, 1967 – 1977) 1982 – 1987 Steven Icke 1988 – 1998 Jim Stynes (No. 37, 1987) 2001 Troy Simmonds (No. 46, 1999 – 2000) 2002 - 2004 Darren Jolly (No. 41, 2001) 2005-2010 Paul Johnson 2012-2013 Mitch Clark 2015 - Max Gawn (No. 37, 2011 - 2014) Number 12 1912 Malcolm Kennedy 1913 Jim Fitzpatrick (No. 4, 1912) 1914 William Hendrie (No. 5, 1912; No. 11, 1913; No. 15, 1914) 1919 Allan McLean 1920 – 1929 Bob Corbett 1930 – 1931 Jack Power (No. 31, 1932 – 1934) 1932 EH ‘Ted’ Thomas (No. 3, 1921 – 1928) 1932 – 1933 Alan ‘Ginger’ Ryan 1934 – 1949 Jack Mueller (No. 36, 1950) 1950 – 1956 Stuart Spencer 1957 – 1960 Neil Crompton (No. 5, 1962 – 1966) 1961 – 1962 Michael Joseph Collins 1965 Hugh Bromell 1967 – 1969 Chris Fowler 1970 Rod Payne 1972 – 1974 Michael John Collins (No. 48, 1971) 1975 – 1977 Martin Lyons 1977 – 1979 Barry Norsworthy 1979 – 1982 Cameron Clayton 1983 – 1986 David Williams (No. 15, 1987 – 1988) 1987 – 1999 Todd Viney 2004-2013 Colin Sylvia 2014-2018 Dom Tyson 2020 - Toby Bedford Number 13 1912 H ‘Bert’ Francis 1913 Fen McDonald 1914 Stanley J Fairbairn 1919 Lindsay Nichol 1920 – 1924 Bill Shelton (No. 30, 1919; No. 20, 1925) 1931 Gordon Lindsay 1932 Joe Hogan 1933 – 1941 Les Jones 1941 – 1942 George Lenne (No. 20, 1945) 1944 Frank Scanlan (No. 26, 1943; No. 34, 1947 – 1948) 1947 – 1950 Max Spittle 1951 – 1953 Alan Krause 1975 – 1978 Henry Coles (No. 3, 1979 – 1980) 1979 – 1981 Wayne Gordon 1989 Tom Kavanagh 1991 – 1994 Allen Jakovich 1996 - 2008 Adem Yze 2010-2015 Jordie McKenzie (No 49, 2009) 2016 - Clayton Oliver Number 14 1912 Jack Bristow (No. 18, 1913) 1913 Alf George (No. 3, 1912; No. 29, 1915) 1914 Mick Maguire (No. 30, 1912 – 1913) 1915, 1919 – 1921 Alec Gray (No. 22, 1914) 1923 – 1924 Jim Abernethy (No. 4, 1926 – 1932) 1925 – 1932 Ivor Warne-Smith (No. 33, 1919) 1932 Jack Richardson 1933 Ray Usher (No. 34, 1928 – 1932) 1934 – 1937 Maurie Gibb (No. 10, 1937 – 1943) 1938 – 1940 Jack Maher (No. 37, 1944) 1941 – 1945 George Archibald 1945 – 1947 Ron Hall (?, 1944) 1947 Jack Furniss (No. 26, 1936 – 1940) 1948 – 1949 Eric Roscoe 1950 – 1952 Robert Johnston 1955 – 1962 Trevor Johnson 1963 – 1973 Barry Bourke 1974 – 1976 Neil Chamberlain (No. 54, 1973) 1977 Chris Aitken (No. 5, 1967, 1969) 1977 – 1982 Michael Byrne 1983 – 1984 Roger Ellingworth (No. 34, 1981 – 1982) 1985 – 1994 Rodney Grinter 1996 Michael Polley 1997 Leigh Newton 2000 - 2002 Steven Pitt 2006 -2016 Lynden Dunn 2017 - Michael Hibberd Number 15 1912 Tim Lane (No. 25, 1912) 1913 Ted Politz 1914 William Hendrie (No. 5, 1912; No. 11, 1913; No. 12, 1915) 1915 Ed Buckley 1919 – 1925 George Haines (Heinz) 1927 – 1929 Charlie Barnes (No. 18, also 1928) 1930 – 1931 Harry S Crapper 1932 Tom McMahon 1933 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 2, 1934; No. 36, 1935; No. 6, 1936 – 1937) 1934 Edwin Pemberton (No. 19, 1930 – 1933) 1935 Audley Gillespie-Jones 1935 – 1942 Ron Baggott 1943 – 1944 Colin Bradley (No. 29, 1942) 1945 Ron Baggott (see also 1935 – 1942) 1946 Jack Quinn 1947 – 1948 Frank O’Connor 1949 Len Toyne 1950 Max Jeffers 1951 Geoff Mason 1951 – 1952 Terry Pierce 1955 – 1959 Athol Webb 1963 – 1964 Ray Groom (No. 31, 1965 – 1968) 1965 – 1976 Stan Alves 1977 Darryl Cumming 1978 – 1980 Phil Seaton 1981 – 1982 Vin Catoggio 1984 – 1986 Mark Withers 1987 – 1988 David Williams (No. 12, 1983 – 1984, 1986) 1990 – 1991 Stephen Tingay (No. 52, 1989; No. 2, 1992 – 1998) 1993 Haydn Robins (No. 46, 1992) 1994 – 1999 Paul Hopgood (No. 30, 1993) 2001 – 2002 Ross Funcke 2003 – 2006 Nick Smith 2007-2012 Ricky Petterd 2013 David Rodan 2015-2019 Billy Stretch 2020 - Ed Langdon Number 16 1912 Bill Flintoft 1913 Bill Angwin 1914 Bobby Monk (No. 9, 1912; No. 5, 1913) 1915 Roy L Park 1919 George Walker (No. 26, 1914; No. 20, 1915, 1920 – 1921; No. 28, 1920 also) 1920 Hugh Odgers (No. 26, 1912) 1921 Clarrie L Lethlean 1923 – 1925 CD ‘Derek’ Mollison (No. 11, 1926 – 1928; wore both 11 and 16 in 1925) 1926 – 1932 Robert C Johnson (No. 11, 1933) 1933 – 1938 Eric ‘Tarzan’ Glass 1939 Gerry Daly (No. 27, 1940 – 1941, 1946) 1940 Jack Atkins 1941 Hugh McPherson (No. 25, 1942) 1942 Tom Ferguson (No. 22, 1943) 1943 – 1944 Hugh McPherson (see 1941 above) 1945 – 1952 George Bickford 1954 – 1956 Clyde Laidlaw (No. 35, 1957 – 1962) 1957 – 1961 Robert B Johnson (No. 18, 1954 – 1956) 1962 – 1972 John Townsend 1975 – 1977 Peter Keays (No. 51, 1974) 1979 – 1981 Robert Walters (No. 32, 1977 – 1978) 1982 – 1987 Adrian Battiston 1988 – 1995 Anthony ‘Andy’ Lovell 1996 David Grant 1997 Robert Pyman 1998 – 2007 Travis Johnstone 2008-2012 Jack Grimes 2014-2018 Dean Kent (No. 34, 2013) 2019 - Kade Kolodjashnij Number 17 1912 Wally Naismith 1913 Hedley Tomkins (No. 11, 1912) 1914 Frank Lugton (No. 32, 1913) 1915 Alex Fraser (No. 40, 1914) 1919 Con Kenney 1920 – 1928 Albert Chadwick 1929 – 1931 William MacDonald 1932 Joe Kinnear (No. 15, 1933; No. 2, 1934; No. 36, 1935; No. 6, 1936 – 1937) 1933 Geoff McInnes (No. 10, 1932) 1934 – 1942 Allan La Fontaine 1943 Denis Cordner (No. 1, 1948 – 1956) 1943 Frank Deayton (No. 27, 1942) 1944 Tom Bush (No. 5, 1942) 1945 Allan La Fontaine (see 1934 – 1942) 1946 – 1947 Frank Kennedy (No. 39, 1944; No. 37, 1945) 1948 Greg Lourey (No. 28, 1950) 1949 Jim Dorgan 1950 – 1956 Geoff McGivern 1958 Graeme Wilkinson 1961 – 1963 Ray Dawson 1964 – 1965 Graeme Watson 1966 Jeff Chapman 1967 John Comben 1968 – 1970 Kelvin Clarke 1971 – 1975 Denis Clark 1976 – 1979 Shane Grambeau 1980 – 1983 Michael Seddon 1986 Frank Rugolo (No. 43, 1983 – 1984; No. 34, 1985) 1987 – 1997 Brett Lovett (No. 50, 1986) 2002 Michael Clark 2005 - 2007 Chris Johnson 2012-2014 Sam Blease Number (No. 46, 2011) 2015-2019 Sam Frost Number 18 1912 Harry ‘Waratah’ Cope (No. 20, 1913) 1913 Jack Bristow (No. 14, 1912) 1913 Jim Mackie 1913 Bill Daly (No. 10, 1914) 1914 Les A. Smith 1915 William McKenzie (No. 6, 1912; No. 4, 1913, 1919; No. 27, 1914) 1919 Stan Huntington 1920 Bob Bodington (No. 28, 1919) 1921 – 1927 ‘Percy’ A Tulloh 1928 Charlie Barnes (No. 15, 1927 – 1929; wore both 15 and 18 in 1928) 1929 Alec Proudfoot 1930 – 1931 William Cutler 1932 – 1935 Don Hooper (No. 1, 1943) 1936 – 1941 Wally Lock 1942 – 1944 David Walsh 1943 Bill Scanlan (No. 38, 1944; No. 19, 1945 – 1948) 1945 Adrian ‘Spud’ Dullard (No. 34, 1940 – 1943; No. 28, 1946 – 1949) 1946 – 1949 Wally Lock (See also 1936 – 1941) 1950 – 1951 Nevin Paynter 1952 Harry Lack 1953 Nevin Paynter (See also 1950 – 1951) 1954 – 1956 Robert B. Johnson (No. 16, 1957 – 1961) 1957 – 1958 Kevin Mithen 1961 – 1965 Brian ‘Doc’ Roet (No. 23, 1968) 1966 – 1969 Neville Stone 1970 Des Campbell (No. 5, 1975 – 1977) 1971 – 1975 John Tilbrook 1976 – 1980 Maurice Wingate 1982 – 1984 Greg Hutchison (No. 52, 1975; No. 43, 1976 – 1981) 1986 – 1993 Steven Stretch 1994 Sean Charles (No. 44, 1992 – 1993; No. 1, 1995 – 1997) 1996 – 1997 Craig Nettelbeck 1999 Matthew Bishop (No. 48, 1998) 2000-2012 Brad Green 2014-2015 Daniel Cross 2017 - Jake Melksham Number 19 1912 – 1913 A.M. ‘Joe’ Pearce 1914 William ‘Bill’ Allan (No. 1, 1912, 1919 – 1923; No. 9, 1913, 1915) 1915 Reg Gibb (No. 7, 1919) 1919 – 1920 Jack Huntington (No. 3, 1914; No. 28, 1915) 1921 – 1928 Harry Coy 1929 Claud Carr (No. 22, 1928) 1930 – 1933 Edwin Pemberton (No. 15, 1934) 1934 Ron Wilson 1936 – 1941 Frank Roberts 1942 Robert Shearer 1944 R.G.W. ‘Lloyd’ Bennett 1945 – 1948 Bill Scanlan (No. 18, 1943; No. 38, 1944) 1949 – 1952 Colin Love 1952 – 1958 Keith Carroll 1961 – 1964 Robert Carroll 1966 – 1967 Terry Leahy 1969 – 1979 Ray Biffin (No. 40, 1968) 1980 – 1982 Bill Nettlefold 1983 – 1986 Rodney Wright 1986 – 1988 Paul Payne 1989 – 1993 Darren Bennett 1994 – 1997 Paul Prymke 1999 – 2000 Scott Chisholm 2001 Ben Beams (No. 47, 1999 – 2000) 2002 - 2004 Peter Vardy 2006 – 2007 Clint Bartram (No. 3, 2008-20????) 2008-2011 Addam Maric 2015-2016 Ben Newton 2017 - Mitch Hannan Number 20 1912 Wally Sykes 1913 Harry ‘Waratah’ Cope (No. 18, 1912) 1913 Thornton Hosking 1914 Aubrey MacKenzie 1914 Eric Parsons 1915 George Walker (No. 26, 1914; No. 16, 1919) 1919 Edward Johnston (No. 23, 1915) 1919 Art McWhinney 1920 – 1921 George Walker (No. 28 – 1920 also; see also 1915 above) 1920 Joe O’Carroll 1921 – 1925 Alf Wilson 1925 Bill Shelton (No. 30, 1919; No. 13, 1920 – 1924) 1927 – 1928 Les Meade 1929 – 1937 Harry Long 1937 Jack ‘Cactus’ Coolahan 1938 – 1939, 1941 Frank Williams 1942 Ted Wood 1943 – 1944 H.A. ‘Bob’ Herbert 1945 Harry New (No. 31, 1944) 1945 George Lenne (No. 13, 1941 – 1942) 1946 Norm Wilson (No. 30, 1945) 1947 – 1948 Russell Robinson 1949 – 1950 Alan McGowan (No. 33, 1948) 1951 – 1952 Tom McLean 1957 – 1961 Graeme Pinfold 1964 – 1967 Graeme Jacobs 1969 – 1970 Paul Rowlands 1972 Laurie Queay 1973 Shane McSpeerin (No. 50, 1971 – 1972) 1975 – 1977 Paul Hurst 1977 Brian Cook 1978 – 1982 Graeme Gaunt 1983 – 1987 Russell Richards 1992 – 2000 Matthew Febey 2001 – 2004 Troy Broadbridge 2007-2016 Colin Garland 2018 Corey Maynard (No. 48 2017) 2020 Adam Tomlinson

Seven players qualify as restricted free agents while there will also be a total of 89 unrestricted free agents across the competition. REVEALED: See the full free agents list for 2020

The top 25 AFL draft prospects to watch in 2020 topped by the next Lance Franklin AFL Draft Power Rankings: The top 20 prospects for 2020 But will they be eligible for the draft?

Sorry if I’m derailing this discussion but does anyone know how Harley’s tracking?

The Melbourne Football Club has a rich history in the ranks of the VFL/AFL so while this season has been disrupted by the pandemic, we decided to delve back into our past to bring you the players and the numbers they wore on the backs of their jumpers (qualification - 1 game for the club’s senior team) starting this week from 1 to 10: Number 1 1912 William Allan (No. 9, 1913; No. 19, 1914) 1913 Douglas Chapman 1914 Des McDonald/Carlyle Kenley (No. 22, 1913) 1915 Johnny Hassett (No. 34, 1913) 1919 – 1923 William Allan (see 1912 above) 1924 – 1931 Stan Wittman 1932 Leo Nolan 1933 Noel Barnett 1934 Col Niven (No. 10, 1933; No. 2, 1935) 1935 – 1940 Gordon Jones 1941 Stan 'Pop' Heal 1942 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott (No. 5, 1937 – 1940) 1943 Keith Shadbolt/Don Hooper (No. 18, 1932 – 1935) 1944 Ron Kimberley (No. 21, 1939 – 1941)/Jack Compton 1946 – 1947 Ern Rowarth (No. 33, 1945) 1948 James Mitchell (No. 37, 1946 – 1947) 1948 – 1956 Denis Cordner (No. 17, 1943) 1957 – 1959 Dick Fenton-Smith 1961 Bruce Leslie 1963 Garry Byers (No. 50, 1962) 1964 – 1967 Robert Foster 1968 – 1972 Max Walker (No. 46, 1967) 1974 – 1981 Garry Baker 1984 – 1985 Steven Smith (No. 35, 1974 – 1983) 1988 – 1991 Steven O’Dwyer (No. 32, 1987) 1993 – 1994 Adrian Campbell 1995 – 1997 Sean Charles (No. 44, 1992 – 1993; No. 18, 1994) 1998 – 1999 Jamie Shanahan 2003 – 2005 Chris Heffernan 2006 – 2009 Simon Buckley 2010 - 2011 Matthew Warnock (No. 37, 2006-2009) 2015 - 2018 Jesse Hogan 2019 - Steven May Number 2 1912 Harry Brereton (No. 7, 1915) 1913 Algernon Millhouse 1914 William Quinn 1915 Percy Rodriguez 1919 – 1920 Eric Tonkin 1921 – 1924 Joe Flanagan 1925 Clarrie Wyatt 1928 PB ‘Barney’ Wood 1929 – 1934 Wyn Murray 1934 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 15, 1933; No. 36, 1935; No. 6, 1936 – 1937 1935 Colin Niven (No. 10, 1933; No. 1, 1934) 1936 – 1939 Lou Reiffel 1939 – 1940, 1942 – 1946 Roy Dowsing 1947 David Newman 1948 – 1955 Robert McKenzie Snr 1958 – 1963 Alan Rowarth 1966 – 1967 Robert Stewart 1968 Robert Dowsing (No. 38, 1966 – 1967) 1969 – 1970 Denis Clark (No. 38, 1968; No. 17, 1971 – 1975) 1971 – 1972 Robert D. McKenzie (No. 50, 1969; No. 10, 1970) 1973 – 1987 Robert Flower 1992 – 1999 Stephen Tingay (No. 52, 1989; No. 15, 1990 – 1991) 2002 – 2005 Steven Armstrong 2006 – Nathan Jones Number 3 1912 Alf George (No. 14, 1913; No. 29, 1915) 1913 Jack D. Robertson (No. 10, 1912) 1914 Jack Huntington (No. 28, 1915; No. 19, 1919 – 1920) 1915 Jack McKenzie 1919 Percy Love 1920 Leo Little (No. 31, 1919) 1921 – 1929 EH 'Ted' Thomas (No. 12, 1932) 1930 – 1934 George Margitich 1935 Ken Feltscheer (No. 22, 1936) 1936 – 1938 John Lewis 1939 – 1941 William Baxter 1942 Robert Spargo 1943 Keith Molloy (No. 27, 1945) 1943 – 1947 Ron Irwin 1948 – 1952 Geoff Collins (No. 8, 1954) 1953 – 1958 Peter Marquis 1964, 1966 Maurie Bartlett 1966, 1968 Sid Catlin 1969 – 1973 Trevor Rollinson 1976 – 1978 Barry Tippett 1979 – 1980 Henry Coles (No. 13, 1975 – 1978) 1982 – 1985 Gerard Healy (No. 39, 1979 – 1981) 1986 – 1999 Garry Lyon 2002 – 2007 Clint Bizzell 2008 - 2012 Clint Bartram 2014 - Christian Salem Number 4 1912 Jim Fitzpatrick (No. 12, 1913) 1913 William McKenzie (No. 6, 1912; No. 27, 1914; No. 18, 1915) 1914 Percy Colee 1915 Tim Collins (No. 24, 1914) 1919 William McKenzie (see above) 1920 Alec Farrow (No. 25, 1919; No. 28, 1921) 1921 Francis Lyon 1922 Alf Oldham 1923 – 1924 Tom Elliott 1926 – 1932 Jim Abernethy (No. 14, 1923 – 1924) 1933 – 1934 Jack Sambell 1935 – 1948 Norman Smith 1949 Robert Chadwick 1950 Jack Hiscock 1951 – 1955 Ken Christie 1957 – 1965 John Lord 1966 – 1967 Peter Smith 1968 – 1979 Tony Sullivan (No. 43, 1967) 1980 – 1987 Peter Giles (No. 45, 1979) 1988 – 1991 Tony Campbell (No. 40, 1986 – 1987) 1992, 1994 Chris Sullivan 1995 – 1997 Andrew Obst (No. 29, 1990 – 1994) 1998 – 2001 Brent Grgic (No. 48, 1997) 2002 - 2003 Craig Ellis 2004 – 2008 Ben Holland 2009 - 2017 Jack Watts 2018 - James Harmes Number 5 1912 William Hendrie (No. 11, 1913; No. 15, 1914; No. 12, 1915) 1913 Bobby Monk (No. 9, 1912; No. 16, 1914) 1914 Wal Riddington 1919 RJ 'Bob' Love 1920 – 1924 Harry Harker 1925 Gerry Donnelly 1926 WO 'Ossie' Green (No. 22, 1929; ?, 1931) 1927 – 1929 E 'Tommy' McConville 1930 – 1932 HA 'Hec' Davidson 1932 – 1936 William Deague 1937 – 1940 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott (No. 1, 1942) 1941 Ron White 1942 Tom Bush (No. 17, 1944) 1943 Ron White 1943 – 1950 William 'Billy' Deans (?, 1942) 1951 – 1960 Ian McLean 1962 – 1966 Neil Crompton (No. 12, 1957 – 1960) 1967, 1969 Chris Aitken (No. 14, 1977) 1971 – 1972 John Gallus 1973 – 1974 John Clennett (No. 34, 1972) 1975 – 1977 Des Campbell (No. 18, 1970) 1978 – 1980 Graham Hunnibell 1981 – 1982 Michael Young 1984 Ray Holden 1985 – 1987 Robin White 1988 – 1991 Earl Spalding (No. 35, 1987) 1992 – 2002 David Schwarz 2004 – 2009 Brock McLean 2010 - 2012 Jordan Gysberts 2013 - 2015 Jimmy Toumpas 2016 - Christian Petracca Number 6 1912 William McKenzie (No. 4, 1913, 1919; No. 27, 1914; No. 18, 1915) 1913 Charlie H. Lilley (No. 11, 1914; No. 8, 1919 – 1925) 1914 Rupert Lowell 1915 Charlie H. Lilley (see above) 1919 – 1922 E ‘Herb’ Matthews 1923 LC ‘Bob’ Abernethy 1924 WJ ‘Johnny’ Egan 1925 Edward Parker 1926 – 1927 Jim Veal 1928 Allan Hope 1929 – 1932 Ted Esposito 1932 – 1935 Archie Roberts (No. 27, 1936) 1936 – 1937 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 15, 1933; No. 2, 1934; No. 36, 1935) 1936 Jack Harrison (?, 1933) 1939 Ian Giles 1940, 1942 – 1947 Fred Fanning 1948 – 1950 Eddie Craddock (No. 9, 1947) 1951 Kevin Webb 1952 – 1954 Ken Albiston 1955 – 1964 Frank ‘Bluey’ Adams (No. 41, 1953 – 1954) 1965 – 1973 Frank Davis (No. 40, 1964) 1974 – 1978 Ross Brewer (No. 27, 1972 – 1973) 1979 Ken Roberts (No. 10, 1978) 1979 – 1981 Robert Elliott 1982 – 1986 Michael O’Sullivan 1989 – 1999 Glenn Lovett (No. 51, 1987) 2001 - 2004 Scott Thompson 2006 - 2012 Matthew Bate 2013 - 2016 Chris Dawes 2017 - 2019 Jordan Lewis Number 7 1912 WD ‘Bill’ Hickey 1913 Norm McDougall 1914 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans (No. 29, 1912; No. 8, 1913, 1915; No. 28, 1919) 1915 Harry Brereton (No. 2, 1912) 1919 Reg Gibb (No. 19, 1915) 1919 William Hore 1920 – 1924 Mick Anthony 1925 – 1927 Frank Jorgensen 1928 – 1930 Vince Driver 1931 – 1933 H ‘Bert’ Avery 1934 – 1936 AE ‘Bert’ Taylor 1937 – 1940 Hugh Murnane 1942 Jack Heal 1943 Robert Stone (No. 32, 1942; No. 36, 1949) 1944 – 1946 Clem Conroy 1947 – 1952 Eddie Jackson 1953 – 1962 Geoff Case 1963 – 1964 Owen Zinko 1966 – 1975 Graham Osborne (No. 24, 1976 – 1977) 1976 Ray Smith (No. 43, 1975) 1977 – 1979 Barry Denny 1980 – 1981 Phil Pinnell 1982 – 1990 Brian Wilson 1991 Rod Owen 1992 – 1999 Darren Kowal 2000 - 2002 Stephen Powell 2003 Gary Moorcroft 2004 - 2010 Brad Miller (No. 37, 2002 – 2003) 2011 - 2012 Jamie Bennell (No. 43, 2009 - 2010) 2013 - Jack Viney Number 8 1912 Fred Harris (No. 29, 1912; No. 7, 1914; No. 28, 1919) 1913 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans 1914 A ‘Bert’ Trahair 1915 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans (see 1913 above) 1919 – 1925 Charlie H. Lilley (No. 6, 1913, 1915; No. 11, 1914) 1926 – 1929 Herbie J. White 1931 – 1932 W ‘Bull’ Adams 1933 – 1941 Rowley Fischer 1942 – 1943 Don Hewson (?, 1944) 1945 Ralph Latham 1946 – 1947 Roy Stabb (No. 22, 1945) 1948 – 1951 Doug Heywood (No. 25,1943; No. 26, 1944) 1952 Ian Toyne 1952 Maurie Lehmann 1953 Don Cameron 1954 Geoff Collins (No. 3, 1948 – 1952) 1955 Kevin Clark 1956 – 1957 Jim Sandral 1959 – 1969 R ‘Tassie’ Johnson 1970 – 1975 Peter ‘Crackers’ Keenan (No. 10, 1981 – 1982) 1976 – 1978 Peter Johnston 1979 Glenn Elliott 1980 – 1982 Brent Crosswell 1983 Les Bamblett 1984 Peter Thorne (No. 40, 1978 – 1979) 1985 – 1995 Graeme Yeats (No. 45, 1984) 1996 Craig Turley 1999 Jeff Farmer 2000 James Cook 2001 – 2006 Alistair Nicholson (No. 44, 1997 – 2000) 2007 – 2014 James Frawley 2015 - 2016 Heritier Lumumba 2018 - Jake Lever Number 9 1912 Bobby Monk (No. 5, 1913; No. 16, 1914) 1913 William ‘Bill’ Allan (No. 1, 1912, 1919 – 1923; No. 19, 1914) 1914 Harry Britter 1915 William ‘Bill’ Allan (see 1913 above) 1919 John McMahon 1920 – 1928 Charles ‘Brum’ Streeter 1930 – 1931 Howard Steel (No. 30, 1932) 1932 HA ‘Arch’ Dickens 1933 – 1936 Charlie Longhurst 1937 – 1943 Richard Emselle 1944 – 1946 Ivan Porter 1947 Eddie Craddock (No. 6, 1948 – 1950) 1948 Les Crawley 1949 Colin Cox (No. 26, 1948) 1949 Ray Harvey 1950 Con O’Toole 1951 Alan Daly 1952 – 1953 Max Orr 1953 Peter Schofield 1954 – 1968 Brian Dixon 1969 – 1972 George Lakes (No. 39, 1968) 1972 Peter Yeo 1973 – 1974 Steve Kerley (No. 49, 1971; No. 41, 1972) 1975 – 1981 Laurie Fowler 1982 – 1990 Alan Johnson 1992 – 1993 Darren Cuthbertson (No. 48, 1991) 1994 - 2008 David Neitz (No. 38, 1993) 2010 - 2017 Jack Trengove 2018 - Charlie Spargo Number 10 1912 Jack D. Robertson (No. 3, 1913) 1913 J Watt 1914 Bill Daly (No. 18, 1913) 1915 J Watt (see above, 1913) 1919 Gordon Coulter 1920 – 1921 Jack Brake (see also 1915) 1923 – 1931 Jack Collins 1932 Geoff McInnes (No. 17, 1933) 1933 Colin Niven (No. 1, 1934; No. 2, 1935) 1934 – 1936 Jack Bennett (No. 34, 1933) 1937 Fred Backway (No. 21, 1935) 1937 – 1943 Maurie Gibb (No. 14, 1934 – 1937) 1938 (also) Len Catton 1944 – 1945 Gordon Kramer (No. 26, 1942) 1946 – 1954 Lance Arnold 1957 – 1961 Robert S. Turner 1962 – 1967, 1969 Ken Emselle 1970 Robert B. McKenzie (No. 50, 1969; No. 2, 1971 – 1972) 1971 – 1972 Lloyd Burgmann (No. 40, 1970) 1973 – 1975 Carl Ditterich 1976 – 1978 Craig McKellar 1978 Ken Roberts (No. 6, 1979) 1979 – 1980 Carl Ditterich (see also 1973 – 1975) 1981 – 1982 Peter ‘Crackers’ Keenan (No. 8, 1970 – 1975) 1983 Peter Moore (No. 30, 1984 – 1987) 1984 – 1990 Danny Hughes 1992 Matthew Mahoney (No. 46, 1990) 1994 Martin Pike (No. 22, 1993) 1995 – 2000 Marcus Seecamp 2001 - 2007 Daniel Ward (No. 49, 1998 – 1999; No. 26, 1999 – 2000) 2008 - 2012 Cale Morton 2013 - 2014 Shannon Byrnes 2015 - Angus Brayshaw

All subject to government relaxing the current restrictions within that time and then there are the players who are living back in their home states.

And what happens with the results of Round 1 where a club like Melbourne had the most difficult of road trips v WCE in Perth while others had much easier home games against lesser opponents? Does that round count? It might only be one round but in a reduced season, if it does count, then Melbourne would be massively disadvantaged in a draw that was supposed to favour it because of its lowly position in 2019. I don’t believe this is going to happen anyway - just as I think the opening round should have been called off in the first place.

Haven’t seen him and don’t expect to for a while unfortunately.

I met him when while visiting friends when he was in his first season. Nice bloke - terrific player and a wearer of the now famous #11. Condolences to his family.

Promising draft prospect could miss two years of footy It’s going to be an interesting draft.

Recruiters to fly blind at AFL national draft: McLachlan

He was on virtually minimum wage - surely, he doesn’t take a massive wage cut?

A little bit of light for the club is that our very own Karen Paxman has tied with North Melbourne’s Jasmine Garner and Carlton's Maddy Prespakis for the AFLW Player of the Year Award. Congratulations to a terrific player who truly deserved this award!

Now that it appears the Olympics are likely to be postponed for 12 months, I’m more confident that we’ll win next year’s flag.

This one went down well, didn’t it?

If someone had told me six weeks ago that we would be one game from top place at the end of May, I would have taken it.

Thoughts?