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Speaking of Hawthorn ... Round 6, 1964 Melbourne vs Hawthorn Saturday 23 May Venue: MCG Attendance: 53,798 B Crompton Massey Jacobs HB Anderson Roet Leahy C Dixon H Mann Adams HF Vagg Groom Kenneally F Barassi Bourke Townsend Foll Tas Johnson Wise Rov Emselle 19/20 Bartlett Matthews Melbourne avenged its defeat from the previous year’s Preliminary Final when it emerged triumphant over Hawthorn in a nail-bighting struggle at the MCG. The Hawks had the early ascendancy through the goal kicking feats of tough full forward John Peck who booted four goals from as many kicks against Bernie Massey before the defender was injured in the second quarter and replaced by Tas Johnson who kept Peck down to only one more for the day. The Demons strength in the air saw them take the lead at the main break and in a tense struggle, they held sway as both teams managed only a goal each in the final term. Hawthorn managed a goal in the last minute but their final attack for victory was repelled by a Tas Johnson mark in defence on the siren. The win gave Melbourne a record of four wins .and two defeats but with little breathing space as only percentage separated it from Collingwood and Essendon in fifth and sixth positions on the ladder. Melbourne 3.3.21 5.9.39 9.11.65 10.13.73 Hawthorn 4.6.30 5.7.37 9.8.62 10.8.68 Goals Jacobs Vagg 3 Barassi 2 Bourke Kenneally Best Townsend Roet Tas Johnson Groom Barassi Vagg Reserves Melbourne 10.16.76 defeated Hawthorn 8.5.53 Goals Lord 4 Carroll Robbie Leitch Mounter Best Lord Hill McLean Under 19s Hawthorn 13.5.83 defeated Melbourne 11.10.76 Goals Schultz 3 McNab Osborne Stone 2 Jones Pritchard Best Bird Brodie Stone

Given that drawing crowds will be a pretty much irrelevant consideration in 2020 then I’d prefer to get some momentum going. Collingwood after WCE might not be such a good idea.

In round 19, 1947, Fred Fanning kicked 18 goals, 1 point in that game against St Kilda which means he hit the scoreboard on 19 occasions as well.

That’s probably 4 or 5 times for Nathan. Let’s hope he gets the opportunity this year.

Not only did we make what turned out to be some shocking draft choices in that era, we were also in the wrong place at the wrong time. We drafted Sylvia and McLean with picks 3 & 5 in 2003. The same selections in the following season would have given us Ryan Griffen and Lance Franklin.

It would have been Mike Minton-Connell who was a solid key defender who played some good games in defence but struggled to break into Melbourne’s team with players like Roet and Groom ahead of him at CHB. His brother Adrian arrived in 1966 and looked a likely ruck type but injured his knee. What a pity we couldn’t leverage off the connection to get Peter Hudson!

The turning point ... Round 5, 1964 Essendon vs Melbourne Saturday 16 May Venue: Windy Hill Attendance: 27,000 B Crompton Massey Tas Johnson HB Anderson Roet Leahy C Watson H Mann Adams HF Vagg Groom Kenneally F Jacobs Bourke Townsend Foll Wise Barassi Rov Emselle 19/20 Foster Matthews Windy Hill was never a happy hunting ground for the Melbourne Football Club and it was proving to be so for them at half time when inaccurate kicking for goal saw them trailing by a goal against Essendon who began the game as favourites by virtue of their demolition of the reigning premier Geelong. The Demons lifted their game in the second half in what was probably the catalyst for turning around a season that was in danger of slipping away. Tony Anderson and Neil Crompton stood firm all day in defence while Norm Smith’s move of third gamer Graeme Watson into the middle allowing Hassa Mann to take on the main roving duties proved to be the master stroke as the team dominated the rest of the game despite their continued inaccuracy in front of goal. In an interesting sidelight, both of Melbourne’s reserves, including first gamer Robert Foster, sat out the entire game on the bench. Runner Sam Allica was reported for illegally delivering messages to players other than the captain or vice-captain for the second time in the season. Essendon 2.0.12 4.4.28 5.7.37 7.11.53 Melbourne 1.6.12 2.10.22 5.18.48 10.25.85 Goals Barassi Bourke H Mann Vagg 2 Groom Jacobs Best Anderson Crompton Watson H Mann Emselle Kenneally Reserves Melbourne 10.9.69 defeated Essendon 6.13.49 Goals Carroll 5 Bartlett Wood 2 Slade Best Carroll Vaughan Bartlett Under 19s Melbourne 13.18.95 defeated Essendon 9.7.61 Goals McNabb Schultz 4 Reinholdt 2 Coutts Osborne Russell Best Stewart Minton-Connell McNamee

I voted for Barass. He was a match winner who was usually dominant in important games. How these two only won 3 Blueys between them still beats me.

The crunch came on this day 56 years ago ... Round 4, 1964 St. Kilda vs Melbourne Saturday 9 May Venue: Junction Oval Attendance: 35,000 B Crompton Massey L Mann HB Anderson Roet Leahy C Williams H Mann Adams HF Vagg Groom Kenneally F Barassi Bourke Townsend Foll Tas Johnson Wise Rov Emselle 19/20 Jacobs Watson The young St Kilda side was still smarting from their loss in the previous season’s first semi final when they took on Melbourne for what turned out to be their last encounter at the Junction Oval. The Demons wasted their opportunities in the opening quarter with wayward kicking for goal allowing the Saints to control the game from there on taking a 16 point lead into the main break. Although they got to within five points early in the last quarter, the home side steadied to a comfortable 26 point win, leaving the Demons in mid table with a 2-2 record for the season. St. Kilda’s charge was led by two exciting young teenagers Carl Ditterich, 18, and Ian Cooper, 17 while Ray Groom was Melbourne’s best. Half forward Barrie Vagg kicked four goals, but his impact on the team’s overall performance was lacking. Veteran winger Brian Dixon who was a Liberal Party candidate for the local seat of St Kilda at the forthcoming State Election missed with a shoulder injury which might have been regarded as a blessing in disguise for him. St. Kilda 2.1.13 7.5.47 8.11.53 13.15.93 Melbourne 1.6.12 4.7.31 6.12.48 9.13.67 Goals Vagg 4 Emselle 2 Barassi Bourke Groom Best Groom Anderson Roet Barassi H Mann Adams Reserves St Kilda 9.8.62 d. Melbourne 7.11.53 Goals Wood 2 Bartlett Bourke Carroll Matthews Slade Best Matthews Davis Lord Under 19s Melbourne 17.6.108 defeated St. Kilda 6.12.48 Goals Feldman 4 McNab Schultz 3 Osborne Marr Stone 2 Russell Best Griffiths Marr Pritchard

Some of the less fashionable numbers - Number 41 1953 – 1954 Frank ‘Bluey’ Adams (No. 6, 1955 – 1964) 1968 Euan Campbell 1969 Blair Campbell 1972 Steve Kerley (No. 49, 1971; No. 9, 1973 – 1974) 1976 – 1980 Chris Woodman 1981 – 1982 David McGlashan 1986 – 1987 Steve Turner 1988 – 1995 Peter Rohde 1998 Nathan D. Brown (No. 25, 2000 - 2007) 2001 Darren Jolly (No. 11, 2002 - 2004) 2003 – 2008 Nathan Carroll 2009 Rohan Bail (No. 44 2010 - 2015) 2013 Troy Davis 2014 Alex Georgiou 2015-2017 Mitch White 2019 - Jay Lockhart Number 42 1966 John W. Hamilton 1973 John Morgan 1974 Ted Carroll (No. 37, 1975 – 1977) 1980 Russell Rowe 1981 Jamie Barham 1985 Brett Hutchinson 1987 – 1988 Brad Sparks 1991 Fabian Francis 1993 Scott Simister 1997 Russell Robertson 1999 - 2004 Peter Walsh 2009-2015 Jake Spencer (No. 33, 2017) Number 43 1953 Ron McKenzie 1967 Tony Sullivan (No. 4, 1968 – 1979) 1969 David Hayes 1970 Terry Davey 1971 Gordon Lawrie 1973 – 1974 Frank Giampaolo (No. 22, 1975 – 1977) 1975 Ray Smith (No. 7, 1976) 1976 – 1981 Greg Hutchison (No. 52, 1975; No. 18, 1982 – 1984) 1983 – 1984 Frank Rugolo (No. 34, 1985; No. 17, 1986) 1985 – 1986 Paul Payne (No. 19, 1987 -1988) 1986 Len Gandini 1991 - 1992 Andrew Ford 1998 - 2005 Guy Rigoni 2007 - 2008 Jace Bode 2009 - 2010 Jamie Bennell (No. 7, 2011-2012) 2011 Tom McDonald (No. 25, 2012-) 2015 - 2017 James Harmes (No. 4, 2018 -) Number 44 1962 Alec Ingwersen 1966 Les Harrison 1967 Tom Quinn 1968 Phil Rhoden (No. 38, 1969) 1969 Mark Mitchell 1978 David Code 1980 - 1981 Stephen Bickford 1982 - 1983 Scott Sutcliffe 1984 - 1986 John Fidge 1991 David Schwarz (No. 5, 1992 - 2002) 1992 - 1993 Sean Charles (No. 18, 1994; No. 1, 1995 – 1997) 1995 Adem Yze (No. 13, 1996 - 2008) 1997 - 2000 Alistair Nicholson (No. 8, 2001 – 2002) 2005 - 2006 Shannon Motlop 2008 - 2009 Shane Valenti 2010 - 2015 Rohan Bail (No 41, 2009) 2017 - Joel Smith Number 45 1960 Peter Baker 1966 John Quirk 1969 - 1970 Danny Jennings 1971 - 1972 Henry Ritterman (No. 22, 1973) 1973 Greg MacDonald 1979 Peter Giles (No. 4, 1980 - 1987) 1981 Russell Dickson 1983 Glenn Boland (No. 27, 1984) 1984 Graeme Yeats (No. 8, 1985 – 1995) 1986 - 1991 Ricky Jackson 1992 Wayne Lamb 1996 - 1997 Todd McHardy 1999 Troy Longmuir 2000 - 2009 Matthew Whelan 2013-2016 Matt Jones 2019 Declan Keilty Number 46 1966 Adrian Bowden (No. 23, 1967) 1967 Max Walker (No. 1, 1968 - 1972) 1969 Ray Sampson 1972 Geoff Harrold 1975 - 1976 Glenn Walley 1982 Peter Tossol (No. 21, 1983 - 1984) 1983 - 1984 Mike Reynolds (No. 21, 1986) 1985 - 1986 Darren Louttit 1990 Matthew Mahoney (No. 10, 1992) 1992 Haydn Robins (No. 15, 1993) 1998 Hayden Lamaro 1999 - 2000 Troy Simmonds (No. 11, 2001) 2009 - 2011 Sam Blease (No. 17, 2012-2015) 2012 Josh Tynan 2013 - 2014 Dean Terlich Number 47 1978 Paul Thompson 1981 Des O’Dwyer (No. 27, 1978; No. 24, 1982) 1982 - 1986 Alan Jarrott 1989 John Ahern 1999 - 2000 Ben Beams (No. 19, 2001) 2010 - 2011 James Strauss 2012 Tom Couch Number 48 1965 Robert Gormly 1969 Daryl Powell 1971 Michael John Collins (No. 12, 1972 - 1974) 1977 Brett Marchant 1979 John Wallace 1981 John Tossol 1984 Ross Fisher 1985 Stephen Newport (No. 34, 1986 - 1990) 1989 Luke Beveridge (No. 24, 1990 - 1992) 1991 Darren Cuthbertson (No. 9, 1992 – 1993) 1997 Brent Grgic (No. 4, 1998 – 2001) 1998 Matthew Bishop (No. 18, 1999) 2009 Liam Jurrah (No 24, 2010 - 2012) 2011 - 2015 Jack Fitzpatrick 2017 Corey Maynard (No. 20, 2018) 2019 - Kyle Dunkley Number 49 1966 John Murnane (No. 27, 1967) 1968 Graeme Aubrey 1971 Peter Williamson (No. 54, 1972; No. 30, 1973 – 1974) 1971 Steve Kerley (No. 41, 1972; No. 9, 1973 – 1974) 1973 Ian McGuinness 1978 Michael Rea 1982 Stuart McKenzie 1992 Brian Stynes 1998 - 1999 Daniel Ward (No. 26, 1999, also 2000; No. 10, 2001 – 2002) 1999 - 2000 Luke Williams (No. 26, 2001 - 2002) 2009 Jordie McKenzie (No. 13, 2010 - 2015) 2011 Daniel Nicholson (No. 26, 2011-2014) 2012 James Magner (No. 22, 2013) Number 50 1962 Garry Byers (No. 1, 1963) 1966 Ken Jungwirth 1969 Greg Wells (No. 11, 1970 – 1980) 1969 Robert D. McKenzie (No. 10, 1970; No. 2, 1971 – 1972) 1971 – 1972 Shane McSpeerin (No. 20, 1973) 1974 Neil McMullin 1975 Colin Graham (No. 27, 1976 – 1978) 1979 Tony Elshaug No. 33, 1980 – 1983) 1980 Paul O’Brien (No. 40, 1981 – 1983) 1981 Ian Todd 1986 Brett Lovett (No. 17, 1987 – 1997) 1991 Kevin Dyson (No. 23, 1991 – 1995 – wore both 50 and 23 in 1991) 2011 Michael Evans (No. 32, 2013 - 2014) 2013 Mitch Clisby Number 51 1966 Ken Osborne (No. 36, 1967 – 1968) 1974 Peter Keays (No. 16, 1975 – 1977) 1987 Glenn Lovett (No. 6, 1989 – 1998) 1989 John Howat (No. 28, 1990 – 1992) Number 52 1966 Robert Langford (No. 30, 1967) 1975 Greg Hutchison (No. 43, 1976 – 1981; No. 18, 1982 – 1984) 1982 Steve McCarthy (No. 24, 1983) 1989 Stephen Tingay (No. 15, 1990 – 1991; No. 2, 1992 – 1999) Number 53 1966 Brent Jones (No. 34, 1967 – 1971) 1966 Anthony Hirst 1985 Joe Rugolo (No. 26, 1986 – 1987) Number 54 1972 Peter Williamson (No. 49, 1971; No. 30, 1973 – 1974) 1973 Neil Chamberlain (No. 14, 1974 – 1976) 1974 Mike Power 1981 Trevor Korn 1990 Brent Heaver (No. 38, 1991) 1997 James McDonald (No. 23, 1998 - ) Number 55 Never worn in a senior AFL/VFL match Number 56 1984 Paul Earley Number 57 1985 Greg Sizer Number 58 1984 Michael Howard Number 59 1986 Andrew Dale

FWIW, at the end of 2007 the Melbourne Football Club made advances to secure Laidley as coach, but his contract with North Melbourne was renewed for another two years.

Couldn’t be sadder than Phil Walsh.

Sheedy, who lived in Melbourne’s residential zone but Norm Smith told him he could go away and apply for an open clearance because he wasn’t good enough. If there is a negative to a prolonged period at the top then it’s the fact that sometimes you have to let some quality players slip through the cracks and from time to time, it bites you on the bum.

The 1964 season moved into May ... Round 3, 1964 Melbourne vs Carlton Saturday, 2 May Venue: MCG Attendance: 45,494 B Crompton Massey L Mann HB Anderson Roet Leahy C Dixon H Mann Watson HF Groom Lord Kenneally F Barassi Bourke Townsend Foll Tas Johnson Wise Rov Emselle 19/20 Vagg Williams The Demons had been unconvincing in their opening two rounds and, despite their Round 2 win over North Melbourne, the selectors reacted by dropping three players in Matthews, Miller and Robbie and relegating Vagg and Williams to the bench. Future test cricketer Graeme Watson who passed away in April, 2020 was selected for his first game. It was not a game for forwards with skipper Ron Barassi, the only player to fire up front all day. He kicked two goals himself but his strong play set up many scoring opportunities for others in the team’s 46 point victory as the visitors struggled. At the final break, they had only one goal on the board. Evergreen stalwart Don Williams who came onto the ground in the second quarter replacing Tony Anderson (broken nose) and Dr. Brian Roet were Melbourne's best on the day. The team finished one man short after Brian Dixon (shoulder) and Barassi (cramp) left the field late in the last term. Melbourne 2.5.17 6.10.46 8.12.60 11.13.79 Carlton 1.1.7 1.3.9 1.6.12 4.9.33 Goals Barassi Bourke Emselle Townsend 2 Groom Kenneally Lord Best Williams Roet Emselle Barassi Dixon Massey Reserves Melbourne 12.13.85 defeated Carlton 10.10.70 Goals Carroll 3 Bartlett Wood 2 Foster Matthews Mounter Slade Zinko Best Jacobs Matthews Lynch Under 19s Melbourne 9.15.69 defeated Carlton 10.5.65 Goals Leahy McNabb Pritchard Stone 2 Feldman Best Pritchard Leahy Stone

My all time favourite Melbourne player appears on this list. Number 31 1913 F. Ellis (also wore No. 30, 1913) 1914 Jack Woolley 1915 A.M. ‘Max’ Hislop 1919 Leo Little (No. 3, 1920) 1920 Reginald Ellis 1921 – 1922 Fred Long 1923 – 1924 Marcus Glasscock 1925 – 1930 Colin Deane 1931 Lew Gough (No. 39, 1930) 1932 – 1934 Jack Power (No. 12, 1930 – 1931) 1936 – 1940 Ronald James Barassi 1941 – 1942 Leslie Gibbs (No. 28, 1939) 1943 Ken Levey (No. 29, 1944) 1944 Leslie Gibbs (See 1941 – 1942 above) 1944 Harry New (No. 20, 1945) 1945 Frank ‘Checker’ Hughes Jnr 1946 – 1950 Stanley Rule 1953 – 1964 Ronald Dale Barassi 1965 – 1968 Ray Groom (No. 15, 1963 – 1964) 1974 – 1975 Bill Barham 1976 Paul Goss 1978 Peter Garratt 1979 Phil Carman 1983 – 1985 Kelvin Templeton 1990 – 1992 Rod Keogh 1996 – 1998 Donald Cockatoo-Collins 2000 - 2009 Paul Wheatley 2010-2011 Tom Scully 2013-2016 Jack Grimes 2018 - Bayley Fritsch Number 32 1913 Frank Lugton (No. 17, 1914) 1914 Roy Gray 1919 William Grigg 1920 Norm Henderson 1922 Pat J. Bourke (No. 30, 1921) 1926 Eric C. P. Andersen 1928 – 1937 Gordon Ogden 1938 – 1941 Dick Hingston 1942 Robert Stone (No. 7, 1943; No. 36, 1949) 1944 Jack Minnis (?, 1942; No. 29, 1943) 1945 Jim Oppy 1946 Dick Hingston (See also 1938 – 1941) 1946 – 1951 Len Dockett 1953 – 1954 Dale ‘Swede’ Anderson 1955 Fred Webster 1957 Graham Kerr 1960 – 1961 George Milner 1962 – 1969 Barrie Vagg 1970 – 1971 Barry Hodges 1974 Dennis Payne 1975 Kim Smith 1977 – 1978 Robert Walters (No. 16, 1979 – 1981) 1979 – 1980 Bruce Elliott 1981 – 1986 Shane Zantuck 1987 Steven O’Dwyer (No. 1, 1988 – 1991) 1990 – 1991 Steven Clark 1992 – 1993 Andy Goodwin 1994 – 1998 Damien Gaspar 2000 - 2010 Cameron Bruce 2013-2014 Michael Evans (No. 50, 2011) 2016-2018 Tomas Bugg 2019 - Tom Sparrow Number 33 1914 Alf Williamson 1919 Ivor Warne-Smith (No. 14, 1925 – 1932) 1921 Alex Ogilvy 1922 - 1924 Edgar Dunbar 1925 Jack Cannan (No. 25, 1926) 1926 – 1927 Fred Dick 1930 Geoff Frood 1932 Ron Rutherford 1934 Ray ‘Bunty’ Niven 1935 Frank Halloran 1937 – 1939 Ted Buckley 1940 – 1942 Bernie Neenan 1943 Johnny Dalton 1944 Frank McGrath 1944 Warren Lewis (No. 11, 1941) 1945 Bruce Edge 1945 Ern Rowarth (No. 1, 1946 – 1947) 1947 – 1948 Des Bell (No. 36, 1946) 1948 Alan McGowan (No. 20, 1949 – 1950) 1949 – 1953 Jack Thomson 1954 – 1959 Colin Wilson 1961 – 1965 Bob Miller 1967 – 1977 Gary Hardeman (No. 11, 1981) 1978 Tony May 1979 John Dellamarta 1980 – 1983 Tony Elshaug (No. 50, 1979) 1984 – 1993 Greg Healy 1995 – 2001 Jeff Farmer (No. 8 also 1999) 2003 – 2005 Cameron Hunter 2006 – 2007 Byron Pickett 2008 Stefan Martin 2010 - 2011 Austin Wonaeamirri (No. 39, 2008) 2014 Dom Barry 2017 Jake Spencer (No. 42, 2009 - 2015) 2019 - Oskar Baker Number 34 1913 Johnny Hassett (No. 1, 1915) 1914 Jack Connole (No. 27, 1919) 1919 Harry Selover 1920 Leo Dobrigh 1922 Eric Peck (No. 24, 1923) 1923 – 1924 Vern Moore (No. 24, 1922) 1926 David Duff 1927 Ernie Shaw 1928 – 1932 Ray Usher (No. 14, 1933) 1933 Jack Bennett (No. 10, 1934 – 1936) 1934 Billy Walsh 1940 – 1943 Adrian ‘Spud’ Dullard (No. 18, 1945;No. 28, 1946 – 1949) 1944 Neil Bencraft 1946 Arnold ‘Buddy’ Byfield 1947 – 1948 Frank Scanlan (No. 26, 1943; No. 13, 1944) 1949 Jim Shaw 1950 Arthur Pound 1951 – 1956 Ralph Lane 1960 – 1964 Len Mann 1966 Robert Russell 1967 – 1971 Brent Jones (No. 53, 1966) 1972 John Clennett (No. 5, 1973 – 1974) 1973 – 1975 Mal Owens 1977 – 1979 Tom Flower 1981 – 1982 Roger Ellingworth (No. 14, 1983 – 1984) 1985 Frank Rugolo (No. 43, 1983 – 1984; No. 17, 1986) 1986 – 1990 Stephen Newport (No. 48, 1985) 1991 Phil Egan 1994 – 1997 Dean Irving 1998 – 2008 Jeff White 2009-2012 Stefan Martin (No. 33, 2008) 2013 Dean Kent (No. 16, 2014-2018) 2019 - Marty Hore Number 35 1914 Jack Bacquie (No. 11, 1915, 1919 – 1920) 1919 Dave Elliman (No. 11, 1922 – 1924) 1920 Aubrey Neal 1922 – 1931, 35 Dick Taylor 1935 William Sweeney (?, 1934) 1939 Derek Symonds 1940 – 1941 Noel Ellis 1942 Danny Powell 1943 – 1945 Charles Newman 1946 – 1956 Noel McMahen 1957 – 1962 Clyde Laidlaw (No. 16, 1954 – 1956) 1964 – 1968 Don Williams (No. 25, 1953 – 1959) 1970 – 1973 Paul Callery 1974 – 1983 Steven Smith 1984 – 1986 Darryl Cox 1987 Earl Spalding (No. 5, 1988 – 1991) 1992 – 1993 Michael Pickering 1994 Brad Campbell 1995 – 1996 Trent Ormond-Allen 1997 – 2002 Anthony McDonald 2003 - 2007 Ryan Ferguson 2010-2014 Luke Tapscott 2016 Ben Kennedy 2018 - Harrison Petty Number 36 1913 Eric Dimsey 1914 Matthew Incigneri (No. 25, 1913) 1927 Clarrie Latham (No. 39, 1928) 1935 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 15, 1933; No. 2, 1934; No. 6, 1936 – 1937) 1939 – 1941 Sid Anderson 1942 Bryan Martin (No. 27, 1943) 1943 Ernie Hart 1944 Es Downey (No. 26, 1945) 1946 Des Bell (No. 33, 1947 – 1948) 1949 Robert Stone (No. 32, 1942; No. 7, 1943) 1950 Jack Mueller (No. 12, 1934 – 1949) 1951, 1954 Keith Robinson 1955 - 1957 Richard Atkinson 1964 - 1965 Peter McLean 1966 Kerry Ryan 1967 – 1968 Ken Osborne (No. 51, 1966) 1972 Col Anderson 1973 Glenn Swan 1975 – 1976 David Kelly 1978 Gary Cooke 1980 – 1981 Peter Maynard 1982 – 1988 Ted Fidge 1990 Robert Hickmott 1992 Grant Williams 1996 – 2002 Andrew Leoncelli 2004 - 2013 Aaron Davey 2015-2019 Jeff Garlett 2020 Kysaiah Pickett Number 37 1929 – 1931 George Cassidy 1944 Brian Crimmins 1944 Jack Maher (No. 14, 1938 – 1940) 1945 Frank Kennedy (No. 39, 1944; No. 17, 1946 – 1947) 1946 – 1947 James Mitchell (No. 1, 1948) 1949 – 1953 Michael Woods 1957 Terry Mountain 1960 – 1967 Bernie Massey 1968 – 1969 Darryl Schwarz 1971 Bruce Brown 1972 - 1974 John Reid 1975 – 1977 Ted Carroll (No. 42, 1974) 1981 Glenn Giles 1985 – 1986 David Allday 1987 Jim Stynes (No. 11, 1988 – 1998) 1988 – 1991 David Flintoff 1992 – 1997 Andrew Lamprill 1999 Luke Ottens 2002 - 2003 Brad Miller (No. 7, 2004 - 2010) 2006 – 2009 Matthew Warnock (No. 1, 2010 - 2011) 2011-2014 Max Gawn (No. 11, 2015 - ) 2015-2016 Aaron vandenBerg (No. 22, 2017 -) 2019 - Kade Chandler Number 38 1914 William Brunier (No. 21, 1915; No. 22, 1919) 1928 – 1932 Jim Moodie 1943 Harden Dean (No. 11, 1936; No. 29, 1938) 1944 Bill Scanlan (No. 18, 1943; No. 19, 1945 – 1948) 1945 Jack Stock (No. 39, 1944) 1953 – 1956 Ken Melville 1957 – 1959 Peter Brenchley (No. 39, 1958 – wore both 38 and 39 in 1958) 1960 – 1963 Ray Nilsson 1964 – 1965 Jim Leitch 1966 – 1967 Robert Dowsing (No. 2, 1968) 1968 Denis Clark (No. 2, 1966 – 1967; No. 17, 1971 – 1975) 1969 Phil Rhoden (No. 44, 1968) 1972 Wayne Delmenico (No. 24, 1973 – 1975) 1974 Peter Slade 1975 Terry Wilkins (No. 29, 1976) 1976 – 1979 Peter O’Keefe 1980 – 1981 Tony Barnes 1981 Shane Braddy 1985 – 1987 Nigel Kol 1991 Brent Heaver (No. 54, 1990) 1993 David Neitz (No. 9, 1994 - ) 1995 Martin Heppell 1996 – 1997 Darren O’Brien 2010 Daniel Hughes 2011 - 2015 Jeremy Howe 2017 - 2019 Tim Smith 2020 Mitch Brown Number 39 1928 Clarrie Latham (No. 36, 1927) 1930 Lew Gough (No. 31, 1931) 1944 Frank Kennedy (No. 37, 1945; No. 17, 1946 – 1947) 1944 Jack Stock (No. 38, 1945) 1953 Maurie Reeves 1954 Tom Magee 1957 Bill Byrne 1958 Peter Brenchley (No. 38, 1957 – 1959, wore both 38 & 39 in 1958) 1961 – 1964 Herb Matthews Jnr 1966 – 1967 Rick Feldmann (No. 40, 1965) 1968 George Lakes (No. 9, 1969 – 1972) 1969 – 1971 Russell Colcott 1972 – 1973 Peter Dilnot 1974 Kevin Moore 1977 Mark Alves 1979 – 1981 Gerard Healy (No. 3, 1982 – 1985) 1983 Trevor Castles 1986 Jeremy Nichols 1987 – 1988 Doug Koop 1990 Stuart Cameron 1998 – 1999 Craig Smoker 2008 Austin Wonaeamirri (No. 33, 2010-2011) 2009 - Neville Jetta Number 40 1914 Alex Fraser (No. 17, 1915) 1932 W.H. ‘Jack’ Pickford 1953 Robert Constable 1964 Frank Davis (No. 6, 1965 – 1973) 1965 Rick Feldmann (No. 39, 1966 – 1967) 1966 Garry Wynd 1967 John Toll 1968 Ray Biffin (No. 19, 1969 – 1979) 1970 Lloyd Burgmann (No. 10, 1971 – 1972) 1973 John Cunning 1975 John Sparks (No. 26, 1977) 1978 – 1979 Peter Thorne (No. 8, 1984) 1981 – 1983 Paul O’Brien (No. 50, 1980) 1986 – 1987 Tony Campbell (No. 4, 1988 – 1991) 1992 Shane Burgmann 1998 Mark Bradly 2003-2015 Mark Jamar 2019 - Corey Wagner

This morning sometime with Garry Lyon and Tim Watson. You can listen live on 1116AM or via the SEN app.

AFL looks to bring back under 19s This would probably help a lot of young footballers develop.

By the time we took the 1964 flag, I had become quite blasé about it all. This was our 6th flag in 10 years so, I was pretty much “meh” on the night of the grand final. Little did I know.

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.