Whispering_Jack

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?

I wonder what’s going to happen to the TV programmes like AFL360 and Footy Classified?

This letter to the editor in a WA newspaper talks to why the decision was necessary:-

No premiership awarded.

Our game goes on tonight but ...

My guess is North Melbourne who we beat by 2 points in Round 1 coming from behind.

I suspect that because there is no VFL until further notice, clubs will be inclined to make more changes to their teams from week to week to ensure that they have many players capable of performing at the highest level. It will also keep players on their toes and fully committed. Bottom line is that the teams with player depth are the most likely to succeed.

I suspect that the Bulldogs of 2020 are going the way of last year’s Demons - from highly rated to big fails. They’re lucky that the season probably will last about three rounds at best.

No. There was no play on call and he was tackled to the ground.

Anyone playing on Riewoldt? Whoever he is, he’s the only spectator at the ground.

Probably the best season ever to acquire a nightmare injury. Nightmare injury blow to potential No.1 draft pick

It looks like young Tiernan Stynes has been excelling at an other sport - basketball where he has made the Vic Metro Boys Under 16 team:- IMG_3492.MP4

Like this bloke’s name for some reason. Shoulder ripped from socket, 'but I got him': No.1 pick fancy