Demonstone

If you enlarge the photo dieter, it's definitely Stephen Powell on his left and Daniel Ward on his right. I feel as if I know the bloke standing far right but just can't put a name to the face.

1931 should read 1939. It's a fine piece of work, jarjos.

Think adonski may have been making a joke there, jnrmac. BTW, it was round 10 wasn't it?

Scared of needles, apparently.

I thought he was laughing before he took the shot, WoK, as if to say it was a fait accompli.

Isn't that how all tattoos are done?

Dave Grohl is a big fan of young Josh and has already nicknamed him "Monkey".

Congratulations to Engorged Onion for filling third place and taking home the Oliver Medal. With all prized now allocated, I can put the rest of you out of your misery by revealing that the factor that links all players in my team is that they share a surname with jockeys who have won the Melbourne Cup. Thank you to all who participated, especially those that supplied the Verry Elleegant answer.

A suggestion that the players in this team share their surnames with AFLW players is sadly incorrect. Another clue, you ask? It would be wrong to assume that my hint about the answer relating to Melbourne meant that I was talking about the Melbourne Football Club. That was a red (and blue) herring. Congratulations to reynolds46 for cracking the answer and taking home the Petracca Medal for his efforts. I can also reveal that Lucifers Hero has bobbed up to take home the Fritsch Medal.

Well, here we are ten hours later and no further entries have been received. To help things along, my comment about the two Turners should steer you towards an answer relating to the surnames of the players in my team. Other players that would qualify for this list include Oscar McDonald, Paul Payne and Noel Clarke. Go for it Demonlanders. The Petracca, Fritsch and Oliver Medals are still all up for grabs!

A fifth suggestion that they all retired due to injury is not the answer, either. Two of them are still playing. Have I finally bamboozled the best and brightest of Demonland brainboxes? I'll leave this up overnight and check back in the morning to see if anybody has cracked it. If still unsolved by then, another clue will be forthcoming.

My mix-up with the Turners should help point you in the right direction. I can also reveal a clue that the answer to this brainteaser does relate to Melbourne.

I was thinking of Scott Turner, but I see he never actually played a senior game with us despite running out for our Under 19s and playing in an exhibition match in Toronto before ending up at Richmond. Steve Turner would also work for this quiz, even though he'd be named out of position at CHB.

Haven't heard from Mazer as yet. Just the two incorrect suggestions at this stage.

There has been a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that this is the most Anglo/Irish team ever but we can safely rule that idea out, despite the proliferation of Irish sounding names listed. A second poster has proposed that they all share surnames with singers but, although possibly true, alas that is not the answer to this particular quiz. The answer also has nothing to do with the placement of vowels in their names. The fourth answer is in but is also incorrect - they are not all brand names.

It's quiet around here. A little too quiet. Time for the return of the quiz. This one is another team consisting of past (mainly) and present (two only) Melbourne players. Your task, as always, is to find the factor that links them. Answers in PM please to make this diversion last a little longer. Incorrect answers will be posted to help others. The prizes will be of equal value to those awarded in previous quizzes. B: Nathan Brown Jamie Shanahan Alan Johnson H/B: Joel Smith Scott Turner Paul O'Brien C: Michael O'Sullivan Brian Wilson Michael Evans H/F: David Williams Brad Miller Lynden Dunn F: Peter Moore Chris Dawes Russell Robertson R: Jeff White Clayton Oliver Jordan Lewis I/C: Cameron Clayton Henry Coles James Cook Troy Davis

Never let it be said that you can't stroke my ego like that. New one about to be posted.

That player's identity has now been revealed.

The first group that Paul Kelly was in the late 70s was an outfit called The High Rise Bombers. It might be time to get the band back together again.

I'm pretty sure the criterion in those days was the father playing 50 games at the club, which was later increased to 100 by the League. Jonathon Brown was recruited as a father-son by Brisbane in 1999 despite his father Brian having played only 51 games for Fitzroy. Under those rules, Kavanagh couldn't have been taken as a father-son by Melbourne and it would appear that neither Carlton nor North were interested in him despite him being eligible under the 50 game rule.

Just replace the trident with the Cup!

Ron Barassi Sr - Ron Barassi Jr George Bickford - Stephen Bickford Lloyd Burgmann - Shane Burgmann Des Campbell - Bradley Campbell Bert Chadwick - Bob Chadwick Denis Clark - Michael Clark Jack Collins - Geoff Collins, Mike Collins Edward Cordner - Don Cordner, Denis Cordner, Ted Cordner, John Cordner Ted Cordner - David Cordner Brent Crosswell - Tom Kavanagh Roy Dowsing - Rob Dowsing Adrian Dullard - Tony Dullard Richie Emselle - Ken Emselle Jack Foster - Rob Foster Alan Johnson - Chris Johnson Robert C Johnson - Robert B Johnson John Lord Sr. - John Lord Jr. Herb Matthews - Norm Matthews Peter Maynard - Corey Maynard Bob McKenzie - Robert McKenzie Tom McLean - Glenn McLean Graham Molloy - Glenn Molloy Norm Smith - Peter Smith Shaun Smith - Joel Smith Steven Stretch - Billy Stretch Tony Sullivan - Chris Sullivan Todd Viney - Jack Viney

Michael Clark, who only played the one game, is the son of Denis. However, I'm not sure he was taken as a father-son. edit: A quick check of Demonwiki reveals no fewer than 31 Melbourne players whose fathers also played for the mighty Demons.

He's shaping up as our next Jordan, Bradshaw or Trengrove. There's no "n" in Wilmot.

Unfortunately for Riv the first, he left Melbourne at the end of 2012 and thus missed Geelong's flags.