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as might generate interest
Accusations of match fixing, bribes, and
playing dead in Australian Football
1882 (VIC) Neely and Robertson of Hotham accused of being bribed v Carlton
1889 (SA) Norwood v Port Adelaide (attempt to bribe umpire £1O to let the Norwood win)
1889 (VIC) Williamstown (allegations of players playing dead - Williamson Henderson )
1890 (TAS) allegation of stiff play Fitzroy v S. Tasmania
1890 (VIC) South Melbourne v Carlton (suspected that bookies told S.M players to play dead)
1891 (SA) Norwood v Port Adelaide (one or two Norwoods not playing to their merits)
1892 (VIC) Port Melbourne captain O'Mera accused of backing the opposition (South Melbourne)
1892 (WA) Rovers v West Perth (rumors Rovers intended not to win)
1893 (?) Ports football club (1 player accused of playing stiff. player hit accuser )
1893 (WA) Fremantle V West Perth 'the most diabolical swindle ever perpetrated' (Davis, Martin, Plunkett,)
1894 (TAS) City v Launceston (City captain Edwards said to be playing stiff)
1895 (WA) Rovers erased the names of 2 of their players who were not playing right
1895 (VIC) Collingwood v Nth Melbourne (Collingwood's McInerney bribed to play dead)
1895 (TAS) Railway v City attempted bribe of umpire by Willing and Gregg of Railway club
1896 (WA) 2 Unions players offered £90 to disappear before game with Civil (Goldfields)
1896 (WA) Fremantle (players report attempt by club member to influence game against Imperials )
1898 (WA) Coolgardie V Kalgoorlie "a disgrace to all who took part in it."
1898 (WA) Boulder City v Hannons playing stiff
1900 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown (P.M players backing the opposition Hickey and Knox sacked)
1902 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown (P.M players Hutchinson and Hardiman playing dead)
1902 (VIC) Collingwood v Fitzroy (Collingwood's Rowell suspected of playing dead)
1902 (TAS) Mersey V Devonport (inducement made to Devonport players to throw match)
1902 (VIC) Richmond v Footscray ( Taylor attempts to bribe 2 Footscray players (£1)
1903 (TAS) Ida H v Laverton ("Laverton in the bag")
1903 (WA) Mines Rovers believed some of the players bought over by Warriors (Lethbridge)
1903 (WA) 3 Boulder City players bribed v Warriors (WA) Sloan, Hailwood, and O'Connor
1903 (WA) Umpire approached before Mines v Boulder match to win match for Boulder City
1904 (WA) Perth ruckman offered £25 not to play
1904 (WA) notes and gold seen in Perth rooms after Perth v East Fremantle final
1904 (WA) Railways V East Fremantle (some Railways players "sold out")
1905 (TAS) Vimany, Cox and Walsh of City bribed £4 v Launceston
1905 (WA) Tobin of Nth Fremantle banned for life over allegation of bribe (accused trainer)
1905 (WA) East Fremantle v West Perth grand final (questions of gambling influence on result)
1905 (WA reported that Kalgoorlie Club tried to fix up a match with Boulder City
1905 (WA) Kalgoorlie player offered bribe to assist other side v Mines Rovers
1906 (WA) East Fremantle (3 players) v South Fremantle (supporter bribe) Haristy, Baxter, and lee
1906 (WA) Nth Fremantle (Toohey playing dead?) v West Perth
1906 (VIC) Williamstown suspected of playing dead by supporters v Footscray
1907 (WA) J Shea of Boulder City investigated for bribe on an umpire v Railways (WA)
1907 (?) attempt to square 5 Oatlands players by a Sorrell supporter
1907 (TAS) Mersey V Burnie
1908 (TAS) Latrobe (Mahoney brothers expelled for playing stiff ) v Mersey
1908 (VIC) South Melbourne V St Kilda (investigated)
1908 (VIC) University v St Kilda (St Kilda players investigated for squaring)
1908 TAS) Smelter v Mechanics - (Queenstown Tas) game not played to its merits by either team
1909 (VIC) Prahran (4 players sacked for not playing to ability Rourke ,Haighbloom, Bennion, Julian )
1910 (VIC) North Melbourne (Hopkins £10 to play stiff disqualified ) v Brunswick (Kyne disqualified )
1910 (WA) South Fremantle v East Fremantle (SF's Stotter playing dead)
1910 (WA) South Bunbury v Railways (Blyth, Kruger, Kemp charged with playing stiff for S.B)
1910 (VIC) Port Melbourne (sudden loss of form from round 8 to 13) PM sacked Knox, Hill, and Haighbloom
1910 (VIC) Melbourne v South Melbourne (Melbourne players approached) Pearce, Brereton
1910 (VIC) Fitzroy players approached to lose game v South Melbourne (Holden and Milne)
1910 (VIC) Carlton v South Melbourne (Lang, Fraser, Marchbank, Gillespie )
1911 (VIC) Collingwood v Essendon (Collingwood's Baxter suspected of playing stiff)
1911 (VIC) Brunswick v Essendon A (3 Brunswick players offered Bribe £60)
1912 (WA) Matson accused of playing stiff by teammate Nth Fremantle (Corkhill)
1912 (SA) Star Central v Mt Barker (alleged that S.C officials attempted bribe M.B players )
1912 (TAS) Tasmanian players investigated for playing dead
1912 (WA) South Fremantle v Nth Fremantle (Burns and Brown of South playing dead)
1913 (VIC) Allegations of stiff play at South Melbourne FC meeting
1913 (?) Numurkah (2 players) (playing dead)
1913 (SA) Sturt (Sturt's Renfrey and Heinrich accusing each other playing dead) v West
1914 (WA) Perth v South Fremantle (Perth supporter attempting bribe)
1915 (WA) Midland Junction V Subiaco (said to be rigged)
1915 (?) Solomon (Solomon player Merriton asked opposition player to playing dead)
1919 (WA) East Fremantle V East Perth
1919 (?) Muckatah v Drumanure (attempt to bribe umpire £10)
1920 (TAS) Burnie v Wynyard (attempt to bribe umpire)
1922 (VIC) Port Melbourne (4 players reported attempt to bribe) v Footscray (Vern Banbury)
1922 (?) Foundry and Campbell's Creek (umpire approached with a bribe)
1923 (WA) East Perth v West Perth 2 players report attempt to bribe to play crook
1924 (VIC) Essendon v Richmond
1924 (VIC) Essendon v Footscray
1924 (VIC) Echuca-South Bendigo (attempt to bribe umpire)
1925 (VIC) Fitzroy (player doped thru chewing gum) v Carlton
1926 (VIC) Collingwood (performance of Captain Tyson and Shanahan and in grand final)
1926 (?) Attempt to bribe umpire by Mansfield official to let Mansfield win
1926 (TAS) City player (Lewis) reported attempt to bribe v Launceston £20
1928 (VIC) Collingwood v Carlton (2 Collingwood players bribed £50 each )
1928 (?) Umpire Mutch accepts bribe in country game
1929 (VIC) attempt to bribe Bill Cubbins St Kilda V Carlton £30
1931 (VIC) Umpire reports attempt to bribe by a trainer Footscray v Melbourne
1933 (QLD) Mayne v Windsor umpire allegedly offered financial inducement to "lean" to Mayne
1936 (VIC) Geelong West v Ford Motor works (umpire reports attempt to bribe)
1938 (VIC) Richmond v South Melbourne (Titus reported bribe £50)
1938 (VIC) Carlton (player reported?) bribe
1947 (VIC) Melbourne V Footscray (attempt to bribe 2 Footscray players not to play)
1947 (NSW) Newtown v Eastern Suburbs (bribe offered to 2 Newtown players - a bundle of £5 notes)
1950 (INT) attempt to bribe umpire of a Carnival game
1954 (?) Kilmore supporter reported to have offered referee a bribe
1955 (WA) Perth v East Fremantle (concerns about umpiring)
1963 (VIC) Nth Melbourne V St Kilda ( playing dead)
1968 (VIC) Geelong V St Kilda (Playing Dead)
1969 (SA) South Adelaide v Woodville (Darley reported bribe)
1971 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown ($1,000 Attempt to get FF Cook to play dead)
1995 (VIC) Carlton v St Kilda (playing dead)
as might generate interest
Accusations of match fixing, bribes, and
playing dead in Australian Football
1882 (VIC) Neely and Robertson of Hotham accused of being bribed v Carlton
1889 (SA) Norwood v Port Adelaide (attempt to bribe umpire £1O to let the Norwood win)
1889 (VIC) Williamstown (allegations of players playing dead - Williamson Henderson )
1890 (TAS) allegation of stiff play Fitzroy v S. Tasmania
1890 (VIC) South Melbourne v Carlton (suspected that bookies told S.M players to play dead)
1891 (SA) Norwood v Port Adelaide (one or two Norwoods not playing to their merits)
1892 (VIC) Port Melbourne captain O'Mera accused of backing the opposition (South Melbourne)
1892 (WA) Rovers v West Perth (rumors Rovers intended not to win)
1893 (?) Ports football club (1 player accused of playing stiff. player hit accuser )
1893 (WA) Fremantle V West Perth 'the most diabolical swindle ever perpetrated' (Davis, Martin, Plunkett,)
1894 (TAS) City v Launceston (City captain Edwards said to be playing stiff)
1895 (WA) Rovers erased the names of 2 of their players who were not playing right
1895 (VIC) Collingwood v Nth Melbourne (Collingwood's McInerney bribed to play dead)
1895 (TAS) Railway v City attempted bribe of umpire by Willing and Gregg of Railway club
1896 (WA) 2 Unions players offered £90 to disappear before game with Civil (Goldfields)
1896 (WA) Fremantle (players report attempt by club member to influence game against Imperials )
1898 (WA) Coolgardie V Kalgoorlie "a disgrace to all who took part in it."
1898 (WA) Boulder City v Hannons playing stiff
1900 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown (P.M players backing the opposition Hickey and Knox sacked)
1902 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown (P.M players Hutchinson and Hardiman playing dead)
1902 (VIC) Collingwood v Fitzroy (Collingwood's Rowell suspected of playing dead)
1902 (TAS) Mersey V Devonport (inducement made to Devonport players to throw match)
1902 (VIC) Richmond v Footscray ( Taylor attempts to bribe 2 Footscray players (£1)
1903 (TAS) Ida H v Laverton ("Laverton in the bag")
1903 (WA) Mines Rovers believed some of the players bought over by Warriors (Lethbridge)
1903 (WA) 3 Boulder City players bribed v Warriors (WA) Sloan, Hailwood, and O'Connor
1903 (WA) Umpire approached before Mines v Boulder match to win match for Boulder City
1904 (WA) Perth ruckman offered £25 not to play
1904 (WA) notes and gold seen in Perth rooms after Perth v East Fremantle final
1904 (WA) Railways V East Fremantle (some Railways players "sold out")
1905 (TAS) Vimany, Cox and Walsh of City bribed £4 v Launceston
1905 (WA) Tobin of Nth Fremantle banned for life over allegation of bribe (accused trainer)
1905 (WA) East Fremantle v West Perth grand final (questions of gambling influence on result)
1905 (WA reported that Kalgoorlie Club tried to fix up a match with Boulder City
1905 (WA) Kalgoorlie player offered bribe to assist other side v Mines Rovers
1906 (WA) East Fremantle (3 players) v South Fremantle (supporter bribe) Haristy, Baxter, and lee
1906 (WA) Nth Fremantle (Toohey playing dead?) v West Perth
1906 (VIC) Williamstown suspected of playing dead by supporters v Footscray
1907 (WA) J Shea of Boulder City investigated for bribe on an umpire v Railways (WA)
1907 (?) attempt to square 5 Oatlands players by a Sorrell supporter
1907 (TAS) Mersey V Burnie
1908 (TAS) Latrobe (Mahoney brothers expelled for playing stiff ) v Mersey
1908 (VIC) South Melbourne V St Kilda (investigated)
1908 (VIC) University v St Kilda (St Kilda players investigated for squaring)
1908 TAS) Smelter v Mechanics - (Queenstown Tas) game not played to its merits by either team
1909 (VIC) Prahran (4 players sacked for not playing to ability Rourke ,Haighbloom, Bennion, Julian )
1910 (VIC) North Melbourne (Hopkins £10 to play stiff disqualified ) v Brunswick (Kyne disqualified )
1910 (WA) South Fremantle v East Fremantle (SF's Stotter playing dead)
1910 (WA) South Bunbury v Railways (Blyth, Kruger, Kemp charged with playing stiff for S.B)
1910 (VIC) Port Melbourne (sudden loss of form from round 8 to 13) PM sacked Knox, Hill, and Haighbloom
1910 (VIC) Melbourne v South Melbourne (Melbourne players approached) Pearce, Brereton
1910 (VIC) Fitzroy players approached to lose game v South Melbourne (Holden and Milne)
1910 (VIC) Carlton v South Melbourne (Lang, Fraser, Marchbank, Gillespie )
1911 (VIC) Collingwood v Essendon (Collingwood's Baxter suspected of playing stiff)
1911 (VIC) Brunswick v Essendon A (3 Brunswick players offered Bribe £60)
1912 (WA) Matson accused of playing stiff by teammate Nth Fremantle (Corkhill)
1912 (SA) Star Central v Mt Barker (alleged that S.C officials attempted bribe M.B players )
1912 (TAS) Tasmanian players investigated for playing dead
1912 (WA) South Fremantle v Nth Fremantle (Burns and Brown of South playing dead)
1913 (VIC) Allegations of stiff play at South Melbourne FC meeting
1913 (?) Numurkah (2 players) (playing dead)
1913 (SA) Sturt (Sturt's Renfrey and Heinrich accusing each other playing dead) v West
1914 (WA) Perth v South Fremantle (Perth supporter attempting bribe)
1915 (WA) Midland Junction V Subiaco (said to be rigged)
1915 (?) Solomon (Solomon player Merriton asked opposition player to playing dead)
1919 (WA) East Fremantle V East Perth
1919 (?) Muckatah v Drumanure (attempt to bribe umpire £10)
1920 (TAS) Burnie v Wynyard (attempt to bribe umpire)
1922 (VIC) Port Melbourne (4 players reported attempt to bribe) v Footscray (Vern Banbury)
1922 (?) Foundry and Campbell's Creek (umpire approached with a bribe)
1923 (WA) East Perth v West Perth 2 players report attempt to bribe to play crook
1924 (VIC) Essendon v Richmond
1924 (VIC) Essendon v Footscray
1924 (VIC) Echuca-South Bendigo (attempt to bribe umpire)
1925 (VIC) Fitzroy (player doped thru chewing gum) v Carlton
1926 (VIC) Collingwood (performance of Captain Tyson and Shanahan and in grand final)
1926 (?) Attempt to bribe umpire by Mansfield official to let Mansfield win
1926 (TAS) City player (Lewis) reported attempt to bribe v Launceston £20
1928 (VIC) Collingwood v Carlton (2 Collingwood players bribed £50 each )
1928 (?) Umpire Mutch accepts bribe in country game
1929 (VIC) attempt to bribe Bill Cubbins St Kilda V Carlton £30
1931 (VIC) Umpire reports attempt to bribe by a trainer Footscray v Melbourne
1933 (QLD) Mayne v Windsor umpire allegedly offered financial inducement to "lean" to Mayne
1936 (VIC) Geelong West v Ford Motor works (umpire reports attempt to bribe)
1938 (VIC) Richmond v South Melbourne (Titus reported bribe £50)
1938 (VIC) Carlton (player reported?) bribe
1947 (VIC) Melbourne V Footscray (attempt to bribe 2 Footscray players not to play)
1947 (NSW) Newtown v Eastern Suburbs (bribe offered to 2 Newtown players - a bundle of £5 notes)
1950 (INT) attempt to bribe umpire of a Carnival game
1954 (?) Kilmore supporter reported to have offered referee a bribe
1955 (WA) Perth v East Fremantle (concerns about umpiring)
1963 (VIC) Nth Melbourne V St Kilda ( playing dead)
1968 (VIC) Geelong V St Kilda (Playing Dead)
1969 (SA) South Adelaide v Woodville (Darley reported bribe)
1971 (VIC) Port Melbourne v Williamstown ($1,000 Attempt to get FF Cook to play dead)
1995 (VIC) Carlton v St Kilda (playing dead)
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