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This was just posted on the Melbourne group on reddit..originally from the East Melbourne Historical Society. Slightly off topic here but I thought some might be interested. Map is at https://emhs.org.au/gallery/maps/1866_isometrical_plan_melbourne_suburbs I can find Richmond, StKilda and MCG...

I have noticed that a lot of players move between clubs, but is this consistent or are their patterns, (I am talking about the pre draft era) Did some clubs transfer lots of players because they were located beside each other (Collingwood Richmond/Fitzroy/Carlton) Did some clubs have a lower...

OK , it is a strange title, but there are a few new items on the Boyles website that I think will be of interest. I normally don't post new articles on my own site, but i think these are solid pieces of work, with many photos, that people will enjoy. 1) Ken Mansells interview and Biography with...

Ivo Crapp umpired for the second time in Bendigo in July 1901 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186114803). He suggested that next year the Bendigo Association "enlist under the league government." Does anyone have a record of when this actually happened? It certainly happened within the...

Just reading about an Association game in 1939 where 29 minutes of overtime was added due to time 'retreiving the ball'. When did teams begin to supply more than one ball for a game? Balls were quite expensive in the 1930's and I 'feel' that they did not just have spare's hanging around...

has anyone seen any good images of different training techniques? I am sure I saw an image of players having their hair shampooed at half time in a VFA Final. and I saw some WA photos I have put together below a few I have found . "FOOTBALLERS IN TRAINING." - Exercise equipment The...

This was a question originally asked due the State Funeral for Lou Richards. I can name two Doug Nicholls (Activist) - 50+ games for Fitzroy (and more for Northcote) Keith Miller (Cricketer) - 50_ games for StKilda (and more for Brighton) Can anyone think of any others?

What Already Exists AFL Tables is amazing but it does not encompass the Pre VFL era (where Mark Pennings has done so much research) and Wal's database at the Gap Chess Club is amazing but frustrating at the same time as it does not have the database features that would be great. Why we need...

For anyone interested, PDF's of the 1941 VFA Recorder are currently in my Dropbox folder at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2183lq8r2pkr1z0/AADeJo3-6xabe--gyWb2jIg6a?dl=0 (I know it is incomplete, but that is all I have had access too) I have scanned them and pdf'ed them and thought others might be...

Does anyone happen to have a list of VFA grand final teams from the early years I have read through a number of newspaper articles and sketched out the players but it is pretty general at the moment I have been going through the old VFA grand finals and some interesting names pop up. For...

I try not to plug articles on our website. But I think a number of people might be interested. And I think it could be an interesting starting point for a wider discussion on the history of football stats. So click on: Footy Stats – A Short History Essentially, Ted Hopkins autobiography is a...

I have just finishing an article about Peter Brown...(yes I know WHO?) who played for North Melbourne and Northcote (and others) in the late 1920's, early 1930's. Because Peter played for Northcote, his name is missing from most record books, but he was a very solid player. Basically Peter...

Ref http://afltables.com/afl/stats/ages.html I had a look at an interesting page on afltables. The data made no real sense to me until I used Excel's conditional formatting tool. Old (Blue) and Young (Young) teams suddenly stand out. What struck me most is the age profiles from 1950-1980...

I have been building an Excel document on the history of football Leagues over time. It is a much bigger project than I thought, so I thought I might share and see if anyone is interested in building it as a project. But it has raised some interesting points. (I have done a lot of copying and...

1915 seems to be the earliest "proveable" date for a game of Australian Rules football where women played. There are a lot of hints before that date of Women's teams. I would be very interested if Trove gurus can prove an earlier date. I can start with a few possibilities: (To the Editor of...

Roger Spaull's latest Article is available at http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/article68-Jock-Spencer-The-Flying-Kangaroo Anyone who gets picked as a Full Forward when Coleman was available for selection had to be fairly reasonable. If anyone has a photo of Jock playing at Shepparton that we...

Roger Spaull has finished his latest biography (posted on the Boylesfootballphotos website (plug, plug)). I think I is worth a mention here, as Bevin Woods story will be of interest to many. The Intro reads: "Jock McHale was the longest serving club coach at one club in the history of VFL-AFL...

I have been going through the history of the Bendigo League. By my reading the first discussions were in 1881. ref (Bendigo Advertiser 11-Jun-1881). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88634489 The League was officially formed in 1882 ref (Bendigo Advertiser 6-May-1882)...

Yes a rant.. but if you can help....Please let me know I have started adding VFA premierships and interstate matches to my website and trying to correctly identify each player. After a few weeks I have found it so frustrating. Most newspapers do not report the first name of the player, often...

Hi Allm Anyone want to help me with this one. As it just doesn't look right. Alex Gray (1) was a Northcote club great. He played in the seconds in 1926, then played from 1928-1938. He was captain in 1936 and 1938. He was later mayor of Northcote. Alex Gray (2) was a Melbourne player...

Alex Gurney...the Cartoonist famous for the Bluey and Curley strip drew emblems for Essendon and South Melbourne .... Can anyone provide an examples... The Swans website indicates that Gurneys image was important...... http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/club/history/heritage-list Sydney Swans...

I started a project to write the history of the Echuca Football club but it is a much bigger story than I thought. I have started a private section on my website to build the story, but I have not yet decided how to approach the history. Whether it is best as a series of articles, or as a...

I have written an Article on the first Women Football club President Margaret Berlowitz – Club President - Breaking Glass Ceilings Can anyone provide any other examples than the ones I have? Mrs H. Hallett as Footscray Juniors President in 1919 Mrs Goold (Olida Hotel) was elected as club...

See http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=54 Services football in WW1 and WW2 have often been seen through the prism of VFL players. I was reading an article about the Vietnam Swans when doing some research on the history of international teams playing Australian...

Hi all, I am after any photos of Ken Dean....has virtually kept nothing of himself. Barb Cullen is overseas at the moment, so I have lost my contact at the club till she returns. If anyone has anything, it would be much appreciated http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/K/Ken_Dean.html...

There is no VFA museum or other place for preserving old VFA jumpers and club photo, and archive collections. I was wondering if anyone knew about any club collections that still exist. Personally, I am interested in scanning and making old photos available to a wider community, but I am...

Out of interest, the VAFA website states that they designed the jumper and first used it in 1925 http://www.vafa.com.au/index.php?id=280 But the first Image I have is the VFL using the jumper in 1919. (Below) http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-index.php?page=Interstate+Competition If...

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/rss/title/Victoria/460 The 'Australasian' was a weekly pictorial newspaper 1864 - 1946, based in Melbourne In the last week it has started appearing on trove. There are many great football photos in it and they have been scanned so that they are good...

If anyone has photos of Footscray, South Melbourne, Carlton, etc Women's teams from the late 1940s I would be keen to see them. Also if anyone knows whether these matches official club events or not. I know that the VFL players acted as coaches and that they trained on the Legaue grounds...

I have completed a search through trove of Women's Football matches from WW1 to 1956. I have listed the matches in a table on my website. (I found over 150 matches and around 70+ photos) See: http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Womens%20Football%20-%20Overview If anyone has an old photo of...