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I was watching the North-St. Kilda match and they did a piece on the 1980 Night grand final, where the Roos marked at the siren (which was drowned out by the crowd) and kicked the game winner (while the stands emptied simultaneously).
Anyway, there was a very amusing little piece after that, where they showed a scoreboard operator demonstrating an exploding ball. A tiny explosive was place inside the ball, activated by a button. When the time ran off in the quarter/game, he would activate the explosive by pressing the button and blowing up the ball.
They had a Fitzroy player kick a ball through, and as the ball went through the posts, the scoreboard operator hit the button, and the ball exploded.
What became of this experiment? Was it ever tried in any actual VFL matches?
Anyway, there was a very amusing little piece after that, where they showed a scoreboard operator demonstrating an exploding ball. A tiny explosive was place inside the ball, activated by a button. When the time ran off in the quarter/game, he would activate the explosive by pressing the button and blowing up the ball.
They had a Fitzroy player kick a ball through, and as the ball went through the posts, the scoreboard operator hit the button, and the ball exploded.
What became of this experiment? Was it ever tried in any actual VFL matches?
