Memorable games played in appalling conditions
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The famous 'Fog Game' in 1971.
http://www.blueseum.org/article25-A-Memorable-Game-with-Geoff-Southby
http://www.blueseum.org/article25-A-Memorable-Game-with-Geoff-Southby
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Glenferrie Oval was a mudlarks paradise...
Was at the pub with a mate who had $50 on Richmond to win by 40+ that day.
Wasn’t really a regular punter and didn’t barrack for Richmond. Strange bet but he won plenty.
They used to play footy at Gallipoli by all accounts:
“One afternoon when I came over from Browns Dip towards White’s Gully I was surprised at seeing a football floating through the air. I set off down into the blind valley, and joined in with a number of Victorians who had brought the ball from Egypt with them.”
“One afternoon when I came over from Browns Dip towards White’s Gully I was surprised at seeing a football floating through the air. I set off down into the blind valley, and joined in with a number of Victorians who had brought the ball from Egypt with them.”
That was our first win under Dimma. IIRC Jack kicked 4, most of them off the ground.
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Not overly memorable because let’s face it, it’s North Melbourne lol
Unbelievable conditions though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvDUOMlYyA
Unbelievable conditions though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvDUOMlYyA
Arctic Park, good trucking riddance. Hilarious, but not much more
Came into this thread to mention that. One of the first games I have a clear memory of watching. Probably the most recent time mud pools appeared during a footy game in Perth.
Naitanui's second game. Torrential rain, near blizzard winds, I think when the lightening started they were talking about stopping the match, then he kicked three goals in the last term iirc, to beat Hawthorn. Two were just ridiculous.
Interesting before that, not a player onfield could hit a target except for Hurn who was BOG and had 100% kicking efficiency until the last quarter.
Interesting before that, not a player onfield could hit a target except for Hurn who was BOG and had 100% kicking efficiency until the last quarter.
1953 flood match:
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1953/060719530523.html
Western Oval was almost entirely under water due to blocked drains (some say this was deliberate to make it hard for the Fitzroy visitors).
Fitzroy's Ruthven kicked their only score for the game, a hacked goal, within the last minutes of the game.
Some photos:
http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Reference_+1953+R05+Footscray+v+Fitzroy+-+Flood+Match
On a rain soacked afternoon at the Western Oval on the 23rd of May 1953, 14,087 fans endured the rain to watch on the the few games in the 20th Century where a team was held to one scoring shot.
To add to the amazement these were not teams at the bottom of the ladder, at the time, both were in the four. Footscray would end the season losing to Geelong in the Preliminary final, where Fitzroy managed a respectable sixth with 10 wins and eight losses for the season.
Flooding at the ground was deep enough so that parts of the boundary line were ankle deep under water, making the job of the boundary umpire very difficult.
Fitzroy would have been held scoreless except for the efforts of their captain Alan Ruthven who 5-10 minutes before the end of the game who somehow got his foot to a ball already in the air and got it through for a goal.
Note: 16 Footscray players were part of the flag team the following year, and Fitzroy defender Jack Gaffney would become a stalwart of VFL tribunals as chairman in the 1970s.
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1953/060719530523.html
Western Oval was almost entirely under water due to blocked drains (some say this was deliberate to make it hard for the Fitzroy visitors).
Fitzroy's Ruthven kicked their only score for the game, a hacked goal, within the last minutes of the game.
Some photos:
http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Reference_+1953+R05+Footscray+v+Fitzroy+-+Flood+Match
On a rain soacked afternoon at the Western Oval on the 23rd of May 1953, 14,087 fans endured the rain to watch on the the few games in the 20th Century where a team was held to one scoring shot.
To add to the amazement these were not teams at the bottom of the ladder, at the time, both were in the four. Footscray would end the season losing to Geelong in the Preliminary final, where Fitzroy managed a respectable sixth with 10 wins and eight losses for the season.
Flooding at the ground was deep enough so that parts of the boundary line were ankle deep under water, making the job of the boundary umpire very difficult.
Fitzroy would have been held scoreless except for the efforts of their captain Alan Ruthven who 5-10 minutes before the end of the game who somehow got his foot to a ball already in the air and got it through for a goal.
Note: 16 Footscray players were part of the flag team the following year, and Fitzroy defender Jack Gaffney would become a stalwart of VFL tribunals as chairman in the 1970s.
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I played little league at half time in this game - there were literally kids crying out there because they had to stay on the field while as many of us tried to get to the bench as possible.
