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In 1983, a world record score for any code of football was achieved by the Williamstown Football Club Thirds team which played in the VFA Under 18s. The score was 110.27 (687. west geelong, 2.0 12.


GOALS: Stephen Cooke 46, Philip Brook 12, Grant Bunting 10, Steven Lucas 10, Paul Stewart 5, Ray Arandez 5, Donato Doria 4, Michael Hobbs 4, Stephen Neenan 3, Jeff Selvidge 2, David Temby 2, Robert McLaughlin 2, Robert Andres, Glen Chamberlain, Darren Harrison, Darren Hickey, Ashleigh Teagle.
 

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In 1983, a world record score for any code of football was achieved by the Williamstown Football Club Thirds team which played in the VFA Under 18s. The score was 110.27 (687. west geelong, 2.0 12.


GOALS: Stephen Cooke 46, Philip Brook 12, Grant Bunting 10, Steven Lucas 10, Paul Stewart 5, Ray Arandez 5, Donato Doria 4, Michael Hobbs 4, Stephen Neenan 3, Jeff Selvidge 2, David Temby 2, Robert McLaughlin 2, Robert Andres, Glen Chamberlain, Darren Harrison, Darren Hickey, Ashleigh Teagle.
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“The circumstances of the victory were common for the opposition, the Geelong West Thirds, around this time. Geelong West had a very strong senior team playing in the VFA first division.

They were premiers in 1975 and regular finalists in the top grade most other seasons. However, their Thirds struggled to recruit players to travel all over the Melbourne area for games.

Geelong West never had younger age group teams and the youth of the area preferred to play with their local sides in the strong Geelong league.

At the time of this historic match, it was 16 players per team on the ground and the Williamstown side only had 17 players with one on the bench. “

Stephen Cooke was quoted in a newspaper publication after the game saying: "I should mention, the other mob only had 12 players turn up and at the final siren they were down to eight through injuries and things. I felt sorry for them, especially when they had to be coaxed out at half time."

Williamstown's monstrous world record score - Williamstown Football Club

Williamstown Football Club home of the Seagulls since 1864.
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Hidden notepad sheds light on former Aussie Rules star Darren Millane 30 years after his tragic death

Millane lost his life in a car accident 30 years ago last week. The Aussie Rules community is still coming to terms with the loss.
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One Midday Saturday in May 1967
Not much choice on TV


A Non believer:
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A FOOTBALL FAKE. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE. - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 15 Sep 1909

Sir,--During the present football season your contemporary has glorified football to the utmost limits of nausea. Now, in its anxiety to share in the interest developed ...
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Support from Digger?
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THE FOOTBALL CHAMPION. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE. - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 16 Sep 1909

Sir,--Your correspondent "Anti-Bung" has struck it all right concerning the football fake. Allow me to point out one particular fact which conclusively shows the ...
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Wyn Murray Truth Dec 1947

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SPORT IDOL DIES IN SLUM HOUSE - Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954) - 28 Dec 1947

THE tragic story of the downward slide of a former detective along a path paved with wine, ...
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Adelaide May 1921

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COULD SMELL THEM COMING. - Port Adelaide News (SA :1913 - 1933) - 13 May 1921

The members of one of our leading junior football clubs had a memorable experience last week. Being enthusiastic, as all good players should be, ...
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Over the Fence 1931

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STEALING THE FOOTBALL. - Incidents at Fitzroy Match. - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 12 Jun 1931

Great annoyance and delay were caused at Fitzroy-football ground on 20th May during the match in the Wednesday League competition between the Metropolitan Fire Brigades team and ...
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Rick Cazaly on the ABC in 2012

Guestroom - Rick Cazaly, Grandson of Roy

Rick Cazaly is the Director of Health Coaching for the Roy Cazaly Football Club. It's a club established to promote the philosophies of health and wellbeing of Rick's famous AFL playing grandfather Roy Cazaly, and his father Roy Cazaly Jnr.
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Forbidden QLD 1930
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Australian Football. ANTI-AUSTRALIAN! - BOYS FORBIDDEN TO PLAY NATIONAL GAME. SECONDARY SCHOOLS' BAN. - Daily Standard (Brisbane, Qld. : 1912 - 1936) - 23 Sep 1930

"It's a Bit hot when an Australian is not allowed to play his national game In his own country," said a delegate at the ...
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Sunday Football 1925

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Sunday Football - IS IT AN ANNOYANCE? TEST CASE AT QUEANBEYAN - National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954) - 28 Jul 1925

The controversy which has raged in many country centres as to whether or not football should be played in public parks on ...
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Old Time barracking 1913

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FOOTBALL THAT WAS. - WILLING GAMES IN MELBOURNE BARRACKING IN DAYS OF OLD. A Glory that has Departed. - The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954) - 18 May 1913

Old-time barrackers who knew and loved and followed football in Victoria in the good old days must have felt disgusted with the degeneracy of the age when they read last ...
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Helen Fejo Frith On ABC radio 2012

The football interest on this one is 30.54 minutes into the tape (for about a minute)
Helen was the first woman to coach a senior men's Australian Rules football team (in the mid 80s - Barunga)

Guestroom - Helen Fejo-Frith

Helen Fejo-Frith is the President of Bagot Aboriginal Community. She was the first indigenous woman to coach an AFL team...
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1891 Flood Saturday player count H.T 1924

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Football Incident - CARLTON TEAM COUNTED. - The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) - 15 Jul 1924

An unusual incident occurred in the second quarter of the Carlton St. Kilda match when the teams were lined up on Carlton's half forward line. The ...
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Low light at the fairy ground Argus 1924

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FOOTBALL. - HOLIDAY MATCHES. Weird Country Games. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 8 Aug 1924

With the League permiership matches suspended for a fornight while the Australian carnival is being played at Hobart. we can look on the game for the time ...
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SANFL on Chinese TV 1984

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL SA matches for Chinese TV - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 24 May 1984

ADELAIDE: South Australian league football will be televised in mainland China next year. It will have an estimated viewing audience of about seven million and is likely to referred to as ...
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wonder if they've still got the tapes
 
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Shorty 1923

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Football Helmet 1933

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A Crash Helmet! - The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955) - 3 Jun 1933

Two of East Perth's players took the field today with face protectors. Bob Bennett, as usual, wore the mask that has had the desired effect ...
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FOOTBALL. - A PLAYER'S HELMET. Objection Raised at League Meeting. - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) - 8 Jun 1933

At a meeting of the West Australian National Football League last night, reference was made to the fact that an East Perth player had worn a helmet in the ...
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Sydney Helmet 1948

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Helmet Stolen From Head - Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) - 9 Aug 1948

SYDNEY, Sun.--While a comet player, Albert Thomas, of Eastern Command Band, was playing at Sydney Showground yesterday, a ...
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Larrikinism 1910

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FOOTBALL AND LARRIKINISM. - LIVELY SCENES AT FITZROY. AMUSING POLICE CHASE. - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 16 May 1910

To throngs of people who crowded the outside ring at the Fitzroy ground on Saturday the football match was by no means the most exciting entertainment. A ...
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Old Radio Doco about the Sydney Swans

ABC Radio program 360 documentaries from 2011
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Cheers - ABC listen

As the 2011 football season warms up, flash back to 1993 and the fans of the AFL team the Sydney Swans, a team which in those days always seemed to be on the outer.
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A game that started so late that it ended in near darkness at 5:40pm (the sun had set at around 5:12pm). Two fans had to turn on their headlights to provide some light, the press were literally watching the game from near the centre circle, and a few boys went on during the last quarter, probably for kick to kick.

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FARCICAL FOOT-BALL - Shepparton Match Ends In Darkness Car Lights Flashed On Ground - Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) - 2 Jul 1937

A state of affairs which calls for urgent remedial measures by the Goulburn Valley Football League was witnessed at the ...
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A thirteen year old had knee trouble while playing footy in Newcastle, and the doctor found a two inch long nail stuck in his femur. He somehow missed it when he pierced his knee with the nail two months earlier whilst climbing a fence.

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NAIL IN THIGH - EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) - 1 Oct 1929

When Raymond Callaghan, a 13-year-old boy living at 13 McIsaac-street, Tighe's Hill, ran a nail into his right knee while climbing a fence two months ago, he did ...
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Raglan vs Amphitheatre (Beaufort-Ripon Association) in 1925 - Raglan's 38 to 0 halftime lead is wiped out after a headcount. Raglan were leading four behinds to nothing and right on the final bell, an Amphiteatre player kicked the winning goal. He wasn't even wearing the team uniform.

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UNUSUAL FOOTBALL - Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1950) - 27 Jun 1925

A football match presenting somewhat unusual features was played between Ragian and Am[?] in the Beaufort District Ripon Association’s ...
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Don Kerslake, Dandenong club trainer, cuts his hand on a tomato sauce bottle.

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Unusual Accident - The Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954) - 21 Jun 1950

DANDENONG Football Club trainer, Don Kerslake, was the victim of an unusual, but painful accident last Sunday morning. When endeavoring to ...
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Fred Fanning (yep, the Fred Fanning) kicks a goal for Hamilton against Penshurst, but thinks it's a point and successfully lobbies to have the decision changed.

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AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT. - Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) - 8 May 1952

A rare occurrence took place during the Penshurst-Hamilton match on Saturday, and is causing a deal of discussion amongst football fans as ...
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Captain of the Yalpool club is awarded a free kick after "an exciting scrimmage" against the Main Pumps team. He gets up, kicks the ball, and shockingly drops dead.

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DEATH ON FOOTBALL FIELD - Yalpool Captain Falls in a Scrimmage - Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1950) - 20 Jul 1925

Mr. A. J. (“Barney”) O’Collagham, yard porter at the Mildura station, who was captain of the Yalpool Football Club, fell dead on the football ...
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They may have been brothers...as per list here in mother's death notice..
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Family Notices - The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) - 20 Mar 1920

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and match reports of their playing era mention R M Gullan...
and Ancestry trees have Robert McLaren Gullan (DOD 1943) as brother of James Gullan (DOD 1904 in WA).
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James Major Gullan dob 1874
Henry Major Gullan dob 1869
Robert McLaren Gullan dob 1867
H Gullan in James funeral notice is listed as brother

So yes I didn't look past 1869
 
GreyCrow said:
James Major Gullan dob 1874
Henry Major Gullan dob 1869
Robert McLaren Gullan dob 1867
H Gullan in James funeral notice is listed as brother

So yes I didn't look past 1869
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James Gullan is listed as an employee of the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat:

https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/James_Stirling_Gullan_(1874-1904)

It appears unlikely that James Gullan and Rob Gullan were brothers, unless the information about Rob is incorrect. Rob Gullan from Winchelsea was born and bred in the town and educated at Geelong College:

https://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au/wiki/GULLAN-Robert-McLaren-1873-1944.ashx

Rob Gullan Death Notice The Argus 19 September 1944:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11361677

However, it appears that James and South Melbourne's Martin Gullan were brothers. It looks like they played together at White Feather in WA in 1898:

Martin Gullan South Ballarat to White Feather WA 13 July 1898:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203515409?searchTerm=martin gullan

These articles refer to J Gullan and Martin Gullan at White Feather:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203516311?searchTerm=martin gullan –

It appears that they may have returned to Ballarat in 1899, as this article mentions the Gullan brothers playing for the Ballarat Association/League in that year:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216744763?searchTerm=martin gullan

Martin Gullan a brother of the late James Gullan joined East Fremantle in 1905:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25380657?searchTerm=martin gullan

Permit granted Martin Gullan Ballarat to East Fremantle 1905:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25381139?searchTerm=martin gullan

Another article refers to Martin Gullan, a brother of the late Carbine:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/260595238?searchTerm=martin gullan

An article about the death of Martin Gullan in August 1939, refers to his elder brother Jim:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204928784?searchTerm=martin gullan

Martin Gullan had some misadventures in life, as well. He was injured in a mining accident in Ballarat in 1903:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208149989?searchTerm=martin gullan

Another article regarding his death refers to him being severely gassed in the Great War:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11261271?searchTerm=martin gullan
 
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From the Westside Football magazine, Volume 2, issue 13, 1980.

The Dowerin football team from the Mortlock National Football League ran out for their match on June 1 with six sets of brothers.

The Collards, Joe and David
The Hagbooms, Wayne and Bryce
The Lees, Brian and Chris
The Newmans, Kevin and Trevor
The Petchells, Jim and Stephen
And the Underwoods, Greg and Lyall

I imagine it's been equalled or bettered by any hamlet team from the 1930's and earlier when their teams mostly came from a couple families.
 
Same magazine, issue 16, 1980

"Warriors owe last week's win over East Carnarvon to a solid backline and the brilliance of rover, Michael Mitchell."

Before Claremont, Richmond, and winning Mark and Goal of the Year in 1990, eighteen year old Michael Mitchell was plying his trade in the three team Carnarvon-Gascoyne Football Association and making a name for himself.
 
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