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[Snake_Baker]

The 1977 premiership reunion

40 years on

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[Snake_Baker]

The rise of the 90's started here.

Norths all time record quarter score (13-3-81) v Richmond (2-1-13), round 2, 1990.

19 year old John Longmire breaks the club record with 12 goals, 5 behinds from 18 marks

 

[Jimmy's Hot Dogs]

Waverley circa the 1974 North v Richmond second semi final

North got off to a shocking start registering 0-0-00 to Richmond 5-7-37 in the 1st quarter.

Richmond eventually won the match by 21 points

I reckon a few of those cars are still trying to turn right onto Wellington Road.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The rise of the 90's started here.

Norths all time record quarter score (13-3-81) v Richmond (2-1-13), round 2, 1990.

19 year old John Longmire breaks the club record with 12 goals, 5 behinds from 18 marks

I have this game on VHS.

Somewhere.

 

[goalieboy82]

I have this game on VHS.

Somewhere.

 

[Passmore]

I have this game on VHS.

Somewhere.

So do I.

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[Snake_Baker]

I have this game on VHS.

Somewhere.

So do I.

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Gentlemen, you need to do football history a service and get this game converted to DVD and uploaded to youtube or the club archives.

Likewise, if anyone has the Melbourne game where Longmire kicked 14 v Melbourne in 1990, or the final match v Collingwood 1990 where he needed 4 and kicked 2-8, then please come forward and let it be known.

Unfortnately, I don't think the Melbourne game was telecast. I'd like to be proven wrong.

 

[Snake_Baker]

1975 championship of Australia

North Melbourne 17.15.117 d Norwood 5.11.41

 

[Old Shinboner]

1964 VFL Round 14 North Melbourne Vs Essendon at Arden St Rare Reel to Reel Home Footage

Courtesy Gezza1967 on YouTube

 

[Passmore]

Gentlemen, you need to do football history a service and get this game converted to DVD and uploaded to youtube or the club archives.

Likewise, if anyone has the Melbourne game where Longmire kicked 14 v Melbourne in 1990, or the final match v Collingwood 1990 where he needed 4 and kicked 2-8, then please come forward and let it be known.

Unfortnately, I don't think the Melbourne game was telecast. I'd like to be proven wrong.

No the Melbourne game wasn't. I tried everything to get footage at the time. Nada.

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[giantroo]

 

[Passmore]

The 1977 premiership reunion

40 years on

I can name the majority, but there are some faces there I'm struggling with.

 

[Snake_Baker]

1988 and North are playing the "kids"

 

[Twinkletoes]

No doubt posted already but such an iconic pic it deserves another run.

John Dugdale takes flight!

 

[giantroo]

The story of Syd Barker
nmfc.com.au

14 September 2017 5:17 PM

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Ahead of the 2017 Syd Barker Club Champion Dinner on Friday night, NMFC.com.au looks back at the man behind the medal.

Below is an excerpt from 'The Shinboners - The Complete Story of the North Melbourne Football Club'.

The book is available in The Roo Shop.

How great was Sydney “Syd” Barker? It was said on his untimely death, (Barker had died suddenly while at work, at the Abbottsford Fire Station, from “an incurable disease”), on 23 March 1930 at the age of just 42, that, “few men have left, or are likely to leave, their impression on Australian football to the same extent as the late Sydney Barker”.

Indeed, Barker holds a special place in the hearts of North Melbourne people, his name living on through the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy which, since 1937, has been awarded to North’s fairest and best player each season. (Since 1970, it has been the Syd Baker medal). Although Barker only played nine VFL matches with North (in 1927), and those were at the end of his career, in the pre-VFL years (that is, the VFA, 1909 to 1921) he had been the club’s, and the VFA’s star ruckman during an era of North dominance. The best and Fairest award recognises his overall service to the club in those formative, and dominant, years.

A quietly spoken man, with modesty to match, Barker was the ideal figure to lead North during the difficulties of the Great War. He was a fireman, a profession that required him to think clearly, and act decisively; attributes that were indeed transferable to the football field. And lead he did.

He began his football career with VFA club, Essendon, before joining Richmond for its first season in the VFL (1908). It was a short-lived relationship though, and Barker soon returned to the VFA, this time with North. North, during the period just before, and immediately after the war, was the finest team in the VFA. With Barker as its centrepoint in the ruck, ably assisted by follower George Rawle and rover Charlie Hardy, the club won 4 premierships (1910,1914, as well as 1915 and 1918 with Barker as captain)- including a remarkable run of 58 straight matches (which includes non-VFA games). No one encapsulated the invincible moniker more than the brilliant Barker, his ability as a boxer adding weight to his already imposing stature (183cm and 95kg). Barker’s training with the fire brigade enabled him to ruck all day with North and, according to teammate Johnny Lewis, the ruckman would never ask a player to do something he wasn’t prepared to do himself. Moreover, five-time premiership coach, John Worrall, described Barker as “a splendid specimen of man hood.” Worral said that “strength rather than dash made him famous as a player.”

In 1921, it appeared that North would merge with nearby VFL club Essendon, and so Barker and Hardy joined the Dons in the belief that the two clubs would come together. But the deal fell through, and for the next four seasons Barker wore Essendon colours. By 1922 he was captain-coach, and with Hardy and Rawle again alongside him, he led the club to back to back premierships in 1923-24, before retiring from the game. However, he returned to North in 1927, the club having finally been accepted into the VFL two years earlier. As captain-coach, he played another nine matches, but was unable to lift the struggling side beyond 11th position.

Barker saw the game in the late 1920s as being more scientific than it “appears on the surface.” He felt that kicking was the “most important factor of the game”, and that being able to kick on each side was a critical tool in the footballer’s armoury. He preferred a long-kicking game to one with a lot of handballing. And he would stress to youngsters the necessity for playing the game and “leaving the umpiring to the umpire.” He was inducted into the North Melbourne Hall of fame in 2003.

http://m.nmfc.com.au/news/2017-09-14/the-story-of-syd-barker

 

[Snake_Baker]

I don't remember seeing this one before

 

[Snake_Baker]

North v Fitzroy round 12 1933 at the Brunswick Street Oval

Far right is Tom Fitzmaurice who kicked 195 goals in 54 matches for North. Fitzmaurice was North captain coach in 1934-35 and won the North goalkicking in 1932 & 1934. He played in premierships with Essendon and Geelong before joining North, represented Victoria on 12 occasions and was inducted in the AFL hall of fame in 1996.

 

[Snake_Baker]

The great Wally Carter, coach in our 1st VFL grand final year of 1950

 

[Snake_Baker]

The great Les Foote, Captain and best & fairest, in our 1st VFL grand final year of 1950

 

[Snake_Baker]

Ted Jarrard, half back in the North team of the century

 

[Snake_Baker]

Jock Spencer, full forward in the North team of the century

 

[Snake_Baker]

The 1950 North player squad. Club greats in every row.

 

[Snake_Baker]

The Argus report of Norths first game and victory vs Geelong May 4th 1925

NORTH'S INITIAL SUCCESS.

Geelong Defeated

North Melbourne signalised its appearance In League football by defeating Geelong on Corio Oval on Saturday, and in view of the fact that Geelong has always been a most difficult side to overwhelm on its own ground, the North Melbourne players and supporters are overjoyed at the success . That it was achieved in the last few minutes of the match made it the more exciting, but on the merits of the play North Melbourne was the far superior team to Geelong. It has to be borne in mind, however that Geelong during the second half of the game played 17 men, and Johns, suffering from a ricked ankle, could do but very little work, but Johnson, the North rover, was also incapacitated after the first term.

The game was hard fought, and thrilled a crowd of about 12000 spectators; but the standard of football was not high. The new out of bounds rule worked, on the whole, well, and the ball was out of play for only 23 times and there were none of the unseemly struggles just inside the line which characterised many of the matches last season. The rule did not cause any undue congestion down the centre, in fact the wing men had just as much work as ever before. The game was a few minutes late in starting, and as Wels Eicke led his men out there was an encouraging cheer.

North played Eicke and Lindsay (formerly League players), Clapson (from Norwood S.A ), and Lindsay (a North junior). The other players figured in Association football last season.

Geelong's only newcomer to League football was Warren. Geelong began by kicking to the northern goal in to which a fresh southerly was blowing. An initial move by Greeves was repulsed by a fine mark by Lewis, whose aerial work was a feature of the match. Immediately Geelong supporters realised that in the new team they were up against a stiff opposition. Goonan, from a mark, opened the score with a behind, while the early work of North Melbourne was good, the play was only in Geelong territory on two occasions during the term but that cannot be taken that they were overwhelmed. Hall began a move which gave Geelong a behind kicked by Fleming with a fine punt. Then Pink, with a running shot scored first goal. Warren, who early in the game was prominent for his dashing roving drove the ball forward, and there was disappointment when the umpire whistledhe ball up as Rankin sent it sailing between the posts. The free kick was to Rayson, who scored the goal. The Geelong kicking was poor, and there was little judgment in anticipating the flight of the ball, and there was more individual effort than team work. Thus full advantage was not taken of the wind. A nice pass to Fleming preceded a free kick with which Pink gained his second goal. At quarter time the scores were (Geelong, 3 5 North Melbourne, one behind.

Playing well together, and being most reliable in the air, the visitors soon showed that the would take full advantage of the wind. Warren was knocked out, and had to be assisted from the field. Clapson soon came into prominence, and Giles, Lindsay, and Metcalfe were playing of particularly well. Geelong were faring badly, for pink became incapacitated through wrenching his knee. Clapson made a dash along the scoring board wing to Johnson, who passed to Goonan, and a goal was scored. After two behinds Metcalf, from a beautiful mark on the kick in scored with a mighty punt. Lewis was driving the Geelong attacks back time after time and Metcalf equalised the scores -3.5 all with a behind. Then Doherty snapped a goal and a little later repeated the performance. The visiting forwards were being assisted by tho poor kicking in of Ferguson, who later gave way to Todd who kicked in well. The pressure on the Geelong goal became so hot that Hagger was sent back, and in the closing minutes of the term Pink, Johns and Warren placed Geelong in a favourable position, and a behind was followed by a goal from Rayson. Pink was down for the third time, and the injury this time prevented him from reappearing, and Johns was limping badly. Half time scores were -North Melbourne 5.8 Geelong 4.6.

During the interval it was stated that Johnson (North Melbourne) had broken a rib, but refused to keep off the field. His play in the second half was very fine, and certainly did not give the impression that he was an injured man. Early inthe third term Todd hit the post for Geelong. Eicke, Lambe and Lewis. were repeatedly stopping Geelong, but Smith dashed the ball out to Rankin, who passed to Hagger, and a goal was scored in remarkably quick time, equalising the scores. Greeves then worked the ball out to Stevenson on to Warren, and to Hagger, for another goal but Geelong's a fine effort was not sustained. North soon went ahead, a goal by Metcalf being followed by on from Johnson and at three quarter time North led by 7.8 to 6.9.

Fighting against the wind Geelong attacked with with the aid of free kicks in the final term. The ball was taken to within shooting distance and Fleming scored. Hall was playing well on the wing, his dashes being features of the match. Clapson took the ball down the centre, and passed to Johnson, who from a few feet out hit the post with a snap shot again equalising the scores at 7.9 all. Gradually North gained an advantage, and were 2 points ahead when Feming had a shot but only got a point. Then Proflitt passed to Hagger. The kick was true but Sharland marked it in goal, and raised the two flags. With four points in the lead Geelong strengthened their defence. There was barely two minutes to go, and Geelong attacked again. Stevenson went for a mark but did not actually hold It. He could not get rid of it and was penalised for holding the ball. The decision was the turning point, for play went into Geelong territory. Hagger in trying to save his goal kicked across and out and with the resultant free kick, Clapson booted the winning goal. Lewis from a nice mark from Clapson made the final scoring shot for a goa1, and North Melbourne had a fine win by 8 points.

The final scores were:-

NORTH MELBOURNE, 9 goals 13 behinds (67 points.)
GEELONG 8 goals 11 behinds (59 points)

The goal kickers were -

North Melbourne -Metcalf (3), Doherty (2) Goonan, Johnson, Clapson, Lewis.

Geelong -Pink (2),Rayson (2), Hagger (2) Fleming, Sharland

The best player on the ground was Hall, who played on the half back, and centre wing for Gee-
long.

North Melbourne were best served by Eicke whose work in the third term was most effective, Lewis (ruck) Johnson (roving) McIintosh (ruck) Walsh (full back), Metcalf ,Smith and Gomez (back).

For Geelong after Hall the best, were Warren -who justified his inclusion, Stevenson, Smith, Todd, Hudd and Johns.

 

[Snake_Baker]

So there we have it.

Norths 1st ever VFL goal was kicked by Alf Goonan (16) in the second quarter vs Geelong 4th May 1925.

The winning goals were kicked by Harry Clapson (15) and Johnny Lewis (2)