easty @HardBallGetNet
Australian Football historian, freelance writer/editor, extreme chess advocate hardballget.net Montreal via Melbourne Joined August 2013-
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I set the parameters to go searching backwards by year from 1875, and lo and behold, discovered that on Friday 10 Apr 1874 in the James Watt Hotel on Spencer Street, the West Melbourne FC was formed (nla.gov.au/nla.news-artic…). Inaugural president: Thomas McPherson. >>
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@mattgibbs95 @rhettrospective @OliverGigacz @footyjumpers Fantastic work, Gibbsy! Great to see another footy history cold case solved
@mattgibbs95 @RudiEdsall LOL yep, and the "chilling at the beach in May 2011" photo 😂😂😂
@mattgibbs95 @RudiEdsall Check out the Troy Simmonds page ;) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Simm…
@RudiEdsall Warnock incognito mode has been activated...
@RudiEdsall Cale Morton frequently disappeared on-field for the Dees. I love that his Wikipedia photo captures that so accurately!
@yt_wombey @RudiEdsall And now a breaking news update from the ITV car park...
@_WarwickGreen @MacmillanAus Finished it last week and it's a cracking read. Congrats Warwick (and thank you @NealeDaniher for sharing your story).
@swishtter @4Boat @TKYC @footyjumpers @Ceeentrals @hardballget @FreoPope @official_lesdog Great spotting to begin by @4Boat and follow-up work by @swishtter and @footyjumpers The 1980 Night Series page at HardBallGet.net has now been updated
@Soups474 @NMFCOfficial @WestAustralia @WestCoastEagles @SubiacoOval @WACA_Cricket @sirswampthing @MitchellGlenn @TheWestSport @AFLrecord From memory the Rd.19 game was originally an @NMFCOfficial home game but they sold it to @WestCoastEagles. On a side note in 1988 @brisbanelions played twice in Perth also. Rd.3 was moved to the WACA due to flooding at Carrara but still a Bears' "home" game
Fantastic work here by Murray Bird & Greg Parker. Purchase your copy of their Queensland footy history book via the link...
150 years is a long time. "More Of The Kangaroo" is a BIG book. Order a copy now from q150.net.au/shop/
@bencollocollins @AFLisnotasport @rustyjacko @swishtter @footyjumpers @rhettrospective Thanks, Ben. Appreciate your support. 👍
UPDATE: interstate & rep matches for 1930-49 now added at hardballget.net/rep-matches.ht… #AFL #AFLorigin @AFLisnotasport @rustyjacko @swishtter @bencollocollins @footyjumpers @rhettrospective
@rhettrospective @AFLisnotasport @rustyjacko @swishtter @bencollocollins @footyjumpers Thanks, Rhett. Kudos to you and Trevor Ruddell for your work on those Richmond B&F corrections recently. You guys copped some stick but when it comes to correcting historical records, there's nothing wrong about getting it right 👍
@swishtter @AFLisnotasport @rustyjacko @bencollocollins @footyjumpers @rhettrospective Au contraire, mate :)
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Happy Friday
Match results for every representative & state game (1877-1929) now available at hardballget.net/rep-matches.ht… first time qtr-by-qtr scores, venues, dates, crowds for these are collated and all available!!! #StateofOrigin #afl
@footyjumpers @AFLisnotasport @urban_reverie We were up to 1977, folks! All my research is done, Mero. Next step is more of your artwork. Will send you the next batch of images/notes over the coming week 👍
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