A couple of pics from the ANFC Carnival in Melbourne
Have a look at the VFL team its like a whos who of football greats
The VFA played the VFL at night a South Melbourne and put a a good showing up til 3/4 time when the all star VFL team plied on a few late goals due to better fittnes and bigger bodies.
Monday, 7 July (night) Victoria (VFL) 13.23 (101) def. Victoria (VFA) 7.10 (52) South Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,200)
Did you go to this game Billy ?
Intersting Col Austen who would have been coaching Box Hill at the time was VFA coach. Who were the better players for the VFA Billy ?
Great photos billythe kid.
That's a strong Box Hill contingent: Keith White, Terry Devery, Colin Love and Arthur Gooch. Not to mention the coach, Col Austen, who had retired as a player by then and was BHFC non-playing coach in 1958.
Keith White and Colin Love both members of Box Hill's team of the century.
The VFL team is full of stars
I recall seeing a few of the VFA team in action. Jack Evans (Williamstown) and Bob Withers & Bob Bonnett (Port Melb), Peter Box (Camberwell)
In reply to Did you go to this game Billy by vfa
Yes vfa I did go with my father I think the crowd was down because the weather was pretty ordinary but none of the games even the ones involving the VFL got really big crowds.We Stood on the bowling green pocket
The media esp the SUN and Herald bagged the series as interfering with the VFL season so that would have put many people off going.
The best from my memory were Peter Box a Brownlow Medal winner who was best on the ground til Ted Whitten kicked him in the ankle BTW he was giving Whitten a bath at CHF,Jim Whliey from Brunswick and Rob Atkinson from Port who played on his cousin Bob Skilton.Fred Goldsmith the VFL full back gave the PORT star FF Bob Bonnett a bath Im pretty certain that Norm Smith was the VFL coach
Even though the VFA lads got beaten easily in the end they played their guts out and to put that in context the VFL team thrashed SA by118 pts and Tassie by 102 WA got the closest beaten by only 19 pts and the AA team had 10 VFL players and one from the VFA Barry Metcalfe a fast wingman from Mordialloc
Crowd would have only been 7198 had my youngest brother and I not attended!!
I also have that VFL Record, with qr by qr scores written in.
R. Withers-- Russell, Camberwell? Does not look like him. Port Melbourne??
In reply to Crowd would have only been by cobrascorer
I was 13 at the time and the lighting at the Lake Oval left a lot to be desired compared to todays standard the ground had a couple of dark spots.
Its hard to say from the photo but it looks a bit like Bobby Withers Some of the older Port people on here might have a better idea.Both he and the Oakleigh hardman ended up coaching in Tassie.
Rumour has it that some of the night games at Lakeside Oval back when they had VFA games as well as the night vfl games between 56-71 that a few cut lunches were thrown in the dark. Very tough and physical games especially in the dark spots of Lakeside Oval.
In reply to Rumour has it that some of by vfa
Yes you are correct vfa even the VFL night series held after the H&A season had some pretty rough play. There were a couple of pockets wing to half forward esp the Bowling Green side that were badly lit there were improved over the years but in 1958 they had only been in use a couple of years. It wasnt a bad old ground the Lake Oval and in the very early days of the VFA South Melbourme was one of the biggest crowd pullers often getting over 20,000 to matches!
vfa side had Terry Devery in the side,ex box hill,then footsgray,moved onto morningside in queensland and coached them to a premiership,he then moved back down to north ballarat as coach,who was well before his time,terry coached north into the finals,which was the start of the roosters being a powerhouse in the ballarat football league,unfortunately he missed out on the start,as he moved on in his employment,great mark for a small player and liked it tough,i really enjoyed playing with him.