VFL Round 8

By Robbo May 18, 2014

TUESDAY MAY 20
(Foxtel Cup 3rdQF) Williamstown vs Aspley at MCG 8:35pm(Fox Footy)

SATURDAY MAY 24
Collingwood vs Geelong at Victoria Park 12pm
Essendon vs Northern Blues at Windy Hill 1pm
Werribee vs Richmond at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
Coburg vs Footscray at Piranha Park,Coburg 2pm

SUNDAY MAY 25
(Dev League)Werribee vs Northern Blues at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 11am
Bendigo Gold vs North Ballarat at Allen Garden Reserve,Swan Hill 1:30pm
Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne at Box Hill 2pm(VFL Radio,3WBC)
(Development League match starts at 11am)

VFL Byes:Casey Scorpions,Frankston,Sandringham and Williamstown

Development League Byes:Casey Scorpions,Coburg,Frankston,Sandringham and Williamstown

From end to end, Borough salutes goalkicking greats Cook and Bonnett

By NorthPort May 15, 2014

From the Port Phillip Leader.
Reported by Paul Amy
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THEY were different players and different men.

For all his success in the old VFA, Bob Bonnett remained a humble and gracious figure, as grounded as the Norm L Goss grandstand at North Port Oval.

He’s lived 76 of his 81 years in Port Melbourne.

Fred Cook was charismatic and colourful, and his life plunged out of control after his football career, a drug addiction and pretty crime inevitably lead him to prison.

What they had in common was seasons of spectacular service for Port Melbourne and a gift for kicking goals: between them they put through 2171 for the Borough.

Next month, Port Melbourne will name the ends of the North Port Oval after its champion spearheads and two of the players who featured in its team of the century, Bonnett in a forward pocket and Cook, 66, at full forward.

Cook — “Fabulous Fred’’ to his many adoring supporters — kicked 1238 goals from a club-record 258 matches between 1971-84.

He topped the century seven times and led the association count on five occasions.

All this from a player who was an unreliable kick.

Tall, strong and surprisingly speedy, he compensated by playing close to the goals and taking mark after mark.

All his teammates said it: you wouldn’t see better hands on a footballer.

When the ball went into them, it never came out.

In the 1970s, as Sunday television coverage lifted the VFA’s popularity to heights it hadn’t known, his public profile exceeded those of many league footballers.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/central/from-end-to-end-borough-salut...

Port champion Sam Pleming hits 200-match milestone

By NorthPort May 15, 2014

Media roundup of coverage of Sam Pleming reaching 200 VFL games.

From the Port Phillip Leader
Reported by Paul Amy
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IT’S as if his name is rusted to the Port Melbourne results.

In the past few years, more often than not S Pleming has featured in the Borough best.

When Sam Pleming played his 150th senior VFL game a couple of years ago, Port board man Les Quarrell reckoned the defender they call “Plum’’ had been in the list of best players at least 100 times.

Year-by-year results on the VFL website go back only to 2010, but they suggest Quarrell was close to the mark.

In 2010 Pleming has 13 mentions in the top six players. In 2011 he had 10 mentions. In 2012 it was 12. Last year he got up to 15.

The numbers bear out Pleming’s consistency. He has been a remarkably productive player for Port since joining it in 2006 after spending 2004 and ’05 on Carlton’s rookie list.

The sight of him taking intercepting marks across the half back line and turning defence into attack with canny disposal has been a staple of Port games for close to a decade. He reads the game as if it’s an alphabet book for kinder kids.

Durability is another asset: he’s missed only three matches in nine seasons, two with a finger he cut at work in 2008 and one with a rolled ankle in 2010.

Honours have piled up around Pleming: Port’s 2011 premiership, state jumpers in 2012-13, best and fairests in 2010-11, team of-the-year selections from 2010-13 and VFL life membership.


Port Melbourne have also released a highlights video capturing some of the Plemings TV highlights.

Victoria's 2014 state squad announced

By NorthPort May 15, 2014

From the Official VFL website
www.vfl.com.au
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The VFL will play SANFL on Saturday May 31 at 1:10pm at North Port Oval.

2014 Peter Jackson VFL State Squad

Anthony ANASTASIO WILLIAMSTOWN
Mitch BANNER WILLIAMSTOWN
Nathan BATSANIS RICHMOND
Chris CAIN PORT MELBOURNE
Scott CLOUSTON WILLIAMSTOWN
Adam COCKIE SANDRINGHAM
Myke COOK SANDRINGHAM
Jesse CRICHTON WERRIBEE TIGERS
Ben DAVIES WILLIAMSTOWN
Ben DUSCHER ESSENDON
David FANNING PORT MELBOURNE
Peter FAULKS WILLIAMSTOWN
Lech FEATHERSTONE COBURG
KHAN HARETUKU FRANKSTON
Shane HOCKEY FRANKSTON
Ben JOLLEY WILLIAMSTOWN
Alistair KEFFORD ESSENDON
Ayden KENNEDY BOX HILL HAWKS
Marc LOCK BOX HILL HAWKS
Cameron LOCKWOOD WILLIAMSTOWN
Michael LOUREY FRANKSTON
Nick LOWER FOOTSCRAY
Alik MAGIN BENDIGO
Adam MARCON WILLIAMSTOWN
Nick MEESE WILLIAMSTOWN
Joshua MELLINGTON ESSENDON
David MIRRA BOX HILL HAWKS
Daniel NOONAN PORT MELBOURNE
Evan PANOZZA CASEY SCORPIONS
Toby PINWILL PORT MELBOURNE
Sam PLEMING PORT MELBOURNE
Nick RIPPON NORTH BALLARAT
Julian ROWE PORT MELBOURNE
Joshua SCIPIONE PORT MELBOURNE
Matthew SULLY GEELONG
Shannon TAYLOR FRANKSTON
Luke TYNAN PORT MELBOURNE
Shane VALENTI PORT MELBOURNE
Daniel VENDITTI COBURG
Jake WILSON WERRIBEE TIGERS

VFL State Squad by the numbers:
•9 players in squad from the final side last year that played WAFL
•16 players with VFL State experience
•Over 20 former TAC Cup players
•6 VFL captains in squad
•8 members of the VFL Team of the Year
•6 of the top 10 VFL listed goal kickers
•18 former AFL listed players
•6 players directly from AFL in 2013
•10 players selected did not play in VFL in 2013
•14 of 16 VFL clubs represented

Club by club breakdown
•2 clubs with 9 players each - Williamstown & Port Melbourne
•25 players from stand alone VFL teams
•6 players from AFL stand alone clubs
•9 players from aligned sides

VFL Round 7

By Robbo May 11, 2014

SATURDAY MAY 17
Richmond vs Box Hill Hawks at Punt Road Oval 10:40am(3WBC)
Essendon vs Port Melbourne at Windy Hill 1pm
Williamstown vs Geelong at Burbank Oval,Williamstown 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
Sandringham vs Werribee at Trevor Barker Oval,Sandringham 2pm
(Development League match starts at 11am)
Collingwood vs Bendigo Gold at Victoria Park 2pm
(Dev League)Frankston vs Box Hill Hawks at Frankston Park 2:30pm

SUNDAY MAY 18
Coburg Lions vs Casey Scorpions at Piranha Park,Coburg 2pm(Casey Radio)
(Development League match starts at 11am)
North Ballarat vs Frankston at Eureka Stadium 2pm(VFL Radio)

VFL Byes: Footscray,Northern Blues

Development League Bye: Northern Blues (Note: Port Melbourne vs Williamstown Rd 7 Dev League match will be played as a curtain raiser to the state league representative match at Northport Oval on Saturday May 31)

VFL Round 6

By Robbo May 04, 2014

TUESDAY MAY 6
(Foxtel Cup)Box Hill Hawks vs West Perth at Etihad Stadium 8:35pm(Fox Footy,3WBC)

SATURDAY MAY 10
Footscray vs Sandringham at Simonds Stadium 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
Northern Blues vs Casey Scorpions at Visy Park 2pm(Casey Radio)
(Development League match starts at 11am)

SUNDAY MAY 11
Frankston vs Williamstown at Frankston 2pm(VFL Radio)
(Development League Match starts at 11am(

VFL Byes:Bendigo Gold,Box Hill Hawks, Coburg, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, North Ballarat, Port Melbourne, Richmond & Werribee

Development League Byes: Box Hill Hawks, Coburg, Port Melbourne, Sandringham & Werribee

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