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Both sides undefeated going into the 8th round of the season. This will be a game that could shed some light on whether both teams are genuine premiership contenders.
The weather has cleared and it should be a good game on a soft ground after overnight rain.
Radio 3WBC are covering the game for those that want to listen in online.
VFL Radio are also covering the game and it can be heard via 1179 AM RPH or online at:
http://streaming.gohosting.com.au/bpmmedia.m3u
Box Hill Hawks vs. Port Melbourne
Sunday 25th
May
Box Hill City Oval at 2:00pm
From Collingwood FC website
Reported by Luke Mason
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Saturday’s VFL-AFL doubleheader marks two 100 game milestones.
The one we know about is Dayne Beams. His week has included a press conference, clippings dotted through the newspapers and highlight reels online.
The other will receive less attention. It’s certainly off broadway as far as the mainstream football public is concerned, but it’s no less significant than Beams’ AFL ton.
Saturday’s VFL match against Geelong marks Sam Dwyer’s 100th match in the Victorian Football League.
The 27-year-old played 97 senior VFL games for Port Melbourne between 2005 and 2012 before finally winding up on an AFL list ahead of last season.
Remarkably, given his experience in the competition and status as a mature aged rookie, Dwyer did not play one VFL match for Collingwood in 2013. Instead, he carved out a niche in the senior side that saw him average 16.57 disposals across 21 games.
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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 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...