1966 VFL season

70th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) December 2017 July 2021 vfl_premiership 1966 12 1 13 Consolation series 2 112 102,055 Ted Fordham () Ian Stewart () 1965 1967 The 1966 VFL season was the 70th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 April until 24 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the St Kilda Football Club, after it defeated by one point in the VFL Grand Final. It was St Kilda's first, and to date only premiership, making it the last of the eight foundation clubs to win a premiership. Background In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1966 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system. Home-and-away season Round 1 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.6 (72) | | 9.4 (58) | Windy Hill | 31,560 | 23 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.13 (115) | | 9.8 (62) | Victoria Park | 32,741 | 23 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.19 (115) | | 9.8 (62) | Lake Oval | 22,376 | 23 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.9 (33) | | 17.7 (109) | MCG | 64,934 | 25 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 13.9 (87) | Western Oval | 23,252 | 25 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.16 (100) | | 16.10 (106) | Princes Park | 43,695 | 25 April 1966 Round 2 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.14 (56) | | 3.11 (29) | Glenferrie Oval | 14,000 | 30 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.16 (94) | | 11.8 (74) | Kardinia Park | 21,490 | 30 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.15 (117) | | 5.17 (47) | MCG | 28,596 | 30 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.13 (43) | | 12.20 (92) | Arden Street Oval | 19,813 | 30 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.12 (42) | | 9.17 (71) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,362 | 30 April 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.17 (107) | | 7.12 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,810 | 30 April 1966 Round 3 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 15.13 (103) | Arden Street Oval | 17,261 | 7 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.15 (123) | | 11.14 (80) | MCG | 32,608 | 7 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.22 (106) | | 7.15 (57) | Lake Oval | 17,259 | 7 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.14 (86) | | 7.4 (46) | Kardinia Park | 17,395 | 7 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.18 (66) | | 8.6 (54) | Windy Hill | 43,487 | 7 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.8 (44) | | 10.16 (76) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,714 | 7 May 1966 Round 4 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.17 (89) | | 17.17 (119) | MCG | 31,497 | 14 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 14.15 (99) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,873 | 14 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 5.18 (48) | Victoria Park | 40,272 | 14 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.12 (102) | | 5.11 (41) | Princes Park | 31,819 | 14 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.11 (101) | | 7.16 (58) | Moorabbin Oval | 37,140 | 14 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.12 (84) | | 5.16 (46) | Western Oval | 14,672 | 14 May 1966 Round 5 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.8 (80) | | 15.8 (98) | Kardinia Park | 21,655 | 21 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.10 (70) | | 4.10 (34) | Western Oval | 12,424 | 21 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.11 (53) | | 13.17 (95) | Lake Oval | 33,255 | 21 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.10 (64) | | 17.11 (113) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,279 | 21 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.4 (46) | | 11.15 (81) | Arden Street Oval | 21,293 | 21 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 3.14 (32) | | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 35,955 | 21 May 1966 Round 6 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 9.9 (63) | MCG | 45,254 | 28 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.15 (105) | | 12.9 (81) | Windy Hill | 15,400 | 28 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.18 (90) | | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 26,153 | 28 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 6.10 (46) | Princes Park | 23,598 | 28 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.7 (55) | | 12.20 (92) | Arden Street Oval | 15,290 | 28 May 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.16 (118) | | 8.6 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,737 | 28 May 1966 Round 7 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.12 (78) | | 15.12 (102) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,755 | 4 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.6 (78) | | 15.12 (102) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,338 | 4 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.16 (118) | | 15.16 (106) | Lake Oval | 15,800 | 4 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.10 (94) | | 9.6 (60) | MCG | 38,498 | 4 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.12 (48) | | 8.20 (68) | Western Oval | 23,721 | 4 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.9 (57) | | 8.8 (56) | Kardinia Park | 25,398 | 4 June 1966 Round 8 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.5 (71) | | 7.8 (50) | Western Oval | 15,983 | 11 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.21 (105) | | 11.10 (76) | Victoria Park | 37,034 | 11 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.15 (57) | | 8.6 (54) | Princes Park | 26,510 | 11 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.13 (61) | | 11.14 (80) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,987 | 13 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.11 (71) | | 8.23 (71) | MCG | 33,959 | 13 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.8 (56) | | 7.7 (49) | Moorabbin Oval | 50,548 | 13 June 1966 Round 9 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.13 (109) | | 11.8 (74) | MCG | 55,426 | 18 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.17 (71) | | 4.13 (37) | Windy Hill | 18,600 | 18 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.11 (65) | | 4.12 (36) | Arden Street Oval | 8,957 | 18 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 20.24 (144) | | 5.1 (31) | Kardinia Park | 13,550 | 18 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.7 (73) | | 13.20 (98) | Lake Oval | 25,100 | 18 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 9.9 (63) | Glenferrie Oval | 19,500 | 18 June 1966 Round 10 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.15 (117) | | 8.9 (57) | Kardinia Park | 13,941 | 25 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.19 (67) | | 8.7 (55) | Western Oval | 11,733 | 25 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.16 (100) | | 15.6 (96) | Windy Hill | 20,600 | 25 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.15 (117) | | 6.9 (45) | Victoria Park | 37,607 | 25 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.17 (83) | | 3.7 (25) | MCG | 14,688 | 25 June 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.17 (65) | | 6.6 (42) | Arden Street Oval | 10,573 | 25 June 1966 Round 11 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.7 (67) | | 22.8 (140) | Brunswick Street Oval | 9,351 | 2 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.21 (75) | | 13.15 (93) | MCG | 39,217 | 2 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.15 (105) | | 7.12 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 21,507 | 2 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.13 (49) | | 11.13 (79) | Glenferrie Oval | 15,880 | 9 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.11 (53) | | 6.6 (42) | Princes Park | 29,240 | 9 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.10 (82) | | 13.12 (90) | Lake Oval | 22,750 | 9 July 1966 Round 12 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.5 (53) | | 10.15 (75) | Brunswick Street Oval | 6,936 | 16 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 6.6 (42) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,003 | 16 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.15 (75) | | 6.6 (42) | Arden Street Oval | 8,114 | 16 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.7 (97) | | 5.7 (37) | Kardinia Park | 23,114 | 16 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.7 (37) | | 16.14 (110) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,990 | 16 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.13 (61) | | 4.6 (30) | MCG | 38,094 | 16 July 1966 Round 13 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.15 (57) | | 11.16 (82) | Western Oval | 16,573 | 23 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.16 (52) | | 6.6 (42) | Windy Hill | 19,400 | 23 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.14 (128) | | 9.7 (61) | Victoria Park | 18,094 | 23 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.15 (57) | | 5.11 (41) | Princes Park | 33,367 | 23 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.13 (151) | | 9.5 (59) | MCG | 18,254 | 23 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.11 (65) | | 9.17 (71) | Lake Oval | 20,100 | 23 July 1966 Round 14 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.12 (72) | | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 35,460 | 30 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.16 (76) | | 14.17 (101) | Glenferrie Oval | 12,237 | 30 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.9 (51) | | 10.11 (71) | Western Oval | 16,951 | 30 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.10 (52) | | 18.9 (117) | Victoria Park | 38,918 | 30 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 9.6 (60) | Princes Park | 15,203 | 30 July 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.18 (78) | | 4.16 (40) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,530 | 30 July 1966 Round 15 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.11 (95) | | 10.12 (72) | Kardinia Park | 28,729 | 6 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.17 (95) | | 13.11 (89) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,795 | 6 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.17 (125) | | 15.19 (109) | Lake Oval | 14,200 | 6 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.16 (82) | | 12.11 (83) | Arden Street Oval | 5,835 | 6 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.8 (86) | | 16.9 (105) | MCG | 73,834 | 6 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.7 (115) | | 10.13 (73) | Windy Hill | 28,000 | 6 August 1966 Round 16 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.19 (133) | | 10.6 (66) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,083 | 13 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.9 (93) | | 6.9 (45) | Windy Hill | 14,600 | 13 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.21 (93) | | 6.8 (44) | Victoria Park | 19,900 | 13 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.15 (99) | | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 13,127 | 13 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.12 (48) | | 11.16 (82) | MCG | 54,976 | 13 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.11 (119) | | 9.13 (67) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,429 | 13 August 1966 Round 17 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.16 (118) | | 11.13 (79) | Kardinia Park | 19,654 | 20 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.10 (40) | | 17.22 (124) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,165 | 20 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.11 (71) | | 10.12 (72) | Lake Oval | 20,200 | 20 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 15.10 (100) | Glenferrie Oval | 21,520 | 20 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.12 (84) | | 21.15 (141) | MCG | 46,319 | 20 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.1 (25) | | 12.14 (86) | Western Oval | 14,516 | 20 August 1966 Round 18 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 11.5 (71) | Arden Street Oval | 10,419 | 27 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.18 (84) | | 7.7 (49) | Windy Hill | 22,200 | 27 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.24 (132) | | 3.10 (28) | Victoria Park | 20,324 | 27 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.10 (40) | | 16.14 (110) | Princes Park | 37,236 | 27 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.9 (93) | | 13.5 (83) | Moorabbin Oval | 23,860 | 27 August 1966 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 20.23 (143) | | 11.10 (76) | MCG | 18,980 | 27 August 1966 Ladder (P) Premiers Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1687 || 1073 || 157.2 || 60 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | (P) || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1641 || 1149 || 142.8 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1599 || 1162 || 137.6 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1457 || 1204 || 121.0 || 56 |- | 5 || align=left | || 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1626 || 1320 || 123.2 || 54 |- | 6 || align=left | || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 1233 || 1143 || 107.9 || 40 |- | 7 || align=left | || 18 || 7 || 10 || 1 || 1294 || 1381 || 93.7 || 30 |- | 8 || align=left | || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1486 || 1505 || 98.7 || 28 |- | 9 || align=left | || 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1224 || 1650 || 74.2 || 20 |- | 10 || align=left | || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 1004 || 1458 || 68.9 || 16 |- | 11 || align=left | || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1235 || 1580 || 78.2 || 12 |- | 12 || align=left | || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 1004 || 1865 || 53.8 || 4 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAverage score: 76.3Source: AFL Tables Finals series Semi-finals Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalGeelong3.43.57.912.14 (86)Essendon6.110.513.615.6 (96)Attendance: 93,765 Second Semi-final 10 September 2:30pm 5.2 (32) 6.3 (39) 10.5 (65) 15.9 (99) Tuddenham 7Searl, Wallis, Graham 2Richardson, Price 1 Waters, Tuddenham, Wallis, Potter, K. Rose, Patterson, Clark, Montgomery, W. Richardson H 0.1 (1) 6.5 (41) 10.9 (69) 13.11 (89) 3 Payze2 Smith, Baldock, Neale1 Mynott, Oakley, Cooper, Breen Murray, Morrow, Cooper, Breen, Smith, Payze, Griffiths, Synman MCG 95,614 L. Perkins Seven Network Preliminary final Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalSt Kilda4.110.210.215.4 (94)EssendonOf the twenty players selected to play for Essendon, (see ) twelve of them – Greg Brown, Jack Clarke, Barry Davis, Kevin Egan, Ted Fordham, Ken Fraser, Darryl Gerlach, Geoff Gosper, Graeme Johnston, Don McKenzie, Hugh Mitchell, and Geoff Pryor – had grown up in the Essendon district (also, another two "locals", Russell Blew, and Barry Capuano had played and five and six senior games, respectively, that season) (see ).2.43.43.97.10 (52)Attendance: 93,453 Grand final 1966 VFL Grand Final Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalCollingwood2.15.77.1110.13 (73)St Kilda2.55.68.910.14 (74)Attendance: 102,055 Night Series Competition The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. Final: North Melbourne 20.12 (132) defeated Hawthorn 12.7 (79). Season notes At pre-season training in mid-April, at the behest of Collingwood coach Bob Rose, Collingwood club secretary Jack Burns informed Duncan Wright that his services were no longer required at Collingwood. (See Duncan Wright and John Somerville.) Richmond, under coach Tom Hafey, trained pre-season with Percy Cerutty at his facilities in Portsea, Victoria. In the Round 14 match between and , there was a once-off trial of a rule to ease congestion at centre bounces: a rectangle measuring 30yds goal-to-goal and 50yds wing-to-wing was drawn in the centre of the ground, and no more than four players from each team were permitted within the rectangle at a centre bounce.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 1 August 1966 42 Bob Crimeen Angle on rectangle The rule was trialled again, with the area expanded to a 50yd square, during the Night Series,The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 18 August 1966 46 New rules in night series and it was eventually introduced as a permanent rule change in 1973.http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/rule-changes-1858-2013 Rule changes 1858-2013 Australian Football League 8 February 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140223121838/http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/rule-changes-1858-2013 23 February 2014 In Round 17, Fitzroy hosted its last senior VFL match at the Brunswick Street Oval, its home ground since 1883. A total of 612 VFL matches were played at the venue, including four finals games. Fitzroy began its nomadic journey of playing at various grounds over the next thirty years following its departure from Brunswick Street: Princes Park (twice), Junction Oval, Victoria Park, and Western (Whitten) Oval. After the home-and-away season was finished, 's reserves and under-19s teams were stripped of any premiership points earned in matches in which they fielded Frank Loughran, an unregistered player from the Latrobe Valley. The reserves team, which went through the entire season undefeated, was stripped of twelve premiership points; it fell from first to second on the ladder, but still went on to win the premiership. The under-19s team was stripped of 28 premiership points, and dropped out of the final four as a result.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 31 August 1966 63 Richmond out of under-19 four At the end of the season South Melbourne's captain-coach, Bob Skilton, resigned as coach in the belief that he could do more for the club by continuing to lead the players on the field. Awards The 1966 VFL Premiership team was St. Kilda (its first, and to date, only premiership since the VFL's formation in 1897). The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ted Fordham of Essendon who kicked 76 goals (including 3 goals in the final series). The winner of the 1966 Brownlow Medal was Ian Stewart of St Kilda with 21 votes. Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1966. The reserves premiership was won by . Richmond 14.11 (95) defeated 13.12 (90) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 26 September 1966 Hart clinched Tigers' win 42 Rex Pullen References Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. 0-646-18748-1 Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. 0-9591740-2-8 Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. 0-670-90809-6 Ross, J. 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