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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:720
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabilaLots with images:716
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:541
Date:10-May-2020
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Collingwood: 2010 AFL Premiers souvenir club jumper with the players, the scores and a plaque, all attractively framed and glazed, overall 102 x 79 cm. Collingwood defeated St.Kilda by 56 points to win their first premiership since 1990.
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Essendon: two plain oval dinner plates, both written on and signed by Sheedy, the first plate showing 'K.Sheedy's Best Essendon Team 1981-2007', the second plate showing 'K.Sheedy's Essendon F.C. Assistant Coaches 1981-2007', the plates created as a fund raiser for the Flagstaff Hill FC in South Australia. Unique.
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Jobe Watson (Essendon): Essendon captain's signed guernsey presented on mounted display, two images beneath, one showing Watson with his 2012 Brownlow Medal, plus a metal plaque detailing his career highlights, overall 70 x 101 cm.
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Balance OF1970s-80s Trade Card Consignment: including Scanlens part sets with duplicates 1973 Series A (16), Series B (75), 1980 (95), 1981 (15), 1984 (25, Melbourne or Fitzroy players only), plus oddments from other years including check list cards & stickers, 1991 Stimorol series (approx 150 cards), 'Ardmona Big League Series 1 - Melbourne' two complete sets in original packs, also 'Football Record' final series edition incl. 1991 (Hawthorn vs Wce, held at Waverley Park) & 2000 (Essendon vs Melbourne) Gf…
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1908-09 Sniders & Abrahams: 'Australian Football - Incidents in Play', overwritten card 'Geelong & Melb' (Carlton obliterated), corner crease, VG overall.
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St Kilda: 1910-11 Sniders & Abrahams 'Football Club shields' for St Kilda [1/39 known] in club colours of red, black & white, reverse inscribed 'Smoke Standard Cigarettes', VG condition. Rare.
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1932 Clarke-Ellis 'Footballers' (4/108) comprising 'W. Downie Footscray', 'W. Minogue Footscray', 'A. Egan Carlton' and 'G. Mackie Carlton'. G/VG.
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W.D. & H.O. Wills: 1933 Footballers (larger size) part set [30], plus A.W. Allen: 1934 Footballers (Club flags) part set [15], plus a range of other sporting issues of the same era. Mixed condition. (Total: 98).
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Selection of Older Trading Cards: with 1958 Atlantic Petrol [60/128] plus some duplicates, also 1933 Wills Footballers [10/200], 1933 Bdv 'Haydn Bunton' double-sided, 1950 Kornies Victorian Footballers [3/64] & Champion Footballers 'Ken Melville' (Melbourne), Coles 1954 'Reg Burgess' (Essendon), few others, condition very poor to fine. (100 approx)
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Assortment incl. 1933 Wills Footballers [90] loose cards which may include duplicates, also album with various cards incl. Wills '1928-29 Cricket Season' [16], other miscellaneous cricket cards incl. 1932 Allen's Steam Rollers & Godfrey Phillips 1932-33 'Bradman' cards, plus 'War Incidents' oddments, etc, condition poor to VG. (140 approx).
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Hoadley's Chocolates: 1934 Victorian Footballers (action studies), complete series [50], mixed condition, mainly Vf+.
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Oddments: with Kornies 1948 [7/64], Mobil 1965 'Footy Photos' Bill Brown, Norm Brown & Hassa Mann, Scanlens 1965 Darrel Baldock & Polly Farmer, 1969 card #10 'Three Essendon Players', few others, also 1972 VFL fixture list, 1962-63 MCC lady's Ticket, and journals c.1953 'Lets Look at Football' & 'Battle for the Ashes'(both 'Argus' publications), etc, very mixed condition.
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1957 Tasmania v Victoria Series (Unknown Publisher, Blank Backs): R. Garwood (Capt.) No.1 from the complete set of 20. This, and the following 19 cards appear to be the only complete set to have come on the market. Not surprisingly, they are Rated 10 for scarcity. All these cards have been annotated by hand on the blank reverse (see website for images) by the young owner, Peter McGee, a student at Saint Virgil's College in 1957. Besides his name, McGee has recorded the home club of each of the players.
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1970-75 Scanlens 'Footballers' array with many duplicates comprising 1970 [62], 1972 [42], 1973 Series A [13] & Series B [6], 1974 [9, incl. 2 checklists], 1975 [5, incl 3 checklists], condition fair to Vf. (137)
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1973 Kelloggs 'Australian Football Caricatures' stickers, incomplete set [8/30] including Bruce Doull, Alex Jesaulenko && Garry Demsey, also 1974 'Footy Stars' stickers [3/24], noting Kevin Bartlett && Francis Bourke, overall G/VG. (11)
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1974 Scanlens: incomplete set with some duplication comprising with Carlton [21], Collingwood [20], Essendon [16], Fitzroy [18], Footscray [22], Geelong [19], Hawthorn [23], Melbourne [23], North Melbourne [20], Richmond [21], St Kilda [24] and South Melbourne [17], plus small quantity of check lists, condition Poor (approx 40%) to VG. (246)
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1977 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising with Carlton [30], Collingwood [26], Essendon [30], Fitzroy [34], Footscray [40], Geelong [37], Hawthorn [56], Melbourne [55], North Melbourne [28], Richmond [20], St Kilda [30] and South Melbourne [43], plus small quantity of check lists, condition Poor to VG. (430+)
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1978 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising Carlton [18], Collingwood [34], Essendon [46], Fitzroy [47], Footscray [38] including Ted Whitten (7), Geelong [17], Hawthorn [40] including Leigh Matthews (3) & Michael Tuck (7), Melbourne [20], North Melbourne [38], Richmond [9], St Kilda [23] & South Melbourne [21] condition Poor to VG. (350)
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1979 Scanlens: incomplete set with some heavy duplication of some players, comprising Carlton [57] incl. Alex Jesaulenko (5), Collingwood [42], Essendon [37], Fitzroy [54], Footscray [28], Geelong [54], Hawthorn [35] including Leigh Matthews (4), Melbourne [42], North Melbourne [39], Richmond [23] including Kevin Bartlett (5), St Kilda [49] incl Trevor Barker (2) and South Melbourne [35], condition poor to VG. (495).
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Selection of Mostly 1980s-1990s Trading Cards: with 1981 Scanlens [114/168] plus numerous duplicates, 1989 Stimorol 'Autograph' [100+ including duplicates], 1993 Scanlens 'Select' [48, incl. duplicates], plus a few other oddments. (350+)
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The Football Record: 1944 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. (Total: 11). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1944 1st Semi-Final (Footscray v Essendon), the 2nd Semi-Final (Richmond v Fitzroy) lacking covers, the Final (Richmond v Essendon) and the Grand Final (Richmond v Fitzroy). There is also a Football Record for a 'Charity Game' which featured teams from North of the Yarra (Fred Hughson of Richmond, captain) playing against a team from South of the Yarra (Jack Graham of South Melbourne, captain). (5). Mixed condition. Fitzroy defeated Richmond 9.12 (66) to 7.9…
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The Football Record: 1945 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 2 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20. (Total: 15). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1945 1st Semi-Final (North Melbourne v Carlton), the 2nd Semi-Final (South Melbourne v Collingwood) lacking covers, the Final (Collingwood v Carlton) and the Grand Final (South v Carlton). (Total: 4). Mixed condition. Carlton defeated South Melbourne 15.13 (103) to 10.15 (75), in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 62,986 people.
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The Football Record: 1946 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. (Total: 17). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1946 State of Origin Game, June 29 (Victoria v South Australia), the 1st Semi-Final (Footscray v Melbourne), the 2nd Semi-Final (Essendon v Collingwood), the 2nd Semi-Final Replay (Essendon v Collingwood) & the [Prelim.] Final (Melbourne v Collingwood) with page 17/18 defective. (Total: 5). Mixed condition. Essendon defeated Melbourne 22.18 (150) to 13.9 (87), in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 72,743 people.
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The Association Football Recorder: The Official Organ of the Victorian Football Association' (the Vfa): 1946 Grand Final (Sandringham d Camberwell), 1947 May 24 (Oakleigh v Brighton), 1949 Grand Final (Williamstown d Oakleigh), 1951 Grand Final (Prahran d Port Melbourne), 1952 May 24 (Moorabbin v Yarraville) and Grand Final (Oakleigh d Port Melbourne.). (Total: 6). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: 1947 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 2 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17. (Total: 14). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1947 2nd Semi-Final (Essendon v Carlton), the [Prelim.] Final (Fitzroy v Essendon) and the Grand Final (Carlton v Essendon). (Total: 3). Mixed condition. Carlton defeated Essendon 13.8 (86) to 11.19 (85) in the Grand Final front of a crowd of 85,793 people.
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The Football Record: 1948 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 18. (Total: 13). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1948 1st Semi-Final (Collingwood v Footscray), the [Prelim] Final (Melbourne v Collingwood) page 17/18 torn, the Grand Final (Essendon v Melbourne) and the Grand Final Replay (Essendon v Melbourne. (Total: 4). Mixed condition. The Grand Final between Melbourne and Essendon, held at the MCG on 2 October 1948, was a drawn match: Melbourne 10.9 (69) to Essendon 7.27 (69). The crowd was 85,815. Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), in the Grand Final…
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The Football Record: 1949 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. (Total: 14). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1949 State of Origin Game, June 25 (Victoria v Western Australia), the 2nd Semi-Final (North Melbourne v Carlton), the [Prelim.] Final (Essendon v North Melbourne and the Grand Final (Carlton v Essendon) with page 17/18 defective. (Total: 4). Mixed condition. Essendon 18-17 (125) defeated Carlton 6-16 (52) in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 88,718. John Coleman brought up his 100th goal of the season with his last kick in the Grand Final.
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The Football Record: 1950 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 (2 different), 15, 16 and 18. Also the Special edition for the 1st Semi-Final (between Melbourne & Geelong). (Total: 13). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: 1951 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. (Total: 14). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1951 State of Origin Game, May 26 (Victoria v South Australia) incomplete, the 2nd Semi-Final (Geelong v Collingwood), the [Prelim.] Final (Essendon v Collingwood) page 17/18 defective, and the Grand Final (Geelong v Essendon) with page 17/18 absent. (Total: 4). Mixed condition. Geelong 11-15 (81) defeated Essendon 10-10 (70) in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 85,795. John Coleman brought up his 100th goal of the season with his last kick in the Grand…
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The Football Record: 1952 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 18. (Total: 13). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1952 2nd Semi-Final (Geelong v Collingwood), the [Prelim.] Final (Essendon v Carlton) page 17/18 defective, and the Grand Final (Geelong v Collingwood) with page 17/18 defective. (Total: 3). Mixed condition. Geelong 13-8 (96) defeated Collingwood 5-10 (40) in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 82,890.
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The Football Record: 1953 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 8, 10, 11, 12 (2 different), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 together with the Special editions for the 2nd Semi-Final (Geelong v Collingwood) and the [Prelim] Final (Footscary v Geelong). (Total: 13). Mixed condition.
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A Collingwood supporter's bound set of 1953 Football Records, comprising Collingwood's Home-and-Away matches for Rounds 1 2 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (2 different - split round), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18. Also, the Special editions for the 2nd Semi-Final (Geelong v Collingwood), the [Prelim.] Final (Geelong v Footscray) and the Grand Final (Collingwood v Geelong) (x2). (Total: 20). Mixed condition. Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65) in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 89,149.
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The Association Football Recorder: The Official Organ of the Victorian Football Association' (the Vfa): 1953 Grand Final (Port Melbourne v Yarraville), 1954 Grand Final (Port Melbourne v Williamstown), 1955 Grand Final (Williamstown v Port Melbourne), 1956 Prelim Final (Williamstown v Box Hill), 1956 Grand Final (Williamstown v Port Melbourne), 1957 Prelim Final (Williamstown v Port Melbourne), 1957 Grand Final (Moorabbin v Port Melbourne) & 1959 Prelim Final (Sandringham v Coburg). (Total: 8). Mixed…
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The Football Record: 1954 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (2, split round), 14, 15, 16 and 17. (Total: 17). Mixed condition.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1954 2nd Semi-Final (Geelong v Footscray), the [Prelim.] Final (Melbourne v Geelong) and the Grand Final (Footscray v Melbourne). (Total: 3). Mixed condition. This was Footscray's maiden Grand Final appearance, while Melbourne were in their 9th Grand Final chasing their 7th VFL premiership. With most of the crowd behind them, Footscray got off to a big start, kicking six goals to one in the first quarter to eventually run out 51-point winners, 15.12 (102) to 7…
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The Football Record: 1955 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, mainly featuring Collingwood: 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. (Total: 18). Mixed condition. Collingwood finished the Home-and-Away Season in Second position on the ladder, with 14 wins and 4 losses.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1955 2nd Semi-Final (Melbourne v Collingwood), the [Prelim.] Final (Collingwood v Geelong) and the Grand Final (Collingwood v Melbourne). (Total: 3). Mixed condition. Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36) in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 88,053. In the dying minutes of the Grand Final, Melbourne's 19th man Frank 'Bluey' Adams rushed from the bench to take his place on the field and collided with the (unsighted by Adams) Collingwood winger…
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The Football Record: 1956 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, mainly featuring Collingwood: 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (2 split round), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. (Total: 19). Mixed condition. Collingwood finished the Home-and-Away Season in Second position on the ladder, with 13 wins and 5 losses.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1956 2nd Semi-Final (Melbourne v Collingwood), the [Prelim.] Final (Collingwood v Footscray) and the Grand Final (Collingwood v Melbourne). (Total: 3). Mixed condition. Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48) in the Grand Final in front of a huge crowd of 115,902 fans. The record crowd was largely due to the opening of the Melbourne Cricket Ground's new Northern grandstand, but public interest was also high as a close, hard-fought game was expected…
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The Football Record: 1957 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, mainly featuring Collingwood: 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. (Total: 18). Mixed condition. Collingwood finished the Home-and-Away Season in Fifth position on the ladder, with 9 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1957 State-of-Origin Match, July 20 (Victoria v South Australia), 1st Semi-Final (Hawthorn v Carlton), the [Prelim.] Final (Hawthorn v Melbourne) and the Grand Final (Essendon v Melbourne). (Total: 4). Mixed condition. Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55) in the Grand Final in front of a huge crowd of 100,324 fans.
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The Football Record: 1959 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, mainly featuring Collingwood: 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. (Total: 18). Mixed condition. Collingwood finished the Home-and-Away Season in Third position on the ladder, with 12 wins, and 6 losses.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1959 State-of-Origin Match, June 20 (Victoria v West Australia), the Night Match Sept 7 (St.Kilda v Hawthorn), the 1st Semi-Final (Collingwood v Essendon), the 2ns Semi-Final (Melbourne v Carlton), the [Prelim.] Final (Essendon v Carlton) and the Grand Final (Essendon v Melbourne). (Total: 6). Mixed condition. Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78) in the Grand Final in front of a huge crowd of 103, 506 fans.
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The Football Record: 1960 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, mainly featuring Collingwood: 1 (2 diff.), 2 (2 diff.), 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18. (Total: 14). Mixed condition. Collingwood finished the Home-and-Away Season in Fourth position on the ladder, with 11 wins, and 7 losses. Melbourne finished on top, with 14 wins.
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1960 1st Semi-Final (Collingwood v Essendon), the 2nd Semi-Final (Melbourne v Fitzroy), the [Prelim.] Final (Collingwood v Fitzroy) and the Grand Final (Collingwood v Melbourne). (Total: 4). Mixed condition. Melbourne, playing in its seventh successive Grand Final, thrashed Collingwood 8.14 (62) to 2.2 (14). Collingwood's score was its lowest since Round 5, 1900, and the lowest by any team in a Grand Final since 1927.
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The Football Record: 1961 editions for the Home-and-Away Rounds, with St.Kilda the most frequently seen club: 2 3, 5, 6, 8 (2 diff.), 14, 15, 17. Also, the extremely scarce Football Records for the Night Series games on 31st August (Collingwood v Fitzroy), 14th September (Collingwood v North Melbourne), 25th September North Melbourne v Geelong) and the Reserve Grade Grand Final 30th September (Geelong v St.Kilda). (Total: 13). Mixed condition. St.Kilda finished the Home-and-Away Season in Third position on…
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The Football Record: Special editions for the 1961 1st Semi-Final (Footscray v St.Kilda), the [Prelim.] Final (Melbourne v Footscray) and the Grand Final (Hawthorn v Footscray). (Total: 3). Mixed condition. Hawthorn 13.16 (94) won its' first Grand Final, defeating Footscray 7.9 (51) in front of 107,935 fans.
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The Football Record: A small group of significant 1962 editions for the home-and-away Round 14 (Collingwood v South Melbourne), and the drawn (preliminary) Final (Carlton v Geelong) and the Grand Final (Essendon v Carlton). (3 items). Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58) in the Grand Final in front of 98,385 fans.
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