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1967 Australian Football World Tour, trophy shield with stand,…
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Melbourne
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26-Sep-2013
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1967 Australian Football World Tour, trophy shield with stand, engraved 'Australian Rules & Gaelic Football' & 'Melbourne v Irish Teams 29.10.67'. The first International Rules Football matches were organised by football sports broadcaster and former VFL umpire, Harry Beitzel in 1967. The first team was christened 'The Galahs'. Their matches, opponents, and scores were as follows: Saturday, 28 October 1967: Civil Service, a Dublin club team, preliminary warm-up match. The Galahs won by two points. Sunday, 29 October 1967: The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions Meath, the first touring match, played at Croke Park, and won by The Galahs 25-13. Tuesday, 31 October 1967: Exhibition match of Australian Rules Football, conducted in heavy rain, under lights, at London's Crystal Palace between 'Australia' and 'Britain'. The Britain team was comprised mainly of expatriates, plus several of The Galahs (including Alex Jesaulenko). Australia beat Britain 101 to 75. Saturday, 4 November: The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football runners up Mayo, the second touring match, played at Croke Park, and won by The Galahs 2-12 (18) to 2-5 (11). Sunday, 5 November: New York, played at Gaelic Park, New York City. The Galahs lost the match. There were many brawls during the match, with the Galahs coming off second best in all of them. Hassa Mann, king-hit behind the play, had his jaw broken in three places. Ron Barassi had his nose broken by a giant New York narcotics detective (Brendan Tumulty), who broke his own thumb in the process of hitting Barassi. An extremely rare souvenir of this tour.
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