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On this day

12 August

1898
128 years ago

The VFL banned its field umpires from playing football after Samuel Hood umpired for the league and then turned out for Footscray against North Melbourne in a VFA match.

Umpires and tribunal

From the archive

  1. 1865

    Two Adelaide clubs, St Peter's College and the Adelaide Educational Institute, are both listed as founded on 12 August 1865, among the earliest recorded football clubs in the colony.

    Clubs

  2. 1924

    Victoria beat New South Wales 14.26 to 4.6 at North Hobart Oval during the Hobart carnival, in front of a crowd of just 350.

    Oddities

  3. 1933

    A Carlton ladies' team beat Richmond 1.6 to 0.0 at Princes Park in front of 10,000 at a charity Carnival of Football, with Richmond's girls taking the field behind an Irish Setter mascot.

    The carnival raised money for the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

    Women's football

  4. 2021

    Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney, the last four AFL clubs without a women's team, were granted AFLW licences.

    Women's football

Matches

  1. 2000

    Qualifying Final

    Essendon31 goals 12 behinds, 198 pointsdef.Kangaroos11 goals 7 behinds, 73 points

    AFL · MCG · crowd 68,443

  2. 2000

    Elimination Final

    Brisbane15 goals 20 behinds, 110 pointsdef.Western Bulldogs10 goals 16 behinds, 76 points

    AFL · Gabba · crowd 25,925

  3. 1916
    110 years ago

    Semi Final

    Fitzroy9 goals 9 behinds, 63 pointsdef.Collingwood8 goals 9 behinds, 57 points

    VFL · MCG · crowd 9,690

  4. 2023

    Fremantle won by 101 points

    Fremantle20 goals 14 behinds, 134 pointsdef.West Coast4 goals 9 behinds, 33 points

    AFL · Round 22 · Optus Stadium · crowd 51,172

  5. 2020

    Draw

    Gold Coast11 goals 7 behinds, 73 pointsdrew withEssendon11 goals 7 behinds, 73 points

    AFL · Round 11 · Metricon Stadium · crowd 4,303

  6. 2017

    Sydney won by 104 points

    Sydney22 goals 11 behinds, 143 pointsdef.Fremantle5 goals 9 behinds, 39 points

    AFL · Round 21 · SCG · crowd 39,281

  7. 1950

    Draw

    Carlton12 goals 11 behinds, 83 pointsdrew withSt Kilda11 goals 17 behinds, 83 points

    VFL · Round 16 · Princes Park · crowd 10,500

Debuts

  1. 1978
    Tony Shaw

    Collingwood v Footscray, first of 313 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1995
    Daniel Bandy

    Fremantle v Geelong, first of 150 VFL/AFL games

  3. 2018
    Sam Switkowski

    Fremantle v Carlton, first of 131 VFL/AFL games so far

  4. 2020
    Sam Flanders

    Gold Coast v Essendon, first of 101 VFL/AFL games so far

Birthdays

  1. 1994
    Toby Nankervis

    Richmond, 191 games (2015-2026)

  2. 2003
    Julia Teakle

    Port Adelaide, 30 games (2022-2026)

  3. 2004
    Harry Rowston

    GWS, 29 games (2023-2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1974
    Shane Wakelin

    Collingwood, 252 games (1994-2008)

  2. 1976
    Troy Cook

    Fremantle, 193 games (1997-2007)

  3. 1919
    Gordon Hocking

    Collingwood, 171 games (1938-1952)

  4. 1907
    Ansell Clarke

    Carlton, 170 games (1929-1940)

  5. 1962
    Jamie Turner

    Collingwood, 160 games (1984-1993)

  6. 1992
    Reece Conca

    Richmond, 150 games (2011-2021)