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On this day

21 August

2023
3 years ago

The AFL announced in August 2023 that the AFLW would get prize money equal to the men's, almost doubling the pool for the top eight teams.

The pool rose from $623,922 to $1.1 million.

Administration

From the archive

  1. 1971

    Fog at Junction Oval was so thick during Fitzroy v Carlton that umpire Bill Deller had to run from end to end to tell the goal umpire the score.

    Timekeepers could not receive his time-on signals, so officials agreed on an estimate of time-on to add.

    Oddities

Matches

  1. 1897

    Sectional Round 1

    Essendon5 goals 5 behinds, 35 pointsdef.Geelong3 goals 11 behinds, 29 points

    VFL · Corio Oval · crowd 5,000

  2. 1897

    Sectional Round 1

    Collingwood7 goals 9 behinds, 51 pointsdef.Melbourne7 goals 5 behinds, 47 points

    VFL · MCG · crowd 7,000

  3. 2021

    Draw

    Richmond12 goals 11 behinds, 83 pointsdrew withHawthorn12 goals 11 behinds, 83 points

    AFL · Round 23 · MCG

  4. 2010

    Hawthorn won by 116 points

    Hawthorn24 goals 11 behinds, 155 pointsdef.Fremantle5 goals 9 behinds, 39 points

    AFL · Round 21 · Aurora Stadium · crowd 15,532

  5. 1993

    Fitzroy won by 104 points

    Fitzroy22 goals 15 behinds, 147 pointsdef.Brisbane Bears5 goals 13 behinds, 43 points

    AFL · Round 21 · Princes Park · crowd 6,214

  6. 1909

    Draw

    University5 goals 9 behinds, 39 pointsdrew withCollingwood5 goals 9 behinds, 39 points

    VFL · Round 16 · East Melbourne

Milestones

  1. 2021
    Eddie Betts

    350th AFL game, Carlton v GWS

  2. 1983
    Barry Round

    300th VFL game, Sydney v Richmond

Debuts

  1. 1993
    Ben Graham

    Geelong v Essendon, first of 219 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1999
    Antoni Grover

    Fremantle v Sydney, first of 202 VFL/AFL games

  3. 2004
    Andrew Carrazzo

    Carlton v Melbourne, first of 194 VFL/AFL games

  4. 2005
    Zac Dawson

    Hawthorn v Richmond, first of 166 VFL/AFL games

Birthdays

  1. 1992
    Jamie Elliott

    Collingwood, 230 games (2012-2026)

  2. 1997
    Ben Long

    Gold Coast, 156 games (2017-2026)

  3. 2000
    James Peatling

    Adelaide, 89 games (2021-2026)

  4. 2001
    Leek Aleer

    GWS, 32 games (2022-2026)

  5. 2006
    Claire Mahony

    North Melbourne, 8 games (2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1971
    Robert Harvey

    St Kilda, 383 games (1988-2008)

  2. 1967
    Darren Bewick

    Essendon, 238 games (1988-2000)

  3. 1950
    Barry Rowlings

    Richmond, 234 games (1975-1986)

  4. 1992
    Luke Dahlhaus

    Western Bulldogs, 225 games (2011-2022)

  5. 1969
    Damian Monkhorst

    Collingwood, 215 games (1988-2000)

  6. 1958
    Mark Williams

    Collingwood, 201 games (1981-1990)

  7. 1873
    Jack Monohan

    Collingwood, 171 games (1897-1907)