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On this day

5 August

1879
147 years ago

Football was played under electric light at the MCG for the first time, a match between the military units Collingwood Rifles and East Melbourne Artillery.

Grounds

From the archive

  1. 1994

    Melbourne and Fitzroy met the AFL commission, which was supportive of the two clubs merging.

    Administration

Matches

  1. 2018

    GWS won by 105 points

    GWS23 goals 13 behinds, 151 pointsdef.Carlton7 goals 4 behinds, 46 points

    AFL · Round 20 · Etihad Stadium · crowd 16,697

  2. 2000

    Brisbane won by 107 points

    Brisbane23 goals 18 behinds, 156 pointsdef.Fremantle7 goals 7 behinds, 49 points

    AFL · Round 22 · Gabba · crowd 25,070

  3. 1922

    Draw

    St Kilda10 goals 15 behinds, 75 pointsdrew withSouth Melbourne11 goals 9 behinds, 75 points

    VFL · Round 13 · Junction Oval · crowd 15,000

Milestones

  1. 2001
    Craig Bradley

    350th AFL game, Carlton v Essendon

Debuts

  1. 1995
    Adam Simpson

    North Melbourne v West Coast, first of 306 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1978
    Gary Ayres

    Hawthorn v Footscray, first of 269 VFL/AFL games

Born on this day

  1. 1955
    Robert Flower

    Melbourne, 272 games (1973-1987)

  2. 1979
    Michael Doughty

    Adelaide, 231 games (2000-2012)

  3. 1879
    George Bruce

    Carlton, 181 games (1903-1913)