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On this day

6 August

1896
130 years ago

A Melbourne court jailed Samuel Fenton for three months for hitting footballer Bill Proudfoot with an umbrella, which Fenton said he did by mistake, having meant the blow for a man wielding an iron bar.

Oddities

From the archive

  1. 1881

    The match between South Park and South Adelaide on the South Park Lands was abandoned after a dispute and spectators rushing the ground, and was replayed seven weeks later.

    The replay on 24 September 1881 was a draw, 0.10 to 0.8.

    Rules

  2. 1881

    The first Australian rules match at the Sydney Cricket Ground was an inter-colonial game between Victoria and New South Wales.

    Grounds

  3. 1960

    Before a then-record home-and-away crowd of 81,099 at the MCG, Melbourne's John Lord brought down a framed picture of the 1956 to 1958 premiership sides while kicking a football in the warm-up.

    Melbourne went on to beat Collingwood by 46 points.

    Oddities

Matches

  1. 2016
    10 years ago

    Adelaide won by 138 points

    Adelaide27 goals 15 behinds, 177 pointsdef.Brisbane6 goals 3 behinds, 39 points

    AFL · Round 20 · Adelaide Oval · crowd 43,549

  2. 2011

    Geelong won by 150 points

    Geelong29 goals 14 behinds, 188 pointsdef.Gold Coast6 goals 2 behinds, 38 points

    AFL · Round 20 · Skilled Stadium · crowd 24,588

Milestones

  1. 1983
    Kevin Bartlett

    400th VFL game, Richmond v Collingwood

  2. 1983
    Bruce Doull

    300th VFL game, Carlton v St Kilda

Debuts

  1. 1988
    Robert Harvey

    St Kilda v Footscray, first of 383 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1983
    Alan Ezard

    Essendon v Hawthorn, first of 184 VFL/AFL games

  3. 1995
    Andrew Schauble

    Collingwood v Geelong, first of 167 VFL/AFL games

  4. 2000
    Adam Hunter

    West Coast v Melbourne, first of 151 VFL/AFL games

  5. 2016
    Reilly O'Brien

    Adelaide v Brisbane, first of 148 VFL/AFL games so far

  6. 2020
    Sam Wicks

    Sydney v Collingwood, first of 107 VFL/AFL games so far

Birthdays

  1. 1999
    Noah Answerth

    Brisbane, 104 games (2019-2026)

  2. 1993
    Darcy Fort

    Brisbane, 83 games (2019-2026)

  3. 1997
    Shaun Mannagh

    Geelong, 60 games (2024-2026)

  4. 2000
    Sophie McDonald

    West Coast Eagles, 37 games (2020-2024)

  5. 2004
    Toby McMullin

    GWS, 36 games (2023-2026)

  6. 2007
    Mia Russo

    West Coast Eagles, 7 games (2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1976
    Tyson Edwards

    Adelaide, 321 games (1995-2010)

  2. 1982
    Martin Mattner

    Sydney, 222 games (2002-2013)

  3. 1943
    Norm Brown

    Fitzroy, 181 games (1962-1973)

  4. 1985
    Ben McGlynn

    Sydney, 171 games (2006-2016)