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On this day

8 August

1924
102 years ago

South Australia beat Queensland 37.46 (268) to 4.2 (26) at the Hobart carnival, forty six behinds going with the thirty seven goals.

Oddities

From the archive

  1. 1989

    Hawthorn's Col Austen, who tied for the 1949 Brownlow Medal with Ron Clegg of South Melbourne, was finally presented with the actual medallion at the Southern Cross Hotel, forty years later.

    Awards

  2. 2015

    Brisbane played Gold Coast at the Gabba in the first premiership match officiated by four field umpires instead of three, a one-off trial.

    Umpires and tribunal

Matches

  1. 2009

    Draw

    Essendon13 goals 9 behinds, 87 pointsdrew withBrisbane12 goals 15 behinds, 87 points

    AFL · Round 19 · MCG · crowd 41,636

  2. 2008

    Geelong won by 116 points

    Geelong24 goals 13 behinds, 157 pointsdef.Melbourne5 goals 11 behinds, 41 points

    AFL · Round 19 · MCG · crowd 34,610

  3. 1964

    Draw

    Carlton11 goals 13 behinds, 79 pointsdrew withCollingwood12 goals 7 behinds, 79 points

    VFL · Round 16 · Princes Park · crowd 25,806

Debuts

  1. 2003
    Jared Rivers

    Melbourne v Geelong, first of 194 VFL/AFL games

  2. 2009
    Jack Steven

    St Kilda v Hawthorn, first of 192 VFL/AFL games

  3. 2009
    Easton Wood

    Western Bulldogs v West Coast, first of 188 VFL/AFL games

  4. 1953
    Murray Weideman

    Collingwood v Carlton, first of 180 VFL/AFL games

  5. 1992
    Glenn Manton

    Essendon v Melbourne, first of 178 VFL/AFL games

  6. 1998
    James Walker

    Fremantle v Essendon, first of 151 VFL/AFL games

Birthdays

  1. 2005
    Harvey Thomas

    GWS, 62 games (2024-2026)

  2. 2001
    Alice Mitchell

    Sydney Swans, 33 games (2023-2025)

  3. 2003
    Joel Fitzgerald

    Melbourne, 11 games (2026)

  4. 2005
    Luke Lloyd

    Brisbane

  5. 2006
    Lennox Hofmann

    Geelong

Born on this day

  1. 1971
    Michael Mansfield

    Geelong, 235 games (1990-2002)

  2. 1950
    Brent Crosswell

    Carlton, 222 games (1968-1982)