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On this day

10 July

1858
168 years ago

Tom Wills had a letter headed "Winter Practice" published in Bell's Life in Victoria, calling for a foot-ball club and a code of laws.

The letter is regarded as the catalyst for what became Australian rules football.

People

From the archive

  1. 1888

    A touring British team beat Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, one of six wins from its Australian rules matches on the 1888 tour.

    Overseas

  2. 1897

    Only nine Footscray players turned up for the VFA match at Brunswick, so trainers, reserves and about half a dozen willing spectators were pressed into service, and Footscray still won easily.

    Footscray beat Brunswick 10.13 (73) to 3.8 (26) at Park Street Oval.

    Oddities

  3. 1912

    A Canadian Cadets team of 60 players aged 18 to 20 left Vancouver on a tour of Australia that was plagued with trouble from the start.

    Overseas

Matches

  1. 2011

    Collingwood won by 117 points

    Collingwood22 goals 15 behinds, 147 pointsdef.North Melbourne3 goals 12 behinds, 30 points

    AFL · Round 16 · MCG · crowd 53,601

  2. 1982

    Hawthorn scored 206

    Hawthorn32 goals 14 behinds, 206 pointsdef.North Melbourne15 goals 22 behinds, 112 points

    VFL · Round 16 · Princes Park · crowd 18,819

  3. 1998

    State of Origin

    Victoria22 goals 16 behinds, 148 pointsdef.The Allies14 goals 11 behinds, 95 points

    State of Origin · Round 1 · Gabba · crowd 13,977

Milestones

  1. 1982
    Barry Breen

    300th VFL game, St Kilda v Carlton

Debuts

  1. 1988
    Peter Somerville

    Essendon v North Melbourne, first of 160 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1909
    Percy Martini

    Geelong v Fitzroy, first of 159 VFL/AFL games

Born on this day

  1. 2007
    Fred Rodriguez, still playing

    West Coast

  2. 2006
    Sienna Tallariti, still playing

    Geelong Cats, 7 games (2025)

  3. 2005
    Kaitlyn Srhoj, still playing

    GWS Giants, 20 games (2024-2025)

  4. 1994
    Oscar McInerney

    Brisbane, 165 games (2018-2025)

  5. 1982
    Sam Fisher

    St Kilda, 228 games (2004-2016)

  6. 1976
    Brendon Lade

    Port Adelaide, 234 games (1997-2009)