1983
43 years ago
Geelong West took only twelve players onto the ground against Williamstown, one short of a forfeit, and with four injured by half time still played the full match and lost by 675 points.
Oddities
23 July
From the archive
- 1921
- 1921
A Melbourne newspaper profiled Ivy Evans in 1921, a member of the women's football team training at the St Kilda Cricket Ground who also claimed to be Australia's champion woman runner.
She was billed to appear in a women's football match at a carnival and gymkhana on the same ground.
Women's football
Matches
- 2010
Draw
AFL · Round 17 · Etihad Stadium · crowd 49,373
- 1988
Draw
VFL · Round 17 · Victoria Park · crowd 16,082
Milestones
- 2021Travis Boak
300th AFL game, Port Adelaide v Collingwood
Debuts
- 1994Brad Johnson
Footscray v Collingwood, first of 364 VFL/AFL games
- 1993Corey McKernan
North Melbourne v St Kilda, first of 237 VFL/AFL games
- 1993Brad Sholl
North Melbourne v St Kilda, first of 171 VFL/AFL games
- 1977Alan Jarrott
North Melbourne v Richmond, first of 170 VFL/AFL games
- 1960Geoff Gosper
Essendon v Richmond, first of 168 VFL/AFL games
- 2006Alipate Carlile
Port Adelaide v St Kilda, first of 167 VFL/AFL games
- 2017Harry McKay
Carlton v Brisbane, first of 163 VFL/AFL games so far
- 2021Jack Ginnivan
Collingwood v Port Adelaide, first of 114 VFL/AFL games so far
Born on this day
- 2004Jhye Clark, still playing
Geelong, 35 games (2023-2026)
- 2003Oscar Adams, still playing
Gold Coast, 21 games (2025-2026)
- 1999Charlie Ballard, still playing
Gold Coast, 145 games (2018-2026)
- 1994Adam Saad
Carlton, 219 games (2015-2026)
- 1960Tony Shaw
Collingwood, 313 games (1978-1994)
