Footyinfo
1982
44 years ago

Yarraville captain-coach John Sharp was suspended for sixteen weeks for his fourth report of the VFA season, which included attempting to knock a goal umpire's hat off.

Two weeks later he was reported again for abusive language from the boundary line, and banned from any role in the Association.

Umpires and tribunal

From the archive

  1. 1914

    The ball was kicked through a hole in the MCG scoreboard, which was being repainted, during Melbourne's loss to Carlton on 25 July 1914, and it took five minutes to find a new one.

    Grounds

  2. 1942

    Footscray beat Richmond by seven points before 15,000 at Yarraville Oval, a VFL record crowd for the ground, with the Western Oval in army use for 1942.

    War and society

Matches

  1. 1999

Milestones

  1. 2015
    Brent Harvey

    400th AFL game, North Melbourne v Brisbane

  2. 2021
    David Mundy

    350th AFL game, Fremantle v Sydney

Debuts

  1. 1999
    Brendan Fevola

    Carlton v Collingwood, first of 204 VFL/AFL games

  2. 2003
    Brent Staker

    West Coast v Hawthorn, first of 160 VFL/AFL games

Born on this day

  1. 2003
    Bodhi Uwland, still playing

    Gold Coast, 72 games (2023-2026)

  2. 2003
    Fina Dethlefsen, still playing

    Richmond, 7 games (2026)

  3. 2002
    Shannon Neale, still playing

    Geelong, 70 games (2022-2026)

  4. 2000
    Cooper Sharman, still playing

    St Kilda, 91 games (2021-2026)

  5. 1997
    Darcy Parish, still playing

    Essendon, 179 games (2016-2026)

  6. 1995
    Sarah Rowe, still playing

    Collingwood, 81 games (2019-2026)

  7. 1992
    Aine Tighe, still playing

    Fremantle, 34 games (2022-2025)

  8. 1988
    David Mackay

    Adelaide, 248 games (2008-2021)

  9. 1988
    Matthew Suckling

    Hawthorn, 178 games (2009-2020)