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On this day

30 July

1932
94 years ago

About 41,000 people packed Lake Oval to see Carlton beat South Melbourne by nine points, the ground's record crowd.

Grounds

From the archive

  1. 1898

    Essendon beat Melbourne by 55 points at the MCG in a match where the papers listed two Melbourne players as Johnson and Moore, names that the Demonwiki club history says were assumed.

    Oddities

  2. 2004

    The Canadian Australian Football Association renamed itself AFL Canada, becoming the governing body for the game in Canada.

    Overseas

  3. 2021

    Hawthorn announced that Alastair Clarkson would leave at the end of the 2021 season after a record-breaking tenure, with Sam Mitchell immediately named as his successor.

    Clubs

Matches

  1. 2017

    Draw

    Collingwood15 goals 13 behinds, 103 pointsdrew withAdelaide16 goals 7 behinds, 103 points

    AFL · Round 19 · MCG · crowd 33,269

  2. 2011

    Geelong won by 186 points

    Geelong37 goals 11 behinds, 233 pointsdef.Melbourne7 goals 5 behinds, 47 points

    AFL · Round 19 · Skilled Stadium · crowd 22,716

  3. 1910

    Draw

    Richmond5 goals 12 behinds, 42 pointsdrew withGeelong6 goals 6 behinds, 42 points

    VFL · Round 14 · Punt Road Oval

  4. 2023

    Grand Final

    Port Melbourne5 goals 5 behinds, 35 pointsdef.Collingwood3 goals 5 behinds, 23 points

    VFLW · ETU Stadium

Milestones

  1. 2022
    Joel Selwood

    350th AFL game, Geelong v Western Bulldogs

Debuts

  1. 2006
    Nathan Jones

    Melbourne v Western Bulldogs, first of 302 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1988
    Matthew Knights

    Richmond v North Melbourne, first of 279 VFL/AFL games

  3. 1977
    Mark Lee

    Richmond v Essendon, first of 233 VFL/AFL games

  4. 2016
    Blake Hardwick

    Hawthorn v Carlton, first of 223 VFL/AFL games so far

  5. 1977
    Mick Conlan

    Fitzroy v Collingwood, first of 210 VFL/AFL games

  6. 1977
    Wayne Harmes

    Carlton v Melbourne, first of 169 VFL/AFL games

  7. 2010
    Tom Lynch

    St Kilda v Essendon, first of 164 VFL/AFL games

  8. 1988
    Dean Anderson

    Hawthorn v Essendon, first of 150 VFL/AFL games

Born on this day

  1. 2006
    Murphy Reid, still playing

    Fremantle, 49 games (2025-2026)

  2. 2005
    Piper Window, still playing

    Port Adelaide, 24 games (2024-2026)

  3. 2004
    Georgia Gall, still playing

    Melbourne, 31 games (2023-2026)

  4. 2003
    Tom Brown, still playing

    Richmond, 60 games (2023-2026)

  5. 2001
    Trent Rivers, still playing

    Melbourne, 140 games (2020-2026)

  6. 2001
    Dee Heslop

    Gold Coast Suns, 45 games (2020-2024)

  7. 1998
    Brad Close, still playing

    Geelong, 145 games (2020-2026)