Footyinfo

8 September

1918
108 years ago

The Sun reported that 36 girls had played Australian rules at Broken Hill for the first time, with players stopping mid-game to put a shoe back on or rearrange their hair.

All the officials except the field umpire were women, and the Red Cross expected to clear about 70 pounds.

Women's football

From the archive

  1. 1900

    Brunswick forfeited a rescheduled VFA match against Williamstown set for 8 September 1900, having already forfeited the original after club officials forgot to bring the players' uniforms.

    Oddities

  2. 1983

    New Norfolk scored 24.10 (154) in a 1983 final at North Hobart Oval and still lost to Glenorchy, who kicked 26.11 (167), the highest losing score in Tasmanian league history.

    Records

Matches

  1. 2001
    25 years ago
  2. 2001
    25 years ago
  3. 1951
    75 years ago
  4. 2023
  5. 2018
  6. 2018
  7. 2017
  8. 2016
    10 years ago
  9. 2013
  10. 2012
  11. 2012
  12. 2007

Birthdays

  1. 1996
    Peter Wright

    Essendon, 170 games (2015-2026)

  2. 2000
    Zak Butters

    Port Adelaide, 156 games (2019-2026)

  3. 2006
    Amelia Martin

    Sydney Swans, 9 games (2025-2026)

  4. 2005
    William Green

    Sydney, 3 games (2026)

  5. 2007
    Koby Evans

    Brisbane

Born on this day

  1. 1983
    Chris Judd

    Carlton, 279 games (2002-2015)

  2. 1963
    Danny Frawley

    St Kilda, 240 games (1984-1995)

  3. 1930
    Alan Gale

    Fitzroy, 213 games (1948-1961)

  4. 1983
    Lewis Roberts-Thomson

    Sydney, 179 games (2003-2014)

  5. 1955
    David O'Halloran

    Hawthorn, 160 games (1976-1985)

  6. 1985
    Nathan Foley

    Richmond, 154 games (2005-2014)