Footyinfo

9 September

1922
104 years ago

North Melbourne's unpaid junior side, who took not a penny even for travelling expenses, beat the Association leaders Footscray in the second semi-final before a crowd of 12,000.

A reprinted 1937 account called it a football miracle and said North had risen from disqualification the year before.

Clubs

From the archive

  1. 2017

    A crowd of 46,323 watched Sydney beat Essendon in an elimination final at the SCG on 9 September 2017, the biggest crowd for an Australian rules game at the ground.

    Records

  2. 2020

    Port Adelaide revealed that memorabilia linked to the Prison Bar guernsey raised $2,000,000 for the club in 2020, and that the jumper was the best-selling piece of merchandise in the AFL that year.

    Merchandise for a single 2013 game against Carlton had already brought in more than $500,000.

    Clubs

Matches

  1. 2001
    25 years ago
  2. 2023
  3. 2023
  4. 2022
  5. 2017
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  7. 2016
    10 years ago
  8. 2012
  9. 2011
  10. 2007
  11. 2006
    20 years ago
  12. 2006
    20 years ago

Birthdays

  1. 1998
    Ashleigh Woodland

    Port Adelaide, 84 games (2019-2026)

  2. 1998
    Lachlan Blakiston

    Essendon, 28 games (2025-2026)

  3. 2006
    Grace Belloni

    Essendon, 17 games (2025-2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1974
    Shane Crawford

    Hawthorn, 305 games (1993-2008)

  2. 1915
    Jack Mueller

    Melbourne, 216 games (1934-1950)

  3. 1886
    Arthur Hiskins

    South Melbourne, 185 games (1908-1923)