The Coon Dog
28-09-2007, 11:59 PM
This is just another trip down memory lane for me. Might be of intrest to Godwin Fot & Twodogs, who seem to have terrific memories about things that happened many a year ago.
At my house, we only had one TV, so we watched what Dad wanted to watch & on a Sunday it was World Of Sport. There could have been a major catastrophe of epic proportions happening somewhere in the world, well stiff, World Of Sport was on so nothing else got a look in.
There were many segments with different panelists for them. Some bored me so i paid them scant regard, others I sat transfixed.
In no order:
Soccer - for about 2-3 minutes Freddie Villiers would detail the soccer scores from games played overnight in England. Given there was no Foxtel covering live games or the internet, this was one of only 2 ways to get the overnight scores, the other way was to ring 1187.
Golf - I think Colin Long did the golf & maybe even the tennis segments on WOS. Didn't overly intrest me as a youngster.
Lawn Bowls - John Dobbie used to come on & give about 150 scores on games played on Saturday in every division, then showed a game between 2 contestants.
The Handball Comp - I used to love this. Footballers weren't as skilled on their opposite hands back then so there were many 3's scored. For some reason Footscray players didn't really do too well. Allan Jarret from North & Melbourne always did well.
Tug-O-War - Teams of blokes from various pubs competed in this event. There were about 9 blokes per team who pulled on a huge thick rope. The team that held the advantage after 2 minutes won.Each time had a bloke built like Mick Nolan as their 'anchor'.
The Woodchop - Does the name Jack O'Toole bring back memories? "Axemen ready, go, 1, 2, 3 ,4 etc..." there would be 3 guys who had to chop through a decent sized log. I always used to barrack for the back marker as he gave the others a head start.
The Footy Panel - Quite often there would be arguments about who played well as Jack Dyer, Lou Richards, Bob Skilton, Sam Newman, Jim Cleary, Bobby Davis (fair dinkum, dead set, unbeleivable, the boy from the Grammar) & Neil Roberts discussed the previous days games (remember, they were all played on a Saturday) & gave votes.
Horse Racing - Never intrested me at all. Bill Collins or Rollo Roylance would show highlights of all 8 races & would often interview the jockeys (gee they had squeaky voices) in the studio.
Prizes - All guest who appeared on WOS walked out with a stack of przes. Some from memory were: Ballantynes chocolates, Pelaco shirts, Patra Orange Juice, Willem 2 cigars & Bertocci ham. I'm sure there were others too.
Club Corner - Perhaps my favourite segment. They usually got both coaches in (tho South Melbourne always seemed to be represented by Tony Franklin) to discuss the game. It was good to hear what went right/wrong & the panelist also awarded 3-2-1 votes for both teams, so you got an idea who they thought played well for your team, even when you lost.
Cricket - I think it was Doug Ring that hosted the cricket segment which was basically a wrap of the scores in District cricket.
Roller Cycling - I think that's what it was called. 2 cyclist would sprint on a machine which rolled enabling them to go like the clappers. Each machine was hooked up to a huge board with 2 different coloured arms (like a giant clock without the numbers) which spun around. the faster they went the quicker the arm spun.
Doug Elliott - Uncle Doug used to read out all the ads. Because they were live, often things went awry. Doug used to read from giant cue cards. One day he was going too slowly so Bill Collins set the cue card on fire. He was the Mayor of Essendon & a long time member of the ALP as I recall too.
Looking back, there weren't too many women on WOS. Never seemed odd at the time, tho looking back now, what was par for the course in those days would be deemed politically incorrect these days.
I'm sure others have great memories of World Of Sport too.
At my house, we only had one TV, so we watched what Dad wanted to watch & on a Sunday it was World Of Sport. There could have been a major catastrophe of epic proportions happening somewhere in the world, well stiff, World Of Sport was on so nothing else got a look in.
There were many segments with different panelists for them. Some bored me so i paid them scant regard, others I sat transfixed.
In no order:
Soccer - for about 2-3 minutes Freddie Villiers would detail the soccer scores from games played overnight in England. Given there was no Foxtel covering live games or the internet, this was one of only 2 ways to get the overnight scores, the other way was to ring 1187.
Golf - I think Colin Long did the golf & maybe even the tennis segments on WOS. Didn't overly intrest me as a youngster.
Lawn Bowls - John Dobbie used to come on & give about 150 scores on games played on Saturday in every division, then showed a game between 2 contestants.
The Handball Comp - I used to love this. Footballers weren't as skilled on their opposite hands back then so there were many 3's scored. For some reason Footscray players didn't really do too well. Allan Jarret from North & Melbourne always did well.
Tug-O-War - Teams of blokes from various pubs competed in this event. There were about 9 blokes per team who pulled on a huge thick rope. The team that held the advantage after 2 minutes won.Each time had a bloke built like Mick Nolan as their 'anchor'.
The Woodchop - Does the name Jack O'Toole bring back memories? "Axemen ready, go, 1, 2, 3 ,4 etc..." there would be 3 guys who had to chop through a decent sized log. I always used to barrack for the back marker as he gave the others a head start.
The Footy Panel - Quite often there would be arguments about who played well as Jack Dyer, Lou Richards, Bob Skilton, Sam Newman, Jim Cleary, Bobby Davis (fair dinkum, dead set, unbeleivable, the boy from the Grammar) & Neil Roberts discussed the previous days games (remember, they were all played on a Saturday) & gave votes.
Horse Racing - Never intrested me at all. Bill Collins or Rollo Roylance would show highlights of all 8 races & would often interview the jockeys (gee they had squeaky voices) in the studio.
Prizes - All guest who appeared on WOS walked out with a stack of przes. Some from memory were: Ballantynes chocolates, Pelaco shirts, Patra Orange Juice, Willem 2 cigars & Bertocci ham. I'm sure there were others too.
Club Corner - Perhaps my favourite segment. They usually got both coaches in (tho South Melbourne always seemed to be represented by Tony Franklin) to discuss the game. It was good to hear what went right/wrong & the panelist also awarded 3-2-1 votes for both teams, so you got an idea who they thought played well for your team, even when you lost.
Cricket - I think it was Doug Ring that hosted the cricket segment which was basically a wrap of the scores in District cricket.
Roller Cycling - I think that's what it was called. 2 cyclist would sprint on a machine which rolled enabling them to go like the clappers. Each machine was hooked up to a huge board with 2 different coloured arms (like a giant clock without the numbers) which spun around. the faster they went the quicker the arm spun.
Doug Elliott - Uncle Doug used to read out all the ads. Because they were live, often things went awry. Doug used to read from giant cue cards. One day he was going too slowly so Bill Collins set the cue card on fire. He was the Mayor of Essendon & a long time member of the ALP as I recall too.
Looking back, there weren't too many women on WOS. Never seemed odd at the time, tho looking back now, what was par for the course in those days would be deemed politically incorrect these days.
I'm sure others have great memories of World Of Sport too.