AFLW: How the women of Melbourne's Metropolitan Sewerage Farm helped pioneer ladies footy in the '50s

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When Werribee took to the field against the Metropolitan Sewerage Farm in 1950, a huge crowd gathered to see something few Victorians had seen before — two women's Aussie Rules teams squaring off against each other.


More than 70 years later, Werribee captain Monica Carlton remembers the excitement in the Chirnside Park rooms that Sunday.


"You got changed and all of a sudden you realise that you've got to run out in front of all these people," Mrs Carlton said.


"It was pretty nerve-wracking."


The crowd was gathered around the oval at least three people deep.


"It was as if you were at the MCG," vice-captain Margaret Hassett said.


"The noise was unbelievable, it was fantastic," Mrs Carlton said.

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