Hampshire

[bornadog]

I'm very often wrong about these things but I reckon it's not Bluey going for the grab, Hampshire's hair wasnt that blond. At bfirst I thought it was Bruce Reid but that's him just off the contest to the right so I think it might be Al Ford.

Thats bluey allright and Ford is also going for the mark, but is blurred and has the long hair.

[Twodogs]

Thats bluey allright and Ford is also going for the mark, but is blurred and has the long hair.

Hampshire was a ranga though and the guy in best postion to mark is almost a bleach blond.


Also I reckon the arm reaching around to spoil belongs to Barry Round.

[ledge]

Neither of them are Al Ford.
Actually looks more like Butch Edwards with the long hair.
Was that the year he played for us?

[Hotdog60]

Allen Edwards played only one season in 1984 and at that time South Melb. had gone to Sydney.

I did a bit of detective work and I reckon it's Round: 5, Lake Oval, Date: 25-Apr-1981
And the team that day was:

Footscray
38 Berry, Jeff
4 Berry, William
16 Burton, Chris
49 Cordy, Brian
29 Cordy, Neil
9 Davidson, Stan
32 Dunstan, Ian
20 Edmond, Jim
10 Egan, Mick
6 Ford, Alister
1 Hampshire, Ian
7 Hawkins, Doug
25 Jennings, Geoff
54 Kennedy, Rick
13 Komp, Mark
28 McConnell, Alan
34 McKenna, Michael
40 Perrin, Brian
5 Reid, Bruce
35 Wheeler, Terry

Info from http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/g...619810425.html

[ledge]

The long haired one would be Bill Berry.

[1eyedog]

AH WOOFERS you super snoops! Put a pic up here from any era, blurred or not and they'll tell you who it is. Superb stuff. I wonder (if it is indeed Bluey which kind of makes sense if that's Round in the contest as well) if Bluey took that mark? Not a bad grab man in front with no leverage.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Neither of them are Al Ford.
Actually looks more like Butch Edwards with the long hair.
Was that the year he played for us?

Neither Butch nor Bluey ever got that far off the ground.

[1eyedog]

He looks at least 6'3 although it's hard to get a good scale.

[Twodogs]

Neither Butch nor Bluey ever got that far off the ground.

I'd bet if you dangled a can of beer of a second floor balcony theyd be able to jump high enough reach it!

[ledge]

I'd bet if you dangled a can of beer of a second floor balcony theyd be able to jump high enough reach it!

Thats so true i was a member at Melton footy club in 2001 and introduced Butch to my ex dad in law, dad in law offered to get the first beer i thought oh no what just happened he is in a shout with Butch!

[AndrewP6]

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Here's one from yesteryear - Bluey, Jim Edmond, and yours truly (a waaaaaaay younger version of all!)

[1eyedog]

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Here's one from yesteryear - Bluey, Jim Edmond, and yours truly (a waaaaaaay younger version of all!)

Bluey looks a little worse for wear in that photo

[AndrewP6]

Bluey looks a little worse for wear in that photo

I know! And it was after a game, too - not after a night on the piss! Dogs v Melbourne, IIRC.

[azabob]

I know! And it was after a game, too - not after a night on the piss! Dogs v Melbourne, IIRC.

Perhaps he was on it the night before?

[LostDoggy]

He might have been 196cm but ruckmen generally weren't that big back then. Purser and Round were both 194cm.

Bluey was definately more Ben Hudson than Patrick Ryder. He had broad shoulders and a big chest and got pushed around by nobody.

Mostly he was respected for giving 100% every single time he went onto a field. Not a huge amount of athletisism or natural talent but you knew exactly what you were going to get every week.

I czn remember running on the ground as a young teen just after losing a close one at home. I said ""Good game, Bluey" He said "Thanks, I tried real hard to win for you guys." this was done with a look that you knew was the Gospel Truth. Not nasty, just honest. Stayed with me forever.