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Reading one of the older article on HS about team selecting their colours
Thas was said about us:
08/08/2003. Robert Sainsbury, who played with Footscray in 1935, holding a jumper from that era, with Western Bulldogs Matthew Croft and Chris Grant, decked out in the Heritage Week jumpers. Digital image.
Was it really unfolded like it's reported in the HS article?
It was also said:
Phewww, Collingwood in Red-White&Blue 
Thas was said about us:
Western Bulldogs
Protest was the reason for the Bulldog’s royal blue, red and white colours.
The Footscray Rowing Club had dominated the Clarke Challenge Cup, an annual rowing event on the Maribyrnong River, in 1879, 1880 and 1881.
Perhaps to nobble Footscray’s dominance of the event, the Victorian Rowing Association changed the rules, barring men in non-sedentary work from participating.
Protest was the reason for the Bulldog’s royal blue, red and white colours.
The Footscray Rowing Club had dominated the Clarke Challenge Cup, an annual rowing event on the Maribyrnong River, in 1879, 1880 and 1881.
Perhaps to nobble Footscray’s dominance of the event, the Victorian Rowing Association changed the rules, barring men in non-sedentary work from participating.
08/08/2003. Robert Sainsbury, who played with Footscray in 1935, holding a jumper from that era, with Western Bulldogs Matthew Croft and Chris Grant, decked out in the Heritage Week jumpers. Digital image.
For working-class, industrial Footscray., it was an enormous blow.
The fledging football club, which had played for a few seasons as the Prince Imperials in navy and white hoops, added a red cap to its uniform for its first season in the Victorian Junior Football Association in 1883, matching the rowing club’s colours, as a form of protest.
A red hoop was added to the jumper in 1886, and the club experimented with sashes and vertical stripes before adopting a design closer to its modern royal blue, red and white in 1901.
The fledging football club, which had played for a few seasons as the Prince Imperials in navy and white hoops, added a red cap to its uniform for its first season in the Victorian Junior Football Association in 1883, matching the rowing club’s colours, as a form of protest.
A red hoop was added to the jumper in 1886, and the club experimented with sashes and vertical stripes before adopting a design closer to its modern royal blue, red and white in 1901.
Was it really unfolded like it's reported in the HS article?
It was also said:
Collingwood
Fledgling Collingwood toyed with the red, white and blue of the Union Jack but, on a trip to South Australia, an early club supporter noted the use of black and white on the colony’s coat of arms and lobbied for the club to adopt the colours.
The Magpies nickname and the black and white army were born.
Fledgling Collingwood toyed with the red, white and blue of the Union Jack but, on a trip to South Australia, an early club supporter noted the use of black and white on the colony’s coat of arms and lobbied for the club to adopt the colours.
The Magpies nickname and the black and white army were born.
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