So we’re here, the last leg of the Quaddy. This leg/team is made up of players who commenced their careers with other AFL/VFL clubs, played their best footy at Kardinia Park. The obvious one is the great number 5, the best player I have ever seen, one of the best ever to have strapped on a footy boot. OK, on starters orders, and we’re off, sorry wrong sporting parlance. Here is the team of Geelong players, whose performances in the Blue and White hoops would have tormented their original club(s).
B: B Sholl, (NM) A Rogers, (Ess) B Sanderson, (Ade & Coll)
HB: T Harley, (Port Ad) T McGrath, (NM) K Hinkley, (Fitz)
C: T Poole, (Rich) P Featherby, (Foots) S Simpson, (St K)
HF: D Hall,(WC) C Mooney, (NM) K Matthews, (Haw)
F: G Goninion, (Ess) G Ablett, (Haw) L Tudor (NM)
Foll: B Ottens, (Rich) J Barnes, (Ess), L Pickering , (NM)
Inter: G Kilpatrick, (NM), K Kingsley, (NM) J Burns, (NM) J Mooney (Syd)
Emerg: D Steele, (NM) D Leneghan, (Carl), T Hargraves, (Haw)
Not a bad side if i say so myself. Tom Harley clear choice as captain. Coach ? Mark Thompson coached Geelong prior to coaching Essendon, so i’m not sure how to configure the coaching role. Who is missing ? Who do we move around ? Feedback welcome.
Glen!
The other legs of Glen’s Quaddy are:
Non “boom” recruits for Kardinia Park
Geelong players kicking on at other clubs
Glen, your team above got me thinking of doing an equivalent team for St Kilda.
Here is the St Kilda shows the benefit of recycling team:
B: Ken Sheldon (Carl), Dougal Howard (PA), Dylan Roberton (Frem)
HB: Matthew Young (Haw), Jake Carlisle (Ess), Brett Voss (Brisbane)
C: Dan Hannebery (Syd), Jack Steele (GWS), Brad Hill (Frem)
HF: Aaron Hamill (Carlton), Josh Bruce (GWS), Jack Higgins (Rich)
F: Dan Butler (Richmond), Fraser Gehrig (WC), Tim Membrey (Syd)
R: Paddy Ryder (Ess/PA), Brad Crouch (Adel), Zak Jones (Syd)
Int: Shane Savage (Haw), Russell Morris (Haw), Tim Pekin (Fitz), Sean McKernan (Adel/Ess)
Emerg: Mason Wood (NM), James Frawley (Haw), Paul Callery (Melb)
This team of St Kilda shows the benefit of recycling will play a match against the Geelong shows the benefit of recycling team.
The sponsor of this game will be Visy, the manufacture of cardboard boxes and packaging from recycled fibre and kraft paper.
The match will be played at Visy Park.
There will be no crowd allowed for this match, just cut out cardboard of the fans’ faces, put on top of the seats in the stadium.
Entertainment for this match will be provided by music from recycled records.
Marvellous piece that Glen.
In particular, I note how North Melbourne always seem to have been generous to us. Mind you, we have form with them. Dad used to tell me how NM were the deciding VFL Board vote to readmit Geelong after our temporary absence during WW2.
“They’re good people at NM” was my my dad’s economical way with words saying they were Catholic like we were here – unlike the Masons at Essendon. Thankfully we have moved on from those days albeit we now have our own 21st century range of prejudices.
And in 1970s/1980s VCA cricket when Bob Merriman was trying valiantly to have Geelong admitted to VCA ranks, we temporarily formed a NM/Geelong team before that all faltered. Of course we subsequently acquired a spot in our own right some years later.
Are you getting all this Smokie?!
RDL
This team of Geelong shows the benefit of recycling by Glen got me thinking of surnames of footballers who literally have common recycled items in their surnames.
For example, common items for recycling include mail, glass, cardboard, cans, beverage cans, food boxes, plastic caps and glass bottles and jars and steel (tin).
Those particular items are included in the surnames of players for the following team.
Here is VFL/AFL Team of Surnames for Recycling:
B: Ray Card (Geelong), Darren Glass (WC), Josh Mail (4 games Adel 1994)
HB: Darren Steele (NM/Gee), Josh BA(O)TTLE (St K), Alan JARrott (NM/Melb)
C: Peter RicCARDi (Geel), Peter Box (Footscray), Barry CAPuano (Ess)
HF: Mitch DunCAN (Geel), Stephen McCANn (NM), Darren JARman (Haw, Ade)
F: Jake RicCARDi (GWS), Warwick CAPper (Syd/Bris), Ben JARvis (Geel)
R: Matthew CAPuano (NM/St K), Andrew JARman (Ade), Luke BEVERID(A)GE (Melb/Foots/St K)
Inter: Jack Steele (GWS/St K), Conor Glass (Haw)
As Geelong has been noted as a destination club for many years, this article together with Rodney’s articles on Arrivals and Departures for all the AFL Clubs, got me thinking doing a football team where all the players’ surnames have an Airport around the world with that player’s surname in it or the city where that airport is, has the player’s surname.
This is the VFL/AFL team of Airport Destinations:
B: Tony ARMSTRONG (Adel/Coll/Syd/Louis ARMSTRONG/New Orleans), Jack HAMILTON (Coll/HAMILTON Airport), Tom LOGAN (Bris/LOGAN Int Airport/Boston)
HB: Dan HOUSTON (PA/Coll/George Bush International Airport/Houston), Robert McGHIE (Foots/Rich/SM/McGHEE Tyson Airport/Knoxville), Dean POLO (Rich/St K/Venice Marco POLO Airport/Venice)
C: Craig BRADLEY (Carlton/BRADLEY International Airport/Hartford(CT), Ian STEWART (St K/Rich/STEWART International Airport/Newburgh), Harley REID (WC/Harry REID International Airport/Las Vegas)
HF: Richard DOUGLAS (Adel/Charlotte DOUGLAS Int Airport/Charlotte), Gary LYON (c) (Melb/LYON-Saint-Exupery Airport/Lyon), Craig LAMBERT (Rich/St Louis LAMBERT International Airport/St Louis)
F: Ted HOPKINS (Carlton /Cleveland HOPKINS Inter Airport/Cleveland), Doug WADE (Geel/NM/L.F. Wade Inter Airport/Hamilton-Bermuda), Pat WELLINGTON (Ess/WELLINGTON International Airport/Wellington)
R: Matthew BISHOP (Melb/PA/Billy BISHOP Toronto City A’port/Toronto), Josh KENNEDY (Haw/Syd/John F. KENNEDY Int. Airport/New York City), Scott WEST (WB/Key WEST International Airport/Key West)
Coach: John KENNEDY (Haw/NM/John F. KENNEDY International Airport/New York City)
This team will play a match against the team of players who arrived at Geelong after playing for other league clubs, named by Glen at the beginning of this article.
The match will be played at Kardinia Park, Geelong.
Transport will be by plane to Avalon Airport, for any player not living in Victoria.
Entertainment will be provided by the song “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, by John Denver.
Let’s hope for a good game of football with plenty of high flyers!
The Geelong Shows The Benefit of Recycling Team, especially the names of Gary Ablett Sr and Sean Simpson, got me thinking of doing a football team where every player has been delisted by a club and then went on to play at least 100 games or more with another club or more than 100 games with future clubs in total.
The exception was Cain Ackland, who was delisted by Port Adelaide, but didn’t play 100 games in total with St Kilda and Carlton, following that delisting. He was needed in this team to play in the ruck.
Although Tim Membrey was delisted at both Sydney and St Kilda, the fact that he still played 178 games for St Kilda, makes him eligible for this team.
The criteria was that the player had to have played at least 1 senior game with the club from which he was delisted from. Being traded only to another club doesn’t count.
Some players were played out of position, so they could fit in the team.
This is the VFL/AFL Delisted Team that went on to play over 100 games with other clubs:
B: Brent Guerra (PA/St K delist/Haw), Sam Collins (Frem delist/GC), Glenn Manton (Ess delist/Carl)
HB: Sean Simpson (St K delist/Geel), Stephen Gilham (PA delist/Haw), Martin Pike (Melb/Fitz//NM delist/BL)
C: Dean Rice (St Kilda delist/Carl), Jarryd Lyons (Adel/GC delist/BL), Nick Holman (Carl delist/GC)
HF: Ben Keays (BL delist/Adel), Tim Membrey (delist Syd/delist St K/Coll), Gary Ablett Sr. (delist Haw/Geel)
F: Mitch Robinson (delist Carl/BL), Sav Rocca (delist Coll/North Melb), Dale Kickett (Fitz/delist WC/St K/Ess/Frem)
R: Cain Ackland (delist PA/St K/Carl), Derek Kickett (delist NM/Ess/Syd), Peter Bell (c) (delist Frem/NM/Frem)
Coach: Leigh Matthews (coached Coll 1986-95 for 1 flag/sacked Coll Coach end of 1995/coached BL 1999-2008 for 3 flags and 237 games)
This team will play a pretend exhibition match against The Geelong Shows The Benefit of Recycling Team. Sean Simpson and Gary Ablett Sr. can play a half each for both teams.
Goal Umpire: David Rodan (delist Rich/PA)
Venue: Visy Park
Entertainment: Recycled Entertainment
Let’s hope for a good game of football and all spectators are requested to throw any reusables in the recycling bin!
Anon, the term delist didn’t seem to circulate back in the 1970’s. Players ‘got their marching orders’, then got traded, went bush/suburban/VFA, or into the ether.
Micky Malthouse played 53 games for St. Kilda, followed by 121 games at Richmond. I recall him at St. Kilda but I honestly can’t recall if he got his marching orders, or was traded?
Thoughts?
Glen!
Glen, I believe that Mick Malthouse would have been sacked, or given his marching orders as a player for St Kilda, as during the 1976 season he was told by then-senior coach Allan Jeans that he would struggle to get a game in the senior side due to a surfeit of similar-skilled players. Therefore, he departed for Richmond midway through the 1976 season. As mentioned by you, the term delisted didn’t exist back then.
Malthouse could now be included on the interchange bench and be a playing Assistant Coach under Leigh Matthews. I realise there’s probably been other players that I’ve missed, who fit the criteria.
My general thoughts are that fringe players in lower teams on the ladder, like Malthouse was at St Kilda, who were in decline after a good period from 1965-1973, can find it easier to stay in the side for a team that’s in premiership contention, like Richmond were, than the team that’s nearer the bottom, like St Kilda. Firstly, they need to get into the higher team in the first place, who were looking for more experienced players.
Of course, it’s not only Malthouse that played better in a stronger team. Sean Simpson going from St Kilda to Geelong helped him. Maybe it’s the way the ball was delivered to him at Geelong, compared to St Kilda, that made him a better player. Sometimes, it can be a change of environment and also knowing that “I had better play better at Geelong, or this could be my last chance to stay in the AFL.”
The umpires for the match are Leigh Fisher, delisted by St Kilda (55 games 2003-10) and has currently umpired 263 AFL games (2013-present) and Jordan Bannister, who was delisted by both Essendon (14 games 2001-03) and Carlton (53 games 2004-09) and then umpired 97 AFL games (2012-16), close enough to 100 AFL games.
Featherby started and ended his footy career at Subiaco Football Club winning two premierships and awarded a life membership. He played great footy at Geelong (Rd 16 1981) but he played his best football at Subi.
Cheers