1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game
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On Saturday 28 October 1916, the former Olympic champion swimmer and the later Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, organised an Australian Rules football match in aid of the British
Monash during World War I
Frank Beaurepaire (c.1924)
Gerald Brosnan (1906).
Will Dyson (1930s)
1914 Sydney Carnival
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The 1914 Sydney Carnival was the third edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held between Wednesday 5 August and Saturday 15 Augus
1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game
…B.M.F. Sloss — had represented Victoria in the return match against South Australia at the MCG on 16 August 1913. Nine squad members — F.R. McCargill (New South Wales), J. Pugh (Tasmania), J.W. Robertson (South Australia), J. Brake, J.T. Cooper, C.H. Lilley, J.H. James, B.M.F. Sloss (Victoria), and D. Scullin (Western…
George Heinz, voted Victoria's best player