Trev from the Bush wrote:Thanks Sainternist for the lovely photo of the then brand new scoreboard at Moorabbin. Round one, 1965, about 10 minutes into the last quarter.
Scores were level in time on, Saints 7.12 to Coll'wood 8.6. Alan Morrow kicked the final goal and the Saints were away at there brand-new ground.
Nothe the absense of the time clock on the scoreboard, that came later. Just like the urinals in one of the toilet blocks, just queue up and pee on the crushed blue metal insde the new cream brick toilet block! Cant imagine that happening anywhere today especially with 51,000 in attendance.
Just like the ground the Saints were pretty goo but not quite ready in 1965. Shades of now except we are even further away!
Nice one Trev!
Looks like Round 1 1965 was played over Easter as only 3 games were played on the Saturday and other 3 were played on Monday
Looking at the other scores in that pic
A & B were Fitzroy and Essendon - game played at Brunswick Oval - 3 quarter time scores
G & H were Hawthorn and Carlton - game being played at Glenferrie Oval - 3 quarter time scores
Thinking back in the 80s that those scoreboard letters were usually linked to certain grounds
A & B was usually games being played at VFL Park
C & D was Princes Park (Hawthorn or Carlton)
E & F was Victoria Park & Moorabbin (Collingwood & St Kilda)
G & H was MCG (Richmond or Melbourne)
K & N was Arden Street & Windy Hill (North Melbourne & Essendon)
R & S was Kardinia Park & Western Oval (Geelong & Footscray)
Junction Oval (Fitzroy) ??
Lake Oval (South Melbourne) ??
Happy for anyone to correct me here