The ULTIMATE trivia post!!!

[HarveysDeciple]

And your dad would be correct St. Fid Jr.
I knew I must have been forgetting someone. And you got it. Gale slipped my mind.

[St Fid Jnr]

Thanks jed, gee I hope I don't do the same, here goes........


Many many years ago, what were the games called between...

St Kilda and South Melbourne

My dad said copy and paste his queston on the new page..

[Selhurst Saint]

Lakeside Premiership?

[St Fidelius]

No, but it has something to do with the lake or what maybe was there many years ago......

[St Fidelius]

ok...

I've kicked Jnr off as its his bed time (no school for him tomorrow)

If you want a clue, as I said before the only reference I have is the net and the book "100 years of Australian Football"

well it's not on the net......

It's what I mentioned in my last post, it has something to do with the lake, but back then there was no man made lake.

From what I gather it might have been a swamp (got that from the net)

[riccardo]

Selhurst Saint is right, I think - "The Lakeside Premiership". This piece of non-existant silverware had it's finest day in 1923, when the Saints (with Dave McNamara) met South (with ex-Saint Roy Cazaly) at the Lakeside Oval to fight out the last place in the Final 4. Unfortunately, South won.

[St Fidelius]

No ric, Selhurst Saint is not right.

You are right about David McNarmara as the player mentioned in an article I am referring to, but it was much earlier than 1923....

If no one gets it by tomorrow, I'll give it to Selhurst Saint.

[riccardo]

By George, I think I've got it!

the "Battle of the Lagoon" - 1918?

[St Fidelius]

YES YES YES


Well done ric...

and I wanted this to be my 1000th post and you made it happen

again well done ric

your turn....

[riccardo]

Great! I finally get to ask a question. Here goes -

St Kilda played it's first games at a ground known as the Alpaca Paddock. What building now stands on the site of that ground?

[Selhurst Saint]

Damn, I just found the answer to the last question. Well done Riccardo.

I think the alpacca paddock is now the St.Kilda Bowling Club.

[St Fidelius]

Sorry Selhurst Saint about the last... and this site was next to the bowling green...

and ric I dont know if this is right??

a school???

Football - St Kilda Club
26. May, 1873 and February, 1874 George Skinner, Secretary applying on behalf of St Kilda Football Club permission to play on the paddock (Alpaca Reserve) adjoining the Bowling Green, Fitzroy Street.

27. June, 1874 Secretary St Kilda Football Club opposing application by Education Department to erect a school adjoining the Bowling Green in the Albert Park as it would deprive the Club of the ground it has used and cleared.

28. February, 1877 St Kilda Football Club asking permission to fence in the portion of the Alpaca Reserve in the Albert Park used by it for the last four seasons.

[Selhurst Saint]

It must be the StKilda Park State School then, not sure if it is still used as a school but it is a grand old building.

[saintbrat]

golly these are getting so far out of my field of knowledge-- even with assistance

congrats St fid- definately the fastest

almost gilchristish 8)

[riccardo]

It must be the StKilda Park State School then, not sure if it is still used as a school but it is a grand old building.

Correct! Your turn.

[St Fidelius]

Geez ric,

I miss out, because I didn't name the school....

Can't complain really, I've had a good run

Well done Selhurst Saint

[Selhurst Saint]

This might be obscure, but what was significant about the last time Russell Greene touched the footy in a game for St.Kilda.

[riccardo]

Geez ric,

I miss out, because I didn't name the school....

Can't complain really, I've had a good run

Well done Selhurst Saint

Sorry, St Fid, I only got the latest reply as an e-mail notification, I must've missed your post entirely.

Sorry.

[St Fidelius]

Geez ric,

I miss out, because I didn't name the school....

Can't complain really, I've had a good run

Well done Selhurst Saint

Sorry, St Fid, I only got the latest reply as an e-mail notification, I must've missed your post entirely.

Sorry.

hehehe, thats ok buddy, as I said I've had a good run

[St Fidelius]

This might be obscure, but what was significant about the last time Russell Greene touched the footy in a game for St.Kilda.

This is just a guess, as I have no real idea on this one.

The siren went?

[St Fidelius]

Or was his last game - 1980 - Round 3 MCG

Richmond 18.20 - 128 drew
St Kilda 19.14 - 128

and Russell Greene had something to do with the drawn game?

[Selhurst Saint]

I'll pay that St.Fid.

We were actually 6 pts in front with one minute to go. Richmond booted the ball into their goal square only for Russell Greene to rise above the pack to take a screamer. I was still jumping up and down going nuts when he had a brain freeze and tried to handball over the top. The ball was blocked by Richmond and Kevin Bartlett ran onto the ball to slam it home to seal a draw.

Come Thursday we had traded Greene for Mark Scott and King. It happened that quick that Scott and King both wore their yellow Hawthorn boots in their first game for us. It looked ridiculous.

[St Fidelius]

WOW, thanks Selhurst...

Why was Neil Roberts dismissed as a Committeeman after giving 15 years service to the Saints?

And in what year did this happen?

[riccardo]

WOW, thanks Selhurst...

Why was Neil Roberts dismissed as a Committeeman after giving 15 years service to the Saints?

And in what year did this happen?

Roberts was dismissed for making some pretty inflammatory criticisms of the VFL in the paper (Sporting Globe?) and on Channel 7, where he was a panelist on World of Sport (the '60's James Hird, perhaps? ). He also demanded Verdun Howell played the backline again. This was in 1966.

[St Fidelius]

Yes ric, well done

He was dismissed om May 18th 1966 and in our finest year to date.....

Your turn