Episode 24 1920 Morning Games
Grand Final History
English - November 11, 2021 06:38 - 48 minutes - 52.7 MBSports History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Innovation was the theme in 1920 for the VFL: New jumpers proposed to avoid clashes, new rules to open the game and reduce congestion, proposals for ground rationalisation down to two grounds in Melbourne and scheduling Morning Games in the fixture. It was all happening over 100 years ago. Also, controversy in Grand Final week as one player is barred from playing due to a zoning restriction and another makes his debut, in his one and only VFL game, in the Grand Final.