Earliest surviving Australian Rules footage: 1909 VFL Grand Final, South Melbourne vs Carlton

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This near-complete silent film of the 1909 VFL Grand Final is the earliest known surviving footage of Australian Rules football action.
Played on Saturday 2 October 1909, Carlton and South Melbourne fought out a tough, low scoring contest at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. South Melbourne, chasing their first premiership in the Victorian Football League (VFL), held off a desperate Carlton, looking to win their fourth consecutive flag. In front of more than 37,000 fans, despite being held goalless in the last quarter, The Bloods triumphed by two points. South Melbourne 4 14 38, Carlton 4 12 36.
The film offers a remarkable insight into long-forgotten aspects of the game: place kicks, 'slap' passes, numberless guernseys, players chaired from the field post-match by excited spectators - relics of the past thankfully captured by film exhibitor Charles Cozens Spencer's production.
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@cj6859 9 лет назад

I see dustin fletcher

@wallyandthegators 8 лет назад

+Cj reincarnated

@SilentHotdog28 7 лет назад

Haha, nice cj

@michaeldriscoll2278 7 лет назад

yeah but he was past his prime at that point.

@terry7382 5 лет назад

He wasn’t even born then!

@joynnywheels 5 лет назад

@@terry7382 wooooosh

@gotleft 10 лет назад

8:50 One of the worst cases of staging I have seen. Should be retrospectively referred to the AFL tribunal.

@BrianJFrk 9 лет назад

This made me Lol for real.

@crappysud9446 4 года назад

Manchester United go away no one asked for you fucking opinion like I don’t if your that fucking dumb ti say 240 countries in this world like what the fuck was going inside your head at this point because you are talking the most utter shit I have ever seen

@benstone5404 4 года назад

If you look closely the Carlton player actually drives his elbow right in to the Bloods' player's ribs just as he is jumping. There was no staging back then, because there was nothing to be gained - no free kicks were given, and literally knocking someone's block off was part of the game.

@jamesgraham56 4 года назад

MANCHESTER UNITED F.C you say that but you have commented this on multiple AFL videos and that means you watch them and the only reason AFL is loved in 4 Australian states is because there are not AFL teams in Tasmania or the Northern Territory and AFL is a national sport where soccer is an international sport which is why it is loved by so many

@tyfooncheki 3 года назад

@@jamesgraham56 can confirm AFL is very well loved in tassie

@chloedog47 7 лет назад

If i can got back that far in time, i'm making hats for a living :-)

@NFSAFilms 7 лет назад

Good call. Hats off to you.

@DC-js4gk 6 лет назад

They were mad on their hats back then. Throw em in the air, tip them to the ladies. Even kids wore em. Wasn't until the '60s and JFK used the bare head outside as his trademark. He famously wouldn't put on a 10-gallon hat on that fateful morning

@AussieTVMusic 5 лет назад

Carlton player pulling out of a contest 8:52 Nothings changed.

@itsry9967 3 года назад

Haha

@markdouglas9182 3 года назад

not really; he's more just standing around hoping something will happen, like most current Carlton players 110 years later.. and Im a Carlton supporter..

@sentimentalbloke185 Год назад

@J G Soccer only has about 250 fans worldwide.

@eddieosborne5328 2 года назад

my great great grandfather played for collingwood in VFL and he won a premiership with them back in the early 1900s

@eddieosborne5328 2 года назад

his name was wally haysom for any of the old folks, he was positioned in the backlines

@siennacaples1310 Год назад

@@eddieosborne5328that’s some nice history.

@DrWoofOfficial Год назад

Really cool Eddie

@darrenjray 7 лет назад

In the last pic, the seventh player from the left would be Vic Belcher, the only player to also play in their 1918 flag win. He was named back pocket/ruck in the Swans Team of the Century and died aged 88 in 1977. Player leading out Carlton is captain/coach Fred Elliott.

@NFSAFilms 7 лет назад

Thanks for the information.

@gotleft 10 лет назад

5:24 holding the man, he never had possession of the ball. What game was that umpire watching?

@cdgh99 11 лет назад

Fantastic footage. I love the crowd with hats and ties...very formal. I wonder how many of the players later went to fight in the great war? Another great clip. thanks.

@bearmarco1944 3 года назад

So much that a score of teams got taken out of action, and only four could play.

@bearmarco1944 3 года назад

@J G I've heard of you from somewhere. I hope this isn't a second wave where that fuckwit thought that telling people that soccer is good would make people change their minds and decide that soccer is better and just give up Football.

@OldFossil 2 года назад

@J G thanks to you coming in every AFL video and boosting views, the game is showing up in more people's recommended videos and therefore growing the beautiful game of Australian Rules Football. I guess I should sort of be thankful for having AFL rent free in your head ;)

@shakkthikannan270 Год назад

@J G idk aboit Australia but everyone in the world knows soccer

@IfuckingHATEcunts 9 лет назад

Footage of Dustin Fletchers first game? But seriously, very interesting to see how much this game has evolved.

@gilfavor1river 9 лет назад

IfuckingHATEcunts Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love the humour!

@planetX15 8 лет назад

He only played for Essendon though, not for South Melbourne or Carlton.

@SilentHotdog28 7 лет назад

They had no choice, they would of folded or merged anyway.

@ronniemillsap 6 лет назад

this is wonderful thank you!

@NFSAFilms 11 лет назад

Hi Jason. The NFSA was established in 1984. It's early collections though were part of the National Library of Australia.

@johnlane35 10 лет назад

Truly fascinating footage. Hand ball is more of a punch and very little if any foot passing they seem to kick to a contest. still totally recognizable as Aussie rules.

@gilfavor1river 9 лет назад

John Lane This is what I thought , I can see Aussie rules absolutely , lots of the same thing , but no short passing , a couple of handballs to a team mate , but they also could throw the ball when they had posession up about a foot and punch in mid air. These days that is not allowed , although with the speed the game is played now, some of the hand ball is very suspect. Also saw a couple of blokes mysteriously lying on the ground.With no one about ?????

@MajesticSkywhale 8 лет назад

+gilfavor1river they thought they were playing soccer and were trying to draw yellow cards.

@jaker5555 10 лет назад

The dropkick...oh, remember them? They were great! Fantastic footage.

@DrFelonious Год назад

The dropkick lives on! Just have a look at Port's cheer squad!

@MiLLiaN1313 9 лет назад

i love that Carlton didnt even have enough jumper there wearing two sorts.

@blueycarlton 5 лет назад

They had three, monogrammed, plain blue and the lace up canvasbjacket. The lacce upm would continne

@blueycarlton 5 лет назад

It is believed that the lace up was last worn in 1918.

@planetx1595 2 года назад

@@blueycarlton Then after that it was the monogrammed one, right?

@HayleyUnitaAnne 8 лет назад

7:12 kids making faces to the camera's haha, people haven't really changed I suppose

@ogloc2652 5 лет назад

Hayley Anne some of them look exactly like me and my friends

@DDM_08 4 года назад

lol pretty sad to know those kids are dead

@xiq7777 10 лет назад

Priceless.

@costag7241 5 лет назад

Went in early,bought great tickets for an exemplary standing spectator spot.Only to have this massive hat in front of me.

@phillipstrommer4668 2 года назад

She was more appropriately dressed for the Melbourne Cup.

@memeeater420 6 лет назад

Man this footage is so old that it actually kinda scares me a bit cuz think about it. Everyone in this video is literally dead. Either died from WWI or WWII or just died of old age.

@connorpitt1747 8 лет назад

Just think about it, everyone there is dead

@NFSAFilms 8 лет назад

@aegilmoth 6 лет назад

Likely that many died in war too.

@Ben-gj6fk 5 лет назад

how do you know

@footballhighlights540 4 года назад

@@Ben-gj6fk lol

@TBoneTony 4 года назад

A good portion of the players and the crowd would have gone off to WW1. Some wouldn't have come back alive. There is a record of names from each VFL club at the time those who gave their lives during WW1. The University of Melbourne Football Club lost at least 16 of their players in WW1 from what I remember. And considering the year of this game was 1909, the following year in 2010 was the year University Football Club finished 6th in a 10 team league and that was their best season. Finished 2 games outside of playing the finals. And from my memory from 2011 to 2014 the University Football Club only won 2 games in their last 4 seasons before disbanding at the end of that season right when WW1 was starting.

@andremachado4723 3 года назад

It’s slightly creepy that when the camera turned to the crowd, nearly everyone is staring at it.

@lumabi25 2 года назад

I've noticed that about a lot of footage from that era. Must have been the novelty of this new way of taking pictures that move.

@michaelmorgan1902 5 лет назад

Academy Award performance at 08:50 for staging a free kick. Those women's hats would have been a nightmare to try and watch the game

@SkinnyCow. 7 лет назад

ghosts, every last one of them

@Discovios 10 лет назад

love the south melbourne jumper

@markmooroolbark252 3 года назад

Magnificent.

@gilfavor1river 9 лет назад

I've just had another look at this bit of magic footage. The place kick, the crowd enormous, how would you be standing behind some of those womens' hats???? The handball where you could throw it up and then punch it, but so many familiarities except for ten million ball ups. I noticed that Carlton had, it seems, two different sets of jumpers , where South had just the sash. Same goal posts , in white umpires, just brilliant. Here's some trivia for you I read the other day that the poor old blues had hit their lowest percentage points in a season ever in 2015, the last that was lower was in 1901, 8 years before this game!

@veganath 5 лет назад

Don't call them *Blues* for nothing...lol

@aronh4885 9 лет назад

why are there 3 different jumpers on the field? carlton's, white with stripe and grey (red?) with white

@tyfooncheki 3 года назад

Carlton played with 2 jumpers, the monogram and then the lace up which was yellow and light blue if my Carlton history book serves me right. And south melbourne with the white and red stripe

@aronh4885 3 года назад

@@tyfooncheki 6 years it took to get a reply! I have absolutely no memory of ever seeing this footage or leaving the comment but it's fascinating. Thanks

@JordyJayHomer 3 месяца назад

@@aronh4885 ...and another 3 years for your second like 👍

@Charles-SG 3 года назад

We only lost by a few points. If we’d have won it would’ve been our 4th win in a row,

@seanlowe4785 Год назад

Low scoring and the skills were pretty sloppy back then, reminds me of a fledgling AFLW competition just starting out. Just can't convince people that the men were average for many years until it got better.

@darthgeros5863 3 года назад

Carlton has 2 different jumpers out there. It is also weird seeing the Punt Kick and throwing it before handballing, how the game has evolved

@debbieanne7962 3 года назад

When was the handball invented?

@stephenscholes4758 2 года назад

Even in the '70's players could be seen with (albeit slightly) different jumpers

@planetx1595 2 года назад

I think they had three, monogrammed, lace up and plain blue (if I'm not mistaken)

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

Notice how different the handball is; a toss-it-up-and-pop-it-over-the-head-of-your-opponent action. Incorrect disposal was a bad then as now. But at 3:05 the ump pays for high tackle, so even then they were defending the head. And contrast to 3:48 where he ducks into it, and it gets paid as well. The Carlton mids certainly dished it out around the ruck. Lack of commentary improves the spectacle, as always.

@pattomuso 6 лет назад

A Place Kick!!

@markdp1983 4 года назад

8:48 the South player was whacked behind play; I hope they used this film at the Tribunal hearing?!

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

First use of video footage at the tribunal was in 1973.

@larrywalker6105 5 лет назад

This even before Pratty came along. Srange looking hand pass. Have they ever played any modern game with those shorts?

@shaundavey6770 3 года назад

Some good draft prospects for Geelong this season

@lachlantrainvideos 4 года назад

Creepy that EVERYONE in this video is now dead.

@hanajinks1044 2 года назад

Why?

@lachlantrainvideos 2 года назад

@@hanajinks1044 I don’t even know I was a stupid 14 year old

@Kevin-oh2je Месяц назад

Wow...awesome...before my father was born in 1920, before WWI

@stevesalkas533 3 года назад

Was that buddy with strip different way im sjre

@shannen1499 7 лет назад

YEAH THE BLOODS

@28carat 4 года назад

Final score? Cup presentation? Sack the cameraman! LOL

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

No premiership cup until 1959.

@planetX15 2 года назад

@@sentimentalbloke185 Melbourne were the first team to receive the cup, right?

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

@@planetX15 correct. Johnny Beckwith received the cup in his last game as Melb captain. Barassi took over the following year.

@briantierney9771 6 лет назад

The Goal post was crooked/slight vertical lean....lol! ( early in the Vid.)

@clipboss8052 6 лет назад

I know this is the earliest surviving footage, but what was the first Footy game to ever be broadcast live?

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

The 1956 finals were 'televised' on a closed circuit tv in preparation for the beginning of tv in November that year. The first live broadcasts were on 20 April 1957 (Easter Saturday) of the last quarter of 3 matches: Collingwood v Essendon at Vic Park (Ch 9), Carlton v Hawthorn at Princes Park (ABC) & St Kilda v South Melbourne at Junction Oval (Ch 7).

@Danny310563 2 месяца назад

4.00 handball rule out have been different he tosses and hits it with the same hand

@jasoncarpp7742 11 лет назад

Ah! Ok. Is that how long Film Australia had been around? in 1984?

@tivet4 4 года назад

Nah , where your film in london play soccer's film 1909 nothing .

@luvyawoods 3 года назад

Hoity Toity and Hoi Palloi mixing it.... no boxes or members areas or noticeable discrimination back then. Maybe I am wrong.

@BG-id2cv 3 года назад

Interesting aspect of this footage is that all players tried to keep their feet and did not go to ground when picking up the ball and appeared to be very few stoppages (I didn't see one stoppage); This maybe a legacy from Rugby, where a player is not allowed to pick the ball up when on the ground, otherwise it's a penalty. Food for thought for the current AFL rules where players lying on the ground and are still allowed to pick up the ball. A rule change such as this would reduce many stoppages IMHO.

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

There are about five thrown ins though. With positional play as shown here it was a lot less congested at the contest, which is why less stoppages. In Rugby you can pick the ball up off the ground as long as you are behind it relative to your own goal. The reason they don't id there';s no advantage ,- you pick it up and someone jumps on you and you are tackled and you either have to release straight away (union) or it's a play-the-ball (league). With no prior opportunity rule there's no benefit in either code. The broader issue is players keeping their feet in the contest, which is an evaporating skill a cross the board. I think this can be put down to modern football shoes, which are simply not fit for purpose. Incredible that someone earning six figures cannot buy equipment that suits their job!

@disco1446 8 лет назад

So dark jackets and hats were popular. Was there a mandatory national uniform or something?

@DC-js4gk 6 лет назад

Mandatory world uniform. Even the goal impire wore a bag of fruit, and a bowler. Chucked the flags on the ground. Have a look at your Wild West photos the most popular hat was the next-to-useless bowler! Those batwing hats were more a Hollywood invention that looked cool.

@dannye8525 4 года назад

Collingwood should have been playing in this game. Absolutely crucified by the umps in the prelim.

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

They were selling sandwiches at the grand final...

@planetX15 Год назад

@@phildoyle8263UDLs too

@kaisahfx1246 Год назад

pies finished 6th

@hanajinks1044 2 года назад

Some of the comments from under-30s on here....a sign of the times.

@davewheeler3454 4 года назад

Mcg looks unrecognisable...I see trees in the background

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

A few are still there between the Punt Road end and Punt Road oval. They are about 150 years old I was told by a Melbourne Council worker. The ones along the outer wing though were lost by building the old Southern Stand. I do notice the MCC members hogged the Grand Final tickets, so some things haven't changed!

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

@@phildoyle8263 The trees with the spectators were inside the ground on the southern side. There were 12 elm trees planted in 1862 by the first English cricket team to come to Australia (one for each player). They were cut down in 1912 to make way for two stands, the Harrison & Wardill stands, which were demolished in 1936 so that the old Southern stand could be built.

@phildoyle8263 2 года назад

@@sentimentalbloke185 Thank you Sentimental Bloke!

@hanajinks1044 2 года назад

@@sentimentalbloke185 Yes, fascinating anecdote.

@xzite8905 5 лет назад

109 grandfinals ago

@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 Год назад

Not much to the MCG back then. Couple of pavilions, that's it

@mauroski7781 4 года назад

It would be interesting to know how much a top VFL player was paid back in 1909? or did he play just for fun, I know that most VFL players were cricket players in the off season so I was told.

@tyfooncheki 3 года назад

That’s true footy was pretty much just a hobby for most before cricket started up again

@debbieanne7962 3 года назад

They received no payment. Every player had a real day job. Footy's original concept was to play over winter for cricketers ATT

@stephenscholes4758 2 года назад

@@debbieanne7962 yeah but I think we underestimate how well players did out of the game as early as say, the 1950's. They were probably earning enough in players wages but more so in kickbacks that early not to have to work, but did still work, so as to set themselves up. By the '80's even when wages were in the hundreds of thousands for the top-tier, those in the top tier still worked. Even today, for many, many players full-time work would still be an option if they didn't have to spend so long at the club Monday to Friday, a stupid amount of time really - I reckon the next phase will be players spending less time there

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

@@stephenscholes4758 The players were paid in this era. One of the Carlton players in this match, Martin Gotz, told a league enquiry that he was paid 3 pounds per week between 1906 and 1912. That's about $450 in today's money & more than the basic wage of the day. Players also held down weekday jobs, so it was reasonably lucrative.

@simonf8902 3 года назад

Not a bare head in the place. No cops either ! Happy days.

@planetx1595 3 года назад

Bare head?

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

@@planetx1595 They got their hats on. Saving them from skin cancer.

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

Several cops in shot, particularly at 10:24.

@hatduken5421 9 лет назад

3.55. Does anyone know why they used that kick? It looks like an NFL/NRL set punt off the ground. Would he have been going for goal? I can't think of a reason why they would need to use that kick...

@oscarj0231 9 лет назад

He didn't, it just looks like it

@gilfavor1river 9 лет назад

Hat Duken Place kick was used many times in past Aussie rules footy. In fact I believe even modern day footballer Dermott Brereton asked an umpire in the 80's if he could use a place kick. Of course he was refused.

@hatduken5421 9 лет назад

gilfavor1river interesting. It is an accurate kick. If you watch NRL when they hit those conversions from the sideline... and then you see Clokey miss straight in front from 20 metres out.

@darrenjray 7 лет назад

gilfavor1river Are you sure about that? I've heard there is nothing in the rules that outlaws the place kick. It was discussed in 3AW a few weeks back.

@WalterKingstone 6 лет назад

+darrenjray Exactly, I know for certain that place kicks are allowed in today's game. As long as the player executes it within the given 30 seconds, it's fine!

@mjames4709 Год назад

One flag Carlscum couldn't buy.

@donkzzx 6 лет назад

compare this mcg to todays

@ncf1 5 лет назад

...and not one stupid bushy beard or tattoo in sight.

@xurdious6150 4 года назад

haha good to see the umpires haven't changed

@boring247boring5 2 года назад

should be played dans les us

@Northisbest 8 лет назад

All dead.

@myname7056 Год назад

There’s a record of the centenary match they played with some of the retired players(such as Dipper)in 1996. They played the game under the same playing conditions, & rules as these guys. It’s fabulous. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WOmbBZ4NuZw.html

@ratattack420 3 месяца назад

Sloppy skills, reminds me of AFLW

@sirvidia 8 лет назад

those women's hats must have blocked everyone's view

@squiddy5681 4 года назад

Manchester United that was posted 3 years ago and AFL best

@robertneuer4061 4 года назад

🥱😴

@debbieanne7962 3 года назад

And the huge umbrellas!

@OldFossil 2 года назад

@M soccer is a slow sport compared to the fast game of AFL, heck even NRL is faster than soccer. It's just back and fourth ball movement with the rare goal or two. Then they drink, fight and riot because they're so bored just watching it go up and down. This clip from the simpsons sums it up perfectly ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rJu2qSJ9zno.html

@mrstacker1430 8 лет назад

WW1 would have ended the lives of many of the young men there that day. Player and spectator alike.

@ryankeogh219 6 лет назад

4:39 bahahaha. i bet that dude didn't realise people would still be laughing at him 110 years in the future

@WalterKingstone 6 лет назад

Haha!

@bella95 6 лет назад

On RU-vid on the Internet 😂😂

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

A scrubby kick to be sure, but he has played in one more League Grand Final at the MCG than you ;)

@pauliejay4161 9 лет назад

Interesting the variation in the uniforms. Some sashes going left, some going right for the Swans. Three guys for Carlton look like they are in NFL gear.

@TheMrPeteChannel Год назад

First in all codes of football no skin on the legs was shown. Then came shorts just above the knees like these. Then more knee was shown. Shorts kept getting shorter. The NFL & CFL are the only codes of football I know where no leg skin can be shown to this day.

@briantierney9771 6 лет назад

Melb’s pop’n ...650,000 at that time...Yet 37,000 attend the game.

@ForeverGambino3 6 лет назад

weird to think everyone in this video is dead

@DC-js4gk 6 лет назад

Why? Almost everyone in every film before 1950 is dead with a few exceptions. Think you can see Angela Lansbury in a 1941 I think Hitchcock movie. She's still going. There was an actress about until recently who won two Oscars in the late '20s! She died last year.

@kevinaylesbury3657 6 лет назад

FG yer mate hey half of the players were within a couple of years filmed just before ww1 started all those young men and boys in the crowd were either dead or mentally scared within 2 years

@DDM_08 4 года назад

not everyone, but a large amount of majority yes.

@mikenolzeynolan4635 3 года назад

Sad but true !! Lifes 2 short enjoy it everyday

@efangrim8470 3 года назад

@@DDM_08 find me someone who was born in 1909 and is still alive....

@rodneymcgiveron9563 6 лет назад

dig them up and they'd still beat the current Carlton

@bearmarco1944 3 года назад

I can imagine some 2020 match with Anthony Hudson yelling at the game. "And there goes Len Mortimer, ready for a goal for South Melbourne... And he kicks it into the goals! Too bad he's got an injury though, left foot came off. Yet again, that was a great goal, a lot more like it coming from Mortimer." Then Lyon says; "Well, happens when you've got actual skeletons playing the game, but they've now got Carlton up by 14 points. They do seem a bit confused they aren't being squashed, we did forget to say that there's a salary cap of $14 million, or for them, 60 shillings."

@MarkyColeDaBest 10 лет назад

This is a piece of history. Long live AFL

@jecos1966 5 лет назад

VFL/AFL

@EBGamez1 3 года назад

@@jecos1966 have I seen you before?

@EBGamez1 3 года назад

@J G noice to see that AFL is living rent-free in your head :)

@DV-zv4ox 2 года назад

Bruh what's with the name tho lmao

@OldFossil 2 года назад

@J G awwww, someone's upset about the AFL's success. Looks like someone needs a diaper change! :D

@NFSAFilms 11 лет назад

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Yes the world was not far away from a big shake up when this was filmed.

@fjbutch 9 лет назад

''Cop the place kick'' ! My Grandfather talked about them during his time playing in the 1930s... must say, I can still dob a mean drop kick, and so can my 13 year old son...just passing on the tradition...

@gilfavor1river 9 лет назад

fjbutch Drop kick is a mighty beautiful kick that has been lost to Aussie football , at its highest level. Stupid I think, a great skill if a player could do good ones they went dead straight. I have played at amateur when the drop kick was still about, we had a bloke playing that would go off on his own and practice it over and over, great for scoring goals , hit it perfectly.

@fjbutch 9 лет назад

gilfavor1river I have made a couple of short vids on the drop kick with my 13 year old son...checkem' out.. long live the drop kick...

@planetX15 9 лет назад

+fjbutch "My Grandfather talked about them during his time playing in the 1930s" Who did he play for?

@fjbutch 8 лет назад

+planetX15 Glenelg, and The MTT. ( Tram ways Trust South Australia.

@rubinsteve1 7 лет назад

amazing film of the swans first flag, the game itself is of a pretty good standard, some of it is similar to todays game, and its not as slow as one would have thought. Gotta love all those bowler hats in the crowd. LOL

@NFSAFilms 7 лет назад

I wonder if that hat fashion will ever come back?

@planetX15 5 лет назад

When did it stop?

@TomMarvan 10 лет назад

4:01 interesting handball.

@phildoyle8263 3 года назад

There were a few of them. Didn't see any evidence of a "modern" handball, so it must've been the method. Wonder if any modern footballer's have tried it, at any level. Might be a handy skill.

@gerrym75 6 лет назад

The Milliner's were the real winners on that day

@crocodilepeter 10 лет назад

The West Adelaide Football Club is emblazoned across the Scoreboard advertisement !

@benji274 4 года назад

They won the SAFL flag that year

@petervasic2515 4 года назад

@@benji274 sure did

@benji274 4 года назад

Yes, they won four of their 9 flags between 1908-12

@Full-Metal-Jason 4 года назад

2 bloods won that year

@Misterman668 4 года назад

All the kids that don’t watch footy a lot be like: OmG wHeRe’s DuStIn mArTiN?

@MrRealityCheck88 10 лет назад

Amazing. Having no sound actually makes this more intriguing

@bearmarco1944 3 года назад

I can just imagine Anthony Hudson and/or Gary Lyon yelling commentary at this game. "And he rushes to kick that ball towards goal... But he misses the football! Carlton still have a chance!"

@jameschristiansson3137 3 месяца назад

No Brian Taylor, yay!

@NFSAFilms 11 лет назад

No Film Australia is actually celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. It was the last incarnation of the Government film making organisation that was originally called the Photographic and Cinema Branch 1913, The National Film Board 1945, The Commonwealth Film Unit 1956 and finally Film Australia 1973. As a production facility it was wound up in 2008. The collection is now part of the NFSA. Confused yet?

@disco1446 8 лет назад

How things change in a relatively short time. In history 100 years is nothing but this might as well be another planet compared to today.

@personofearth5076 3 года назад

Even if it makes me dead today I would rather have lived back then. Awesome days.

@NFSAFilms 11 лет назад

Hi thanks for your comment. It is a repost in a sense. It was previously posted on our other NFSA channel last year. You may have seen it there. We are in the process of consolidating our two channels and will be posting more of the general NFSA collection here. Some of these will have been posted previously. Sorry if that led to any confusion. It will mean though that we have a vast collection resource to draw on for future posts.

@michaelshea5885 6 лет назад

wow the rules were really different then, just like the american football version of aussie rugby

@TheMichaelseymour 5 лет назад

everything else has changed,,,,but scumpires are still scumpires

@michaeloberhofer7183 6 лет назад

Love the place kick! I have a feeling its still in the rules! Carlton were already dirty bastards! The "blood stained Angels" living up to their name! Cant believe those shorts are back in!

@MarkReedman 8 лет назад

Very appreciative hope earlier footage surfaces one day

@medullaoblongata9670 5 лет назад

I was at this game as the official time keeper. I picked the job up to earn a few extra pennies after my retirement!. I’m the guy in the middle of the crowd with the hat on!. The footballers always looked like they were walking to the gallows. They were told not to smile as the then VFL (as it was known at the time) aggressively marketed the sport as an ‘Unhappy Game’!. The footballer laying injured on the ground later changed his job to a ‘pathway career’ as a professional cadaver and coma model at the fledgling Melbourne University Medical Department. Back in the day Carlton actually had a competitive team and even won a match or two. Collingwood had a lot of off field issues with their players that was either covered up or was ‘waved away’ as a ‘private internal issue’ by the then administrator of the time. Thanks for posting, great memories for me!.

@NFSAFilms 5 лет назад

Thought that was you ;)

@RickyisSwan Год назад

I was there too. I was 20 at the time, so today I’m 133 yrs old. Feel like a spring chicken. 🐣🦢🦢🦢

@shehannanayakkara4162 Год назад

Glad you specified the hat, found you straight away!

@Rob-ww6nc 9 месяцев назад

@@RickyisSwanI was there too...born in 1802. In this you will just see the results of my tireless fertilising the grass! Looks black and white. But I can assure you its brown!

@bbking0064 4 года назад

Judging by the packed stands, it appears even in 1909 it was difficult to get tickets to the grand final.

@sentimentalbloke185 2 года назад

Ticketing wasn't introduced until 1957.

@planetx1595 9 месяцев назад

@sentimentalbloke185 Really? So before 1957, going to games were literally free?

@rodneymcgiveron 3 года назад

look how close the goal posts are to the fence ...really great find...also sad to think that maybe a few of these lads might well have been fighting in a World War five years on from this ..

@paladin313 4 года назад

Being an American fan of Aussie Rules, I am in awe of how it seems little has changed in the game as far as play and rules, (though the place kick off the ground threw me off a bit.) How much was different in the rules then and how does that differ from now? (It must have been quite the defensive game if both teams had only scored 5 behinds and no goals @5:23.)

@debbieanne7962 3 года назад

Well now you can't just throw the ball to each other. No one ever does a place kick anymore, not for the last 90 years. The drop kick was last used in about the 1960s. The game is much faster now. And of course now every player wears matching jumpers! 112 years now since this game. Every person there would now be long dead

@shaneb315 2 года назад

The final score was South Melbourne 4 .14 . 38 v Carlton 4.12. 36 .

@stephenscholes4758 2 года назад

@@debbieanne7962 I found the respective speeds similar

@KennyTC63 2 года назад

@@stephenscholes4758 I'm old enough (just) to remember the drop-kick being used into the late seventies by some players. What you say about the speed of the game, the game has been played at speed since the mid 1950's but it took the VFL a further 20 years to finally go with a dual umpire system (1976). Today's game is not as quick as it was when I was younger. The zoning, flooding and negative mind-set coaching has seen to that. Bring back the 70,s 80,s and 90,s!!

@kaisahfx1246 Год назад

@@KennyTC63can you still place kick for goal?

@stevesalkas533 3 года назад

Nothing has change still shit rules

@lealand423 5 лет назад

Thats awesome, the best game in the world.

@m_i_c_h_a_e_l 3 года назад

Carn the Bloods!

@jackmag4056 11 месяцев назад

Every single person in that crowd not with us anymore ,including pregnant women if any were there

@scoldedcat 5 лет назад

Willy-Nilly diagonal stripes on the South Melbourne jumpers. Cool ! They should bring it back in.

@planetX15 11 лет назад

Is this a re-post?

@lusofton1175 4 года назад

Kade Simpson played in this match. The man is actually immortal.

@RadicalCaveman Год назад

Yes, he is actually still alive, even though he's in his 130's now. In fact, he's very healthy and shows no signs of aging. The only bad thing is, he now lives in Sydney.

@jasoncarpp7742 11 лет назад

Ok. So Film Australia was established in 1913. This footage was filmed in 1909, just a few years prior.