NFL Wills Cup, Ardath Cup, Escort Cup

[easty01]

G'Day All

A quick heads-up that I've just added a history of the NFL Night Series (1976-79) to my footy history site: http://www.hardballget.net

Each page features full results, crowds and match reports sourced from microfilm of the daily newspapers in SA, VIC and WA. Links for each series are below:

http://www.hardballget.net/nfl---1976-wills-cup.html
http://www.hardballget.net/nfl---1977-ardath-cup.html
http://www.hardballget.net/nfl---1978-escort-cup.html
http://www.hardballget.net/nfl---1979-escort-cup.html

Enjoy!

Easty

[Rising Power]

Fantastic website! I love the history of clubs playing matches against clubs and rep sides from interstate. As a Port supporter in my 30s I've known of, or seen Port playing games pre and mid season against the likes of Hawthorn (1985 in a preseason cup series, I think, curtain raiser was Norwood v Essendon), Geelong (1990), Collingwood (1993), Essendon (1993 & 1994), Fremantle (1995 and 1996 for the long forgotten Docklands Trophy), the ACT (1995 or 1996) and the NT (at least a couple times during the 1990s). I know Norwood and North also went to Darwin at some stage during the late 90s but did any other clubs play similar games?

I recall years ago someone told me that the Eagles played against Sydney in the Ansett Cup (or at least a trial game) in around 1994, when there were only 15 teams in the AFL - can any Eagles fans confirm this?

[Magpiespower]

I recall years ago someone told me that the Eagles played against Sydney in the Ansett Cup (or at least a trial game) in around 1994, when there were only 15 teams in the AFL - can any Eagles fans confirm this?

Yeah, I remember that game.

IIRC, the Swans pumped them by about fifteen goals...

[RB]

I think the Eagles stuck with them for a quarter (it was maybe something like four goals to two at quarter time), then after quarter time it was all one way.

[FlyingHigh]

IIRC may have kicked the first five goals of the game and only two more, and lost by about 70 points.
Was pre-season of 1994, a trial game not part of the Ansett Cup, so with 14 teams, there was an odd number of first-round losers (if it was a knock-out format back then).

[Magpiespower]

Funny thing about memory... it's often way off!

Sydney... 15.17 (107)
Eagles.........8.6 (54)

Crowd: 5762 at Footy Park.

Simon Minton-Connell kicked 6 for the Swans.

Source: Footystats.

[Rising Power]

Funny thing about memory... it's often way off!

Sydney... 15.17 (107)
Eagles.........8.6 (54)

Crowd: 5762 at Footy Park.

Simon Minton-Connell kicked 6 for the Swans.

Source: Footystats.

Never heard of Footystats, I'll be poring through this later!