Micro Noises 18
Weekend waters†
Brent Moloney has found a home at Brisbane, after he this week passed a medical examination requested by the Lions. Having demonstrated that he still has the strong body of a lad, rather than that of an old man, the Lions will be glad to have signed him up. And that fits in nicely with the fact that BRENT MOLONEY is an anagram of BOY ENROLMENT.
Brian Lake has surprisingly made the move from the Bulldogs to Hawthorn. Only time will tell if this is a master stroke by one or both of the clubs involved in the trade, or if in fact one club will be accused of having an anagram of the man himself - a BRAIN LEAK.
And the latest news on North's Cam Pedersen is that he appears likely to be joining Melbourne for the 2013 season. The signing of a Demon contract would appear to be a mere formality for the man who has played 16 games over two seasons with the Kangaroos, which reflects nicely the fact that CAMERON PEDERSEN is an anagram of PENS DEMON CAREER.
The latest list twists
Great news for Geelong's Jesse Stringer. He's been elevated from the being a rookie to the Cats' senior list. This means that Jesse Stringer is no longer a second-stringer but a first-stringer. And as the only person of that name to have ever played VFL/AFL footy, he now becomes the first Stringer, the first second-stringer Stringer and the first first-stringer Stringer.
Meanwhile Adelaide recently announced that Brad Symes will not be offered a new contract. It seems likely that Symes's career will now end on a total of 80 games (20 with Port Adelaide and 60 with Adelaide). Still, that's nothing to be sneezed at, given that it's 40 times the number of games racked up by the only other Symes to play at VFL/AFL level. And that other Symes was Brian, who played two games for North in 1972. It seems that if you are a Symes and you want to play football at the highest level, you'll have to play for a club that ends with the letter E, and your first name must start with "Br".
Speaking of players whose first name begins with "Br", in what some may see as perhaps un-B-LEE-vable news, Essendon's Brendan Lee received similar news from the Bomber hierarchy in late September. He finishes his career (unless drafted by another club) with a total of two games, putting him in equal-bottom place on the Lee list, in terms of total games played. 14 Lees have played at VFL/AFL level. Remarkably, all of them had single-club careers. Here's the Lee Ladder:
Name | Club | Career | Games |
---|---|---|---|
Mark Lee | Richmond | 1977-91 | 233 |
Dick Lee | Collingwood | 1906-22 | 230 |
Bernie Lee | Footscray | 1957-63 | 95 |
Scott Lee | Adelaide | 1991-95 | 86 |
Charlie Lee | Collingwood | 1916-23 | 47 |
Alex Lee | Hawthorn | 1933-35 | 31 |
Graeme Lee | St Kilda | 1961-62 | 18 |
Tom Lee | Collingwood | 1897-98 | 8 |
Warren Lee | Hawthorn | 1978 | 6 |
Andrew Lee | Essendon | 2006 | 5 |
Jack Lee | Geelong | 1903 | 3 |
Les Lee | Richmond | 1913 | 2 |
Ian Lee | South Melbourne | 1934 | 2 |
Brendan Lee | Essendon | 2012 | 2 |
Mystery Team No. 2
An apology to those who have been waiting to find out what the link was between players in Mystery Team No. 1 back in Micro Noises 14. This one had people stumped for several days. The answer is that each player in that team is the only one of that surname ever to play football at VFL/AFL level. The positions of Andrew Bews and Gavin Wanganeen in that team could be under a cloud, as Jed Bews (Andrew's son) is on Geelong's senior playing list, and Derick Wanganeen was on Hawthorn's 2012 rookie list.
And now, on to our second Mystery Team. Once again, the question is, "what is the common link between all of the players in this team?" Your time starts now!
B: | Billy Duckworth (Ess) | Daniel Bradshaw (Bris/Syd) | Nathan Bassett (Adel) |
HB: | Andrew Demetriou (NM/Haw) | Ted Whitten (Foots) | John Worsfold (WC) |
C: | Robert Flower (Melb) | Gary Ablett (Geel/GC) | Geoff Cunningham (StK) |
HF: | Ricky Barham (Coll) | David Cloke (Rich/Coll) | Wayne Schimmelbusch (NM) |
F: | Neil Balme (Rich) | Chris Grant (Foots) | Dick Reynolds (Ess) |
R: | John Nicholls (Carl) | Shane Crawford (Haw) | Leon Harris (Fitz) |
Int: | Matthew Burton (Frem/NM) | Luke Power (Bris/GWS) | Bernard Toohey (Geel/Syd/Foots) |
Sub: | Che Cockatoo-Collins (Port) |
Postcode of the week
To coincide with Sydney's Grand Final success, the National Film and Sound Archive recently released extended footage of the 1909 premiership-decider between the Swans and Carlton. (Check out the footage here.) One of those playing for South Melbourne that day was Vic Belcher. The 1909 Grand Final was Belcher's 58th game, and he was already well on the way to becoming a Swans legend on that October day 103 years ago. Both the Swans and Carlton appeared to be paying respects to Belcher's roots that afternoon. South Melbourne's three-quarter time score was 36, and at the final bell, Carlton had also reached 36. And the postcode of Belcher's birthplace, Numurkah is 3636. It was a remarkable display of looking both back and forward in time by the two teams, especially given that numerical postcodes were not introduced in Australia until 1967.
Ridiculous footy anagram of the week
And finally, just a little warning to those who are keen to claim that the arrival of young Jesse Hogan and Dom Berry means that everything will now be rosy at Demonland. JESSE HOGAN AND DOM BERRY is an anagram of A BRASH DEMON'S JOY - DANGER!
Footnotes
†Weekend waters is an anagram of "Trade Week News"
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