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Southerner wrote: East Perth folk should remember 1981 quite well - after all at the end of year going into 1982 there was their first "little enquiry" to join the VFL

Haha yeah that's right...in the end they had to settle for VFL Reserves duties...twice in fact!

Beasley Hutton wrote: No worries mate I know how tricky it can get with those old Escort Cup games from the late 70s-mid 80s as they get included in the players WAFL games tallies.

As an aside on the net the other day there was some highlights from a SD vs ESS Escort Cup game at Perth Oval from 1979 that was great to see.

Watched Swan Districts vs Essendon at Collie in 1985. Paul Salmon was there but had plastered leg. Wife collected autographs.

Leather Stops wrote:

Beasley Hutton wrote: No worries mate I know how tricky it can get with those old Escort Cup games from the late 70s-mid 80s as they get included in the players WAFL games tallies.

As an aside on the net the other day there was some highlights from a SD vs ESS Escort Cup game at Perth Oval from 1979 that was great to see.

Watched Swan Districts vs Essendon at Collie in 1985. Paul Salmon was there but had plastered leg. Wife collected autographs.

Cant quite remember that one LS but I did see us play both North Melbourne & Footscray in scratch matches in Collie in the early 80s.

On the subject of pre-season matches - remember 1980 , the head honchos at Carlton & South Fremantle organised an advertised game at East Fremantle Oval

I went along & watched us smash them by 80 odd points

Carlton were one of 12 VFL clubs sniffing Stephen Michael at the time

Another player to add, and in particular in the context of the rumoured WAFC decision to remove the colts competition from the WAFL clubs, Gavin Outridge.

Beasley Hutton wrote: [quote="Leather Stops" p
Watched Swan Districts vs Essendon at Collie in 1985. Paul Salmon was there but had plastered leg. Wife collected autographs.

Cant quite remember that one LS but I did see us play both North Melbourne & Footscray in scratch matches in Collie in the early 80s.[/quote]
Coalfields Football Carnival Sunday March 3rd 1985 at Collie Recreation Ground: Couple of Swans were No5 Gary Sidebottom, No7 Peter Hodyl, No9 Keith Narkle, No15 Peter Sartori, No18 Murray Rance.. Scores Ess 23.19.159pts SD 8.11.59

Bh and LS .Do you remember that Footsgray match.A Footsgray player who later went on and played in the first Brisbane Loins team.
Jim Edmond Ko'd a few Swans players behind the play.Elbows and a few king hits.Turned into a really nasty match.Boucher didn't play his first game in 84 till late in the home and away season.Remember being at that game.