BBC Radio A Different Way To Follow AFL
There was no tv coverage, no Australian radio, so it was the BBC who broadcast the Geelong versus Port Adelaide game. Jimmy "Bottle" had the ball a lot, Darren "Melbourne" played well and from listening to the game it seemed that Mark Blake was as good as Plugger.
It was a fun game to listen to, and the commentary improved as the game went along. It was enthusiastic commentating, with plenty of "strikes" towards goal and tackles sending players "to the floor".
It cost 20 pounds for adults to go, which is around $50 in Australian money.
GEELONG: 5.3, 8.5, 10.7, 13.10 (88)
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.1, 6.3, 8.6, 10.7 (67)
BEST - Geelong: Bartel, Prismall, Stokes, Gamble, S.Hunt, West, Playfair. Port Adelaide: Pearce, Salopek, Wakelin, Ebert, Mahoney
GOALS - Geelong: Gamble 4, Egan, J.Hunt, Byrnes, Bartel, Batchelor, Stokes, McCarthy, Prismall, Milburn. Port Adelaide: Cassisi 2, Mahoney 2, D.White 2, Bentley, Willits, Ebert, Giles.
At The Oval
AFL Exhibition Games at The Oval:
1987 North Melbourne 18.6 (104) bt Carlton 13.13 (91)
1988 Hawthorn 9.14 (68) bt Carlton 6.11 (47)
1989 Melbourne 12.10 (82) bt Essendon 6.10 (46)
1990 Collingwood 19.9 (123) bt Essendon 13.12 (90)
1991 West Coast 14.12 (96) bt Hawthorn 10.6 (66)
1994 Richmond 14.20 (104) bt Carlton 13.5 (83)
1997 West Coast 11.7 (73) bt Collingwood 8.7 (55)
1998 Western Bulldogs 15.5 (95) bt St Kilda 10.12 (72)
1999 Essendon 11.6 (72) bt Hawthorn 10.9 (69)
2000 Melbourne 5.10 (40) bt Adelaide 3.3 (21)
2003 Fremantle 11.3 (69) bt Collingwood 7.8 (50)
2005 Fremantle 13.12 (90) bt West Coast 11.7 (73)
2006 Geelong 13.10 (88) bt Port Adelaide 10.7 (67)
Click here for a story about the game and a couple of pictures from the Surrey Cricket site.
Click here for the AFL version of events, and you can also read on the Power and Cats sites about their trip to London.
Click here for a story from The Times about Bartel and Josh Hunt.
It was a fun game to listen to, and the commentary improved as the game went along. It was enthusiastic commentating, with plenty of "strikes" towards goal and tackles sending players "to the floor".
It cost 20 pounds for adults to go, which is around $50 in Australian money.
GEELONG: 5.3, 8.5, 10.7, 13.10 (88)
BEST - Geelong: Bartel, Prismall, Stokes, Gamble, S.Hunt, West, Playfair. Port Adelaide: Pearce, Salopek, Wakelin, Ebert, Mahoney
GOALS - Geelong: Gamble 4, Egan, J.Hunt, Byrnes, Bartel, Batchelor, Stokes, McCarthy, Prismall, Milburn. Port Adelaide: Cassisi 2, Mahoney 2, D.White 2, Bentley, Willits, Ebert, Giles.
At The Oval
AFL Exhibition Games at The Oval:
1987 North Melbourne 18.6 (104) bt Carlton 13.13 (91)
1988 Hawthorn 9.14 (68) bt Carlton 6.11 (47)
1989 Melbourne 12.10 (82) bt Essendon 6.10 (46)
1990 Collingwood 19.9 (123) bt Essendon 13.12 (90)
1991 West Coast 14.12 (96) bt Hawthorn 10.6 (66)
1994 Richmond 14.20 (104) bt Carlton 13.5 (83)
1997 West Coast 11.7 (73) bt Collingwood 8.7 (55)
1998 Western Bulldogs 15.5 (95) bt St Kilda 10.12 (72)
1999 Essendon 11.6 (72) bt Hawthorn 10.9 (69)
2000 Melbourne 5.10 (40) bt Adelaide 3.3 (21)
2003 Fremantle 11.3 (69) bt Collingwood 7.8 (50)
2005 Fremantle 13.12 (90) bt West Coast 11.7 (73)
2006 Geelong 13.10 (88) bt Port Adelaide 10.7 (67)
Click here for a story about the game and a couple of pictures from the Surrey Cricket site.
Click here for the AFL version of events, and you can also read on the Power and Cats sites about their trip to London.
Click here for a story from The Times about Bartel and Josh Hunt.
