1977 VFA Grand Final Yarraville vs Mordialloc

[CookieLove]

Hey, just wondering if anyone can help me out.
I went to this GF at Toorak Park in 1977, and had the VFA Recorder (I think that was its name) from the game, but seemed to have lost it.
The Yarraville side was captain-coached by David Thorpe and featured George Bissett, Kevin Sait, Grant Simmons, and I'm sure there were other ex-Footscray and other clubs' ex-VFL players.
If anyone has a copy, or at least the team lists, and could either post them on here or PM me with a scan of the relevant pages, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
Ivan

Sorry Ant_, I was there with a large Footscray contingent of supporters - all barracking for Yarraville! I had family in Yarraville, some of whom played under-age and senior footy at the club, and many of the ex-Footscray players (Thorpe, Bissett) were originally from the Footscray area as well. I can't remember if there were any ex-VFL players in the Mordi team, although in those days was fairly common for them to finish their careers in the VFA.

Hey, just wondering if anyone can help me out.
I went to this GF at Toorak Park in 1977, and had the VFA Recorder (I think that was its name) from the game, but seemed to have lost it.
The Yarraville side was captain-coached by David Thorpe and featured George Bissett, Kevin Sait, Grant Simmons, and I'm sure there were other ex-Footscray and other clubs' ex-VFL players.
If anyone has a copy, or at least the team lists, and could either post them on here or PM me with a scan of the relevant pages, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
Ivan

 

[CookieLove]

I think Garry Merrington was another ex-dog who played for the eagles in 77

 

[Toastman]

Thanks blizzrd, unfortunately I currently live in Ballarat and commute to Melb CBD for work, but am not in Melb any other time when I could access their resources, maybe over summer. Thanks for the tip.

Blizzrd is right, it is in the state library:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21671977?q=vfa+recorder&c=article&versionId=26023876
Not sure but sometimes they will send stuff to your local library depending on rarity.

 

[DoubleDraw]

Sorry Ant_, I was there with a large Footscray contingent of supporters - all barracking for Yarraville! I had family in Yarraville, some of whom played under-age and senior footy at the club, and many of the ex-Footscray players (Thorpe, Bissett) were originally from the Footscray area as well. I can't remember if there were any ex-VFL players in the Mordi team, although in those days was fairly common for them to finish their careers in the VFA.

Mordi's team had 7 ex-League players:Rosenow,Bloomfield,Slade,Moore,Williamson,Scott and Norris-roughly about 225 games experience versus Yarraville's 700!!

 

[TiAn_]

Bruce 'Frog' Riches passed away last month.