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It’s all kind of getting hazy now, but if we didn’t want any of the Cloke boys it was initially Jason. Travis we were dead keen on and we argued with their dad that it would be best if all the boys didn’t end up all at the same club as they’d be competing against each other. Irony is the one we had the greatest interest in was the only one that was a pies supporter, the other two Jason and Cameron from memory were actually Richmond. Anyhow it would all been academic if the original sin of losing Cloke and Raines had never happened.David Cloke left Richmond over a pay dispute along with Geoff Raines iirc. They wanted a pay rise and Graeme Richmond and our president Ian Wilson (I think) said no. So he went to Collingwood.
I knew Clokes wife from school and her dad was I think a committee man at Richmond back in the 70’s so I can’t imagine she would have changed from being a Tiger supporter.
Also I think David Cloke offered his boys to Richmond first but for some reason we didn’t show much interest.