EFC Cryptic Challenge Thread

[Shane Hird]

Peter Cransburg

No,its not Peter "I should have done more with my career" Cransburg

 

[Boris_Bewick]

I reckon I know this one. But I'm going to leave it to someone else

 

[Shane Hird]

EFC player-1980 onwards


Came from local Essendon side.............

Built my weight up by 10kgs in two years early on in my EFC career......

I nearly went to Geelong, but ended up at _____________................


I am also an EFC Premiership player.

 

[Vulture_72]

David Calthorpe!

 

[Shane Hird]

David Calthorpe!

Nope,not Dave...but very close indeed

 

[Crave]

Olarenshaw

 

[Shane Hird]

Olarenshaw

Nope,not Ricky

 

[Shane Hird]

EFC player-1980 onwards


Came from local Essendon side.............

Built my weight up by 10kgs in two years early on in my EFC career......

I nearly went to Geelong, but ended up at _____________................


I am also an EFC Premiership player.

I took a very close journey to Calthorpe's.........

 

[Vulture_72]

Blake Caracella.

 

[Shane Hird]

Blake Caracella.

Correct

 

[Shane Hird]

EFC player between 1970 and 2006


I played more than 150 league games....

I kicked more goals than games played for Essendon.......

I came from the Victorian bush...............

I kicked 3 goals in my debut league match.........

I played for Victoria twice...............

 

[Longy413]

Correct

Hardly a local club mate, you had me thinking EDFL.

 

[Shane Hird]

Hardly a local club mate, you had me thinking EDFL.

St Marys...thats right innit?

 

[Longy413]

St Marys...thats right innit?

Not in the EDFL. He was a Northern Knights boy wasn't he?

 

[Shane Hird]

Not in the EDFL. He was a Northern Knights boy wasn't he?

Yep,well my little book says..from local side St Marys via the Northern U18s

Alessio came from St Marys as well I recall...and someone else??

EDIT: No sorry,Alessio came from local side St Olivers

 

[Longy413]

Longy was St Mary's, but a different one.

 

[Shane Hird]

Longy was St Mary's, but a different one.

yer,NT St Marys.

Theres a St Marys somewhere in the Essendon district...I remember my cousin's(who lived in Niddrie) next door nieghbour being a junior coach or teacher at St Marys.....

 

[Longy413]

Sure it wasn't St.Christophers?

 

[Crave]

Sounds like a conversation from The Office. HAHA Love your work, Nobby!! Not sure which of you is David Brent though

 

[Shane Hird]

Sure it wasn't St.Christophers?

Gezzz..now that sounds right as well..rings a bell. I think I remember St Christophers now..??? Now I'm confused

All I know is what this little book of mine says,it could be wrong.Blake might not have come from St Marys...

 

[Shane Hird]

EFC player between 1970 and 2006


I played more than 150 league games....

I kicked more goals than games played for Essendon.......

I came from the Victorian bush...............

I kicked 3 goals in my debut league match.........

I played for Victoria twice...............

Note: My 3 goals in my debut league match were not when I was playing for the Dons

 

[Longy413]

Gezzz..now that sounds right as well..rings a bell. I think I remember St Christophers now..??? Now I'm confused

All I know is what this little book of mine says,it could be wrong.Blake might not have come from St Marys...

Blake did come from St Marys, I just don't think it's in the Essendon district.

St Christophers (out Airport West way) most definately is, although they are now gone. Simon Madden hailed from there from memory.

 

[Shane Hird]

Note: My 3 goals in my debut league match were not when I was playing for the Dons

This particular game was a Preliminary Final.....I was a solid lad

 

[danzan22]

im not sure who it is but i will take a stab, alan ezard

 

[the outsider01]

im not sure who it is but i will take a stab, alan ezard

i reckon u might not be far of there mate as he played at broadford b4 heading down essedon the other one i thought might be worth a mention was phil cleary but im not exactly sure where he started off