Famous matches outside of grand finals with their own Wikipedia page

[harper2bastinac]

I'm curious if anyone knows of any other famous matches with their own Wikipedia page, aside from the 99 (Blues vs Bombers) and 16 (Dogs vs Giants) games. Surely there are more, perhaps the 09 Cats vs Saints match?

 

[mighty_lions]

I'm curious if anyone knows of any other famous matches with their own Wikipedia page, aside from the 99 (Blues vs Bombers) and 16 (Dogs vs Giants) games. Surely there are more, perhaps the 09 Cats vs Saints match?

miracle on grass

 

[Fluro Boots]

Line in the sand game

 

[TRP1996]

Looks like:

Line in the Sand.

Adelaide-Richmond keepings off game (2006).

Essendon-Kangaroos comeback game (2001).

Sirengate.

And some game from 1963 where Wooden Spooners Fitzroy defeated Premiers Geelong?

In addition to Geel-Saints 2009 and Miracle on Grass, as already mentioned.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Also these ones:

AFL siren controversy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Essendon v Kangaroos (2001 AFL season) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Richmond vs Adelaide (2006 AFL season) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Super-Flood - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Teen Wolf]

what he said^

 

[Fadge]

The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 22 – Melbourne v Carlton: The Kreuzer Cup

www.footyalmanac.com.au

 

[blueiris]

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Miracle on Grass
Broadcast in Australia
Brisbane Lions Geelong 15.13 (103) 14.14 (98)
1 2 3 4 BL 3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 7.8 (50) 15.13 (103) GEE 5.3 (33) 9.7 (61) 13.10 (88) 14.14 (98)
Date	23 June 2013
Stadium	The Gabba
Attendance	24,164
Umpires	Donlon, Bannister, Wenn
Network	Fox Footy
Commentators	Anthony Hudson, Gerard Healy, Brad Johnson, David King

The Miracle on Grass is the nickname given to the round 13, 2013 match between Australian Football League (AFL) clubs Brisbane Lions and Geelong. In the match, the Lions came back from a 52-point deficit during the third quarter to clinch a 5-point win with a goal after the siren.[1] The win was the eighth-biggest comeback in VFL/AFL history, and the largest in t
For similarly-known sporting contests, see Miracle match.

1963 VFL Round 10
Fitzroy Geelong 9.13 (67) 3.13 (31)
1 2 3 4 FITZ 3.4 (22) 3.7 (25) 8.11 (59) 9.13 (67) GEEL 0.6 (6) 1.6 (12) 2.9 (21) 3.13 (31)
Date	6 July 1963
Stadium	Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance	16,221
Umpires	Charles Gaudion
Coin toss won by	Fitzroy
Kicked toward	The railway end (with the breeze)

The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notable for winless Fitzroy defeating eventual premiers Geelong in an unfathomable upset, highlighting what would be Wally Clark's only game as coach. The performance remains held in such fondness that a book commemorating the win was released in 2014, shortly after the match's fiftieth anniversary.

Attended by 16,221 spectators at Fitzroy's home ground, the match was one of the major highlights of the 1960s,[1] wherein the young, inexperienced (and, for the 1963 season, winless) Fitzroy team unexpectedly, comprehensively — and, for some, "miraculously" — beat the experienced and powerful Geelong team, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31). The Cats were a team that had finished second on the 1962 VFL ladder, had already won six, and drawn one, of its nine home-and-away matches, and would eventually go on to win the 1963 VFL grand final and premiership.

The game was remarkable for the extensive, detailed, and well-structured team strategies and player-against-player tactics devised by Clark (the stand-in coach-for-the-day), such that, in addition to Fitzroy playing an ideal game on a very muddy and waterlogged Brunswick Street Oval, the Fitzroy players played an inspired and tenacious game that completely nullified the experienced Geelong champions Polly Farmer and Bill Goggin, preventing them from combining their skills with one another and, in addition, kept Geelong's full-forward John Sharrock goalless for the match.

Geelong Set for Easy Win

Today's League game at Fitzroy will see a battle between
two acting coaches — Wally Clark for the Maroons and
Geelong's Neil Tresize. . . .
Everything points to a win for Tresize and the Geelong
team, which is after its seventh victory for the season.
Fitzroy has yet to win a game this season, and it would
be expecting too much of the young players to break
through for their first win against a side as high on the
ladder as Geelong.
The Home side has lost its two most damaging players
to the inter-State side, [Kevin] Murray and rover Graham
Campbell.
The Cats will be without key players in full-forward Doug
Wade, and centreman Alistair Lord [both absent with the
inter-State side], but they have players capable of filling
the gaps adequately.
Good Stand-ins
New full-forward John Sharrock, in particular, should hold
down the full-forward post adequately. He kicked five goals
in the last [VFL] match against Richmond and six last week
against [a combined Ovens and Murray team at] Albury.[2]
Sharper and more confident ball handling, plus
strength in and around the packs, should be Geelong's
main winning factors.
Geelong’s ruckmen, Graham Farmer, John Watts, John
Yeates and Fred Wooller, should have little trouble winning
the knockouts and holding control in the air.
The Age, Saturday, 6 July 1963 (emphasis in original).[3]

Background​

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Given that Fitzroy had lost the first nine home-and-away matches in the 1963 VFL season, and with its opponents being the powerful Geelong side that would go on to win the 1963 VFL premiership (14 of whom would play against Fitzroy on that day), nobody gave the Fitzroy team a chance.

The game was predicted to be such a one-sided affair that none of the Melbourne radio stations bothered to send a commentator to broadcast the match.

Weather​

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Although the first half of the "split round"[a] matches had been played under relatively good conditions at Victoria Park, Princes Park, and the Junction Oval on 29 June 1963, the heavy rainfall that Melbourne experienced over the ensuing week had seriously affected the condition of all of the VFL grounds on the day of the match.[4]

Postponement of Round 11​

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It is also significant that, on the following Saturday morning (13 July 1963) — based upon reports that the majority of the grounds upon which games were scheduled to be played that afternoon "were completely waterlogged" — the VFL’s adverse weather committee made the unanimous decision to postpone all of the Round 11 matches until the following Saturday and, in the process, move each of the season's scheduled rounds to a week later.[5]

The weather that Melbourne experienced over that weekend proved that the committee's decision was well justified — not only did the storms and heavy rainfall cause widespread flooding in the Glenroy (Merlynston Creek) and Elsternwick-Gardenvale (Elwood Canal) areas, extensive power outages over a wide range of suburbs, and the postponement of the entire Grand National Steeple meeting at the low-lying and water-logged Flemington Racecourse, but also forced the closure of the Newport to Altona railway line for several days.[6][7]

Venue​

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In addition to the playing arena itself being rather low-lying and very poorly drained—a situation that meant that whenever there was heavy rain, the Brunswick Street Oval had a strong tendency to be very muddy and seriously waterlogged for weeks on end;[8] the long, thin, and (comparatively) rectangular shape of Fitzroy's home ground, even when completely dry, always demanded significant tactical adjustments in visiting teams, especially those accustomed to playing their matches on wide, and (comparatively) circular-shaped oval football fields such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Teams​

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The Fitzroy selectors made eight changes to the previous round's team:[9] five of which were "forced" upon them,[10] and three which were not.[11] The selected team was very inexperienced; it had seven teenagers, and only six members of the team had played more than 18 senior games.

The Geelong selectors made five changes to the previous round's team:[12] two of which were "forced" upon them,[13] and three which were not.[14] The selected team was far more experienced than the Fitzroy team: eleven (including Polly Farmer, with a total of 190 WAFL and VFL games) had played more than 35 senior games over a number of seasons, and fourteen would later play in the 1963 VFL Grand Final and win the 1963 premiership.[15]

The coaches for the day were Wally Clark, the captain-coach of the Fitzroy reserves,[16] and Neil Trezise, the coach of the Geelong reserves.[17] This was the only occasion that either of them ever coached a VFL senior team.

he history of the Brisbane Lions.[2] The game was given its name by commentator Anthony Hudson.[3]

 

[Todman]

Melbourne Hawks ---- Merger game - Melbourne Vs Hawthorn 1996

Melbourne Hawks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Jeremias]

1999 AFL first preliminary final - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Gordon Farkas]

Now THIS would have been some game. Clearly Wikipedia-worthy.

“One of the most controversial games in Australian rules football history, the match was declared no result and the premiership was withheld after fans invaded the field and eventually took down the goal posts, preventing North Hobart full-forward David Collins from taking a kick after the siren which would likely have won or tied the game for the Robins.”

1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final - Wikipedia

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