I included the link to the article (which was from April 2014) in my previous post, here it is again. There's little doubt the Murphy comment was made at the time of the 2014 article, when Marc and John Murphy were set to draw level with Wayne and Mark Richardson's combined senior games tally. I only included part of the article in my post:- http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2014-04-30/murphys-rein-in-richardson-clan
In making his 172nd senior appearance, the Carlton captain and (by association) John Murphy with 246 games for Fitzroy, South Melbourne and North Melbourne, draw level with the Magpies’ Wayne and Mark Richardson on 418 senior matches (and 13th overall for most games accumulated by father/sons).
John, who often went head-to-head on the paddock with father Wayne, wasn’t immediately aware of the stat when contacted this week, but suggested the Richardsons’ tally should already have been eclipsed.
“It depends on what numbers you get from the AFL,” Murphy suggested. “I remember running through a banner for my 250th game and I’d only played 246. I reckon they took a few games off Keith Greig too and he never got to 300.
“The problem was back in the ’70s when state games were sometimes held on the same day as club games, so the state games were actually counted as club games, but that was later changed.
Asked how many club matches he was “owed”, John replied: “I reckon there were at least four”. “I played ten for Victoria, four of which were staged on the same day as club games,” he said.
A further 48 games from Carlton’s Marc will draw the Murphy clan level in 12th position with the Whittens - Ted senior and junior - who amassed 465 senior appearances collectively.
As Leo Murphy (father of John, grandfather of Marc) also represented Hawthorn in 132 games, the clan, with 549 matches is 27 games to the better of the Kennedys - John Kennedy sen. (164) and son John Kennedy jun. (241) at Hawthorn, and grandson Josh Kennedy (117*) at Hawthorn and Sydney.
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