Questions on Rugby/Aussie Footy [Archive]

BhoysFC1995

06 Mar 2004, 12:07 AM

Welcome to the new Forum!

anyone who's interested in any of the sports listed here and aren't sure on certain rules, games, codes, or anything related; feel free to ask here, and those who know the answers- help out!

lets make this forum open and welcome to the expert fans and the newbie.

babytiger2001

06 Mar 2004, 12:30 AM

Anything you want to know about Aussie Rules, I will try my best to answer. I am here to help. :)

And oh yeah... GO CATS!! Geelong into the preseason competition final, with a narrow one-point win over Melbourne at Telstra Dome last night.

Some news links...
edited out by Bhoysfc1995 to keep this as a Q & A only

babytiger2001

23 Mar 2004, 02:49 AM

Question about the season ahead...

Now that the AFL season is upon us, and starting this weekend, can we discuss singular games as individual threads-- eg., "Geelong v St Kilda, Rd 1 {R}"-- or would we have to nominate threads that say "AFL Round 1 {R}"?

I might actually be at that Geelong v St Kilda match at Telstra Dome in Melbourne this coming Saturday night, as the Cats look to gain revenge for their Wizard Cup grand final defeat against the Saints. :cool:

OldFanatic

23 Mar 2004, 02:55 AM

babytiger2001

23 Mar 2004, 06:45 AM

An AFL Round 1 [R] type thread seems reasonable. Or even a single thread for the entire thread (similar to the Super 12 or Rugby World Cup threads) would do. There just isn't enough traffic here like bigfooty.com to justify individual threads for specific matches.

Then that's what I shall start, in this forum.

However, a strong concentration on my contributions will be on the St. Kilda v Geelong match... just a warning to the masses. ;)

BhoysFC1995

29 Mar 2004, 11:10 AM

An AFL Round 1 [R] type thread seems reasonable. ...

sounds good to me.

johno

13 Apr 2004, 01:03 AM

I bet no one knows who the last person to captain England in 2 sports is... hint... one of them is cricket...

ScouseCat

13 Apr 2004, 08:19 AM

I bet no one knows who the last person to captain England in 2 sports is... hint... one of them is cricket...
What era did he captain England in?

babytiger2001

13 Apr 2004, 08:46 AM

I bet no one knows who the last person to captain England in 2 sports is... hint... one of them is cricket...

That is a great trivia question... I'm sure one of our more advanced Google-ists will know the answer, or at least how to arrive at it.

johno

13 Apr 2004, 09:21 AM

That is a great trivia question... I'm sure one of our more advanced Google-ists will know the answer, or at least how to arrive at it.

I think even that would be a tough find... its a 100 years ago...

ScouseCat

13 Apr 2004, 08:41 PM

I think even that would be a tough find... its a 100 years ago...
Well I was actually looking through some of my cricket books last night at home and thought it was going to be pre-Bradman era. I'll take a guess and say Hon. F.S. Jackson?

johno

13 Apr 2004, 10:21 PM

Nope (7 characters)

ScouseCat

13 Apr 2004, 11:04 PM

Nope (7 characters)
A.E. Stoddart?

Craig the Aussie

13 Apr 2004, 11:31 PM

The only one I can think of is JWHT Douglas.

He won a boxing gold medal at the 1908 Olympics (on a points decision over the Aussie Snowy Baker - the referee was Douglas' father).

ScouseCat

13 Apr 2004, 11:47 PM

The only one I can think of is JWHT Douglas.

He won a boxing gold medal at the 1908 Olympics (on a points decision over the Aussie Snowy Baker - the referee was Douglas' father).
He wouldn't have captained England in boxing though, because that's an individual sport.

Craig the Aussie

13 Apr 2004, 11:52 PM

I know - but he could have been captain of the Olympic team

(also given that he was an all-round sportsman there was a chance he played something else as well)

Craig the Aussie

14 Apr 2004, 12:01 AM

England captains with 7 letters (pre '60's):

FS Jackson
JWHT Douglas
APF Chapman
GTS Stevens
DR Jardine
CF Walters
WR Hammond
NWD Yardley
MC Cowdrey

ScouseCat

14 Apr 2004, 01:02 AM

England captains with 7 letters (pre '60's):

FS Jackson
JWHT Douglas
APF Chapman
GTS Stevens
DR Jardine
CF Walters
WR Hammond
NWD Yardley
MC Cowdrey
http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Captaincy/CaptaincyList.asp

johno

14 Apr 2004, 04:51 AM

England captains with 7 letters (pre '60's):

FS Jackson
JWHT Douglas
APF Chapman
GTS Stevens
DR Jardine
CF Walters
WR Hammond
NWD Yardley
MC Cowdrey

Sorry, misunderstanding.... BS would not let me put just "Nope" it said I needed at least 7 charachters, this guys last name has 6 letters.