Bruce Matthews
speaker
332 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 6d ago
Bruce Matthews’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So anyway, I said, now don't leave me hanging on this.
And sure enough, it was a big story on the back page of the Herald.
And that night, I think the TV stations used to wait for the Herald to come out and then they would chase the stories.
And anyway, nothing came of it.
I mean, you wouldn't get away with it these days.
You would have to back it up with comments from staff at the clubs.
But about a week later, he rang me and said, I've just got to tell you, I've got a new three-year contract.
I owe you one.
Thanks.
And that's how it operated in those
Yes.
It was all over Rudy Webster, who was the motivator for Carlton the previous year when they won the flag and he was running around holding up the cup with Percy Jones and then
He jumped across to Richmond and in the final the next year at Waverley, Richmond had shaken up Carlton with some fairly vigorous tactics and as they were walking off the ground, Percy Jones was yelling at Rudi Webster and Tony took exception to this.
And he ran at him and Tony said, Tony had a pretty short fuse.
In those days, Mike Sheehan and I and the late Stephen Phillips used to play midweek tennis with Tony Jewell.
And so we knew what he was like, his competitive nature.
And he ran at him and Tony said that when he got closer and closer, Percy got bigger and bigger.
So he said, I launched at him with two fists and hit him in the chest.
They bounced away.
People grabbed them.
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