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Gerard

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Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

I feel every extra actor in Melbourne and a lot of street theater types, which is a 90s thing.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

were employed by the AFL to be running scenes of 1897 outside the front of the match.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

So it goes on.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

There's vintage cars taking people in.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

There's penny farthings, people riding around on penny farthings.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

See if you can follow along with Bruce.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

He put it across so well.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

He did it straight.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

He didn't laugh once, which was fantastic.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

Now, pre-match they had a Legends game.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

So the game didn't start, the actual Essendon and Geelong game didn't start until 8.15 because of all this.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

So there's a pre-match Legends game.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

Barassi's team v. Matthews' team, Lee Matthews.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

All the players wore baggy knickerbockers and caps while playing, which is quite a look.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

There's superstars everywhere.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

We won't sort of go into the audio of that, but...

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

Jez Alinko did a place kick and they offered two goals.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

A place kick goal was worth two goals.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

So the, his team won.

Whateley
The Centenary | Know Your History with Shannon Gill (07.05.26)

So that was the Barassi team won on the end of the night.