1978 The year it was

[Adelaide Hawk]

I asked a long time ago about Ray Mildenhall and if he was related to the St.Kilda footballer and later basketball referee Neil Mildenhall. Adelaide Hawk said he didn't think so, but perhaps anyone else know either way for sure?

Isn't his name Bill Mildenhall?

[spell_check]

Yes it is, sorry. Neil Mildenhall played some matches with Fremantle in 1995.

[dedja]

Woop, Woop ...

WTF??? Spelly gets it wrong!

[baggy8]

I asked a long time ago about Ray Mildenhall and if he was related to the St.Kilda footballer and later basketball referee Neil Mildenhall. Adelaide Hawk said he didn't think so, but perhaps anyone else know either way for sure?

I reckon your best bet would be to ask Ray. It's certainly possible if Ray's no older than 53 or 54. Ray played for Mordialloc when it was in the VFA and that's not too far from Moorabbin. Google them and you'll find recent photos and it would be hard to say there's no family resemblance, but Ray looks older which can't be the case if they're brothers. But then again Bill would obviously have had to look after himself carefully for a lot longer.

[mal]

Attendances and Admissions 1970-1978

1970...0-60...985,623
1971...0-80...1,030,332
1972...0-80...1,132,486
1973...0-80...1,131,233
1974...$1-00..1,163,196
1975...$1-20..881,014
1976...$1-50..997,039
1977...$1-50..1,094,871

1978...$2-00...1,048,871

Geez it got expensive to go to the Footy in 1978
There was a huge drop in the attendances in 1975 for whatever reasons

1979...$2-50...1,039,909
1980...$2-50...1,100,000

[dedja]

So if you add AFL & SANFL yearly attendances now I suspect they wouldn't compare to those numbers.

[baggy8]

Main reason for the drop in attendances Mal was the decision to go from 21 or 22 minor rounds as there had been in recent years to just 18.

[FOURTH ESTATE]

They played a mid season knock out competition with Glenelg & Sturt playing in the final at FP.

Glenelg played South in consecutive weeks. First week in the minor round then a week later for the Escort Cup as I think it was called back then.

[smithy]

I asked a long time ago about Ray Mildenhall and if he was related to the St.Kilda footballer and later basketball referee Neil Mildenhall. Adelaide Hawk said he didn't think so, but perhaps anyone else know either way for sure?

I reckon your best bet would be to ask Ray. It's certainly possible if Ray's no older than 53 or 54. Ray played for Mordialloc when it was in the VFA and that's not too far from Moorabbin. Google them and you'll find recent photos and it would be hard to say there's no family resemblance, but Ray looks older which can't be the case if they're brothers. But then again Bill would obviously have had to look after himself carefully for a lot longer.

There was a write up in todays paper in the basketball section about Mildenhall approaching the 1000 game milestone as an official.
It also mentioned he played a few games for St Kilda in the 70's and is the last link to the 1st season of the NBL.
After playing footy for the saints he used to referee NBL games such as St Kilda vs Nunawading...etc
His refereeing record is very impressive.

[mal]

AUGUST 18
Robert Klomp [ST] signs up with CA for the 1979 season

AUGUST 19
ROUND 20

WT 20-14 WV 13-10
ST 26-14 CD 13-7
SA 17-11 GL 15-9 [but is listed as 96 points in the budget]
NW 21-18 NA 17-13
PA 18-27 WA 12-9

ST 19-1.....61.28
NW 14-6....56.67
GL 12-8.....53.04
PA 12-8.....52.32
WT 10-10...50.58
CD 8-12.....45.56
WV 8-12....45.17
SA 7-12-1..46.62
WA 5-14-1.47.81
NA 4-16.....41.88

WT won an important game against WV to parcel up the 5th spot on the ladder
Another GL loss[6 losses in a row now] and another PA win has both clubs going for the coveted 3rd spot, GL have a % buffer

AUGUST 22
Gary Hardemans no luck season continues
This time he twisted an ankle at training and is expected to be ousted for a few weeks
Hardeman was injured in rd1 with a knee ligament injury, and missed 5 matches
He was injured again in the season with torn knee ligaments, missing a further 11 weeks
Hardeman played a total of 4 games in 1978

AUGUST 24
Neville Rocky Roberts has endured an injury plagued season as well
Roberts tore a hamstring muscle at practice

[mal]

WEST TORRENS
After 6 rounds WT was bottom with 1 win [against NW]
In Round 7 WT 20-17 defeated CD 11-8 by a margin of 63 points [May 14th]
This win jump started thier season
There was an interesting article in the News on 16/5 , 2 days later
I have partially edited the article :

NOW EAGLES GO COLD ON LEASE PLAN
WT have gone cold on the idea of leasing Victorian footballers for this season
Chairman Wayne Jackson has said the club was having 2nd thoughts about leasing
Sundays win over CD got us thinking said Jackson
'' We had 12 Victorian players on our list ...""
The Eagles were interested in 2 Richmond players Ian Scrimshaw and Stephen Roach
Richmond Coach Barry Richardson was at the WT V CD game and told WT that his club had injury problems and could not afford to lease out any players
Carlton General Manager Keith Mckenzie was at the ground on Sunday and threw a new name into Torrens list-David Mckay
It was not the Carlton high flyer who has played almost 200 games for the Blues, it was a 19 year old rookie struggling to get a game
Jackson said that as long as Torrens played as well as they did on Sunday there was no despearte need to chase Victorian players
Jackson also said "" WE HAVE A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR THE FINALS BUT I AM SURE WE CAN DO IT .""
It is belived CA were told to keep an eye on Mick Hamil earlier this year and that was exactly what Mckenzie did on Sunday
When asked if CA was interested in Hamill, Mckenzie replied :
"" CA are always interested in young players with a lot of potential.""


Wayne Jacksons finals predictions came into fruition !
It certainly was a good recovery by WT to make the finals

This article was reported by Ashley Porter


QUESTION
Did Mick Hamill play VFL footy ?

Jounos in 1978 included :
NEWS
Ashley Porter
Stephen Middleton
Ray Barber
ADVERTISER
Mike Coward
Gordon Schwartz
Tony Becker

[FOURTH ESTATE]

AUGUST 18
Robert Klomp [ST] signs up with CA for the 1979 season

AUGUST 19
ROUND 20

WT 20-14 WV 13-10
ST 26-14 CD 13-7
SA 17-11 GL 15-9 [but is listed as 96 points in the budget]
NW 21-18 NA 17-13
PA 18-27 WA 12-9

ST 19-1.....61.28
NW 14-6....56.67
GL 12-8.....53.04
PA 12-8.....52.32
WT 10-10...50.58
CD 8-12.....45.56
WV 8-12....45.17
SA 7-12-1..46.62
WA 5-14-1.47.81
NA 4-16.....41.88

WT won an important game against WV to parcel up the 5th spot on the ladder
Another GL loss[6 losses in a row now] and another PA win has both clubs going for the coveted 3rd spot, GL have a % buffer

Glenelg led for most of the game and had a 5 goal lead at one stage in the 2nd qtr until over run

[mal]

AUGUST 26 + 27
ROUND 21

NA 20-21 CD 11-19
SA 13-8 PA 12-18
ST 23-13 WT 14-17
NW 15-21 WV 11-14
GL 21-15 WA 13-20

GL win for the first time since July 8 !
GL only need to win the last round game vrs WT to secure the double chance
PA won a close one v SA
PA led SA 8-9 to 5-3 at half time at beat thier bunnies again
ST kicked 11-4 in the 3rd qtr and walloped WT
NA win has given the club a chance to avoid the wooden spoon

ST 20-1...61.20
NW 15-6..56.74
GL 13-8...53.39
PA 13-8...52.27
WT10-11..49.93
CD 8-13...45.14
WV 8-13...45.02
SA 7-13-1.46.72
WA 5-16-1.47.37
NA 5-16....42.91

AUGUST 29
Dexter Kennedy signs up to play with South Melbourne next season
Kennedy at this stage has played 152 games for WA
Kennedy when 15 years old, was the youngest debutant to play in the SANFL at the time

CD signed up Alan Quartermaine for 1979
Quartermaine won the 1975 Sandover Medal

QUESTION
How did Kennedy go for SM ?
Did Quartermaine play for CD ?


Last round coming up
PA + GL striving for the double chance
NA need to win and rely on WA to lose to avoid the spoon

[Magpiespower]

CD signed up Alan Quartermaine for 1979
Quartermaine won the 1975 Sandover Medal

QUESTION
Did Quartermaine play for CD ?

Went to Hollywood instead...

[mal]

Alan Quartermaine was a busybody in the 70s
In 1977 Alan Quartermaine first started a role on the popular American soap opera General Hospital

[nickname]

Kennedy didn't play for South Melb, West played hard ball and refused to clear him, though I can't recall his contractual status at the time. But I remember seeing him when he returned to training after doing the pre-season with the Swans and he was much bigger and more powerful. He went on to carry us through a couple of very lean rebuilding years under Trevor Hughes.

[robranisgod]

Carlton General Manager Keith Mckenzie was at the ground on Sunday and threw a new name into Torrens list-David Mckay
It was not the Carlton high flyer who has played almost 200 games for the Blues, it was a 19 year old rookie struggling to get a game

QUESTION
Did Mick Hamill play VFL footy ?

Mick Hamill didn't play VFL footy. He went to Port Adelaide for a time, before returning to Torrens. He played quite a bit of footy without ever really establishing himself as a league regular.

The David McKay mentioned was of course the same David McKay who commentated on the ABC in particular for a number of years.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Alan Quartermaine was a busybody in the 70s
In 1977 Alan Quartermaine first started a role on the popular American soap opera General Hospital

Very rich man, and his gorgeous daughter married my nephew

[mal]

SEPTEMBER 2
ROUND 22
The last round of the season

ST V WA [FOOTY PK]
WA needed a win to ensure not getting a wooden spoon
They were playing the almost invincibles, but WA is the only team that has knocked off ST this season
ST...0-1...6-11...9-15...13-18
WA. 6-3....6-3...9-6.....9--8
Judging by the scores , there might have been a strong breeze that day
WA led by 38 points at qtr time , and lost by 34 points !

NA V WV [PROSPECT]
NA only had to beat the Woodpeckers and avoid the wooden spoon
NA 2-3.....5-11...8-14...10-18
WV 10-4..12-7...16-10..17-12
This game was all over at qtr time

PA V NW [ALBERTON]
PA need a win and a GL loss to WT to claim the double spot
PA 6-3...8-7...10-9...12-15
NW 2-3...3-7...5-9...6-10
PA easily beat thier traditional rivals

GL V WT [GLENELG]
GL just needed a win to get 3rd spot, band have had a disMAL 2nd half of the year
GL 3-5...6-8...11-11...12-11
WT 0-1..2-3...4-6........6-12
GL get 3rd spot

CD V SA [ELIZABETH]
Both playing for pride
CD 1-3...1-4...2-6...3-7
SA 2-3...4-4...5-4...7-8

MINOR ROUND FINISHING LADDER FOR 1978

ST 21-1......2733...1734...61.18
NW 15-7......2078...1636...55.95
GL 14-8.......2272...1959...53.70
PA 14-8.......2287...2055...52.67
WT 10-12.....2082...2123...49.51
WV 10-12....1981....2358...45.66
SA 8-13-1....1832...2057...47.11
CD 8-14.......1947...2386...44.93
WA 5-16-1....1839...2070...47.05
NA 5-17........2005...2678...42.81

The remarkable stat was NW conceding 98 points less than ST who lost 1 game for the year
NA the bottom team only scored 73 less points than NW

Finals next week
PA V WT Elimination final
NW V GL Qualifying Final

QUESTIONS
ST 21-1
Has there ever been a better minor round performance in the SANFL ?

ST % of 61-18 would be one of the best % in SANFL history ?
Would the ST 2733 points be a near or a highest points tally in a SANFL season ?
Would the 2005 points scored by NA be a record or near record for the wooden spooner ?

[spell_check]

QUESTIONS
ST 21-1
Has there ever been a better minor round performance in the SANFL ?

ST % of 61-18 would be one of the best % in SANFL history ?
Would the ST 2733 points be a near or a highest points tally in a SANFL season ?
Would the 2005 points scored by NA be a record or near record for the wooden spooner ?

Win % basis, no there hasn't. But for anyone to ever beat it, they would have to win every match as there will never be a 23 or 24 match minor round.

One of the best, although I can see at least 8 or 9 that are better from at least a 20 match minor round.
Not really, there were plenty more in the 70s and 80s, and more with a higher average over the years.
Woodville scored 2752 points in 1985, so no again.