RALPH ROBERTSON MEMORIAL LECTURE 2007 Interstate Rivalry: True Blues v Big v 1881-1993 and beyond Presented by Dr Rodney Gillett Tuesday 21st August 2016 6.00 pm SCG Cricket Theatre

RALPH ROBERTSON Played St Kilda 1899-1900 14 games 1 goal East Sydney 1903-1906 North Shore 1909-1914 Represented NSW 18 times – Captain 12 matches Captain NSW at ANFC Carnivals – 1908, 1911 & 1914

FIRST INTERCOLONIAL MATCHES First inter-colonial match between NSW & Victoria was played in 1881at the MCG 1858 – first intercolonial cricket match 1882 – first intercolonial rugby match between NSW & Queensland 1908 – first interstate rugby league Match between NSW & Queensland

RESULTS 1881 – 1886 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Victoria 1881 July 1 Melbourne 0.1 9.24 August 6 Sydney 1.8 9.16 1886 May 22 3.3 8.19

RESULTS 1905 - 1923 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Victoria 1905 August 12 Melbourne 10.10-70 12.18-90 1911 August 3 Adelaide 11.6-72 13.18-96 1914 August 11 Sydney 4.7-31 24.20-164 1920 Sept 25 6.10-46 13.24-102 1921 August 6 7.17-59 Sept 24 11.9-75 17.19-121 1922 July 8 9.15-60 17.12-114 6.6-42 1923 June 30 13.8-86 14.18-102 August 23 15.11-101 11.19-85

RESULTS 1924 – 1929 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Opponent 1924 August 9 Sydney 13.13-91 15.14-104 August 12 Hobart 4.6-30 14.26-110 August 16 Melbourne 15.12-102 1925 July 4 12.17-89 19.16-130 August 15 13.10-88 13.9-87 1926 June 12 7.12-54 12.15-87 July 24 7.6-48 17.26-128 1927 August 19 9.12-66 24.10-154 1928 June 16 14.11-95 26.13-169 1929 June 8 15.10-100 17.16-118

RESULTS 1930 - 1993 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Victoria 1930 August 5 Adelaide 9.11-65 27.20-182 August 9.6-60 17.16-118 1932 June 11 Sydney 9.12-66 13.13-91 1933 August 2 14.18-102 23.17-155 1938 Launceston 10.7-67 16.15-111 1941 May 24 5.12-42 15.15-105 1948 June 26 9.10-64 15.24-114 1949 July 16 9.4-58 18.18-126 1990 May 22 (n) 13.8-86 10.16-76 1993 June 1 (n) Melbourne 8.17-65 19.16-130

1881 MATCH REPORTS

WILLIAM GOER Played for Carlton 1877- 1882 Captain 1882 Represented Victoria against NSW in 1881 Captain Sydney Club 1883-1886 Captain NSW 1884-1886 Best Player against Victoria - 1886

1923 STATE TEAM

MATCH REPORTS 1923 and 1925

1930 STATE TEAM

STAN MILTON Played 1919-1938 for Paddington & Eastern Suburbs Kicked more than 1200 goals Leading goalkicker 1922, 1924-25, 1927 & 1933 Represented NSW 26 times kicking 151 goals

1949 FOOTBALL RECORD COVER

1949 TEAM LISTS

1949 STATE TEAM

FRANK DIXON Played South Sydney 1930-1940 125 games Captain-Coach 1934-1939 Premierships 1934 & 1935 Runners-up 1936 & 1937 Represented NSW 9 times Captain 1935-1937 Coach 1947-1952 including two ANFC Carnivals- 1947 & 1950

JACK DEAN Played for East Sydney 1944-1958 & 1961 Coached Ardelthan 1959-1960 Sydney Naval 1962-1966 Represented NSW 25 times Best player 1958 Carnival President Easts 1970-1982 State Selector for 12 years

SELECTION LETTER

ACTION SHOT 1949

1949 MATCH REPORT

1949 TEAM REUNION

STATE OF ORIGIN NSW were placed into Division One for the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival in Adelaide Defeated by South Australia in first round but beat WA for the first time ever in play-off for 3rd Terry Daniher and David Murphy selected in All-Australian team

1988 TEAM LIST

1988 STATE OF ORIGIN

1990 AFL RECORD COVER

1990 TEAM LISTS

1990 STATE OF ORIGIN

JOHN LONGMIRE Played North Melbourne 1988-1999 200 games 511 goals Coleman Medallist 1990 Member Kangaroos premiership team 1990 Represented NSW 6 times Assistant Coach Sydney Swans 2002 -

BRETT ALLISON Played North Melbourne 1987-1999 219 games 276 goals Sydney Swans 2000 9 games 9 goals Member North Melbourne/Kangaroos premiership teams 1996 & 1999 Represented NSW in 1990

2008 STATE OF ORIGIN POSSIBLE TEAM BACKS Brent Guerra Leo Barry Dean Solomon HALF BACKS Chris Hyde Lewis Roberts-Thompson Ben Mathews CENTRES Lenny Hayes Brett Kirk Richie Vandenberg HALF FORWADS Mark McVeigh Cameron Mooney Adam Schneider FORWARDS Nick Davis Justin Koschitzke Brett Staker RUCKS Hamish McIntosh Daniel Cross Shane Crawford INTERCHANGE Jarrad McVeigh Paul Bevan Ryan Houlihan Tom Hawkins EMERGENCIES Ben Fixter Dylan Addison Kieren Jack Ben McGlynn Henry Playfair Ray Hall COACH John Longmire

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Craig Davis Ian Granland Kevin Taylor Sophie Pigott Brett Pettersen Neil Cordy AFL NSW/ACT