1. RALPH ROBERTSON MEMORIAL LECTURE 2007
Interstate Rivalry: True Blues v Big v
and beyond
Presented by Dr Rodney Gillett
Tuesday 21st August pm
SCG Cricket Theatre

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. RESULTS 1905 - 1923 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Victoria 1905 August 12
Melbourne
1911
August 3
Adelaide
1914
August 11
Sydney
4.7-31
1920
Sept 25
1921
August 6
Sept 24
1922
July 8
6.6-42
1923
June 30
August 23

6. RESULTS 1924 – 1929 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Opponent 1924 August 9
Sydney
August 12
Hobart
4.6-30
August 16
Melbourne
1925
July 4
August 15
1926
June 12
July 24
7.6-48
1927
August 19
1928
June 16
1929
June 8

7. RESULTS 1930 - 1993 Year Date Venue N.S.W. Victoria 1930 August 5
Adelaide
August
9.6-60
1932
June 11
Sydney
1933
August 2
1938
Launceston
1941
May 24
1948
June 26
1949
July 16
9.4-58
1990
May 22 (n)
1993
June 1 (n)
Melbourne

8. 1881 MATCH REPORTS

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

10. 1923 STATE TEAM

11. MATCH REPORTS and 1925

12. 1930 STATE TEAM

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

14. 1949 FOOTBALL RECORD COVER

15. 1949 TEAM LISTS

16. 1949 STATE TEAM

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

18. JACK DEAN Played for East Sydney 1944-1958 & 1961
Coached Ardelthan
Sydney Naval
Represented NSW 25 times
Best player 1958 Carnival
President Easts
State Selector for 12 years

19. SELECTION LETTER

20. ACTION SHOT 1949

21. 1949 MATCH REPORT

22. 1949 TEAM REUNION

23. 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

24. 1988 TEAM LIST

25. 1988 STATE OF ORIGIN

26. 1990 AFL RECORD COVER

27. 1990 TEAM LISTS

28. 1990 STATE OF ORIGIN

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

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