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In an article from the Age entitled Legends of the VFA/VFL it tells about how Ned Kelly, while serving time on the prison hulk Sacramento, played 11 games for the Williamstown Football Club.
It also states that:
"....club records indicated that Kelly was a ''very tough centre half-back'' with ''unconventional tactics''. It is believed Kelly was on track to win the club best and fairest in 1873 but was suspended for six weeks in his final game for headbutting the emergency umpire. In 1928, the club uncovered more evidence of Kelly's time at Williamstown when, while resurfacing the ground, it discovered a prototype of the armour that the bushranger eventually used for the events in Glenrowan."
Read more:
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/legends-of-the-vfavfl-20110618-1g919.html
I sure have never heard that about the finding of the prototype armour before. Why would he have needed it or even thought of need for it back in 1873? Was he that prescient?? Hmmm.....
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Hoooo boy, Sharon .... I may be credulous, but I don't think I will fall for this one. It may very well be that the club had one Edward Kelly playing for them in the months mentioned, but I can't imagine the famous bearer of that name being let out of the hoosegow on Saturday afternoon to play footy. Good yarn, though, and I can imagine our Ned being a good player - athletic, eagle eyed and not without courage - but one with a terrible temper that got him into trouble from time to time.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of the armour having a prototype that Ned happened to bury at the footy ground seven years before he really needed it is pretty funny too. I'm amazed that the person quoted has been prepared to go on the public record with such drivel. But it does have its funny side, so thanks for posting and for the chuckle!