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  • Essay / History of Australian Rules Football - 925

    With the first ever recorded match of Australian rules rules football in 1858 between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School, Thomas Wills in 1858, on his return from England, proposed that a similar game to the English Rugby League can be used to keep cricketers fit during the winter season. The rules of the Australian Football League (AFL) are still ambiguous since the time when Thomas Wills established the fundamental rules which are still used today [1]. However, the rules were not followed very well and still are not followed today. Colden Harrison, who became a leading figure in the game's administration, stated without hesitation that "football is essentially a rough game all over the world and is not suitable for players." poodle men and milk sops”[1]. As the game became rougher and more dangerous, with players regularly tripped, kicked and kicked, charged or tackled behind the play, it took officials ages to rid the game of this unsportsmanlike behavior. Australian rules football teams arrived in a staggered fashion with the majors. Teams from Melbourne and Victoria came first, with Geelong Football Club being the first in 1859 and other major teams in 1896 with Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Melbourne, StKilda and South Melbourne. South Melbourne eventually becoming the Sydney Swans. Other teams outside of Victoria joined the Australian Football League in 1987 with the addition of the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears, later Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears merging to create the Brisbane Lions. Then came the final editions of the Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney [1], completing the 18 teams playing today. paper......and 1.3, it can be seen that Melbourne lost twenty games compared to Carlton's eleven wins and losses. It can be seen that Carlton Football Club, compared to Melbourne Football Club, is a more reliable team for 2013 [8]. This shows Carlton's consistency and ability to remain reliable with eleven wins and eleven losses compared to Melbourne's unreliability and inconsistency with their twenty losses and only two wins. With the statistics in Figures 1.4 and 1.5 from the Carlton vs Melbourne football match held in 2013, it can be seen that the strength of Carlton Football Club dominated for the majority of the match with the majority of possessions contested, in the fifties and lows. withdrawals. Showcasing the strengths of the Carlton Football Club and its ability to support and help young rising star athletes grow..