Official Match Thread S22 Round 7: Roys FFC v Sin City Swamprats @ Brunswick Junction Oval 'Fatty Lumpkin Memorial Match'

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Only the girlfriend part.

But if Barry Miller is who I think he is he was younger than I and never really played a lot as Port had many many small rover types....not all with red hair but.
I just did a search on the Port board
Yes, quoting myself again ... ;)

The name is Hodges, Scott Hodges


In terms of individual achievement, the previously mentioned intensity of 11 was most fitting, as the Magpie champion in the number 11 guernsey, Scott Hodges, seemed to take the whole AFL campaign as a personal mission to get Port Adelaide over the line. The battleship Port Adelaide was nuclear-armed and Scott Hodges was its warhead. After kicking 10 goals against South Adelaide in round 9, Hodges stood unchallenged at the top of the 1990 list of leading goalkickers, a spot he had last occupied after opening the season with 10 goals against Centrals. A bruised knee suffered in that game took some off the edge of Hodges’ awesome firepower for a short while but Scott played through injury, which became a trademark of his long and celebrated career at Port Adelaide.

In the month of August immediately following the announcement of Port’s AFL bid, the nuclear warhead was launched. Using his powerful hands and outstanding athleticism to mix astute leading and imposing contesting marking with fierce ground level pressure and skills allied to a laser-guided thumping set shot kick, Hodges in consecutive weeks kicked 14 goals against West, 10 goals against Woodville, 11 goals against South and 11 goals against Sturt. That brought up an extraordinary total of 46 goals in 4 weeks of football. Hodges was the first player to kick 10 goals or more in three consecutive games, then to prove it was no fluke made it four consecutive games. Hodges kicked his hundredth goal of the season against South Adelaide and finished the 20 game minor round on top of the goal kicking ladder with 127 goals. Hodges had kicked 6 bags of 10 goals or more, the first player to achieve that feat in a single season. More explosive goal kicking heroics were to come in the finals.

Full forwards don’t win Magarey Medals. Only Fred Phillis had accomplished that deed when he set the then SANFL individual season goal kicking record of 137 goals in 1969. Tim Evans had broken that record in 1980 with 146 goals and Rick Davies bettered Evans’s record in 1983 with 151 goals. Neither had come close to winning the SANFL’s ultimate individual accolade. On 10 September 1990, Scott Hodges caring not for history had other ideas as he demonstrated he had caught the umpires’ eyes time and again with his spectacular goal kicking deeds. Hodges polled 16 votes (3 first preferences, 3 second preferences and 1 third preference) to edge out, among others, team mate Simon Tregenza by 1 vote and take home the Magarey Medal to add to his Ken Farmer Medal. Scott was not yet finished collecting medals in 1990 at that stage. He would go on to win the AR McLean Medal as Port Adelaide’s Best and Fairest in 1990 and of course collect the ultimate team accolade, a Premiership medallion.

As John Cahill noted on the night, a thought had to be spared for Simon Tregenza who had finished runner up in a Magarey Medal for the second consecutive year. Scott Hodges, the consummate team man as always, stated he had hoped ‘Trigger’ would poll one more vote so they could each take a Magarey back to Alberton. Simon would also finish runner up to Hodges in the Port Adelaide Best and Fairest count. As well as the Magarey Medal, Port brought home the Under-17 Best and Fairest McCallum Medal, won by brilliant youngster Troy Bond. Port Adelaide’s Barry Miller polled the most votes in the Under-19s Tomkins Medal but was ineligible. With the AFL imbroglio still a constant reminder of the turbulent football scene, Bruce Weber exclaimed “We came, we collected the hardware, now we’re going home” much to the chagrin of the rest of the SA football clubs.


I remember speaking to Scott after the game and he said he was all but ready to pull the pin at half time because his knee was so bad. Then just at the last possible moment he thought, Nah it feels a bit better, I'll give it another go. And the rest as they say is history. Scott Hodges is one of the greats, a Port Adelaide champion and hero. He played with injuries that were rarely known, unbelievably tough and committed. Cut him and he would genuinely bleed black and white.

Oh and he is also the holder of the little known Football Budget title, SA's Mr Footyspunk. :D
Mention of Barry Miller in the fourth paragraph as U/19 Tomkins medal highest vote getter, but ineligible for cutting other blokes' lunch...
 

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Wifi is playing up.
On the phone.
Looks like #giffriday may have minimal involvement from me today...

Sadness.


It better news, NFL is back and that generally bodes well for a Swamprat victory.
 
Wifi is playing up.
On the phone.
Looks like #giffriday may have minimal involvement from me today...

Sadness.


It better news, NFL is back and that generally bodes well for a Swamprat victory.
Does you 'like' function still work friend? o_O
 

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Official Match Thread S22 Round 7: Roys FFC v Sin City Swamprats @ Brunswick Junction Oval 'Fatty Lumpkin Memorial Match'


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