Now farming near Deniliquin, Neil was interested in my story on Ted Wright who kicked 42 goals for Katamatite against Wattsville in a Katandra Football League match 100 years ago in 1925.
In the story I mentioned one of Wright’s teammates in that game was Bill Buzza who became a football great in northern Victoria, particularly in the Rushworth, Stanhope and Cobram areas.
Bill was a brother of Neil’s grandfather and Neil recalls as a young boy having chats with Bill when he was in his 70s and living at Kialla.
Bill was distressed about the congestion at centre bounces when every player on the ground could converge there.
Bill even wrote to Ron Barassi expressing his concerns, so was pleased when the centre square was introduced in the early 1970s and only four players from each side were allowed at the centre bounces.
‘‘Your story certainly brought back some great memories for me,’’ Neil said.
Bombers ready for take off
Local footy is not far away, and here’s proof.
The Kyabram Bombers will start their serious warm-up with a practice match in early March.
And it will create a bit more than the average interest for a preseason game as it is against last season’s Murray League premier, Congupna on Saturday, March 8 at Lancaster.
Then, the Bombers will face Bendigo League clubs Golden Square and South Bendigo, at Elmore on Saturday, March 15 and March 22 respectively.
The GVL season starts on April 5, with Kyabram hosting Euroa first-up in a night game.
Central Park St Brendan’s dominate Nagambie
Cricket Shepparton’s recent one-day final turned out to be a bit of a fizzes with Central Park St Brendan’s towelling up Nagambie.
The Lakers were skittled for just 42 with the veteran Goulburn Valley sports star Ramdan Yze claiming 4-5 and the Rohan Larkin Medal for man-of-the-match.
The winner and runner-up currently occupy the top two spots on the Haisman Shield ladder.
Central Park St Brendan’s missed the double when its B-grade side lost its one-day final to Numurkah.
Tasmanian trotting import shining in Victoria
Former Tasmanian pacer Herakles is certainly enjoying the mainland air.
The five-year-old son of He's Watching made it three wins from seven Victorian starts when he saluted at Echuca last Sunday.
In two other runs since crossing Bass Strait, he has also been runner-up.
Herakles is trained at Kyabram by Kristy Butler and has been driven in all his starts in Victoria by Mark Pitt.
In his latest win he led throughout over the 2160m trip and rated a respectable 1.59.2 in accounting for Swizzlestick and Bruised Ego.
It was his seventh career win from just the 24 career starts.
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