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1566:Lew Roberts
1540:Gil Langley
1167:B. Phillips
807:R. Phillips
795:R. Phillips
763:not awarded
547:not awarded
443:not awarded
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299:"Mel Brock"
84:Position(s)
1729:Categories
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1571:Bob McLean
1399:Partington
1255:Weatherald
1183:Kilpatrick
1127:Whittlesea
1079:McGuinness
891:Fitzgerald
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831:Fitzgerald
567:Richardson
499:Cumberland
234:References
1698:Mel Brock
1637:Full-back
1611:Half-back
1351:M. Thomas
1271:P. Thomas
1055:Duckworth
761:1942–44:
545:1916–18:
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338:Mel Brock
190:in 1940.
113:1932–1942
27:Mel Brock
1691:19th Man
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1576:Max Lowe
1444:Snelling
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1359:Kirkwood
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1243:O'Connor
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1187:McIntosh
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695:Johnston
679:Pontifex
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419:Sandland
217:follower
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1707:Reserve
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1159:Buckley
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899:Barbary
883:L. Head
855:L. Head
619:Bampton
535:Hosking
491:Hosking
483:R. Head
475:Tierney
381:winners
305:20 June
279:20 June
182:in the
118:Glenelg
1585:Centre
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