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was enough to dissuade the opposition from getting into melees with his club. Harrison remembered O'Mullane as a strong, but good-tempered player, and stated that "it was a pleasure to meet him on the football field—even when the meeting was shoulder to shoulder, and you happened to get the trifle
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O'Mullane got the ball down near the
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O'Mullane "loved nothing more than a rough, tough, energetic game", and it was said that only Tom Wills could match his "pluck and skill" as a footballer. According to a teammate, O'Mullane's reputation as a first-rate
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remembered him as "undoubtedly the best wicket-keeper
Victoria has produced", and stated that "it would be difficult to name his superior in the colony". William Hammersley agreed:
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O'Mullane's promising career was cut short when he died of
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603:"Death of Mr. George O'Mullane"
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