370:. His playing future was not decided until July, by which time he had fallen foul of the Geelong committee. The committee had been initially aggrieved by that fact he pulled out of a game against Essendon claiming to have a sore heel, but was able to represent Victoria against New South Wales a week later. When it was revealed that Sharland had trained at Richmond without permission, the week before he took the field for Geelong against that same team, the Geelong committee debarred him from the club. Unable to play in the VFL without a clearance, Sharland was forced to play in the
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1328:"Sharland, Wallace Sutherland (1902â1967)"
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463:In 1910, Sharland joined his brother at
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1168:"Pioneer remembers first broadcasts..."
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1117:. Melbourne. 6 August 1924. p. 12
668:. Victoria. 4 February 1921. p. 1
590:. Victoria. 1 February 1921. p. 2
1487:Wallace Sharland's playing statistics
1386:. Melbourne. 21 March 1949. p. 2
1257:. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 93.
1033:. Melbourne. 25 April 1924. p. 7
893:. Melbourne. 14 April 1923. p. 5
753:. Victoria. 10 August 1921. p. 6
562:. Tasmania. 21 August 1920. p. 2
528:Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007).
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921:. Melbourne. 6 July 1923. p. 14
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977:. Victoria. 25 July 1923. p. 5
837:. Victoria. 2 March 1923. p. 4
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308:to commemorate his achievement.
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