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AT GRIFFITH SWANS PAST HOME MEETINGS WITH TURVEY PARK BULLDOGS

ON Saturday at the Exies Oval, Griffith welcome Turvey Park for the 72nd meeting between the two clubs, a series which began on May 16, 1956, a 5th round clash of South West League football. It has to be said that the League's newcomers had the better of things that Sunday afternoon, going home with a one-point victory 63-62. The Bulldog's win was mainly due to the seven goals kicked by their new coach Ray Scott, a champion WAFL goal kicker recruited from West Perth.

In fact, it took the men in red and white five matches to get the better of Bulldogs on the Griffith Showground. 
Griffith: — Charlie O'Brien, Geoff Habel, Don Buchanan; Wally Price (c-c), Vic Ledwidge, Frank Conlan; Vince O'Dwyer, John Conlan, Kevin McMahon; Jim Fielder, Frank Carroll, Don Guest; Bill Tyndall, Don Bitcon, Noel Tyndall; Bill Biron, Don Maples, Vic Hathaway; Don Hurst, Bruce Cobden.
Turvey Park: — Geoff Nye, Jim Neighbour, Bob Stockton; Don Baker, Bob Thomson, Ron Langridge; Trevor McNamara, John Nolan, Noel Morrow; Neil Stockton, Rex Burge, Lou Cox; F. Sherriff, Ray Scott (c-c), Chic Baker; Peter Murphy, John Schieberger, Norm McLennan; N. McKay, K. Turner.  
The two clubs have been great rivals over the years, but Griffith had the Indian sign over Turvey Park in recent football campaigns. Swans have won 11-straight matches when playing at home ever since they rolled the Bulldogs 94-64 on the opening match of the 2011 Riverina Football League season, Saturday, April 9th.

Griffith: — Jonathon Gastin, James Smith, Glen Snaidero; Matthew Noonan, James Toscan, Che Jenkins; Dean Crack, Michael Johns, John Evans; Cameron Harrison, Toby Blissett, Mathew Crack; Beau Runnalls, Jeff Mickan, Kris Duncan; Michael Harris, Guy Orton, Michael Duncan; Henry Delves, Dean Catanzariti, Casey Boye.  

Swans record against Bulldogs at Griffith: Played 71, Won 40, Lost 31. 
Biggest Swans win: 29.26 (200) - 10.10 (70), R12, July 9, 2006.

Biggest Bulldogs win: 26.18 (174) - 6.6 (42), R11, July 3, 1988.
Most Swans goals: 14 - Ron O'Neill, R8, June 16, 1968.

Most Bulldogs goals: 8 - Ray Scott, R15, July 27, 1958 & Mark Cunningham, R8, June 21, 1992.

 

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