Quiz

Excellent, Bruce!

Daniel was a good player.

I decided to celebrate getting one right by asking one of my own.

Who am I?

I played over 100 games for Westies under 4 different coaches towards the end of the 20th Century.

TKKNMMMG are the initials of the coaches I played under.

Cryptic Clues:
Mini Moke - Cowboy Killers - Marina

Phil Morris?

Coaches, Kevin Morris, Geoff Morris, Neil Kerley, Michael Taylor.

Lee Harradine wrote:Coaches, Kevin Morris, Geoff Morris, Neil Kerley, Michael Taylor.

Too good Lee. I'll need to sleep on it and come up with a 'cracker' tomorrow.

Who am I?
I played in the 60s.

Cryptic Clues
top gun
solitary
hawthorn
smokey robinson
flatfish
holly
a heart breaker

Good one, Bruce.

Need a good think about that one.

I will throw in one just for fun.

Where did Micky Godden play his first reserves game and why was it unusual.

Goddsy played his first Reserves game at Elizabeth vs Centrals.
Why it was unusual the league where playing a double header I think and had a late withdrawal. The U/19's were at Richmond. So Goddsy was picked to play 17's and got the call up to the Reserves

bloodsaint --- Well done except for one detail.

Micky played during the week for the State and as such he was not selected in any Westies team that weekend hence the reason why he was at Elizabeth and available when player dropped out of reserves (ankle in shower) -- I was one who spotted Micky at Elizabeth Oval and pointed him out to Coach.

I knew it was something along those lines. I was playing 17's at the time and knew Mick had been playing with us up until then I reckon

Is it Robert Day bruce?

aldo russian wrote:Is it Robert Day bruce?

Not Robert Day.

Can't fit all the clues, Bruce, but what about Don Roach?

bruce cameron wrote:Who am I?
I played in the 60s.

Cryptic Clues
top gun
solitary
hawthorn
smokey robinson
flatfish
holly
a heart breaker

No, not Don Roach.
What about if I group the clues and indicate which are proper nouns?
hawthorn - holly
solitary - flatfish - Smokey Robinson
a Heartbreaker - Top Gun

There's a fish called a roach, there's a holly roach and didn't Don play for Hawthorn?

He was also the Top Gun for a club for a while.

Close, but not close enough

Lee Harradine wrote:There's a fish called a roach, there's a holly roach and didn't Don play for Hawthorn?

He was also the Top Gun for a club for a while.

Close, but not close enough  

Another clue.
The clues are grouped. One group = first name
Two groups = 2 syllables of surname

OK, Bruce.

Tom Shrubsole?

Tom Cruise - Top Gun

Solitary & fish - sole

Holly - Shrub?

Not sure about the other clues, though, so probably wrong.

Lee Harradine wrote:OK, Bruce.

Tom Shrubsole?

Tom Cruise - Top Gun

Solitary & fish - sole

Holly - Shrub?

Not sure about the other clues, though, so probably wrong.

Great work, Lee. Thanks for persevering.
hawthorn is also classified as a shrub ( a great red herring)
a Heartbreaker = Tom Petty (although technically it was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but have heard them referred to as just the Heartbreakers)
Smokey Robinson = soul singer (different spelling, but I think it's allowed in cryptic clues)

The name Shrubsole has always fascinated me. I've got a football budget floating around somewhere from the 60s with his name in it, but can't find it. Hopefully, it'll turn up.

In the 60's, 2 brothers played some football for us.

Surname starts with a 'G".

Were there 2 Garnetts Lee?

I wish there were, aldo, I'll check.

The ones I'm after are much more obscure, though.

TG and KG, I think.

There was Trevor and Kevin Gilmour but they were 70s I think.

Double points, aldo, my memory failed.

Yes, they were 1970 and 1971, apologies, but correct answer.


There was only one Garn-ner-nett,

Yes, only one Garn-ner-nett.

One Garn-ner-neeeettt,

Yes only one Garn-ner-neeeettttt.

Sorry.

There was Alf as well though?