melbournefc.com.au chief football writer and club historian Lynda Carroll have come up with three rounds of Melbourne trivia from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. Here is the second installment …
1. Who received a round 11 NAB Rising Star nomination in 2010?
2. How many years did David Neitz lead Melbourne’s goalkicking?
3. Which Melbourne player finished third in the 1984 Brownlow Medal?
4. What is Melbourne's greatest winning margin in a Grand Final?
5. How many 2011 Melbourne players have a surname starting with the letter ‘M’?
6. How many goals did Collingwood have to half-time against Melbourne in the 1959 Grand Final?
7. What were the first three names of Melbourne and footballing pioneer HCA Harrison?
8. How many goals did Melbourne kick against Sydney Swans in round 17, 2010?
9. What first took place in an August 1879 game between Melbourne and Carlton?
10. How many goals did Brad Green kick in 2010?
11. Which tough Melbourne backman was vice-captain to Don Cordner in the premiership year of 1948?
12. What year did Jared Rivers win the NAB AFL Rising Star?
13. Which team did Melbourne play in its most recent final?
14. In which state did Melbourne legend Ivor Warne-Smith star between his two stints with Melbourne?
15. How many rookie list players are on Melbourne’s 2011 list?
16. Who was the first Melbourne player to kick at least ten goals in a VFL/AFL match?
17. How many VFL/AFL matches did Dean Bailey play for Essendon?
18. How many goals did Liam Jurrah kick in the last four rounds of the 2010 home-and-away season?
19. What was the rhyming slang nickname of Len Incigneri, Melbourne's backman pre-WW1?
20. Which three 2011 Melbourne players were taken at No.1 in the NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft?
21. What nickname did the then new Football Record publication give to Melbourne in 1912?
22. Who will be wearing the No.1 guernsey in 2011?
23. Which West Coast player, who later played for Melbourne, finished second to Jim Stynes in the 1991 Brownlow Medal?
24. What three years did Laurie Fowler win Melbourne’s best and fairest?
25. Who coached Melbourne for the most seasons - John Beckwith, Ian Ridley or Bob Skilton?
26. How many disposals did Jordan Gysberts collect on debut against Geelong in round 10, 2010?
27. What did Ron Barassi's captaincy and coaching stints have in common?
28. Gerard Healy led the Melbourne goalkicking in 1982 with how many goals?
29. How many finals did Jim Stynes play?
30. Who kicked five goals for Melbourne in its second Elimination Final win over North Melbourne in 2002?
31. Which two Melbourne players were drafted from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2010 NAB AFL Draft?
32. How many consecutive wins did Melbourne have to start the 1955 season on a flyer and set a new club record?
33. Who took over from Albert Chadwick as the club’s Chairman/President for the 1963 season?
34. Who are the only two players to have played 100-plus matches for Melbourne and 100-plus games for an opposition AFL club?
35. Which Cordner captained Melbourne for the most seasons?
36. How many goals did Garry Lyon kick against the Bulldogs in the 1994 first semi-final?
37. Which of the Cordner brothers played the most consecutive games throughout their career?
38. How many AFL matches has Mark Jamar played?
39. What year did David Neitz win the Coleman Medal?
40. How many Dunbar brothers played for Melbourne in the 1920s?
41. How many votes did Brad Green receive to win the 2010 Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Trophy?
42. Which team did Melbourne play twice in the finals, on their way to the 1940 premiership?
43. How many matches did former Tiger Phil Egan play for Melbourne?
44. Which two Melbourne players were inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2010?
45. What do two legendary figures - Melbourne legend Ian Ridley and former Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies - have in common?
46. What two years did Peter Maynard, now Melbourne’s general manager of commercial operations, play for the club?
47. Melbourne was a permanent fixture in the finals from 1954 to 1964 - but where did the side finish in 1953 - the season before this run started?
48. Liam Jurrah took AFL mark of the year in round 21, 2010 against which team?
49. What year was Colin Sylvia selected at No.3 in the NAB AFL Draft?
50. Which three coaches have guided Melbourne to the finals since 1964?
51. What is former Melbourne player and current development coach ‘Kelly’ O’Donnell’s first name?
