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407:21 November
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253:Sandringham
1358:Categories
990:McGuinness
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702:J. Collins
638:A. Collins
384:References
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309:AFL Tables
209:Camberwell
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429:6 January
380:in 1950.
329:Footscray
307:Sources:
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167:1930–1933
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269:Total
129:Years
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