The Licorice Gallery - The 'Towners' make out-of-towners unwelcome: 2011 R9 KDFL Violet Town v Longwood.

The 'Towners' make out-of-towners unwelcome: 2011 R9 KDFL Violet Town v Longwood.

Written by The Licorice Gallery

Friday, 17 June 2011

After witnessing the thriller at the MCG on Saturday night between Hawthorn and Geelong i ventured to Violet Town in north east Victoria for the round nine clash in the Kyabram District Football League between Violet Town and Longwood.

Violet Town is the former home to Aussie rock band Killing Heidi brother and sister, Jesse and Ella Hooper. The town was the scene of the Southern Aurora train disaster in 1969 in which nine people lost their lives.

The ‘Towners’ sat fifth on the ladder whilst the out-of-towners, the Longwood Redlegs, were third last with just the one win to their name in the thirteen team competition.The game never reached the heights of the clash the night before with Violet Town running out easy winners kicking 30.13.193 to Longwood’s 5.5.35.

The ground at Violet Town in north east Victoria.

Shadows stretch across the ground in the final quarter.

However the pies from the ground’s kiosk made up for a little of the disappointment at the game’s outcome and Killing Heidi blaring from my car’s tape-deck made me feel at home. As the shadows stretched across the oval and Violet Town kicked another of their eleven last-quarter goals, i thought of ‘Buddy’ Franklin and the ‘hands-in-the-back’ rule. The Longwood defenders had been struggling to get near their opponents let alone give away free kicks.

1/4 T: Violet Town 6.4.40 to Longwood 1.2.8.

H/T : Violet Town 15.6.96 to Longwood 2.3.15.

3/4 T: Violet Town 19.8.122 to Longwood 4.5.29.

FT : Violet Town 30.13.193 d Longwood 5.5.35.

Crowd: 300 Approx.

Singing goal umpire: Players jostle in the goal square as an umpire appears to belt out a tune.

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