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league matches against the WAFL's bottom two teams; but, the 22 June timing was located between league matches against the second- and third-placed teams—and, being placed first at the time, Swan Districts was worried about the effect of a midweek match in Melbourne upon its WAFL premiership aspirations. More generally, Swan Districts coach
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reserves and colts players, only two of which had played seniors the previous weekend, and which had a total of 69 senior games' experience across its 21 members. Unsurprisingly, the inexperienced team was completely uncompetitive against Richmond—which was at that time on top of the VFL ladder—and lost the match by 186 points.
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Swan Districts was unhappy with the way the games were rescheduled. The club was not consulted prior to the AFC announcing the reschedule, and it affected arrangements that the club had already made for a social club function on the night of 8 June. Additionally, the 8 June timing was located between
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The format for the competition was a simple knock-out tournament. The twelve VFL clubs and the 1981 premiers from both the SANFL and WAFL qualified directly for the round of sixteen; the remaining four qualifiers from the SANFL and WAFL started from the preceding elimination round. With the exception
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both qualified for the quarter-finals, it happened that those teams would be playing two televised matches against each other inside three days: a league match on Sunday 20 June in Sydney, and then the Escort Cup match on Tuesday 22 June. This was unfavourable for the teams; and in a time when few
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When the reschedule was first announced on 19 May, Swan Districts considered forfeiting the match. On 1 June, the club announced that it had decided that it would send a full-strength team to the match. But, two days before the match, it reneged on this promise, and sent an inexperienced team of
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competition. The size of the competition was reduced to 18 teams in 1982, after 34 teams had competed in each of 1980 and 1981. The competing teams were all twelve VFL teams, and three teams each from the SANFL and WAFL, who qualified based on their league finishing positions in 1981.
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was already a vocal critic of the dominance of Victorian influence in the administration of the game at a national level, and he was unhappy at seeing his club treated in a way in which he did not believe a Victorian club would have been treated.
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football matches were broadcast live, it was also unfavourable for the television sponsors. As such, the AFC moved the Swans–St Kilda match to 8 June and the Swan Districts–Richmond match to 22 June.
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on Tuesday nights. Matches were televised. The tournament was mostly played concurrently with the premiership season, although some early matches were played during the preseason.
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Due to a guernsey clash, Collingwood wore a white guernsey with a black yoke instead of its normal white and black stripes in its match against Swan Districts.
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in protest at the rescheduling of the match. The match had already been pushed back from 1 June to 8 June to accommodate an interstate match between
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The following month, the AFC banned Swan Districts from competing in the Escort Championships until 1985 as punishment for the controversy.
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was unable to see the action from the coaches' box, and visibility on the field was reportedly only about six metres. The ground developed
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held between March and July 1982. The tournament was organised by Australian Football Championships, and was contested by teams from the
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1982 AFC Escort Championships - detailed review including quarter-by-quarter scores, best players and goalkickers for each match
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generated controversy when it sent a team of reserves and colts players to contest its quarter-final against
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The quarter-final between the Swans and St Kilda was played in a heavy fog. Swans coach
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Matthews, Bruce (2 June 1982). "Roos ride out a late night fright".
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Matthews, Bruce (2 June 1982). "Swan Districts 'yes' to match".
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of the initial elimination round, all matches were played at
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Matthews, Bruce (10 March 1982). "Lions draw first blood!".
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Simunovich, Peter (3 June 1982). "The Swans – officially".
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Davis, Michael (23 June 1982). "Aylett blast for WA club".
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Simunovich, Peter (28 April 1982). "Bombers in nose-dive".
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Prior, Tom (16 July 1982). "WA's hot gospeller Toddy...".
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The 1982 Escort Championships was the sixth season of the
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Simunovich, Peter (20 May 1982). "WA club's cup anger".
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Horan, Michael (26 May 1982). "Five umps report Walls".
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Simunovich, Peter (24 March 1982). "Demon night burst".
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was awarded to the winning team in addition to a trophy.
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Prior, Tom (22 July 1982). "A flag to fly in Sydney".
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Prior, Tom (22 July 1982). "Banished... to the West".
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Simunovich, Peter (9 June 1982). "Swans home in fog".
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was in transition as it moved to Sydney to become the
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Matthews, Bruce (7 July 1982). "Swans crush Tigers".
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Young, Doug (15 March 1982). "Swans link up neatly".
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as the game went on, also affecting handling skills.
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Australian rules football competitions in Australia
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North Melbourne
1981
1983
Escort Championships
knockout tournament
Victorian Football League
South Australian National Football League
West Australian Football League
the Swans
North Melbourne
national night premiership
VFL Park
Round 1
Carlton
VFL
1981 Victorian Football League
1907
1908
1914
1968
1970
1972
1976
1979
1980
1981
Collingwood

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