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Melbourne fact box has the club as being formed on July 10, 1858

Melbourne was officially formed on May 14, 1859

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Champion of the Colony paragraph and list

Remove entire section – I challenge the AFL to provide evidence that the alleged award ever existed

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All Australian summary – At the conclusion of the 1953 Australian Football Carnival held in Brisbane the first official All-Australian team was selected from the best performed players.

1953 Australian Football Carnival held in Adelaide

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Hall of Fame Legends entry – John Coleman – player honours: All-Australian 1950, 1953

Remove 1950

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Hall of Fame Legends entry – Bill Hutchison – player honours: All-Australian 1950, 1953, 1956

Remove 1950

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Hall of Fame Players entry – Bob Davis – player honours: All-Australian 1950, 1958

Remove 1950

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Hall of Fame Players entry – Fred Flanagan – player honours: All-Australian 1950

Remove All Australian 1950

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Hall of Fame Players entry – Bob Hank – player honours: All-Australian 1950, 1953

Remove 1950

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Hall of Fame Players entry – Merv McIntosh – player honours: All-Australian 1950, 1953

Remove 1950

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Hall of Fame Players entry – Charlie Sutton – player honours: All-Australian 1950

Remove All Australian 1950

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Hall of Fame Administrators entry – Tom Wills – Also involved in the formation of the Melbourne Football Club and was its first secretary and captain.

Remove reference to first secretary...[also note that the claim that he was first captain needs to be double-checked]

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Chronology –

1858 July 10 Melbourne Football Club formed

Aug 7 First recorded match: Scotch College v Melbourne Grammar School in Yarra Park

Remove ref to Melbourne being formed

Remove ref to Aug 7 match

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1859 May: Melbourne FC rules formulated

Add May 14 Melbourne Football Club formed

Add date to rules ref so that it reads May 17 Melbourne FC rules formulated

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1866

Add ref to new rule forcing player to bounce ball every few yards

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1877 May 7 Victorian Football Association established

Add in 1877 list but prior to the VFA ref,

April 30 South Australian Football Association established

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1879 July 1 First intercolonial match

Add or re-write so that it obviously refers to the first intercolonial REPRESENTATIVE match

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1879 Aug 6 First match played at night

The date should be Aug 5

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1883

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – first intercolonial meeting of delegates to formulate standard rules nationwide

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1885

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – intercolonial conference of delegates to revise rules

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1886

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – intercolonial conference of delegates to revise rules

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Add 1888

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – intercolonial conference of delegates to revise rules

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Add 1890

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – intercolonial conference of delegates to revise rules

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1892

Include reference to November meeting held in Melbourne – intercolonial conference of delegates to revise rules

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1897

Add VFA reduced teams from 20 to 18 players

May 1: VFA first to use new scoring system of goals and behinds