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Centenary of
First Match 1892-1992 |
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Collingwood's first match on 7th May
1892 was played against Carlton in front of 16,000 fans. Carlton won 3 goals to
2 goals. The re-enactment game in front of over 83,000 fans was again won by
Carlton. Of all the long term AFL/VFL teams
Carlton is the only team to have a positive win-loss ratio against the Magpies.
Of the 213 games played until the end of the Centenary season, Collingwood have
won 100, Carlton 109 and there have been 4 draws. |
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A special cachet was drawn by
cartoonist Jeff Hook to represent the game. It is shown on the Centenary
Collingwood cover with the permanent pictorial postmark (PMP 478).
Another cachet of the match
details is also available. It is shown on the Centenary Collingwood cover with
the permanent pictorial postmark (PMP 478) and the permanent pictorial postmark
of the MCG (PMP 458). |
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