The ULTIMATE trivia post!!!

[saint_mite]

St.Kilda had 2 mergers(of sorts) before joining the VFL in 1897.
who with and what years?

[St Fidelius]

Gee thats a bit hard....in 1873 the Saints football club formed with the saints crictketers and the South Yarra football club...

But if your are talking about 1887...

We joined forces with University in 1875, bu;t I have no idea what happened later..

Good question .....

[mad saint guy]

Hmm...I know they talked about this in the heaven and hell video...might have to get that out...

Was Prahran one of the clubs?

[riccardo]

I know:

In 1875, St Kilda merged with University halfway through the season as both Clubs were struggling badly. "St Kilda-cum-University" was no better than either Club on its own, losing every match and reappearing in thier own rightws in 1876.

And:

In 1888, St Kilda was ordered to merge with neighbor (and rival) Pahran in a bid to rid the 20+ team competition of unwieldiness. More of a takeover than a merger, as St Kilda kept its own name, colours (apart from the teams knickerbockers changing to the blue of Pahran) and ground, and we got thier very best players. The Pahran team were invited back into the VFA in 1899 after the competition was crippled by the founding of the VFL 2 years earlier.

[saint_mite]

got it ricc

[riccardo]

OK, new question:

St Kildas "human tank" of the 1950's, Eric Guy, once knocked out which legend of the game in what round and year?

[Sainterone]

The player knocked out by Eric Guy was Bob Skilton.
I'm thinking 1959 R8?

[riccardo]

Thats it.

They said at one point they actually feared for Bobbys life!!

[Sainterone]

OK (lucky guess on the game).

Here's a Q that may test some:

What (Saints) event occurred only in 1966 and 2004?

[B W and R all over]

Undefeated after the first four rounds?

[Sainterone]

B W and R all over - you are on the right track.

[B W and R all over]

Which two players on the current list, unrelated, actually lived together briefly before they became teammates?

[Sainterone]

Whoa - "on the right track" B W and R all over - not "got it right - next Q"

However, seeing you've already asked the next Q, the answer to the previous Q was:

In 1966 and 2004 we were unbeaten at our home grounds.

Over to you - next Q!!

[B W and R all over]

Woops, sorry. I jumped straight in. Once again, sorry.

[Sainterone]

No problems... that's cool. It wasn't on purpose.

...don't know the answer to your Q though...

[B W and R all over]

Which two players on the current list, unrelated, actually lived together briefly before they became teammates?

*BUMP

(I've never quoted myself before)

[jed]

Fergus Watts and Jim Watts.

OK, they are related and Jim Watts isn't on the list but I bet they lived together before either of them were associated with the Saints.

For a serious guess:
Barry Brooks and Allan Murray (probably not related)

[B W and R all over]

No jed, but kind of on the right path with one of those guesses.

[cowboy18]

brooks and ackland?

[B W and R all over]

Nup. I meant teammates at all, so don't think about blokes who played together at a different club.

These two guys lived together before they were teammates anywhere

[jed]

Goddard and McQualter might have been at boarding school together.

[B W and R all over]

Not BJ and McQualter

[Sainterone]

What about Murray and one of the Clarkes?

[B W and R all over]

Nope, just cause they are aboriginal doesn't mean they lived together.

[cowboy18]

Was it someone boarding with Jim Watts?

How about Watts and ... Kosi?