As drawn by Wells. BTW the caricature of Gabbo is quite famous and has been republished a few times. Sorry about the poor resolution.
Archive for October, 2010
As the caption says, Angus Mac of the Argus saw the Bulldogs win a hard game over the Pies. This is the last comic strip that I have at the moment but will hopefully acquire a few more in the weeks to come, however it is very time-consuming searching through old newspapers, whether online or [...]
Things were much different back in the 50s.
Collingwood finally beat Geelong
Posted: October 29, 2010 in Collingwood, Collingwood 1953 PremiersTags: Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Collingwood Football Club, Essendon, Essendon Football Club, Geelong Football Club, James Hird, Mark Thompson, The Age
Here’s a Wells cartoon from The Age, June 5th 1953, just after Collingwood became the first team to defeat them since round 8 1952. In that period Geelong put together a string of 23 victories in a row. In fact Geelong had been undefeated in 26 matches in a row, due to a draw with [...]
Collingwood defeat Hawthorn – The Argus, May 14 1945 – Seen Thru The Pencil of Angus Mac
Posted: October 28, 2010 in CollingwoodSorry that this scan isn’t as good as it could be. I will try to do this one again in the near future.
I have always thought that the tradition of WEG’s Premiership posters began in 1954 when the Bulldogs won their one and only Grand Final… BUT reading the Herald from the Saturday afternoon of the 1953 Grand Final (September 25th) there was a curious little paragraph about hoards of Collingwood fans descending on the Herald vans [...]
These are the earliest scans I have of Wells’ cartoons, from the Herald October 10th 1930 and October 13th 1930. These aren’t the best quality and I had to get them through the State Library Victoria who have lots of old newspapers on microfilm. Unfortunately Mr Murdoch doesn’t want old editions of his newspapers to [...]
In my research I discovered that The Argus employed a cartoonist named Angus Mac to cover the 1945 VFL season, whilst Armstrong was their long serving political/current affairs cartoonist. Angus Mac to my knowledge only worked for the Argus in 1945 as in the editions from 1944 & 1946 that I have read I cannot [...]
From The Age on September 14, the Monday after Collingwood beat Wells’ beloved Geelong in the Second Semi-Final. From Armstrong of The Argus from Sept 25 1953, just prior to the VFL grand final. It would be good if I could get a high res’ scan but this is the best I can get.
Wells Looks At Collingwood’s 1950 Team
Posted: October 25, 2010 in Collingwood, FootballTags: Bob Rose, Charlie Utting, Des Healey, George Hams, Gordon Hocking, Lou Richards, Neville Broderick, Phonse Kyne
This is from The Age, June 2, 1950 before the Magpies played the Bulldogs. This would have been Phonse Kyne‘s first year as coach of Collingwood. Also featured are Bill Twomey, Jack Hamilton, Des Healey, Lou Richards, Bernie Shannon, Peter Lucas, Stan Smith, Charlie Utting, George Hams, Bob Rose, Bill Rose, Bill Nolan, Jack Thompson, [...]
