Episode 30A Supplementary: The Third 10 years: 1917-1926

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Ten years in one episode, the third decade of the VFL. From a time of war and global pandemic a six team competition grows to 12 clubs and the game is faster, with higher scores, but not everybody is happy. The first radio broadcasts and growing number of newspapers feed a never ending hunger for news about footy. Gambling and bribery scandals target premiership teams. There is even discussion of privately owned clubs and night football, decades before their time. And will Collingwood be allowed to play their home games at Victoria Park?

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