When I was a kid my mother's sister and her family lived in Geelong and we used to go down to see them from time to time. Dad tried to arrange it so that one of our visits to Geelong coincided with the Geelong v. St Kilda game each year.

I do not remember which year it was, but Dad and I were right behind the Geelong goals. The ball came down and the St Kilda fullback (Verdun Howell? Bob Murray?) went for the mark. Doug Wade jumped maybe a foot higher than our fullback, and Carl (to the best of my unreliable memory) seemed to sit on Wade's shoulders! It was a magnificent mark. But the umpire took the ball off Carl and gave it to Wade. I have no idea what for.

Paul McCartin
Japan