The following week saw Woodville do the unimaginable: down ladder leaders and firm flag favourites North Adelaide by 3 points at Woodville Oval. The SAAFL still operated a challenge system of playing finals at this point. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. Woodville began the following season strongly, reaching the Escort Cup grand final only to lose narrowly to West Adelaide. Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! Similarly, the return to the Woodville fold as playing coach a year later of 'favourite son' Malcolm Blight did not immediately succeed in turning things 'round. I just told him he could see it for himself the next day just before the Roosters ran onto the Adelaide Oval. The turning point came in round eleven against Centrals, again at Football Park. It was a bitterly disappointing end for Michael Godden and his men after a near perfect season, cruelled by injury at the final hurdle. [5], Unable to register a senior game in 1972, Parker returned to country football and played briefly at Gippsland club Leongatha. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. Woodville South is developing itself as the football from everyone. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. The Peckers' only three victories for the season were all gained at the expense of the winless Bulldogs by 10, 28 and 35 points. South Australian National Football League, "Full Points Footy: Max Parker (Footscray, Woodville, North Adelaide)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Parker_(footballer)&oldid=1105238095, This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 07:37. During the 2021 SANFL season, the Eagles finished 2nd behind minor premiers Glenelg who had lost only one game all season. 2023. B 75500/43: Sturt v Woodville, players Richard Champion and Michael Friebel. Adelaide Hawk TheBrownDog Sep 21, 2002 51,136 44,216 Adelaide AFL Club Hawthorn Other Teams Norwood Jan 12, 2006 #1,005 Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. The following year, however, finally brought the long awaited breakthrough as the 'Peckers won 10 out of 22 minor round matches to snatch fifth spot from North Adelaide on percentage. However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. Woodville did not win a premiership or play in a grand final in their twenty-seven seasons (196490), usually being close to or on the bottom of the ladder. In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. 2021 (7 - 4) 2020 (8 - 3) 2019 (4 - 6) 2018 (11 - 1) 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. [3] From 19982010, the Eagles had 19 selected at the AFL Draft. [6], The rest of his career was spent in the SANFL. Yes, I saw Trevor Hoffman play, He was a little short and skinny to match it with the likes of Wedding, Darley, etc, but he had pretty good skills for memory. Correct on all counts. [4], He played his final league season with North Adelaide, having left Woodville in acrimonious circumstances. Woodville's first win against a club other than Centrals came in the opening round of the 1965 season against Norwood. SANFL Night Premierships: 1 - 1988. This was to prove to be the last ever time that Woodville would play off for the A1 premiership prior to the club's elevation to SANFL B grade status in 1959. with debts of $1.1 million, and while Woodville was financially viable, club officials realised that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the club to be competitive in the foreseeable future. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. All rights reserved. Just doing a bit of trainspotter duty here Big Warrior, John Panagaris played 1 game and kicked 1 goal in 87 according to my relevant Footy Times yearbook, that i know from memory not having on me ATM, I think Sawford may have played for WT a bit in 87 too. Debuting in 1966 with just one appearance for the year he went on to become a regular in the ensuing seven seasons, for part of which time he helped the 'Peckers to field arguably the strongest first ruck combination in Australia featuring, along with Huppatz himself, future Richmond premiership ruckman and VFL state representative Craig McKellar, and one of the bona fide legends of the game in Malcolm Blight, who would become the first ever player to win both the Magarey and Brownlow Medals. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. We are also fortunate to have one of the strongest networks of past players and supporters in the amateur league, many of whom also sponsor our club. The twin highlights of this apprenticeship were arguably Bob Simunsen's successive Seconds Magarey Medal wins in 1961 and 1962. Knew those old Footy Times yearbooks, might come in handysome of these names will test the memory of any Woody diehard!! The good old days. As a junior, he was a very good athlete. The reason for this rejection was never explained, however J H Sinclair was chosen to replace him. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. How many other players' careers have transcended four decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)? And there lies the tragedy of the 'form' side of the competition missing the double chance. As well as that controversy, the teams on field performance in its first two games, when it failed even to score and could not field a full complement of the allowed 20 men, was hardly a confident beginning. The new club proved immediately competitive, and won their first premiership in 1993. Famous players from both clubs include Bob Hank and Lindsay Head, who . Used to have female and male strippers " doing their thing" and after they were finished their acts on would come the DJ spinning all the big ti.. er I mean hits!! By 1884 the Club had joined the Adelaide and Suburban Association and had some success in this competition playing in the Red and White uniform. history search requests & donations history timeline premierships honour board the players hall of fame team of the century club centurions club achievements afl draftees venue shop merchandise single entry tickets pick-a-picket baggy blue contact home; player profiles; player profiles. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! He would walk into the bank, a barber's shop the butchers and would start up "Come on the Peckers, Come on the Peckers . it's the Woody Woody Peckers Song". In 1990, the imminent admission of the Adelaide Crows into the AFL placed both club's futures as separate entities in serious doubt: West Torrens was technically insolvent, Yes, Ettridge played at Torrens alright. B 75500/128: Player action shot, showing Garry Haylock, Woodville West Torrens, and another player. In doing so, the club went back-to-back for the first time in their history. In 1964, when the Woodpeckers embarked on their fully fledged SANFL career, it was Simunsen who was both their first skipper and their first interstate representative, while the coaching duties were handled by former Port Adelaide wingman Harold McDonald. A four-decade player. [8]. haha. [2] However, Walkerville were too strong in the final, winning 13.13 (91) to 8.11 (59) at SANFL club North Adelaide's home ground of Prospect Oval. + Score at the end of extra time. The new team trained in a yard behind the Land of Promise Hotel but this was soon found to be inadequate so the players used Port Road as their training track. Michael Aish's wife Pam Spalding also worked there and Michael was a regular fixture at many of our social occasions as well. At quarter time their confidence appeared to be seriously mis-placed. This is a list of the 63 players you missed. 8. G Rimes was the Captain of the team and they finished in fourth position out of five teams. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. The Port Natives, at their Annual meeting in March 1896, renamed themselves simply Natives and were accepted into to South Australian Football Association for that season. You are using an out of date browser. Here's my list of the Woodville one hit wonders: Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. He played 105 Games and kicked 7 Goals during his Woodville career.Don't have his Norwood or Melbourne details and also played in the early '90s for Woodville/West Torrens. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp recap the Texas high school football coaching carousel so far, take a way-too-early look ahead to 2023, and more. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game, Age at first & last AFL gameFirst game: 25y 196dLast game: 31y 315d, Height and weightHeight: 170 cmWeight: 70 kg, Senior clubsWoodville; PortAdelaide; Footscray; NorthMelbourne, Jumper numbersFootscray: 7NorthMelbourne: 10, 2, Recruited fromWoodville (1974); Footscray (1978); NorthMelbourne (1980); Woodville (1982), Hall of fameSouth Australian Football Hall Of Fame (2003), AFL: 8,642nd player to appear, 2,809th most games played, 1,114th most goals kickedFootscray: 631st player to appear, 198th most games played, 80th most goals kickedNorthMelbourne: 699th player to appear, 466th most games played, 242nd most goals kicked. Any reflections on this classic victory are welcome. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. He was not happy. After 125 league games for Woodville, which elicited club best and fairest awards in 1969-70-71 and 1973, Huppatz joined Footscray in the VFL where he soon earned a reputation as a tigerish, classy, determined customer. League. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football . MALCOLM BLIGHT. Gourmet Sausages. Grenville Dietrich 17 Shane McGrath 16 Damien Christensen 14 David Foote 13 Keith Baker 12 Michael Edmonds 11 Ian Hanna 10 Steven Barratt 9 Justin Smith 9 Alan Schwartz 7 Gerard Toohey 6 Jeff Graham 5 Grant Eyles 4 Stephen Flintham 3 Gavin Appleton 3 Dale Wilson 3 Ashley Mitchell 3 John Cunningham 2 Trevor Pierson 1 The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. Pretty sure Malcolm Ellis is still there. Except that, as so often appears to be the case, 'next season' after a season of apparent promise proved to be an enormous disappointment. The merger effectively marked the death knell of the Woodville Football Club as an autonomous organisation, and from that point of view was probably regarded in a negative light by many of the club's supporters, at least initially. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! Your TidyHQ Account includes the email address and password you use to log in, as well as all the contact, payment and security details that you will use for this organisation and across all TidyHQ services. Past Players support day. Initials I.P. 7. The archetypal nuggety, terrier-like rover, Ray Huppatz was without doubt one of the greatest players ever produced by, or to represent, the Woodville Football Club. Does anyone remember the said establishment?? Believe he may be the father or uncle of a former popular ' 80s trainer at Oval Avenue: Paul aka "Porky" Crichton, someone may be able to verify this?? After losing yet another Grand Final to their arch rivals in 2005, the Eagles bounced back and got their first premiership in 13 years, and after 6 attempts, with a thumping 76-point victory over the Bulldogs. Woodville, which played at Woodville Oval for the first time that year, won 13 out of 15 minor round matches to win the minor premiership. Reference can also be found to an Annual Meeting of the Club at the Squatters Arms Hotel on April 7 th 1881 at which time the colours of the Club were changed to Red and White. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! As a struggling club with limited fans and finances, there were regular calls throughout the 1980s to merge Woodville with another club. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. Not even a change of emblem in 1982 from the admittedly whimpish 'Woodpeckers' to the ostensibly more macho Warriors could arrest the decline; after all, it is "the men inside the guernseys that count". [5] Against both North Melbourne and South Melbourne he kicked three goals. 20152019 - Patrick Giuffreda & Luke Thompson, South Australian Premiers: 9 1924, 1933, 1945, 1953, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2020, 2021, South Australian Night Series Winners: 4 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, Record Night Attendance at Thebarton Oval: 4,566 v, Most Goals for the Club: 312 by Mark Passador (200310), Most Years as Coach: 9 by Michael Godden (201018), Most Premierships as Coach: 2 by Jade Sheedy (2020, 2021), Most Years as Captain: 8 by Luke Thompson (201522), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Luke Thompson (2020, 2021), Most Best & Fairest Awards: 5 by Mark McKenzie (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011), Longest Winning Run: 14 (199394 last 7 games in 1993, first 7 games in 1994), Longest Winning Run in a Season: 12 (2004), This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:30. In the event, after a hard fought first half, the Bays proved to be just a little too accomplished for Blight's men and won by 21 points in front of another big finals crowd of 30,744. A Woodville Football Club, about which hardly anything is known, also existed as late as 1910 but thereafter references cease for more than two decades. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Major Partner. in Adelaide for work or looking for more senior footy than was available in the star studded Shark line up of the mid 80's? Thought I better post some Woody info. Well curiousity has got the better of me and I went through all of the posts and got just about every league player I could find! 6. In 1992 the new club moved permanently to the Woodville Oval (former home of the Woodville Warriors). The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. Player Stats - Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. For instance, I have no idea why Rodney Allen was credited with 23 games in 1967, but that is how many is recorded in the SANFL Year Book, and it is commensurate with his official total of games. Woodville-West Torrens entered a team in the SANFL Women's League in 2019 and, as of 2021 SANFL season, are the only club to have never won a wooden spoon. A TidyHQ Account is the personal account you use to access organisations that use TidyHQ to run their back office. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. John Carr subsequently succeeded him. Indeed, 1986 was to prove to be the single most successful season in the entire history of the Woodville Football Club. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SANFL Football - Woodville West Torrens Eagles Vintage Jackets - Size 2XL / 3XL at the best online prices at eBay! Past Seasons. ?A famous Pecker in more respects than he may know!! In the 93-year history of the West Torrens Club, many ups and downs were experienced, but with only 4 Premiership titles to display, the loyal support of the Clubs throng of admirers were surely tested over the years. Watched by a crowd of 39,086, the biggest to witness a first semi final since 1967, and indeed the largest crowd that Woodville was ever to appear in front of, Port opened with all guns blazing to register 9 opening term goals to 3 and seemingly have one foot firmly in the preliminary final. In the end, only inaccuracy in front of goal prevented Woodville from winning with comparative comfort, but margins mean little in finals; there are only winners and losers. The Eagles went in as the underdogs but coach Michael Godden (in only his second year with the team and in a senior coaching position) believed his Eagles could overcome the Dogs. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. A longtime Norwood Cheer Squad stalwart, Peter Nanotti, showed us at Woodville how to make them properly. The chief source for the entire section on Woodville's SAAFL career was A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994 by Fred Bloch. Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award, become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. Photographer possibly Ashley Hornsey, dated 20 May 1989 B 75500/44: Torrens player Damien Christensen marks the ball, other player is Michael Long. To read the 2022 season preview please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. A club known as Woodville existed as long ago as 1869 when it was recorded as playing a scratch match against Adelaide on 30th July and losing by 3 goals to 1. and played many fine games mainly at FB for the Mighty Warriors. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. I just want to point out that these figures are not official, they are just my personal record taken from papers and year books, so I cannot vouch for their accuracy. He was Woodville's leading goal kicker in 1975, and had won the club's best & Fairest award in 1978, the same year he was awarded with Life Membership from the club and Player Life Membership from the SANFL. from 1964-66 inclusive. From there the team started to gel and by 1986 was considered an outside chance of obtaining their first league premiership, but finished 3rd after losing to eventual premiers Glenelg in the Preliminary Final. "There was no better player than Muir," says his first coach . JavaScript is disabled. This list may not reflect recent changes . The club's lack of success was unparalleled in the VFL or WAFL with the club receiving 9 wooden spoons, including 6 times in succession 1980-1985, in 27 years whilst only making the finals 3 times without a grand final appearance. I remember Craig McKellar used to live on Trimmer Pde at Bus Stop 27 and would be seen on Sunday arvo, dressed in an old Pecker lace up jumper and footy shorts mowing the front lawn. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990. Woodville remain one of only two SAAFL clubs to have won successive A2 and A1 premierships (allowing for the four year break for the war in Woodville's case). It was certainly in the Woodville area. Always thought those Findon boys were suss. [4]. The Hindmarsh Council spent a lot of pounds in an effort to improve the situation over the years and the Club used the Oval until 1922 when it moved its head quarters to Thebarton Oval. Final scores were Woodville 8.13 (61); University 9.5 (59). [4] As his new club already had established ruckmen in Gary Dempsey and Barry Round, Parker was tried as a key forward. As far as the serious business of winning league matches was concerned, however, the club went steadily backwards, winning 9 of its 22 games in 1988 for seventh position, 8 in 1989 (eighth), and 7 in 1990 (eighth again). Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. Obviously he had to do until guys like McKellar came along. The club would play their home games at Woodville's home ground, Woodville Oval, and use the West Torrens Eagle emblem. Charity Partner . This ground was shared with many of the locally based sporting codes but because of its odd shape and lack of available expansion space it was constantly criticised as an Oval not up to the standard for League Football. Major Partner. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. The team was then known as the "Woodville Woodpeckers". The club is also famous for having a fantastic social scene and you can be assured that your partnersand families will really feel apart of the club andenjoy the atmosphere at our club. And watch the Feathers fly Only recently discovered the whereabouts of the late and great Jack " Singer " Edwards former home in Woodville West. It proved too much to cover for the Eagles in the Grand Final, falling short to West Adelaide by 30 points. Woodville served a five season probationary period in B grade, reaching the finals once, in 1960, for a third place finish. The Eagles became the first side to win the Premiership from a Qualifying Final loss since Sturt did so in 1976, and the only club in the competition to have won Premierships in each of the last 3 decades. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. Maxwell Sam Parker (born 29 October 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. The highlights of Woodville's SANFL career during the 1960s were arguably its draw in 1967 and its win two years later against Jack Oatey's all-conquering Sturt side. I've actually got 331 players listed who played a league game for Woodville. All Woodville needed to do now in order to clinch the double chance in the finals was defeat wooden spoon contender South Adelaide in the final minor round match of the season. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. After 67 games for the Bulldogs he crossed to North Melbourne and added a further 19 games in 1978 and 1980, being forced to miss the whole of the 1979 season with a knee injury. [6]. We're the mighty flying Eagles and I think this also brings up the 1000th post!!! Godden became the third coach to win a Premiership for Woodville-West Torrens, following Bruce Winter (1993) and Ron Fuller (2006). Sound the Siren, turn us loose He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. It would, however, prove to be the Eagles only premiership success during 19942005 in which they lost 5 Grand Finals 1994 to Port Adelaide and 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 all to Central District. [4], A three time South Australian interstate representative, Parker retired with 280 SANFL games and a total of 285 games in elite Australian rules football, and also played a further 21 pre-season/night series matches.[4]. Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. Home; Leagues; Clubs; Players; Coaches; Grounds; Articles; Community. Then, after commencing the season proper promisingly with a hard fought 5 point win over West Torrens at Football Park, old habits promptly resurfaced and 7 of the next 9 matches were lost. 2 or 3 night home games per year are played at Thebarton Oval (Former home of West Torrens) which is also the club's pre-season base. Inexplicably, however - or should that be predictably? The new team trained in a yard behind the Land of Promise Hotel but this was soon found to be inadequate so the players used Port Road . For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. In 2011, the Eagles became the only club since the turn of the century to defeat Central District in two grand finals, with a thrilling 3-point win 81 to 78 on 9 October 2011. Full Points Footy's Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, Volume 1. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. "Zip Zap" as he was known, made his league debut with Woodville in 1969 and was playing his 325th game for the club. Fair to say probably 6,000 of those would have been Magpie supporters. Off the ground things have certainly sharpened up at Woodville. Prior to the start of the season he observed: "I'm comfortable, but there are a lot of reasons for that. Quoted in Football Times Yearbook 1986, pages 6-7. Straight away, it performed with greater credibility, reaching a premiership play off in its debut season after winning 15 out of 18 minor round matches and overcoming YMCA by 15 points in a semi final. Round 18 Woodville South vs SMOSH 10.15am C Grade start 12.15pm B Grade start 2.15pm A Grade start Catstodians Day. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed: The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). West Torrens introduction to the South Australian Football Association in 1897 was a baptism of fire, as the SAFA refused to recognize Dr. Ralph Potts, the Club Patron, as one of the Clubs chosen delegates. and come up with some " new " stuff for us devotees of the W.F.C. Since entering the league together the two clubs had enjoyed an intense and unique rivalry; it hardly seemed to matter what the respective positions of the sides on the ladder were, their confrontations over a season almost invariably tended to be closely fought. In 1959 the existing SANFL clubs agreed to submissions from Woodville and Central District to expand the competition from eight to ten teams on the proviso they enter the SANFL reserves competition on a five-year apprenticeship before gaining admission to the league competition in 1964. The Club fields four senior teams in the competition, comprising of a A, B and C grades in the mens and a Women's team which was introduced to the league in the 2020 season. There's been a lot more planning and preparation this year so I'm not hoping as much this time because I know things are going to be better." Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. Before the start of the 2020 SANFL season, the club hired a new coach: former Sturt premiership player and Magarey Medalist Jade Sheedy. werribee football club past playersnixon high school yearbooks werribee football club past players. - the players effectively 'froze', putting in a woeful performance to lose by 15 points and slump to fourth, which meant an elimination final meeting with finals-hardened Norwood. Public group Join group 1980 Sachse John - the "other" Sachse brother; Leaping Lindner reckons it must have been a pre-season match. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. It would be the last trophy the Woodville Football Club would win in the SANFL. Frank Eder went to Findon High and was a strapping size of a bloke. Heading into 1964, West Torrens had won four premierships in the previous forty seasons, and were a highly competitive club, regular finalists, and played off in 8 Grand Finals - the last one being the 1953 victory over Port Adelaide. He was probably more suited to a ruck-roving role or full-forward than ruck. Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. I know most of these did play League for Woodville, but just to make sure, I'd like to see the AH brand of microscope placed over them. 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