Australian Rules - Fitzroy FC - Capstan Cigarette Card

I sometimes collect pictures to illustrate other related football codes such as rugby league, football association, American football or Australian footy... such as this early XXth century Capstan cigarette card featuring Fitzroy FC colours and flags. Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, "home" of Australian Rules, engaged in Victorian Football League (VFL)

The origins and history of Austalian Footy are a little difficult to grasp for a newbie like me... many regional variations , many local leagues, leagues breaking away from each others... VFA, SAFA, TFA, NTFA, SAFA, NSWAFA, WAFA, STFA then VFL, NSWAFL, TFL, QFL, WAFL, AFL... stop ! the whole chronology is here, starting back in 1858... I'll study it later...

Let's also mention this article by rugby league historian Sean Fagan "THE 150 YEAR OLD HOAX: AFL'S FIRST GAME WAS RUGBY"... kindly putting some controvery in a very Australian debate about the origins of the game...

Having said that, it's a nice card....



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