1866 Richmond Paddock Australian football match

1866 Richmond Paddock Australian football match
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An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock (now Yarra Park), Melbourne, in about 1866. The building in the background is the Melbourne Cricket Ground pavilion.

Acknowledgments: 

Artist: Campbell, Oswald Rose
Engraver: Bruce, Robert,
Winter in Australia : Football in the Richmond Paddock.
Date of creation: July 27, 1866.
Print: wood engraving.
Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria
Accession Number: IMP27/07/66/304
Image Number: b49119