Geelong Grammar School won its first APS football premiership in 1902. Geelong Grammar School won its last APS football premiership in 1902 – with good reason: it is the near-annual cellar-dweller of the APS. No APS school fears the baby blue football jumper of GGS. To lose to GGS is a tragedy for any APS football team. Such an appalling tragedy occurred to the MGS 1st XVIII last Saturday at Corio.

Charles Shaw, a second year 1st XVIII Year 11 MGS boy, is hard to miss on the field with his flaming red hair. Even if you can’t see this, you can’t miss his performances on the field. This week he kicked six goals in a one-man effort reminiscent of Tom Hawkins’ one-man effort to save the game against BGS in 2005. Unfortunately, the difference was that Charles’ effort alone could not save Grammar.

For the team that beat 2004-2005-2006 APS premiers Haileybury to lose to GGS comes as a shock, and it can only be hoped that the Grammar boys will redeem themselves with a rare victory over Xavier later this season.

Pictured below are the MGS boys at GGS wearing black arm bands as a tribute to Michael Ford's father who died last week:

Goals: Charles Shaw 6, Brendon Rathnow 2, Rohan Barraclough 2, Ed Hughes, Tim McLardy, Angus Lapin

Best: Angus Lapin, Charlie Cumbrae-Stewart, Charles Shaw, Tim McLardy, Andrew Oaten, Jordan Tunbridge