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1906 VFL season#First Semi Final

{{Short description|Tenth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1906

| image = Carlton_fc_1906.jpg

| imagesize = 258px

| caption = {{AFL Car}} 1906 VFL premiership team

| date = 5 May – 22 September 1906

| teams = 8

| premiers = {{AFL Car}}

| premcount = 1

| minorpremiers = {{AFL Car}}

| mpcount = 1

| leadinggoalkicker = Mick Grace ({{AFL Car}})

| goals = 50

| matches = 71

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1905 VFL season|1905}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1907 VFL season|1907}}

}}

The 1906 VFL season was the tenth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 5 May to 22 September, comprising a 17-match home-and-away season followed by a two-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Car}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Fit}} by 49 points in the 1906 VFL grand final; it was Carlton's first VFL premiership. Carlton also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–3 win–loss record. Carlton's Mick Grace won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker, becoming the first player to kick 50 goals in a VFL season.

Background

In 1906, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.

Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.

Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1906 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Home-and-away season

=Round 1=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.20 (68)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 1.8 (14)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 5 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.13 (67)

| EMCG

| 5 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.7 (37)

| Victoria Park

| 5 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Princes Park

| 5 May 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.5 (53)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.13 (73)

| MCG

| 12 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.12 (42)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Corio Oval

| 12 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.5 (77)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Lake Oval

| 12 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 5.5 (35)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.10 (100)

| Junction Oval

| 12 May 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.16 (76)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.6 (42)

| EMCG

| 19 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.7 (43)

| Princes Park

| 19 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 9.7 (61)

| Lake Oval

| 19 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.7 (49)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 19 May 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.9 (39)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.4 (34)

| MCG

| 26 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 4.7 (31)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Corio Oval

| 26 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 1.7 (13)

| Junction Oval

| 26 May 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 4.13 (37)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Victoria Park

| 26 May 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.15 (51)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.10 (46)

| EMCG

| 2 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 4.7 (31)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Junction Oval

| 2 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.5 (65)

| Princes Park

| 4 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.9 (75)

| MCG

| 4 June 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.13 (61)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 3.13 (31)

| Corio Oval

| 9 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.9 (45)

| Junction Oval

| 9 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.12 (66)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.13 (49)

| EMCG

| 9 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.14 (56)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9 June 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.5 (41)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 4.13 (37)

| Corio Oval

| 16 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.12 (90)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Victoria Park

| 16 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 4.15 (39)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Princes Park

| 16 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.10 (40)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.8 (62)

| Lake Oval

| 16 June 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 2.8 (20)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 3.7 (25)

| Junction Oval

| 30 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 3.8 (26)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.11 (59)

| Lake Oval

| 30 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.7 (61)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.9 (75)

| Corio Oval

| 30 June 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 3.7 (25)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.16 (70)

| MCG

| 30 June 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.25 (91)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.9 (39)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 7 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.16 (112)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.11 (41)

| EMCG

| 7 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.14 (98)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.8 (38)

| Victoria Park

| 7 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.13 (49)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 3.7 (25)

| Princes Park

| 7 July 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 4.11 (35)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 4.4 (28)

| Junction Oval

| 14 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.10 (88)

| Victoria Park

| 14 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.5 (29)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.17 (95)

| MCG

| 14 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.6 (36)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.15 (63)

| Corio Oval

| 14 July 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.7 (37)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 21 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.11 (35)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 4.9 (33)

| EMCG

| 21 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.14 (80)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.7 (43)

| Princes Park

| 21 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.3 (27)

| Lake Oval

| 21 July 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.21 (57)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Corio Oval

| 28 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 2.8 (20)

| Victoria Park

| 28 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.6 (30)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 5.8 (38)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 28 July 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.3 (45)

| Lake Oval

| 28 July 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 5.7 (37)

| Victoria Park

| 4 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.17 (101)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.8 (38)

| Lake Oval

| 4 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.10 (40)

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 10.13 (73)

| MCG

| 11 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 5.3 (33)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.14 (38)

| Princes Park

| 11 August 1906

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.12 (42)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 18 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL|StK}}

| 10.21 (81)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 3.13 (31)

| Junction Oval

| 18 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.5 (41)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.14 (104)

| MCG

| 18 August 1906

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.12 (36)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.12 (72)

| EMCG

| 18 August 1906

{{s-end}}

=Pre-sectional ladder=

class=wikitable

| style=width:1em bgcolor=E6E6FA |

Section A
style=width:1em bgcolor=FEEAD3 |Section B

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#E6E6FA

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 922 || 641 || 143.8 || 44

|- style=background:#FEEAD3

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 827 || 590 || 140.2 || 40

|- style=background:#E6E6FA

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 832 || 629 || 132.3 || 40

|- style=background:#FEEAD3

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 14 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 1020 || 728 || 140.1 || 36

|- style=background:#E6E6FA

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 14 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 790 || 800 || 98.8 || 24

|- style=background:#FEEAD3

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 14 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 603 || 720 || 83.8 || 20

|- style=background:#E6E6FA

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 14 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 631 || 1003 || 62.9 || 16

|- style=background:#FEEAD3

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 14 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 584 || 1098 || 53.2 || 4

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1906.html#lad AFL Tables]

=Round 15 (Sectional round 1)=

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 15 (Sectional round 1)}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 August|{{AFL Car}}|10.12 (72)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|8.6 (54)|Princes Park}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 August|{{AFL Col}}|11.12 (78)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|7.19 (61)|Victoria Park}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 August|{{AFL Mel}}|2.1 (13)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|17.18 (120)|Melbourne Cricket Ground}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 August|{{AFL SM}}|10.10 (70)|H|{{AFL Gee}}|7.7 (49)|Lake Oval}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

}}

=Round 16 (Sectional round 2)=

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 16 (Sectional round 2)}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 September|{{AFL Gee}}|4.5 (29)|A|{{AFL Car}}|13.13 (91)|Corio Oval}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 September|{{AFL Fit}}|5.8 (38)|H|{{AFL Col}}|3.9 (27)|Brunswick Street Oval}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 September|{{AFL Ess}}|3.13 (31)|A|{{AFL SM}}|10.6 (66)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 September|{{AFL|StK}}|10.12 (72)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|4.9 (33)|Junction Oval}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

}}

=Round 17 (Sectional round 3)=

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 17 (Sectional round 3)}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 September|{{AFL SM}}|4.15 (39)|A|{{AFL Car}}|12.14 (86)|Lake Oval}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 September|{{AFL Mel}}|7.9 (51)|A|{{AFL Col}}|15.17 (107)|Melbourne Cricket Ground}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 September|{{AFL Gee}}|9.12 (66)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|5.12 (42)|Corio Oval}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 September|{{AFL|StK}}|8.12 (60)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|11.7 (73)|Junction Oval}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} (P) || 17 || 14 || 3 || 0 || 1171 || 763 || 153.5 || 56

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 17 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 1058 || 690 || 153.3 || 52

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 17 || 11 || 6 || 0 || 1232 || 878 || 140.3 || 44

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 17 || 10 || 7 || 0 || 959 || 833 || 115.1 || 40

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 17 || 8 || 9 || 0 || 965 || 966 || 99.9 || 32

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 17 || 6 || 11 || 0 || 796 || 904 || 88.1 || 24

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 17 || 5 || 12 || 0 || 775 || 1206 || 64.3 || 20

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 17 || 1 || 16 || 0 || 681 || 1397 || 48.7 || 4

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 56.2
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1906.html#flad AFL Tables]

Finals series

=Semi-finals=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 5.6 (36)

| MCG

| 15 September 1906

| Attendance: 8,500

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.6 (54)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15 September 1906

| Attendance: 15,000

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1906 VFL Grand Final}}

class="wikitable"

!Team

!1 Qtr

!2 Qtr

!3 Qtr

!Final

Carlton

|align=center|3.2

|align=center|7.4

|align=center|9.4

|align=center|15.4 (94)

Fitzroy

|align=center|1.6

|align=center|1.7

|align=center|6.8

|align=center|6.9 (45)

Season notes

  • In Round 4, St Kilda defeated Essendon for the first time in its history after 36 winless matches (15 in the VFA for four draws and 11 losses and 21 in the VFL for one draw and 20 losses) over 20 years of competition (1878 and 1888–1906).
  • On Saturday 23 June, between Rounds 7 and 8, the VFL representative team 17.13 (115) defeated the Ballarat Football Association 10.10 (70) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Frank Caine kicked seven goals for Victoria.{{cite news|newspaper=Table Talk|title=Football – Last Saturday's actions|date=28 June 1906|page=27|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}} In the return game, held at the City Oval in Ballarat during the second week of Round 13 (11 August), the BFA 11.7 (73) defeated the VFL 6.7 (43); this VFL team was limited to players from {{AFL Ess}}, {{AFL SM}} and {{AFL Gee}}, with the other five teams either playing or on interstate tours at the time.{{cite news|newspaper=The Herald|title=World of Sport – Football|date=10 August 1906|page=4|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}} On 15 September, the weekend of the semi-finals, a VFL team selected from non-finalists defeated the Bendigo Football Association 15.14 (104) d. 2.2 (14) at the Upper Reserve in Bendigo.{{cite news|newspaper=The Bendigo Advertiser|title=Sporting – Football|date=17 September 1906|page=6|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}}
  • In Round 8, {{AFL|StK}} formally protested the result of its five point loss against {{AFL Fit}}, on the grounds that the timekeeper had rung the final bell thirty seconds prematurely. The protest was dismissed three weeks later owing to a lack of evidence.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|title=Victorian Football League – protests dismissed|date=21 July 1906|page=15|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}}
  • A vacant Saturday was originally scheduled on 11 August in the fixture between Rounds 13 and 14, to accommodate the second game against Ballarat and to allow clubs to complete interstate tours. However, after South Australian club Norwood's tour was brought forward, the VFL turned Round 13 into a split round at less than two weeks notice, postponing the Carlton vs Fitzroy and St Kilda vs Melbourne games by a week.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|title=A football dispute – League and Association|date=2 August 1906|page=3|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}}
  • Mick Grace of Carlton was the first VFL player to score 50 goals in a season.

Awards

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. {{ISBN|0-670-90809-6}}
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. {{ISBN|0-670-86814-0}}

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1906.html 1906 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1906 1906 VFL season] at Australian Football

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