I don’t know where he was the first half but appeared in the second half.
I heard he missed the team bus.
Then got on the City Circle tram for an hour or so, thinking we were at Marvel. He had his players pass ready but then was told to go to the mcg.
He ran fast, covered ground everywhere quickly, j-walked, went across the crossing on a red light, arrived at the Aquarium, turned left instead of right, hopped on the St Kilda tram, ran into the conductor, hopped off, ran fast, covered ground everywhere.
Arrived at Rod Laver Arena, turned left instead of right, covered a lot of ground quickly.
Rang Dimma to tell him he was running fast, but late. But got hold of Fly McRae. Told to head in the direction of PRO, but to turn left before he got there.
He did, fast. Ran 6 laps of the mcg looking for the entrance. Collided with 16 Footy Record sellers, 4 Salvation Army tin rattlers.
By then George had just warmed up.
Neil Balme was outside sniffling a packet of Tim Tams and Iced Vo-vo’s when he hooked George under the throat, put him in his pocket and took him to the changerooms.
By then George was ready to go…. But didn’t