Set_Listing	Set_Name	Brand_Name	Set_Year	Rarity	Number_Issued	Example	Comment
pccof002	Player Post Cards	Collingwood Football Club	1921	8	1 known		Promotional post cards issued at the ground on game day to advertise star players of the day. It is unknown whether more of these cards exist.
cgmag002	Victorian League Footballers	Magpie Cigarettes (J.J.Schuh)	1921	5	40		This series shows a player head surround by team colour rays. They are very similar in format to the 1910 Standard series although the players head is smaller. This series is numbered.
cfmci001	Football Champions Series 1	McIntyre Bros.	1921	9	18		Sepia portrait photos appear inside an oval frame with a tartan surround.
mpslm002	Prominent Players	Sporting Life and the Bayonet Magazine	1921	10	12 known		This series of magazine posters were issued in consecutive weeks of 1921. The posters are captioned Prominent Players and are numbered. They show full length black and white newspaper photos with the players uniform overprinted in colour.
pcrfc001	Player Post Cards	Richmond Football Club	1921 cc	8	1 known		Promotional post cards issued at the ground on game day to advertise star players of the day
pcaap001	Post Card Series	Adamson Art Photos	1922	8	3 known		This post card series shows glossy black and white images of VFL players. The card background is white and the player name and team appears on the card in white text on a black background.
pcffc001	Post Card Series	Footscray Football Club	1922	10	20 known		This post card series shows glossy black and white images of Footscray Football Club players. Some of the photos are the same as those on the Magpie Cigarette cards of the same era. The back of the cards are captioned "Support your club, Footscray Football Club Post Card series". Apparently the cards were sold by SP bookies and the money exchanged would be used to bet on the horse racing. SP bookies were illegal and could not been seen to be taking money directly for betting.
cgmag003	Portraits of our Leading Footballers	Magpie Cigarettes (J.J.Schuh)	1922	5	96 numbered, 8 unnumbered		This series shows half length, real photos of players. Cards 15 and 16 appear twice with different subjects on each. There are eight known unnumbered cards in this series. The year of issue is difficult to determine, but the absence of Hawthorn and Footscray players may suggest that it was prior to 1925.
cfmci002	Football Champions Series 2	McIntyre Bros.	1922	9	18		This series again shows sepia portrait photos inside an oval frame with a tartan surround. They are differentiated from the first series by the words 'No.2 Series' appearing on the back of the card.
mipal004	Football Caricatures	PALS Periodical	1922	8	7 known		These caricatures appeared on the inside of the back cover of the PALs magazine during the football season in 1922. They show black and white cartoon caricatures of leading Australian footballers of the time.
tcspi001	Victorian Footballers	Suburban Premium Issues	cc 1921-1925	7	74 known players + 9 teams		The back of the card shows an advertisement for the store that issued it. They were originally issued with coupons at the base for cutting off and using in a prize scheme. This series shows the players name on the back of the card and some cards are numbered on the front. The team photos and the S.Barker card differ slightly in that they do have a caption on the front. The cards are very flimsy and of generally poor quality and come in several different shades including green, yellow and blue. The cards were most likely issued over a number of years as some of the players listed did not start playing until after 1921, but an exact date of issue is unknown.
mitcm001	Sportsmen Supplements	The Circle Magazine	1922	9	13 known		This series of VFL and VFA player supplements were issued in The Circle magazine. They show hand coloured training images of leading players of the era, with a red 'The Circle' symbol in a corner.
cfthp001	Football Captains	Thorp's Factory	1922	8	19 known		These cards show half or quarter length portraits of both VFL and VFA captains of the era. The back of the card states that if you collected any 50 of these cards you could send away for an enlarged picture of a captain of your choice. These cards are also know to exist with plain backs.
pcpar001	Post Card Sporting Photos	Paramount	1922cc	7	10 known		A series of early postcards showing team photos. One single player is also known to exist in this series.
otzzz001	Team Photos	(Unknown)	1922 cc	10	6 known		Metal Matchbox covers were popular in the early part of this century. Clear covers were placed over the matchbox covers so picture inserts could be stored in them. These are the only known football inserts. Once again not all of these inserts have been seen but it is expected that one was produced for each VFL team of the era.
pcdon001	Photo Series	Don	1923	8	81 known		Post Card series issued around the mid 1920's. Both team photos and individual players were issued although a complete listing of which cards were available is extremely hard to determine.
cglen002	Victorian Country Footballers	Lenten's Shamrock Store	1923	8	98		This series shows head and shoulder portraits of many Victorian Country Footballers from the Bendigo District. Lenten's changed its name to Lenten & Hocking whilst the series was being issued hence the two different backs. The Lenten's and Hocking banner was stuck over the top of the original Lenten's banner.
mitmn001	Monotone Photo Gallery	The Monotone	1923 - 27	9	104 known		These paper supplements were issued as a supplement to the Monotone magazine in Tasmania over a number of years. They show posed black and white portraits of leading Tasmanian players with varying border styles per year.
cgzzz001	SANFL Footballers	(Unknown)	1923 cc	10	2 known		Only two of these cards are known to exist. They show a black and white head and shoulders portrait photo of SANFL players.
tcpal001	Australian Sportsmen	PALS Periodical	1924	7	15 footballers		This set contains twenty seven known cards depicting many sporting personalities of the era. Footballers from Vic, SA and WA appear.
mipal001	Australian Sportsmen (Supplement)	PALS Periodical	1924	8	8 footballers		This set contains many sporting personalities of the era. Dates of issue follow on from the cards in the smaller PALS set and were clearly supplementary to that set. The player photos are printed on paper rather than card.
mipal002	The Rival Captains	PALS Periodical	1924	8	1		This one off supplement shows an action drawing of an Australian Rules Football game. The teams are not identified. The supplement is titled 'The Rival Captains'
tcspi002	Western Australian Footballers	Suburban Premium Issues	1924	10	9 known		Similar in format to the Victorian edition very few of these cards are known to exist. The caption on the back of the card does not state the team the player represents. Three known companies were known to have issued these cards, two of which were Jack Briggs and Munyard & Kenworthy.
cftnd001	Sth. Australian Footballers	Tandy's Candy	1924	10	Unknown		This set comprised oval shaped cards with a black and white player photograph surrounded by team colors. The players name did not appear on the card making identification of the players extremely difficult but it does appear that the set comprises photos of club captains.
cgmag004	Australian Footballers	Magpie Cigarettes (J.J.Schuh)	1925	8	60		This series shows a player head in an oval frame. They are very similar in format to the 1909 Standard series. Footballers for both Victoria and Sth. Australia are included. This series is the most rare of all the Magpie issues. Once again the year of issue is hard to determine, the presence of Footscray, Hawthorn and Nth. Melbourne players suggest a post 1925 issue.
tcspi003	Victorian Footballers	Suburban Premium Issues	cc 1926-1928	8	101 known		The back of the card shows an advertisement for the store that issued it. They were originally issued with coupons at the base for cutting off and using in a prize scheme. This series shows the players name on the front of the card and the cards are not numbered.. The cards are flimsy and generally show black and white photos, but are known to exist in different coloured shades. It is most likely that they were issued over a number of years as Charles Tyson appears twice in the series, once for Collingwood and once for Nth. Melb, and some of the players listed did not begin until 1927.
cfcai001	Collingwood & Fitzroy League Players	Cains Confectionary	1926	9	36		This set contains the Fitzroy and Collingwood players who competed in the round 1 game of 1926 between the two clubs. Card number 22 (J.Beveridge) is a bluish colour and has a blank back. All other cards are printed on a flimsy card and the format is similar to the Suburban Issues. Four cards are known to exist with a different back design than the one shown.
cfcah001	Sportsmen and Racehorses	Craig & Hales Confectionary	1926	8	30 footballers		This series shows head and shoulder portraits of VFL players. The series also contained Jockeys and Racehorses.
mirwm001	Richmond Footballers	Richmond Weekly Magazine	1927	8	18		These posed portraits of Richmond players were issued as supplements in the Richmond Weekly magazine.
miwkt001	Football Series	Weekly Times	1928	8	32 known		Team Photos of VFL, VFA and Victorian Country teams issued as a supplement to the Weekly Times. It is assumed that all VFL and VFA teams were issued although not all have been seen.
pccof003	Player Post Cards	Collingwood Football Club	1929	8	1 known x 3 styles		Promotional post cards issued at the ground on game day to advertise star players of the day. It is unknown whether more cards in this series exist. This card is known to exist in three different styles including one with a slightly different photo on the front and another with a post card back.
cfgrf001	Football Series	Griffiths	1929	8	210 + error known		Also known as the Black Crow cards this series of 216 cards has only 210 of the cards known. These small , almost square, cards show real black and white head and shoulder photographs of VFL players. Card numbers 3, 53, 126, 142, 194 and 202 are yet to be seen. Card 157 has a second printing with S.Murphy of Collingwood. Card number 200 is actually a photo of S.Murphy but the caption says G.Gibbs. Card number 41 has two different subjects as listed but card number 42 is yet to be seen.
mptan001	Team Photos	The Australasian Newspaper	1929	7	24		Colour Team photos of VFL and VFA teams of the era. The format of the supplements is similar to the Weekly Times team photos.
mitob001	SANFL League Teams	The Observer	1929	8	8		Team Photos of SANFL teams issued as a supplement to the Observer.
miwkt002	Football Series	Weekly Times	1929	8	40 known		Team Photos of VFL, VFA and Victorian Country teams issued as a supplement to the Weekly Times. It is assumed that all VFL and VFA teams were issued although not all have been seen.
cfava001	Australian Sports	AVA Confections	1930 cc	8	1		This single card is part of a set of ten cards showing action shots of various sports played in Australia.
cfotb001	Men's Hats	O.T. Beverage	1930 cc	9	21 x 3 sets		These cards came in different varieties shaped liked men's hat with a prong at the bottom designed so the card could be attached to a button hole. Each hat had a team colour band around it. One set had the words 'Add O.T. to all drinks, warming and delicious' on the prong. Another two varieties have been seen, one just had the club name on the prong and the other had the club name followed by either League or Association. It is assumed that one card per team per style was issued for each of the VFA and VFL clubs of the era, although not all have been seen.
cfdya001	Victorian Football Colours	Dyason's Sauces	1930cc	9	6 known		These oval shaped cards show team colours for VFL and VFA teams of the era. The VFL cards have the team name printed on the front of the card, but the VFA ones have Dyason's printed on the front. The back of the cards have differing advertisements for Dyason's products.
pc3lo001	McGregor Radio Card	3LO Radio Station	1930cc	7	1		This single black and white postcard shows a photo of former Carlton player, Rod McGregor commentating a match for 3LO radio station.

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