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Police make burglary arrests at Doncaster ■ Two people have been arrested after a car involved in a Doncaster burglary hit a police vehicle while attempting to evade officers in Fitzroy North on Wednesday morning (Oct. 19). Officers sighted the black Toyota RAV4 on Rae St, Fitzroy North, about 9.35am on October 19. Police attempted to intercept the vehicle and
pulled up behind it before the RAV4 reversed into the front of the police car, causing minor damage, and drove away from the scene. The Air Wing followed the Toyota before it crashed into an unoccupied parked van on Albion St. A 30-year-old Doreen man and 30-year-old Reservoir woman attempted to run away but were arrested nearby a short time later.
The RAV4 was allegedly sighted at the scene of an aggravated burglary in Tracey St, Doncaster, earlier the same morning where jewellery and electrical items were stolen. The offenders fled that scene after the occupant of the house screamed when they realised people were inside their home. The 30-year-old Doreen man has since been charged with a range of offences.
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and courage and I had both. I didn’t expect it to happen, but I made a marked impression on the people who counted. “I loved it very much wearing the black and white colours. “I was fortunate to have the full support of the club behind me. “It was a beautiful occupation. “My wife Doreen passed away five years ago, and I have 11 grandchildren plus two great grandchildren.” Thorold recently celebrated his 89th birthday at Allity (now a part of Bolton Clarke Group) surrounded by family and friends. “The people here are so kind and caring,” he said. “I play carpet bowls; we go on bus trips hotels and go out to clubs for lunch.”
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come a club champion when he was inspired to play at four, then never looked back. “My father taught me how to kick a ball suspended in a tree from a young boy and I became very good at it,” he said. Thorold also mastered kicking stab passes through a suspended tyre in the Victorian country town of Cobden. Flash forward to being drafted to play professionally for Collingwood in 1950 when it was whispered in country circles that he “could kick a grain of wheat down a chook’s throat at 30 yards.” “I played very well, and they invited me to permanently join them as a recruit player as number 17,” he said. “A good footballer needs speed
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■ Collingwood football great Thorold Merrett, 89, might have officially hung up his boots more than 60 years ago, but he still dreams each night about playing at the MCG. The former Pies superstar, who now lives at Allity’s Templestowe Manor residential aged care home, still maintains a keen interest in the sport, these days watching matches on TV as opposed to playing as a mid-fielder. “I love a tall ruckman who can fly like a bird in the sky and mark the ball,” he said. “I watch them on TV now because I’m a 100 per cent a supporter and do the footy tipping every week.” The Victorian Football League player and winner of two Copeland Trophies realised his dream to be-
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