ilda ▁Football ▁Club , ▁and ▁Tom ▁B anks , ▁Bill ▁Cle ary , ▁Bill ▁Mc Spe er in , ▁and ▁Stan ▁Re id , ▁all ▁from ▁the ▁Fitz roy ▁Football ▁Club ▁took ▁the ▁field ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁abs ente es ▁in ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁team . ▁Thus , ▁Stan ▁Re id ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁combined ▁Victor ian ▁Football ▁League ▁side ▁that ▁ever ▁played ▁in ▁metropol itan ▁Melbourne ▁— ▁earlier ▁in ▁that ▁same ▁week , ▁a ▁far ▁we aker ▁combined ▁V . F . L . ▁ ▁team ▁had ▁travel led ▁to ▁B end igo , ▁and ▁played ▁a ▁combined ▁team ▁there , ▁winning ▁the ▁match ▁ 1 4 . 1 4 ▁( 9 8 ) ▁to ▁ 9 . 4 ▁( 5 8 ). ▁ ▁Re id ▁was ▁injured ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁game , ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁continue , ▁and ▁left ▁the ▁field ; ▁which , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁rules ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁which ▁allowed ▁for ▁twenty ▁" run ▁on " ▁players ▁for ▁each ▁team ▁with ▁no ▁rep lac ements , ▁left ▁his ▁team ▁one ▁man ▁short ▁( he ▁was , ▁however , ▁fit ▁enough ▁by ▁the ▁following ▁Saturday ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁Fitz roy ▁against ▁South ▁Melbourne ). ▁Another ▁of ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁team , ▁Norm ▁W augh , ▁from ▁the ▁Ess end on ▁Football ▁Club , ▁was ▁very ▁badly ▁conc uss ed ▁during ▁the ▁match ; ▁he ▁remained ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁match , ▁but ▁was ▁of ▁no ▁help ▁to ▁his ▁team - m ates ▁at ▁all . ▁