I am currently flicking through one old Trotting Weekly after another for a research project and as I have been going I have been writing down names/dates of "first time" winners mentioned in the articles, that is, when a driver has steered their first winner, on a country circuit and also in the city.


This is a list of Victorian drivers only, but interested to know if anyone on here can help me add to the list with their own achievement, or those they may know of.


Probably someone has already done this (I have seen a list of city stats some years ago) but nonetheless it is keeping me occupied while I flick through each page.


Some of the stories behind these people and their background etc have made for interesting reading too.


Out of interest here is what I have found so far...


MELBOURNE
BUHAGIAR, FRANK HONALEE LAD MV 24/07/82
BUTTIGIEG, VIC FAIR GYRO MV 08/04/78
CROSSLAND, BRIAN CARRAMAR SUE MV 09/09/78
DALTON, GRAEME WENDY ROBIN MV 13/05/78
DOW, PETER PENNYWEIGHT DALE MV 10/06/78
DUNSFORD, KAREN LASSKEN MV 20/08/82
HAYES, MARK BOROUGH BIRCH MV 26/12/81
JONES, COLIN BOURBON STREET MV 27/01/79
JUNOR, ROY HUNDRED DOUBLES MV 10/02/79
KELLY, PAT DIRECT BLACK MV 10/02/79
KNOWLES, TERRY PALEFACE LYNDY MV 20/03/82
KRUISSELBRINK, JOHN TRELLA SHOW 19/08/78
LAMONT, TERRY KENTUCKY BREEZE MV 16/01/82
MCCORMICK, MALCOLM ARDRI EAGLE SHOW 23/12/78
MORGAN, PHILIP BRAD ADIOS MV 03/02/79
PATCHING, TREVOR BLACK AARON MV 13/08/82
PONTING, TONY RAPOVER SHOW 23/12/78
RYAN, JOHN MONTECITO MV 08/05/82
WEBSTER, BRETT BAND OF GOLD MV 24/04/82



COUNTRY
ALLEN, BILL GUNSID MARYBOROUGH 20/04/79
ANDREWS, BRIAN LALBERT BOY OUYEN 15/04/78
AUGHEY, JOHN DIRECT BLACK BENDIGO 24/04/79
CORMICAN, PETER JOE CREED WANGARATTA 21/08/82
DOVE, JUDY TINY SCOTCH SHEPPARTON 07/12/78
GRAHAM, ARTHUR (SNR) YALBALGO OUYEN 01/01/74
HAMILTON, NEIL CARNUM BEAU OUYEN 12/03/73
HAYES, BRIAN BESS ARMAGH OUYEN 15/04/78
HEFFER, JOHN MINUTE SMOKE CRANBOURNE 09/01/78
HOBAN, GARY STAR TREATY SHEPPARTON 19/03/79
JACKSON, ROBERT SEAVIEW KILMORE 05/03/79
KENNEDY, MICK BELARD BAY CRANBOURNE 12/06/78
KINDER, JAMES SYD'S REBEL YARRA GLEN 23/04/79
LANG, CHRIS WANDERING KID STAWELL 03/06/78
MCCLUSKY, CHARLIE DUNBAR LASS WANGARATTA 22/12/78
NAGY, RAY KALAMA YOGI BALLARAT 30/09/78
TORMEY, JOHN MARY'S SON MILDURA 11/11/78
TUBBS, ALAN PRINCE COULTER STAWELL 26/09/78