Brian Reid & The Carringbush Tale?

Brian Reid's great last minute standin address to fellow members reportedly was a fairy tale prompted by his previous experiences in the administration area of the Collingwood Football Club.   Such wonderful ad lib creativity makes one wonder if he has a career as a author or speaker to rival that of renowned Melbourne identity Frank Hardy.    It was enjoyed by all , even non-supporters of Collingwood.  Well done Brian. 

PS Author Frank Hardy's s most famous work, Power Without Glory, was initially published in 1950 by Hardy himself with the assistance of Communist Party members. The novel was a fictionalised version of the life of a Melbourne businessman, John Wren, and was set in the fictitious Melbourne suburb of Carringbush (based on the actual suburb Collingwood).

In 1950, Hardy was arrested for criminal libel and had to defend Power Without Glory in a celebrated case shortly after its publication. Prosecutors alleged that Power Without Glory criminally libelled John Wren's wife by implication that she had engaged in an extramarital affair. Hardy was acquitted and it was the last criminal libel case launched in Victoria; all subsequent libel cases were civil.  {Source Wikipedia}