Elizabeth Skinner

Elizabeth Skinner (aka Liz Skinner) is a former women's Australian rules football player who played for the Melbourne University Mugars in the Victorian Women's Football League. Skinner started her football career with the Mugars in 1998 and won the club's best and fairest in her first season. Skinner also received the Scorpions VWFL Best New Player of the Year in 1998 and was a multiple premiership player with the Mugars (2002, 2003 and 2005). Skinner represented Victoria in the AFL Women's National Championships on three occasions (2003 - Darwin; 2004 - Melbourne; 2005 - Adelaide) and was selected in the All-Australian team at all three Championships.

Skinner starred in the first VWFL match played at the MCG, which was held on Mother's Day, Sunday May 9, 2004. In a best-on-ground performance, playing across the half-forward and full-forward lines, Skinner kicked eight goals in a match-winning performance. The match was played between the Melbourne University Mugars and the St Albans Spurs, in a rematch of the 2003 VWFL Grand Final, as a curtain-raiser before the AFL match between Melbourne Demons and the West Coast Eagles. The final score was 11.11 (77) to 7.8 (50).

Skinner was named in the VWFL team of the 2000s and on the half-forward flank in the Silver Jubilee team at the VWFL 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner. Skinner retired from the VWFL at the end of the 2005 season. Provided by Wikipedia