Line in the sand match of the 2009 season, with the two sides battling for eighth place on the ladder, a brawl was sparked by a remonstration from a head-high shirtfront from Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd on Hawthorn midfielder Brad Sewell at the start of the third quarter, which was to be the turning point in the match. Essendon won by 17 points after trailing by 22 points at the time of the Lloyd-Sewell incident. Line in the sand match The line in the sand match is the unofficial title given to the round 11, 2004 match between Australian Football League (AFL) clubs and ,
Chinese head tax in Canada head tax was an example of a larger problem for Mackay, who believed that the British did not respect Chinese culture in Canada and Asia. Not only did the Government of Canada collect about $33 million ($ in 2016 dollars) in face value from about 81,000 head tax payers, but the tax system also had the effect of constraining Chinese immigration; it discouraged Chinese women and children from joining their men, so the Chinese community in Canada became a "bachelor society". This, though, still did not meet the goal, articulated by contemporary politicians and labour leaders, of exclusion of Chinese