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Warragul Football Club
The Warragul Football and Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Gulls'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the city of the same name in the state of Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Gippsland League, fielding Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 16 football teams, as well as A, B, C Grade and Under 17, Under 15 and Under 13 netball teams. History The club was formed in 1879 by William Paul and its first games were played against other local football clubs including Drouin, Buln Buln, Morwell, Traralgon and Berwick. Warragul had a great run of success at the commencement of official football competitions in Gippsland, winning six Challenge Cups (premierships) between 1889 and 1897! In 1894, Warragul footballer, Andrew Watson, died of internal injuries after a match in Bunyip on Saturday, 2 June 1894. The Warragul Half Holiday Football Club was formed in 1894, wearing the colours - all blue guernsey, with blue and white stockings. In 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gippsland Football League
The Gippsland League (formerly known as the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball league in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is considered the only AFL Victoria major league in Gippsland. Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland League as Wonthaggi concedes move, Wikinews, 10 December 2009 History The original Gippsland Football Association was formed in 1889, after a meeting of club delegates from the towns of Hazelwood, Morwell, Rosedale, Thorpdale, Traralgon, and Yarram. The association was open to any clubs from the Gippsland area and would be responsible for arranging matches between clubs and dealing with club disputes. The Gippsland Football Netball League (GFNL) has roots dating back to the Central Gippsland Football League (CGFL) which was founded in 1909 with many former CGFL clubs now part of the GFNL. The CGFL morphed into the Latrobe Valley Football League in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baldry
Robert Baldry (born 30 November 1950) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 26 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1972 and 1977. Baldry played 152 games for Collingwood Cricket Club in the Melbourne's District Cricket Competition between 1967/68 and 1980/81. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ... References External links * 1950 births Living people Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Fields
Alan Fields (29 March 1914 – 21 February 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL) during the 1940s. Fields was a defender and debuted in 1939, appearing for the club 19 times in his first two seasons before missing the 1941, 1942 and 1943 seasons as he was serving in World War 2 in the 2nd/7th Australian Infantry Battalion. He returned in 1944 and won a premiership. https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/5960/photograph-of-fitzroy-fc-1944-premiership-team-c1980 External links *2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side 1914 births Australian rules footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Price (Australian Rules Footballer)
Noel John Price (27 December 1917 – 17 July 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The fourth and youngest child of Richmond footballer Joseph Allister Price (1886-1985), and Ellen May Price (1886-1973), née Horrocks, Noel John Price was born at Yarragon, Victoria Yarragon is a town in the Shire of Baw Baw in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and the Gippsland railway line approximately halfway between the major towns of Warragul and Moe. Hills of the ... on 27 December 1917. He married Jean Caldwell Yemm (1913-2000) in 1942. Football Recruited from Warragul, he wore the number 22 and was a half forward flanker. Military service Price's Fitzroy career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.Nominal Roll. Notes References World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman Noel John Price (118902), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Batson
George Batson (3 November 1912 – 29 April 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1912 births 1996 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Warragul Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1912-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Weidner
Norman Henry John Weidner (3 March 1907 – 29 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Williamstown and Prahran footballer, Alfred Christian Weidner (1880-1959), and Ada Alice Weidner (1880-1963), née Whitmore, Norman Henry John Weidner was born at Warragul, Victoria on 3 March 1907. He married Violet Camelia Rich (1908-1982), at Cheltenham, Victoria, on 19 January 1935. His cousin, Alexander Leslie "Les" Gallagher (1904-1973), also played VFL football for Richmond. Football Weidner was a half forward flanker from Warragul who kicked at least 25 goals every season from 1928 to 1931 and was Richmond's second top goal-kicker in the first of those years.AFL Tables. He appeared in Richmond's 1927, 1928 and 1929 grand final losses and managed to kick two goals in both the 1928 and 1929 Grand Finals. In total, he kicked 15 goals from the nine finals that he played during his career. Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Wallace
Les Wallace (born 22 February 1962) is a Scottish retired professional darts player. He adopted the nickname "McDanger" and was known for wearing a kilt for his matches. He won the 1997 BDO World Darts Championship. Career In 1993, Wallace reached the final of the Winmau World Masters, losing to Steve Beaton. He won the title five years later, beating Alan Warriner in the final. Wallace made his first appearance at the World Championship in 1995, losing a first-round match to Raymond van Barneveld. In the 1996 Championship, he lost to the defending world champion, Richie Burnett, in the semi-finals. In 1997, Wallace defeated Bob Taylor in the first round and then beat van Barneveld 3–2 in the second round. He went on to win the World Championship with further wins against Paul Williams, Mervyn King, and a 6–3 victory over Marshall James in the final. Wallace became the first left-handed player to win a either a PDC or BDO World Championship. Wallace was unable t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Watson (Australian Footballer)
Harry Herbert George Watson (29 July 1896 – 25 January 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1896 births 1941 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Warragul Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Geelong 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1896-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Taylor (footballer, Born 1900)
Gilbert Roy Taylor (9 July 1900 – 1 April 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy and coached Geelong Football Club, Geelong in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from Warragul, Taylor spent four seasons at Fitzroy where he played as a defender. His last league game was the 1922 Grand Final win, in which he starred from the back pocket. A policeman, he had been transferred to Geelong in 1922 but having failed to gain a clearance from Fitzroy he left the club after the Grand Final. The following season he joined Geelong as non playing coach and steered the club to the finals. In 1924 he went to Western Australia and played for West Perth for two years, winning selection for Western Australia in their 1924 Hobart Carnival team. He returned to Victoria in 1926 as playing coach for the Geelong Association side in the Victorian Football Association. In 1928 he became player-coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Brooker
Norman Squire Brooker (28 September 1889 – 11 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Brooker was recruited from Warragul Warragul () is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of ... in the Central Gippsland Football Association in 1911 and made his debut in August in Round 16, of his short three consecutive game career at Richmond. Brooker is number 87 on the list of players to have played for the club. Brooker served in both World Wars. Notes External links * *Norm Brooker’s Profile@ Tigerland Archive 1889 births 1976 deaths Richmond Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Warragul 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1889-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Dunstan
Alexander Fitzroy Dunstan (14 July 1885 – 20 November 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * Alex Dunstan's profileat Collingwood Forever 1885 births 1964 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Collingwood Football Club players Warragul Football Club players People from Fitzroy, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1885-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrie Farmer (footballer Born 1888)
Charles Horace "Horrie" Farmer (6 October 1888 – 27 April 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Farmer came to St Kilda from the local state school and played with them for two seasons. He made one appearance in the 1907 VFL season and another two in the 1908 VFL season. He spent the rest of his career at Prahran and Warragul Warragul () is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of ....'' The Argus'"Horrie Farmer's Death" 28 April 1934, p. 29 His brother, Roy Farmer, played for St Kilda as well and his son, also named Horrie, played in the VFL during the 1930s. References 1888 births 1934 deaths Australian rules footballers from Bendigo Prahran Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Warragul F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
