John Rowland Smith (18 June 1891 – 17 April 1958) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
[Holmesby & Main (2014), p.829.]
Football
One of nine new players in the team, Smith made his debut for St Kilda
against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike.
The other new players were:
Alby Bowtell,
Roy Cazaly
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,
Claude Crowl
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He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the landing at Anza ...
,
Peter Donnelly,
Alf Hammond,
Otto Opelt,
Tom Soutar, and
Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring
Harrie Hattam (16 games),
Bert Pierce (41 games), and
Bill Woodcock
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(65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.
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1891 births
1958 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
St Kilda Football Club players
Caulfield Football Club players
People from Carlton North, Victoria
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