Vernon Albert Banbury (21 August 1890 – 20 November 1950) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er.
Playing career
Banbury played three matches for
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) during the
1909 and
1910 VFL seasons.
He later played for
Footscray in the
Victorian Football Association
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 ...
(VFA). Playing against
Port Melbourne
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in 1912 he kicked the ball into the goalposts seven times, which is an Australian rules football record.
In 1914 Banbury was sacked by Footscray in the aftermath of the club's loss in the 1914 VFA Grand Final.
After the
1922 VFA Grand Final, Banbury was accused by a number of Port Melbourne players of paying money to throw the match in Footscray's favour. Banbury subsequently received a life ban from the VFA.
He was made a life member of Footscray the following year.
In 2010, Banbury was an inaugural inductee into the Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame.
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St Kilda Football Club players
Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
1890 births
1950 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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