VFA Memories

Okay ‘Roys supporters, who has leads or clues to help Brenden and Connors with this project?

Fitzroy-Brisbane Lions Historical Society

Good Evening Lions and Lionesses.

Approximately 217 Players played at least 1 game for our Fitzroy FC in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1884 to 1896.

My co-researcher Connors Roberts and I have recently re-booted our hunt for photos of these 217 players to display on a single board at our Museum at Marvel Stadium (much like our 5 boards of our 1,157 VFL / AFL Fitzroy FC players that played at least 1 Senior games from 1897 to 1996).

As at today, we have 152 photographic images of our VFA players.

We have only 65 players to locate photos of.

Connors and I have quite a few leads for our 65 “missing men”.

It is on in earnest.

We owe it to these men and their families to celebrate their contribution to our great club.

Go Maroons.

Brenden and Connors

65 VFA Player Photos To Find:


A

ALLEN
1884
1 GAME
0 GOALS

1

B

HENRY BILLINGHAM
1884
1 GAME
0 GOALS

FREDERICK T BOFFEY
1886

BOWLIE
1886
2 GAMES
1 GOAL

C BROWN
1884
1 GOAL

J BROWN
1884
4-6 GAMES
0 GOALS

PATRICK JOSEPH BURKE
1889
2 GAMES
0 GOALS

6

C

T CAMERON
1885
1 GAME
0 GOALS

R CASEY
1888
4-5 GAMES
3 GOALS

CATION
1891
1 GAME
0 GOALS

H CAWLEY
1894
8 GAMES
2 GOALS

C CLOUGH
1889
3 GAMES
0 GOALS

CODY
1887
1 GAME

COOPER
1884-1885
18-23 GAMES
6 GOALS

CROBATH
1886
1 GAME
0 GOALS

8

D

LEWIS JOHN DAVIES
1889
7 GAMES
0 GOALS

WILLIAM DOCHERTY
1888
12-14 GAMES
8 GOALS

DUNN
1886
1-2 GAMES
0 GOALS

DUNNING
1885
1 GAME

DWYER
1886
1 GAME

4

E

T ELLIOTT
1888-1890
5-6 GAMES
0 GOALS

F

J FARLEY
1884
7-9 GAMES

FITZGERALD
1886
1 GAME
0 GOALS

J FITZPATRICK
1885-1886
8-14 GAMES
0 GOALS

FOTHERGILL
1885
4 GAMES
1 GOAL

FOX
1889
2 GAMES
0 GOALS

5

G

G WALTER GIFFORD
1890
3 GAMES
1 GOAL

PATRICK F GLEESON
1889
18 GAMES
3 GOALS

2

H

JAMES HOGG
1888-1889
15-16 GAMES
5 GOALS

HARRY HOWARD
1894
3 GAMES
0 GOALS

HUME
1887
1 GAME
0 GOALS

GEORGE HURST
1884
4-7 GAMES
0 GOALS

4

I

T IRWIN
1884-1885
7-10 GAMES
0 GOALS

1

J

J JAMIESON
1885
4-6 GAMES
0 GOALS

1

K

L

M

MADDEN
1887
6-11 GAMES
2 GOALS

CHARLES MAINON
1886
3-8 GAMES
0 GOALS

GEORGE MARTIN
1887
5-6 GAMES
1 GOAL

WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE MATTHEWS
1894
17 GAMES
2 GOALS

McFARLANE
1891
1 GAME
0 GOALS

McILROY
1886
2 GAMES
0 GOALS

McPHEE
1889
4 GAMES
0 GOALS

JACK MORRIS
1885
1 GAME
0 GOALS

JOHN ARCH MUIRHEAD ••• VFL AS WELL
1896
18 GAMES
5 GOALS

9

N

NEWING
1885
1 GAME
0 GOALS

1

O

O’SHANNESSY
1896
1 GAME
0 GOALS

1

P

AUGUSTE PAGNET
1886
2-4 GAMES
0 GOALS

JAMES PATTERSON
1891-1893, 1895
45-46 GAMES
15 GOALS

POWELL
1885
1-3 GAMES
0 GOALS

3

R

DAN ROBERTSON
1884-1885
14-26 GAMES
0 GOALS

JOSEPH ROJO
1891 & 1893
16 GAMES
1 GOAL

2

S

E SHAW
1884-1885
6-8 GAMES
0 GOALS

J SMALL
1886
6-12 GAMES
0 GOALS

ROBERT SMITH
1888
1 GAME

WILLIAM SPEAKMAN
1893
4 GAMES
1 GOAL

STEWART
1894
2 GAMES
0 GOALS

SWAN
1893-1894
15 GAMES
3 GOALS

6

T

TAYLOR
1884-1885
9-18 GAMES
0 GOALS

EDWARD TOBIN
1885, 1893
2 GAMES
1 GOAL

ERNEST TRATHEN
1888
2-4 GAMES
1 GOAL

TROTT
1884
3 GAMES

4

V

WILLIAM VALE
1886
1 GAME
0 GOALS

1

W

G WEBSTER
1893
1 GAME
1 GOAL

WILLIAMS
1893
1 GAME
0 GOALS

WILSON
1893-1894
4 GAMES
0 GOALS

LUKE WORRALL
1890
2 GAMES
0 GOALS

4


152 VFA Player Photos We Have:

A

Bill AHERN

1

B

Tom BANKS
James BEGGS
Teddy BEST
J BINGHAM
C BISHOP
H BLAIR
Nick BONNITCHA
Eddie BROOKS
E BROWN
Con BUCKLEY
William BUCKLEY
Robert BURGESS
Thomas BURKE
William BUSHBY

14

C

John CAFFREY
William CALLAGHAN
James CAMERON
Edward CAREW
James CARNEY
John CARROLL
Etienne CHAPMAN
H CHRISTIE
William CLEARY
Alfred CLEMENCE
Alfred CLIFT
Charles S C**K
Donald COLEMAN
George COLLOPY
Denis COTTER

15

D

Jack DALTON
Alex DAVIDSON
William DELAHUNTY
John DODD
John DOLPHIN
H DREW

6

E

Jack ELLIOTT
Robert EWING

2

F

Barney FLYNN
Charles FOLETTA
Johnny FRIBBS

3

G

James GRACE
Mick GRACE

2

H

George HALL
Francis HALLETT
William HANNAH
William HARRY
George HERON
Con HICKEY
Pat HICKEY
Thomas HILES
W Jack HUGHES

9

J

Charlie JENKINS
William JOHNSTON
Jack JOYCE

3

K

Thomas KEENAN
A KELLY
Louis KEOGH
Joe KERRIGAN
Chris KIERNAN
Arthur KING

6

L

Roger LAMLEY
John LECKIE
Thomas LEYDIN
Edward LINDSAY
James LOCKINGTON

5

M

John McKIE - MACKIE
Kenneth MacPHERSON
Jerry MAHER
T McCOY
John McGAFFIN
Alex McCRINDLE
A E McGREGOR
Tim McINERNEY
Peter McINTYRE
A JAMES McKEAN
Alex McKENZIE
Sam McMICHAEL
James McRAILE
Patrick McSHANE
Phil McSHANE
James McSPEERIN
William McSPEERIN
Thomas W MEATES
Ted MELLING
Percival MILLARD
J MITCHELL
Dan MORIARTY
Geoffrey MORIARTY
DR Herbert MORRISON
David MOYES
Alexander MUIR
James MUIR
William MUIR
Frank MUSGROVE

29

N

Ben NATHAN
Arthur NEALE
W NEATE
Alfred NEWLANDS
Ernest NICHOLLS
Fred NOMENS
Paddy NOONAN

7

O

J O’BRIEN
Patrick O’LAUGHLIN
John O’LEARY

3

P

Ben PAGE
Andrew PEART
John PEIRCE

3

R

Herbert RAPIPORT
Stanley REID
G REILLY
Edward REYNOLDS
Fred RICKARBY
J ROSS
S ROWE
John RUSSELL
Michael RYAN

9

S

SALLERY
Alex SALTON
William SCHMIDT
Abe SHEARWOOD
Patrick SHINE
James SIMPSON
Alex SLOAN
Ted STANILAND
Albert STRACHAN
John STRACHAN
Percy STUBBS
Richard SUMPTER

12

T

Henry TACKE
Robert THOMSON
Emil THONEMAN
John TIMOTHEE
George TOMS
Thomas TURNER
Jack TURPIE
D TYRELL

8

V

Thomas VEAL
William VICKERS

2

W

Bill WALTON
J WARD
T WARD
Goulburn WATSFORD
William WEIR
William WELSFORD
Jim WHELAN
Fred WHITELAW
Thomas WHYTE
J Rolls WILLIAMS
Henry WINNEKE
John WISEMAN
John WORRALL

13

1992 Prahran v Werribee
Toorak Park

Courtesy VFA Footy The Halcyon Days

VFA 1992 Prahran Vs Werribee at Toorak Park. VFA 1992 Prahran Vs Werribee at Toorak Park.The Two Blues two yea...

1973 VFA First Division Reserves Team Lists. 1st semi final Prahran v Sandringham & 2nd semi final Port Melbourne v Preston courtesy of Daniel Obi via VFA Footy The Halcyon Days

Their VFA tenure was short, but their history continues
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Kilsyth Football Club

Our friends from Kilsyth Community Action Group and Lilydale RSL would like to invite the community to a special local event at Japara.

Sunday 16th August from 2:00 pm at Japara House
Stay after the formalities for light refreshments.

If anyone has an original copy of this 1995 PMFC team photo, please contact the Heritage Museum.

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society
Port Melbourne Football Club
Port Melbourne FC Heritage Museum

The museum is looking for an original copy of this PMFC 1995 Team photo.
The copy we have is poor quality. We just need to borrow to scan then it will be returned.
Please reach out if you have an original.

Remembering Arthur Rose on the 107th anniversary of his birthdate.
(10 July 1919 – 28 April 2000)

(Photo attached) Arthur Rose training at with St Kilda Football Club at the Junction oval wearing a Cheltenham football jumper.
(Biography)
Rose started his football career at the Cheltenham Primary School going on to play in 1936 with the Cheltenham Juniors. There he won the trophy for the best and fairest player in the Federal District League Juniors, scoring 28 votes. “The fact that his nearest opponent was only 12 votes indicated Arthur Rose’s brilliant form. He was then promoted to the Cheltenham seniors, and played the last three games of the season, scoring eight out of a possible nine votes for the League trophy.”

At the age of 17 he transferred to St Kilda, initially to play in the second eighteen but in the following season he had this first senior game when St Kilda played at Essendon. There, the Moorabbin News reported, “he flung himself into the game, and collided with an Essendon player near the goals. Although physically injured, he went back near the fence to take his free kick, and was mentally injured by the abuse of an irate lady spectator, who assaulted him with her umbrella.” After serving in the Australian army in the Middle East and New Guinea Arthur joined the Brighton Football Club but returned to the Cheltenham Club in 1949 as coach.
Members of the Rose family have been important contributors to the sporting and community life of the district over four generations spanning 128 years.

* this is an excerpt from ‘The Rose Family: Market Gardeners, Funeral Directors, Justice of the Peace’ to read the full article and see more photos, click on the attached link below.

https://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/articles/88

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* Wikipedia

The son of Walter George Thomas Rose and Gladys Elsie Elizabeth Rose, nee Wilkins, Arthur Middleton Rose was born on 10 July 1919 at Cheltenham where his family ran a funeral business.

Football

Arthur Rose started his football career in 1936 with the Cheltenham Juniors where he won the trophy for the best and fairest player in the Federal District League Juniors and was promoted to the Cheltenham seniors for the last three games of the season.
From there he moved to St Kilda in 1937 where he made his senior debut against Collingwood in the final game of the season. He played a further 25 games over the next three seasons. He played his final two games for St Kilda in 1944 while on a period of leave from the Army.

War Service

In 1941, Arthur Rose enlisted in the Australian Army and served in the Middle East, Borneo and New Guinea until his discharge in November 1945.

Post War Football

In 1946 Rose joined Victorian Football Association side Brighton where he played for the next three years, finishing his senior level football career with a winning Grand Final appearance. In 1949 he was appointed as coach of the Cheltenham club where he had started his career thirteen years earlier.

* Wikipedia

9/6/1985 V.F.A. combine v V.A.F.A. at Preston.
Who remembers going to these games?
V.F.A. Recorder.
via VFA Footy The Halcyon Days