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1959 Premiership player, represented VFA in 1960, played in 1961 and 64. Hugh Ronald Reid was elected the first secretary and treasurer of the football club and also played. Kelly was returned to Pentridge after his prison stint at Williamstown and then immediately went back to the family home in Greta in Victoria's northeast upon his release. Wills was the first captain of Melbourne in 1859 and Harrison was a teammate. Stanbridge also won the VFA Medal the same year, as did Neville Huggins in 1937, Arthur Cutting in 1938 and Des Fothergill in 1941. The new ground was a vast improvement and was looked on by the new administration of President Cr John Jobson and Duncan McLeod, returning as secretary, as a big step towards gaining senior status. He returned to Williamstown in 1882 after the amalgamation with Battery United and became captain in 1883. This is generally thought to be the game's first serious injury, and he was attended to by Dr. Edward Figg of Williamstown, who was a vice-president of the Club in 1886. The modern Australian code can be traced back to these original 'Melbourne rules', which quickly became the 'Victorian rules' and, eventually, 'Australian Rules', and made Australian football the oldest codified form of football in the world. He played until 1878 and then crossed to fellow local club, Battery United, in 1879 where he became captain during the year and led the team again in 1880. var addy411e8c6229cee0e943110ba503223fef = 'admin' + '@'; St Kilda amalgamated with University in late June of 1875 when it became unable to field a team. We have a strengthening relationship with the Williamstown Junior Football Club with our junior teams providing a stepping stone for Williamstown's footballers to continue playing in the gold and blue colours of Williamstown. Williamstown Chronicle, May 13, 1876 - the 'Cup campaign' referred to in the article is the Junior Challenge Cup which is explained below. Henry Harrison, captain of Richmond (1861), Melbourne (1861 and 1863-1871), and Geelong (1862 & 1868), was the codifier of the revised rules of 1866. There was also a return match at Gardens (Fearon) Reserve against St Kilda on July 19 which was won two goals to NIL but, as the Williamstown Chronicle of July 26 reported, the Saints 'had a very weak team, several of their best players not turning up.' You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Amazingly, 21 goals were kicked during the season with just one major scored against the Villagers. T. Crane was appointed captain of the Second Twenty for 1878 with C. Hernan vice-captain. Royal Park also emerged in May, 1862, along with an Essendon/Flemington combination, followed by Eastern Hill (East Melbourne) in 1863. Apart from these gentleman, Bryant was one of Melbourne's early officials and did a lot of work for the advancement of the game, while Tom Jones became a prolific writer of the game for publications such as The Footballer and The Australasian. John Rees, pictured here when he was the first Town Clerk of Williamstown, began his long career with the Williamstown Football Club in 1874. The Williamstown Football Club is looking to acknowledge the service of these past players. 4 PLAYERS. Tom Wills umpired the game, which had no marked boundary line and the goals were approximately a mile apart. Brunswick and West Melbourne were also on the field by 1865, whereas Geelong almost disbanded in this year due to lack of interest and numbers. Proud, passionate and humorous stories tall and true from the men who played in that decade. Williamstown's newly-reformedSecond Twenty also did well in this season with 5 wins and 2 draws from its 10 matches. The article went on to state that 'the first match of the season was appointed to take place on the Queen's Birthday', which was a scratch match. The 1886 Victorian Football Association season was the 10th season of the Australian rules football competition. I am informed that a deputation from the local football club waited on Mr. Withers, the lessee, asking for the use of the ground to play a match on, which request was refused.' Public Events. The heaters will also be cranks in the clubrooms & the bar. Riggall had also played for Royal Park in 1865 and Carlton in 1866. Richmond appeared on the scene in 1860 but originated out of the cricket club and was not related to the current AFL team and Tom Wills and Henry Harrison both moved across from Melbourne to play with them, with Wills becoming captain of his third club. Captain, John Wigmore, Hunter and Sutton were best for 'Town, while future president of Williamstown, the local MLA for 17 years and founder of the Williamstown Advertiser, Alfred Thomas Clark, represented the Customs team. T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, sweat pants, hats, mugs and more. The Melbourne Football Club was re-formed on May 14, 1859, at the Parade Hotel, East Melbourne, (later named the MCG Hotel) after a scratch match against South Yarra on Richmond Paddock (now known as Yarra Park). The Collingwood team was not connected to the current AFL team. The captain of the Second Twenty for 1880 was C. Hernan with C. Percy vice-captain. Alfred Thomas Clark resumed as president in 1873 and would remain in that role until 1875. Windsor disbanded by the end of June and the remnants were amalgamated with St Kilda Alma, which in turn also withdrew from the competition by mid-July. St Kilda claimed 'that the surface was covered with lumps of rock' and, following a nil-all draw against 'senior' team Albert Park on June 21, 1873, the South Melbourne Record of the same day described the ground as 'bounded on all sides by dangerous fences, and firmly embedded all over the ground were huge boulders of stone; then the rain that had fallen during the past week has converted it into a perfect swamp, in fact, there were not 10 yards of dry ground in the whole enclosure.' In 1874, the Club played 12 matches, six of which were won, three were lost and three drawn. As scores were tied at one goal each, the game was resumed two weeks later and, when no goals were scored, the game was adjourned until September 4. However, secretaries of football clubs often had to rely on information that was not always accurate. The Second Twenty were more successful, winning 5 of their 12 matches, losing 3 with 4 draws. Williamstown Chronicle, September 2, 1871. Williamstown Football Club won a premiership in each decade of the 1900's except the second 1907, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969 (Second Division), 1976 (Second Division), 1986 and 1990, followed by two more in 2003 and 2015. Home Ground Williamstown Cricket Ground. In 1886, players wishing to play on the cricket ground ultimately established a rival senior club, the South Williamstown Football Club, which also contested the VFA for two seasons. Represented VFA against South Australia in 1911. addy98c4d7b017a5593e90d954012576f9fc = addy98c4d7b017a5593e90d954012576f9fc + 'williamstownfc' + '.' + 'com' + '.' + 'au'; Amazingly, 21 goals were kicked during the season with just one major scored against the Villagers. The team finished 10th out of 17 junior teams. By 1875, there were 96 Australian Rules football clubs in Melbourne and its suburbs and 42 clubs in regional areas. Two other sons, Jack and Percy, also played for 'Town, in 1909 and 1928, respectively. Williamstown Football Club. Associated clubs Williamstown Reserves; Williamstown WFC. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; In the return match at Williamstown on July 2 1866, after Carlton's Jim Williams kicked the opening goal, William Rigall, a Melbourne and Carlton player who had agreed to play for Williamstown as an emergency, broke his leg after being thrown into the picket fence by Carlton's Frank Hillsden and the game was abandoned. The same scoreline was registered in a game against Hawthorn, also at the. The rules are seen as one of the most significant documents in the history of the Australian game. The Williamstown Chronicle reported on April 21, 1870, that so few members attended the annual meeting in respect of the 1869 season, that a club could not be formed. About 100 clubs were now playing in Victoria, including 70 junior and school teams in Melbourne and about 10 junior clubs in Geelong. The defeats were at the hands of North Melbourne (twice), Studley Park and Hawthorn. Furthermore, the publication entitled 'The Footballer' of 1875 noted that 'at the beginning of 1864, football, which had been growing in favour, received additional impetus from the advent of Emerald Hill, Royal Park and Carlton. The 1876 Junior Challenge Cup, won by Williamstown, was discovered at the Australian Gallery of Sport (now the Australian Sports Museum) at the MCG in 1995 by James Grzonek, son of Club historian, Ray Grzonek. The club was initially considered a junior club, before being granted senior status in 1884. Affiliation (Historical) Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1884-1995. Fitzroy Football Club Fantasy Leagues. The identities of the two players is unknown but it is the oldest photo in the Club's collection. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. The 1888 Victorian Football Association season was the 12th season of the Australian rules football competition. Games record holder:Ben Jolley 217 (2008-2018), Goals record holder: Ron Todd 672 (1940-1949), Most premierships as coach: Wally Carter 3 (1954-55-56), Longest-serving coach: Gerry Callahan 202 games (1958-67, 118 wins, 81 losses, 3 draws), Longest-serving captain: 6 seasons, Gerry Callahan (1954-59) and Ben Jolley (2012-17), Most premierships as player: 5 Gerry Callahan, Ray Smith & John Ramsay (1954-55-56-58-59), 4 Johnny Martin & Frank Sims(1954-55-56-58)Bob Jones,Jack Evans & Eric Bietzel(1955-56-58-59)Len Kent (1954-56-58-59), 3 Jack Curran, Max Munday, Sid Wookey, Reg Fisher & Alby Linton(1954-55-56) Neil Whittaker (1954-55-58) Colin Wilcox (1939-45-49), Longest-serving president: Trevor Monti 17 years (1999-2015), Norm Goss Medallists: Tony Pastore 1986, Barry Round 1990, Adrian Fletcher 2003, Michael Gibbons 2015, J.J. Liston Trophy winners: Charlie Stanbridge (1933*), Fred Brooks (1935**), Neville Huggins (1936** and 1937*), Arthur Cutting (1938* and 1939**), Des Fothergill (1941*), Johnny Martin (1956), Barry Round (1987), Brett McTaggart (1988), Saade Ghazi (1989), Paul Dooley (1996) and Michael Gibbons (2016 and 2018). Former player of the 1980's, Glen Holder's depiction of the great Ned Kelly during the 1873 season. There were a number of meetings of interested clubs before the Victorian Football Association (VFA) was formed on May 7, 1877, to promote and extend football throughout the colony and to facilitate inter-colonial contests, but this did not bring about the administrative reforms that were expected, eg secretaries of senior clubs refused to relinquish their right to draw up the season's programme as they were of the view that this was a 'club matter'. Williamstown's last encounter for the season was on September 23 at Fawkner Park against a combined Southern and Wesley team 'which resulted in a decided victory for the united clubs', according to The Age of September 25. A. Fowler was elected captain of the Second Twenty with three vice-captains in Litchfield, Percy and Jamieson. The other game against a senior team was a one-nil loss at St Kilda on May 25 when the Saints started off with just nine players but picked up enough substitutes to eventually muster sixteen men. 1888 VFA season. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The only major success that Williamstown experienced in these formative years was in 1876 when it competed with other 'junior clubs' for the Junior Challenge Cup. This video is the recollections and thoughts of the players who have formed and been moulded by the Williamstown Football Club.Williamstown Football Club celebrates and honours the teams and players of the 1970s. The Challenge Cup and the Junior Challenge Cup were discontinued with the formation of the first controlling body, the VFA. #ProudlyWilliamstown. B&F winner 1963, Member of the Seagulls' 1960's Team of the Decade. See what Nick Rutley is doing for the group. This was before the girls school was built alongside South Williamstown State School. The Seconds played 9 matches of which 3 were won, 5 lost and 1 drawn, with 11 goals scored by the team and having 14 kicked against them. Second Twenty also did well in this season with 5 wins and 2 draws from its 10 matches. They were also given the power to stop play and throw the ball in the air to clear a scrimmage and to start the second half. It has been argued by some that an indigenous form of football called marn-grook influenced Tom Wills, who incorporated its elements into the 'Melbourne' rules. The premiership was won by the South Melbourne Football Club. linktr.ee/Williamstownfc. He played for the Football Club in the 1860's & 70's and organised the meeting in May 1870 that restarted the Club. It was the third premiership in the club's history, and the first out of a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1888 to 1890. Thomas Geiser: Played 101 games and kicked 31 goals between 1921 and 1926. Williamstown Chronicle, May 14, 1870 - the meeting organised by James Arthur Thompson in an effort to restart the Williamstown Football Club. 396 talking about this. 'Town kicked 4 goals and had 9 goals scored against them. The playing on both sides was very spirited, and, even though the Williamstonians exerted themselves most manfully, they were unable to get a goal, the superior playing of the East Melbourne team getting them two goals'. North would rapidly achieve 'senior' status by 1874. Football, Cricket, Netball and Darts, plus a fantastic Oval and Function Venue for Hire, with fully. The first secretary-treasurer was John Christison, the first captain J. Doull and D. Dorgan vice-president. Each of these Premierships hold special memories for our club. var addybb0b214de571d490efda32391d5e6ef9 = 'admin' + '@'; He was also the tide officer at Customs and lived and worked in Williamstown in 1853. This club is a great organisation like many football clubs it has a great reservoir of committed people who are here only to see the club succeed. The Williamstown Football Club sends its deepest condolences to the Round . www.williamstown.com.au/premiership-photos, VFLW & VFLW Practice Match Squads Announced. One solution was the establishment of a Junior Challenge Cup in 1872 by the Athletic Sports Committee to cater for the second tier clubs such as Williamstown, East Melbourne, Richmond, South Melbourne, West Melbourne and Brunswick, as by 1875 clubs had been divided into three categories - senior, junior and minor. Williamstown's comparative slow advancement in the football world was not in keeping with its importance to Melbourne as a port, but communication and transport were difficult and militated against regular visits by the clubs of the inner suburbs. The Captain, Bob Waycott, and vice-captain, John Charles Frederick Ulbrick, who were both re-appointed at the meeting for the 1878 season, instituted a fine of one shilling for players who failed to turn up for games without a valid excuse. 1970's Mal Allen (Coach 1976-77)Great football clubs are more than successful on and off the field; they are more than a place to play and enjoy the game of . ETU Stadium, 541 Williamstown Road, Port . The player welfare and development scene has completely changed over the past decade in Australian Rules Football and Williamstown is taking the steps to ensure the best for their players in and outside the four walls of DSV Stadium. The Club was formed in 1864 and has won 15 Premierships in the history of the VFA/VFL competition, including 13 in Division 1, and 2 in . One of the new 'junior' clubs that emerged was Cecil, which would soon become South Melbourne and would go on to win five VFA premierships, an effort only surpassed by Geelong during the pre-VFL era. Wills also captained Melbourne in a game against St Kilda on July 7, while Harrison also played for Melbourne against Geelong later in the year. A total of 16 goals were kicked by the Villagers against 1 kicked by the opposition. Harold Johns: Played 125 games and kicked 47 goals between 1925 and 1934. Ajax was promoted to the top Dutch league, the Eredivisie, for the first time in 1911. 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