*Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. This is a list of the 63 players you missed. Nov 10, 2018 - Woodville Woodpeckers - First Ever Side (Round 1 1964) South Australian National Football League, "Full Points Footy: Max Parker (Footscray, Woodville, North Adelaide)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Parker_(footballer)&oldid=1105238095, This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 07:37. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. Past Players & Officials. Now he becomes eligible for the "Worst Recruit" category, and would possibly be in the first few lines of the betting. Photographer Martin Jacka, not dated B 75500/46: Torrens v Woodville at Thebarton. The archetypal nuggety, terrier-like rover, Ray Huppatz was without doubt one of the greatest players ever produced by, or to represent, the Woodville Football Club. That would explain it, 12 games and 25 goals for Panagaris' career suggests he wasnt a complete dud. However, a third western suburbs team in the competition West Adelaide proved too much to handle with both sides struggling on the field following Woodville's inception. The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. Here's my list of the Woodville one hit wonders: Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. history search requests & donations history timeline premierships honour board the players hall of fame team of the century club centurions club achievements afl draftees venue shop merchandise single entry tickets pick-a-picket baggy blue contact home; player profiles; player profiles. For most of this three year period it was clear that the club was living on borrowed time, and while the formation of the Adelaide Crows at the end of the 1990 season may have precipitated matters, the merger with West Torrens which produced the WoodvilleWest Torrens Eagles in 1991 may, in hindsight, be viewed as having been almost inevitable. 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Observation made at the time of the emblem switch by Whimpress, op cit, p.202. Although the club was to undergo a gradual overall decline during Ebert's three years in charge it did achieve one significant feat: in 1988 it achieved the first and only senior SANFL premiership in its history after downing Ebert's former clubPort Adelaide in the Escort Cup grand final by 45 points. In 1968, Woodville avoided another wooden spoon by just half a game, but the following year, under the energetic coaching of former North Melbourne stalwart Noel Teasdale, the side seemed to be at last on the verge of establishing itself. Well curiousity has got the better of me and I went through all of the posts and got just about every league player I could find! [1] Further sporadic references to Woodville followed up to and including 1877 when a club bearing that name participated in the debut season of the South Australian Football Association, finishing fifth out of eight. This Club was accepted into the Adelaide and Suburban Association and won two Premierships in a row. Woodville-West Torrens entered a team in the SANFL Women's League in 2019 and, as of 2021 SANFL season, are the only club to have never won a wooden spoon. 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I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! There are newspaper references to a Woodville Football Club dating back to the 19th century, when Woodville and Adelaide were the only teams,[1] but the modern club was formed in 1938 to play in local amateur competitions. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. [4] Playing mostly as a defender, Parker appeared in 266 games for Woodville over 14 seasons and was club captain in 1982, 1986 and 1987. The U/18s also lost their decider. B 75500/128: Player action shot, showing Garry Haylock, Woodville West Torrens, and another player. For example, if Stephen Nichols is getting beaten at full forward for a quarter, Ralph Sewer or Michael Templeton will bob up with a goal or two. Woodville served a five season probationary period in B grade, reaching the finals once, in 1960, for a third place finish. I remember Craig McKellar used to live on Trimmer Pde at Bus Stop 27 and would be seen on Sunday arvo, dressed in an old Pecker lace up jumper and footy shorts mowing the front lawn. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? Our newly upgraded Gym allows us to provide the best training facilities, equipment and football experience for our players.We are a very professionally run club and do everything possible to provide the best playing conditions for all of our members. The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. It was a bitterly disappointing end for Michael Godden and his men after a near perfect season, cruelled by injury at the final hurdle. I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. Final scores were Woodville 8.13 (61); University 9.5 (59). Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. Home; Leagues; Clubs; Players; Coaches; Grounds; Articles; Community. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. It was also agreed that blue would be the primary colour of the merged club. In 1938, a new Woodville Football Club was formed and admitted to the Port Adelaide District Football Association in which, wearing red and white playing uniforms, it competed without success for the final two seasons of that competition's existence. "When assessing Woodville it is difficult to know where you might be able to exploit a weakness in its game," suggested Sturt coach Merv Keane in his post match analysis. West Adelaide United, in 1935-6, were the only other club to achieve the feat. 5. Learn how and when to remove this template message, South Australian National Football League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodville_Football_Club&oldid=1098849122, 29.11 (185) v West Torrens, Round 19, 1982, Thebarton Oval, 2.5 (17) v Port Adelaide, Round 19, 1967, Alberton Oval, 117 points v West Torrens, Round 15, 1985, Football Park, 170 points v Glenelg, Round 18, 1971, Glenelg Oval, 9.10 (64) v South Adelaide 7.11 (53), Round 19, 1971, Woodville Oval, 23.10 (148) v West Adelaide 29.16 (190), Round 17, 1984, Richmond Oval. Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1964 to 1990, when it merged in 1991 with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. The third term had the huge crowd at fever pitch as the two sides went goal for goal with the Magpies hanging on to a 6 point advantage at the final change. Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. [4] He made five appearances for Footscray in the 1971 VFL season, aged only 17. [6], The rest of his career was spent in the SANFL. . and played many fine games mainly at FB for the Mighty Warriors. Disposals. The success was cut short when the Adelaide and Suburban competition went into a recess. Final scores were 18.20 (128) to 18.13 (121), with Ron Fuller the best player on view. Thebarton, which had lights installed for night games since the 1950s (the lights were upgraded in 201112), is occasionally used as an alternative playing venue for the club, with the team having played a handful of games at the venue since 2006. It took 27 years, but order was finally restored for SANFL clubs in the western suburbs in 1991. The Woodville South Football Club was establish in 1890 as the Carlton Football Club and is oneof the oldest and most respected clubs in the South Australian Amateur Football League. 00:00. Our club is based at Ledger Reserve, 108 Ledger Road, Woodville South and is incorporated with the Woodville South Sports and Community club where we have established our own extensive clubrooms, training and social facilities. I worked at the Trust, as did his sons Paul (Porky) and Rick Crichton. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. I walked into a room where they were preparing the North Adelaide banner. The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. The Kreig Dynasty at the Woodville Football Club Can recall Larry, but not Curly & Mo!!! This list may not reflect recent changes . Woodville's preliminary final opponents Glenelg, by contrast, were looking distinctly out of sorts, having lost badly to North Adelaide in the second semi final. The mighty flying Eagles They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval, a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final (a game won by West Torrens). It proved too much to cover for the Eagles in the Grand Final, falling short to West Adelaide by 30 points. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. 7. They had reckoned without the Warriors' intense desperation and desire, however,coupled with the pace of players like Colin McDonald, Ron Fuller and Kevin Harris, and the aerial ability of Michael Templeton and Andrew Taylor. In the meantime, a succession of home grown champions - McKellar, Huppatz and Blight - went off across the border in search of the mythological VFL pot of gold. 1. Games: 164 Woodville, 178 North Melbourne Goals: 359 Woodville, 444 North Melbourne Captain Coach: 1983-85 Premierships: North Melbourne 1975, 77 Best and fairest: Woodville 1972 . Under Ebert's coaching, Woodville won the SANFL Night Competition in 1988, the Escort Cup, defeating Port Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 7.9 (51) at Football Park. The records you've got are of course not perfect, but I thought I might point that out. + Score at the end of extra time. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! [4], He played his final league season with North Adelaide, having left Woodville in acrimonious circumstances. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. We're the mighty flying Eagles Get started now for free. Quoted in Football Times Yearbook 1986, pages 6-7. Wonder if he " displayed his wares" out at the Penthouse Club on Glen Osmond Rd. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. The colours of the Club at that time were Red. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! The Warriors were far from disgraced, however, and there appeared to be every reason for those connected with the club to feel optimistic about prospects for 1987. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. JavaScript is disabled. Gourmet Sausages. It appears that the Club went by the somewhat strange pseudonym of The Butchers, and perhaps this was because the team contained a number of slaughtermen and it seems to have played matches near the West Park slaughterhouse that was situated behind the Adelaide Gaol. I found his name firstly in the team which played in Lindsay Heads' last game (1970) and I also know he was there in 1969 in the seniors. It would, however, prove to be the Eagles only premiership success during 19942005 in which they lost 5 Grand Finals 1994 to Port Adelaide and 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 all to Central District. 2. Woodville remain one of only two SAAFL clubs to have won successive A2 and A1 premierships (allowing for the four year break for the war in Woodville's case). Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. The twin highlights of this apprenticeship were arguably Bob Simunsen's successive Seconds Magarey Medal wins in 1961 and 1962. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Inexplicably, however - or should that be predictably? This was a splinter group of dissatisfied members of the Port Adelaide Football Club, who, in 1894, broke from that Club when unable to get games with Port, and formed their own team known as the Port Natives. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed: The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. By 2018, the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club officially surpassed Woodville's total existence as it entered its 28th SANFL season, and interestingly, the club's on-field record read very similar to that of West Torrens prior to Woodville entering the competition in 1964. Not so this time. Woodville,Roys,NT Thunder Jan 12, 2006 Thread starter #1,004 Name the player? Watched by a crowd of 39,086, the biggest to witness a first semi final since 1967, and indeed the largest crowd that Woodville was ever to appear in front of, Port opened with all guns blazing to register 9 opening term goals to 3 and seemingly have one foot firmly in the preliminary final. I've always believed and hammered home at Woodville that you have got to get your act in order off the ground first - that means from administration down to playersIn the past three years I've been hoping like hell that things would go well. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. Off the ground things have certainly sharpened up at Woodville. The team was then known as the "Woodville Woodpeckers". In 1964, when the Woodpeckers embarked on their fully fledged SANFL career, it was Simunsen who was both their first skipper and their first interstate representative, while the coaching duties were handled by former Port Adelaide wingman Harold McDonald. Given the nature of their brief, the five official tipsters in 'Football Times' had no choice but to be less non-committal: all predicted a narrow win to the Redlegs. Yes, I saw Trevor Hoffman play, He was a little short and skinny to match it with the likes of Wedding, Darley, etc, but he had pretty good skills for memory. He took over Geroge Roache's No.26 jumper. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. However, after overcoming minor premiers Exeter at the semi final stage and Payneham in the final it was unable to overcome Exeter again in the challenge final. In 1990, the imminent admission of the Adelaide Crows into the AFL placed both club's futures as separate entities in serious doubt: West Torrens was technically insolvent, List of Woodville-West Torrens Players Edit This is a list of players to have played for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football Club become one of the most successful and professionally run clubs in the league. and come up with some " new " stuff for us devotees of the W.F.C. [4]. The Natives Club first secretary was John Carr, a member of the Legislative Council and the colours that the Club adopted were Blue and Gold. Indeed, 1986 was to prove to be the single most successful season in the entire history of the Woodville Football Club. on back of photo, not dated B 75500/129: From back of photo - giant West Torrens ruckman, Chris Lindsay (6'9) looks after his new recruit rover, Dominic Fotia, during training during the rain on the sodden Thebarton Oval. Woodville-West Torrens. The team won 3 games, drew 1 (abandoned after quarter time) and lost 13, which included a forfeit. During its twenty-seven season stint in the SANFL Woodville's record was second to none - in terms of its mediocrity. He was also one of the pre-count favourites for the Magarey Medal, but finished a somewhat disappointing tenth. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game, Age at first & last AFL gameFirst game: 25y 196dLast game: 31y 315d, Height and weightHeight: 170 cmWeight: 70 kg, Senior clubsWoodville; PortAdelaide; Footscray; NorthMelbourne, Jumper numbersFootscray: 7NorthMelbourne: 10, 2, Recruited fromWoodville (1974); Footscray (1978); NorthMelbourne (1980); Woodville (1982), Hall of fameSouth Australian Football Hall Of Fame (2003), AFL: 8,642nd player to appear, 2,809th most games played, 1,114th most goals kickedFootscray: 631st player to appear, 198th most games played, 80th most goals kickedNorthMelbourne: 699th player to appear, 466th most games played, 242nd most goals kicked. He had kicked 430 goals (I'm assuming that takes night games out) plus another one he kicked that day, bringing the total to 431. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. In gold and green and gold and green and blue, italics current coach Get exclusive insight from article! 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