Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. West Adelaide was one of the "poor" clubs and consequently won only one of its first 31 matches. The Bloods' home ground is at. if (agt.indexOf("gecko") != -1 && agt.indexOf("win") != -1) Wests had been leading by 25 points at half time but the melee in the crowd proved unsettling with some battered Wests players not making it back to the dressing room until the team was due to go back out onto the oval for the second half. Prior to this, both Port Adelaide clubs had separate administration sites, their own annual report and balance sheets, unique assets and operated a Port Community Club that meted out a pro-rata share of Alberton bar takings between the two entities, as compensation for the Magpies having to leave Alberton and, at one stage, train at Ethelton Oval. renderedElement.style.top = (y + 15) + "px"; In 2015, West Adelaide broke a 32-year premiership drought, beating Woodville-West Torrens by 30 points in the 2015 IGA SANFL grand final. One special mention which the club is delighted to have come to the club is a father son in Issac McCormick. B 75522/4: West Adelaide football player Paul Ravesi pictured with a pile of text books. var de = !document.documentElement.clientWidth?document.body:document.documentElement; console.info( message ); Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/32, New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) We wish Ago all the best in the future. Some players managed upwards of 30 games in a season. Robert Snell (1929), Jack Sexton (1931) and Ray McArthur (1939) also won the Magarey Medal while playing for the West Adelaide Football Club. Dated 4/9/90 Such was the success of Richmond Oval that the SANFL moved its traditional ANZAC Day match from the Adelaide Oval to Richmond in 1958 where West Adelaide defeated their long-time Grand Final tormentor Port Adelaide in one of the highest profile matches ever to be played at the ground. //]]> Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/11: Doug Thomas sitting at an office desk which bears the sign "winning is not everything, but wanting to is." Photographer possibly Ashley Hornsey. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. This process was arduous with some champions being left out. Brians assessments were invaluable to the panel and his contribution and memory of events was second to none as a voting member of the panel. Well now it's been happening at schools around the state. West Adelaide immediately gained the services of one of the best players of the time, "Bunny" Daly who threw himself into developing the club. South Australian Best and Fairest and Player of the Year. At the time of selection their were 1405 known players to represent West Adelaide in an official Home and Away season game, a criterion was set such that a player had to have played 50 league games for our club. Dated 30/4/92, B 75522/24: Rod O'Riley, Technical and Development Manager. The club began playing their home games at the Wayville Showgrounds in 1927 and the club won its fifth premiership by defeating North Adelaide by two goals in the grand final. From left to right: Kym Jones, Matt Ellis, Kevin Morris, Daniel Rossetto, Adam Goodfellow. The West Adelaide Football Club and Past Players and Officials are sad to announce the passing of 1961 Premiership Player and Life Member Leon Lovegrove. 440 Following. No date given, initials I.P. Photograph not dated, B 75522/2: Women on an oval dressed in cheerleaders costume. 0 : start; Mid West Football League. Cassandra is currently on. The following list includes the 2023 Toowoomba Region Australia Day award recipients across our respective service areas who have been nominated by their peers for commendable service and, in some cases, years of volunteering for many different community, charitable and . Nonetheless, the club still struggled and had won only twenty and drawn two of 127 games by the end of 1907, including a second winless season in 1906. /* Pour maximiser les compatibilites IE6/7/8 en quirk/doctyped */ renderedElement = document.body.insertBefore(element, document.body.firstChild); All match results are detailed with many photographs. The following year 2016 it again collected the wooden spoon which it has repeated in the last 3 consecutive seasons 2019-2021. y = document.all ? See 'contents' for details of individual images. Yee Yee Farm. No date given, initials I.P. To celebrate these milestones, the WAFC waited for the completion of our 125th year of competition and selected a Team of the Centuries. Ports Garam[?] West Adelaide United; West Croydon WFC; West Lakes; Western Warriors; Westfields; Wingfield Royals; . Damian Cupido. All rights reserved. Mike Collins (Australian footballer, born 1953) Myke Cook. The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player of the SANFL Grand Final. self.location.href = ['','t623p'+start+'-rip'].join('/'); Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. During the mid-1950s, West Adelaide, under the coaching of Laurie Cahill and with strong players such as Neil Kerley, Brian Faehse, Doug Thomas, Ken Eustice, Ken McGregor and 1957 Magarey Madalist Ron Benton, became regular finals visitors and finished as beaten grand finalists in 1954, losing the grand final to the Fos Williams led Port Adelaide SANFLW Team Selections - Round 2 v North Adelaide 4 days ago Upcoming Events View All. Each era had its pros and cons with regards to evaluating player service, as you will see below. West Adelaide - Rd 8: 181: BEASLEY, Jim: 1887 - 1889: 3: 23/07/1887: Adelaide - Rd 10: 182: PITMAN: 1887: 1: Players were split into 20-year eras and evaluated by their feats in accordance with the era in which they played. The vice-president of the WAFC is the main reason this wonderful project was established and completed. This meant that comparing players based on games played was unfair. Not dated, B 75522/30: West Adelaide Coach Kevin Morris with a number of players, not identified. The photos are not dated. Further historical changes came when the SANFL Magpies and Port Adelaide Power merged their separate entities when they initiated the One Club campaign. Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points. These players are mentioned below on the Departures List. Jarrod Cotton. We have already 37 players including Kaine Stevens, Tom Keough and Logan Hill re committed which should show members and supporters that the players do believe we are heading in the right direction and with a quality, experienced coach coming in to the program for the next two years the light at the end of the tunnel is clearly not far away. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. Player no. Following the 1961 premiership win and subsequent runners-up in 1962, West Adelaide would go through a very lean time. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . Even though he only played one game this year due to injury he was part of the leadership group and still had a positive impact on the players and the club. . Despite Bennetts' return, they finished winless for the third time in 1933 but were terribly unlucky in losing five games by a goal or less[3] They recovered to win eight games and draw one in 1934, but between 1935 and 1940 were never higher than seventh in an eight-team competition and overall won only 26 and drew one of 102 games. Lee is a life member of the club along with his brother Noel and, of course, grandfather Vin Stud Harradine who served as timekeeper for 48 years, only to have his service interrupted by World War 2. It's sad to announce that former volunteer, Robert Riedy passed away peacefully 17/12/2022 . According to brief notes attached to the photographs (now removed), some of the photographs were published in the West-Side Messenger, or Football Times. West Adelaide was formed in 1892, adopting magenta and white as their colours and the club played in the Adelaide and Suburban Association from 1892 to 1896. Photographer Richard Walker. document.body.removeChild(document.body.firstChild); overFlowY = y + renderedHeight + excessHeight - window.innerHeight - window.pageYOffset; Not dated, B 75522/13: Junior West Adelaide players. However, with a number of young players such as Richard "Dick" Head joining veterans James Tierney. First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Most Years as Captain: 7 by Bob Loveday (197172, 197478), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Bernie Leahy (1908, 1909) and Jos Dailey (1911, 1912). 1947 premiership player and nine-time premiership coach of Port Adelaide, Fos Williams began coaching the club in 1974 and after a tough start the team improved finishing sixth in 1975, fifth in 1976 and third in 1977. Lees knowledge of players past and present made his input invaluable. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for AFLVFL SANFL ADELAIDE ROOSTERS TRAINING JUMPER JERSEY JAX MENS M at the best online prices at eBay! Written on back: Dean Wodsnam and Chris Mitsch (Swans), West Adelaide Lawnmowing and Gardening Service. Full-forward Adam Richardson became the first West Adelaide player since Ron Phipps in 1957 to lead the SANFL in goal kicking when he kicked 80 in the regular season and five in the finals to finish with 85 for the season and win the Ken Farmer Medal. The photos are not dated. Mickan has appointed co-club Best & Fairest winner from 2013 Chris Schmidt as the new captain. Best & Fairest winners at West Adelaide are awarded the Neil Kerley Medal, * Bruce McGregor is believed to have won 6 Best All-Round Player awards before the B&F was first awarded in 1945, West Adelaide 21.16 (142) defeated Sturt 16.12 (108) WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL & FOOTBALLERS CLUB (18922012) Champions of Australia - 1908, 1911 SANFL Premiers - 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983 Runners Up - 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1991, 2003, 2012 2012 WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 1 OFFICE BEARERS Board of Direc to rs CHARITY CUP GAME. } Photographer Richard Walker; 52-53: West Adelaide player Paul Ravesi during a game, not dated, B 75522/54: West Adelaide's Doug Thomas [who during his career was player, coach and administrator/manager.] Photographer Richard Walker; 52-53: West Adelaide player Paul Ravesi during a game, not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/54, West Adelaide's Doug Thomas [who during his career was player, coach and administrator/manager.] x = document.all ? No date given, initials I.P. Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date. Next. 2022 AFL Draft Hub; 2022 AFLW Draft; 2022 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2021 AFL Draft Hub; 2021 AFLW Draft; 2021 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2020 AFL Draft; 2020 AFLW Draft Players were also to be selected in their normal playing The Fos Williams Medal is awarded to the best SANFL player in an interstate game. Disappointingly for our loyal Westies supporters, past player Sam Durdin has decided to pursue his football elsewhere in 2021. Advertisement for PGH Bricks and Pavers in background. } Dated September 21 1985. Later on grand final night, a group of Wests players, including Kerley, broke into the Adelaide Oval and cut down the goalpost. In the first era of league football our beloved club won four premierships (1897-1916). Date stamped 6 April 1988, B 75522/22: Peter Milsom of West Adelaide Footy Club helping Bradley Hopkins, 12 years, on with his new gurnsey (written on back of photo.) Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. A WAFC Hall of Fame Club Legend, multi-capped state player and one of the most famous football names in South Australian football, Neils insights as both Captain of the club and coach over many eras helped focus the panel in many debates on players and their roles and positions for this team. Former Premier of South Australia (19962001) John Olsen AO, the current SANFL President and Chairman of the SA Football Commission, and former South Australian Sheffield Shield cricketer and SANFL umpire turned Adelaide television and radio personality K. G. Cunningham, are known to be proud Bloods fans. 2017 was also the anniversary of our 1927 and 1947 premierships. These awards are presented to groups or citizens who have made an outstanding contribution to the Toowoomba Region community. 22 players were then selected along with four interchanges and four versatile emergencies. var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); Not dated: 21. The club won its fourth premiership in five years in 1912 after again defeating Port Adelaide in the grand final before finishing their Golden Era with a third placing in 1913. on back of photo, B 75522/77: Peter Winter, West Adelaide, and Des O'Dwyer, Woodville West Torrens, contest the ball. Played 197 games . With young players such as leading goal kicker Greg Mellor, full forward Tony Modra, and best and fairest Peter Banfield playing alongside returning experienced veterans such as captain Leon Grosser (who would miss the Grand Final through injury), Glenn Goss, as well as Mickan and Lindner (who while playing for the Adelaide Crows in the AFL, had played enough games with West through the season to qualify for the finals), West easily defeated three-time defending premiers Port Adelaide by 89 points in the Elimination Final before winning the First Semi against Woodville-West Torrens (a new team formed through the merger of West Torrens and Woodville at the end of 1990) by 60. Official website of the West Adelaide Football Club. var originalFirstChild; West then went back to the Adelaide Oval for its home games from 1940 until 1957, sharing the ground with South Adelaide. Possibly published in the Weekly Times, B 75522/57: Happy Eddie Hocking, West Reserves. In 1985 Grantley Fielke, a premiership player from 1983, would become the club's twelfth Magarey Medal winner. A slump ensued before the club required to finish third and beat Port Adelaide in the first semi before Sturt knocked the inexperienced Bloods out in the preliminary. One of Wests leading players during this time was future SANFL legend Fos Williams who played 54 games for the club between 1946 and 1949 before moving on to captain-coach Port Adelaide in 1950, a move that would haunt West Adelaide for the next thirteen seasons as Wests would lose five Grand Finals, all by less than three goals, to the Williams-coached Port Adelaide between 1954 and 1962. From the 1899 season the SAFA introduced district football in which players had to play for the club in the district where they lived. Club General Manager Doug Thomas and President Bob Lee enticed 1961 premiership coach Neil Kerley away from West Torrens and back to West Adelaide in 1981 and the improvement in the team was immediate. The first key part of your list is always the players you already have, to get commitments from your existing players is always a great sign of the direction you are going. The Following week Sturt defeated Norwood in the Preliminary to earn the other Grand Final berth. B 75522/84: Players during a muddy game. . display = true; The lights have seen an increase of attendances at the ground with the first game under lights attracting the grounds current record night crowd of 6,133 for the opening game of the season with West defeating North Adelaide 14.19 (103) to 4.7 (31). No date given, initials I.P. Kerley continued on as a player in 1963 honouring his contract, but the following season he left to become captain-coach of South Adelaide, taking the Panthers from bottom in 1963 to their last SANFL Premiership to date in 1964. The club would like to give all members and supporters a list update of where the club is currently at for 2021 season. National Service and the Vietnam War also interfered with playing careers. From left to right: John J. McCarthy, Henry R. Head who won the Magarey Medal in 1909 and Alby Klose. The 50 game qualification ruled out West Adelaide champions who dominated the VFL/AFL/WAFL like Tony Modra (34), Shaun Rehn (20), Tyson Edwards (42), and Brownlow medal winners Patrick Dangerfield (4), Adam Cooney (12) and Mark Ricciuto (26). Beech (Ex West Adelaide), Lovell (Ex Hawthorn/Kingborough Tigers), Maguire (Canberra), Redfern (Coolamon Rovers), J.Johnson (Coburg) & C.Allan (Sturt), Chamberlain (1 League game in 2020), Sinderberry (1 League game in 2020), Couroupis (played Reserves football in 2020), Sherlock (played Reserves football in 2020), Gilbert (played Reserves football in 2020), Kelly (played Reserves football in 2020), Laudato (played Reserves football in 2020), Bock, Van Den Berg, Boughen, Faulkner, Heitmann, Venning & De Cesare, Some local players listed below have been invited to train with the club over the pre-season, Ben Adams, Adam Carroll, Oliver Chesseman, Nick Cottrell, Hamish Gordon, Nick Jones, Issac McCormick, Levi Proude, Cameron Rankine, Luke Wilson & Jordon Wilson-King. Written on back of photo - Matthew Campbell, North Adelaide, about to get clobbered. On top of this we have already seen the arrivals of 5 key signing already for 2021 that will no doubt bring experience from high level football and strengthen our league side. Family farming improves the local land and reduces th. Lees input regarding players and their character off field was also invaluable in group discussions as a voting member of the panel. As a voting member of the panel, his assessment of players and especially their ability not only to dominate key positions, but have the durability to be versatile in other positions helped enormously with our problem of choosing a balanced interchange and list of emergencies. } Wests finished a disappointing seventh in 1955, but would return to form in 1956 where they would again be beaten grand finalists, again losing to Port. The Finks Motorcycle Club is an Australian outlaw motorcycle club that was formed in Adelaide,South Australia in 1969. The post would later end up hanging over the Bar in the West Adelaide Footballers' Club. Universal Time Offset: UTC +0 12:30 PM Universal Time conversion to worldwide times: Adelaide * 11:00 PM. Gibson Turner wont be returning to the club in 2021. Mid Western Football Association . The photos are not dated. Written on back: Brian Winton of Warradale during training. He was reluctantly replaced by longtime teammate and friend Doug Thomas, who went to the club committee before the season and unsuccessfully asked them to re-instate Kerley as captain-coach. Two of Wests best players throughout the 1983 season were unlucky to miss a place in the Grand Final team. The panel consisted of a chairman, the club historian and 7 voting members. The Bloods carried all before them early in the season and after ten games had suffered only a draw and two narrow losses. { Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. Ken Eustice would become the club's tenth Magarey Medalist in 1962. State football was slowly being killed off and the days of Carnivals where players could often rack up as many as five state appearances in a year dwindled. Courageous, caring, team man, role model. renderedHeight = renderedElement.offsetHeight; Photographer Bryan Charleton, 1 October, 1983, B 75522/63: West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. Written on back: some serious studying. He regularly reminded panellists that a great football team needed players with integrity and lived WAFC values as well as having outstanding football ability. element.innerHTML = '
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