AFL from the EDITOR Anzac Day Reminds Us of the Conflict Australian’S P W D L % Pts Were and Still Are Involved In
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www.sydneyafl.com.au www.sydneyafl.com.au AFL FROM THE EDITOR Anzac Day reminds us of the conflict Australian’s P W D L % Pts were and still are involved in. Although, recent wars have had less of an effect on Sydney foot- Collingwood 4 4 0 0 187.00 16 ball. Time goes so quickly that even the last big Geelong 4 4 0 0 153.15 16 military action the nation was involved in, the Vietnam War, is a generation and a half ago. Hawthorn 4 3 0 1 131.77 12 Fremantle 4 3 0 1 113.51 12 years past the then National Football Council used to conduct All-State carnivals every four years or so and in 1914, literally days before WWI was declared, one of these events was held in Sydney and played on the SCG . Carlton 4 2 1 1 135.02 10 Due to the war and its impact on Australian society the carnival was a flop. Essendon 4 2 1 1 131.97 10 Melbourne 4 2 1 1 116.18 10 War was declared almost on the eve of the carnival in August and by the 20th of the month, 10,000 men from Sydney had signed up to fight. Sydney Swans 4 2 1 1 97.40 10 As these numbers increased, it affected football in Sydney and by 1916 the North Shore Club had withdrawn from Western Bulldogs 3 2 0 1 144.98 8 the competition because of the difficulty of fielding a side. West Coast 4 2 0 2 100.56 8 In fact, so bad was the manpower that the league itself teetered on folding. Adelaide 3 1 0 2 85.88 4 Port Adelaide 4 1 0 3 69.50 4 The 1916 League Annual Report said: St Kilda 3 0 1 2 81.00 2 Enlistments Richmond 4 0 1 3 67.58 2 Through the want of proper organisation on the part of some of the clubs, and recognition of the duty owed the Brisbane 3 0 0 3 69.57 0 League in this important matter, your Committee, regret that no complete list of players at the front or in prepara- tory training camps has up to North Melbourne 3 0 0 3 66.85 0 the present been prepared. Gold Coast 3 0 0 3 38.05 0 Even with the incomplete figures to hand, it is safe to assert that 50 per cent of the players [in the league] of 1914 have responded to the call. From lists to hand and other sources it is known that the Southern portion of the state hascontributed a large quota Collingwood 24.17-161 def. Richmond 13.12-90 of players. Hawthorn 10.12-72 def. West Coast 9.11-65 Carlton 11.13-79 Drew Essendon 11.13-79 When Country and Metropolitan [football] returnsare finalised it is estimated that over 1500 players have gone to Geelong 11.15-81 def Sydney 7.12-54 take part in the greatest game the world has yet witnessed. Port Adelaide 14.14-98 def Adelaide 9.12-66 In a sense 1915 may be termed as the darkest and brightest year in the history of the game in Sydney. Melbourne 23.21-159 def. Gold Coast 9.15-69 Ironically, as J E Phelan, after whom the Phelan Medal was named, later wrote, it was the war which also brought Fremantle 18.19-127 def North Melbourne 14.14-98 footballers to Sydney and he considered saved the game in the NSW capital. Essendon 21.10-136 def St Kilda 12.12-84 BRIS, WB & STK Bye Many military bases were established in and around Sydney and the many servicemen, who were also players came here to train. Of which many also played football. The same happened in WWII when soldiers trained at Ingleburn, North Head and other land bases around Sydney ROUND 5 ROUND 5 while Garden Island was a hive of industry for the navy. Thursday Thursday Brisbane v St Kilda @ Gabba West Coast v Port Adelaide @ Patersons Many great footballers passed through Sydney including Bill Morris the winner of the 1948 Brownlow Medal with Saturday Friday Richmond. Morries also played with South Sydney. Port Adelaide v Geelong @ AAMI Sydney v Carlton @ SCG Continued page 26 Carlton v Adelaide @ Etihad Saturday Sunday North Melbourne v Port Adelaide @ Etihad Officeworks: North Melbourne v Richmond @ Etihad Richmond v Brisbane @ MCG a trusted partner in the Monday Adelaide v St Kilda @ AAMI Essendon v Collingwood @ MCG Sunday publication of the Fremantle v Western Bulldogs @ Patersons Essendon v Gold Coast @ Etihad Football Record. Bye— Melbourne, Sydney, West Coast Collingwood v Western Bulldogs @ MCG Bye— Fremantle, Geelong, Hawthorn Record Cover Photo courtesy of Michael Vettas 28 Round 4— April 25, 2011 1 Round 4— April 25, 2011 www.sydneyafl.com.au www.sydneyafl.com.au CLUB CONTACTS 2011 AFL SYDNEY PREMIER DIVISION FIXTURE AUBURN Ali Faraj 0414 676415 [email protected] Round 1 Round 7 Round 12 Round 18 Sat 2 April Sat 14 May Sat 25 June Fri 5 August BALMAIN Adam Coles 0488 771781 [email protected] NS 17.7 Ill 9.13 Nth Shore v Balmain Wests v UTS Balmain v Nth Shore Sat 6 August CAMDEN Tom Koski 0401 785042 [email protected] UTS 10.6 UNSW 19.8 Pennant Hills v Wests C’town v Pennant Hills WS 8.11 STG 13.6 Sydney Uni v Campbelltown Nth Shore v UNSW/ES ECE v Campbelltown UNSW/ES v St George CAMPBELLTOWN Terry Neilsen 0404 072025 [email protected] PH 9.10 Bal 13.8 UNSW/ES v UTS Sun 26 June Illawarra v UTS ECE 14.6 SU 14.8 Illawarra v St George Balmain v Sydney Uni Sun 7 August EAST COAST EAGLES Craig Abercrombie 0413 642055 [email protected] Campbelltown—Bye ECE—Bye ECE v St George Wests v Pennant Hills Round 2 Round 8 Illawarra—Bye Sydney Uni—Bye HOLROYD PARRAMATTA Clive Sharp 0433 403620 [email protected] Fri 8 April Sat 21 May Round 13 Round 19 Bal 12.25 UTS 7.8 Campbelltown v Illawarra Sat 2 July Sat 13 August ILLAWARRA Doug Sweeney 0412 721154 [email protected] Sat 9 April UNSW/ES v Pennant Hills Sydney Uni v UTS St George v Balmain P’Hills v UNSW/ES MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Luke Gemmill 0401 214812 [email protected] Cam 12.8 UNSW 12.12 Wests v ECE UNSW/ES v Balmain STG 5.3 ECE 26.16 Sydney Uni v St George Illawarra v Campbelltown Nth Shore v Syd Uni MANLY WARRINGAH Richard Wharton 0413 380925 [email protected] WS 16.11 NS 7.5 Sun 22 May Nth Shore v St George Illawarra v ECE Ill 7.7 PH 11.9 UTS v Nth Shore Pennant Hills v ECE Sun 14 August UTS v Wests MOOREBANK Mark Coles 0424 249078 [email protected] Sydney Uni—Bye Balmain—Bye Wests—Bye Campbelltown—Bye Round 3 Round 9 Round 14 Round 20 NOR WEST Glenn Whitney 0403 185265 [email protected] Sat 16 April Sat 28 May Sat 9 July Sat 20 August NS 4.7 ECE 16.12 Campbelltown v Balmain Campbelltown v Wests NORTH SHORE Steve Watters 0419 875708 [email protected] Campbelltown v UTS SU 7.18 WS 3.9 St George v UNSW/ES St George v Sydney Uni St George v P’Hills UTS 6.5 ILL 7.14 Wests v Sydney Uni Illawarra v UNSW/ES PENNANT HILLS Ian Parker 0428 261984 [email protected] UNSW v Nth Shore Sun 17 April Pennant Hills v Illawarra ECE v Nth Shore ECE v Wests PENRITH Greg Corless 0412 579061 [email protected] Bal 11.13 UNSW 9.9 ECE v UTS Sun, 10 July Syd Uni v Illawarra PH 19.13 Cam 10.14 Nth Shore—Bye Balmain v Pennant Hills Balmain—Bye RIVERVIEW Richard Hawtin 0404 827420 [email protected] St George—Bye Round 10 UTS—Bye Round 4 Sat 4 June Round 15 Sat 27 August SAINTS afc Andrew Blakemore 0407 012155 [email protected] Mon, 25 April UNSW/ES v ECE Sat 16 July Qualifying Final Campbelltown v St George Sydney Uni v Nth Shore Balmain v Wests Sun 28 August SOUTHERN POWER Matt Graham 0416 007131 [email protected] ECE v UNSW/ES Illawarra v Wests UNSW/ES v C’town Elimination Final Wests v Balmain Sun 5 June UTS v St George ST GEORGE Brendan Donohue 0419 405546 [email protected] Illawarra v Sydney Uni Balmain v St George Nth Shore v Pennant Hills Saturday 3 Sept SYDNEY UNIVERSITY Brett Pettersen 0416 095042 [email protected] UTS—Bye UTS v Campbelltown Sydney Uni v ECE 2nd Semi Final Pennant Hills—Bye Pennant Hills—Bye Illawarra— Bye UNSW/ES Steve Ray 0411 408654 [email protected] Nth Shore—Bye Representative Weekend Round 16 Sunday 4 Sept Round 5 Sat 11 June Sat 23 July 1st Semi Final UTS Anthony Leach 0412 856996 [email protected] Sat 30 April Dev Squad v Riverina FL Wests v Illawarra Campbelltown v ECE Sun 12 June ECE v Balmain Sunday 11Sept WESTERN SUBURBS Andrew Taylor 0411 859834 [email protected] Pennant Hills v Nth Shore AFL Cairns v AFL Sydney Pennant Hills v UTS Preliminary Final Sydney Uni v Balmain Round 11 UNSW/ES v Sydney Uni NSWAF UMPIRES Angus Heritage 0408 651855 [email protected] UNSW/ES v Illawarra Fri 17 June Sun 24 July Saturday, 17 Sept Grand Final St George v UTS UTS v Balmain C’town v Nth Shore AFL SYDNEY PHOTO’S Wests—Bye Sat 18 June St George—Bye Round 6 Pennant Hills v Sydney Uni Round 17 Sat 7 May St George v Campbelltown Sat 30 July Quality action photos of selected AFL Sydney games can be Nth Shore v Campbelltown Wests v UNSW/ES Nth Shore v Wests viewed at: St George v Wests Sun 19 June St George v Illawarra UTS v Sydney Uni Illawarra v Nth Shore UTS v ECE www.saflphotos.com.au/info/ ECE v Pennant Hills ECE—Bye Sydney Uni v P’Hills Sun 8 May Sun 31 July Balmain v Illawarra Balmain v Campbelltown Enquiries: Michael Vettas on 0414 899 515 UNSW/ES—Bye UNSW/ES—Bye 2 Round 4— April 25, 2011 27 Round 4— April 25, 2011 www.sydneyafl.com.au www.sydneyafl.com.au AFL SYDNEY STATISTICS FIXTURES—ROUNDS 4 & 5 FIXTURES 25 APRIL FIXTURES 30 APRIL 2011 LEADING GOALKICKERS 2011 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP U18/3 SEN RES W TOT Premier Division Premier Division RDS Monday, April 25 Saturday, April 30 PREMIER DIVISION BALMAIN 18 12 2 32 Campbelltown v St George @ Blacktown @ 2.10pm Campbelltown v East Coast Eagles @ Monarch Oval @ 2.10pm LEIGH LAVERY UNSW/ES 1 13 East Coast Eagles @ UNSW/ES @ Bruce Purser @ 2.10pm Sydney University v Balmain @ SU No 1 @ 2.10pm PENRITH 12 12 2 26 Western Suburbs v Balmain @ Picken Oval @ 2,.10pm UNSW/ES v