Good find. I had written down that he had started at Brighton in 1924, but earlier today had read somewhere that he was new in 1925 (along with Friend) so was rather puzzled.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/165131768
Yippee! It looks like we have a first initial for Atkinson. It's mentioned twice. I think I probably only started looking for him from 1925 onwards, made it a bit tougher than it needed to be.
Atkinson was a police constable. Probably not a very smart move all round by the Preston player, and he certainly paid a price for it!
Not out of the question, that's for sure.
I haven't found anything yet that has him going to another club after 1927. I'll have another look at The Age in case there is some mention there.
Should be him. We know Atkinson (a police constable) left for Port Fairy in 1927, if you can find one there from about then on, even better.
I know this one has been pretty much wrapped up already, but just for the sake of completeness here it is:-
Same as with my previous post, I just spotted this while looking for something else, and may as well include it:-
Son maybe, ifnthe player came from st kilda juniors
Reports indicate that he copped some injuries in1927 and I could not find reports of a Friend having played in as or sa or new after and our Tasmanian friend
You're probably kidding, but if not:-
It's looking very much like the Arthur story, where he left Brighton without it getting any kind of a mention, and without any permit news. Unless he shows up at another club somewhere it's not looking good.
