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[royals1922]

A pen picture of Ted Clauscen of NM from 1929 taken from Tabletalk of 8 August 1929


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146712489

 

[royals1922]

A photo of Dave Walsh of NM from the Tabletalk edition of 28 July 1927

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146650955

 

[royals1922]

A photo of Syd Barker, Charles Tyson and Tom Jenkins from the 5 May 1927 edition of Table talk


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146649540

A photo of Gerald Donnelly NM captain and coach in 1926 (different to the wikipedia photo) from Table talk of 8 July 1926)


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146595504

 

[Twinkletoes]

Good work royals.

 

[kangaroo7]

CLASS OF 1925.
This poster from The Leader shows most of North's top players in their first season in the VFL. But by the end of the 1928 season, only two (Lewis and Trevaskis) were still playing at the club. Here is what became of them:

Wels Eicke--After a long career at St Kilda he came over to North in 1925 as they wanted an experienced player to lead them. But early in 1926 he returned to his old club.

Will Smith--North's first vice-captain. Had played with North in the VFA and left after 1926.

Cecil Gomez--Played in the VFA with North. Went to Essendon after only one year with them in the VFL

John Lewis--Easily North's greatest player of the era. Had his problems and issues with the club but stayed with them, enjoying little success, until 1935. After this he was still good enough to play a further three years with the strong Melbourne side.

Fred Rutley--Another old VFA player. Received a life suspension after the infamous Round 12 Geelong match. This was lifted in 1930 and he returned to play the last four matches of the season and kick seven goals.

Duncan Lindsay--left North after the 1926 season. Later played for Port Melbourne and Coburg and coached Bairnsdale and Mildura.

Jack Lock---Played with North in the VFA. Left after 1928.

Albert (Curly) Linton--A talented centre player from Tasmania who also played with North in the VFA. Played many good games but by 1927 was disenchanted with the club and had ceased training. At a meeting with the club at the end of the season he requested a clearance. Upon being refused he struck a club official and was expelled from the club.

Alf Goonan---Ex-VFA. Left after 1926.

Jack Doherty--Former South Melbourne star. Crossed to North for their first VFL season then left.

Trevaskis---Another North VFA player. Played until 1929 then coached the North seconds.

J "Dave" Walsh---Regarded by many as the best full-back of his time. Was a key player in North's return to the VFA after they disbanded in 1921. His career was tragically cut short by a knee injury in 1927 after he had been selected ih the state team.

Alfred Lambe--Solid defender who left after 1928. Later played for Footscray.

Arch Giles---Former Essendon player. Left in 1926. He registered North's first score in the VFL--a behind against Geelong.

Will Russ---Another of North's early stars. Usually played on the wing or in the center. Left the club in 1928 to return to his old VFA club Footscray.

Fred Metcalfe---North's centre-half-forward for their first three seasons in the VFL. Almost as big as Lewis. Later played for Seville. He died in 1975 and missed seeing North win their first flag.

Harry Clapson---North went to a lot of trouble to get him from Norwood SA but he played only seven games before leaving after one season. Later played for Canberra.

Other leading players of 1925 not shown in the photo were: Leo Dwyer (played seven seasons),Charles Healey (six seasons), Harry Johnston (three seasons plus VFA), Clarrie Nolan(four seasons) and Joe Woods (two seasons).

 

[royals1922]

1904 game between NM and the Dogs with great ground shots and action shots from the Punch of 11 August 1904


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174650894

Also the Punch of 29 September 1904 shows the final between the Dogs and NM


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page20477768

 

[royals1922]

1913 game between Brunswick and NM from the Punch of 4 September 1913


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page20509870

 

[kangaroo7]

1904 game between NM and the Dogs with great ground shots and action shots from the Punch of 11 August 1904


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174650894

Also the Punch of 29 September 1904 shows the final between the Dogs and NM


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page20477768

These are gems. A couple of North's early stars in Noonan and Londerigan are shown. North happened to win both these matches. In the first match only three goals were scored, North winning 2.6 to 1.2 and well on their way to the premiership. Two of Footscray's stars, Marmo and Harris are shown too.
The final against Footscray was the last match played as Richmond declined to play in the Grand Final that year. North won 6.13 to 5.2.

 

[kangaroo7]

1913 game between Brunswick and NM from the Punch of 4 September 1913


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page20509870

North won this one too. But they lost the Final to Footscray the following week in one of the most exciting VFA Finals ever.
It's a pity we can't tell the teams apart. They both wore stripes that year. North may be wearing the black knickers as the team that finished higher on the table.

 

[muttley45]

These are gems. A couple of North's early stars in Noonan and Londerigan are shown. North happened to win both these matches. In the first match only three goals were scored, North winning 2.6 to 1.2 and well on their way to the premiership. Two of Footscray's stars, Marmo and Harris are shown too.
The final against Footscray was the last match played as Richmond declined to play in the Grand Final that year. North won 6.13 to 5.2.

Interested in the reason why any club would decline to play a Grand final

 

[kangaroo7]

Interested in the reason why any club would decline to play a Grand final

 

[kangaroo7]

Interested in the reason why any club would decline to play a Grand final

 

[muttley45]

Thanks K7, fascinating to read that, and that the game Richmond were concerned about the umpiring didnt involve them, a great insight into the history of our great club, and history of the game in general, cheers

 

[kangaroo7]

A photo of the opposing captains from the Round 3 1927 match against Geelong. North just failed by two points when a shot after the bell by Metcalfe was taken away by the wind. Note the heavy strapping on Syd Barker's leg.

 

[kangaroo7]

Another one from the same game featuring Barker again.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Great stuff k7. Teffy's gonna love this stuff when he returns from the Monastery, as long as it didn't sink into a crevasse in the recent earthquakes of course.

 

[kangaroo7]

The opening match of 1928. North v Richmond. The toss of the coin between the opposing captains. North open the season with a spectacular 78 point defeat.

 

[kangaroo7]

Players from 1928

 

[Twinkletoes]

Players from 1928

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Like his namesake, old Walshy there looks like he's thinking "shut up and buy a membership". You probably would too, with a stern look like that.

 

[royals1922]

NM v South Melbourne from the argus of 18 May 1925


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page437247

 

[royals1922]

NM v Geelong of 29 May 1926 Australasian

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11891296

NM v Melbourne at the MCG of 22 May 1926 Australasian


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11891214

NM v Collingwood of Australasian of 10 July 1926


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142159448

 

[royals1922]

NM v Geelong of 16 May 1927 of the Argus


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3854784

Same NM v Geelong game of the Australasian of 21 May 1927


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11895349

Few pictures of Barker

The new stand at NM in 1927 of 23 November 1927 of the Argus

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3893278

 

[royals1922]

NM v Brunswick of 17 May 1924 Australasian

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11897064

and

the Argus of 12 May 1924


http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4363696

NM v Brunswick of 19 July 1924 Australasian

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11897685

 

[goalieboy82]

i found these:

 

[goalieboy82]