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Hi Footy fans...
The road to the SANFL premiership continued last week, the Bulldogs were shown the exit ramp by the Double Blues while the Tigers found their way to the Grand Final express lane at the expense of the Crows. The roadblock put up by the reigning premiers would see the Blues catching up with their Qualifying Final assailants, with a piece of history up for grabs for the victor. One of two eventualities would come to pass, either the Crows would contest their first decider in their 10 years participating in state league football, or the Blues would ensure a Grand Final to be played out by two SANFL entities. Its not hard to imagine what the die-hard SA footy-heads want, you only need check forums and Facebook pages. There's still plenty of anti-AFL sentiment around and you can probably bet that fans of the other six SANFL clubs are throwing their weight behind the team that are now their last hope of keeping the Thomas Seymour-Hill Trophy out of the hands of the Adelaide Football Club. There are of course, those whose loyalties are somewhat divided and the message has been made pretty clear to them, that there is now a line in the sand where there wasn't one before. To the hardcores, there is no sitting on fences... pick your colours and stick to them.
Welcome to the Week 3 edition of the SANFL Finals Wrap-Up.
Again we find ourselves at the Adelaide Oval for the last chance saloon of the Preliminary Final between the Crows and the Double Blues. A fortnight ago, the Crows emerged victorious in their Qualifying Final, taking full advantage of a Blues' drop-off in the final term. Sturt led by 16 points at three quarter-time, but only managed one further goal after Adelaide kicked five of their own. That seven-point loss saw Sturt have to go through the Bulldogs in the 1st Semi last week, which they did with a massive final term in contrast to that one against the Crows. Setting up this follow up encounter was Adelaide's third quarter fade-out, the Tigers beating them by 32 points in the 2nd Semi-Final. Despite the Blues' losses to Adelaide, their Preliminary Final record is good. From nine of their successful appearances, they've gone on to win the flag on six occasions and one of those years was against the Crows in 2016 by 35 points. A win today would give them a 50/50 record overall. Adelaide have lost all three of their appearances, in addition to the aforementioned match were the 2019 and 2022 editions. On both occasions, the Crows' conquerors would win the premierships in said years, that being the Tigers and Norwood respectively. In the history of the Preliminary Final, the Magpies and the Redlegs share the same appearance and win/loss records with 16 wins from 31 games. Port have the highest score with 28.14 posted in 1990 against North Adelaide, though the Roosters have the highest winning margin of 93 points from their 1973 outing. Once upon a time, a Preliminary Final appearance seemed like a dress rehearsal for a Grand Final defeat, but the past eight seasons have bucked that trend. From 2015 onwards, the victorious side has gone on to take out the flag at the expense of the 2nd Semi-Final winner.
Much would have been learned in the Sturt camp after that disastrous last quarter two weekends ago. Plus after inflicting the same fashion of defeat upon the Bulldogs and probably casting some eyes on the Crows' loss to the Tigers, the Blues were probably far more ready for the challenge at hand. Sturt's defenders were holding up quite well in the opening term, the Crows rather wayward in front of the sticks to begin with. It was a scrap and a half, the Blues faithful having to wait until the 10th minute for a reason to raise the colours, but by the quarter-time siren, they were up by 17 points with their 3.2. It was then Sturt's turn to have a bout of the goal-kicking wobbles in the second quarter, however they were able to kick the same amount of goals as the Crows to keep them at arms length going into the rooms at the long break. The Blues kicked three behinds over the course of four minutes, but it was a goal prior to the half-time siren amongst their 2.4 to 2.1 that saw them creep out to a 20-point lead. The Adelaide forward line was not nearly as active as they had been for the past fortnight, while the Blues' possession game as well as their body pressure was taking its toll on the Crows who were being forced into uncharacteristic errors time-after-time. That ability to keep the ball for longer lengths of time away from the Crows' attacking area. The third quarter didn't have much to sing about, only a further point would be added to Sturt's lead by the final change. The nail may have been put in early had that one last shot landed true, but 1.2 to 1.1 saw a 21-point deficit at three quarter-time. The Blues would open the final term with a pair of goals in the first five minutes, but from there the Crows threatened to pull off yet another last quarter blitz. But both sides would find the big sticks hard to come by from there, Sturt adding just four behinds to their tally, the Crows' five scores yielded just three goals. Sturt would finish with a 17-point triumph, the bulk of the state now looking forward to a Grand Final more than 50 years in the making. Tom Lewis was Sturt's overall best afield, he tallied 24 disposals, 14 tackles and nine clearances. James Battersby had 27 disposals and nine tackles, while Henry Carey took nine marks. For Adelaide, their best was Sam Berry with 18 disposals and 13 tackles. Jackson Hately had eight marks and six clearances, while Patrick Parnell had 21 disposals and six marks.
FINAL SCORES IN WEEK 3 OF THE SANFL FINALS...
Sunday September 17
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Sturt 8.12 (60)
Adelaide 6.7 (43)
Adelaide Oval -- crowd number unknown
RESERVES FINALS -- Blues and Tigers GF double header is on
Grand Final day is going to be a double header after the Blues trounced the Eagles in their Reserves Preliminary Final at Thebarton Oval on Saturday. The defending premiers had their hands full in the early parts of the game after a goal-fest in the opening term, each side kicking four majors each. But then after the 10th minute of the second quarter, at which time an Eagles minor score put them up by that single point, that was the last time they got in front as the Blues left them in their wake. By half-time, Sturt were up by 19 points after kicking 5.5 to 2.2. When play resumed, the avalanche would ensue as the Blues continued on their march. They would bag a further five goals to the Eagles' two in the third term, their advantage out to seven straight kicks at the final change. There was not much left to do on the Eagles part, the Blues going on to win by 51 points and setting up a mammoth Reserves/Seniors double against the Tigers next week at Adelaide Oval. Brad Jefferies was a ball magnet, racking up 34 disposals and 10 marks, Angus Anderson had his share of the clearances and tackles himself with eight in each column and Luke Giacometti and Chad Reschke combined for six goals. Too many Eagles went missing after that second quarter fade out, their standout was Blake Hansen with 19 disposals, eight marks and five tackles.
PRELIMINARY FINAL -- Sturt 17.11 (113) def. Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62)
UNDER-AGE FINALS -- Disaster for Blues in both grades
While their seniors and reserves are now preparing for their Grand Finals next week, unfortunately for their juniors and colts, both were defeated in their respective Torrens University Cup Grand Finals. In the U-16's, the Bulldogs would end up celebrating their first junior grade premiership since their 2004 U-17 flag triumph, accounting for the Blues by 20 points. It was sweet revenge for the Centrals pups, who were humbled but not eliminated at Elizabeth a fortnight ago by 33 points by the Blues. This time, the Bulldogs were the hunters, starting off by keeping the Blues off the goals column on the scoreboard in the opening term and kicking to a 19-point quarter-time lead. The Blues found their goal-kicking shoes in the second term, cutting the Dogs' lead back to seven by the long break, then found themselves in the lead mid-way through the third quarter. That was the end of Sturt's fight though, the Bulldogs' following goal putting them back in front and never surrendering it again. The doldrums would continue in the U-18's as the Panthers secured their first colts title in almost 30 years. The Panthers led at every change, but Sturt were never too far away. It was the Blues' third term that possibly brought them unstuck, with only one goal from four scores as South led by 11 points at the final change. The Blues launched one last ditch run in the final stanza as the Panthers had a bout with the inaccuracy bug, but despite all efforts and a non-negotiable 25-minute maximum quarter length, the Panthers survived the challenge to win their first U-18 premiership by two points. Securing the best on ground awards, the U-16 medal went to Centrals' Dyson Sharp, who finished with 27 disposals, six marks, five tackles and six clearances. The U-18 Alan Stewart Medal would go to South's Sid Draper with 21 disposals along with three tackles, clearances and free kicks.
U-16 GRAND FINAL -- Central District 9.7 (61) def. Sturt 5.11 (41)
U-18 GRAND FINAL -- South Adelaide 10.11 (71) def. Sturt 10.9 (69)
SANFL MEDAL NIGHT -- Bulldogs' Grant stands out in '23
Harry Grant would take out the 2023 Magarey Medal, bagging eight rounds of maximum votes including the final round which clinched the prestigious award. He would finish the night on 27 votes for the evening, three ahead of Norwood's Nik Rokahr and four above Sturt's James Battersby. It went right down to the wire as Rokahr joined Grant on 24 votes ahead of the final round. Grant also attracted the praise of the league coaches and live-stream commentators, taking out the R.O. Shearman Medal and SANFL Now Player of the Year award. He's come a long way compared to last season, arriving at Elizabeth from the GWS VFL Academy/VFL side in 2021 and playing seven matches last year thanks to injuries. Grant has averaged 26 disposals and seven clearances this season and a big hand in Centrals' return to the major round for the first time since 2017. The Reserves Magarey Medal went to Charlie Molan of Sturt, the 20-year old gun originally from VFL club Williamstown polled 19 votes for the award, which was last won by a Blue back in 1993. The Roosters' Angus Tully won the U-18 McCallum-Tomkins Medal with 21 votes from his 15 games for 2023, averaging 24 disposals and six clearances since arriving at Menzies Crescent from amateur league side Broadview. And finally, Dyson Sharp won the U-16 B&F award with 27 votes, adding to a sterling season where he won the Kevin Sheehan Medal in the national championship series and a premiership medal for the Bulldogs.
SA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME -- Blues 60's hero and inaugural Bulldog inducted
Four new members were inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame during the Magarey Medal night, with three former players and coaches as well as an administrator and former state premier entering the hall. Daryl Hicks and Sonny Morey were big in their times during the 1960's through to the 1970's, with Hicks forming a part of the Sturt machine that dominated the league in the latter half of the 60's. Hicks was involved in four league premierships from 1966 to 1969 and had a stint as Sturt's reserves coach in the mid-70's before crossing to the Bulldogs in 1978 to take on the senior role. It's at Elizabeth where he would become fully acquainted with Morey, who had already established himself with the Bulldogs since their inaugural league season in 1964 through to the league's centenary year of 1977. He was also Centrals' first indigenous player and also a league and club life member. Nick Chigwidden played in 293 games and kicked more than 250 goals in his time at the Tigers, though probably one of the more unlucky players as he never managed to clinch a premiership medallion. Though he gained a little satisfaction as Glenelg's president, his last season saw his beloved Tigers win the 2019 premiership. Lastly, we come to Charles Kingston, one of the key figures in the formation of South Adelaide in 1876 and the league itself in 1877. Kingston would go on to become premier of South Australia in 1893 until 1899 before his death in 1908.
DARYL HICKS OAM
212 games and 190 goals for Sturt FC 1960-1972
Premierships -- 1966, 1967, 1968 & 1969
13 state games for South Australia
Sturt B&F, leading goal-kicker, Advertiser Team of the Year 1962
Sturt, Central District & SANFL Life Member
Order of Australia 1993
Sturt FC Reserves coach 1974-75
National Football League director of coaching 1976-77
Central District FC League coach 1978-83, Reserves coach 1998-99
SANFL Teal Cup Coach 1986
Sturt FC administration 1992-1998 (various roles including director of football)
Central District FC Chairman of Selectors 2000-2004
Channel 7 and ABC Radio commentator mid-1980's
Advertiser, Sunday Mail and Messenger columnist 1983-1995
SONNY MOREY
213 games and 28 goals for Central District FC 1964-1977
Four games for South Australia 1973 & 1974
Central District B&F 1970
Central District and SANFL Life Member
Central District U-17 coach 1981-1988 including 1985 premiership
Eudunda FC coach 1978-1980 including 1978 premiership
Salisbury FC coach 1990-1992
NICK CHIGWIDDEN
293 games and 253 goals for Glenelg FC 1987-2000
Two games for South Australia
Glenelg FC B&F 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994
Team captain 1993-2000
Glenelg FC Hall of Fame inductee
SANFL Life Member
Glenelg FC President 2012-2019
CHARLES KINGSTON
South Adelaide FC Foundation Secretary 1876-1879, President/Chairman 1883-1906
Instigator in formation of the South Australian Football Association
Active participant in formation of South Adelaide FC
Pioneer of Australian Rules before 1876
Brief playing career before taking on administrative role
Premier of South Australia 1893-1899
Federal member for South Australia 1901-1908
So next week... this is it my fellow SA footy-heads. Ol' Tommy awaits!
Sunday September 24
RESERVES GRAND FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 11am
2023 SANFL HOSTPLUS LEAGUE GRAND FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 2:30pm
Adelaide Oval
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
The road to the SANFL premiership continued last week, the Bulldogs were shown the exit ramp by the Double Blues while the Tigers found their way to the Grand Final express lane at the expense of the Crows. The roadblock put up by the reigning premiers would see the Blues catching up with their Qualifying Final assailants, with a piece of history up for grabs for the victor. One of two eventualities would come to pass, either the Crows would contest their first decider in their 10 years participating in state league football, or the Blues would ensure a Grand Final to be played out by two SANFL entities. Its not hard to imagine what the die-hard SA footy-heads want, you only need check forums and Facebook pages. There's still plenty of anti-AFL sentiment around and you can probably bet that fans of the other six SANFL clubs are throwing their weight behind the team that are now their last hope of keeping the Thomas Seymour-Hill Trophy out of the hands of the Adelaide Football Club. There are of course, those whose loyalties are somewhat divided and the message has been made pretty clear to them, that there is now a line in the sand where there wasn't one before. To the hardcores, there is no sitting on fences... pick your colours and stick to them.
Welcome to the Week 3 edition of the SANFL Finals Wrap-Up.
Again we find ourselves at the Adelaide Oval for the last chance saloon of the Preliminary Final between the Crows and the Double Blues. A fortnight ago, the Crows emerged victorious in their Qualifying Final, taking full advantage of a Blues' drop-off in the final term. Sturt led by 16 points at three quarter-time, but only managed one further goal after Adelaide kicked five of their own. That seven-point loss saw Sturt have to go through the Bulldogs in the 1st Semi last week, which they did with a massive final term in contrast to that one against the Crows. Setting up this follow up encounter was Adelaide's third quarter fade-out, the Tigers beating them by 32 points in the 2nd Semi-Final. Despite the Blues' losses to Adelaide, their Preliminary Final record is good. From nine of their successful appearances, they've gone on to win the flag on six occasions and one of those years was against the Crows in 2016 by 35 points. A win today would give them a 50/50 record overall. Adelaide have lost all three of their appearances, in addition to the aforementioned match were the 2019 and 2022 editions. On both occasions, the Crows' conquerors would win the premierships in said years, that being the Tigers and Norwood respectively. In the history of the Preliminary Final, the Magpies and the Redlegs share the same appearance and win/loss records with 16 wins from 31 games. Port have the highest score with 28.14 posted in 1990 against North Adelaide, though the Roosters have the highest winning margin of 93 points from their 1973 outing. Once upon a time, a Preliminary Final appearance seemed like a dress rehearsal for a Grand Final defeat, but the past eight seasons have bucked that trend. From 2015 onwards, the victorious side has gone on to take out the flag at the expense of the 2nd Semi-Final winner.
Much would have been learned in the Sturt camp after that disastrous last quarter two weekends ago. Plus after inflicting the same fashion of defeat upon the Bulldogs and probably casting some eyes on the Crows' loss to the Tigers, the Blues were probably far more ready for the challenge at hand. Sturt's defenders were holding up quite well in the opening term, the Crows rather wayward in front of the sticks to begin with. It was a scrap and a half, the Blues faithful having to wait until the 10th minute for a reason to raise the colours, but by the quarter-time siren, they were up by 17 points with their 3.2. It was then Sturt's turn to have a bout of the goal-kicking wobbles in the second quarter, however they were able to kick the same amount of goals as the Crows to keep them at arms length going into the rooms at the long break. The Blues kicked three behinds over the course of four minutes, but it was a goal prior to the half-time siren amongst their 2.4 to 2.1 that saw them creep out to a 20-point lead. The Adelaide forward line was not nearly as active as they had been for the past fortnight, while the Blues' possession game as well as their body pressure was taking its toll on the Crows who were being forced into uncharacteristic errors time-after-time. That ability to keep the ball for longer lengths of time away from the Crows' attacking area. The third quarter didn't have much to sing about, only a further point would be added to Sturt's lead by the final change. The nail may have been put in early had that one last shot landed true, but 1.2 to 1.1 saw a 21-point deficit at three quarter-time. The Blues would open the final term with a pair of goals in the first five minutes, but from there the Crows threatened to pull off yet another last quarter blitz. But both sides would find the big sticks hard to come by from there, Sturt adding just four behinds to their tally, the Crows' five scores yielded just three goals. Sturt would finish with a 17-point triumph, the bulk of the state now looking forward to a Grand Final more than 50 years in the making. Tom Lewis was Sturt's overall best afield, he tallied 24 disposals, 14 tackles and nine clearances. James Battersby had 27 disposals and nine tackles, while Henry Carey took nine marks. For Adelaide, their best was Sam Berry with 18 disposals and 13 tackles. Jackson Hately had eight marks and six clearances, while Patrick Parnell had 21 disposals and six marks.
FINAL SCORES IN WEEK 3 OF THE SANFL FINALS...
Sunday September 17
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Sturt 8.12 (60)
Adelaide 6.7 (43)
Adelaide Oval -- crowd number unknown
RESERVES FINALS -- Blues and Tigers GF double header is on
Grand Final day is going to be a double header after the Blues trounced the Eagles in their Reserves Preliminary Final at Thebarton Oval on Saturday. The defending premiers had their hands full in the early parts of the game after a goal-fest in the opening term, each side kicking four majors each. But then after the 10th minute of the second quarter, at which time an Eagles minor score put them up by that single point, that was the last time they got in front as the Blues left them in their wake. By half-time, Sturt were up by 19 points after kicking 5.5 to 2.2. When play resumed, the avalanche would ensue as the Blues continued on their march. They would bag a further five goals to the Eagles' two in the third term, their advantage out to seven straight kicks at the final change. There was not much left to do on the Eagles part, the Blues going on to win by 51 points and setting up a mammoth Reserves/Seniors double against the Tigers next week at Adelaide Oval. Brad Jefferies was a ball magnet, racking up 34 disposals and 10 marks, Angus Anderson had his share of the clearances and tackles himself with eight in each column and Luke Giacometti and Chad Reschke combined for six goals. Too many Eagles went missing after that second quarter fade out, their standout was Blake Hansen with 19 disposals, eight marks and five tackles.
PRELIMINARY FINAL -- Sturt 17.11 (113) def. Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62)
UNDER-AGE FINALS -- Disaster for Blues in both grades
While their seniors and reserves are now preparing for their Grand Finals next week, unfortunately for their juniors and colts, both were defeated in their respective Torrens University Cup Grand Finals. In the U-16's, the Bulldogs would end up celebrating their first junior grade premiership since their 2004 U-17 flag triumph, accounting for the Blues by 20 points. It was sweet revenge for the Centrals pups, who were humbled but not eliminated at Elizabeth a fortnight ago by 33 points by the Blues. This time, the Bulldogs were the hunters, starting off by keeping the Blues off the goals column on the scoreboard in the opening term and kicking to a 19-point quarter-time lead. The Blues found their goal-kicking shoes in the second term, cutting the Dogs' lead back to seven by the long break, then found themselves in the lead mid-way through the third quarter. That was the end of Sturt's fight though, the Bulldogs' following goal putting them back in front and never surrendering it again. The doldrums would continue in the U-18's as the Panthers secured their first colts title in almost 30 years. The Panthers led at every change, but Sturt were never too far away. It was the Blues' third term that possibly brought them unstuck, with only one goal from four scores as South led by 11 points at the final change. The Blues launched one last ditch run in the final stanza as the Panthers had a bout with the inaccuracy bug, but despite all efforts and a non-negotiable 25-minute maximum quarter length, the Panthers survived the challenge to win their first U-18 premiership by two points. Securing the best on ground awards, the U-16 medal went to Centrals' Dyson Sharp, who finished with 27 disposals, six marks, five tackles and six clearances. The U-18 Alan Stewart Medal would go to South's Sid Draper with 21 disposals along with three tackles, clearances and free kicks.
U-16 GRAND FINAL -- Central District 9.7 (61) def. Sturt 5.11 (41)
U-18 GRAND FINAL -- South Adelaide 10.11 (71) def. Sturt 10.9 (69)
SANFL MEDAL NIGHT -- Bulldogs' Grant stands out in '23
Harry Grant would take out the 2023 Magarey Medal, bagging eight rounds of maximum votes including the final round which clinched the prestigious award. He would finish the night on 27 votes for the evening, three ahead of Norwood's Nik Rokahr and four above Sturt's James Battersby. It went right down to the wire as Rokahr joined Grant on 24 votes ahead of the final round. Grant also attracted the praise of the league coaches and live-stream commentators, taking out the R.O. Shearman Medal and SANFL Now Player of the Year award. He's come a long way compared to last season, arriving at Elizabeth from the GWS VFL Academy/VFL side in 2021 and playing seven matches last year thanks to injuries. Grant has averaged 26 disposals and seven clearances this season and a big hand in Centrals' return to the major round for the first time since 2017. The Reserves Magarey Medal went to Charlie Molan of Sturt, the 20-year old gun originally from VFL club Williamstown polled 19 votes for the award, which was last won by a Blue back in 1993. The Roosters' Angus Tully won the U-18 McCallum-Tomkins Medal with 21 votes from his 15 games for 2023, averaging 24 disposals and six clearances since arriving at Menzies Crescent from amateur league side Broadview. And finally, Dyson Sharp won the U-16 B&F award with 27 votes, adding to a sterling season where he won the Kevin Sheehan Medal in the national championship series and a premiership medal for the Bulldogs.
SA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME -- Blues 60's hero and inaugural Bulldog inducted
Four new members were inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame during the Magarey Medal night, with three former players and coaches as well as an administrator and former state premier entering the hall. Daryl Hicks and Sonny Morey were big in their times during the 1960's through to the 1970's, with Hicks forming a part of the Sturt machine that dominated the league in the latter half of the 60's. Hicks was involved in four league premierships from 1966 to 1969 and had a stint as Sturt's reserves coach in the mid-70's before crossing to the Bulldogs in 1978 to take on the senior role. It's at Elizabeth where he would become fully acquainted with Morey, who had already established himself with the Bulldogs since their inaugural league season in 1964 through to the league's centenary year of 1977. He was also Centrals' first indigenous player and also a league and club life member. Nick Chigwidden played in 293 games and kicked more than 250 goals in his time at the Tigers, though probably one of the more unlucky players as he never managed to clinch a premiership medallion. Though he gained a little satisfaction as Glenelg's president, his last season saw his beloved Tigers win the 2019 premiership. Lastly, we come to Charles Kingston, one of the key figures in the formation of South Adelaide in 1876 and the league itself in 1877. Kingston would go on to become premier of South Australia in 1893 until 1899 before his death in 1908.
DARYL HICKS OAM
212 games and 190 goals for Sturt FC 1960-1972
Premierships -- 1966, 1967, 1968 & 1969
13 state games for South Australia
Sturt B&F, leading goal-kicker, Advertiser Team of the Year 1962
Sturt, Central District & SANFL Life Member
Order of Australia 1993
Sturt FC Reserves coach 1974-75
National Football League director of coaching 1976-77
Central District FC League coach 1978-83, Reserves coach 1998-99
SANFL Teal Cup Coach 1986
Sturt FC administration 1992-1998 (various roles including director of football)
Central District FC Chairman of Selectors 2000-2004
Channel 7 and ABC Radio commentator mid-1980's
Advertiser, Sunday Mail and Messenger columnist 1983-1995
SONNY MOREY
213 games and 28 goals for Central District FC 1964-1977
Four games for South Australia 1973 & 1974
Central District B&F 1970
Central District and SANFL Life Member
Central District U-17 coach 1981-1988 including 1985 premiership
Eudunda FC coach 1978-1980 including 1978 premiership
Salisbury FC coach 1990-1992
NICK CHIGWIDDEN
293 games and 253 goals for Glenelg FC 1987-2000
Two games for South Australia
Glenelg FC B&F 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994
Team captain 1993-2000
Glenelg FC Hall of Fame inductee
SANFL Life Member
Glenelg FC President 2012-2019
CHARLES KINGSTON
South Adelaide FC Foundation Secretary 1876-1879, President/Chairman 1883-1906
Instigator in formation of the South Australian Football Association
Active participant in formation of South Adelaide FC
Pioneer of Australian Rules before 1876
Brief playing career before taking on administrative role
Premier of South Australia 1893-1899
Federal member for South Australia 1901-1908
So next week... this is it my fellow SA footy-heads. Ol' Tommy awaits!
Sunday September 24
RESERVES GRAND FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 11am
2023 SANFL HOSTPLUS LEAGUE GRAND FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 2:30pm
Adelaide Oval
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
