(You included Robert Mammone, David Crisanti and Rohan McGrath who to my knowledge never played a league for Woodville). South Australian Football Hall of Fame members. League. Based in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Woodville derived its name from the suburb it was located in. He was also one of the pre-count favourites for the Magarey Medal, but finished a somewhat disappointing tenth. In 1978. for the first ever time, Woodville made a realistic bid to participate in the finals, ultimately missing out by just one game plus percentage. Trevor Ettridge (Woodville) played 27 games, 11 goals from 1972 to 1975. Woodville south football club past players. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. Moreso in this thread as Woodville takes a lead, instead of being amongst the "small print". A longtime Norwood Cheer Squad stalwart, Peter Nanotti, showed us at Woodville how to make them properly. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. Does anyone remember the said establishment?? Another thing Adelaide Hawk, I saw a thread in which you had some players you didn't know the first name to. [6], The rest of his career was spent in the SANFL. The Natives Club first secretary was John Carr, a member of the Legislative Council and the colours that the Club adopted were Blue and Gold. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. The Woodville-West Torrens Football Club song is called "We're the mighty flying Eagles" and is to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, We're the mighty Eagles Dazzling Darryl was the son of a Woodville member who was in the cheer squad (Dazzling, that is) briefly in the mid 70's (I think). . and come up with some " new " stuff for us devotees of the W.F.C. It will jog their memory for sure! G Rimes was the Captain of the team and they finished in fourth position out of five teams. "Zip Zap" as he was known, made his league debut with Woodville in 1969 and was playing his 325th game for the club. Sewer, who had played 57 games for perennial contenders Glenelg from 198184, is the only player to have played in four decades of football in the SANFL. Whether it does win is in the hands of the 20 men Blight chooses to determine his destiny. Get started now for free. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. News Football Matches . Woodville had also won the Coca-Cola Cup series in 1972, a competition between clubs which did not make the final four. B Barrie Barbary Bob Beecroft Malcolm Blight David Bolton (Australian footballer) Ray Boyanich Greg Brehaut C Richard Champion Phil Cronan F Peter Fitzpatrick (footballer) G Barry Goodingham Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. With the introduction of district football in 1897, the Club changed its name to West Torrens as it realised that a major number of its players resided in that area. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. I've actually got 331 players listed who played a league game for Woodville. Given the nature of their brief, the five official tipsters in 'Football Times' had no choice but to be less non-committal: all predicted a narrow win to the Redlegs. I remember going to Prospect Oval the Thursday night before the 1971 GF. The Woodville South Football Club was establish in 1890 as the Carlton Football Club and is one of the oldest and most respected clubs in the South Australian Amateur Football League. Woodville served a five season probationary period in B grade, reaching the finals once, in 1960, for a third place finish. Godden became the third coach to win a Premiership for Woodville-West Torrens, following Bruce Winter (1993) and Ron Fuller (2006). FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. Photographer Martin Jacka, not dated B 75500/46: Torrens v Woodville at Thebarton. Do we have the ability to PM each other. ?A famous Pecker in more respects than he may know!! This was a splinter group of dissatisfied members of the Port Adelaide Football Club, who, in 1894, broke from that Club when unable to get games with Port, and formed their own team known as the Port Natives. In 1990, with the imminent entry of the South Australian-based Adelaide Crows into the national Australian Football League (formerly the VFL), it was decided to amalgamate Woodville with neighbouring West Torrens Football Club. The league team with a 162 record from their 18 games. South Adelaide were the next side to succumb to the new-found wrath of the Warriors, going down by 37 points at Football Park, only for Glenelg to throw a temporary spanner into the works in round fourteen with a 39 point triumph at the Bay. West Torrens were also dragged down to this level by the 1970s. Fair to say probably 6,000 of those would have been Magpie supporters. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. In the event, after a hard fought first half, the Bays proved to be just a little too accomplished for Blight's men and won by 21 points in front of another big finals crowd of 30,744. For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. . Des O' Dwyer played with Woodville from middish 1986 to 1990 incl. However, given that the merged entity took only three seasons to etch its name on the SANFL roll of honour by winning a senior flag, such negativity soon appeared to be misplaced. Past Seasons. Maxwell Sam Parker (born 29 October 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Get the latest news and information about the Woodville Eagles football from Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Due to Woodville Oval also being the home of the Woodville Cricket Club who play in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, the Eagles use West Torrens' former home ground Thebarton Oval as their pre-season training base. Home; Leagues; Clubs; Players; Coaches; Grounds; Articles; Community. After 67 games for the Bulldogs he crossed to North Melbourne and added a further 19 games in 1978 and 1980, being forced to miss the whole of the 1979 season with a knee injury. It would, however, prove to be the Eagles only premiership success during 19942005 in which they lost 5 Grand Finals 1994 to Port Adelaide and 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 all to Central District. Hoffman,Trevor (1964-69) 77 games, 62 goals : Career Breakdown of Trevor Hoffman's League Career please. A very passionate part of footy. At quarter time their confidence appeared to be seriously mis-placed. Pretty sure Malcolm Ellis is still there. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. The Port Natives, at their Annual meeting in March 1896, renamed themselves simply Natives and were accepted into to South Australian Football Association for that season. The mighty flying Eagles [8]. Woodville,Roys,NT Thunder Jan 12, 2006 Thread starter #1,004 Name the player? Past Players & Officials. However, a third western suburbs team in the competition West Adelaide proved too much to handle with both sides struggling on the field following Woodville's inception. During the 2021 SANFL season, the Eagles finished 2nd behind minor premiers Glenelg who had lost only one game all season. The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. However, after overcoming minor premiers Exeter at the semi final stage and Payneham in the final it was unable to overcome Exeter again in the challenge final. In the 93-year history of the West Torrens Club, many ups and downs were experienced, but with only 4 Premiership titles to display, the loyal support of the Clubs throng of admirers were surely tested over the years. The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football Club become one of the most successful and professionally run clubs in the league. Major Partner. Woodville remain one of only two SAAFL clubs to have won successive A2 and A1 premierships (allowing for the four year break for the war in Woodville's case). How many other players' careers have transcended four decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)? The challenge final was a dour affair, played at SANFL side Port Adelaide's home ground of Alberton Oval, but Woodville, with Skelley, Hickman and Burns especially to the fore, did just enough to triumph. From there the team started to gel and by 1986 was considered an outside chance of obtaining their first league premiership, but finished 3rd after losing to eventual premiers Glenelg in the Preliminary Final. The twin highlights of this apprenticeship were arguably Bob Simunsen's successive Seconds Magarey Medal wins in 1961 and 1962. sturt football club copyright . Well this will get me a bit closer to that 331, while comparing lists with the one on SAFooty I have found these names. The U/18s also lost their decider. In 2011, the Eagles became the only club since the turn of the century to defeat Central District in two grand finals, with a thrilling 3-point win 81 to 78 on 9 October 2011. Women's Major Partner. Nevertheless, there was always next season. 2 or 3 night home games per year are played at Thebarton Oval (Former home of West Torrens) which is also the club's pre-season base. Prior to the start of the season he observed: "I'm comfortable, but there are a lot of reasons for that. West Adelaide United, in 1935-6, were the only other club to achieve the feat. The club won just three matches, all against Central Districts. *Behinds for the pre-1965 era are for selected matches only I was born in 1959 and have memories of the early days of Woodville. But one thing hasn't changed - Woodville still lack finals experience. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . They did it the hard way, too. just past the Arkaba Hotel! Full forward Stephen Nichols booted 5 goals, with Templeton and Taylor bagging 3 apiece, while Kevin Harris, with 21 possessions, was best on ground. Only recently discovered the whereabouts of the late and great Jack " Singer " Edwards former home in Woodville West. In 1968, Woodville avoided another wooden spoon by just half a game, but the following year, under the energetic coaching of former North Melbourne stalwart Noel Teasdale, the side seemed to be at last on the verge of establishing itself. Final scores were Woodville 8.13 (61); University 9.5 (59). Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! For the first few years the Club was an itinerant side, playing at other sides home grounds and contesting a fair number of their matches at the Jubilee Oval just near the Adelaide Zoo. Blight returned to Woodville in 1983 as Captain-Coach, leading the club through its most successful period. [4] As his new club already had established ruckmen in Gary Dempsey and Barry Round, Parker was tried as a key forward. Sound the Siren, turn us loose Before the game a number of legends from both clubs were introduced to the crowd. Then, after commencing the season proper promisingly with a hard fought 5 point win over West Torrens at Football Park, old habits promptly resurfaced and 7 of the next 9 matches were lost. This setback only served to spark the Warriors into renewed resolve. The 38-year-old Sewer who was playing his 382nd and last game of SANFL football. Ralph Sewer: Debuting in 1969 and playing his final match in 1990 aged 38, Sewer became not only the only man to have played in the SANFL in four different decades, but also the only grandfather. I remember walking past Singer Edwards place and he had a pair of footy boots on his front gate. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game, Age at first & last AFL gameFirst game: 25y 196dLast game: 31y 315d, Height and weightHeight: 170 cmWeight: 70 kg, Senior clubsWoodville; PortAdelaide; Footscray; NorthMelbourne, Jumper numbersFootscray: 7NorthMelbourne: 10, 2, Recruited fromWoodville (1974); Footscray (1978); NorthMelbourne (1980); Woodville (1982), Hall of fameSouth Australian Football Hall Of Fame (2003), AFL: 8,642nd player to appear, 2,809th most games played, 1,114th most goals kickedFootscray: 631st player to appear, 198th most games played, 80th most goals kickedNorthMelbourne: 699th player to appear, 466th most games played, 242nd most goals kicked. The chief source for the entire section on Woodville's SAAFL career was A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994 by Fred Bloch. Of a total of 575 matches played during that period the side managed just 160 wins and 4 draws. After losing yet another Grand Final to their arch rivals in 2005, the Eagles bounced back and got their first premiership in 13 years, and after 6 attempts, with a thumping 76-point victory over the Bulldogs. in Adelaide for work or looking for more senior footy than was available in the star studded Shark line up of the mid 80's? This Club was accepted into the Adelaide and Suburban Association and won two Premierships in a row. Player Stats - Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! 6. As far as the serious business of winning league matches was concerned, however, the club went steadily backwards, winning 9 of its 22 games in 1988 for seventh position, 8 in 1989 (eighth), and 7 in 1990 (eighth again). All matches are played on Saturdays. In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. Adelaide Hawk TheBrownDog Sep 21, 2002 51,136 44,216 Adelaide AFL Club Hawthorn Other Teams Norwood Jan 12, 2006 #1,005 Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. I just told him he could see it for himself the next day just before the Roosters ran onto the Adelaide Oval. All Woodville needed to do now in order to clinch the double chance in the finals was defeat wooden spoon contender South Adelaide in the final minor round match of the season. This list may not reflect recent changes . The records you've got are of course not perfect, but I thought I might point that out. West Torrens had competed in the SANFL since the 1895 SAFA season, when it was originally known as the Port Natives[1] (who wore Blue and Gold) and renamed to West Torrens for the 1897 SAFA season,[2] while Woodville entered the competition for 1964 SANFL season. 1. You are using an out of date browser. In the meantime, a succession of home grown champions - McKellar, Huppatz and Blight - went off across the border in search of the mythological VFL pot of gold. One painted green and the other gold. For instance, I have no idea why Rodney Allen was credited with 23 games in 1967, but that is how many is recorded in the SANFL Year Book, and it is commensurate with his official total of games. In 1991, the club merged with neighbouring Woodville Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. A photo does exist in the Hindmarsh Historical Society of a West Torrens team dated 1881. ( Flashback to Rd.7 1968 Norwood vs Woodville at Norwood Oval Game Details pretty please!! There's been a lot more planning and preparation this year so I'm not hoping as much this time because I know things are going to be better." The good old days. It proved too much to cover for the Eagles in the Grand Final, falling short to West Adelaide by 30 points. He was Woodville's leading goal kicker in 1975, and had won the club's best & Fairest award in 1978, the same year he was awarded with Life Membership from the club and Player Life Membership from the SANFL. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. Having a TidyHQ Account lets us remember who you are so we can keep everything in one place for you ready to access and update at any time. Things deteriorated still further in 1971 as the 'Peckers plummeted to the wooden spoon, and although this particular indignity was avoided during the rest of the 1970s it was only towards the end of the decade that the club began to give serious on field indications that it could be anything other than an also ran. Knew those old Footy Times yearbooks, might come in handysome of these names will test the memory of any Woody diehard!! The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. Yes, I saw Trevor Hoffman play, He was a little short and skinny to match it with the likes of Wedding, Darley, etc, but he had pretty good skills for memory. You are using an out of date browser. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! Debuting in 1966 with just one appearance for the year he went on to become a regular in the ensuing seven seasons, for part of which time he helped the 'Peckers to field arguably the strongest first ruck combination in Australia featuring, along with Huppatz himself, future Richmond premiership ruckman and VFL state representative Craig McKellar, and one of the bona fide legends of the game in Malcolm Blight, who would become the first ever player to win both the Magarey and Brownlow Medals. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. He would sign autographs to kids walking by. On entry to the SANFL, Woodville were known as "The Woodpeckers" but changed to "The Warriors" in 1983. Our rankings may not reflect individual tiebreaker scenarios. West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Initially at least, Blight's impact was greater on the playing side than it was as a tactician and man motivator. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. (and hopefully the image will work!!) After having merged only 3 years prior, Woodville-West Torrens claimed the Holy Grail of SANFL footy, The Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy, with a convincing 73-point victory over Norwood. Woodville-West Torrens entered a team in the SANFL Women's League in 2019 and, as of 2021 SANFL season, are the only club to have never won a wooden spoon. In 2015 the Woodville West Torrens Football Club celebrated their 25th season in the SANFL, and dominated the competition in U/18s, Reserves and League, taking out each Minor Premiership (the only club to ever do so) dropping just 4 games across all 3 grades throughout the minor round season. [3]. The highlights of Woodville's SANFL career during the 1960s were arguably its draw in 1967 and its win two years later against Jack Oatey's all-conquering Sturt side. It was decided at the end of the season to merge the two sides to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, effectively returning to how things were prior to 1964. Ah thanks again! This includes: Events, Memberships, Meetings, Finances, Online Shop, Communications and more. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. [7] Blight's charges refused to lie down, however, and by half time, incredibly, they had closed to within just 5 points. to the league series in 1964, enters the finals series far better prepared than its previous major round appearance in 1979 - ironically against Norwood in an elimination final. The Warriors were far from disgraced, however, and there appeared to be every reason for those connected with the club to feel optimistic about prospects for 1987. Wearing Gold and Green and Blue We're the mighty flying Eagles Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. In 2011, a study commissioned by the AFL identified Woodville-West Torrens as the most effective developer of AFL talent in the country. Trevor Ettridge for Woodville was a rangy, dark head defender, taller and leaner than his Torrens counterpart. The Hindmarsh Council spent a lot of pounds in an effort to improve the situation over the years and the Club used the Oval until 1922 when it moved its head quarters to Thebarton Oval. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. Huppatz also played interstate football for both South Australia and the VFL. Here's my list of the Woodville one hit wonders: Here are my statistics on Rodney Allen, John O'Connor, John Cummins and Ralph Sewer. A Woodville Football Club, about which hardly anything is known, also existed as late as 1910 but thereafter references cease for more than two decades. The Woodville Warriors and the West Torrens Eagles merged after the completion of the 1990 season and have since participated in the SANFL as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, winning the SANFL premiership in 1993, 2006, 2011, 2020, and 2021. I've always believed and hammered home at Woodville that you have got to get your act in order off the ground first - that means from administration down to playersIn the past three years I've been hoping like hell that things would go well. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? The combination of a large and committed playing membership together with our loyal past player and supporter base has allowed the Woodville South Football . All these factors were to the fore as Woodville led at every change in compiling a resounding 43 point win. 00:00. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. You need a TidyHQ to buy tickets, register for memberships and interact with your organisation. Because of the exigencies of war the number of clubs in A2 of the SAAFL was reduced from ten to six in 1941. Jim Crichton was as you said Secretary of the mighty W.F.C. 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