West Torrens introduction to the South Australian Football Association in 1897 was a baptism of fire, as the SAFA refused to recognize Dr. Ralph Potts, the Club Patron, as one of the Clubs chosen delegates. [2] However, Walkerville were too strong in the final, winning 13.13 (91) to 8.11 (59) at SANFL club North Adelaide's home ground of Prospect Oval. The Woodville South Football Club was establish in 1890 as the Carlton Football Club and is oneof the oldest and most respected clubs in the South Australian Amateur Football League. Both matches took place at Woodville Oval. The Eagles went in as the underdogs but coach Michael Godden (in only his second year with the team and in a senior coaching position) believed his Eagles could overcome the Dogs. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. He became the second to win one at his first attempt (Winter 1993). A club known as Woodville existed as long ago as 1869 when it was recorded as playing a scratch match against Adelaide on 30th July and losing by 3 goals to 1. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. I happened to mention it a guy at school the next day and it turned out he was in the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad. *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. Or if Ron Fuller is down, Colin McDonald or John Martin will rise to the occasion and tear through the centre to open up the forward line again." Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. On the individual front, it did provide a Magarey Medallist in the shape of Malcolm Blight in 1972, while Woodville players topped the season's goalkicking on no fewer than four occasions. 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. Woodville had also won the Coca-Cola Cup series in 1972, a competition between clubs which did not make the final four. 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). Hoffman,Trevor (1964-69) 77 games, 62 goals : Career Breakdown of Trevor Hoffman's League Career please. A very passionate part of footy. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. Im surprised you had the time dad to post this, after im sure not leaving the front of his house since you discovered its whereabouts! Games: 164 Woodville, 178 North Melbourne Goals: 359 Woodville, 444 North Melbourne Captain Coach: 1983-85 Premierships: North Melbourne 1975, 77 Best and fairest: Woodville 1972 . This was the first premiership against North Adelaide. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. from 1964-66 inclusive. Woodville Oval was the club's base, but home games were played at Football Park. In 1992 the new club moved permanently to the Woodville Oval (former home of the Woodville Warriors). Major Partner. [4] Playing mostly as a defender, Parker appeared in 266 games for Woodville over 14 seasons and was club captain in 1982, 1986 and 1987. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. Frank Eder went to Findon High and was a strapping size of a bloke. sturt football club copyright . Except that, as so often appears to be the case, 'next season' after a season of apparent promise proved to be an enormous disappointment. Heritage Game Lunch Interview with Des O' Dwyer. Hi everybody and hope we are all having a highly enjoyable 2009 thus far! Well curiousity has got the better of me and I went through all of the posts and got just about every league player I could find! Only recently discovered the whereabouts of the late and great Jack " Singer " Edwards former home in Woodville West. Finally, is there anybody out there perchance who knew ( or knows..) DES " The Battster " Batt? A total of 8 wins from 20 starts earned the comparative respectability of seventh place on the ladder and over the final few games of the season in particular, inspired by Teasdale, and with players like carnival ruckman Craig McKellar, experienced stalwarts Simunsen and Barrie Barbary, and exciting youngsters such as Ray Huppatz, Colin MacVicar, Malcolm Blight and Ralph Sewer, all of whom would be automatic inclusions in any Woodville 'Hall of Fame', they looked capable of matching it with the very best. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . In doing so, the club went back-to-back for the first time in their history. *Behinds for the pre-1965 era are for selected matches only Rodney Allen (1965 to 1975) 200 games, 24 goals. Before the start of the 2020 SANFL season, the club hired a new coach: former Sturt premiership player and Magarey Medalist Jade Sheedy. We're the mighty flying Eagles "Woodville's Acid Test" ran the headline to Mike Rucci's story in the prefinals issue of South Australia's weekly football newspaper 'Football Times'. 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. The turning point came in round eleven against Centrals, again at Football Park. Heading into 1964, West Torrens had won four premierships in the previous forty seasons, and were a highly competitive club, regular finalists, and played off in 8 Grand Finals - the last one being the 1953 victory over Port Adelaide. Disposals. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. They defeated Glenelg in the 2021 SANFL Grand Final by a margin of 67 points to claim their 5th premiership and became only the second team all year to defeat Glenelg. 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. He would walk into the bank, a barber's shop the butchers and would start up "Come on the Peckers, Come on the Peckers . it's the Woody Woody Peckers Song". . League. 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. As a junior, he was a very good athlete. Learn how and when to remove this template message, South Australian National Football League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodville_Football_Club&oldid=1098849122, 29.11 (185) v West Torrens, Round 19, 1982, Thebarton Oval, 2.5 (17) v Port Adelaide, Round 19, 1967, Alberton Oval, 117 points v West Torrens, Round 15, 1985, Football Park, 170 points v Glenelg, Round 18, 1971, Glenelg Oval, 9.10 (64) v South Adelaide 7.11 (53), Round 19, 1971, Woodville Oval, 23.10 (148) v West Adelaide 29.16 (190), Round 17, 1984, Richmond Oval. Similarly, the return to the Woodville fold as playing coach a year later of 'favourite son' Malcolm Blight did not immediately succeed in turning things 'round. (Also, in 1972 they won the Coca-Cola cup, a competition between teams which did not make the final four). List of Woodville-West Torrens Players Edit This is a list of players to have played for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Final scores were 18.20 (128) to 18.13 (121), with Ron Fuller the best player on view. 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. 8. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. 27-20 (W) Woodville @ East Chambers On 11/12, the Woodville varsity football team won their away playoff game against East Chambers (Winnie, TX) by a score of 27-20. 00:00. 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. During the 2021 SANFL season, the Eagles finished 2nd behind minor premiers Glenelg who had lost only one game all season. In 1964, when the Woodpeckers embarked on their fully fledged SANFL career, it was Simunsen who was both their first skipper and their first interstate representative, while the coaching duties were handled by former Port Adelaide wingman Harold McDonald. 5. West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990. It was certainly in the Woodville area. 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. I just want to point out that these figures are not official, they are just my personal record taken from papers and year books, so I cannot vouch for their accuracy. Backed up by our B Grade coach Trent Petersen, C Grade coach Roland Chard and Women's coach Courtney Paulson. Prior to amalgamation, West Torrens won four premierships while Woodville was unable to win a flag. Fair to say probably 6,000 of those would have been Magpie supporters. 2. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. However, having qualified for the elimination final the Woodville players may have subconsciously decided that they had achieved enough for one season; in any event, they were never in the contest against reigning premier Norwood and went down by 11 goals. The club's lack of success was unparalleled in the VFL or WAFL with the club receiving 9 wooden spoons, including 6 times in succession 1980-1985, in 27 years whilst only making the finals 3 times without a grand final appearance. In its 27 seasons in the SANFL, Woodville reached the finals only three times: in 1979, 1986 and 1987; its best result was 3rd position in 1986. When I originally posted his name on FootySA, McAlmanac was curious about this too. A four-decade player. Central District were admitted to the league at the same time and, in 1964, it was Woodville's ability to account for their Cinderella rivals which enabled them to avoid the wooden spoon. The 'Football Times' tipsters had changed their tune prior to Woodville's first semi final meeting with Port Adelaide, with four of the five favouring the Warriors. The 1947 season saw Woodville change its colours to green and gold and go close to repeating its premiership triumph of a year earlier. The next seven minor round matches represented one of the pinnacles of Woodville's twenty-seven season involvement in the SANFL at senior level, with victories over Sturt (31 points), Norwood (21 points), West Adelaide (23 points), Port Adelaide (6 points), West Torrens (45 points), Central District (22 points) and North Adelaide (18 points). The following week saw Woodville do the unimaginable: down ladder leaders and firm flag favourites North Adelaide by 3 points at Woodville Oval. Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! I was born in 1959 and have memories of the early days of Woodville. 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. You are using an out of date browser. 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 Rucci then proceeded to sit fairly and squarely on the fence when analysing Woodville's prospects: Woodville, which has qualified for the finals for the second time since it was re-admitted (sic.) Past Players & Officials. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. Photographer Martin Jacka, not dated B 75500/46: Torrens v Woodville at Thebarton. . Whether it does win is in the hands of the 20 men Blight chooses to determine his destiny. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. Sadly, however, 1970 did not see the club build on this platform. Your TidyHQ Account includes the email address and password you use to log in, as well as all the contact, payment and security details that you will use for this organisation and across all TidyHQ services. This Club was accepted into the Adelaide and Suburban Association and won two Premierships in a row. 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. Woodville south football club past players. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. Woodville began the following season strongly, reaching the Escort Cup grand final only to lose narrowly to West Adelaide. The Warriors simply overwhelmed their opposition to win with consummate ease, 27.20 (182) to 11.15 (81). 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. Full forward Stephen Nichols booted 5 goals, with Templeton and Taylor bagging 3 apiece, while Kevin Harris, with 21 possessions, was best on ground. 1980 Sachse John - the "other" Sachse brother; Leaping Lindner reckons it must have been a pre-season match. Watched by a crowd of 39,086, the biggest to witness a first semi final since 1967, and indeed the largest crowd that Woodville was ever to appear in front of, Port opened with all guns blazing to register 9 opening term goals to 3 and seemingly have one foot firmly in the preliminary final. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. I remember going to Prospect Oval the Thursday night before the 1971 GF. In hindsight it is possible to suggest that Blight expected such success. And you'll see what we can do, We're the mighty flying Eagles The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. In 1940 it changed its colours to purple and white and was admitted to section A2 of the South Australian Amateur Football League. G Rimes was the Captain of the team and they finished in fourth position out of five teams. It was not until 1902 that the Hindmarsh Council realising the need of a local Oval started to redevelop an irregular shaped paddock known as Lindsays Circus which was opened in 1905 as Hindmarsh Oval and the home ground of West Torrens Football Club. 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. Had the young Woodville players been given the chance to play in a final - just to get the feel of playing in the big time - they would be a better proposition for the grand final. It took 27 years, but order was finally restored for SANFL clubs in the western suburbs in 1991. Now he becomes eligible for the "Worst Recruit" category, and would possibly be in the first few lines of the betting. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach This proved to be a false dawn, however, as the side recorded only 2 further wins for the year - one of which was against Central District - to finish in a position which was to become familiar: last. Well, there's an interesting story! After finishing the minor round in second place behind University they had to overturn Semaphore Central (12.18 to 10.15) in a semi final and Colonel Light Gardens (13.15 to 11.9) in the final before responding to the challenge which University, as minor premiers, had the right to throw down. "At the moment, it hasn't got an obvious one for any length of time. 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