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. In the final, played at Mortlock Oval, Woodville had to battle all the way to shake off a determined Goodwood, but steadiness under pressure ultimately paid off with a 12.7 (79) to 10.14 (74) win. This Club was accepted into the Adelaide and Suburban Association and won two Premierships in a row. Sadly, however, 1970 did not see the club build on this platform. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. The records you've got are of course not perfect, but I thought I might point that out. Round 18 Woodville South vs SMOSH 10.15am C Grade start 12.15pm B Grade start 2.15pm A Grade start Catstodians Day. Not a patch on the model citizens attending Henley High - despite us having quite possibly the worst guernsy in SA schoolboy history. In 2011, a study commissioned by the AFL identified Woodville-West Torrens as the most effective developer of AFL talent in the country. Wonder if he " displayed his wares" out at the Penthouse Club on Glen Osmond Rd. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. 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. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. 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. Does anyone on here have a Woodville peckers guernsey? AFL. 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. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. Moreso in this thread as Woodville takes a lead, instead of being amongst the "small print". 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. [8]. But one thing hasn't changed - Woodville still lack finals experience. 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. It appears that the Club went by the somewhat strange pseudonym of The Butchers, and perhaps this was because the team contained a number of slaughtermen and it seems to have played matches near the West Park slaughterhouse that was situated behind the Adelaide Gaol. A photo does exist in the Hindmarsh Historical Society of a West Torrens team dated 1881. Massive thanks to Keith Leicester for posting this audio track on his website.htt. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. You must log in or register to reply here. "There was no better player than Muir," says his first coach . 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. Now he becomes eligible for the "Worst Recruit" category, and would possibly be in the first few lines of the betting. *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. 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. And there lies the tragedy of the 'form' side of the competition missing the double chance. Our newly upgraded Gym allows us to provide the best training facilities, equipment and football experience for our players.We are a very professionally run club and do everything possible to provide the best playing conditions for all of our members. 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. They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval, a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final (a game won by West Torrens). JavaScript is disabled. Do you still have a player you don't know their first name? Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. 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. In 1990, the imminent admission of the Adelaide Crows into the AFL placed both club's futures as separate entities in serious doubt: West Torrens was technically insolvent, 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? He would sign autographs to kids walking by. 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. Michael Aish's wife Pam Spalding also worked there and Michael was a regular fixture at many of our social occasions as well. 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. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. ( Flashback to Rd.7 1968 Norwood vs Woodville at Norwood Oval Game Details pretty please!! 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! Used to have female and male strippers " doing their thing" and after they were finished their acts on would come the DJ spinning all the big ti.. er I mean hits!! Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. 2014 AFL Season; 2013 AFL Season; 2012 AFL Season; 2011 AFL Season; 2010 AFL Season; . . 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Also, I looked in the Round 20 1990 Budget I got from "At the Toss of a Coin" store and noticed that Sewer had played 380 matches (plus one) so that would make 381, opposed to 382 you have. 5. South Australian National Football league. This includes: Events, Memberships, Meetings, Finances, Online Shop, Communications and more. How many other players' careers have transcended four decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)? AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . 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. 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. Between 1980 and 1985 Woodville collected an unenviable six successive wooden spoons to create a new SANFL record (subsequently surpassed by Sturt). Malcolm Blight left at the end of the 1987 season and was replaced as coach by another South Australian football legend in the shape of the only four time Magarey Medallist, Russell Ebert. [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. Nevertheless, there was always next season. 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. Woodville,Roys,NT Thunder Jan 12, 2006 Thread starter #1,004 Name the player? Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. Yes, Ettridge played at Torrens alright. 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. 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. The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. 8. Full Points Footy's Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, Volume 1. Past Players support day. [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. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. 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. with debts of $1.1 million, and while Woodville was financially viable, club officials realised that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the club to be competitive in the foreseeable future. For most of this three year period it was clear that the club was living on borrowed time, and while the formation of the Adelaide Crows at the end of the 1990 season may have precipitated matters, the merger with West Torrens which produced the WoodvilleWest Torrens Eagles in 1991 may, in hindsight, be viewed as having been almost inevitable. Grenville Dietrich 17 Shane McGrath 16 Damien Christensen 14 David Foote 13 Keith Baker 12 Michael Edmonds 11 Ian Hanna 10 Steven Barratt 9 Justin Smith 9 Alan Schwartz 7 Gerard Toohey 6 Jeff Graham 5 Grant Eyles 4 Stephen Flintham 3 Gavin Appleton 3 Dale Wilson 3 Ashley Mitchell 3 John Cunningham 2 Trevor Pierson 1 | Facebook Woodville south football club past players. Woodville's captain in their last game was popular veteran Ralph Sewer (regular captain Romano Negri was in the team but stepped aside for the last game to give Sewer the honor). In 1959 the existing SANFL clubs agreed to submissions from Woodville and Central District to expand the competition from eight to ten teams on the proviso they enter the SANFL reserves competition on a five-year apprenticeship before gaining admission to the league competition in 1964. Tip round 1 in Tipping - Weekly Platinum Membership prize. Hoffman,Trevor (1964-69) 77 games, 62 goals : Career Breakdown of Trevor Hoffman's League Career please. A very passionate part of footy. 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. The Peckers' only three victories for the season were all gained at the expense of the winless Bulldogs by 10, 28 and 35 points. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title.