Public group Join group His 325 games was a club record. 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. . on back of photo, not dated B 75500/129: From back of photo - giant West Torrens ruckman, Chris Lindsay (6'9) looks after his new recruit rover, Dominic Fotia, during training during the rain on the sodden Thebarton Oval. [6]. Woodville served a five season probationary period in B grade, reaching the finals once, in 1960, for a third place finish. AFL. 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. Woodville South is developing itself as the football from everyone. 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). Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. 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. 00:00. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! That is Woodville's penalty for starting the season so poorly. Woodville - and the tactics of Blight and assistant coach John Reid - can beat Norwood. I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. 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. 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. One painted green and the other gold. A TidyHQ Account is the personal account you use to access organisations that use TidyHQ to run their back office. True, the side did manage to win 4 and draw 1 of its 20 minor round matches in 1966 to finish in the dizzy heights of eighth position, but overall it was rapidly becoming clear that both Woodville and fellow newcomers Central District were little better than competition makeweights. Major Partner. The success was cut short when the Adelaide and Suburban competition went into a recess. 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Hey everyone, Don't have birthdates available on many of the legendary Woodville League players from 1964- to the late 1970s but can post birthdays for most of the 1980s onward Peckers/Warrior champs and dare I say it ( but only the minority..LOL) "chumps"! 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. 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. Not even a change of emblem in 1982 from the admittedly whimpish 'Woodpeckers' to the ostensibly more macho Warriors could arrest the decline; after all, it is "the men inside the guernseys that count". To be honest, I never correlated the two players, but when someone said it was the same player I couldn't say for certain as I don't remember the Woodville Ettridge all that well. Its inaugural season was an indicator of its success (or lack thereof) for the remainder of its existence. 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, Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. The 38-year-old Sewer who was playing his 382nd and last game of SANFL football. The Peckers' only three victories for the season were all gained at the expense of the winless Bulldogs by 10, 28 and 35 points. It may not display this or other websites correctly. This ground was shared with many of the locally based sporting codes but because of its odd shape and lack of available expansion space it was constantly criticised as an Oval not up to the standard for League Football. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. + Score at the end of extra time. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. Now he becomes eligible for the "Worst Recruit" category, and would possibly be in the first few lines of the betting. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 26, 11/9/86, page 2. "Zip Zap" as he was known, made his league debut with Woodville in 1969 and was playing his 325th game for the club. Jim Crichton was as you said Secretary of the mighty W.F.C. Moreso in this thread as Woodville takes a lead, instead of being amongst the "small print". history search requests & donations history timeline premierships honour board the players hall of fame team of the century club centurions club achievements afl draftees venue shop merchandise single entry tickets pick-a-picket baggy blue contact home; player profiles; player profiles. When I originally posted his name on FootySA, McAlmanac was curious about this too. It contested the finals just three times, with third place in 1986 being its best ever effort. ?A famous Pecker in more respects than he may know!! "When assessing Woodville it is difficult to know where you might be able to exploit a weakness in its game," suggested Sturt coach Merv Keane in his post match analysis. 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. Woodville's first win against a club other than Centrals came in the opening round of the 1965 season against Norwood. Robert Muir (no. | Facebook Woodville south football club past players. List of West Torrens players Edit Edit source History Talk (0) List [] PLAYER GAMES GOALS CAREER SPAN CLUBS (SANFL) WEIGHT Filsell, Edwin 112 18 1897-1906 WTOR . 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. It would be the last trophy the Woodville Football Club would win in the SANFL. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. In Sheedy's first year in charge, the club finished minor premiers and advanced to the 2020 SANFL Grand Final where the club overcame North Adelaide by 39 points to win their first premiership in 9 years. 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. The reason for this rejection was never explained, however J H Sinclair was chosen to replace him. Blight stood down at the end of 1987 and was replaced by Port Adelaide Football Club legend and four time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert. 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. He was high among North's best players in the losing 1978 grand final against Hawthorn. West Torrens Football Club History See The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress, p.199. 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. Tournament Game 2022 UIL Texas Football State Championships 2022 Football Conference 3A D1 Woodville 27 East Chambers 20 Final Box Score All Contest Videos Tournament Bracket Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. You must log in or register to reply here. Godden became the third coach to win a Premiership for Woodville-West Torrens, following Bruce Winter (1993) and Ron Fuller (2006). The new team trained in a yard behind the Land of Promise Hotel but this was soon found to be inadequate so the players used Port Road . Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. Presented by The Golden Ticket - For Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the MCG and Marvel. Before the game a number of legends from both clubs were introduced to the crowd. [3]. These tallies refer to premiership (home-and-away) matches only. Ruckman Craig Parry was named the Jack Oatey Medalist for Best on Ground for 2011. sturt's senior squad . 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. West Adelaide United, in 1935-6, were the only other club to achieve the feat. [8]. [4], A three time South Australian interstate representative, Parker retired with 280 SANFL games and a total of 285 games in elite Australian rules football, and also played a further 21 pre-season/night series matches.[4]. Do we have the ability to PM each other. 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. This was to prove to be the last ever time that Woodville would play off for the A1 premiership prior to the club's elevation to SANFL B grade status in 1959. 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. 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. 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. 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. The following year, however, finally brought the long awaited breakthrough as the 'Peckers won 10 out of 22 minor round matches to snatch fifth spot from North Adelaide on percentage. I think they all played league, but feel free to let me know if they didn't. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. 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. Full forward Stephen Nichols booted 5 goals, with Templeton and Taylor bagging 3 apiece, while Kevin Harris, with 21 possessions, was best on ground. and I think this also brings up the 1000th post!!! Quoted in Football Times Yearbook 1986, pages 6-7. The club has a strong proactive committee and an excellent football department led by our football director Peter Johnson and our Senior Club Wayne Knowles. Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. 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). You are so correct - talking of the 60's, 70's & early 80's SANFL has been great. The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. B 75500/43: Sturt v Woodville, players Richard Champion and Michael Friebel. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. 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. 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. 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. The Kreig Dynasty at the Woodville Football Club Can recall Larry, but not Curly & Mo!!! In 1992 the new club moved permanently to the Woodville Oval (former home of the Woodville Warriors). 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. Frank Eder went to Findon High and was a strapping size of a bloke. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. O old pecker Draftee May 22, 2007 4 0 It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. [5] Against both North Melbourne and South Melbourne he kicked three goals. Discounting grand final curtain raisers played by reserves sides. Jim Crichton was also Assistant General Manager of the S.A. Housing Trust up until his death in around 1990 or 1991. Since entering the league together the two clubs had enjoyed an intense and unique rivalry; it hardly seemed to matter what the respective positions of the sides on the ladder were, their confrontations over a season almost invariably tended to be closely fought. from 1964-66 inclusive. The U/18s also lost their decider. It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach Moreover, and without at all wanting to seem unkind, it is hard to imagine any alternative set of circumstances which would have given rise to the word 'Woodville' being engraved on the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy. 2021 (7 - 4) 2020 (8 - 3) 2019 (4 - 6) 2018 (11 - 1) The following week saw Woodville do the unimaginable: down ladder leaders and firm flag favourites North Adelaide by 3 points at Woodville Oval. And watch the Feathers fly 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. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Woodville's most successful player was Malcolm Blight, who won the SANFL's Magarey Medal and gained selection in the All Australian team in 1972. It only takes a few seconds. Major Partner. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. 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! Des O' Dwyer played with Woodville from middish 1986 to 1990 incl. 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). The SAAFL still operated a challenge system of playing finals at this point. A photo does exist in the Hindmarsh Historical Society of a West Torrens team dated 1881. Between 1980 and 1985 Woodville collected an unenviable six successive wooden spoons to create a new SANFL record (subsequently surpassed by Sturt). 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. [4] He made five appearances for Footscray in the 1971 VFL season, aged only 17. 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. 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. For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. - the players effectively 'froze', putting in a woeful performance to lose by 15 points and slump to fourth, which meant an elimination final meeting with finals-hardened Norwood. Trevor Ettridge for Woodville was a rangy, dark head defender, taller and leaner than his Torrens counterpart. Home; Leagues; Clubs; Players; Coaches; Grounds; Articles; Community. I think you will find that they are two distinct blokes. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. The third term had the huge crowd at fever pitch as the two sides went goal for goal with the Magpies hanging on to a 6 point advantage at the final change. 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 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." 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. JavaScript is disabled. [4] As his new club already had established ruckmen in Gary Dempsey and Barry Round, Parker was tried as a key forward. South Australian Football Hall of Fame members. He played 105 Games and kicked 7 Goals during his Woodville career.Don't have his Norwood or Melbourne details and also played in the early '90s for Woodville/West Torrens. + Score at the end of extra time. SANFL Under 17's: 5 - 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, Most Games: 325 by Ralph Sewer (196980, 198490), First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Trevor Pierson (1982 - 104 goals). 4. I know where a Des Batt lived until about May last year. Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. 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". Get the latest news and information about the Woodville Eagles football from Dave Campbell's Texas Football. 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. . In newspaper reports on the games the first captain appears to be Fanning but later in the season he was replaced by J Collins. 32), seen here playing for St Kilda in 1978, was regarded as one of the VFL's most talented players. John Carr subsequently succeeded him. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. 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. MALCOLM BLIGHT. In 2011, a study commissioned by the AFL identified Woodville-West Torrens as the most effective developer of AFL talent in the country. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. You need a TidyHQ to buy tickets, register for memberships and interact with your organisation. His first season back in Adelaide was unsuccessful, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon. This page was last edited on 17 July 2022, at 19:48. I worked at the Trust, as did his sons Paul (Porky) and Rick Crichton. 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. West Torrens were also dragged down to this level by the 1970s. 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. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. Do you still have a player you don't know their first name? to reflect uponThe player I will discuss ( I am positive) has not been mentioned before in the previous thread. 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). The following year, with Blight the player now history, Blight the coach finally came into his own. 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. Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! . Success in attaining the A2 premiership earned Woodville automatic promotion to A1, but the club had to wait until 1946 to savour the benefits of this privilege, as the SAAFL went into recess for the next four seasons owing to the war. Ah thanks again! 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 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. The club is also famous for having a fantastic social scene and you can be assured that your partnersand families will really feel apart of the club andenjoy the atmosphere at our club. 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. Based in the north western suburb of Woodville, the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club was formed in 1991 when Woodville and West Torrens amalgamated. 1. 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. I never knew that. Get exclusive insight from the best team of reporters in the Lone Star State! 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. Inexplicably, however - or should that be predictably? Woodville began the following season strongly, reaching the Escort Cup grand final only to lose narrowly to West Adelaide. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. On this occasion, the scoreboard clearly showed the green and golds as winners. He resigned the position after making a point of principle at the SAFA meeting while being abused by fellow delegates. The West Torrens Club, as the fans knew it, had its beginnings from a group of players known as the Port Natives. In hindsight it is possible to suggest that Blight expected such success. The Eagles became the first side to win the Premiership from a Qualifying Final loss since Sturt did so in 1976, and the only club in the competition to have won Premierships in each of the last 3 decades. Obviously he had to do until guys like McKellar came along. That would explain it, 12 games and 25 goals for Panagaris' career suggests he wasnt a complete dud. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? All rights reserved. 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. Of a total of 575 matches played during that period the side managed just 160 wins and 4 draws. The 1967 performance was especially noteworthy in that, besides the draw, the Peckers managed only a solitary win for the year en route to their second wooden spoon. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. 2023. Woodville's preliminary final opponents Glenelg, by contrast, were looking distinctly out of sorts, having lost badly to North Adelaide in the second semi final. All matches are played on Saturdays. 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. G Rimes was the Captain of the team and they finished in fourth position out of five teams. Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award. To read the 2022 season preview please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. 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. (and hopefully the image will work!!) (You included Robert Mammone, David Crisanti and Rohan McGrath who to my knowledge never played a league for Woodville). 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. In 1985, his final season as a player, Blight was named as an All Australian for the second time (the first had been 'way back in 1972) and topped the SANFL goalkicking list with 126 goals for the year. And we always battle through [3] Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. 2014 AFL Season; 2013 AFL Season; 2012 AFL Season; 2011 AFL Season; 2010 AFL Season; . 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SANFL Football - Woodville West Torrens Eagles Vintage Jackets - Size 2XL / 3XL at the best online prices at eBay! Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. [1] Further sporadic references to Woodville followed up to and including 1877 when a club bearing that name participated in the debut season of the South Australian Football Association, finishing fifth out of eight. Observation made at the time of the emblem switch by Whimpress, op cit, p.202. Charity Partner . The team won 3 games, drew 1 (abandoned after quarter time) and lost 13, which included a forfeit. 3. They also made the finals in 1987, but came 5th, losing the Elimination Final to Glenelg. Woodville did not win a premiership or play in a grand final in their twenty-seven seasons (196490), usually being close to or on the bottom of the ladder. Adelaide . 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. Round 18 Woodville South vs SMOSH 10.15am C Grade start 12.15pm B Grade start 2.15pm A Grade start Catstodians Day. 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