The only other win for the season was over Hotham United. Kelly was just 17yo when he was imprisoned from June 1873 to January 1874 on the floating prison hulk, Sacramento, which was docked at Pt Gellibrand. Wills was captain of Melbourne in 1858-1859, Richmond in 1860 and Geelong in 1867-1868 and 1872-1873. We are reaching out to the families or next of kin to contact the club as soon as possible. A great football club is a place to belong. The club was initially considered a junior club, before being granted senior status in 1884. The crowd also encroached on the ground and interfered with the play, any good play on the part of our team being hooted in a shameful manner. #ProudlyWilliamstown. Harrison took over as captain of Melbourne. Williamstown has proved a great training ground for coaches as well. 'Town finished 7th out of a competition of 15 teams. The first record of Williamstown winning a game was reported in the Chronicle on August 5, 1871, when it defeated Wesley College three goals to nil a week earlier (refer report below). The Leader newspaper of 28 June 1873 very similarly described it as 'one of the worst grounds that could be selected for football purposes, as, independent of being a regular quagmire, it is covered in several places with very dangerous obstacles in the shape of large pieces of bluestone.'. He was the first vice-president of the VFA in 1877 and was president of Melbourne from 1897 to 1906. To view premiership teams click www.williamstown.com.au/premiership-photos. The Second Twenty were more successful, winning 5 of their 12 matches, losing 3 with 4 draws. Football, Cricket, Netball and Darts, plus a fantastic Oval and Function Venue for Hire, with fully. By the end of the 1870's, the Victorian code of rules controlled almost all football matches in Victoria and was exported to other colonies, with compromises and amendments along the way. A rover in the Seagulls 1921 premiership win over Footscray. The Challenge Cup and the Junior Challenge Cup were discontinued with the formation of the first controlling body, the VFA. North would rapidly achieve 'senior' status by 1874. It also enhanced recruitment. Williamstown Chronicle, August 5, 1871 - a report of the game against Wesley College on July 29 which resulting in the Villagers' first recorded victory, 3 goals to NIL. They were renamed the 'Victorian Rules' at the meeting and continued to evolve into the game we all know today. Williamstown Chronicle, September 2, 1876. A. Fowler was elected captain of the Second Twenty with three vice-captains in Litchfield, Percy and Jamieson. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; The defeats were at the hands of North Melbourne (twice), Studley Park and Hawthorn. He did not appear to have played any part in the formation of the VFA and nor was he ever a secretary or delegate of any club. FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF THE WILLIAMSTOWN FOOTBALL CLUB FROM 1880 TO THE PRESENT DAY, PLEASE REFER TO THE RESPECTIVE DECADES UNDER THE 'HISTORY' TAB. Ajax was promoted to the top Dutch league, the Eredivisie, for the first time in 1911. Weatherall.' Williamstown's ground was shared with another club called Battery United, which was formed in 1877 and became the second strong team in the Williamstown area and similarly found games difficult to organise in its early seasons. The same scoreline was registered in a game against Hawthorn, also at the. However, secretaries of football clubs often had to rely on information that was not always accurate. var addy_text98c4d7b017a5593e90d954012576f9fc = 'admin' + '@' + 'williamstownfc' + '.' + 'com' + '.' + 'au';document.getElementById('cloak98c4d7b017a5593e90d954012576f9fc').innerHTML += ''+addy_text98c4d7b017a5593e90d954012576f9fc+'<\/a>'; 2015 Williamstown Footbal Club - Site design by AdTorque Edge. Also, due to the relative newness of the sport, the newspapers of the day didn't rate a game of football highly and, subsequently, did not report on them. Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional football club which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore.They are based in Woodlands at the 4,300 seater Woodlands Stadium, where they have played since their establishment.. Woodlands Wellington FC's honours include winning the inaugural Singapore League Cup in 2007, defeating Sengkang Punggol FC 4-0 . The only major success that Williamstown experienced in these formative years was in 1876 when it competed with other 'junior clubs' for the Junior Challenge Cup. Also, 1870 was the first year that the Club had a recorded president in Alfred Thomas Clark, local MLA for 17 years and founder of the Williamstown Advertiser, and local printer, Duncan McLeod, was the first recorded secretary since Hugh Ronald Reid in 1860. He added that 'there are no reports about matches played by Booroondara or Williamstown'. A Fitzroy team also appeared in 1864 but was a different club to that which joined the Victorian Football Association (VFA)in 1884. It was reported in the Williamstown Chronicle of April 20, 1878, following the annual meeting in respect of the 1877 season, held at the Mechanics Institute on April 17, that'on a great many occasions not more than 10 of the team chosen put in an appearance, the average for the season being about 15 per match'. In total, 5 games were played in the 1871 season, 2 of which were won and 3 lost. A listing of players to have played with Williamstown in the Victorian Football League, previously known as the VFA. Williamstown Chronicle, May 15, 1875 - at a meeting held at the Mechanics' Institute in Electra Street on Monday, May 10, 1875, it was resolved to adopt a 'knickerbocker uniform of blue and white.'. It will the club's men's team's 127th season as a member of the Australian Football League, and the second under senior coach Michael Voss; and it will be the club's women's team's eighth season contesting the AFL Women's.The club will also field its men's reserves team in the Victorian . He played for the Football Club in the 1860's & 70's and organised the meeting in May 1870 that restarted the Club. The only other recorded game in 1866 was on June 9 when Williamstown played H. M. Customs, or the Melbourne Customs Club, at Market Reserve and the match was a nil-all draw 'after two hours hard work and many severe spills on either side', as reported by The Argus on June 11. Williamstown Chronicle, May 14, 1870 - the meeting organised by James Arthur Thompson in an effort to restart the Williamstown Football Club. 03-03-23. Williamstown Chronicle, May 31, 1879 - Williamstown's highest score and greatest winning margin to date was achieved in a game at Heidelberg on May 24, 1879. By Paddy Farley The VFL side will take on the Northern Bullants at Highgate Recreation Reserve this Saturday at 10:45am. William J. Hammersley (a sports journalist), James B. Thompson (an Argus journalist and secretary of the Melbourne FC), Thomas H.Smith (headmaster of Scotch College) and Tom W. Wills, as well as J. Sewell (Melbourne FC treasurer), Alex Bruce and T. Butterworth. In 1865, the Athletics Sports Committee began a competition for football clubs that was known as the Challenge Cup, with the principal competitors being Melbourne, Carlton, Geelong, Royal Park, South Yarra and University, but games were often played against 'junior' clubs such as Williamstown, which were allowed 23 or 25 players against the senior club's 20 players. In effect, this meant that clubs could control promotion to, and relegation from, the senior grade by the simple process of including a strong junior team in the senior fixtures, and little progress was made over the next few years due to the selfish club interests which prevented such things as paid umpires, points for wins and draws, boundary umpires, independent tribunals for reported players and a properly drawn-up fixture. TRAILBLAZERS: 1864 - 1900. The heaters will also be cranks in the clubrooms & the bar. Both played in 1876 when 'Town won the Junior Challenge Cup, the Club's first piece of silverware. See what Nick Rutley is doing for the group. The captain of the Second Twenty for 1880 was C. Hernan with C. Percy vice-captain. Statue of Alfred Thomas Clark in Williamstown Botanical Gardens, the Football Club's first recorded president in 1870 and who would serve 11 years in that role over three terms (1870-71, 1873-1875 and 1882-1887). . The Captain, Bob Waycott, and vice-captain, John Charles Frederick Ulbrick, who were both re-appointed at the meeting for the 1878 season, instituted a fine of one shilling for players who failed to turn up for games without a valid excuse. Whilst no records can be found of any games in 1870, the Club must have been in existence due to the reference in the 1875 edition of 'The Footballer' to the 'new edition of Williamstown, which was formed in 1870.' Charlie was the father of Wyn and Mat Outen who both played in Williamstown's first VFA premiership team in 1907 and were both vice-captains during the season. Liam Conway. Directly the ball was sent on its journey no less than twenty individuals rushed from the crowd and made themselves as conspicuous in the match as their friends, the Park club. Williamstown's newly-reformedSecond Twenty also did well in this season with 5 wins and 2 draws from its 10 matches. Played as a follower for Williamstown and represented the VFA against the VFL at the MCG in 1931. Williamstown FC - Team of the Century Full Back Line: Eric Beitzel Games: 113 Goals: 0 Team of the Century Position: Back pocket Honours: Premiership player - 1955, 56, 58, 59. By 1875, there were 96 Australian Rules football clubs in Melbourne and its suburbs and 42 clubs in regional areas. Games were played against senior teams South Melbourne at Albert Park on May 3, losing 2.24 to 0.1, at St Kilda on June 7, losing 3 goals to nil, and at the MCG on July 26, losing to Melbourne, 4.32 to 0.2. One of these matches was on August 1 where it was reported in The Argus two days later that the 'Williamstown Club sent a team to Hawthorn to play the local club, but the game was brought to an abrupt conclusion in consequence of the Williamstown men declining to play any longer with the umpire, who they considered was not impartial.' Reels. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Essendon, Hawthorn and St Kilda (in its second reincarnation) emerged as junior clubs in 1873, but it was only the 'Dons that would go on to become on of the great clubs in football. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; On a more positive note, it was reported that 'the number of members obtained during the season reached the large number of 109, which is the largest number yet obtained since the formation of the club'. Arthur 'Porky' Sykes: Played 124 games and kicked 4 goals between 1926 and 1934. The purpose of the meeting was to reconsider the 'Melbourne' rules, formalise them and to reach an agreement on them. Dec 19, 2022. The leading goalkicker was Johnny Rees with three, while J. Monteith kicked two and D. Burke and John Charles Frederick Ulbrick one each. Tom Monteith received a 'handsome silver-mounted emu egg .. for the best all-round player during the season 1877'. Also, following the annual meeting of club delegates/secretaries at Nissen's Cafe in Bourke Street on May 12, a new rule was introduced that players could only represent one club during the year. The opposition kicked 15. 'The Footballer' publication of 1879 stated that the 'Fishing Village is strong in football, and musters three clubs, Williamstown, North Williamstown and Battery United .. although there is not much to choose between the last two. It was the club's seventh VFA premiership, and the last won by its senior team. Click to see who will be lining up this weekend for Williamstown, Ben Andrews will be at DSV Stadium in 2023, Click here to find out who has came back to the nest, Powered by ChronoForms - ChronoEngine.com, Admin Office Address: Seagulls Nest, Level 1, 1 Mason Street, Newport 3015, Ground Address:Williamstown Football Ground, Morris Street, Williamstown 3016. A solid defender who joined the club from Collingwood. A four time B&B winner in 1930, 31, 32 and 1933. The following 51 players, officials and volunteers were announced as the inaugural inductees tthe Williamstown Football Club Hall of Fame. 'Town suffered their first and only defeat for the season on July 8 at Albert Park against South Park, in a match described by the Williamstown Chronicle of July 15 as 'since the origin of football in Williamstown, a twenty had never to contend with such despicable and unfair players as represented the South Park on Saturday last. In the return match at Williamstown on July 13, St Kilda sent a telegram saying they had only 11 players at the railway station and the match was abandoned. Amazingly, 21 goals were kicked during the season with just one major scored against the Villagers. An important change was made in the rules just before the 1869 season began. There was allegedly another game between Melbourne Grammar and a St Kilda team at St Kilda on July 31 that was abandoned due to a dispute over the rules. Riggall had also played for Royal Park in 1865. Further evidence as to the origins of Williamstown Football Club being attributable to 1860. The identities of the two players is unknown but it is the oldest photo in the Club's collection. In fact, the home side was so dominant that Williamstown's goal sneaks and one or two forward players had so little to do that, with Melbourne back players, they kept themselves warm by playing leap-frog, while the play was going on at the other end of the ground.'. In a landmark event in football's development, at a meeting on May 22, 1872, at Garton's Hotel in Swanston Street, club delegates/secretaries amended the 1866 rules including a change of ends after half-time instead of each time a goal was scored and authority for umpires to interpret the rules and call infringements and award free kicks rather than just being an arbiter in disputes between captains. The game against East Melbourne on July 6 was moved to the Gardens (Fearon) Reserve owing to 'the wet state of the Market Reserve' as was the game against South Yarra Seconds on July 27. A total of 16 goals were kicked by the Villagers against 1 kicked by the opposition. Pages in category "Williamstown Football Club players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 304 total. South Melbourne became a senior club in 1879 while Barwon dropped out and St Kilda, after struggling to field a team for most of the year, disbanded again in early September. 1970'sGreat football clubs are more than successful on and off the field; they are more than a place to play and enjoy the game of Aussie Rules. The Williamstown Chronicle reported on April 21, 1870, that so few members attended the annual meeting in respect of the 1869 season, that a club could not be formed. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; It was in this season that cricket clubs began courting football clubs to share their grounds and football thus began the transition from free public parks to enclosed grounds and admission fees, a move which financed improvements to the grounds and facilities and secured the future of cricket clubs.

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