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. FA Cup 4th Round -- Champs League Rd of 16 -- Europa - Rd of 16 -- Europa Conf - Rd of 16. In 1991, the club merged with neighbouring Woodville Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. He was always around the Woodville suburbs singing the Woody Wood Pecker song. 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. to reflect uponThe player I will discuss ( I am positive) has not been mentioned before in the previous thread. ( Flashback to Rd.7 1968 Norwood vs Woodville at Norwood Oval Game Details pretty please!! Another thing Adelaide Hawk, I saw a thread in which you had some players you didn't know the first name to. Blight returned to Woodville in 1983 as Captain-Coach, leading the club through its most successful period. Trev Ettridge from Torrens!!! *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. Past Seasons. And there lies the tragedy of the 'form' side of the competition missing the double chance. Prior to the start of the season he observed: "I'm comfortable, but there are a lot of reasons for that. 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. 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. The following year, with Blight the player now history, Blight the coach finally came into his own. 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 Woodville served a five season probationary period in B grade, reaching the finals once, in 1960, for a third place finish. 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. The following week saw Woodville do the unimaginable: down ladder leaders and firm flag favourites North Adelaide by 3 points at Woodville Oval. Believe he may be the father or uncle of a former popular ' 80s trainer at Oval Avenue: Paul aka "Porky" Crichton, someone may be able to verify this?? 25 April 2022 2:00pm Maughan Thiem Kia Oval - Woodville Naming Rights Partner. Thebarton, which had lights installed for night games since the 1950s (the lights were upgraded in 201112), is occasionally used as an alternative playing venue for the club, with the team having played a handful of games at the venue since 2006. SANFL Night Premierships: 1 - 1988. 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). In 2011, a study commissioned by the AFL identified Woodville-West Torrens as the most effective developer of AFL talent in the country. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). 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. It took 27 years, but order was finally restored for SANFL clubs in the western suburbs in 1991. Thus was born the West Torrens Football Club. Woodville began the following season strongly, reaching the Escort Cup grand final only to lose narrowly to West Adelaide. Adelaide Crows Women's Team: 3 x AFLW premiers! sturt football club copyright . Does anyone remember the said establishment?? . The club won just three matches, all against Central Districts. Pages in category "Woodville Football Club players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. I just told him he could see it for himself the next day just before the Roosters ran onto the Adelaide Oval. The fact that only a handful of the Titles were gained made them lifetime highlights for players, officials and supporters when they did come along. West Torrens had previously played North Adelaide in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final. The merger effectively marked the death knell of the Woodville Football Club as an autonomous organisation, and from that point of view was probably regarded in a negative light by many of the club's supporters, at least initially. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. 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. 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. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. John Carr subsequently succeeded him. Its inaugural season was an indicator of its success (or lack thereof) for the remainder of its existence. Not even West Torrens had managed the feat previously. Under Ebert's coaching, Woodville won the SANFL Night Competition in 1988, the Escort Cup, defeating Port Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 7.9 (51) at Football Park. 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. He then moved on to Port Adelaide where he finished his career with a further 38 games over the ensuing four seasons. After 125 league games for Woodville, which elicited club best and fairest awards in 1969-70-71 and 1973, Huppatz joined Footscray in the VFL where he soon earned a reputation as a tigerish, classy, determined customer. 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. You are using an out of date browser. Knew those old Footy Times yearbooks, might come in handysome of these names will test the memory of any Woody diehard!! 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. Whispers had grown throughout SA football circles that a merger would save these clubs throughout the 1980s. West Coast Eagles Football Club; Seasons. 7. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. Prior to amalgamation, West Torrens won four premierships while Woodville was unable to win a flag. Finally, is there anybody out there perchance who knew ( or knows..) DES " The Battster " Batt? On this occasion, the scoreboard clearly showed the green and golds as winners. Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1964 to 1990, when it merged in 1991 with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles. They had reckoned without the Warriors' intense desperation and desire, however,coupled with the pace of players like Colin McDonald, Ron Fuller and Kevin Harris, and the aerial ability of Michael Templeton and Andrew Taylor. Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award. Woodvillle Football Club History Track from the 1971 SANFL Amoco Promotion. Robert Muir (no. Join a tipping comp - lots to choose from. On returning to South Australia, Ray Huppatz played initially with his former club Woodville, adding 17 SANFL games to his tally in 1981. 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). Do we have the ability to PM each other. Junior football club support day. South Australian National Football League, "Full Points Footy: Max Parker (Footscray, Woodville, North Adelaide)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Parker_(footballer)&oldid=1105238095, This page was last edited on 19 August 2022, at 07:37. Thought I better post some Woody info. Wonder what his stripping alias was maybe " Frank the Flasher" or " Fabulous Frank" ..LOL!! Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. 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. Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. The SAAFL still operated a challenge system of playing finals at this point. Since 1993, the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville's home ground of Woodville Oval, having previously used Football Park. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. I found his name firstly in the team which played in Lindsay Heads' last game (1970) and I also know he was there in 1969 in the seniors. Past Players support day. 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. Trevor "Goose" Ettridge was a fair head chunky, wingman or half back flanker who played in a final for Torrens in 1969. 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. 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 rights reserved. I think he also spent some time as a male stripper. Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award, become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. 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. However it prevailed and finished in 6 th position out of 7 teams in the inaugural season. 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. 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. 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. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). 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. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Before the start of the 2020 SANFL season, the club hired a new coach: former Sturt premiership player and Magarey Medalist Jade Sheedy. Moreso in this thread as Woodville takes a lead, instead of being amongst the "small print". (Also, in 1972 they won the Coca-Cola cup, a competition between teams which did not make the final four). It was certainly in the Woodville area. 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. The Peckers' only three victories for the season were all gained at the expense of the winless Bulldogs by 10, 28 and 35 points. Except that, as so often appears to be the case, 'next season' after a season of apparent promise proved to be an enormous disappointment. 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. 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"! [7] Blight's charges refused to lie down, however, and by half time, incredibly, they had closed to within just 5 points. He took over Geroge Roache's No.26 jumper. 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? The reason for this rejection was never explained, however J H Sinclair was chosen to replace him. 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. 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