5. [4]. * Premiership Coach, italics current captain Each club progressed straight through to their respective Grand Finals, and the Reserves completed a remarkable undefeated season (first team to do so since West Torrens in 1919) to take out their 8th flag. 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. Woodville began the following season strongly, reaching the Escort Cup grand final only to lose narrowly to West Adelaide. [5] Against both North Melbourne and South Melbourne he kicked three goals. Ah thanks again! 'Football Times', volume 11, number 26, 11/9/86, page 2. Things deteriorated still further in 1971 as the 'Peckers plummeted to the wooden spoon, and although this particular indignity was avoided during the rest of the 1970s it was only towards the end of the decade that the club began to give serious on field indications that it could be anything other than an also ran. A photo does exist in the Hindmarsh Historical Society of a West Torrens team dated 1881. 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). + Score at the end of extra time. I recall McAlmanac posting that Jim was heavily involved with the Woodville District Cricket Club also! The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles first home ground was SANFL league headquarters Football Park in their inaugural season of 1991. 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. The Kreig Dynasty at the Woodville Football Club Can recall Larry, but not Curly & Mo!!! For the record Woodville 14-20 104 defeated Port Adelaide 11-13 79 in front of 6,775 fans. Full Points Footy's Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, Volume 1. This page was last edited on 17 July 2022, at 19:48. 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 . Since 1993, the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville's home ground of Woodville Oval, having previously used Football Park. 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." Although this is the last day of January, I will kick off with the birthdays that occurred in the first month of the year. This setback only served to spark the Warriors into renewed resolve. In 1992 the new club moved permanently to the Woodville Oval (former home of the Woodville Warriors). [3]. 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. I also have a memory of Jim Crighton who was secretary of the club in the early days. The club won just three matches, all against Central Districts. 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. 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. You are using an out of date browser. He also had stints at Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with North Adelaide. Trevor Ettridge for Woodville was a rangy, dark head defender, taller and leaner than his Torrens counterpart. 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. Woodville had also won the Coca-Cola Cup series in 1972, a competition between clubs which did not make the final four. The archetypal nuggety, terrier-like rover, Ray Huppatz was without doubt one of the greatest players ever produced by, or to represent, the Woodville Football Club. The colours of the Club at that time were Red. Copyright 2023 Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. The Hindmarsh Council spent a lot of pounds in an effort to improve the situation over the years and the Club used the Oval until 1922 when it moved its head quarters to Thebarton Oval. In fact i think somewhere in part 1 of this thread there is a pic or Larry displaying the "professor" look. 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?? Does anyone on here have a Woodville peckers guernsey? 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. B 75500/43: Sturt v Woodville, players Richard Champion and Michael Friebel. Dave Campbell's Texas Football reveals its 2023 6-Year TXHSFB Program Rankings, a comprehensive measure of every UIL Texas high school football program. Trevor Ettridge (Woodville) played 27 games, 11 goals from 1972 to 1975. 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. [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]. And we always battle through Prior to amalgamation, West Torrens won four premierships while Woodville was unable to win a flag. He became the second to win one at his first attempt (Winter 1993). I remember walking past Singer Edwards place and he had a pair of footy boots on his front gate. Also, what is the first name of J Partridge? Now he becomes eligible for the "Worst Recruit" category, and would possibly be in the first few lines of the betting. Adelaide . He followed me around all day trying to get information how big was it, what was on the banner, etc. The highlights of Woodville's SANFL career during the 1960s were arguably its draw in 1967 and its win two years later against Jack Oatey's all-conquering Sturt side. The fourth quarter was just as thrilling, but gradually it was the Warriors who appeared to be getting on top. 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. 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. 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 . 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. It then comfortably accounted for Collegians 14.10 (94) to 6.10 (46) in a semi final. 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. I'm sure Fatty, TBW, McAlmanac et al will have a few stories to tell about some of those players! [3], Parker was a ruckman when he arrived at Footscray from Welshpool. Does anyone remember the said establishment?? 'Football Times', volume 11, number 28, 25/9/86, page 6. The club would play their home games at Woodville's home ground, Woodville Oval, and use the West Torrens Eagle emblem. Pretty sure Malcolm Ellis is still there. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. 32), seen here playing for St Kilda in 1978, was regarded as one of the VFL's most talented players. South Australian National Football League, SANFL History of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodville-West_Torrens_Football_Club&oldid=1124669097, Australian rules football clubs established in 1990, South Australian National Football League clubs, Australian rules football clubs in South Australia, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Pages using Australian rules football kit with incorrect pattern parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. *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. The turning point came in round eleven against Centrals, again at Football Park. 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). In 1940 it changed its colours to purple and white and was admitted to section A2 of the South Australian Amateur Football League. The mighty flying Eagles | Facebook Woodville south football club past players. In an apt moment, Woodville and West Torrens were drawn to play each other in their respective final games, with Woodville emerging victorious by 50 points, 24.10 (154) to 15.19 (104) at the Adelaide Oval. Woodville-West Torrens Football Club. We're the mighty flying Eagles As well as that controversy, the teams on field performance in its first two games, when it failed even to score and could not field a full complement of the allowed 20 men, was hardly a confident beginning. 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. [4] He made five appearances for Footscray in the 1971 VFL season, aged only 17. [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. 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. At quarter time their confidence appeared to be seriously mis-placed. 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. I know most of these did play League for Woodville, but just to make sure, I'd like to see the AH brand of microscope placed over them. 3rd Test - India v Australia - 1-5 Mar, Indore. 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. "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'. The clubrooms have been recently renovated and our oval is superbly maintained by the Charles Sturt Council. Off the ground things have certainly sharpened up at Woodville. In the end, only inaccuracy in front of goal prevented Woodville from winning with comparative comfort, but margins mean little in finals; there are only winners and losers. Only recently discovered the whereabouts of the late and great Jack " Singer " Edwards former home in Woodville West. 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. During its twenty-seven season stint in the SANFL Woodville's record was second to none - in terms of its mediocrity. 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). I happened to mention it a guy at school the next day and it turned out he was in the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad. Although the club was to undergo a gradual overall decline during Ebert's three years in charge it did achieve one significant feat: in 1988 it achieved the first and only senior SANFL premiership in its history after downing Ebert's former clubPort Adelaide in the Escort Cup grand final by 45 points. [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 remember going to Prospect Oval the Thursday night before the 1971 GF. In Gold and Green and Blue, italics current coach [5], Unable to register a senior game in 1972, Parker returned to country football and played briefly at Gippsland club Leongatha. In doing so, the club went back-to-back for the first time in their history. 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