Thanks to the tireless efforts of people like club captain Brian Faeshe (who ironically never got to play on the ground having retired in 1956), Cliff Semmler, Roy Charles, Cliff Todd and City of West Torrens Mayor Steve Hamra, The Bloods finally had a home ground to call their own. First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Most Years as Captain: 7 by Bob Loveday (197172, 197478), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Bernie Leahy (1908, 1909) and Jos Dailey (1911, 1912). Photographer Tony Lewis, dated 16/11/87. West Adelaide was formed in 1892, adopting magenta and white as their colours and the club played in the Adelaide and Suburban Association from 1892 to 1896. In 1877 Port Adelaide joined seven other local clubs and formed the South Australian Football Association, the first organisation of its type in Australia. South Australian Best and Fairest and Player of the Year. After finishing third in 1928 and 1929 followed by in the absence of star goalsneak "Dickie" Bennetts who was banned for three years for kicking an umpire fifth in 1930, West Adelaide slumped badly in 1931 to last with only two wins before bouncing back to fifth in 1932 only half a game from the finals. Club legends like Dick Head, Bruce McGregor, Neil Kerley and Brian Faehse donned the Red and Black. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. The lights have seen an increase of attendances at the ground with the first game under lights attracting the grounds current record night crowd of 6,133 for the opening game of the season with West defeating North Adelaide 14.19 (103) to 4.7 (31). West Adelaide, which has earned a reputation amongst its fans as being "consistently inconsistent", would win through to their next grand final in 1991. Men's League. SANFLW Team Selections - Round 2 v North Adelaide 4 days ago Upcoming Events View All. The club played its first game against a side called 'The Young Australians' in 1870 at Glanville hall Estate. } Colours, badge and . Reports of the finals matches are provided. Added to these highlights are two Champions of Australia titles against Essendon and Carlton, 2 SANFL Cup Premierships 1985 & 1987 and the first SANFL club to win the National Foxtel Cup premiership in 2013. Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval, a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD. West Adelaide players mow the grass at Richmond Oval. Dated September 21 1985. y - overFlowY : y; Scan of the sheet music. Prior to this, both Port Adelaide clubs had separate administration sites, their own annual report and balance sheets, unique assets and operated a Port Community Club that meted out a pro-rata share of Alberton bar takings between the two entities, as compensation for the Magpies having to leave Alberton and, at one stage, train at Ethelton Oval. A life member and key recruiting officer of the club and foundation member of the WAFC Hall of Fame, Davids breadth of knowledge of early footballers up to those in the current era was unparalleled as a voting member of this panel. The club used the showgrounds until the end of 1939 when it was taken over by the Australian Army following the outbreak of World War II. Glenelg defeated the Bloods 18 18 (126) to 8.9 (57) on the day and the record crowd still stands as of 2013. The 26 photographs have not been digitsed, but can be requested and viewed in the Somerville Reading Room, as items B 75522/86-112. Not dated, B 75522/29: West Adelaide Coach Kevin Morris and another man in the football stands. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. Robert Snell (1929), Jack Sexton (1931) and Ray McArthur (1939) also won the Magarey Medal while playing for the West Adelaide Football Club. Written on back: From left. Former Premier of South Australia (19962001) John Olsen AO, the current SANFL President and Chairman of the SA Football Commission, and former South Australian Sheffield Shield cricketer and SANFL umpire turned Adelaide television and radio personality K. G. Cunningham, are known to be proud Bloods fans. Written on back: From left to right, Daniel Rossetto - U/15 Captain, Jim Batzavalis - U/14 Captain, Darren White - U/13 Captain, Kevin Morris - League Coach. Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date, B 75522/67: West Adelaide players with winning trophy. West Adelaide became one of the power teams in the SANFL following the resumption of full-scale competition in 1945. Despite Bennetts' return, they finished winless for the third time in 1933 but were terribly unlucky in losing five games by a goal or less[3] They recovered to win eight games and draw one in 1934, but between 1935 and 1940 were never higher than seventh in an eight-team competition and overall won only 26 and drew one of 102 games. From 1877 to 1996 Port Adelaide won 4 Championships of Australia, 34 SANFL premierships and 1 wartime SANFL premiership as a merged club with West Torrens. Photographer possibly Ashley Hornsey. { Issacs dad Simon McCormick played for the club and won the 2007 Best & Fairest. if (document.body.firstChild != originalFirstChild) Item 2: Badge featuring a portrait of 'Dick' Head. A collection of photographs from the Messenger Press relating to the West Adelaide Football Club, featuring action shots from games, player portraits, training sessions and other club related activities. The West Adelaide Football Club had no home ground to call their own until the planning and building of Richmond Oval in the early 1950s. Jaxon Crabb. Name Era Seasons Debut vs; 1: KENNEDY, George D (capt.) West held a 25-point lead over the Sharks at halftime by keeping them goalless, but were themselves kept goalless in the second half scoring only three points. Strong recruiting helped the team improve to sixth in 2009 while James Ezard, nephew of 1984 and 1985 Essendon premiership player Alan Ezard, jointly won the Magarey Medal with North Adelaide's Rhys Archard, becoming the fourteenth West Adelaide player to win the award. Written on back of photo - Matthew Campbell, North Adelaide, about to get clobbered. In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. To celebrate these milestones, the WAFC waited for the completion of our 125th year of competition and selected a Team of the Centuries. Tony Fielke, Nathan Willmott, Darren White, Adrian O'Dea. Photographer Stuart Hannagan, B 75522/62: Grand Final 1983. Games and goals totals refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only. Eventually a consensus was reached, sometimes based on character, and when two players seemed identical statistically. The club finished third in 1946 before winning its sixth premiership in 1947 defeating Norwood 10.15 (75) to 8.15 (63). positions. Prior to the opening of Richmond Oval West Adelaide had used the Kensington Oval (1897), Jubilee Oval (18981906) and the Adelaide Oval (19071926) for its "home" games before gaining exclusive SANFL use of the main arena at the Wayville Showgrounds in 1927, the year of their fifth SANFL Premiership. In 2014 he became a member of the Board and was also named the SANFL Official Historian in 2015. on back of photo, B 75522/74: West Adelaide's Paul Ravesi. Each week the club's official photographer Kurt Donsberg will upload images from each round of league games and post them here. At years End, Ryan Ferguson retired returning home to Victoria. Wests had been leading by 25 points at half time but the melee in the crowd proved unsettling with some battered Wests players not making it back to the dressing room until the team was due to go back out onto the oval for the second half. Played 197 games . History. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. Despite winning their last game of the season at home against Sturt, West missed the SANFL Finals for the seventh straight season finishing third last with an 812 record. No date given, initials I.P. Will Mead has decided to go back and play local football. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. Things went from bad to worse for the club in 2005 when the team finished with the wooden spoon for the first time since 1979. Night games were introduced, as was the Australian Club Championships and Champions of Australia series. Join as a member in 2023! The Fos Williams Medal is awarded to the best SANFL player in an interstate game. Kennedy would go on to play 236 games for the club between 1970 and 1982 before playing the last two seasons of his career with Port Adelaide. Joint major partners. renderedElement.style.left = (x + 15) + "px"; Includes information about the club, its officials, staff and players, membership, news, merchandise, and history Bloods sweat and tears : West Adelaide Football Club, 1877-1987 by Merv Agars ( Book ) According to brief notes attached to the photographs (now removed), some of the photographs were published in the West-Side Messenger, or Football Times. Not dated, B 75522/27: West's Coach Kevin Morris in a West Adelaide gurnsey. Football in South Australia at this stage was yet to be organised and there were several sets of rules in use across the state. Cassandra also has a passion for all things sports and outdoors & plays footy (AFL) with both the West Adelaide Women's SANFLW team and Pulteney Football Club. Kiara Bowers had 12 tackles for Fremantle WFC vs. St. Kilda WFC ( AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R4) 1909: Stan Harris ( Richmond, Footscray) born 1916: Vince Hamilton ( Footscray) born 1924: Jack Hiscock ( Melbourne) born 1942: Jack Atkins ( Melbourne) died 1961: Gerard Healy ( Melbourne, Australia, Sydney) born 1986: In a major development for the club, lights for night games were installed at Richmond Oval (now called City Mazda Stadium under a sponsorship deal) in 2010 and Friday night games became a success with 6,133 fans attending The Bloods first ever home game under lights against North Adelaide on 26 March. The panel consisted of a chairman, the club historian and 7 voting members. This award has since been won by Westies Adam Cooney and of course Mark Ricciuto. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. Richmond Oval hosted its first Interstate game in 2013 when South Australia defeated Qld/NT (NEAFL north) 21.14 (140) to 9.4 (58). Players such as 1946 and 1947 Magarey Medallist, 1953 All-Australian and 1953 premiership captain Bob Hank, triple Magarey Medal winner (1955, 1958 & 1963), 1956 All-Australian and '53 premiership player Lindsay Head and former Australian Test cricketer Neil Hawke were all star players for the club. 2 full size reproductions were made, one which will be kept by the club and displayed in the players area, and the other which was successfully auctioned by the Club during the Team of the Centuries dinner on Friday the 20th of April. alert(message); West Adelaide players Mark Dreher, Ian Borchard, Neil Kerley, Leon Grosser, Dirk de Yong. Prior to the 2010 SANFL season West Adelaide installed lights at Richmond Oval for night games. It's sad to announce that former volunteer, Robert Riedy passed away peacefully 17/12/2022 . A club season overview is included and portraits and photographs (where available) of all players are presented. Goals: Green 3, Beech & Webb 2, Fielke, Stevens, Tuck & Wasley-Black 1. This one club merge removed the stand-alone Magpies from the league as shareholders and saw the Magpies relinquish its junior and country zones. The West Adelaide Football Club and Past Players and Officials are sad to announce the passing of 1961 Premiership Player and Life Member Leon Lovegrove. Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. 1876 - 1878: 3: 20/05/1876: Victorian - Rd 1: 2: . Former West Adelaide junior and dual Adelaide Crows premiership player Shaun Rehn replaced Borchard in 2003 and led the club to a Grand Final for only the third time in 41 years. 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). Learn how and when to remove this template message, South Australian National Football League, "Foxtel Cup: Bloods sink Sharks in Grand Final thriller AFL.com.au", History of the West Adelaide Football Club from Australian Football.com, Bloods, Sweat & Tears Merv Agars (1987), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Adelaide_Football_Club&oldid=1136563834, South Australian Premiers: 9 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983, 2015, Runners-up: 9 1922, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1991, 2003, 2012, South Australian Night Series Champions: 6 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1985, 1987. element.style.position = "absolute"; Son of Kevin the former Port player and West Adelaide Vice-Captain and Captain Mark became the clubs first official historian, appointed by then General Manager Doug Thomas in 2004 and has served in this capacity since. An unexpected 112-point thrashing of North Adelaide in their last game of 1940, however, proved a true omen of what was to come in 1941. From the 1899 season the SAFA introduced district football in which players had to play for the club in the district where they lived. Doug was a voting member of the panel and his experience made his contributions invaluable during many robust discussions on players for the final make-up of the team. Ruckman Mark Mickan, the clubs Best & Fairest for the year, ruptured his Posterior cruciate ligament in the teams 93-point win over Woodville at Football Park in Round 20 and missed the remainder of the season, while Roger Winter, twin brother of Grand Final back pocket player Peter Winter, was injured in the 2nd Semi against Norwood and could not recover in time to take his place in the side. The half-time melee was the main topic of discussion at an SANFL meeting following the game which prompted the building of the underground dressing rooms at the Adelaide Oval during the summer of 1954/55 while leaving the rooms in the stands to the cricketers. Not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/49, Romano Negri training with the Crows. 738 talking about this. else on back of photo, B 75522/71: Player action shot featuring West Adelaide's Robin McKinnon. 233 S Patterson Ave, Springfield, MO, 65802 US 233 S Patterson Ave, Spring. Not dated, B 75522/28: Five junior players and the West Adelaide coach sitting in the stands. 2022 AFL Draft Hub; 2022 AFLW Draft; 2022 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2021 AFL Draft Hub; 2021 AFLW Draft; 2021 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2020 AFL Draft; 2020 AFLW Draft { The Ken Farmer Medal is awarded to the SANFL's leading goalkicker at the end of the minor round. The Bloods were crowned Champions of Australia when they beat VFL club Carlton after earning their first SANFL flag. In 1991, the formation of the Adelaide Football Club, South Australia's first team in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) saw a number of Wests players signed by the new team. catalogue current memorabilia and any. 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