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Includes Magarey Medalists, SANFLW Best & Fairest, Ken Farmer Medalists, Jack Oatley Medalists, Fos Williams Medalists & Neil Kerley Medalists. Photographer Richard Walker. No date given, initials I.P. A slump ensued before the club required to finish third and beat Port Adelaide in the first semi before Sturt knocked the inexperienced Bloods out in the preliminary. This has been evident from the responses to the playing group when asked about 2021. 22 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Each print is signed by 14 living members of the team, You will be contacted by the club to organise print number, and framing after purchase, 122 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Official Team of the Centuries Souvenir Book, Includes player profiles for all 22 players and 4 emergency players, Includes statistics on the top 50 selected squad. Adam Cockshell. However, Norwood's impregnable defence won out again, and the Bloods were in danger of equalling North Adelaide's 1989 ignominy of kicking only one goal in a Grand Final before two late goals in time-on of the last quarter saw then go down 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30). No date given, initials I.P. In the first era of league football our beloved club won four premierships (1897-1916). The club slumped in 1910 to finish in fifth place before repeating their 1908 double success by winning the 1911 SANFL Premiership defeating Port Adelaide in the Grand Final and Essendon to win the Championship of Australia. He is pictured with another man, name and date not given, B 75522/10: Doug Thomas sitting at an office desk which bears the sign "winning is not everything, but wanting to is." on the panel. Dallas Willsmore has made the hard decision not to play SANFL football next year and head back to the family farm to assist there in 2021. Umpires: Laurie Argent and Rick KinnearJack Oatey Medallist: Ian Borchard, Best: Borchard, Morris, Bennett, Meuret, Grosser, McKinnon, Kantilaftas, McKinnon, Burgess, Winter He was reluctantly replaced by longtime teammate and friend Doug Thomas, who went to the club committee before the season and unsuccessfully asked them to re-instate Kerley as captain-coach. Names, location and date not provided, B 75522/3: Women on an oval dressed in cheerleaders costume. In the early 1970s, West Adelaide declined to their lowest ebb for a third of a century, finishing last in 1972 for the first time since 1936, and repeating this ignominy in 1973 and 1974. Western have not been beaten this season and are top of the competition ladd The ground record crowd for Richmond Oval was set in Round 5 of the 1969 season when 15,742 turned up to see Westies take on a Glenelg side coached by none other than Neil Kerley. Yee Yee Farm. Umpires: Tobias Medlin, Craig Fleer and Leigh HaussenJack Oatey Medallist: Chris Schmidt, Best: Schmidt, Porplyzia, Stevens, Schiller, Tuck, Helbig The Crows also signed former Bloods Bruce Lindner (Geelong) and Mark Mickan (Brisbane) who under the rules of the time, were automatically allocated back to their former SANFL club. Photo number 2 labelled on back as West Cheer Girls. Initials I.P. West Adelaide United; West Croydon WFC; West Lakes; Western Warriors; Westfields; Wingfield Royals; . y = overFlowY > 0 ? { Former Norwood premiership player and Crows assistant coach Michael Taylor replaced Morris in 1996 and West would reach a best of third in 1998 before losing to Port Adelaide in the Preliminary final. Not dated, B 75522/28: Five junior players and the West Adelaide coach sitting in the stands. { The West Adelaide Football Club are proud to present the team selection for the WAFC Team of the Centuries. 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. During the mid-1950s, West Adelaide, under the coaching of Laurie Cahill and with strong players such as Neil Kerley, Brian Faehse, Doug Thomas, Ken Eustice, Ken McGregor and 1957 Magarey Madalist Ron Benton, became regular finals visitors and finished as beaten grand finalists in 1954, losing the grand final to the Fos Williams led Port Adelaide In 1908 former Hotham 1887-1888 Captain, South Adelaide and North Adelaide champion "Dinny" Reedman became West's Coach. 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. Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/32, New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) Possibly published in the Weekly Times, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/57, Happy Eddie Hocking, West Reserves. Not dated, B 75522/14: Junior West Adelaide players. All rights reserved. Ken Eustice would become the club's tenth Magarey Medalist in 1962. Boasting 14 Magarey Medal winners and 136 State Players, the Bloods also lay claim to some of the greatest names in SA Football history. The Oval is located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide. function Pagination() 87 posts. The AFL guaranteed Port Adelaide a place in the competition in 1994 and eventually entered in 1997. Examples of Jamies art works can be found at his website http://jamieosborne.com.au/. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/55: Fitzroy player Darren Wheildon, dated 22 March 1995, B 75522/56: Scott Simister, during a match between West Adelaide and Glenelg. Each week the club's official photographer Kurt Donsberg will upload images from each round of league games and post them here. console.info( message ); Neil Balme is named as Senior Coach and Peter Schwarz is named as the inaugural Captain. The club has won nine SANFL premierships, the most recent coming in 2015 breaking a thirty-two-year premiership drought dating back to 1983; the second longest in the SANFL. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. Photographer Stuart Hannagan, B 75522/62: Grand Final 1983. on back of photo, B 75522/70: Player action shot featuring West Adelaide's Brooke Fogden. { Join as a member in 2023! No date given, initials I.P. Lees knowledge of players past and present made his input invaluable. Era 5 saw Football Park come into its prime. 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. James "Sorry" Tierney was the club's first ever winner of the Magarey Medal in 1908. Wests won the Adelaide and Suburban Association premierships in 1895 and 1896 and following the club's annual general meeting on 30 March 1897, the club applied to join the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) which was approved by 6 votes to 4 against at a meeting held on 5 April 1897. Possibly published in West-Side Messenger 3/4/91, B 75522/33: West Adelaide player Larry Watson, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/34: West Adelaide player Greg Summerton, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/35: West Adelaide player Rodney Welch, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/36: West Adelaide player Mike McGinness, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/37: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/38: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/39: West Adelaide player Justin Mackie, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/40: West Adelaide player Grant Porter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/41: West Adelaide player Peter Winter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/42: West Adelaide player Roger Winter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/43: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, not dated, B 75522/44: West Adelaide player Shane Malcolm, not dated, B 75522/45: West Adelaide player Brett Pianta, dated 4/3/91. The vice-president of the WAFC is the main reason this wonderful project was established and completed. They formed this off shoot of the West Adelaide Football Club to entice former Past Players & Officials back to the club. 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. [citation needed], A song written dedicated to the West Adelaide Team by Reg Stoneham 1911. From the 1899 season the SAFA introduced district football in which players had to play for the club in the district where they lived. West Adelaide players Mark Dreher, Ian Borchard, Neil Kerley, Leon Grosser, Dirk de Yong. See 'contents' for details of individual images. 1876 - 1878: 3: 20/05/1876: Victorian - Rd 1: 2: . After finishing 2nd in 1962 the club lost amongst others Kerley, Eustice, Jeff Bray and Don Roach from their playing ranks leading to a lean spell for the club. The club played its first game against a side called 'The Young Australians' in 1870 at Glanville hall Estate. No date given, initials I.P. Tony Fielke, Nathan Willmott, Darren White, Adrian O'Dea. He wrote the criteria for the Team of the Centuries selection panel and was a non-voting member of the group, but chaired and directed each meeting. During the mid-1950s, West Adelaide, under the coaching of Laurie Cahill and with strong players such as Neil Kerley, Brian Faehse, Doug Thomas, Ken Eustice, Ken McGregor and 1957 Magarey Madalist Ron Benton, became regular finals visitors and finished as beaten grand finalists in 1954, losing the grand final to the Fos Williams led Port Adelaide Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. The 50 game qualification ruled out West Adelaide champions who dominated the VFL/AFL/WAFL like Tony Modra (34), Shaun Rehn (20), Tyson Edwards (42), and Brownlow medal winners Patrick Dangerfield (4), Adam Cooney (12) and Mark Ricciuto (26).*. Photographer Mark Brake, dated 22/7/87, B 75522/31: West Adelaide Coach with junior players in the stand. The eldest member of the panel at age 93, Brian Faehse (after whom the club grandstand is named) debuted for the composite West-Glenelg side in 1944. positions. One of Wests leading players during this time was future SANFL legend Fos Williams who played 54 games for the club between 1946 and 1949 before moving on to captain-coach Port Adelaide in 1950, a move that would haunt West Adelaide for the next thirteen seasons as Wests would lose five Grand Finals, all by less than three goals, to the Williams-coached Port Adelaide between 1954 and 1962. The West Adelaide Football has a Hall of Fame area in the club which is regarded as one of the best in the South Australian National Football League. He created the club war honour boards, fixed the life members board and listed in order of debut all West Adelaide league players. Richmond Oval was opened by long-serving member of the South Australian Legislative Council Sir Lyell McEwin on 26 April 1958. These players are mentioned below on the Departures List. A capacity crowd saw West Adelaide christen their new home with a 12.11 (83) to 10.13 (73) win over neighbouring club West Torrens. The club often struggled to field a full team in its early years as clubs were then controlled by wealthy businessmen and it was no secret that players were regularly poached from less wealthy clubs. renderedWidth = renderedElement.offsetWidth; Not dated, B 75522/13: Junior West Adelaide players. The Bloods were crowned Champions of Australia when they beat VFL club Carlton after earning their first SANFL flag. start = (isNaN(start) || start < 0 ) ? Between 1942 and 1945 West Adelaide joined forced with Glenelg in a wartime competition, finishing second, third and fourth in a four-team competition. In 1994, the AFL announced it would award a second AFL licence to a South Australian club. Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. Dated 27 September, 1983, B 75522/18: West Adelaide player on an exercise bike. [ Clash Royale ] Top Player's Decks with Mighty Miner [Updated 10/1] Update 10/01/2022 08:00am UTC We have compiled the battle decks of the top 1000 players in the global leaderboards and compiled a list of ranker decks that use Mighty Miner. Names not given on the back of the photo. All match results are detailed with many photographs. Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. 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. West Adelaide started the season well with a 51 record but injuries to key players plus general poor form saw the Bloods lose seven games in a row mid-season. List of West Torrens players | Australian Rules Football Wiki | Fandom Australian Rules Football Wiki 2,910 pages Explore AFL Leagues Wiki Affiliates in: SANFL Clubs List of West Torrens players Edit Sorry, the video player failed to load. The West Adelaide Team of the Centuries is unique in that it spans three centuries (1897-2017). West then went back to the Adelaide Oval for its home games from 1940 until 1957, sharing the ground with South Adelaide. The Ken Farmer Medal is awarded to the SANFL's leading goalkicker at the end of the minor round. West Adelaide, coached by Port Adelaide premiership player and coach John Cahill (nephew of former West coach Laurie Cahill) finished 3rd in the 1985 SANFL season, missing out on a grand final spot by less than 2 goals to North Adelaide in the Preliminary Final. The Magarey Medal was won by Club Captain Ian McKay - the first full back to achieve this honour - the ninth Magarey Medal to have been awarded to North Adelaide players. West Adelaide not only became SANFL premiers for the first time defeating Norwood in the Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval but they also became Champions of Australia when they defeated powerful Victorian Football League team Carlton by five goals at the Adelaide Oval. { Not dated, B 75522/27: West's Coach Kevin Morris in a West Adelaide gurnsey. With young players such as leading goal kicker Greg Mellor, full forward Tony Modra, and best and fairest Peter Banfield playing alongside returning experienced veterans such as captain Leon Grosser (who would miss the Grand Final through injury), Glenn Goss, as well as Mickan and Lindner (who while playing for the Adelaide Crows in the AFL, had played enough games with West through the season to qualify for the finals), West easily defeated three-time defending premiers Port Adelaide by 89 points in the Elimination Final before winning the First Semi against Woodville-West Torrens (a new team formed through the merger of West Torrens and Woodville at the end of 1990) by 60. This process was arduous with some champions being left out. 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