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The Ryerson Index is an online index of death notices from Australian newspapers, past and present, compiled by the Sydney-based charity Ryerson Index Incorporated.The index database has in excess of 9 million records compiled from more than 470 newspapers and other sources across Australia.
Wilson married Oriana Maria Rowcroft (died in 1911) at Geelong on 7 April 1863. She was a daughter of Horatio Nelson "Horace" Rowcroft (1806–1878), editor of the Geelong Advertiser 1867–1869, and brother of Charles Rowcroft. They had two daughters: Oriana Mary "May" Bracebridge-Wilson married Albert Finchett Garrard on 27 June 1894. [4]
Fleming kicked the goal (again from a place-kick) and Geelong won the match 9.14 (68) to 9.11 (65). Because of the Fitzroy players’ interference while Fleming was in the process of making his second kick, the umpire had blown his whistle — and, if Fleming's kick had not scored a goal, he would have been allowed to make a third attempt:
"With the death of Henry Young Geelong has lost its greatest athlete. As a citizen and a comrade the loss is still greater. He was a good club man and friend, and played the game, no matter what it might be, with all the vigor and power that was in him.
Mark Jonathan Slater (11 July 1951 – 3 August 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]Aged just 17, Slater made his VFL debut in Collingwood's round 10 win over Geelong at Victoria Park in the 1969 season. [3]
In 1952 he was cleared back to Collingwood. Injuries late in the season allowed the selectors to play him as a defender in the Reserves. Due to his good form in the reserves, and injuries to senior players, he made his senior debut at full-back in the 1952 VFL Grand Final: his opponent, George Goninon, kicked five goals against him, and Geelong won the match by 46 points.
One of the six McShane brothers who played in the VFA or VFL (or both) for Geelong, McShane started his career at Geelong in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1887, and played 210 games for the club (135 in the VFA and 75 in the VFL), becoming the first Geelong player to play 200 games for the club before moving to Carlton in 1902.
Bernard Keith Smith (19 December 1927 – 21 April 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who represented West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and 1950s. Smith made his name as a back pocket player in a successful period for Geelong.