George Cassidy (Australian footballer)

George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

George Cassidy
Personal information
Full name George Boucher Cassidy
Date of birth (1905-08-19)19 August 1905
Date of death 12 January 1985(1985-01-12) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Caulfield Grammarians Football Club
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–31 Melbourne 13 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He attended Caulfield Grammar School,[3] and was recruited by Melbourne from the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club.[4] In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's A Grade competition:[5] "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through".[6]

Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928,[7] and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association.[8]

He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals.[9]

He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points.[10]

See also

Footnotes
  1. "George Cassidy - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. Webber (1981), p.285.
  4. Club Chatter: Melbourne, The Age, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.6.
  5. Metropolitan Amateurs: Presentation of Trophies, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 September 1928), p.14;G. Cassidy, The Argus, (Friday, 7 September 1928), p.16, col.C.
  6. Metropolitan Amateurs: Best and Fairest Players, The Argus, (Friday, 31 August, 1928.
  7. Brighton Outclassed,The Argus, (Monday, 20 August 1928), p.7;
  8. Amateurs Play Interstate Match, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1929), p.6.
  9. Club Notes: Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; The Teams: Essendon v. Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; Exciting Second Half, The Age, (Monday, 1 July 1929), p6.
  10. League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Wins Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15; Melbourne Get Honors, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 October 1931, p.3.

References
  • Webber, Horace (1981). Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981. Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda). ISBN 0-9594242-0-2.
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