George Waterhouse (footballer)

George Waterhouse (4 February 1899 – 8 December 1931) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Richmond and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) [1] as well as Geelong Association and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA)[2]

George Waterhouse
Personal information
Full name George Waterhouse
Date of birth (1899-02-04)4 February 1899
Date of death 8 December 1931(1931-12-08) (aged 32)
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922 Horsham
1923–25 Geelong Association (VFA) 20 (2)
1925 South Melbourne 02 (1)
1925 Port Melbourne (VFA) 07 (0)
1926 Richmond 07 (2)
1927 Fitzroy 01 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Waterhouse initially played for Horsham in 1922[3] before moving to Ballarat Imperial in 1923.[4] He was selected to represent the Ballarat League team that played Broken Hill in June[5] and shortly afterwards secured a permit to move to Geelong Association in the VFA.[6] Waterhouse played with Geelong Association until Round 1 of the 1925 season, after which he transferred to South Melbourne where he had been training.[7] He only managed two games with South and within two months had moved again, this time to Port Melbourne,[8] his third senior club in the one season.

In 1926 Waterhouse moved to Richmond[9] where he added seven more VFL games to his career total. In 1927 he played one further VFL game, this time with Fitzroy.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 926. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "George Waterhouse". The VFA Project.
  3. "Football". The Horsham Times (6562). Victoria, Australia. 4 July 1922. p. 3.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star (20532). Victoria, Australia. 5 June 1923. p. 2.
  5. "Ballarat League v Broken Hill". Sporting Globe (93). Victoria, Australia. 20 June 1923. p. 9.
  6. "FINAL PERMITS". The Age (21, 297). Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1923. p. 10.
  7. "FOOTBALL". The Argus (24, 569). Victoria, Australia. 7 May 1925. p. 5.
  8. "Club Notes". The Argus (24, 618). Victoria, Australia. 3 July 1925. p. 5.
  9. "FOOTBALL". The Argus (24, 873). Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1926. p. 18.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.