OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Football Team, c. 1940

DATE1943 to 1946

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P949

HISTORY

These are the players in the Old Buffers Football Team, taken in the mid 1940s. The names of the men are as follows: Back row (l - r) Gilbert Haywood, Ralph Mentiplay, Andy Scott, ......., Ray Hodgins, Eddie Fisher, Digger Langholtz, Cyril Ward, Tom Barclay. Middle row (l-r) Alan Hodgins, Tom Heggin, ........, Fred Smith, Tony Mirabella, Peter Mawson. Front row (l-r) Tom Hodgins, Cappy Benton, Collie Perrott, Biddy Jack, William (Bill) Armstrong.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a group of twenty-three men sitting and standing in three rows, in the middle of a grassed field, posing for a photo. The man sitting cross-legged in the front row, is holding a football. The men are of varying ages. A few men are wearing football jerseys. The man standing on the far right-hand side is wearing a suit, white shirt and tie and a coat and hat. Tall trees and motor vehicles can be seen in the background.

SUBJECTS

Australian rules football, Groups (people), Men, Sport, Sporting clubs, Sports and recreations

KEYWORDS

Armstrong, Bill, Barclay, Tom, Benton, C, Fisher, Eddie, Hastings, Haywood, Gilbert, Heggin, Tom, Hodgins, A, Hodgins, R, Hodgins, Tom, Jack, Biddy, Langholtz, Digger, Mawson, Peter, Mentiplay, Ralph, Mirabella, Tony, Old Buffers Football Team, Perrott, Col, Scott, Andy, Smith, Fred, Ward, Cyril