Английская Википедия:Bill Matthews (footballer)
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William Henry Matthews (18 May 1876 – 22 February 1923) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFA and Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of William Henry Matthews, and Amy Victoria Matthews (1853-1900), née Hadland,[2] William Henry Matthews was born in Ararat, Victoria on 18 May 1876.
Football
St Kilda (VFA)
He played 30 games, and kicked one goal, with the VFA team St Kilda.
St Kilda (VFL)
He played another 80 games, kicking seven goals, with St Kilda when it moved to become part of the VFL in 1897, making him the first St Kilda player to reach 100 games for the club.
Matthews had the dubious distinction of being the first VFL player ever reported.
In the round 7 match against Carlton on 18 June 1898, he was reported for using abusive language towards the field umpire Ivo Crapp. The charge was upheld at a meeting of the VFL, and although he was only reprimanded,[3] the chairman, Arthur Hewitt Shaw (1859–1939), the VFL President, warned Matthews that, "if he came before the league again for any offence the lesson would not be a caution, but disqualification for life".[4]
Matthews' record of two wins from 80 games is the second worst record in the VFL/AFL;[5] and, in each of the six seasons he played for St Kilda (1897–1902), the team finished last.[6]
Death
He died on 22 February 1923.
- "A dead man, aged, about 45, 5ft.10in. high, with a moustache and wearing a blue suit, was found on the Elwood pier this afternoon." Шаблон:Em-dash The Herald, 22 February 1923.[7]
- "Constable [Alexander Carl] Steinfort, of Elwood, yesterday afternoon found a man lying at the entrance to the pier. From papers found in the man's pockets, his name is thought to be W.H. Matthews, a railway employe[e]. The body was taken to the Morgue. On both sides of the mouth were reddish stains." Шаблон:Em-dash The Argus, 23 February 1923.[8]
- "The body of the man found dead and suspected of having poisoned himself on the pier at Elwood on Thursday last has been identified as that of William Henry Matthews, railway motorman, 40, who had lived in Fawkner street, South Yarra. He has left a widow and two children." Шаблон:Em-dash The Herald, 27 February 1923.[9]
Notes
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Marriages: Matthews—Hadland, The Illustrated Australian News, (Thursday, 29 February 1872), p.65; Deaths: Matthews, The Argus, (Monday, 31 December 1900), p1.
- ↑ Victorian Football League, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 July 1898), p.12; Round 7, 1898, Blueseum.org.
- ↑ Gossip, The Sportsman, (Tuesday, 12 July 1898), p.6.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ (news item), The Herald, (Thursday, 22 February 1923), p.3.
- ↑ Found Dead on Pier, The Argus, (Friday, 23 February 1923), p.9.
- ↑ Railwaymen Poisoned, The Herald, (Tuesday, 27 February 1923), p.9.
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