1947 Victorian Division One Squads

Written by John Punshon

These squads are not official lists. They are based on names of players appearing in press reports. First names were rarely used in these reports
Box Hill 1947
Ground: Surrey Park, Box Hill
M Bath
Bayley
Ed Bergner
J Braithwaite
Bob Brown
C Brown
W Chappell
Church
Davis
Dorrington
J Holborn (Capt)
Don Hutchinson
Les Hutchinson
A McKellar
F Mountford
Shipperdly
W Tester
Bradford 1947
Ground: Footscray
Jock Baxter
Beech
Bennett
Gray
Grieg
Haw
Laurie
Bill Morton
Roach
David Rhodes
Todd
Webster
Williams
Brighton 1947
Ground: Hurlingham Park, Brighton East
Allen
Alec Barr
Don Bingham
Les Bingham
Deutscher
Finney
Norm Good
Goodall
Kemp
Frank McIver
W McMurray
J Marone
Marshall
Parsons
Pritchard
Scott
L Sierakowski
W Sinclair
L Taylor
Coburg 1947
Ground: Merlynstone
Barton
Brookbank
Chircop
Gillis
Harper
Jones
Knight
Jock Lyons
Miller
Reid
Sharpe
Sparkes
Van Pelt
Young
Hakoah 1947
Ground:
Axelrad
Balberer
Kurt Defris
Lester
Levine
Lewis
Moses
Myer
Peters
Spizer
Szajer
Heidelberg Rangers 1947
Ground:
Appleton
Bailey
Eccles
Moreland 1947
Ground: Campbell Reserve, Coburg
Alec Barr
Jim Fairweather
Alec Forrest
Bob Gray
Don Gray
Kirby
Locke
Mackey
Malcolm Perrin
Russell
Stewart
Taylor
Werther
J Wilkinson
Northcote 1947
Ground: Merri Park, Northcote
Cairns
Cohen
Howell
Kaufman
McDonald
O'Dwyer
Oliver
Smethwick
Torrens
Walker
White
Olympic 1947
Ground:
Collins
Dimitrie
Alan Gravell
Keith Gravell
Park Rangers 1947
Ground: Middle Park
Cameron
E Clark
P Clark
Cotterill
Dickenson
W Guy
Holder
Howieson
Hughes
Lex
J Mackie
Martin
Mitchell
Robertson
Rodgers
Stewart
Vrolyks
Wilson
Windsor
Prahran 1947
Ground: Como Park, South Yarra
Andrews
Ashforth
Bates
Lester Bird
Lindsay Bird
Cousens
Cumming
Eric Glasson
S Humphrey
F Jarvis
Ron Lowe
Orr
Pollitzer
Read
Scrafton
Stewart
Tait
Ron Taylor
Venten
Preston 1947
Ground: Bell
Baguley
Laurie Bain
Drysdale (Capt)
Edwards
Hume
Humphries
Liddicutt
Nash
O'Brien
Pickering
Quillian
Rackham
Rees
Saville
Spencer
Williams
Royal Air Force 1947
Ground: Caulfield
Brixton
Connor
Cooper
Gamble
Ham
Hoare
Joyce
Murtagh
O'Brien
Sanderson
Sutton
Virgo
Wright
Ringwood 1947
Ground:
McLeod
Smith
South Melbourne United 1947
Ground: Middle Park
Harry Ashworth
Boulter
Basil Cahill
Carroll
Collihole
Corey
Cormack
Gilchrist
L Giles
Wally Giles
Gleabe
Guthrie
Holder
Jones
Jopling
Jowsey
Kewin
Mackie
Morris
Riley
Rodger
Bill Stewart
Tieppo
Webster
Wyatt
South Yarra 1947
Ground: Fawkner Park, South Yarra
Bradd
Brown
Callender
Friend
Hawkes
Hayden
Johnson
Lott
Morris
Reynolds
Sharman
Thompson
Sunshine United 1947
Ground: Gardens Reserve, Sunshine
R Bradshaw
J Campbell (Capt)
J Cramond
B Doherty
Angus Drennan
J Fletcher
A Harriden
K axby
A Kyle
W Kyle
S Maloney
George Sharp
Tom Sharp
Sullivan
W Whittaker
J Wood
Western Suburbs 1947
Ground: Sunshine Park, Sunshine
Len Bromley
Chalmers
J Chambers
W Chambers
Dennison
Elliott
A Griffiths
M Haxby
Higgins
James
McGrath
Mann
A Noble
Doug Paton
Picken
Jimmy Roberts
Tanis
C Taylor
E Taylor
H Taylor
Woodlands 1947
Ground:
Budge
Collins
Gardener
Glenn
Illingham
Lowe
O'Neill
Seed
Shields
Squires
Yallourn 1947
Ground: Yallourn
Brown
Buxbury
Cox
Dahle
Davis
Farragh
McAlister
McArthur
Ostland
Shankland
Spittal
Ward
Whelan
Referees 1947
R Abbott
C Armstrong
S Beattie
G Clayton
J Coutts
C Dawson
G Drummond
R Fulton
G Griffiths
E Hayden
J Kerr
E Low
J Martin
G Miller
J Parker
R Stewart
W Sparey
J Thompson
SF Thompson
W Vernon
G Webster