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27th Battalion Football Team [PRG 280/1/29/205] • Photograph

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Summary

Members of the 27th Battalion football team which defeated the 10th Battalion team, 10 goals 5 to 4 goals 5, on Adelaide Oval in front of a crowd of 35,000 spectators on 19 July 1919 as part of Peace Day celebrations. The 'Chronicle' lists the players in the team and the following have been identified by a researcher as follows: Back row (from left): unknown, H.J Harden, C.C. Eldridge, B. Donnell [Albert George?], unknown, F. S. Nelson, S.S. Woods, A.W. Colman, W.R.G Colman, unknown. Middle row (from left): C.S. Kneebone, unknown, [Captain P.G. Bice], C.L. Dayman (captain), R.G. Horwood (vice-captain), [Major W.S. Hosking], P.F. Frost, unknown. Front row (from left): P. Crowley, O.L. Ross, unknown, unknown, A.S. Ebbs, unknown. Four team members identified in the newspaper article but not yet identified in the photo are: G. Gale, P.M. Thompson, H. Thomas and G. Vaughan. [See also duplicate at PRG 280/1/20/162.]

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Physical description

photograph; 15 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

19 July 1919

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Harden, Hilary Joseph
Eldgridge, Clifton Charles
Nelson, Frank Searson
Woods, Stanley Stewart
Colman, Arthur W.
Colman, William Russell G.
Kneebone, Christopher Stephen
Bice, Percy Gordon, 1893-1958
Dayman, Clement Gordon Lyle
Horwood, Ronald Gilbert
Hosking, Wilfred Stanley
Frost, Percival William, 1894-1936
Crowley, Percy
Ross, Oswald Leslie
Ebbs, Alfred Sparkhall
Australian football players -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Historical information

This photograph was published in 'The Observer 'newspaper 26 July 1919, page 26; and an article about the match appeared in 'The Chronicle', Saturday 26 July 1919, page 42.

Digitisation information

Date

25/03/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,021 x 2,256 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.82 MB

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