George Cassidy | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Boucher Cassidy | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1905 | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1985 | (aged 79)||
Original team(s) | Caulfield Grammarians Football Club | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–31 | Melbourne | 13 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985) [1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
He attended Caulfield Grammar School, [3] and was recruited by Melbourne from the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club. [4] In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's A Grade competition: [5] "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through". [6]
Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928, [7] and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association. [8]
He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals. [9]
He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points. [10]
George Cassidy | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Boucher Cassidy | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1905 | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1985 | (aged 79)||
Original team(s) | Caulfield Grammarians Football Club | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–31 | Melbourne | 13 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985) [1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
He attended Caulfield Grammar School, [3] and was recruited by Melbourne from the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club. [4] In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's A Grade competition: [5] "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through". [6]
Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928, [7] and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association. [8]
He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals. [9]
He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points. [10]