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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

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As stated by Pascarl,

“1920 to 1927 (I started with Parkside Football Club in 1921 running the boundary), Parkside Football
Club played in Metropolitan competitions winning three premierships defeating South Melbourne in
1921, Port Melbourne in 1924 and St. Kilda in 1927. I think the Coach at that time was Corker Groves
and Jack Jones was Captain.

In 1926 or 1927, six Parkside players played in a combined side against a combined side from YMCA.
J. Jones, Charlie Howell, Tom Sutherland, N. Vickers, C. Sheldrake and G. Russell were the players. The
scores were 19-19-133 to YMCA’s 10-20-80 - Tom Sutherland Best on Ground (6 Goals).

I don’t know what year the Club left Newell’s Paddock ground but about 1923 or 1924, the Club was
playing on the ground we now use - Henry Turner Reserve.

We played there for a few years and then had to shift from that ground (all the ammunition flats
were being levelled and filled in and eventually became two grounds, our present ground and over
the other side of Farnsworth by the Technical Old Boys’ Ground.”

“Parksides claimed a walk over from Librarians. Parks play Dow Stars at Albert Park this afternoon.”

Record, Sat 24 June, 1922, page 2

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider