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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Parkside kept their slim hopes alive by defeating Sunshine YC by nine points, after round 8,

Parkside 11.19 (85) d. Sunshine YC 11.10 (76)

Parkside best were: Clark, Knox, Miller, Rees, Thompson, and Watson

Ladder after round 11 (1978 season)

“Seventeen-year old Craig Knox could soon be playing senior football with Footscray if his recent
performances can be taken as guide.

Craig, 17 in March, was the only youngster from the western suburbs chosen in the Victorian under-
17 side.

This side played in the, Teal Cup -interstate carnival in Adelaide over the Queen's Birthday weekend.
Craig won selection in the team after being, named best and fairest in the Footscray District League's
combined under-17 team and also being a member of the metropolitan under-17 team.

Craig captains Parkside under-17's in the FDL is also football captain at Essendon Grammar where he
is a HSC student.

At 178cm (5 ft. 10 in.) and around 74 kg (11 st. 8 lb.), Craig plays mainly as a centreman and ruck-
rover, but was also tried as a wingman in the Victorian team.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider