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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Footscray, and captained by A. Mathers, now with Williamstown, the team went, trough

unbeaten to the premiership.

Others in this team to win selection in senior sides were Tom Jones with Footscray,
“Pompo” Kenny, with Williamstown, G. Edments, with Yarraville and Gordon Wishart, with
Port Melbourne.

The following year the competition was divided into two sections, the two top teams in each
comprising the four. Parkside carried off one section, but went down in the final to Try Boys,
of Prahran, winners of the other section:

Winning a place in the four again in 1925, defeat by one point in the semi-final brought that
year to a close.

A Team of Champions

The greatest combination placed on the field by Parkside after the war was the 1926 side.

Not a match was lost. The football reached a very high standard, and many good teams
went down before their brilliance. Of the eighteen, no fewer than eleven were promoted to
senior company.

These were Wally O’Brien, the Footscray wingman: Bernie O’Brien, now at Carlton: Percy

Ellis, the Fitzroy back man; Roy Williams, who went from Footscray to Camberwell.

Tom Sutherland, the tall half-forward tried with Footscray last year; Bert Sharp, with
Footscray last year; C. Harry now at Port Melbourne; N. Vickers, who was at Williamstown
and Port Melbourne; A. White, Yarraville, and W. Fisher and J. Summers, now playing in the
Bendigo League. This smart team gave many delightful displays and had an easy victory in
the final.

West Melbourne downed Parkside In the 1927 final after a terrific struggle. The three years
following, 1928-29-30, a team was not placed in the field.

A Successful Revival

With the formation of the Footscray Junior League this season, tin old name was again
revived. Several former players were available, and with a number of younger men making
their first appearance in the colors, a formidable team took the field. Two players with years

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider