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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017
1998
Two Legends
Herb Pascarl and Merv Hughes
“More than 150 people saw two greats of the western sporting scene honoured on Saturday.
Former Test quickie and Footscray Cricket Club strike bowler Mery Hughes was Maribyrnong
council's joint guest of honour with Footscray District Football League founding member and doyen
of the Parkside Football Club, Herb Pascarl
The occasion was the municipality's dinner for the opening of the Mervyn G Hughes Oval and the
Herb Pascarl Pavilion.
It was a fitting birthday gift for Pascarl who turned 91 on Friday.
The ground and the pavilion are located on what previously was known as the Henry Turner
Memorial Reserve (north) off Farnsworth Avenue.
The complex, completed just before Christmas, is the home of the Footscray Cricket Club and the
Parkside Football Club.”
The Mail, April 1998
Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider
