Bankers Football Club
add A.Crooks as Captain
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| captain = Mr. Cotton |
| captain = Mr. Cotton (3 games) A. Crooks (5 games) |
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===1877 season=== |
===1877 season=== |
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The club's first official match was on Saturday, 12 May 1877 against [[Old Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] on the Adelaide Oval, with Mr. |
The club's first official match was on Saturday, 12 May 1877 against [[Old Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] on the Adelaide Oval, with Mr. Colton as captain. Their only goal was kicked by Lindsay in a 1–4 defeat. The match was advertised for the week before on Saturday 5 May for a 2.30pm start but was postponed due to the weather. Bankers were to wear White jerseys.{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40785608 | title=Football | newspaper=South Australian Register | date=14 May 1877 }} |
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Tragedy struck the Club when one of its players C.B. (Charles) Poole died on 5 June after suffering an injury in the club's second game against South Park on 19 May. There was ensuring debate as a consequent about the rule of when a player was collared with the ball.{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159448153 | title=The Late Football Accident | newspaper=Adelaide Observer | date=16 June 1877 }} |
Tragedy struck the Club when one of its players C.B. (Charles) Poole died on 5 June after suffering an injury in the club's second game against South Park on 19 May. There was ensuring debate as a consequent about the rule of when a player was collared with the ball.{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159448153 | title=The Late Football Accident | newspaper=Adelaide Observer | date=16 June 1877 }} |
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