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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
George Cassidy
Personal information
Full name George Boucher Cassidy
Date of birth (1905-08-19)19 August 1905
Date of death 12 January 1985(1985-01-12) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Caulfield Grammarians Football Club
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–31 Melbourne 13 (5)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He attended Caulfield Grammar School, and was recruited by Melbourne from the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club. In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the Victorian Amateur Football Association's A Grade competition: "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through".

Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928, and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association.

He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals.

He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points.

See also

Footnotes

  1. "George Cassidy - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. Webber (1981), p.285.
  4. Club Chatter: Melbourne, The Age, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.6.
  5. Metropolitan Amateurs: Presentation of Trophies, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 September 1928), p.14;G. Cassidy, The Argus, (Friday, 7 September 1928), p.16, col.C.
  6. Metropolitan Amateurs: Best and Fairest Players, The Argus, (Friday, 31 August, 1928.
  7. Brighton Outclassed,The Argus, (Monday, 20 August 1928), p.7;
  8. Amateurs Play Interstate Match, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1929), p.6.
  9. Club Notes: Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; The Teams: Essendon v. Melbourne, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1929), p.15; Exciting Second Half, The Age, (Monday, 1 July 1929), p6.
  10. League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Wins Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15; Melbourne Get Honors, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 October 1931, p.3.

References

  • Webber, Horace (1981). Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981. Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda). ISBN 0-9594242-0-2.

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