The following year 2016 it again collected the wooden spoon which it has repeated in the last 3 consecutive seasons 2019-2021. destroyPagination(); During the mid-1950s, West Adelaide, under the coaching of Laurie Cahill and with strong players such as Neil Kerley, Brian Faehse, Doug Thomas, Ken Eustice, Ken McGregor and 1957 Magarey Madalist Ron Benton, became regular finals visitors and finished as beaten grand finalists in 1954, losing the grand final to the Fos Williams led Port Adelaide For both stints at the Adelaide Oval, this created problems because during the football season Souths, being the main tenant, had first use of the oval (league) and the Adelaide Oval No. positions. //]]> In front of 8,765 fans, the Crows defeated Port Adelaide 0.18.11 (119) to 0.9.5 (59). Australian Football. Founded in 1923, they are the oldest club in the league. The club played its first game against a side called 'The Young Australians' in 1870 at Glanville hall Estate. West Adelaide Club Website Based in the inner western suburb of Richmond, West Adelaide has won nine premierships, four of which came during a glorious run in the early 1900s. Won the 1909 Magarey Medal with West Adelaide; SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee in 2002; Hele, Simon. No date given, initials I.P. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. { Very few people in football would have an awareness of players in so many football competitions around Australia. From that point on, West tended to forget about playing football and seemed more intent on punishing Sims, who finished the game with his right eye badly swollen and requiring 5 stitches. Mid Western Football Association . if (typeof(originalFirstChild) == "undefined") West Adelaide were a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017. Jamie was commissioned by the West Adelaide Football Club to create the WAFC Team of the Centuries official souvenir artwork. On top of this we have already seen the arrivals of 5 key signing already for 2021 that will no doubt bring experience from high level football and strengthen our league side. Photographer Richard Walker. During his career Luders was known as one of the most spectacular high marking full-forwards in the SANFL. The vice-president of the WAFC is the main reason this wonderful project was established and completed. Official website of the West Adelaide Football Club. on back of photo, B 75522/70: Player action shot featuring West Adelaide's Brooke Fogden. Athens . The following list includes the 2023 Toowoomba Region Australia Day award recipients across our respective service areas who have been nominated by their peers for commendable service and, in some cases, years of volunteering for many different community, charitable and . Michael Rennie, West Adelaide, at the bottom (written on back of photo.) Darren Bradshaw won the Ken Farmer Medal as the SANFL's leading goal kicker in 2003, kicking 88 for the season. You also add some talented local footballers to our training squad for 2021 and we have been able to get a few quality footballers that have been able to dominate in their teams and leagues this year as we look to unearth another Mitch Duval. 2017 was also the anniversary of our 1927 and 1947 premierships. However, Norwood's impregnable defence won out again, and the Bloods were in danger of equalling North Adelaide's 1989 ignominy of kicking only one goal in a Grand Final before two late goals in time-on of the last quarter saw then go down 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30). West Adelaide players Mark Dreher, Ian Borchard, Neil Kerley, Leon Grosser, Dirk de Yong. renderedElement = document.body.insertBefore(element, document.body.firstChild); Disappointingly for our loyal Westies supporters, past player Sam Durdin has decided to pursue his football elsewhere in 2021. Jamie was sourced because of his extensive talent, having created similar pieces for Norwood, Port Adelaide and Central District Football Club. Copyright 2023 West Adelaide Football Club. West Adelaide not only became SANFL premiers for the first time defeating Norwood in the Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval but they also became Champions of Australia when they defeated powerful Victorian Football League team Carlton by five goals at the Adelaide Oval. { Neils input and ability to take on and discern information about players and differing eras played a significant role throughout the process as one of the voting members Future dual Crows premiership player Shaun Rehn who had made his AFL debut during the year with the Crows missed the SANFL finals through injury. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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