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First Richmond

First Richmond Football Club


Club Founded: April 25 1860 at the Royal Hotel, Richmond
Club Disbanded: 1861.
Home Ground: Richmond Cricket Ground, Yarra Park.
Uniforms: 1860 - Red sash over left shoulder of cricket whites. 1861 - light blue flannel shirt.


SECRETARIES
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)

TREASURER
J. Kerchevall (1860)

GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
W. A Basevi (1860)
Alex M. Bruce (1860)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1860)
G. M. Nicholls (1860)
Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)


CAPTAINS
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1861)


PLAYERS

Allen (1860)
E.C Amsink (1860)
Arnott (1861)

W. P Barter (1860)
W.A Basevi (1860-1861)
J. Boak (1860)
Brind (1860)
J.C Broadie (1860)
Alex M. Bruce (1860)
J. Byrne (1860)

A. Cameron (1861)
Alex Cameron (1861)
D. Cameron (1861)
Donald Campbell (1861)
John 'Jack Conway (1861)
(A.E. or T?) Clarke (1860-1861)
George Costick (1860)

Gideon Elliot (1860-1861)
W.L Freame (1860-1861)

Gilbert (1860)
Gickling (1860)
Glazebrook (1860)
A Goodlet (1860)

William Josiah Hammersley (1860-1861)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1860-1861)
F J Hickling (1860-1861)
Higgs (1860)
A. Hope (1860-1861)
G Huddlestone (1860)
John 'Jack' Huddlestone (180-1861)
Thomas Huddlestone (1860-1861)
Hurry (1860)
W. Hurst (1861)

D. Ireland (1861)

Newton Jacomb (1860)

C.J Kenworthy (1860)
J Kerchevall (1860-1861)

Major (1861)
George Marshall (1860-1861)
J.C Mason (1861)
McDonald (1861)
McFarlane (1861)
Roderick McKenzie (1861)
G McRae (1860)
Moncrieff (1860)
E. Mortimer (1860-1861)

G.M Nicholls (1860-1861)
Nixon (1860)

W. Parraton (1861)
M. Petrie (1860-1861)

W. Rayer (1861)
W.L Rees (1860)
J. Runnegar (1860)
J.E. Russell (1860-1861)
M. P . Ryan (1861)

J. Shiels (1860-1861)
Shiller (1861)
George J Shoosmith (1860-1861)
Smith (1860)

George Tait (1861)
W. Timbury (1861)

Urquhart (1860)

Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)
Welch (1860)
Wilkinson (1861)
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Sidney Woolley (1860

Unconfirmed: Theodore S Marshall (as noted in April 1893 The Sportsman, The Richmond Guardian)

1860 Chronology

1860 MATCHES
N.B This only includes Richmond matches, not combined Richmond/Melbourne team that played during the season.

Date
Venue
W/L
Richmond Score
Opponent Score
Notes
May 12 MCG Draw 1 Melbourne 1 Goal: Nicholl.. Melb (18 players) vs Rich (14 players)
May 19 Richmond Grd Abandoned Scotch College Postponed due to poor weather
June 2 Richmond Grd Draw 0 Melbourne 0
June 9 MCG Abandoned StKilda Richmond men showed. Not enough players for game
June 16 MCG Loss 0 Melbourne 2 This was a continuation of June 2 game Best: Wills, Harrison, Wardill. Bruce
June 16 MCG Draw 0 Melbourne 0 Small half hour game at the end of the day.
June 30 Richmond Grd Loss 1 Melbourne 2 15 players a side. Goal: Wills
July 28 Abandoned University Not enough players showed for University
Aug 18 Richmond CG Win 3 Melbourne 0 Earliest documented football match on the Richmond Cricket Ground
Sept 8 Richmond CG Melbourne Combined scratch match.



1861 Chronology

1861 MATCHES

Date
Venue
W/L
Richmond Score
Opponent Score
Notes
May 18 Richmond CG Win 1 Melbourne 0 Nicholls.
June 8 MCG Loss 0 Melbourne 1
July 27 MCG Win 2 Melbourne 0 Goals: Mason, Nicholls
Aug 31 Argyle Gr Loss 1 Geelong 2 Goal: D. Cameron.


Further Reading
Second Richmond FC