Alfred Richard Hammond (30 July 1887 – 18 July 1961) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
St Kilda Football Club in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
[Holmesby & Main (2014), p.357.]
Football
One of nine new players in the team, Hammond played his only First XVIII match for St Kilda
against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike.
The other new players were:
Alby Bowtell,
Roy Cazaly,
Claude Crowl
Claude Terrell Crowl (26 December 1892 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.
He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the landing at Anza ...
,
Peter Donnelly
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,
Otto Opelt,
Rowley Smith
John Rowland Smith (18 June 1891 – 17 April 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.829.
Football
One of nine new players in the team, Smith played ...
,
Tom Soutar
Thomas William Soutar (16 March 1893 – 14 June 1981) was a professional athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Thomas Soutar, and Margaret Soutar, née ...
, and
Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring
Harrie Hattam
Harrie Lewis Hattam (7 July 1890 – 12 January 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia s ...
(16 games),
Bert Pierce
Robert Bertram Pierce (8 March 1886 – 14 August 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football le ...
(41 games), and
Bill Woodcock
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(65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.
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1887 births
1961 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
St Kilda Football Club players
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