Arnold Stanley "Bud" Byfield (1 November 1923 – 4 July 2015) was an Australian sportsman who played

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in the

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for

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and

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with

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in the

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(VFL) and Claremont in the

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(WAFL). Born in Northam Byfield, known as "Bud", was a member of Claremont's 1940 premiership team, at the age of just 16. In 1946 he joined the Melbourne Football Club in Victoria and played in the

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, which they lost to

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. It was his only season in the league and he returned to Western Australia the following year for one final season at Claremont. He also played 284 games for country football clubs and umpired a further 152 games. Byfield served as president of the

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from its inception in 1973 to 1991, and in 2004 was inducted into the

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. In six first-class cricket matches, Byfield made 251 runs at 27.88 and took two wickets at 21.50 with his medium pace bowling. He made four appearances in the 1953/54 Sheffield Shield, including one against

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when he dismissed both

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and Bob Simpson as well as scoring 36 in his first innings. His highest score came against the touring

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in 1953 when he scored 38

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, after an unbeaten 16 in the first innings.

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