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).[1]

Rowley Smith
Personal information
Full name John Rowland Smith
Date of birth (1891-06-18)18 June 1891
Place of birth Carlton North, Victoria
Date of death 17 April 1958(1958-04-17) (aged 66)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 St Kilda 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

One of nine new players in the team, Smith 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, Peter Donnelly, Alf Hammond, Otto Opelt, Tom Soutar, and Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring Harrie Hattam (16 games), Bert Pierce (41 games), and Bill Woodcock (65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.829.
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References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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