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Can anyone add any names. Ken Williams is brother of Geoff, who is featured in FROM THE NEWSPAPERS below.

In 1939 Yallourn Blues played Leongatha in the Central Gippsland FL Grand Final at Trafalgar.
In the above photo, Ken Williams is probably the player fourth from the right in the back row. He is standing next to Col Webster. The captain of the team in that CGFL Grand Final was Bert Downes ( formerly of Fish Creek FC).
The final scores were:
Yallourn: 16. 12. 108 defeated Leongatha: 9.9. 63
Goal kickers for Yallourn: Batson 7 Barton 5 Comber 2 Beulke 1 Williams 1

Standing: Ray Kitney, ? , Wally George, George Bates, Sam French, Bruce Knight, B Nairn, Peter Watkinson, John Jackson, Ken McColl, Tom Piggett, Kevin Fanning, Bill Harkins, Roy Whelan, Toby Williams, Russell Kingsley
Sitting: Bill Griffiths, Daryl Knight, ? , Simon Shaw, John Price, Cyril Moreland, George Botten, Stan Brown, Frank Kelly (Coach)

Photo provided by Lauris Stanger

Ex-Yallourn footballer, Syd Tate, in action at Geelong.
Source: Kornies Football Cards

YFC Alister Thorpe shepherding on left Barry Coad gathering the ball with Mike Collins, Neville Gorman and the player behind Mike is Norm Hall

Source: Original source not known but posted on the St Kilda Football Club website

Yallourn No 1 Oval…it was dreadful day with a deluge and heavy, muddy conditions. St Kilda defeated Footscray by 15 points.

For more info on this VFL game at Yallourn see Jack Huxtable’s story in our football stories.

YFC at an Away game (we have white shorts) - probably back to us is Jock McGregor, No 11 maybe Ray Rumbold and face on is Tony Radford

St Therese's SFC Junior Champions 1953
Central Gippsland Schools Saturday Football Association
...M Meany

CAPTAIN & COACH OF THE 1948 PREMIERSHIP TEAM ~ TED HILL

THE C.G.F.L. 1948 PREMIER TEAM ~ YALLOURN FOOTBALL CLUB

A rare photograph of former Yallourn wingman, Syd Tate.
Syd went on to become a start at Geelong FC. This photo was published in the VFL Football Records in 1951.