Algy Millhouse Explained

Algy Millhouse
Fullname:Algernon Edward Millhouse
Birth Date:13 May 1887
Birth Place:Mount Gambier, South Australia
Death Place:Richmond, Victoria
Originalteam:West Broken Hill
Height:173 cm
Weight:79 kg
Position:Rover
Statsend:1914
Coachstatsend:1914
Years1:1911–1912, 1914
Club1:Norwood
Games Goals1:27 (14)
Years2:1913
Games Goals2:10 (4)
Years3:1913
Games Goals3:10 (5)
Coachyears1:1914
Coachclub1:Norwood
Coachgames Wins1:12 (4–8–0)

Algernon Edward Millhouse (13 May 1887 – 1 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He also played for the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SAFL). He was captain-coach of Norwood for the 1914 season.

Family

The son of Joseph Edward Millhouse (1860-1920),[2] and Mary Jane Millhouse (1862-1944),[3] née Mahood, Algernon Edward Millhouse was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia on 13 May 1887.

He married Muriel Elizabeth Cheek (1887-1947), in Adelaide, on 14 May 1912.[4] An accomplished soprano, she was always known professionally (at the Melbourne University Conservatorium, Melbourne Harmonic Society, etc.) as Miss Muriel Cheek.[5]

Millhouse died in Richmond on 1 October 1948.[6]

Football

Port Pirie (South Australia)

In Port Pirie, he played football for the Port Pirie Rovers.[7]

Broken Hill (New South Wales)

He played for the West Broken Hill Football Club, until he was transferred with his employment to Adelaide in February 1911.[8]

Melbourne (VFL)

In 1913, having transferred to Melbourne with his employment,[10] and having been sought by both Carlton and St Kilda,[11] he was granted a clearance from Norwood to Melbourne in April 1913:[12] "the [Melbourne] club has a prize in Millhouse, the great South Australian all-round athlete, whose particular forte is football".[13]

He played ten senior matches with Melbourne before transferring, mid-season, to St Kilda. His last match was against Collingwood in round 10).

St Kilda (VFL)

Midway through the 1913 season, Millhouse was granted a clearance to St Kilda, and played his first match for St Kilda in round 12 against University.[14] His form improved significantly with his move to St Kilda, and he played in ten consecutive senior matches for St Kilda, including the losing Grand Final team, against Fitzroy on 27 September 1913.

Norwood (SAFL) captain-coach

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF in August 1915. Having served overseas, he returned to Australia on 28 August 1919 in the TSS Kanowna, and was discharged not long after that.

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Russell (2014), p.612.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37083697 Deaths: Millhouse, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Monday, 8 November 1920), p.6.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48779940 Deaths: Millhouse, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Monday, 3 January 1944), p.8.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10508354 Marriages: Millhouse—Cheek, The Argus, (Wednesday, 30 October 1912), p.11
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150685206 Table Talk, (Thursday, 24 July 1913), p.8
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22676137 Deaths: Millhouse, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 October 1948), p.9.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/95301949 Port Pirie Football Association, Port Pirie and North Western Mail, (Saturday, 11 July 1903), p.4.
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45130268 Personal, The Barrier Miner, (Friday, 3 February 1911), p.4.
  9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208024347 Football, The (Adelaide) Evening Journal, (Thursday, 23 June 1910), p.2.
  10. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200871737 League Football, The (Adelaide) Journal, (Thursday, 3 April 1913), p.1.
  11. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10778480 Football, The Argus, (Friday, 18 April 1913), p.5.
  12. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10779575 Football: Permits to Players: League, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 April 1913), p.5.
  13. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199433183 The Football Season, The Age, (Friday, 25 April 1913), p.10.
  14. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197484669 The Football Season, The Age, (Friday, 4 July 1913), p.9.