Ben Main Explained

Ben Main
Fullname:	Benjamin Ash Main
Birth Date:	20 May 1887
Birth Place:	Richmond, Victoria
Death Place:	Glen Iris, Victoria
Originalteam:	Camberwell
Statsend:	1911
Years1:	1911
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

Benjamin Ash Main (20 May 1887 – 4 July 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Lawrence Drew Main, and Frances Main, née Hall, Benjamin Ash Main was born in Richmond, Victoria on 20 May 1887.

He married Ida May Holyoak (1891–1950) in 1921.^{[2] [3]}

Football

He played one senior game with South Melbourne, against St Kilda, on 13 May 1911, replacing the injured Bill Thomas.^[4]

A number of the contemporary newspaper reports identify him as "Maine"; for example, the local newspaper The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 20 May 1911), p.5: "Maine, from the country, who certainly did not impress me; but who, with experience, might develop into a footballer of the [Harry] Lampe type".

Death

He died at a private hospital on 4 July 1958.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 544.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206416486 Deaths: Main, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 December 1950), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23025752 Deaths: Main, The Argus, (Tuesday, 26 December 1950), p.14.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162605217 South v. St. Kilda, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 13 May 1911), p.5.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GUkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6992%2C715310 Deaths: Main, The Age, (Saturday, 5 July 1958, p.21.
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JEkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7045%2C2586786 Legal Notices: Benjamin Ash Main, The Age, (Friday, 18 July 1958), p.17.