Cyril Gove Explained

Cyril Gove
Fullname:	Cyril George Gove
Birth Date:	10 January 1890
Birth Place:	St Kilda, Victoria
Death Place:	Deniliquin, New South Wales
Originalteam:	Collegians
Height:	168 cm
Weight:	55 kg
Position:	Wingman
Statsend:	1918
Years1:	1913–15, 1918
Club1:	Essendon
Games Goals1:	28 (3)

Cyril George Gove (10 January 1890 – 28 August 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Julius Gove (1854–1922),^[1] and Catherine Gove (1860–1923),^[2] née Blyth, Cyril George Gove was born on 10 January 1890. He married Olga Macaw (1907–1984) on 27 October 1932.^[3]

Football

Gove, from St Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon, played his early football for the Collegians.^[4] A wiry wingman, he played 16 games in the 1914 VFL season and was chosen to represent the VFL in the Sydney Carnival.

Amateur jockey

April, 1914In April 1914, Gove rode five winners at the Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Meeting in Deniliquin.^{[5] [6] [7]}

29 May 1915At 2:00PM on Saturday 29 May 1915, Gove rode the racehorse Menthe into third place in the Springbank Corinthian Handicap, a race for amateur riders,^[8] at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Immediately the race was over, he caught a fast cab down Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground,^[9] and by 3:00PM he was playing for Essendon (and was one of its best players)^[10] in its round 6 match against South Melbourne.^{[11] [12]}

Death

He died in Deniliquin, New South Wales on 28 August 1973,^[13] aged 83.

See also

• 1914 Sydney Carnival

References

• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
• Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

• • • Cyril's historic 'triathlon': A jockey, footballer and boxer all in one day

Notes and References

1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4668650 Deaths: Gove, The Argus, (Monday, 10 April 1922) p.1.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1872474 Deaths: Gove, The Argus, (Wednesday, 31 January 1923), p.1.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120155592 About People, The (Deniliquin) Independent, (Friday, 28 October 1932), p.2.
4. Web site: Cyril Gove. AFL Tables.
5. Web site: 1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Meeting . Trove Newspapers . The Journal. Adelaide . 11 June 2020 . 8 May 1914. 1.
6. Web site: 1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Races . Trove Newspapers . The Australasian . 11 June 2020 . 2 May 1914. 60.
7. Web site: 1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Race Meeting results . The Independent. Deniliquin . 1 May 1914. 4.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1520409 Goodwood, "Notes and Chat", The Argus, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.22, col.A.
9. Ross (1996), p.87.
10. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154946882 Saturday's Sport, The Age, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.12.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1520947/380733 Saturday’s Matches: Some Close Finishes: Notes by Observer, The Argus, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.6. col.A.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2897897 Champion Tobacco "Sportettes", The Canberra Times, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p.8, col.A.
13. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tttUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5319%2C7542636 Deaths: Gove, The Age, (Thursday, 30 August 1973), p.22.