George Waterhouse (footballer) explained

George Waterhouse
Fullname:George Waterhouse
Birth Date:4 February 1899
Height:182 cm
Weight:81 kg
Statsend:1927
Years1:1922
Club1:Horsham
Years2:1923–25
Club2:Geelong Association (VFA)
Games Goals2:20 (2)
Years3:1925
Games Goals3:2 (1)
Years4:1925
Club4:Port Melbourne (VFA)
Games Goals4:7 (0)
Years5:1926
Games Goals5:7 (2)
Years6:1927
Games Goals6:1 (0)

George Waterhouse (4 February 1899 – 8 December 1931) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Richmond and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as Geelong Association and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA)[1]

Waterhouse initially played for Horsham in 1922[2] before moving to Ballarat Imperial in 1923.[3] He was selected to represent the Ballarat League team that played Broken Hill in June[4] and shortly afterwards secured a permit to move to Geelong Association in the VFA.[5] Waterhouse played with Geelong Association until Round 1 of the 1925 season, after which he transferred to South Melbourne where he had been training.[6] He only managed two games with South and within two months had moved again, this time to Port Melbourne,[7] his third senior club in the one season.

In 1926 Waterhouse moved to Richmond[8] where he added seven more VFL games to his career total. In 1927 he played one further VFL game, this time with Fitzroy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Waterhouse . The VFA Project.
  2. News: Football . The Horsham Times . 6562 . Victoria, Australia . 4 July 1922 . 3.
  3. News: FOOTBALL . The Ballarat Star . 20532 . Victoria, Australia . 5 June 1923 . 2.
  4. News: Ballarat League v Broken Hill . Sporting Globe . 93 . Victoria, Australia . 20 June 1923 . 9.
  5. News: FINAL PERMITS. . The Age . 21,297 . Victoria, Australia . 5 July 1923 . 10.
  6. News: FOOTBALL. . The Argus . 24,569 . Victoria, Australia . 7 May 1925 . 5.
  7. News: Club Notes. . The Argus . 24,618 . Victoria, Australia . 3 July 1925 . 5.
  8. News: FOOTBALL. . The Argus . 24,873 . Victoria, Australia . 29 April 1926 . 18.