Henry Merrett | |
Fullname: | Henry Frederick Merrett |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1886 |
Birth Place: | Allendale, Victoria |
Death Place: | Lyndhurst, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Warburton |
Statsend: | 1911 |
Years1: | 1911 |
Games Goals1: | 3 (0) |
Henry Frederick Merrett (29 June 1886 – 13 February 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Thomas Henry Merrett (1834-1907),[2] and Hannah Maria Merrett (1845-1919), née Polley,[3] Henry Frederick Merrett was born at Allendale, Victoria on 29 June 1886.
He married Eva Ruby Williams (1889-1958) in 1907.[4] They had two children, Bruce (b.1909), and Olga (b.1910).
"H. Merrett, a tall forward and follower from Warburton",[5] made his debut for St Kilda, against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 17 June 1911.[6] He played in two more senior matches: against Melbourne, at the Junction Oval on 22 July 1911, and against Richmond, at the Punt Road Oval, on 26 August 1911.
He died on 13 February 1954.[7]