Joe Ritchie (footballer) explained

Joe Ritchie
Fullname:	Joseph Duncan Ritchie
Birth Date:	26 September 1886
Birth Place:	Numurkah, Victoria
Death Place:	Henty, New South Wales
Originalteam:	Numurkah, Drumanure
Statsend:	1909
Years1:	1909
Games Goals1:	7 (3)

Joseph Duncan Ritchie (26 September 1886 – 24 May 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Joseph Duncan Ritchie (1848–1922),^[2] and Mary Jane Ritchie (1855–1937), née Tawse,^{[3] [4]} Joseph Duncan Ritchie was born in Numurkah on 26 September 1886.

He married Alice May Coles (1893–1975) in 1917.

Football

Ritchie was recruited from the Drumanure Football Club, in the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA), after he was best on ground in Drumanure's 1908 GVFA grand final win against the Muckatah Football Club.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 752.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196868625 Deaths: Ritchie, The Numurkah Leader, (Wednesday, 11 October 1922), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186451447 Deaths: Ritchie, The Numurkah Leader, (Tuesday, 27 April 1937), p.2.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186451457 About People: Obituary, The Numurkah Leader, (Tuesday, 27 April 1937), p.3.
5. Web site: 1908 - Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Cobram Courier . 30 April 2020 . 17 September 1908. 5.