John McGuire (sportsman) explained

John McGuire
Fullname:John Peter McGuire
Birth Date:14 July 1954
Originalteam:Northam
Statsend:1983
Years1:1973–1979
Club1:East Perth
Games Goals1:85 (19)
Years2:1980–1983
Club2:Perth
Games Goals2:27 (8)

John Peter McGuire (born 14 July 1954) is a former Australian rules football player and cricketer. He is of Aboriginal descent.

Biography

McGuire attended Guildford Grammar School between 1970 and 1972. He and his wife Karen share a son and a daughter.[1] [2]

Cricket

McGuire played most of his career for Mount Lawley District Cricket Club in Western Australian Grade Cricket and is second in the all-time runscoring list for the first grade competition, scoring 10,004 runs. He also holds several club records, including the most career runs (9204) and the most career catches (160).[3]

In January 1988 he captained a team of Aboriginal players who played a Prime Minister's XI personally captained by Bob Hawke. The team later in the year toured England to mark the Australian Bicentenary.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Australian rules football

McGuire played 85 games for East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League, including the 1978 premiership-winning team.[8] [9]

He then transferred to the Perth Football Club in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cricket . Guildford Grammar School . 24 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709205937/http://www.ggs.wa.edu.au/Senior-School/Sport/Cricket.aspx . 9 July 2011 .
  2. Web site: Accomplished Old Guildfordians . The Old Guildfordians Association . 24 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822051452/http://www.oldguildfordians.com.au/documents/accomplished/Accomplished_Old_Guildfordians.pdf . 22 August 2011 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Mount Lawley (ML) – Club Records . Western Australian Cricket Association . Fixture Book 2010–2011 . 24 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110406223310/https://www.waca.com.au/images/docs/publications/WACA%20Fixture%20Book%202010-11.pdf . 6 April 2011 . dmy-all .
  4. News: Bats Test . Glasgow Herald . 14 May 1988 . 25 June 2011.
  5. Book: Ashley Mallett

    . The Black Lords of Summer . University of Queensland Press . Mallett, Ashley . Ashley Mallett . 2002 . 978-0-7022-3262-6.

  6. News: Ashes of Dark Past . Brisbane Times . 21 June 2009 . 24 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100810191948/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/cricket/ashes-of-dark-past-20090621-cs2m.html . 10 August 2010 .
  7. Speech by the Prime Minister . Bob . Hawke . Bob Hawke . Launch of Dreaming of Lords . Parliament House, Canberra . 7 December 1988 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326014712/http://www.archivaldatabase.library.unisa.edu.au/fedora/get/uuid%3AI1064/CONTENT0 . 26 March 2012 . 17 February 2014 .
  8. Web site: Premiership Teams . East Perth Football Club . 24 June 2011 . Surname misspelt as Maguire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525021414/http://www.eastperthfc.com.au/history/27 . 25 May 2011 .
  9. Web site: Every League Premiership Player in Page Finals System Era – 1931 – 2009 . 10 . West Australian Football League . 19 September 2011.

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