Peter Williams (Australian footballer, born 1867) explained

Peter Williams
Fullname:Peter Francis Williams
Birth Date:15 April 1867
Birth Place:Ballarat East, Victoria
Death Place:Royal Park, Melbourne
Originalteam:Ballarat Second Twenty
Statsend:1901
Years1:1890-1895
Club1:Carlton (VFA)
Games Goals1:94 (32)
Years2:1897–1899, 1901
Games Goals2:34 (1)
Games Goalstotal:128 (33)
Careerhighlights:
  • Leading goalkicker 1890 (20)

Peter Francis Williams (15 April 1867 – 3 March 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFA and Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He was appointed captain of Carlton in 1894,[2] but resigned after Carlton finished last.

During the season, he had upset club officials after he and a teammate failed to appear for a match against Collingwood. Carlton retained him as a player for 1895, even though he had considered crossing to North Melbourne, but was injured in Round 9 and missing the remainder of that season and all of 1896.

He was 30 years old when the VFL began in 1897, and he made his VFL debut in Round 2 against South Melbourne, his first game in 18 months. He played 11 matches that year, including his 100th for the club, and played 11 matches in each of 1898 and 1899 before he retired.

He returned for one game in Round 5 1901, when Carlton were short of players for a match against St Kilda, and kicked his first goal since 1896.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 896.
  2. News: FOOTBALL. . . LVI . 1461 . Victoria, Australia . 31 March 1894 . 14 September 2016 . 19 . National Library of Australia.