The Best Saints from Tasmania.

Elvis · Post: # 855058Post **Elvis** » Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:18pm

Continuing the off season Best Of Teams. Here are those from across Bass Strait named in or as close to their playing positions as possible. Players names are listed, years played, number of games played for St.Kilda and where known, the club originally recruited from. As with the Ballarat Saints and the Best of the Recycleds, I'll leave this thread live for a week or so and welcome everyone's contributions/suggestions for change, hopefully unearthing some others that I may have overlooked.

All contributors considered as selectors! If anyone could contribute by pointing out the original clubs where that information is missing it would be most appreciated.

There are some real gems here, it is quite a formidable line up.

Enjoy.....

BACKS
BP Barry LAWRENCE, 1969-76, (126), Longford
FB Verdun HOWELL, 1958 â€“ 68, (159), City South
BP Jamie SHANAHAN, 1992-97, (125), Hobart

HALF BACKS
HBF Matthew YOUNG, 1996 - 01, (97), St.Pats (Launceston)
CHB John BINGLEY, 1965 â€“ 66, (8) Devonport,
HBF David GRANT, 1984 â€“ 95, 191, City South,

CENTRES
W Horrie MASON, 1922-31, (137), North Hobart
C Ian STEWART (vc), 1963-70, (127), Hobart
W John BONNEY, 1967-76, (87), Cooee

HALF FORWARDS
HFF Graeme LEE, 1961-62, (18), Wynyard
CHF Darrel BALDOCK, (c) 1962 â€“ 68, (119), Latrobe
HFF Adrian FLETCHER, 1992, (22) Glenorchy

FORWARDS
FP Percy JORY, 1912-15/1920, (60), Lefroy
FF Justin PLAPP, 2000-02, (26), Burnie
FP Bob JONES, 1988 â€“ 89 (20), Devonport

RUCK
Jim JENKINS 1921 â€“ 25, (50)

FOLLOWERS
Victor BARWICK 1903 â€“ 09/1913, (105), Union (Queenstown)
William LINGER 1953-54, (31), Launceston City

I/C Allan SCOTT, 1924 â€“ 26, (19),
Alan SCOTT, 1929-30, (32), Cananore/North Launceston
Horrie TRINDER, 1902-03, (10), Mt Lyell
Barry BROOKS 2003, 2005 â€“ 07, (10), Grassy (King Island)

Apologies to:
Jim DALTON 1927-28, (11)
George ATKINS 1918 â€“ 19, (7)
Colin DEANE 1933, (3)
Sam JONES 1994, (3) Sandy Bay
Tom LAMPRELL 1910, (1), North Lyell
Andrew MCLEAN, 1996, (6), North Launceston
John RIGGS, 1984-85, (6), Burnie Tigers
John ROBSON, 1956, (4), Newtown
Lindsay THOMAS, 1975, (4), City South
Darren DAVIES 1991, (2), Launceston
Rod HUGHES, 1977, (7), Scottsdale

Bernard Shakey · Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:26pm

Who the hell is Darrell Bonney?

John Bonney played for St Kilda from '67 till '76, he wore No. 1.

saintbrat · Post: # 855061Post **saintbrat** » Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:26pm

you've left out one Major player- a current landowner and Born tasmanian

would fit Half forward and be captain of an all australian team very easily

Bernard Shakey · Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:28pm

saintbrat wrote:you've left out one Major player- a current landowner and Born tasmanian

would fit Half forward and be captain of an all australian team very easily :wink:

He never played in Tassie.

saintbrat · Post: # 855063Post **saintbrat** » Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:29pm

was that a criteria?

Launcestonsaint · Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:32pm

Rod HUGHES 1977 (7) Scottsdale

Bernard Shakey · Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:35pm

saintbrat wrote:was that a criteria?

...the club originally recruited from...

Launcestonsaint · Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:01pm

Darren Davies played for Launceston.

Launcestonsaint · Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:05pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
saintbrat wrote:was that a criteria?
...the club originally recruited from...

Didn't he play for Clarence under 3's?
We'll claim him as a Tasmanian any way we can.

saintbrat · Post: # 855077Post **saintbrat** » Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:06pm

ahh there we have another - Tasmanian moderator- LauncestonSaint...

Oh well just popped him in there- I didn't read it as being exclusivly that they had to have played in that state

Launcestonsaint · Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:15pm

saintbrat wrote:ahh there we have another - Tasmanian moderator- LauncestonSaint...

Oh well just popped him in there- I didn't read it as being exclusivly that they had to have played in that state

Sorry brat but I haven't played for St Kilda yet.

Frankie · Post: # 855096Post **Frankie** » Mon 02 Nov 2009 11:50pm

What about Matthew Young? Played over 90 games for us and was originally from Launceston. Couple of years there where he was quite handy.

Milan Faletic · Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:56am

I'm sure I'm breaking the rules because he didn't play in Tassie but some we all know was born in Tassie....

Nick Riewoldt

Milan Faletic · Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:57am

saintbrat wrote:you've left out one Major player- a current landowner and Born tasmanian

would fit Half forward and be captain of an all australian team very easily

sorry just saw your post sb.

Milan Faletic · Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:59am

Bernard Shakey wrote:Who the hell is Darrell Bonney?

John Bonney played for St Kilda from '67 till '76, he wore No. 1.

You're a bit of grumpy bum tonight, BS.

Elvis put a lot of effort in to that post.

Cup eve drinks?

Elvis · Post: # 855144Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 7:35am

Bernard Shakey wrote:Who the hell is Darrell Bonney?

John Bonney played for St Kilda from '67 till '76, he wore No. 1.

Yikes, sorry about that Bernard, had my Darrels and Johns mixed up... long day at school!

Elvis · Post: # 855145Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 7:36am

saintbrat wrote:you've left out one Major player- a current landowner and Born tasmanian

would fit Half forward and be captain of an all australian team very easily

He might just make the North of the Border side though!

Elvis · Post: # 855146Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 7:37am

Launcestonsaint wrote:Rod HUGHES 1977 (7) Scottsdale

Nice!

Elvis · Post: # 855147Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 7:39am

Milan Faletic wrote:
Bernard Shakey wrote:Who the hell is Darrell Bonney?

John Bonney played for St Kilda from '67 till '76, he wore No. 1.
You're a bit of grumpy bum tonight, BS.

Elvis put a lot of effort in to that post.

Cup eve drinks?

Yes he did indeed. For the record, Nick didn't play football in Tasmania.
Love the controversy surrounding this one

His turn will come...

Mr Magic · Post: # 855150Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 8:32am

Jodie Arnol?

Elvis · Post: # 855152Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 8:40am

saintbrat wrote:was that a criteria?

It's club recruited from immediately prior to entering the AFL or VFL Saintbrat.

Don't worry, Roo gets up in a number of forthcoming teams as captain... including hopefully a real one in September next year!

Elvis · Post: # 855153Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 8:40am

Mr Magic wrote:Jodie Arnol?

I think you're onto something Mr Magic!

Elvis · Post: # 855166Post **Elvis** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 10:09am

Frankie wrote:What about Matthew Young? Played over 90 games for us and was originally from Launceston. Couple of years there where he was quite handy.

Anyone know where Matty Young was recruited from?

St Fidelius · Tue 03 Nov 2009 10:33am

Elvis wrote:
Frankie wrote:What about Matthew Young? Played over 90 games for us and was originally from Launceston. Couple of years there where he was quite handy.
Anyone know where Matty Young was recruited from?

St Pats...

There was also

Graeme Kettle - Sth Launceston
Brett Jeffrey - Latrobe

saintm · Post: # 855173Post **saintm** » Tue 03 Nov 2009 10:33am

Elvis wrote:
Frankie wrote:What about Matthew Young? Played over 90 games for us and was originally from Launceston. Couple of years there where he was quite handy.
Anyone know where Matty Young was recruited from?

From memory, Matthew was recruited from school in Launceston by Hawthorn and made his way to St Kilda later in his career.