Monash University
Whites Football
1964-1965; 1971 onwards
Victorian Amateur Football Association


20th CENTURY

 


PREMIERSHIPS

 

1972 F Reserve Section
1975 F Section
1998 Club XVIII (2) Section

 

1972
F RESERVE SECTION

Road to Glory!

The Hard Slog ...

  W L D For Agst % Pts
Monash Whites 17 1 - 1769 772 229.1 68
Old Camberwell Grammarians 15 3 - 1287 757 170.0 60
Elsternwick 12 6 - 1480 1034 143.1 48
La Trobe Reds 10 8 - 1169 1030 113.5 40

The Second Semi ...

Monash Whites              2.1    6.2    7.4    12.6.78
Old Camberwell Gram.    2.3    4.6  8.7     11.7.73

The Chosen Few ...

  • Steve Gibbs (coach)
  • Des Powell (captain)
  • Phillip Spark (vice captain)
  • John Barnes
  • Vivian Braham
  • Michael Brett Young
  • Neil Hewson
  • William Holloway
  • Gary James
  • Paul James
  • Ian Kimpton
  • Michael Long
  • Rodney Lovett
  • Ross McKenzie
  • Graeme Peacock
  • Stuart Roth
  • Garry Rothman
  • Ken Tooley
  • Peter Vero
  • David Johnson (19th man)
  • Ian L. Cock (20th man)

Players Who Helped Them Get There ...

Kenneth Barnes, Howard Bellchambers, Russell Berry, Gordon Crockett, Ross Eastham, Gary Gibson, Stephen Horne, Keith James, John Kenez, Bruce McIver, Peter Moore, Mick O'Connell, Simon O'Hanlon, Rob Porter, Herman Roborgh, Philip Rosengarten, Neil Slonim, Anthony Sowersby, Timothy Wolff and Bill Halliday (manager).

The Day ...

Saturday, September 9th 1972

The Match Scores ...

Monash Whites              6.7    7.11    14.14    19.18.132
Old Camberwell Gram.    0.1    2.3       3.3        6.6.42

Our Goals ...

Rodney Lovett - 4
Ian Kimpton - 4
Paul James - 3
Des Powell - 2
Gary James - 2
Michael Brett Young - 1
Graeme Peacock - 1
Michael Long - 1
John Barnes - 1

Our Best ...

John Barnes
Michael Long
Michael Brett Young
Peter Vero
Neil Hewson
Paul James

CHAMPIONS!

Back Row: Neil Slonim, Bruce McIver, Peter Vero, Rodney Lovett, Ross McKenzie, Michael Brett Young, David Johnson, Michael Long, Howard Bellchambers.
Middle Row: Bill Halliday (manager), Garry Rothman, Russell Berry, John Kenez, Keith James, Rob Porter, Paul James, William Holloway, Ross Eastham, Mick O'Connell.
Front Row: Neil Hewson, Ken Tooley, Phillip Spark (vice captain), Geoff Marshall (president), Des Powell (captain, whites secretary), Stephen Gibbs (coach), Philip Rosengarten, Gary Gibson.
Inset: Graeme Peacock, Gary James.

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1975
F SECTION

Road to Glory!

The Hard Slog ...

  W L D For Agst % Pts
Heatherton 17 1 - 2251 1214 185.4 68
Monash Whites 15 3 - 1951 1144 170.5 60
Thornbury 14 4 - 2127 1382 153.9 56
Bulleen United 13 5 - 1938 1202 161.2 52

The Second Semi ...

Heatherton           3.2    6.8    9.10      17.13.115
Monash Whites
    4.2    6.7    10.12    11.12.78

Our Goals: Chisholm 3, Mitchell, Wallis, Farnsworth 2,
Geritz, Crook.
Our Best: Crook, O'Shea, Darling, Milford, Picone,
Rosenhain.

The Prelim. ...

Monash Whites    3.4    7.5    10.9    13.12.90
Bulleen United      3.6    7.6     8.9     9.11.65

Our Goals: Farnsworth 4, McKenzie, James 2, Lee, Kok,
Stirling, Peacock, Rosenhain.
Our Best: O'Shea, Farnsworth, Wallis, Kok, Milford, Picone.

The Chosen Few ...

B: Dennis Smith Paul O'Shea Steve Meredith
HB: Dick Lee Peter Milford Phil Picone
C: Ken Rosenhain Graeme Peacock (vc) Peter Darling
HF: Geoff Tellefson Colin Crook Frank Farnsworth
F: Paul Mitchell Richard Stirling Lee Kok
Rk: Ross McKenzie (c) Paul James  
R: Chris Wallis    
19th: Neil Hewson

20th:

John Chisholm
Coach: Steve Burley

Assistant Coach

Sven Riisik

Players Who Helped Them Get There ...

Steve Burley (captain), Mark Barrett, Col Brice, Andrew Capell, Ian R. Cook, Nick Fell, Mick Forde, Manny Geritz, John Kenez, Alan Morecroft, John Mulkearns, John Rogers, Peter Rubira, James Thoms and Michael Wharton.

The Day ...

Saturday, September 13th 1975

The Match Scores ...

Monash Whites     7.3    12.4    13.8    16.10.106
Heatherton            3.1     6.3      8.8      13.13.91

Our Goals ...

Richard Stirling - 5
Colin Crook - 4
Ross McKenzie - 2
Geoff Tellefson - 1
Ken Rosenhain - 1
Paul James - 1
Frank Farnsworth - 1
Chris Wallis - 1

Our Best ...

Paul O'Shea
Richard Stirling
Colin Crook
Peter Milford
Frank Farnsworth
Ross McKenzie

CHAMPIONS!

Back Row: Geoff Tellefson, John Mulkearns, Dick Lee, Steve Meredith, John Rogers, Alan Morecroft, Mick Forde.
Third Row: Col Brice, Phil Picone, Paul O'Shea, Dennis Smith, Lee Kok, Richard Stirling, Ken Rosenhain, Peter Darling, Peter Milford, Ross Eastham (whites secretary), Paul James.
Second Row: John Kenez, Neil Hewson, Chris Wallis, Ross McKenzie (vice captain, treasurer), Steven Burley (captain/coach), Sven Riisik (assistant coach), Frank Farnsworth.
Front Row: Ian Cook, Nick Fell, Graeme Peacock, Paul Mitchell, John Chisholm, Peter Rubira, Mark Barrett.

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1998
CLUB XVIII (2) SECTION

Road to Glory!

The Hard Slog ...

  W L D For Agst % Pts
Monash Whites 14 1 - 1084 512 211.7 56
Thornbury Cougars 11 4 - 1051 716 146.8 44
Kew 10 5 - 945 571 165.5 40
Mt Lilydale Old Collegians 9 6 - 1049 689 152.3 36

The Second Semi ...

Monash Whites         3.3    6.4    11.9    13.14.92
Thornbury Cougars    1.3    3.5     4.8      4.9.33

Our Goals: Kenny 7, VanderZalm 3, Collier 2, Tossavainen.
Our Best:
Kenny, Tracy, S Dods, Plehn, Howe, Cowley.

The Chosen Few ...

Awaiting Details

Players Who Helped Them Get There ...

Awaiting Details

The Day ...

Sunday, August 23rd 1998

The Match Scores ...

Monash Whites     2.4    4.6    8.7    8.11.59
Kew                      1.1     5.5  6.5  7.6.48

Our Goals ...

Marko Tossavainen - 3
Richard Angley - 1
Bryce Collier - 1
Gene VanderZalm - 1

Our Best ...

Dan Tracy
Luc Colombies
Gene VanderZalm
Matt Riddle
Paul Glass
John Stoppa

CHAMPIONS!

 


1 Steve Collis, 2 John Stoppa, 3 Paul Glass, 4 John Fairweather (president), 5 Stephen Dods, 6 Dave Nelson, 7 Anthony Forbes (secretary), 8 Marko Tossavainen, 9 Markus Krebs, 10 Luc Colombies, 11 Gavin Ryan, 12 Gene VanderZalm, 13 Jason Cowley, 14 Sam Ricardo, 15 Bessie Abbot (trainer), 16 Joe Kenny, 17 Damian West, 18 Paul Gill, 19 Trevor Pimm (runner), 20 Matt Dobbs, 21 Mark Dods, 22 Graham Sinclair, 23 Chris Howe (captain), 24 Simon Raynor, 25 Jarrod Montigue, 26 Dave O'Brien, 27 Bryce Collier, 28 Ronnie Lamb (coach), 29 Richard Angley (treasurer), 30 Mick Crossland, 31 Jason Plehn, 32 Dave Hardy, 33 Matt Riddle, 34 Dan Tracy, 35 Chris Raynor.

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