Arthur Rayson
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Arthur Rayson
| image =
| fullname = Arthur William Rayson
| birth_date = 1 December 1901
| birth_place = Dunolly, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|1|21|1901|12|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Geelong West, Victoria
| originalteam = Cobden (HFL)The Argus, [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65284581 "Cobden"], 13 October 1923. p. 5
| height = 170 cm
| weight = 71 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1931
| years1 = 1924–1931
| club1 = Geelong
| games_goals1 = 101 (128)
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Arthur William Rayson (1 December 1901 – 21 January 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.
Family
File: VIctorian Football League Interstate Team-(1928).jpeg, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Allan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur "Bull" Coghlan, Herbert White.]]
The son of George Rayson (1873-1960), and Minnie Rayson (1876-1939), née Dawson, Arthur William Rayson was born at Dunolly, Victoria on 1 December 1898.
He married May Perrett (1900-1984) in 1922. They had three children: a daughter, Dorothy, and two sons, Alan Arthur Rayson (1924–1982), and Coleman Medalist Noel Douglas Rayson (1933–2003), both of whom played for Geelong.
Football
Recruited to Geelong from the Cobden Football Club, Rayson was a rover who liked to use the stab kick. He played at half-forward flank in Geelong's 1925 premiership team.
=Geelong (Seconds)=
He kicked 4 goals, and was one of Geelong's best players in the team that won the VFL's 1923 "Junior League" premiership,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243737556 Junior League Final: Geelong Beat Richmond, The Herald, (Saturday, 22 October 1923), p.4.] against Richmond, 9.12 (66) to 5.10 (40), despite having to play the entire second half with only 17 men.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1996409 Junior League Grand Final: Geelong Premiers, The Argus, (Monday, 22 October 1923), p.16.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166012316 Second Eighteen Wins Premiership: Richmond Well Beaten in the Grand Final: Geelong Plays with Seventeen Men, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 22 October 1923), p.17.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206248530 Junior League Final: Geelong Wins Easily, The Age, (Monday, 22 October 1923), p.15.]
=Geelong (Firsts)=
==7 August 1926==
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|quote = Geelong hit the lead in the third quarter, a signal for
St Kilda to apply greater force. Down went Chambers of
Geelong, a boundary umpire histrionically threatening to
report a St Kilda player. Next, Rayson, a brilliant Geelong
player and also the Geelong caretaker, fell to the ground
and with broken ribs. He was carried dramatically to his
house within the grounds.
It was the signal for all hell to break loose. When the
bell rang, the Saints sensed big trouble and tried to leave
the ground hurriedly; Shelton and Stan Hepburn were
engulfed on the field by swarming, shouting barrackers.
The Geelong supporters had become an unruly, vengeful
mob.
Shelton was hit by an umbrella wielded with wounding
purpose and suffered a torrent of abuse and blows.
Another Geelong fan wrenched a picket from the fence
and advanced on Shelton. Shelton smartly dodged the
blow, grabbed the picket and held it to defend himself.
A mounted policeman rode up, tore the picket from
Shelton's hands and with arrogant urgency hustled
Shelton and Hepburn up the race and into the rooms.
(Main and Allen, 2002, p.336)
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It is important to note that Main and Allen, (2002, p. 336) have, along with Feldman and Holmesby (1992), become confused between John Thomas "Jack" Shelton and the other St Kilda Shelton (John Frederick "Jack" Shelton). John Thomas "Jack" Shelton was not in the St Kilda team that played against Geelong at the Corio Oval on 7 August 1926, but John Frederick "Jack" Shelton did play for St Kilda on that day.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1926/091519260807.html VFL list of Geelong and St Kilda players participating in the 7 August 1926 match.] Therefore, the "Shelton" mentioned in the account of the thuggery directed, particularly, at Rayson (who also worked as the caretaker at the Corio Oval), by members of the St Kilda team, and the account of the spectators' response to Rayson's injury (which included broken ribs), specifically directed at Shelton, refers exclusively to John Frederick "Jack" Shelton, and not John Thomas "Jack" Shelton (as Feldman and Holmesby, and Main and Allen have mistakenly supposed).[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3800945 Football Sensations: Disgraceful Scenes: Police Intervention at Geelong, The Argus, (Monday, 9 August 1926), p.11.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2437064 Football: Topical and Personal: Melee at a Melbourne Match, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Friday, 13 August 1926), p.25.][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0bgUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8tcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2535%2C4207244 Brawl at Geelong: Players and Spectators Fight: Picket Used in Melee, The Age, (Monday, 9 August 1926), p.7.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page449473 A Spiteful Game, The Argus, (Monday, 9 August 1926), p.16.][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0bgUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8tcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584%2C4209148 St Kilda Outplayed, The Age, (Monday, 9 August 1926), p.7.]
Death
Footnotes
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References
{{Commons category}}
- Feldman, Jules & Holmesby, Russell, The Point of it All: The Story of the St Kilda Football Club, Playwright (on behalf of the St Kilda Football Club), (Sydney), 1992.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Shelton, J.T. 'Jack'", pp. 335–337 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=A/Arthur_Rayson.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Arthur+Rayson/4190}}
{{1925 Geelong premiership players}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Geelong Football Club players
Category:Geelong Football Club premiership players
Category:Cobden Football Club players
Category:1926 in Australian rules football