Billy Orchard

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Billy Orchard

| image =

| fullname = William Henry Orchard

| birth_date = 9 August 1888

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|7|22|1888|8|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Geelong, Victoria

| originalteam = Geelong Grammar

| debutdate = Round 16, 1906

| debutteam = Geelong

| debutopponent = Carlton

| debutstadium = Corio Oval

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1915

| years1 = 1906, 1908–1915

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 112 (67)

| coachyears1 = 1914

| coachclub1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| coachgames_wins1 = 18 (11–6–1)

| careerhighlights = * AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London,
28 October 1916

}}

William Henry Orchard {{post-nominals|MC}} (9 August 1888 – 22 July 1965) was an Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club between 1906 and 1915. He served in the First AIF. He was awarded a Military Cross.

Family

The son of Edwin Orchard (1863-1927)[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232323140 Deaths: Orchard, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 10 December 1927), p2.] and Ruth Orchard (1866-1938), née Mallett,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205216542 Deaths: Orchard, The Age, (Monday, 14 November 1938), p.1.] he was born on 9 August 1888. He married Henrietta Jessie Galbraith (1895-1966) on 21 July 1915;[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241680173 Social Gossip, The (Ballarat) Evening Echo, (Saturday, 24 July 1915), p.3.] they had three children, William, Douglas, and June.

Football

=Geelong (VFL)=

He was Geelong's captained for two seasons: 1914 and 1915. He was also playing coach in 1914.[http://www.gfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=4014 Geelong Football Club Honour Roll] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616181720/http://www.gfc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=4014 |date=16 June 2008 }}

Image:Detail of Third Australian Division Football Team (28 October 1916).tif

=Third Divisional team (AIF)=

He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916.Richardson (2016), p.165. A news film was taken at the match.The original newsreel: {{YouTube | LuUjgJHLgdg | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916)}}The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: {{YouTube | B88dBgC01YA | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019)}}

Field Umpire

He was a field umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Cricket

Orchard was an outstanding cricketer taking 264 wickets at 12.6 between 1903–1936 in the Geelong Cricket Association.

Military career

In 1918 at Ypres he was awarded the Military Cross for "the efficient manner in which he (Captain Orchard) carried out his task of reorganisation and his cheerfulness under depressing circumstances that earned for him the Military Cross."The Story and Official History of the 38th Battalion A.I.F.; Eric Fairey : The Bendigo Advertiser Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press; Bendigo, Vic. 1920

Footnotes

References

[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1041330 Studio portrait: Captain William Henry Orchard, M.C., collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1874692_13.pdf?agree Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.]
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067651/large/5374567.JPG First World War Embarkation Roll: Lieutenant William Henry Orchard, collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068926/large/5361788.JPG First World War Nominal Roll: Captain William Henry Orchard (MC), collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1538663 Honours and Awards (Military Cross): Captain William Henry Orchard, collection of the Australian War Memorial.]
[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=7998545&D=D First World War Service Record: Captain William Henry Orchard (MC), National Archives of Australia.]
Richardson, N. (2016), The Game of Their Lives, Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. {{ISBN|978-1-7435-3666-7}}

External links

{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Billy_Orchard.html}}
[http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Billy+Orchard Boyles Football Photos: Billy Orchard.]
[https://australianfootball.com/players/player/billy+orchard/2139 Player Biography: Billy Orchard, AustralianFootball.com.]

Category:1888 births

Category:1965 deaths

Category:People educated at Geelong Grammar School

Category:Australian rules footballers from Geelong

Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents

Category:Participants in the 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

Category:Geelong Football Club players

Category:Geelong Football Club coaches

Category:Australian Football League umpires

Category:Australian Army officers

Category:Australian recipients of the Military Cross

Category:Military personnel from Victoria (state)