Rowley Smith

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

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| name = Rowley Smith

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| fullname = John Rowland Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|06|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Carlton North, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|04|17|1891|06|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria

| originalteam = Caulfield (FFA)

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| statsend = 1911

| years1 = 1911

| club1 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals1 = 3 (0)

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John Rowland Smith (18 June 1891 – 17 April 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.829.

Football

One of nine new players in the team, Smith made his debut for St Kilda against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike.

The other new players were: Alby Bowtell, Roy Cazaly, Claude Crowl, Peter Donnelly, Alf Hammond, Otto Opelt, Tom Soutar, and Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring Harrie Hattam (16 games), Bert Pierce (41 games), and Bill Woodcock (65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.

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References

  • {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}