Woodville Lacrosse Club
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| league = Lacrosse SA
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| city = Adelaide
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The Woodville Lacrosse Club was founded in 1899{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87783753 |title=Lacrosse. |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Adelaide |date=18 March 1899 |accessdate=14 August 2014 |page=32 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and is located in the north western suburbs of Adelaide.
In 1903, the name of the club was changed to Port Adelaide,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4928814 |title=LACROSSE. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=27 February 1903 |accessdate=22 July 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} by which it was known until 1966, until becoming once again known as Woodville.
Premierships
As Port Adelaide, the Club had early success in 1904, finishing the season ahead of Sturt, who were the dominant club in South Australia at the time.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88073815 |title=Lacrosse. |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Adelaide |date=27 August 1904 |accessdate=14 August 2014 |page=21 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Port Adelaide had additional success in 1931{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61563280 |title=Lacrosse Premiership Won by Port Adelaide. |newspaper=The Mail |location=Adelaide |date=29 August 1931 |accessdate=14 August 2014 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and 1932,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59832516 |title=Port Beat Minor Premiers For Lacrosse Title. |newspaper=The Mail |location=Adelaide |date=24 September 1932 |accessdate=14 August 2014 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} before having a golden era in the 1950s, featuring in 10 of 12 grand finals and winning four of them. There was a 39-year drought before success returned to the Club, this time as Woodville, with 8 premierships in 11 years including five in a row from 1998 to 2002.
A Grade Premierships:
- 1904, 1931, 1932, 1949, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008List of South Australian Lacrosse Premiers
National Awards
Australian Lacrosse Council (now Lacrosse Australia) Fellows Award:
- 1995 – Kenneth Forrest
O C Isaachsen Trophy winners:
- 1967 – Glenn Bowyer
- 2002 – Peter Inge
- 2004, 2006 – James Inge
Shelley Maher Trophy winners:
- 2021 – Olivia Parker
Best and Fairest at the National Carnival:
Brady Award
- 1959 – Ralph Turner
Hobbs Trophy
- 1998 – Aaron Sargent
- 2005 – Peter Inge
- 2010 – Stefan Guerin
Lacrosse Australia Trophy
- 2022, 2023 – Olivia Parker
- 2008
Notable players
One of Woodville's finest players is Peter Inge, who represented Australia in World Championships in 1998, 2002 and 2006 as well as the national Under 19 team in 1996. At the 2002 World Lacrosse Championship, Inge was named in the All-Star Team. In 2003, Inge became the first Australian and first player without NCAA experience to be drafted to the professional Major League Lacrosse competition in the United States, where he was selected for the Boston Cannons. He played at Boston for three years before spending his fourth and final year in the MLL at the now-defunct San Francisco Dragons.
- Jack Fletcher - Port Adelaide Football Club premiership captain
- Lionel Williams - television personality
See also
Notes
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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Category:Lacrosse teams in Australia
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Adelaide
Category:1899 establishments in Australia
Category:Lacrosse clubs established in 1899
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