First Richmond Football Club
Club Founded: April 25 1860 at the Royal Hotel, Richmond
Club Disbanded: 1861.
Home Ground: Richmond Cricket Ground, Yarra Park.
Uniforms: 1860 - Red sash over left shoulder of cricket whites. 1861 - light blue flannel shirt.
SECRETARIES
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)
TREASURER
J. Kerchevall (1860)
GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
W. A Basevi (1860)
Alex M. Bruce (1860)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1860)
G. M. Nicholls (1860)
Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)
CAPTAINS
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1861)
PLAYERS
Allen (1860)
E.C Amsink (1860)
Arnott (1861)
W. P Barter (1860)
W.A Basevi (1860-1861)
J. Boak (1860)
Brind (1860)
J.C Broadie (1860)
Alex M. Bruce (1860)
J. Byrne (1860)
A. Cameron (1861)
Alex Cameron (1861)
D. Cameron (1861)
Donald Campbell (1861)
John 'Jack Conway (1861)
(A.E. or T?) Clarke (1860-1861)
George Costick (1860)
Gideon Elliot (1860-1861)
W.L Freame (1860-1861)
Gilbert (1860)
Gickling (1860)
Glazebrook (1860)
A Goodlet (1860)
William Josiah Hammersley (1860-1861)
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (1860-1861)
F J Hickling (1860-1861)
Higgs (1860)
A. Hope (1860-1861)
G Huddlestone (1860)
John 'Jack' Huddlestone (180-1861)
Thomas Huddlestone (1860-1861)
Hurry (1860)
W. Hurst (1861)
D. Ireland (1861)
Newton Jacomb (1860)
C.J Kenworthy (1860)
J Kerchevall (1860-1861)
Major (1861)
George Marshall (1860-1861)
J.C Mason (1861)
McDonald (1861)
McFarlane (1861)
Roderick McKenzie (1861)
G McRae (1860)
Moncrieff (1860)
E. Mortimer (1860-1861)
G.M Nicholls (1860-1861)
Nixon (1860)
W. Parraton (1861)
M. Petrie (1860-1861)
W. Rayer (1861)
W.L Rees (1860)
J. Runnegar (1860)
J.E. Russell (1860-1861)
M. P . Ryan (1861)
J. Shiels (1860-1861)
Shiller (1861)
George J Shoosmith (1860-1861)
Smith (1860)
George Tait (1861)
W. Timbury (1861)
Urquhart (1860)
Richard Wilson 'Dick' Wardill (1860)
Welch (1860)
Wilkinson (1861)
Thomas Wentworth Wills (1860)
Sidney Woolley (1860
Unconfirmed: Theodore S Marshall (as noted in April 1893 The Sportsman, The Richmond Guardian)
1860 MATCHES
N.B This only includes Richmond matches, not combined Richmond/Melbourne team that played during the season.
Date | Venue | W/L | Richmond Score | Opponent Score | Notes
| |
| May 12 | MCG | Draw | 1 | Melbourne 1 | Goal: Nicholl.. Melb (18 players) vs Rich (14 players) | |
| May 19 | Richmond Grd | Abandoned | Scotch College | Postponed due to poor weather | ||
| June 2 | Richmond Grd | Draw | 0 | Melbourne 0 | ||
| June 9 | MCG | Abandoned | StKilda | Richmond men showed. Not enough players for game | ||
| June 16 | MCG | Loss | 0 | Melbourne 2 | This was a continuation of June 2 game | Best: Wills, Harrison, Wardill. Bruce |
| June 16 | MCG | Draw | 0 | Melbourne 0 | Small half hour game at the end of the day. | |
| June 30 | Richmond Grd | Loss | 1 | Melbourne 2 | 15 players a side. Goal: Wills | |
| July 28 | Abandoned | University | Not enough players showed for University | |||
| Aug 18 | Richmond CG | Win | 3 | Melbourne 0 | Earliest documented football match on the Richmond Cricket Ground | |
| Sept 8 | Richmond CG | Melbourne | Combined scratch match. | |||
1861 MATCHES
Date | Venue | W/L | Richmond Score | Opponent Score | Notes
| |
| May 18 | Richmond CG | Win | 1 | Melbourne 0 | Nicholls. | |
| June 8 | MCG | Loss | 0 | Melbourne 1 | ||
| July 27 | MCG | Win | 2 | Melbourne 0 | Goals: Mason, Nicholls | |
| Aug 31 | Argyle Gr | Loss | 1 | Geelong 2 | Goal: D. Cameron. | |
Further Reading
Second Richmond FC
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