Full Name: PETER SCHOFIELD
Date of Birth: 12/02/1932
Height: 183 cm ( 6-0 )
Weight: 75 ( 11-11 )
Guernsey: 11
Debut: 28/07/1951, Round 13, South Melbourne
Last Game: 20/06/1953, Round 16, North Melbourne
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1951-53
Total Games: 16
Total Goals: 25
Honours:
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1951-53
Total Games: 26
Total Goals: 124
Honours: Club Leading Goalkicker 1951 Goals 44, 1952 Goals 64, VFL Reserves Competition Leading Goalkicker 1952 Goals 64.
BIOGRAPHY
Peter was a full-forward. His total career goal's aggregate was around the 950 mark. Recruited from Mentone Juniors he spent three seasons with Richmond. In 1951 Peter won Richmond's Best First Year Player award. He also kicked 7 goals against Melbourne in Round 18 of 1951. In 1952 he won the VFL Reserves Grade Goalkicking award with 64, including a personal best of 13 against North Melbourne. In 1954 he crossed to Melbourne where he spent half a season before transferring to Moorabbin where he established a fine record. In one game against Sandringham in 1954 he kicked 22 goals and went on to win the VFA Goalkicking award that same year. He later moved to North Melbourne where he once kicked 8 goals against South Melbourne 1960 and 10 against the same club in a night game in 1959. He spent five seasons with North Melbourne, winning the Seniors Goalkicking award in 1959. During his career Peter won a total of nine Goalkicking awards. He now lives in the Southern suburbs.
PRE RICHMOND
Mentone Juniors 1947-50, Games 69, Goals 309 ( Honours - Best & Fairest 1949-50, Competition Leading Goalkicker 1948 Goals 74, 1950 Goals 150.
POST RICHMOND
Melbourne Seniors 1954, Games 6, Goals 14 ; Melbourne Reserves 1954, Games 3 ; Moorabbin1954-56, 1961, Games 75, Goals 312 ( Honours - Club Leading Goalkicker 1954 Goals 96, 1955 Goals 83, 1956 Goals 78, VFA Competition Leading Goalkicker 1954 Goals 96 ) ; North Melbourne Seniors 1957-60, Games 50, Goals 111 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker 1959 Goals 47 ) ; North Melbourne Reserves 1957, 1959-61, Games 12, Goals 49 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker 1960, Goals 23 ) ; Labrador Tigers Senior Coach 1970 ( Honours - Premiership 1970 ).
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