Ted Greeves
Personal information
Full name Edward Goderich Greeves
Date of birth (1878-12-16)16 December 1878
Place of birth Skipton, Victoria
Date of death 11 August 1935(1935-08-11) (aged 56)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1899 Geelong 20 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Goderich Greeves (16 December 1878 – 11 August 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early years

Greeves, the son of Edward Goderich and Julia Anderson, was born in Skipton, Victoria, on 16 December 1878.[1]

He was a noted sportsman at Geelong College, which he joined in 1890, captain of the football team, and winner of the College Cup in 1897.[2]

VFL career

Greeves debuted for Geelong in the 1897 VFL finals series, a round-robin competition between the league's top four ranked sides. Geelong, which had lost their first fixture to Essendon, called up the 18-year-old Geelong College captain for their second game of the series, against Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval.[3] Playing as a backman, Greeves was reported to have done well in his role, with the Geelong side securing a nine-point win to remain in the race for the premiership.[3] He kept his spot in the team for the third and final round of the series, in which Geelong defeated Collingwood at East Melbourne, a win that was only enough to secure the runners-up position for Geelong, as Essendon had remained unbeaten.[4]

In the 1898 season, Greeves got his first opportunity in round five against Fitzroy and was described by the Geelong Advertiser as having played a "dashing game" as a rover, but he wouldn't reappear for two months.[5] He played three games for Geelong late in the season, including a best-on-ground performance in a win over Melbourne, which he played as a centreman.[6][7]

With his Geelong College commitments over, Greeves was a regular in the Geelong team in 1899, his final season.[8] He made a total of 14 appearances, the last a record-setting margin over St Kilda, 162 points to 1, which would last for 20 years.[6][9]

Later life

Greeves married Frances Adaline Nasmith on 28 January 1903, at Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne.[10] The couple lived in Warragul.[11]

Their eldest son, Edward Jr, was born later that year.[12] He won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924 and became a Geelong Legend and Australian Football Hall of Famer.[13]

On 11 August 1935, Greeves died in Geelong at the age of 56.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Greeves, Edward Goderich (1878–1935)". Heritage Guide to The Geelong College. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "College Sports". The Australasian. Melbourne. 1 May 1920. p. 24. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 "Geelong V. Melbourne". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 30 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "The League Premiership for 1897". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 6 September 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Geelong V. Fitzroy". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 6 June 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. 1 2 "AFL Tables – Ted Greeves – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Geelong V. Melbourne". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 29 August 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "AFL Tables – 1899 Stats – Player Lists". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "AFL Tables - Game Records". afltables.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Family Notices". Table Talk. Melbourne. 29 January 1903. p. 23. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Biography – Edward Goderich (Carji) Greeves". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  13. ↑ "Greeves An All Rounder". Sporting Globe (Edition2 ed.). Melbourne. 21 July 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 17 August 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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