Time Travellers in Essendon, Flemington and the Keilor Plains

Sporting Clubs

See also the History of Kensington, which mentions many families to which these football players belonged.

South Kensington Football Club, 1922

Back row:  Mr Corcoran, J Connolly,  B Anderson, D Corcoran,  -----  Rogers,  B Henderson, 

B Marshall, N Bourke.

Middle row: G Robertson,  W Gow,  ………  R Gray, E Corcoran, W Tyndall, ……. ,  C Barker (Trainer)

F Knight
Front Row:   V Geddes, D Gow,   ………….. , P Corcoran, Sylvester Baker, ……………,   J Corcoran.
Boys:   C Robertson,  ................ 

Taken at Leighton Studios, Moonee Ponds.  Courtesy of Kathleen Baker.

The Playing Ground of the South Kensington Football Club was at the back of South Kensington Station.

South Kensington Football Club, 1923

Taken at Leighton Studios, Moonee Ponds.  Courtesy of Kathleen Baker.

South Kensington Football Club A Grade Premiers 1932

Back Row:  J Reardon (Com.), P Davis (Com.),  F Corcoran (G U), J Foley  (Sel. Com.), J J Valence (Com.) H Lee (Vice Pres), J C Madden (Secty)

Second Row: E Waddington (Com.), D Kean, J Thornton, F O Baker, W H Williams, J M Cunningham, W J Dillon, R E Pope, H L Newson, A Potts (Aud.)

Third Row:  J B Sullivan (Sel.Com), G Hayes, D P Foley, F Barker (Vice Capt), R Travis (Captn),

J Bicknell, Lindsay Johns, J Gilligan, M Hanson (Com)

Sitting: J Johnson, G Harrison, Roy Thompson, N McLennan, R Parker, A R Sawyers

Committees: W J James, A Lavender.  Insets: F McDonald (Coach), J Carroll (illeg) 

Photo courtesy of Neil Johns.