George Bickford Moysey (14 May 1874 – 18 May 1932) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football and cricket at a high level. He played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL) (VFL). He also played in the West Australian Football Association/League. He played one first-class match for Western Australia.
| George Moysey | |||
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 George Moysey (1899) | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | George Bickford Moysey | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Battery Point, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 18 May 1932 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Canterbury, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Wesley College, Melbourne | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893–1896 | Melbourne (VFA) | 54 (14) | |
| 1897–1899 | Melbourne (VFL) | 35 (25) | |
| 1906 | Perth (WAFA) | 17 (10) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Rev. George Bickford Moysey (1850–1926),[1][2][3] and Annie Maria Moysey (1852-1924), née Teagle,[4][5] George Bickford Moysey was born at Battery Point, Tasmania on 14 May 1874.
He married Ruth Janet Jesse Hastedt (1881-1973), at Mount Morgans, Western Australia, on 4 April 1902.[6] They had four children.
Education edit
He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he distinguished himself as an all-round athlete,[7][8][9] as a footballer,[10][11][12][13] and as a cricketer (wicket-keeper batsman).[14][15]
Football edit
Moysey was "an early exponent of handball, [and] was often criticised in the press for overusing the technique".[16]
Melbourne (VFA) edit
Recruited from Wesley College in 1893, he played in 54 games (14 goals) for Melbourne in the VFA over four seasons (1893 to 1896).[17]
Representative (VFA) edit
He played on the half-forward flank in the VFA representative team that played against South Australia, at the MCG, on 21 July 1894.[18]
Champion of the season (1895) edit
At the end of the 1895 season, "Half Back" (The Age) ranked Moysey the fourth best player in the entire VFA competition, after Fred McGinis (Melbourne), Peter Burns (Geelong), and Tom Banks (Fitzroy);[19] "Observer" (The Argus) also ranked him fourth best, after Fred McGinis, (Melbourne), Jim Grace (Fitzroy), and Peter Burns, (Geelong);[20] and "Markwell" (The Australasian) named him as one of his eight (unranked) "Stars of the Season": Tom Banks (Fitzroy), Peter Burns (Geelong), Bill Cleary (Fitzroy), Jim Grace (Fitzroy), Fred McGinis (Melbourne), George Moysey (Melbourne), George Vautin (Essendon), and Bill Windley (South Melbourne).[21]
Melbourne (VFL) edit
He was one of six Melbourne players to appear in all 17 possible games of the inaugural VFL season in 1897, which included three finals.[22] Only two teammates bettered his 12 goals that year.[22] He spent two more seasons at the club.[23]
Representative (VFL) edit
He represented the VFL in an intercolonial fixture against South Australia, at the MCG, on 1 July 1899.[24]
Perth (WAFA) edit
Having found employment at the Mount Morgans Gold Mine, Moysey moved to Western Australia in 1900,[25] worked there for six years, then moved to Perth in 1906,[26] where he played with the Perth Football Club, serving as its captain in 1906.[27] He suffered a dislocated shoulder in a 1907 pre-season match, and did not play again.[28]
Cricket edit
Whilst working at the Western Australian goldfields, he also played cricket.[29]
When the Marylebone Cricket Club toured Australia in 1907/08, Moysey (now located in Perth, and playing with the Subiaco Cricket Club) was picked in the Western Australian team to play the M.C.C. at the WACA Ground from 13 March to 16 March 1908. Facing an attack that consisted of English Test players, the left handed batsman was bowled by Jack Crawford for 8 in his first innings, and dismissed by Wilfred Rhodes (caught Arthur Jones) for 5 in his second.[30][31]
Saved from drowning edit
On 18 February 1910 he was almost drowned in The Basin at Rottnest Island when an undertow swept Moysey and his Subiaco cricketing team-mate Thomas Hemmant (1873-1946) out to sea. He was sinking by the time one of his party, Percy Bailey, who had already rescued Hemmant, reached Moysey and brought him back to shore.[32] Bailey received a Royal Humane Society award for saving Moysey's life.[33]
Death edit
He eventually returned to Melbourne, and died in the suburb of Canterbury, Victoria on 18 May 1932.[34]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Deaths: Moysey, The Age, (Tuesday, 28 December 1926), p.1.
- ^ Farewell to Rev. G.B. Moysey, The Kadina and Wallaroo Times, (Wednesday, 5 November 1902), p. 2.
- ^ Ministerial Jubilee, The (Melbourne) Herald, Saturday, 14 July 1923), p. 24.
- ^ Marriages: Moysey—Teagle, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Tuesday, 1 July 1873), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Moysey, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 November 1924), p. 17.
- ^ Mt. Morgans, The Laverton Mercury, (Saturday, 12 April 10902), p. 2.
- ^ Wesley College, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 October 1892), p. 12.
- ^ Wesley College Sports, The Age, (Saturday, 11 November 1893), p. 11.
- ^ Wesley College Sports, The Age, (Friday, 9 November 1894), p. 3.
- ^ College Football: Scotch College v. Wesley College, The Australasian, (Saturday, 21 June 1890, p. 1199.
- ^ Public School Match, The Argus, (Friday, 9 June 1893), p. 3.
- ^ Schaefer, W.C., "Rough Play (Letter to the Editor)", The Australiasian, (Saturday, 7 July 1894), p. 19; Moysey, G.B., "Rough Play (Letter to the Editor)", The Australasian, (Saturday, 14 July 1894), p. 56.
- ^ 'Pavilion', "Football: Notes", The (Fremantle) Evening Mail (Friday, 27 April 1906), p. 3.
- ^ Cricket, The Age, (Friday, 12 December 1890), p. 6.
- ^ Public School Cricket: Wesley College, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 December 1893), p. 1091.
- ^ Demonwiki.
- ^ Pennings (2016), passim.
- ^ Pennings (2016), p. 429.
- ^ 'Half Back', "The Football Season", The Age, (Monday, 23 September 1895), p. 6.
- ^ 'Observer', "The Finish of the Season: Notes on the Game: Individual Play, The Argus, (Monday, 23 September 1895), p. 6.
- ^ 'Markwell', "The Past Season: Stars of the Season", The Australasian, (Saturday, 28 September 1895), p. 594.
- ^ a b AFL Tables.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ Victoria v. South Australia, The Australian Town and Country Journal, (Saturday, 8 July 1899), p. 51.
- ^ Snap Shots, The Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser, (Saturday, 14 Jul 1900), p. 3.
- ^ Mount Morgans, The Kalgoorlie Western Argus, (Tuesday, 6 February 1906), p. 7.
- ^ 'Free Kick', "The Australian Game: Past Season's Matches: A Review", The West Australian, (Saturday, 13 October 1906), p. 13.
- ^ Perth v. North Fremantle, The (Perth) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 21 April 1907), p. 2.
- ^ Mount Morgans, The Kalgoorlie Western Argus, (Thursday, 4 October 1900), p. 19.
- ^ International Cricket: England v. Western Australia, The West Australian, (Tuesday, March 1908), p. 3.
- ^ "CricketArchive: Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1907/08". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ Rescue form Drowning: Display of Heroism off Rottnest Island, The (Perth) Daily News, (Saturday, 19 February 19100, p. 13.
- ^ Royal Humane Society, The West Australian, (Thursday, 12 October 1911), p. 5.
- ^ Deaths: Moysey, The Argus, (Saturday, 21 May 1932), p. 15.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
- 'Kickero', "Football; The News of the Hour", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 9 June 1899), p. 3: "George Moysey met with a painful accident on Monday, while chopping wood. The axe slipped, and he was cut on the leg severely."
External links edit
- George Moysey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- George Moysey at AustralianFootball.com
- Pre-VFL Players, at Demonwiki.
- George Moysey, at Demonwiki.
- George Bickford Moysey, at WAFL FootyFacts.