Dick Walker (Australian footballer)
| Dick Walker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Slann Kishere | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 December 1947 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Clarendon | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893–96 | Geelong (VFA) | 25 (5) | |
| 1898 | Geelong | 14 (10) | |
| 1899 | Carlton | 11 (7) | |
| Total | 25 (17) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Slann Kishere (10 August 1872 – 3 December 1947), also known as Dick Walker, was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of William John Slann Kishere (1830-1871),[2][3][4] and Jane Elizabeth Kishere (1842-1919), née Clydesdale, later Mrs. William Charles Walker (1846-1922), whom she married on 2 September 1874,[5][6][7] Edward Slann Kishere was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 10 August 1872.[8][9]
He married Isabel Sarah Cottrill (1875-1961) on 7 January 1903.[10] They had two children.
Football
[edit]Known as "Dick", he played his entire career as "Dick Walker": i.e., using the family name of his mother's second husband, whom she married when he was just 2 years old.[10][11]
Geelong (VFA)
[edit]He played in 25 matches (scoring 5 goals) for the Geelong team that played in the VFA from 1893 to 1896.[12]
Geelong (VFL)
[edit]He played in 14 matches (scoring 10 goals) for the Geelong team that played in the VFL in 1898.
Carlton (VFL)
[edit]He played in 11 matches (scoring 7 goals) for the Carlton team that played in the VFL in 1899.
After football
[edit]From 1818 to 1925, as "Mr. E.S. Kishere", he was the proprietor of the Annears Furnishing Warehouse in Ryrie Street, Geelong.
Death
[edit]He died in a Geelong hospital on 3 December 1947.[13][14]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.858.
- ^ Suicide and Attempted Murder, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 11 December 1871), p.3.
- ^ Town Talk, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 12 December 1871), p.2.
- ^ Suicide and Attempted Murder, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 12 December 1871), p.3.
- ^ Marriages: Kishkere (sic)—Clydesdale, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 16 August 1859), p.3.
- ^ Marriages: Walker—Kishere, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 7 October 1874), p.3.
- ^ Deaths: Walker, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 3 June 1919), p.1.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Registration No.16380/1872.
- ^ It was 8 months after his father's suicide.
- ^ a b Marriages: Kishere—Cottrill, The Age, (Saturday, 7 February 1903), p.5.
- ^ "Football Memories: The Old Newtown "Magics": E.S. Kinshere's ("Dick Walker") Experiences". The Geelong Advertiser. No. 24, 123. Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1924. p. 4.
- ^ 11.Dick Walker (Australian footballer), Geelong Football Club (VFA) players.
- ^ Deaths: Kishere, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 December 1947), p.13.
- ^ "Edward Slann Kishere". Find a Grave.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links
[edit]- Dick Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Dick Walker at AustralianFootball.com
- Dick Walker's profile at Blueseum