Cyril Gove

Cyril George Gove (10 January 1890 – 28 August 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cyril Gove
Personal information
Full name Cyril George Gove
Date of birth 10 January 1890
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 28 August 1973(1973-08-28) (aged 83)
Place of death Deniliquin, New South Wales
Original team(s) Collegians
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Position(s) Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1918 Essendon 28 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Julius Gove (1854–1922),[1] and Catherine Gove (1860–1923),[2] née Blyth, Cyril George Gove was born on 10 January 1890. He married Olga Macaw (1907–1984) on 27 October 1932.[3]

Football

Gove, from St Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon, played his early football for the Collegians.[4] A wiry wingman, he played 16 games in the 1914 VFL season and was chosen to represent the VFL in the Sydney Carnival.

Amateur jockey
April, 1914

In April 1914, Gove rode five winners at the Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Meeting in Deniliquin.[5][6][7]

29 May 1915

At 2:00PM on Saturday 29 May 1915, Gove rode the racehorse Menthe into third place in the Springbank Corinthian Handicap, a race for amateur riders,[8] at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Immediately the race was over, he caught a fast cab down Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground,[9] and by 3:00PM he was playing for Essendon (and was one of its best players)[10] in its round 6 match against South Melbourne.[11][12]

Death

He died in Deniliquin, New South Wales on 28 August 1973,[13] aged 83.

See also

Footnotes
  1. Deaths: Gove, The Argus, (Monday, 10 April 1922) p.1.
  2. Deaths: Gove, The Argus, (Wednesday, 31 January 1923), p.1.
  3. About People, The (Deniliquin) Independent, (Friday, 28 October 1932), p.2.
  4. "Cyril Gove". AFL Tables.
  5. "1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Meeting". The Journal. Adelaide. 8 May 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. "1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Races". The Australasian. 2 May 1914. p. 60. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. "1914 – Southern Riverina Turf Club Picnic Race Meeting results". The Independent. Deniliquin. 1 May 1914. p. 4.
  8. Goodwood, "Notes and Chat", The Argus, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.22, col.A.
  9. Ross (1996), p.87.
  10. Saturday's Sport, The Age, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.12.
  11. Saturday’s Matches: Some Close Finishes: Notes by Observer, The Argus, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.6. col.A.
  12. Champion Tobacco "Sportettes", The Canberra Times, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p.8, col.A.
  13. Deaths: Gove, The Age, (Thursday, 30 August 1973), p.22.

References
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.