Cyril Powell

Cyril Walter "Pip" Powell (5 March 1898 – 5 February 1949) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Northcote, and Geelong in the Victorian Football Association (VFA),[1] and with Richmond and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Cyril Powell
Personal information
Full name Cyril Walter Powell
Date of birth (1898-03-05)5 March 1898
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 5 February 1949(1949-02-05) (aged 50)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Northcote / Preston
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927 Richmond 6 (0)
1928–29 South Melbourne 20 (0)
Total 26 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Walter Richard Powell, and Emma Harcourt Jane Powell, née Walker, Cyril Walter Powell was born at Carlton, Victoria on 5 March 1898.

He married Marie Frances Lucinda Josephine "Nance" Boustiere (1895-1975) in 1918.

His son, also Cyril Powell, played 184 senior games with Northcote in the VFA,[1] and was the club's best and fairest in 1950.

Cricket

A medium pace bowler, and a middle order batsman, he played First Grade District Cricket with Northcote Cricket Club: 63 matches in 16 seasons (1926/27 to 1942/43), scoring 1127 runs (highest score, 121 not out), and taking 27 wickets (best performance, 7 wickets).[1][3]

Football

Powell was a full back, a fine mark, and a good kick.[1]

Northcote (VFA)

Recruited from Preston Juniors, he played 34 games and kicked 4 goals for Northcote in the VFA in two seasons (1922 to 1923).[1]

Geelong (VFA)

He played 47 games and kicked 4 goals for Geelong (Association) in the VFA in three seasons (1924 to 1926).[1]

Richmond (VFL)

Cleared from Geelong (Association) to Richmond on 27 April 1927,[4] he played 10 Games and kicked 2 goals with the Richmond Second XVIII, and 6 games with the Richmond First XVIII in the 1927 season.[1]

Powell made his VFL debut, against South Melbourne, on 11 June 1927, when he replaced the regular Richmond full-back, Donald Don, who was in Tasmania on business.

Don, playing for Victoria, dislocated his shoulder in the 15 August 1927 match against Tasmania at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival and was unable to play again for the rest of the season. Powell replaced Don at full-back for the remaining five games of the 1927 season, including the 1927 Grand Final.

Death

He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital on 5 February 1949.[5]

Notes
  1. Hogan (1996), p.180.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.714.
  3. Cricket Victoria.
  4. League Football: Umpire and Permit Committee, The Age, (Thursday, 28 April 1927), p.7.
  5. Deaths: Powell, The Age, (Monday, 7 February 1949), p.2.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.</ref>
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 20173-18: N to R, Cricket Victoria.
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