Dick Hingston

Richard David Hingston (16 December 1915 – 3 December 1999)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Dick Hingston
Personal information
Full name Richard David Hingston
Date of birth (1915-12-16)16 December 1915
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death 3 December 1999(1999-12-03) (aged 83)
Place of death Newcastle, New South Wales
Original team(s) St Patrick's, Ballarat
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Half back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1941, 1946 Melbourne 64 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Thomas James Hingston (1881–1948),[3] and Margaret Jane Hingston (1883–1959), née Larkins, Richard David Hingston was born at Ballarat on 16 December 1915.

Football

Ballarat Imperials (BFL)

Although invited two years earlier by the Melbourne Football Club (when playing for the "Junior" team, C.Y.M.S., coached by ex-Malbourne footballer, Jack Collins) to play football in Melbourne, he had been unable to find suitable employment.

Remaining in Ballarat, he played "Senior" football with the Ballarat Imperial Football Club in the Ballarat Football League (BFL), and was coached by ex-Footscray footballer Jack Wunhym.[4]

Melbourne (VFL)

Having displayed impressive form in the club's 1938 pre-season training,[5] and having been granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperials to Melbourne on 22 April 1938,[6] Hingston played his first senior match for Melbourne, against Fitzroy Football Club, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 7 May 1938 (round 3).

Hingston was a half-back flanker in Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams.

He missed out on a third successive premiership in 1941 when, despite appearing in their semi final win over Carlton, Hingston was not selected for the Grand Final which Melbourne went on to win.

The defender did not make any appearances for the next four years due to his military service,[7] but returned in 1946 for one final season.

Wycheproof (NCFL)

In 1947 he was cleared from Melbourne to the Wycheproof Football Club in the North Central Football League (NFL).[8]

Footnotes
  1. "Dick Hingston – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. Anderson, Jon (9 December 1999). "Flag-winning Demon dies". Herald Sun. p. 97.
  3. Mr. J. T. Hingston, The (Melbourne) Advocate, (Thursday, 15 November 1948), p. 21.
  4. Hingston A Find, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 13 July 1938), p. 8.
  5. Melbourne: Hingston Impresses, The Age, (Wednesday, 30 March 1938), p. 16.
  6. Strang, Crowe Cleared: Many Football Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p. 15.
  7. Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p. 23.
  8. Coaches Appointed, The Argus, (Monday, 28 April 1947), p. 12.

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