Representative Teams

Representative Teams: Senior Men

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Saturday, August 20, 1921.
Tasmania 2 Victoria 4
TCA Ground, Hobart; Referee: R H Kirfoot; Attendance: 1,800.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, D Rae, W Thomas, D Rowatt, B Stevens, E Scotchbrook, J Anderson, P Davidson, J Maxwell, H Taylor, A Fletcher.
Goals: Taylor, Davidson, Scotchbrook, Fletcher

Saturday, October 7, 1922.
Victoria 1 Local Wales Select 2
Spotswood; Referee: A McLeod.
Line-up: Webster, Quick, Burnett, McMahon, J E Owen, McGregor, Thornton, Anderson, Davenport, Cook, A E Owen.
Goal: Burnett

Saturday June 2, 1923.
Newcastle 3 Victoria 0
Tramway Ground, Hamilton; Referee: Bede Pratten.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, S MacFarlane, George Raitt (c), Tom Bristow, B Stevens, John Hamilton, G Brown, J Anderson, J Sheppard, R Davidson, F Boniface.

Monday, June 4, 1923.
New South Wales 5 Victoria 1
Wentworth Park, Sydney; Referee: Joe Lester; Attendance: 5,000.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, S MacFarlane, George Raitt, F Hopgood, Maurice van der Driche, John Hamilton, J Anderson, G Brown, J Parker, R Davidson, F Boniface.
Goal: Parker (pk)

Wednesday, June 6, 1923.
South Maitland 6 Victoria 0
Drill Hall Ground, Sydney; Referee: H Hincks. 
Line-up: Harry Bingham, S MacFarlane, George Raitt (c), Maurice van der Driche, B Stevens, John Hamilton, J Anderson, G Brown, J Sheppard, H Taylor, F Boniface. 

Saturday, June 9, 1923.
South Coast 4 Victoria 0
Woonoona, Wollongong; Referee: J Salisbury.  
Line-up: Harry Bingham, S MacFarlane, Allan Fisher (guest player), J Anderson, B Stevens, John Hamilton, G Brown, G Vidler (Maurice van der Driche). J Sheppard, J Parker, F Boniface.

Tuesday, October 9, 1923.
Victoria 1 Chinese Universities 3
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: G Clark; Attendance: 2,000.
Line-up: Jim Robison, David Lee, George Raitt, George Bristow (c), Cameron, Morrison, Bullman, Dryden, J Maxwell, Johnny Orr, R Davidson.
Goal: Dryden

Saturday, October 27, 1923.
Victoria 0 Chinese Universities 2
Essendon Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: W Palmer; Attendance: 7,000.
Line-up: Jim Robison, David Lee, George Raitt, Maurice van der Driche, Cameron, Morrison, Dryden, Andy Lauchland, J Maxwell, Johnny Orr, L Hyder.

Wednesday, March 19, 1924.
Victoria 2 British Fleet (Special Service Squadron) 2
Albert Ground, Melbourne.
Line-up: Jim Robison, Barber, S MacFarlane, G Leitch, Thompson, Chambers, Howieson, Don Hodgson, P Bristoe, Johnny Orr, Woods.
Goals: Orr, Hodgson

Wednesday, July 2, 1924.
Victoria 2 Canada 1
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: A McLeod; Attendance: 3,000.
Line-up: Jim Robison, S MacFarlane, J Aiken, Tom Bristow, Hawley, George Raitt, Howieson, Davis, W Butterfield, Johnny Orr, H Collins.
Goals: Butterfield 32, Orr ??

Wednesday, July 16, 1924.
Victoria 1 Canada 1
Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: J T Foster; Attendance: 1,000.
Line-up: Jim Robison, Jeffries, Larwood, J Anderson, G Leitch, E Smith, T Barrett, Don Hodgson, W Butterfield, Johnny Orr, Bryson.
Goal: Bryson 82

Saturday, September 6, 1924.
South Australia 3 Victoria 1
Jubilee Oval, Adelaide; Referee: T Chiltern.
Line-up: S Lowe, William Osbaldiston, Sharp, J Anderson, W Leitch, L Hyder, H Weston, W Church (c), W Butterfield, Johnny Orr, H Collins.
Goal: Butterfield

Wednesday, May 20, 1925.
Victoria 0 English FA 7
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: W Palmer; Attendance: 5,100.
Line-up: Jim Robison, William Osbaldiston, J Aiken, Tom Harris, J Ritchie, George Raitt, Templeton, W Church, Hubbard, Johnny Orr, T Barrett.

Saturday, September 5, 1925.
Victoria 2 South Australia 2
Brunswick Oval, Melbourne. Referee: J Ormisher.
Line-up: Jim Robison (c), Hubbard, Jim Willis, J Anderson, Morrison, W Church, Eccles, Stuart Doncaster, J Maxwell, Johnny Orr, Knowles.
Goals: Doncaster (2)

Wednesday, May 18, 1927.
Victoria 0 Bohemians AFK Vršovice 1
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: J Fraser.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Beats, Jim Willis, Charlie O’Connor, A Calderwood, Tom Bristow, Schaufelberger, R Thompson, Tom Lawrence, Johnny Orr, A Ogilvy

Wednesday, May 25, 1927.
Victoria 3 Chinese XI 4
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: J Scott.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Stan Hubbard, Jim Willis, R Thompson, A Calderwood, George Semple, Joe Grieves, Schaufelberger, Tom Lawrence, Johnny Orr, Tom Hodgkinson.
Goals: Hodgkinson (2), Grieves

Thursday, June 23, 1927.
Victoria 0 Chinese XI 5
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: A Coombs.
Line-up: Reg Smith, Scull, Jim Willis, Issard, John Calderwood, George Semple, Joe Grieves, Thompson, Templeton, Lawrence, Tom Hodgkinson.

Saturday, June 25, 1927.
Victoria 4 Chinese XI 3
Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: W Palmer.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Scull, Jim Willis, Charlie O’Connor, John Calderwood, George Semple (Tom Hodgkinson), Joe Grieves, Thompson, Johnny Johnstone, Johnny Orr, Keay.
Goals: Orr (2), Grieves, Thompson

Wednesday, June 29, 1927.
Victoria 6 Chinese XI 2
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: W Jackson.
Line-up: Reg Smith, Inglis, William Osbaldiston, Charlie O’Connor, John Calderwood, Johnson, Joe Grieves, Johnny Johnstone, A Ogilvy, J Bailey, Tom Hodgkinson.
Goals: Calderwood 5, Bailey, Grieves, own goal, Hodgkinson 50, Johnstone

Saturday, May 26, 1928.
New South Wales 2 Victoria 3
Sydney Cricket Ground No 2, Sydney; Referee: H Lanes; Attendance: 8,000.
Line-up: Harry Bingham (c), H Baker, Jim Willis, E G Lindsay, Charlie O’Connor, George Semple, J Baker, R Thompson, Johnny Johnstone, F Thorpe, W Soutar.
Goals: J Baker (2), Thompson

Wednesday, May 30, 1928.
Metropolis 6 Victoria 7
Sydney Cricket Ground No 2, Sydney; Referee: W Clark.
Line-up: Reg Smith, Jim Willis, Lindsay, R Thompson, H C Baker, W Soutar, J Baker, Hyde, George Semple, Johnny Johnstone, A Ogilvy.
Goals: Hyde (3), Ogilvy, J Baker, Semple, Johnstone

Saturday, June 2, 1928.
Newcastle Association 5 Victoria 1 
Hobart Park, Newcastle; Referee: G Brown.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Jim Willis, Lindsay, Woodburn, H C Baker, W Soutar, J Baker, S Thorpe, G Semple, Johnny Johnstone, O Ogilvie.
Goal: Ogilvie

Monday, June 4, 1928.
Illawarra Association 3 Victoria 0
Bode’s Ground, North Wollongong; Attendance: 2,000.
Line-up: R Smith, Jim Willis, Woodburn, E G Lindsay, H C Baker, George Semple, J Baker, W Soutar, Hyde, A Ogilvie, Johnny Johnstone.

Saturday, September 15, 1928.
Victoria 3 Tasmania 1
Motordrome, Melbourne; Referee: W Palmer; Attendance: 2,300.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Woolmer, Jim Willis, Charlie O’Connor, H Baker, Lindsay, J Baker, Johnny Johnstone, Percy Lewis, F Thorpe, W Soutar.
Goals: Lewis 27, 80, Johnstone 58

Saturday, July 20, 1929.
South Australia 2 Victoria 1
Hindmarsh Oval, Adelaide; Referee: W McKay.
Line-up: Bob Morgan, John Calderwood, J Grainger, F Colgrave, W Stewart, R Spooner, J Lurton, Johnny Johnstone, W Douglas, Johnny Orr (c), W Soutar.
Goal: Lurton

Thursday, July 28, 1932.
Queensland 4 Victoria 4
Crystal Palace Ground, Wallsend; Referee: F Harvey.
Line-up: G Shepherd, G Weir, Jim Willis, J Mayne, J Kelly, Tom Calderwood, J Macaulay, Percy Lewis, Alex Forrest, Johnny Johnstone, J Paulsen.
Goals: Forrest (2), Paulsen, McCauley

Saturday, July 30, 1932.
South Australia 4 Victoria 2
Wentworth Oval, Sydney; Referee: D Quinn; Attendance: 5,000.
Line-up: G Shepherd, G Weir, Jim Willis, J Mayne, F Ursell, Tom Calderwood, R A Gray, Percy Lewis, Alex Forrest, Johnny Johnstone, T Smith.
Goals: Lewis (2)

Monday, August 1, 1932.
New South Wales 7 Victoria 0
Gladesville Oval, Sydney; Referee: D Quinn.
Line-up: G Shepherd, G Weir, Jim Willis, J Mayne, J Kelly, F Ursell, G Macaulay, Percy Lewis, Alex Forrest, Johnny Johnstone, J Paulsen.

Thursday, August 4, 1932.
Tasmania 0 Victoria 7
Wentworth Oval, Sydney; Referee: Reay.
Line-up: Harry Bingham, Tom Calderwood, G Weir, J Mayne, J Kelly, Jim Willis, R Gray, Johnny Johnstone, Percy Lewis, Alex Forrest, J Paulsen.
Goals: Lewis (3), Forrest (2), Johnstone, Kelly

Saturday, August 6, 1932.
Newcastle 8 Victoria 7 
Hobart Park, Newcastle; Referee: J Parsons.
Line-up: G Shepherd, Tom Calderwood, Jim Willis, J Mayne, J Kelly, F Ursall, J Macaulay, R Gray, Percy Lewis, Alex Forrest, P Smith.
Goals: Lewis (2), Forrest (2), Gray (2), Mayne

Monday, April 17, 1933.
Victoria 2 G C Kolm 1
Exhibition Ground; Referee: J Ormesher.
Line-up: R Brown, Beats, J Macaulay, C Mayne, Stewart, Calder, Spetch, O'Brien, J Lyons, A Thorpe, Currie.
Goals: Thorpe, Lyons

Wednesday, September 23, 1936.
New South Wales 10 Victoria 0
Hindmarsh Oval, Adelaide.
Line-up: Tom Sharp, Tom Calderwood, R Harris, L Crowle, Aku Roth, K Taylor, A Thorpe, A Norton, Joe Baxter, W Peters, J McDougall.

Thursday, September 24, 1936.
South Australia 9 Victoria 1
Hindmarsh Oval, Adelaide.  
Line-up: Tom Sharp, Tom Calderwood, R Harris, L Crowle, Aku Roth, Ruddock, Scott, A Thorpe, Joe Baxter, A Norton, J McDougall. 
Goal: McDougall

Saturday, September 26, 1936.
South Australian XI 7 Victoria 3
Hindmarsh Oval, Adelaide.
Line-up included: Scott, Tom Calderwood, R Harris, L Crowle, Aku Roth (c), Ruddock, Joe Baxter, A Norton, J McDougall.
Goals: Baxter (2), Crowle

Victoria 1936 State Team
The Victorian state team which competed in the Centenary Soccer Carnival in Adelaide in 1936. Source: Aku Roth collection.

Monday, July 26, 1937.
Victoria 1 England Amateurs 6
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: J Parker; Attendance: 4,000.
Line-up: G Shepherd, T Calderwood, Alf Mackey, Mayne, Peter McCluskey, Stewart, Hawkes, J Anderson, Joe Baxter, A Gray, Fyfe.
Goal: Hawkes 4

Tuesday, August 23, 1938.
Victoria 4 India 2
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: W Duff. Attendance: 1,505.
Line-up: C Power, Tom Calderwood, Alf Mackey, T Burr, Peter McCluskey, S Fraser, P Young, Frank McIver, J Lyons, A Gray, Alex Forrest.
Goals: McIver ??, 16, Forrest 21, Gray 46

Saturday, June 24, 1939.
Victoria 1 Palestine XI 7 
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: T Burns; Attendance: 4,000.
Line-up: E Power, Tom Calderwood, E C Costello, Don Bingham, Tom Higgins, J Jones, Ron Taylor, William Douglas, Joe Baxter, E L Perrett, Alex Forrest.
Goal: Perrett

Tuesday, June 27, 1939.
Victoria 1 Palestine XI  8
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: C Armstrong.
Line-up: T Callender, Alex Forrest, Alf Mackey, T Burr, C Semple, J Wallace, George Hawkes, R Spetch, Joe Baxter, E L Perrett, Wilson.
Goal: Perrett

Monday, August 7, 1939.
Victoria 4 Palestine XI 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: J Gray.
Line-up: Wally Bates, G Weir, Alf Mackey, G Sharpe, Don Bingham, J Wallace, R Spetch, T McCluskey, Joe Baxter, G Taylor, Alex Forrest.
Goals: Baxter (2), Taylor, Forrest
   
Thursday, May 4, 1940.
New South Wales 4 Victoria 2
Arlington Oval, Sydney; Referee: Doug McLaren.
Line-up: Wally Bates, Abraham Resnik, Alf Mackey, C Semple, Don Bingham, Abraham Beth-Halevy, Peter Young, W Douglas, J Lyons, G Taylor, R Turnbull.
Goals: Turnbull, Lyons

Monday, May 6, 1940.
Northern District 8 Victoria 0
Crystal Palace, Wallsend; Referee: George Saunders.
Line-up included: Wally Bates, Abraham Beth-Halevy, J Lyons. 

Saturday, June 14, 1941.
Victoria 2 Sing Tao 7
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: E Hayden; Attendance: 6,000.  
Line-up: Wally Bates, Abraham Reznik, W Whittaker, Tom Higgins, Abraham Beth-Halevy, T Higgs, F Kirby, J Lyons, W Magee, Alf Mackey, Ron Taylor.
Goals: Magee (2)

Sunday, June 16, 1941.
Victoria 3 Sing Tao 8
Carlton Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Referee: G Tomlinson.
Line-up: Tom Sharp, Abraham Reznik, W Whittaker, Tom Higgins, Abraham Beth-Halevy, J Wallace, F Kirby, J Nicholson, W Magee, H Gray, Ron Taylor.
Goals: Nicholson, Taylor, Magee