Stan Wootton
Encyclopedia
Stanley Eli Wootton was an Australian rules football
er who played with South Melbourne
and Richmond
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL). He also played a first-class cricket
match for Victoria
Leopold recruit Stan Wootton started his VFL career at South Melbourne in 1915 but didn't appear again until 1920 due to war commitments. He spent the 1920 season
as a forward and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 28 goals, including a career best haul of five against Melbourne
at Lake Oval. In 1923 he crossed to Richmond and played six senior games for the club before retiring.
Wootton's cricket career was brief, but very notable as he scored a century in his only first-class innings, against Tasmania at Hobart. A wicket-keeper, he stumped two Tasmanian batsmen before top scoring with 105 runs. As Victoria successfully chased down Tasmania's 4th innings target with five wickets to spare, Wootton wasn't required to bat again and thus finished his career with an average of 105.
A nephew Richard also played for Victoria later in the decade.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
and Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL). He also played a first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match for Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
Leopold recruit Stan Wootton started his VFL career at South Melbourne in 1915 but didn't appear again until 1920 due to war commitments. He spent the 1920 season
1920 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1920.-Premiership season:In 1920, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
as a forward and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 28 goals, including a career best haul of five against Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
at Lake Oval. In 1923 he crossed to Richmond and played six senior games for the club before retiring.
Wootton's cricket career was brief, but very notable as he scored a century in his only first-class innings, against Tasmania at Hobart. A wicket-keeper, he stumped two Tasmanian batsmen before top scoring with 105 runs. As Victoria successfully chased down Tasmania's 4th innings target with five wickets to spare, Wootton wasn't required to bat again and thus finished his career with an average of 105.
A nephew Richard also played for Victoria later in the decade.