Hi Glen.

Some would not fit in the scanner so I took photos of them. Not the best but you can see them well enough.

I will send one separately of the St. Andrews youth club where the members of the hockey club originally came from.

My Dad died when I was at school so I never had much of the interesting stuff passed on, but I remember him telling me once when we were at Victoria park that they used to go down Friday nights armed with hand mowers ( no such thing as a motorised mower for the workers then) and cut the field by hand under the lights of a couple of cars ready for the Saturday game. I guess there was no need for any fancy get fit exercises then. No mouth guards either - he was missing several teeth from odd hockey encounters. They were a pretty tough lot then. Plenty were boxers to make an extra quid.

Some stayed pretty close through later years and I recognise some of the names from Dad talking. One in those photos, Basil Taylor , and Dad were very close friends and he was Best Man when my Dad got married.

Apart from the ball from the match where they defeated the Queensland team, I think my son still has one of those wicked hooks that the old man played with. Probably the last one in existence.

Another thing has come to mind, The Valley Hockey Club presented St. Andrews with a dunny seat as a shield when they beat them in the first final played between the two clubs. St. Andrews had much pleasure in presenting it back when they beat them a few years later. The Valley and St. Andrews were the two top clubs for years, and the shield exchanged owners quite a few times. I have no way of finding out how many premierships they won, but from memory it was several during the years the old man was their Captain.

There were also photos and news articles of club tours to places like Maryborough to further the interest in the sport. He was fairly dedicated to all he took on. They used to lend the country teams players on those visits to even it up a bit. It's a pity he died so young, he would have been pretty chuffed with Australia's international hockey reputation.

Robin.