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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016
● Yea Football Club players in 1902. The club is older than originally thought.
Tigers history dates back to 1887 ■ YEA Football Club’s history is about to be re-written with the new discovery of match files dating back to 1887. The Tigers’ published history book, prepared by the late Tom Dignam, put the start of the club at 1894.
● Bridie McSpeerin, a pupil at Sacred Heart Parish School at Yea, swam in the 9/10 Butterfly event at the Seymour District Swimming Competition. The School had 16 competitors who contested individual swims and relays. Bridie, Abby Christie and Reece Hargreaves go on to compete at the next level at Shepparton. Photo: Victoria Wissell
The Local Paper has discovered press clippings indicating that the first Yea match was played on June 4, 1887 - some seven years earlier than first thought. This would mean that the 130th anniversary of the club will take place next year. Reports of the first match, between Yea and Alexandra, were discovered in the June 10, 1887 publications of the Seymour Express and the Alexandra and Yea Standard. The newspaper clippings refer to the “recently formed club”. The match was played in Yea. Alexandra, 2 goals 5 behinds, restricted Yea to 2 behinds. Yea’s guernsey in those days was a white jumper with blue hoops. Best players for the local team in the first match were listed as Lees, Long, Dods and Davis. It was reported that because of the bad weather, the ‘Yeaites’ did not expect Alexandra to make the journey for the match: “The 2pm match did not start until almost an hour later. “The vsiitors were entertained that night at Rankin’s Hotel.” Other games in 1887 included a Tallarook v Yea clash at Yea (2.9 d 2.8); and a return match with Alexandra (7.12 d Yea 0.1). In 1889, a grudge match was held between Yea and Alexandra Councillors. In July 1889, a Yea-Alex. game came to a halt and there was a “wrangling match” between players who disputed an umpire’s decision. In 1892, Yea and Homewood combined for a match against Alexandra. ● 4-page festure starts Page 20
SHIRE LOOKS TO RE-APPOINT ABBEY AS CEO
● Margaret Abbey, CEO ■ Murrindindi Shire Council wants to offer a two-year contract extension to Chief Executive Officer Margaret Abbey, without advertising the position as being vacant. The Council discussed Ms Abbey’s proposed re-appointment in secret, in a part of last Wednesday’s Shire meeting closed to the public. Ms Abbey was first appointed to the position in June 2010. “The CEO has sought re-appointment for a further two-year term (which she has done by letter to the Mayor and Councillors dated December 1, 2016 (sic),” says the Council draft minute. The reference to December 2016 is thought to be a Council typographical error.
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