Sports

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Sports

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Photographs L - R, T - B

Oakridge Cricket Team, 1907 Back Row L - R : Jim Gardiner, ? , F.P. Gardiner, ? , Harry Gardiner (Seth), ? , Wilfred Gardiner (Caleb) Front Row : ? , Bernard Gardiner, Tommy Gardiner, Henry Wright, ? , Frank Gardiner
Hockey Players outside the Pavilion on Oakridge Recreation Ground - Iris and Nellie Restall are in this photograph.
Frank Finch - 'At The Finish'
Oakridge Football Club c. 1950, B - F, L - R John Dangerfield, George Short, Stanley Hamp, Lewis Gardiner, Larry Connors, Tommy Hunt, George HuntSid Short, Joe Herbert, Reg Goodfield, Philip Gardiner, John Fry, George WestAlec Aldridge, Cecil Herbert ?, Gordon Smith, Ray Kimber, Harry Hunt
Oakridge Cricket Club - Details Unknown - Can You Help?
Oakridge Cricket Club - Details Unknown - Can You Help?
Oakridge Cricket Club - Details Unknown - Can You Help?
Oakridge Football Team, 1908
Oakridge Cricket Team L - R :James Gardiner, ? Elliott, Earnest Neale, Tom Hunt, Sir Robert perkins, George Hunt, Fred Gardiner, Tom Gardiner, ?, Austin Fowles, Sidney Smith
Oakridge Football Team, pre 1st World War, Jim Webb is the goalie
Oakridge Football Club - Details Unknown - Can You Help?
Oakridge Football Team, 1900's Back Row : Harry Gardiner, Fred Orton, Tom Gardiner, Fred P Gardiner, ? , Sidney Smith, ? , ? ,James Gardiner Front Row : First on left is Reg Tuck A contemporary newspaper cutting, which Mr. James Gardiner provided says that : The Oakridge Club were famous for their knocking-out propensities. This fame was attained not by science but by sheer bull-dogged dash and tenacity. The Club had "a good old John Bull type of supporter in Farmer Oliver Rowles" and mention is made of the fact that the Club seemed "to teem with Gardiners." "F.P. over 6 ft., was in goal;" "F.E. who helped start the Club, was a terribly heavy charger"; "E. was by far the best and oldest" ; "L took things a bit too easy until he is upset" ; and it was hard to better James as hon. secretary. From all this opponents were expected to get used to the hard knocks which Oakridge distributed so lavishly.

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A contemporary newspaper cutting says of the 1900's Oakridge football team :

The Oakridge Club were famous for their knocking-out propensities. This fame was attained not by science but by sheer bull-dogged dash and tenacity. The Club had "a good old John Bull type of supporter in Farmer Oliver Rowles" and mention is made of the fact that the Club seemed "to teem with Gardiners." "F.P. over 6 ft., was in goal;" "F.E. who helped start the Club, was a terribly heavy charger"; "E. was by far the best and oldest" ; "L took things a bit too easy until he is upset" ; and it was hard to better James as hon. secretary. From all this opponents were expected to get used to the hard knocks which Oakridge distributed so lavishly.

From a newspaper cutting provided by Alsion Gardiner.