Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith (12 August 1873 – 29 August 1948), also known as Tommy Ryan,[1][2] as was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney | ||
| Date of death | 29 August 1948 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Mont Park, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Richmond City | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893, 1895–1896 | Richmond (VFA) | 43 (14) | |
| 1896 | Carlton (VFA) | 1 (0) | |
| 1899–1902 | Melbourne | 55 (63) | |
| 1904 | St Kilda | 11 (8) | |
| Total | 110 (85) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of William Alexander Arrowsmith (1827–1911),[3] and Henrietta Arrowsmith (1832–1920), née Hull,[4] Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith was born in Sydney on 12 August 1873.[5]
Both his parents were well-regarded, experienced actors; his mother had been known professionally in the 1850s and 1860s as "Henrietta Montrose",[6][7] and his father, a Shakespearian actor, had been known professionally as "William Ryan".[8]
He married twice: to Martha Elizabeth Hollman (1878–1936) in 1897 (they were divorced in 1905),[9] and to Blanche Stella Dolphin (1884–1952), on 15 February 1913.[10][11]
Football
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Tommy Ryan, extreme right, front row.
Ryan, a rover and forward, spent 1893, 1895 and 1896 playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for both Carlton and Richmond.[12]
Melbourne (VFL)
editOn 3 May 1899, he was cleared from Richmond to Melbourne.[13]
On his VFL debut, Ryan kicked five goals as Melbourne defeated St Kilda by 93 points at the MCG on 13 May 1899.[14]
He was the club's leading goal-kicker in their premiership year of 1900 with 24 goals, one of those in the 1900 VFL Grand Final which he played from a forward pocket.
VFL
editHe was part of the VFL team that played Interstate Football against South Australia, in Adelaide, on 26 June 1902.[15][16]
St Kilda (VFL)
editOn 4 May 1904 he was cleared from Melbourne to St Kilda.[17]
Death
editHe died on 29 August 1948, at Mont Park, Victoria.[18][19]
Notes
edit- ^ "Divorced couple in court". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 18, 350. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1905. p. 7. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ No doubt following his father, William Alexander Arrowsmith, the famous Shakespearian actor, known professionally as "William Ryan".
- ^ Deaths: Arrowsmith, The Age, (Saturday, 7 October 1911), p.5.
- ^ Deaths: Arrowsmith, The Argus, (Monday, 19 April 1920), p.1.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages New South Wales: Registration No.2016/1873.
- ^ Links with the Past: Actresses of the Old School, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 27 April 1920), p.5.
- ^ Her Last Curtain, Smith's Weekly, (Saturday, 15 May 1920), p.20.
- ^ Men and Women, The (Sydney) Sun, (Monday, 9 October 1911), p.6.
- ^ Arrowsmith v. Arrowsmith, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 26 November 1904), p.23.
- ^ Angry Arrowsmiths, The (Melbourne) Truth, (Saturday, 16 September 1916), p.3.
- ^ Deaths: Arrowsmith, The Age, (Monday, 12 May 1952), p.7.
- ^ In 1894 he returned to Richmond City, and resumed his career at Richmond in 1895 (Pennings, 2016, pp. 323, 397, 463).
- ^ Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 May 1899), p.10.
- ^ Melbourne v. St. Kilda, The Age, (Monday, 15 May 1899), p.7.
- ^ The Victorian Team (photograph), The Adelaide Observer, (Saturday, 5 July 1902), p.26: Tommy Ryan is second from left, front row.
- ^ Interstate Football, The (Adelaide) Register, (Friday, 27 June 1902), p.2.
- ^ Migratory Footballers, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 May 1904), p.9.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Registration No.12354/1948.
- ^ Deaths: Arrowsmith, The Age, (Monday, 30 August 1948), p.2.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
External links
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- Tommy Ryan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Tommy Ryan at AustralianFootball.com
- Tommy Ryan, at Demonwiki.
- Jeremiah "Tommy" Ryan, at Blueseum.
- Tommy Ryan, at The VFA Project.
- Thomas Ryan, at Tigerland Archive (VFA PLayers).
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