Lots of boys from Petersham Public School played in a Hockey team that was formed at Petersham Baptists Church, due to the energy of the late Rev Ivan Kilvert. From memory it started about 1963, but I am open to better memories.
History notes from Richard Acheson, received 18-mar-2011
Can't tell you when it started, however-
1964 the team won the U14 Western Suburbs District Zone competition
1964 the team also combined with another Western Suburbs U14 team for the finals and that combined team won the U14 Sydney Competition
1964 Brian Booth (former Australian cricketer and hockey player) presented the trophies at the Petersham Baptist Church Hall
1965 the team again won the U14 Western Suburbs District Zone competition
1965 half the team was taken by Wests management to play in a U16 preliminary final on the day that the U14 team was playing a preliminary final. This left the U14 team short of players and it lost the preliminary final. Rev. Ivan Kilvert was not very happy!
1966 the team played as Petersham in the U16 St George competition
1967 the team played again as Petersham in the U16 St George competition in 1967
I have a memory of Penelope Kilvert falling off a swing and breaking her arm during a game, and a Canberra team coming up and playing us, and also playing a combined St George U16 team about then)
The team disbanded after 1967 as the the Kilverts moved to Adelaide and a number of players were too old to play U16.
1968 Jimmy Georgiou played in the lower grades for St George
1968 John Birchgrove (a member of our team) and myself played in U16 St George Competition for Blakehurst.
1968 Blakehurst were Premier's in the U16 St George Competition.
1968 A bloke called Ian Hollywood played for Blakehurst in 1968 and I believe he went on to play 1st Grade for St George and represent Australia.
The source for this fountain of information is a box of old trophies in the back shed... that rekindled some memories. The dates may not be totally accurate, but they're pretty close.
There was also a bloke with a Yugoslav or Serbian background in the team
I also think a bloke called Bruce Holten may have played for us when he was in primay school but may have dropped out. The majority of the team were in the Boys Brigade, and the church may still have those records.
As well, the name Mick Malpass has floated up in the grey matter, his father was a fireman, but I can't be sure. (Note from John Young: The father of Terry and Gary Malpass of Petersham Primary School was a fireman, but I cannot recall either Malpass playing hockey.)
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