Phonse Wood
Cigarette card of Wood in 1909
Personal information
Full name Francis Alphonse Wood
Date of birth (1884-09-24)24 September 1884
Place of birth Karridale, Western Australia
Date of death 4 June 1976(1976-06-04) (aged 91)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) South Fremantle
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907–1908 South Melbourne 30 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis Alphonse Wood (24 September 1884 – 4 June 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Wood was a Western Australian, who started out at North Fremantle before playing with South Fremantle in the 1906 season.[1][2]

He then joined South Melbourne, in 1907, for a two-year stint. In his first season, he played in a Grand Final loss and the following year he represented the VFL at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival.[3]

Once his time at South Melbourne came to an end he signed with Sturt in South Australia.[4]

In 1909 Wood joined Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA)[5] and he was appointed as coach in 1910.[6]

In 1912 Wood joined a team in Broken Hill.[7]

May 1913-1914 Has re-joined Prahran after being blocked by the league.[8]

In 1915 a very brief stint at coaching Hawthorn[9] before returning to Prahran the same year.[10]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Western Mail,"The Great Men of Norths", 26 April 1951, p. 67
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ↑ "AFL Tables: Phonse Wood". afltables.com.
  4. ↑ The Advertiser,"Football - Sturt Club", 1 March 1909, p. 9
  5. ↑ "FOOTBALL. (1909, May 15). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 14". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Prahran Football Club. (1910, April 23). The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930), p. 2". TROVE. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "PLAY AND PLAYERS. (1912, August 2). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 2". TROVE. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "DOINGS HERE AND EVERYWHERE. (1913, May 10). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 8". TROVE. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "PRAHRAN (1915, April 23). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3". TROVE. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "WILLIAMSTOWN V. PRAHRAN (1915, June 12). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)". TROVE. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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