Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - VJCU Premiers, Interstate Carnival, Sydney, 1924, 1924
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Arthur Henry Miers, pictured in the photograph played for cricket, football and baseball teams in Kew for a number of decades in the first half of the twentieth century. He was born on 22 November 1901, the son of Rodolph Theophilus Miers (1874-1951) and Margaret Frances (Margaretta) Fry (1875-1958). He had two brothers, Rodolph Cecil Miers (1904-80) and Charles Wilfred Miers (1906-88), and a sister Marjorie Elizabeth Miers (1911-84). Arthur Miers died in Kew on 25 January 1966, and after his body was cremated, his body was interred in the Mausoleum of Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery.Rare early photograph of a VJCU Premiership cricket club team of 1924.Victorian Junior Cricket Union team photograph, mounted on card. Inscription Top: V.J.C.U. PREMIERS / INTERSTATE CARNIVAL, SYDNEY, 1924"
Inscription Below:
BACK ROW - R ROFF; A RUSH; J CLINNICK; TJ BROWNE (MANAGER); ***RNE; J CULLETON; JJ CANTWELL /
MIDDLE ROW - E MULENS; R LAWSON; H WAIXELL (CAPT.; D DICK (VICE CAPT.); N TROMPF /
IN FRONT - R MCCONCHIE (?); A MIERS; A SMITH / MELBA STUDIOS, 65 MARKET ST. SYDNEYarthur miers, cricket, cricket teams, victorian junior cricket union - team 1924