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Photograph - Port Melbourne Football team, c. 1938

1489.01 - Port Melbourne Football Club team, 1938

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Second back row : Roy Kent extreme left. James Crichton third from right
Third back row; unknown; unknown; Ted Freyer; unknown; Charlie Riches; Joe Garbutt; 4 unknowns
Fourth back row unknown; Edward Lee; Norm Goss snr; unknown; Tom Lahiff; unknown; unknown; Ray Julier
Front Row: Lance Dobson; F Russo : two unknown

Physical description

1938 Port Melbourne Football Club team

Laserprint copied from photo loaned by Merv McKENZIE for Back to Port 2001 (sPort Stuff):

Inscriptions & markings

The following additional information (players only) was provided by Terry Keenan in February 2022:
BACK ROW : E. Freyer, W. Eastmuir, C. Riches, J.Garbutt, Not known, Not known, Not known, L. Woods
CENTRE ROW : Not known, E. Lee, N. Goss, Not known, T. Lahiff, Not known, Not known, R. Julier
FRONT ROW : L. Dobson, F. Russo, Not known, Not known