Tom Papley
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"He's good, but he's no Nick Davis" ... a bizarre comparison with a very different player ... Tom has probably already played more good / consistent games than Nick did in any 20/25 game span. One game rightly made Nick a hero forever but assuming fitness holds I see Tom as a greater contributor over the journey.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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"He's good, but he's no Nick Davis" ... a bizarre comparison with a very different player ... Tom has probably already played more good / consistent games than Nick did in any 20/25 game span. One game rightly made Nick a hero forever but assuming fitness holds I see Tom as a greater contributor over the journey. Also I stand by "completely" different in comparing Tom and Max. Would be interested in the relative body size but Tom certainly seems shorter / stockier than I remember Max. Then again, memory can be a tricky thing over 50 years!Comment
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He left to captain/coach Williamstown in VFA for more money I believe.You could leave without a clearance at the time. Not sure about clash with coach who was Alan Miller, former coach of the Under 19s. You may know more, I was only young at the time but my dad was a mate of Miller.Comment
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Miller would not allow him to play cricket in the off-season. A couple of years later, a certain Peter Bedford did just that, at Sheffield Shield level, and still managed to win a Brownlow. Alan Miller also managed to piss off Austin Robertson so badly that he returned to WA after just one stellar season. I believe Alan was a really nice guy, but he was a disaster as senior coach.
Used to wear No 11 on my South jumper because of Max. Peter Bedford inherited it so I was happy to leave it there.
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I meant a 'business' player in WSC not an actual cricket player.Comment
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"He's good, but he's no Nick Davis" ... a bizarre comparison with a very different player ... Tom has probably already played more good / consistent games than Nick did in any 20/25 game span. One game rightly made Nick a hero forever but assuming fitness holds I see Tom as a greater contributor over the journey. Also I stand by "completely" different in comparing Tom and Max. Would be interested in the relative body size but Tom certainly seems shorter / stockier than I remember Max. Then again, memory can be a tricky thing over 50 years!Comment
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Pretty sure Miller was coach only in 1967 and 68. Austin Robertson played in 1966 when I think Skilts was captain coach. Not sure why Robertson went back - maybe for business interests. He eventually became a player in World Series Cricket and I think was Dennis Lillee's manager.
Used to wear No 11 on my South jumper because of Max. Peter Bedford inherited it so I was happy to leave it there.
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I meant a 'business' player in WSC not an actual cricket player.
Miller wanted to turn him into something he was not, and would never be. He returned to a great career in the WAFL, and South lost a potential star goalkicker.
Sad to say it, but Miller squandered Skilton's great work of the previous 2 years.Comment
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IIRC Miller was an Alan Killegrew hot gospeller type. My way or the highway. From memory was a good Under 19's coach where the his style was better suited, but didn't cut it with the men. Pretty sure he was my brother's Under 19's coach. Was a shocking choice right from the go.Comment
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IIRC Miller was an Alan Killegrew hot gospeller type. My way or the highway. From memory was a good Under 19's coach where the his style was better suited, but didn't cut it with the men. Pretty sure he was my brother's Under 19's coach. Was a shocking choice right from the go.Comment
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