Ned Sutton

Ned Sutton
Personal information
Full name Edmund Hamilton Sutton
Date of birth 24 March 1868
Date of death 2 June 1911(1911-06-02) (aged 43)
Original team(s) Carlton (VFA)
Position(s) Fullback
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1898 Melbourne (VFL) 32 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Career highlights

Edmund Hamilton "Ned"[1] Sutton (24 March 1868 – 2 June 1911),[2] also called Ted Sutton,[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL), predominately as a backman. He began his career with Carlton in the VFA and also played for Melbourne in the VFA, becoming Melbourne's inaugural VFL captain when the VFL was formed in 1897.

Career

Carlton

Sutton joined Carlton in 1888. Carlton were a team competing in the VFA, at the time the top level Australian rules football competition in Victoria, and Carlton were a strong team, having won the VFA premiership the previous season.[3] Sutton's first VFA match was on 18 August, against Williamstown at the MCG. He had a promising first season, becoming a reliable backman.[4] Sutton played for the Blues from 1888 to 1894;[1] during that time he was named one of Carlton's better players for the year in 1890, was vice-captain in 1892,[5] and served on the committee in 1893. In 1890 Sutton travelled with Carlton to play two exhibition matches in New South Wales, to help promote the game.

Melbourne

After seven seasons with the Blues, Sutton was cleared by Carlton to move to Melbourne, who also played in the VFA, on 2 May 1895.[1] Sutton played with the Redlegs in the VFA from 1895 to 1896 and when Melbourne, along with his old club Carlton, became one of the VFL foundation clubs in 1897,[1] Sutton was named as Melbourne's inaugural captain.[6][7] He played for Melbourne in the VFL for their first two seasons and was captain for both,[6] having the unusual distinction of being captain of the club in all of the 32 VFL matches that he played.[1] In the two seasons that Sutton was captain, Melbourne finished fourth and sixth respectively in the eight team competition.[6] Sutton retired from Melbourne and the VFL at the conclusion of the 1898 season.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miller, Quentin; et al. "MCC Library Fact Sheet" (PDF). Melbourne Cricket Club. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Ned Sutton – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "History of Achievement". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 426. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  5. ↑ "The Carlton Honour Board". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 "Melbourne FC Honour Roll". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Carroll, Lynda (28 January 2011). "The history of the Captain". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

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