1958 U/16 Premiership
The age limit for our junior team has progressively increased from U/16 to U/17, U/18 and , after 2019, to U/19s.
OFC had a strong U/16 group in the latter half of the 1950s, many of them went on to play in the famous Triple Treat premiership teams in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
Season Match Results ( we hope to flesh out these results, but they these scores give an indication of the team's strength):
April 22- OFC 5.4. Wantirna South 0.1
May 15- OFC 9.5. South Belgrave 1.2.
May 22- OFC 4.8 FTG 2.5.
Grand Final
| OFC |
0.0 |
1.3. |
2.4. |
5.4 |
| UPWEY TEC |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
Coach- Trevor Bilington
Captain- Mac Harkness
Manager- Max Peel
| D.Johnston |
| R.Reid |
| D.Harris |
| A.Sutherland |
| P.Mitchell |
| Rod Thorley |
| M.Schauble |
| R.Dodd |
| M.Harkness (capt) |
| C.Harris |
| M.Dunn |
| G.Feltham |
| Paul Jones |
| Peter Jones |
| E.Gammon |
| B.Johnson |
| J.Faull |
| I.Sands |
| Ian Thorley |
| A.McPherson |
Please note : one PDF below has an enlarged team pic in colour. One player is listed as "? Dunn". The player is Michael Dunn, Michael was the son of the Ferny Creek PS Principal Bill Dunn. In a seperate black and white picture below Michael is listed as H.Dunn.
In the colour picture of the team there is also a question mark next to Alex Sutherland's name. The player IS Alex.
Also below a Match Report, Team Sheet and reports on the three games listed above.
The painting on this page is part of the MCG Sports Museum collection. It's the work of Graeme Thorley, a highly regarded local artist who entered the Archibald competition on numerous occasions.
In the painting are Graeme's sons Rod (far right), Ian (second from right), Robert Reid and ,on the far left, the skipper Mac Harkness.
