George Morrison (Australian footballer)

George Morrison
Personal information
Full name	George Henry Morrison
Date of birth	(1873-02-01)1 February 1873
Place of birth	North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	8 August 1942(1942-08-08) (aged 69)
Place of death	East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Cheltenham
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897, 1899	St Kilda	6 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Henry Morrison (1 February 1873 – 8 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of the tailor, Robert William Morrison, and Margaret Jane Morrison (1835-1885), née McBain,^[2] George Henry Morrison (later known as Henry George Morrison) was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 1 February 1873.^[3]

He married Honorah Veronica Bailey (1880-1918) in 1904.^[4][5][6] They had two children: Irene, and Henry George.

Football

Richmond (VFA)

Recruited from Cheltenham, he played in 10 matches (2 goals) for Richmond in the VFA in 1895 and 1896, before transferring, during 1896 to Fremantle, West Australia.^[7]

St Kilda (VFL)

Cleared from Richmond in May 1899,^[8] Morrison played 5 games for St Kilda in the 1899 VFL season: the first, against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 27 May 1899, and the last, against Collingwood, at the Junction Oval on 15 July 1899.

Death

Henry George Morrison died at East Melbourne, Victoria on 8 August 1942.^[9][10]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 632.
2. Funeral Notices: Morrison, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 February 1885), p. 8.
3. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.4082/1873 ("George Henry Morrison").
4. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.17230/1880.
5. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.2280/1904 ("Henry George Morrison").
6. In Memoriam: Morrison, The Argus, Saturday, 17 May 1919), p. 11.
7. Pennings (2016), pp. 463, 528.
8. Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 June 1899), p. 7.
9. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.8382/1942 ("Henry George Morrison").
10. Deaths: Morrison, The Age, (Monday, 10 August 1942), p. 5.

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
• Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8

External links

• George Morrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• George Morrison at AustralianFootball.com
• VFA Players, Tigerland Archive.