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Somerset Football Club
Mooreville Road Football Club
Entered Darwin Football Association - 1952
Colours worn - Green and White
Emblem - Kangaroos
Home Ground - Upper Somerset
Senior Premierships - 0
YEAR
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
COACH
1952
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
J LUCAS
1953
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
J LUCAS
1954
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
J LUCAS
1955
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
T DALEY
1956
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
K BEAUMONT
L BEAUMONT
1957
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
T NOLAN
1958
R CHAMLEY
S BARKER
L BEACH
Mooreville Road Football Club entered a team in the Ridgley Association when it resumed after the War. They finished second in 1950 and in 1951, the club won the Jubilee Cup in the Ridgley Association, under the coaching of Jack Lucas, beating Ridgley in the grand final on the Ridgley ground. Both grand finalists joined the DFA the next year.
The original home ground was a paddock on Hilton Richardson's farm.
Mooreville Road was the fore-runner of the Cam Club, which changed its name to Somerset in 1973. The president, Ray Chamley, and the secretary, Syd Barker, remained in their positions with the new club and most of the players also continued.
"It's believed the Mooreville Road was formed in 1948 by famer living on or near the road and also in West Mooreville. Among the founding members were Ray Chamley, Len Chamley, Hassa Chamley, Walter Jones, Merv Haberle, Syd Barker, Jack Wilson, Frank Grainger and Harold Douglas. the wives of Ray, Len, Merv, Syd and Harold were some of those to serve on the Ladies' Committee.
With Ray Chamley as president and Syd Barker as secretary, meetings were held at the homes of Merv Haberle or the Barkers. They started at 8pm and sometimes finishing as late as 2 or 3am. The first 2 hours were spent milking cows or digging spuds, followed by a few hours of fishing or shooting. The actual meetings started about midnight, with supper being served round 2am!
Norton's bus would pick up players at Palf's corner (was Harris Scarfe) in Burnie each Saturday and travel via Mooreville Road, picking up more players and supporters on the way.
The clubrooms and kiosk was built by volunteers using offcuts from Redman's Sawmill. The clubrooms had a dirt floor for many years. For the last 2 years they had showers, but they were cold.
When they had a bye, players and officials jumped on Harold Douglas's truck and headed to the East Coast for a weekend of shooting. The end of the season trips was usually spent in Launceston, a big occasion in the 1050's!
Club funds were raised by dances at the West Ridgley Hall and a sucking pig raffle was sold around the Burnie hotels on Saturday nights after the matches. The only paid player was the coach. Pie nights consisted of hot dogs and milk coffee, both heated in kerosene tins on an open fire outside the clubrooms.
There were no ambulances in those days. If you were hurt, you were put in a car, if there was one at the ground, and driven to hospital. When playing in the Ridgley Association about 1950, Jack Jones broke his leg. Two pieces of paling were tied around his leg by the trainer, Frank Grainger. When examined at Wynyard Hospital, it was found that his leg had been set properly by Frank, so the plaster was applied straight away.
Other trainers were Len Short and Merv Haberle. Jack Sanderson was a St John Ambulance officer. John Douglas was a boundary umpire and Hassa and Len Chamley were goal keepers. Time keepers were Eric Jones (1948 - 56) and Harold Douglas.
The most committed player at Mooreville would have been Brian Chamley. He played only about 5 games in his football career, but was at every training night."
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