20-418: George Prince may refer to: George Prince (footballer) (1918–2002), Australian rules football player George M. Prince (died 2009), co-creator of synectics with William J. J. Gordon George W. Prince (1854–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
40-419: A WA loss to South Australia and a Victorian flogging of the same team meant that Victoria still went on to win the carnival. Prince became a successful businessman after retiring from football, becoming a director of a large shipping company. He painted his 26-vessel fleet in the club colours of blue and white. Prince was made an East Fremantle life member in 1952, and in 1997 was named at centre-half-forward in
60-497: A holiday with few people out on the Hobart streets after the luncheon hour. The opening ceremony featured each captain carrying the state pennant around North Hobart with the governor of Tasmania, Hugh Binney , formally announcing the carnival beginning. The opening match of the 1947 carnival was between New South Wales and Canberra with New South Wales cruising to an 80 point victory over the team from Canberra after scoring eight goals in
80-493: A premiership in his first full season back ( 1945 WANFL season ). He added a second premiership medal the following year, kicking five goals in the grand final despite breaking three ribs in the preceding game. This uncapped a rare undefeated season for East Fremantle. 40 goals from 19 games was enough to make Prince East Fremantle's leading goalkicker in 1947. Increasingly being stationed at centre half-forward or full-forward , he kicked 87 goals from 19 games in 1949 to become
100-414: A team weak spot. His last 158 games between July 1945 and September 1952 were played consecutively, a club record. At state level, Prince made his debut for Western Australia in 1946, and kicked eight goals from six total games (including three games at the 1947 Australian National Carnival ). He kicked two goals against Victoria from a forward pocket to help his team to a rare four-point victory; however,
120-419: The 1939 season , starting out as a back pocket . He was switched to a forward pocket the following week and kicked six goals. Prince stood 178 cm (5 foot 10), a little taller than the average footballer of his age, and was versatile enough to play in virtually every position on the ground, which he did at some point in his career. Prince missed three seasons (1942, 1943, 1944) due to the war, but played in
140-765: The East Fremantle Team of the Century. He was posthumously inducted in to the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011. 1947 Hobart Carnival The 1947 Hobart Carnival was the tenth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held from the July 30 to August 9 and was the second time (first being 1924 ) to be held in Hobart with North Hobart Oval once again being
160-614: The VFL, the first time the Victorians had lost at a carnival since 1921. The VFL however claimed the Championship on percentage after easily accounting for South Australia by 76 points. Tasmania topped the Section B ladder to gain promotion to the top flight in the 1950 Brisbane Carnival . The 1947 carnival began with the opening ceremony which 14,082 people attended in what The Mercury described as
180-455: The Wednesday, after South Australia defeated New South Wales by 71 points in the last inter-section game of the carnival, Western Australia and Victoria played in the second match of Section A. In what The Mercury described as worthy of the highest traditions of the game, the two teams battled throughout the match with Western Australia holding a five point lead after the bell. Fred Fanning has
200-475: The chance to win the game for Victoria but his shot went wide as WA won by four points. The Friday matches saw convincing wins from New South Wales and Tasmania who defeated Queensland and Canberra by 58 and 78 points respectively. This also meant Tasmania won the Division B title and would compete in Division A in the following carnival . Before the final match of the carnival between Victoria and South Australia
220-520: The first quarter to the Canberrans two goals with the final score being 18.12 (130) to 7.8 (50). The second match of the double-header was much the same with the Tasmanian team giving systematic football to the home ground as Lance Collins scored nine goals in the team's 114 points thrashing over Queensland with an eight goal term in the second quarter sealing a comfortable victory. After a one day break,
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#1733085490435240-416: The host stadium throughout the carnival. The carnival was expanded to seven teams from the three that played in the previous edition which meant for the first time since 1908 , the competition saw two sections. Section A being South Australia, VFL and Western Australia while Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and Canberra took part in Section B. Western Australia caused an upset with a 4-point win over
260-473: The last goal of the match to seal the victory. The following day saw inaccurate kicking from Canberra with poor position play and lack of cohesion but stayed in the match with Queensland giving opportunities away. It would not be until the final quarter where Queensland, 15 points down at three quarter time would play their best football with four goals giving Queensland an 11 point lead but was then wiped away with two goals from H. Madigan gave Canberra hope but it
280-423: The league leading goalkicker, taking over from the legendary George Doig as the club's best forward. Prince bettered himself with 90 goals in 1950 , but was eclipsed by Perth 's Ron Tucker for the overall gong with 115 goals. In both of those seasons, Prince kicked 10 goals in home games against Swan Districts at Fremantle Oval . Prince spent his last two seasons ( 1951 and 1952 ) at full-back , covering
300-511: The match by 36 points with the final scores being 20.18 (138) to 15.12 (102). The following day, Victoria played their first game of the Hobart Carnival, with Lindsay White kicking 11 goals in the Victorian demolition of Queensland with the final margin being 214 points with Queensland not scoring a single goal in the second half. The following match saw Tasmania take on Western Australia with
320-525: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Prince&oldid=932841973 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Prince (footballer) George James Prince (21 May 1918 – 3 September 2002)
340-422: The second round of Section B started on the 1 August with Tasmania taking on New South Wales. A crowd of 5,785 people attended the match which saw Tasmania defeat New South Wales by 10 points. This was after scores were level with the swing of the match in favor of New South Wales. But Tasmania found an extra gear with a goal to Terry Cashion from a dazzling run through the half-forward. Dave Challender later scored
360-492: The winner of the match staying in the A-division and be able to take on Victoria on Wednesday. For almost three quarters of the match, the Tasmanian's stayed close to Western Australia with them only being behind by 13 points at one stage of the final quarter. Western Australia though had the superior team which with the steadiness in attack lead them to a 44 point victory and staying in Division A. Two more matches were played on
380-639: Was an Australian rules footballer who played for the East Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) between 1939 and 1952. He was the leading goalkicker in the league for the 1949 season , and won premierships in 1945 and 1946. Prince was born in East Fremantle and began his career with the nearby Palmyra Juniors. He made his senior debut for Old Easts in round three of
400-525: Was not to be with Queensland getting a 10 point victory. The second match of the day saw the first match of Section A between South Australia and Western Australia. With an almost record crowd of 14,867, the South Australians dominated Western Australia across the centre with the only period of play being in the third quarter where the Western Australians attacked vigorously. South Australia won
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