WILSTON GRANGE
Current Affiliation: AFL Queensland since 2005
Home Ground: Hickey Park, Babarra Street, Stafford
Formed: 1943
Colours: Red, royal blue and white
Emblem: Gorillas
Premierships: QA(N)FL - 1955, 1969, 1972 (3 total); South Queensland Football Association Division Two - 1997 (1 total)
Grogan Medallists: Jim Conlon 1960; Keith Leach 1961 & 1962; Merv Appleyard 1968; Ken Garcia 1969; Barry Clarke 1972 & 1976 (5 Medallists/7 Medals)
QAFL Top Goalkickers: K.Grimley (83) 1956; L.Pereira (78) 1961; S.Taylor (131) 1969, (108) 1970, (100) 1971 & (118) 1972; B.Clarke (87) 1978; B.Grimley (107) 1987 (8 total)
Highest Score: 38.19 (247) versus Windsor-Zillmere on 19 June 1966
Most Games: 333 by Syd Guildford
| MINI-BIOGRAPHIES: | Merv Appleyard Barry Clarke Ken Grimley Syd Guildford Graham Jewell Barry Karklis Keith Leach Gary Maddison |
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Wilston Grange's Greg Melit (no. 3) is hoping to receive the tap from ruckman Bruce McDougall. (Click to enlarge) |
Founded
by Len Gregory in 1943, Wilston Grange entered the QANFL seven years later
and went on to enjoy an unbroken thirty-nine year involvement in the
competition before combining with Kedron at the end of the 1989 season.
During that time the club contested five grand finals for three flags but overall
its finals participation was sporadic. Probably the major highlights
in the Gorillas' history came in 1969 when they came from last position
the previous year to win a flag, and in 1972 when they trounced Sandgate
by a then record margin of 84 points in the grand final.
Among the finest players to represent the club were Barry Clarke, a dual Grogan Medallist who represented the state 16 times, Merv' Appleyard who made 17 Queensland appearances in addition to winning the 1968 Grogan Medal, Alan Ahlberg, Kelvin Mills, Keith Leach, and Peter Morrison. Full forward Steve Taylor bagged a century of goals in four successive seasons between 1969 and 1972, the only QAFL player to do so. |
A reconstituted Wilston-Grange Football Club currently competes in division two of the Queensland State League. In 2006 the side qualified for the finals in 4th place, but then bowed straight out of premiership contention after losses in successive weeks to Noosa and Surfers Paradise. The 2007 season brought a decline in fortunes as the Gorillas finished mid-table with a 7-10-1 record.
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