Cyril Gove

Cyril Gove
Personal information
Full name	Cyril Gove
Date of birth	10 January 1890
Date of death	28 August 1973(1973-08-28) (aged 83)
Original team	Collegians
Height/Weight	168 cm / 55 kg
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1918	Essendon	28 (3)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1918 season .

Cyril Gove (10 January 1890 – 28 August 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Gove, from St Thomas Grammar School, played his early football for the Collegians.^[1] A wiry wingman, he played 16 games in the 1914 VFL season and was chosen to represented the VFL in the Sydney Carnival.

Gove rode the racehorse Menthe into third place in the Springbank Corinthian Handicap, a race for amateur riders,^[2] at Moonee Valley Racecourse and then proceeded to travel straight over to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground to play a VFL game against South Melbourne, all on 29 May 1915.^[3][4] According to Essendon Club historian Mapleston^[5] and AFL historian, Col Hutchison,^[6] the 25-year-old Gove was also a Victorian amateur boxing champion and on the same evening fought a bout at West Melbourne Stadium.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Cyril Gove". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/C/Cyril_Gove.html. 
2. ^ Goodwood, "Notes and Chat", The Argus, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.22, col.A.
3. ^ Saturday’s Matches: Some Close Finishes: Notes by Observer, The Argus, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.6. col.A.
4. ^ Champion Tobacco "Sportettes", The Canberra Times, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p.8, col.A.
5. ^ Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996, p89.
6. ^ Hanlon, Peter (19 March 2010). "Key player races into history". Melbourne: The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/sport/key-player-races-into-history-20100318-qic1.html. 
7. ^ "Gove, Cyril". Essendon F.C. website. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=371. 

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Name	Gove, Cyril
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Date of birth	10 January 1890
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Date of death	28 August 1973
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