The family patriarch Rowley Hart emigrated to West Australia from Kettering Northhamptonshire England in 1923 and was part of the Group Settlement Scheme, they took up land in the Metricup area which is between Busselton and Margaret River. Rowley Hart lived and died soccer and was recorded as one of the most soccer orientated people
The McGinn’s were originally from Ayrshire Scotland where the two brothers Malcolm and Alexander played for Kilmarnock, prior to migrating Malcolm was signed up by Glasgow Rangers and Alexander [ Sandy ] was also signed by Glasgow Rangers. During the miners strike in Scotland in the early 1920’s the family decided to emigrate to West
Geordie came from the Yorkshire area of England and migrated to the southwest in the 1927, he settled in the Margaret River district. Geordie Hobson played for Sheffield United as a professional in his younger years and this has been recorded in various publications. Geordie started the club of Warner Glen and they played in
Ken commenced playing in Bunbury soon after his arrival from Yorkshire England in 1953, after only being in the country for two months he was selected to play for the South Western Associations representative team. Over the next fifteen years he was an automatic choice to play in these representative teams, Ken was no doubt
Domenic commenced playing senior soccer in the early 1960’s for the Collie Club of Inter Collie, his playing career was almost entirely as a goalkeeper. He represented the S.W.S.A, in their representative teams on numerous occasions as a senior player and in his twilight years as veteran player. In 1972 he was a founder member
Bill was born in 1898 in the town of Kirkintilloch which is not far from Glasgow in Scotland, he served in the British Army during the 1st World War after giving a false age so he would be accepted, during the course of that war Bill was shot in the head his family was relieved
He was affectionately known as Tubby and was born in Huddersfield in England in 1905 and migrated to West Australia in 1923. Three years after arriving in the country Tubby formed the Dalwallinu Soccer Club, his worth was soon recognized and the following year he captained the Ballidu association team to victory in the Country
The Lynn Family was one of the original settler families under the Group Settlement Scheme arriving in the southwest and taking up land in the Bramley area in 1923. Bill Lynn Snr was a soccer diehard from the Margaret River district and was into soccer in that region when the association was in its infancy
Jim Boyle shown in photo was one of the mainstays of the Collie League from the 1920’s through to the 1960’s, he held positions as President and Secretary of the association for years and an active organizer of the senior Collie Country Week from 1922 onwards. Jim Boyle was inducted into the SW Hall of