Jack Haw

Jack Haw
Personal information
Full name	Mervyn John Haw
Date of birth	(1902-12-27)27 December 1902
Place of birth	Warragul, Victoria
Date of death	29 April 1975(1975-04-29) (aged 72)
Place of death	Rosebud, Victoria
Original team(s)	Leeton A.F.C.
Position(s)	Ruck
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1928–29	Melbourne	13 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mervyn John Haw (27 December 1902 – 29 April 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). ^{[1] [2]}

Family

The son of Henry Haw (1855-1935), and Ellen Haw (1861-1944), née Barnes, ^{[3] [4]} Mervyn John Haw was born at Warragul on 27 December 1902.

He married Ivy Elizabeth Hamilton (1908-1963) in 1940. ^[5]

Football

Leeton (SWDFL)

In 1927 he was playing with the Leeton Australian Rules Football Club in the South Western District Football League, and was part of the team that won that competition's 1927 Grand Final. ^{[6] [7]}

Melbourne (VFL)

On 30 May 1928 "M.J. Haw" was granted a permit, from "New South Wales to Melbourne". ^{[8] [9]}

In its coverage of Melbourne's 1928 second pre-season practice match, The Age observed that, among the new players, "Haw, a big, strongly-built ruckman, who kicks well and plays hard, is considered to be one of the finds of the season". ^[10]

Northcote (VFA)

On 23 April 1930, he was cleared from Melbourne to Northcote. ^[11] He played in the first four home-and-away games for the Northcote First XVIII in the 1930 season. ^[12] He was not selected in the fifth match (24 May 1930) because of an injury. ^[13]

Richmond (VFL)

Having not been considered for either Northcote's First XVIII or its Second XVIII in home-and-away rounds five (24 May 1930) to nine (21 June 1930), Haw was granted a clearance from Northcote to play with Richmond on 23 June 1930. ^[14] There is no record of him playing with the Richmond First XVIII in 1930.

Northcote (VFA)

On 29 April 1931 "M.J. Haw" was granted a clearance from "Richmond Seconds to Northcote", ^[15] and appears on the club's final training list for 1931 as an "old player", ^[16] although, iy seems, he did not play at all for either Northcote's First or Second XVIII in 1931.

Notes

1. australianfootball.com.
2. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.356.
3. Marriages: Haw—Barnes, The Leader, (Saturday, 12 February 1881), p.27.
4. Deaths: Haw, The Argus, (Tuesday, 27 June 1944), p.2.
5. Deaths: Haw, The Age, (Thursday, 21 March 1963), p.17.
6. Leeton Premiers: Final Won in Masterly Style: Ganmain Defeated by 112 points to 77 points, The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, (Tuesday, 6 September 1927), p.2.
7. Leeton Football Club: Presentation of Medals and Cup, The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, (Friday, 30 September 1927), p.2.
8. Football: League Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 31 May 1928), p.4.
9. News and Noted from All Quarters: The Type They Wanted, The Herald, (Friday, 1 June 1928), p.13.
10. Around the Clubs: N.S.W. Carnival Players at Melbourne, The Age, (Monday, 2 April 1928), p.5.
11. The Association: Many Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1930), p.11.
12. The VFA Project.
13. Northcote v. Coburg, The Herald, Friday, 23 May 1930), p.16.
14. Haw (Melbourne and Northcote) Transfers to Richmond, The Age, (Tuesday, 24 June 1930), p.13.
15. Football: League Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 30 April 1931), p.10.
16. Ponsford, W.H., "Northcote's List", The Herald, (Friday, 10 April 1931), p.12.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
• Orchard Raider: Sent to Gaol for One Month, The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, (Tuesday, 15 March 1927), p.3.
• Weekly Times Football Series — Melbourne League Team, 1929, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 July 1929), p.44.
• Handy Man: Haw Playing On, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 20 July 1929), p.6.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Haw .

• Jack Haw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Haw at AustralianFootball.com
• Jack Haw, at Demonwiki.
• Jack Haw, at The VFA Project.