List of Australian rules footballers and cricketers

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This is a listing of players to have played both Australian rules football in the nation's premier leagues and first-class cricket or higher. These leagues are the Australian Football League (AFL) (formerly the VFL), AFL Women's (AFLW), West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). First-class cricketers who played football in other states are eligible if they had a notable career in that state's top league.

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In the early years of the VFL it was quite common for footballers to play district cricket over the summer months, some of them even made their state sides and others represented Australia. Likewise cricketers would often play football in the off season to keep fit and if good enough would appear in their state's best league.

Players are divided into the lists below by which state they spent the majority of their sporting career or in come cases their state or origin.

International cricketers who played interstate football

NameAustralian rules footballInternational cricket
Club(s)CareerRefFormat(s)Career
George Coulthard 1876–18821882
Jess Duffin 2017–2022 [1] 2008/09–2015
Eric Freeman 1964–1971 [2] 1967/68–1969/70
Neil Hawke 1956–1966 [3] 1962/63–1968
Clem Hill 1890s–1900s [4] 1894/95–1902/03
Ernie Jones 1894–1901 [5] 1892/93–1907/08
Gil Langley 1939–1950 [6] 1951/52–1956/57
Phil Lee 1923–1929 [7] 1931/32–1932/33
Keith Miller 1939–1946 [8] 1945/46–1956/57
Laurie Nash 1930–1945 [9] 1931/32–1936/37
John Reedman 1889–1909 [10] 1894
Vic Richardson 1915–1927 [10] 1924/25–1935/36
Keith Slater 1955–1963 [ dead link ]1958/59
David Smith 1903–1914 [11] 1912

International cricketers who played league football

NameAustralian rules footballInternational cricket
Club(s)CareerRefFormat(s)Career
Frank Allan 1867–1870s1879
Warwick Armstrong 1898–1900 1901/02–1921
Barlow Carkeek 1903–1905 1912
Joe Darling 1894–18951894/95–1905
Algy Gehrs 1902–1908 1903/04–1910/11
George Giffen 1878–1885 1881/82–1896
Harry Graham 1900 1893–1896
Albert Hartkopf 1908–1914 1924/25
Des Hoare 1950s 1960/61
Delissa Kimmince 2017 2007/08–2020/21
Sam Loxton 1942–1946 1947/48–1950/51
Mick Malone 1970s 1977–1981/82
Geoff Marsh 1978 1985/86–1991/92
Jimmy Matthews 1907 1911/12–1912
Ted McDonald 1912–1919 1920/21–1921/22
Patrick McShane 1880s 1884/85
Simon O'Donnell 1982–1983 1984/85–1991/92
Roy Park 1912–1915 1920/21
Nip Pellew 1914 1920/21–1921/22
Jamie Siddons 1984 1988/89
Joe Travers 1892–1896 1901/02
George Tribe 1940–1946 1946/47
Mervyn Waite 1930–1942 1938
Max Walker 1967–1972 1972/73–1980/81
Graeme Watson 1964–1965 1966/67–1972
Graeme Wood 1975–1977 1977/78–1988/89
Jack Worrall 1902–1920 1884/85–1899
Tim Zoehrer 1982 [ permanent dead link ]1985/86–1993/94

State cricketers who played interstate football

Queensland

NameAustralian rules footballState cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Aub Carrigan 1940s Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine 1945/46–1951/52
Brian O'Connor 1930s 1934/35–1935/36
Leo O'Connor 1910–1911 1912/13–1929/30
Harry Pegg 1930s, 1940s 1945/46–1946/47
Leyland Sanders 1940s, 1950s 1950/51–1954/55
Cyril Smith 1940s, 1950s 1947/48–1953/54
Donald Watt 1940s 1939/40–1945/46

South Australia

NameAustralian rules footballState cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Craig Bradley 1986–2002 1983/84–1989/90
Jack Chamberlain 1908–1909, 1914 1906/07
Norman Claxton 1900s 1898/99–1909/10
John Halbert 1955–1968 1961/62
Lindsay Head 1952–1970 1957/58–1958/59
Eric Johnson 1925–1934 1926/27–1929/30
Bill Leak 1939–1946 1935/35–1940/41
James Matthews 1900–1913 1900/01–1901/02
Bob McLean 1934–1941 1945/46–1950/51
Barrie Robran 1967–1980 [10] 1971/72
Alfred Ryan 1922–1931 [10] 1925/26–1936/37
Bruce Schultz 1933–1941 1936/37
Bob Simunsen 1964–1971 1972/73
Richard Townsend 1904–1920 1907/08–1923/24
Alfred Waldron 1879–1892 1881/82–1887/88

Tasmania

NameAustralian rules footballState cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Jim Atkinson 1917–1925 1921/22–1933/34
Darrel Baldock 1962–1968 1960/61
Rex Garwood 1950–1960 1952/53–1955/56
Garney Goodrick 1923–1925 1922/23
Geoffrey Martin 1946-1954 1950/51
Stanley McKenzie 1914 1909/10–1912/13
Ray Stokes 1946–1951 1952/53–1965/66
George Vautin 1897–1898 1894/95–1889/90

Victoria

NameAustralian rules footballState cricket
Team(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Allen Aylett 1952–1964 1957/58–1958/59
Charles Baker 1902–1906 1903/04–1904/05
Fred Baring 1910–1924 1911/12–1928/29
Percy Beames 1931–1944 1933/34–1945/46
Peter Bedford 1968–1978 1966/67–1972/73
Des Fothergill 1937–1940, 1945–1947 1938/39–1948/49
Emma Kearney 2017–present 2013/14–2016/17
Chris Kiernan 1897–1901, 1903, 1911 1909/10–1918/19
Ian Law 1960–1968 1961/62–1963/64
Ernest McIntyre 1940–1949 1946/47
Keith Millar 1924–1927, 1930 1924/25–1932/33
Bill Sewart 1905–1915 1908–1919
Paddy Shea 1904, 1908–1915, 1918 1912/13–1919/20
George Stuckey 1897–1902 1894/95–1902/03

Western Australia

NameAustralian rules footballState cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Todd Breman 1987–1993 1985/86–1987/88
Fred Buttsworth 1942–1953 1947/48–1949/50
Wally Buttsworth 1935–late 1940s 1937/38
Derek Chadwick 1959–1972 1963/64–1971/72
Michael Clark 1996–1999 [ permanent dead link ]2000/01–
Jim Ditchburn 1929–1939 1933/34–1935/36
Ron Doig, Sr. 1927–1932 1926/27–1931/32
Bruce Duperouzel 1969–1984 1971/72–1972/73
Allan Evans 1917–1929 1921/22–1931/32
Jim Everett 1901–1915 1909/10
Bert Harrold 1916–25, 1932 1925/26
Dolph Heinrichs 1899–1906 1922/23
Carlisle Jarvis 1920s, 1930s 1932/33
Harvey Kelly 1903–1906 1905/06
Ken McAullay Late 1960s–1975 1970/71–1973/74
George Moysey 1890s–1900s 1970/71–1973/74
Tom Mullooly 1971–1986 1976/77
John Munro 1950s 1948/49–1954/55
Alan Preen 1953–1959 1953/54–1956/57
Harry Price 1940s, 1950s 1949/50–1955/56
Alex Robinson 1904 [10] 1907/08
Earl Spalding 1983–1999 1984/85
William Truscott 1910s, 1920s 1929/30
George Young 1973–1978 1972/73

First-class cricketers who played league football

Australian Capital Territory

NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Jodie Hicks 2018–present 2014/15–2016/17

South Australia

NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket
Team(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Cornelius Chamberlain 1907–1908 1905/06–1910/11
Leonard Chamberlain 1907–1914 1907/08–1913/14
Mick Clingly 1951–1959 1957/58–1959/60
Neil Dansie 1946–1949 1949/50–1966/67
Alan Dowding 1940s 1951–1956
Alby Green 1893–1899 1894/95–1898/99
Gordon Gurr 1902–1907 1905/06
Les Hill 1903–1910 1905/06–1910/11
Norman Jolly 1900s 1907
Bob Lee 1945–1957 1956/57–1959/60
John Lill 1959–1962 1955/56–1965/66
Phil Newland 1900–1907 1899/1900–1905/06
Brittany Perry 2019–2022 2014/15–2017/18
Katelyn Pope 2021–present 2014/15–2018/19
James Pyke 1986–1990 1985/86–1987/88
Karl Schneider 1926–1927 1922/23–1927/28
Libby Waye 1907–1914 1912/13
Courtney Webb 2018–2019 2017/18–present

Tasmania

NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Dale Anderson 1953–1954 1952/53–1963/4
Ray Biffin 1968–1979 1967/68
Bill Cahill 1937–1938 1931/32
Colin Campbell 1897–1899 1896/97
Ivor Clay 1941–1946 1949/50–1950/51
Mark Colegrave 1990s 2000/01
Garry Cowmeadow 1975 1976/77–1978/79
Bert Davie 1917–1919 1921/22–1926/27
Barry Harper 1960s, 1970s1961/62–1968/69
Brent Palfreyman 1960s, 1970s 1965/66–1972/73
Alan Pearsall 1941 1933/34–1938/39
Ted Pickett 1928–1938 1928/29–1935/36
Emily Smith 2022–present 2013/14–2020/21
Jim Wilkinson 1970–1972 1973/74–1974/75

Victoria

NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Noel Allanson 1947–1951 1956/57
Bill Allen 1910–1923 1914/15
Alfred Andrew-Street 1933–1934 1937/38
Cecil Austen 1942 1945/46
Jim Baird 1941–1951 1948/49–1949/50
Jack Barnes 1925–1929 1929/30
Thomas Bird 1925, 1928 1928/29
Blair Campbell 1966, 1968–1969 1969/70–1979/80
Frederick Chapman 1920–1921 1928/29–1930/31
Bernard Considine 1952–1953 1949/50–1954/55
Russell Cook 1966–1975 1968/69
John Cordner 1951 1951–1952
Laurence Cordner 1933 1930/31–1933/34
Bryan Cosgrave 1924 1925/26–1931/32
Neil Crompton 1957–1966 1957–62
John Douglas 1972, 1975–1976 1975/76–1978/79
Harcourt Dowsley 1941 1937/38–1946/47
Walter Dudley 1940 1940/41
Reg Ellis 1913–1915, 1920 1927/28–1929/30
Michael Fitchett 1950–1952 1950/51–1952/53
John Francis 1926 1932/33
Harry Frei 1973 1982–1986
Herbert Fry 1897–1898 1896/97–1907/08
Norman Good 1909 1909/10
Doug Gott 1969–1977 1973–1974
Herbert Guthrie 1925 1928/29–1929/30
David Hone 1969 1970
Herb Howson 1897–1908 1902/03
Nick Jewell 1997 2001/02–2006/07
Stuart King 1931–1933 1926/27–1932/33
Bill Kinnear 1936 1935/36
Joe Kinnear 1932–1937 1931/32
Alex Keath 2017–present 2010/11–2014/15
Kirsty Lamb 2017–present 2012/13–2016
Harry Lambert 1941–1947 1946/47–1953/54
Thomas Leather 1932–1933 1933/34–1936/37
Ian Lee 1934 1931/32–1940/41
Jack Lowry 1938–1946 1937/38
Frank Lugton 1913–1914 1913/14
Richard Maddocks 1948 1948/49–1956/57
Samuel McMichael 1897 1891/92–1903/04
Norman Mitchell 1925 1925/26–1926/27
Bruce Murray 1951–1954 1957/58
Basil Onyons 1905–1908 1918/19–1928/29
Geoff Parker 1987,1989 1985/86–1998/99
Wil Parker 2024–present 2019/20–2021/22
Joseph Plant 1925 1932/33–1936/37
Leslie Rainey 1899–1903 1902/03–1904/05
Keith Rawle 1942–1949 1948/49
Howard Richardson 1915–1919 1923/24
Alby Rose 1900–1902 1904/05
Robert Rose 1970–1973 1971/72–1973/74
Charles Salvana 1919 1926/27
Mick Schade 1911 1921/22
John Scholes 1967–1971 1968/69–1981/82
Heinrich Schrader 1914 1929/30–1930/31
David Shepherd 1976–1977 1982/83
Benjamin Sheppard 1911–1912 1913/14
Harold Shillinglaw 1945–1951 1949/50–1953/54
Keith Stackpole, Sr. 1935–1944 1945/46–1949/50
John Stephens 1971–1973 1970/71–1971/72
Les Stillman 1968–1971 1970–1978
Alan Thomson 1923–1924 1925/26
Herb Turner 1944–1950 1948/49–1950/51
Les Vernon 1898–1901 1906/07–1908/09
Bree White 2017–2018 1999/2000–2001/02
Carl Willis 1912–15, 1920–21 1913/14–1928/29
Tom Wills 1850s–1870s 1854–1875/76
Charles 'Gillie' Wilson 1897, 1900 1894/95–1919/20
William Wilson 1932–1933, 1935 1935/36
Stan Wootton 1915, 1920–1923 1923/24
Harry Wright 1897–1903 1900/01–1904/05

Western Australia

NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket
Club(s)CareerRefTeam(s)Career
Bill Bateman 1880s and 1890s 1892/93
Mervyn Bessen 1937 1937/38
Ron Bowe 1959–1963 1967/68–1968/69
Ian Brayshaw 1960s 1960/61–1977/78
Arnold Byfield 1940–1947 1952/53–1953/54
Victor Carlson 1914–1923 1922/23–1925/26
Kenneth Cumming 1938–1940, 1947 1945/46–1947/48
Bill Duffy 1880s and 1890s 1892/93
Henry Edmondson 1902–1907 1905/06–1912/13
Matt Garnaut 1994 1996/97–1997/98
Percival Hussey 1880s and 1890s 1892/93
Otto Kelly 1903–1907 1906/07–1907/08
Wally Langdon 1946–1947 1946/47–1955/56
Ossie Lovelock 1932–34 1932/33–1939/40
Frank Meares 1899 1898/99–1901/02
Alf Moffat 1880s and 1890s 1892/93
Paul Nicholls 1970s 1971/72–1978/79
Basil Rigg 1940s 1947/48–1956/57
Stewart Walters 2002 2005–2010

2011–2014

Barney Wood 1928–1930s 1931/32

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