Alan Pentland

George Alan Campbell Pentland (3 October 1883 – 15 December 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Alan Pentland
Personal information
Full name George Alan Campbell Pentland
Date of birth 3 October 1883
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 15 December 1952(1952-12-15) (aged 69)
Place of death Hawthorn, Victoria
Original team(s) Leopold[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909–1912 South Melbourne 53 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of William Christie Pentland (1844-1931),[2] and Euphemia Craig Pentland (1848-1924), née Morison,[3] George Alan Campbell Pentland was born on 3 October 1883.

He married Queenie Australia Osborn (1888-1955) on 23 August 1913.[4][5]

Football

Pentland was a defender who played in the back pocket for South Melbourne in their 1909 VFL Grand Final team which won the club's first ever premiership.[6]

He appeared in all 20 games in 1910 and the following season played finals football for the third successive year.

His last game for South Melbourne came in 1912.

Cricket

He remained on the local sports scene as a cricketer.[7] He played in 47 matches for the South Melbourne Cricket Club's First XI over 5 seasons (1909/10—1913/14); a batsman, who never bowled, he scored a total of 317 runs for South Melbourne, with an average of 11.74 (his highest score was 53).[8]

He toured New Zealand with the South Melbourne Cricket Club in 1912/13.[9]

Death

A retired coachbuilder,[10] he died on 15 December 1952 at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria.[11]

Footnotes
  1. The Argus,"Club Gossip", 11 June 1909, p. 9
  2. Deaths: Pentland, The Argus, (Monday, 2 November 1931), p.1.
  3. Marriages: Pentland—Morison, The Argus, (Tuesday, 10 September 1872), p.4; Deaths: Pentland, The Argus, (Friday, 12 September 1924), p.1.
  4. Marriages: Pentland—Osborn, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 September 1913), p.13.
  5. Deaths: Pentland, The Argus, (Saturday, 10 September 1955), p.11.
  6. Holmesby & Main (2007).
  7. 'Cover Point', "South Melbourne Cricket Club: Averages and Performances", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 3 May 1919), p.2.
  8. VCA Records.
  9. "South Melbourne in New Zealand 1912/13". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
  10. (Probate Notice) Law Notices, The Argus, (Thursday, 29 January 1953), p.14.
  11. Deaths: Pentland, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 December 1952), p.11; Deaths: Pentland, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 December 1952), p.15.

References
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