TEM History
The sacrifice of the East Malvern Hockey Club and its members in World War 1 was discussed in issue 2 of TEMpo.
In this edition we move to those members of East Malvern Hockey Club served in WW2.
(Toorak Hockey Club was formed after the war)
Five members of the East Malvern Hockey Club were killed while on active service during World War II.
They were:
Alan Hendy
Lloyd Righetti
Alan Hollsworth
William Whyte
John Haslem
After the war, the Club erected a memorial plaque to commemorate the five members. The plaque was erected in Central Park Malvern, outside the Club’s changing room, beside the kiosk.
When the kiosk was demolished, the plaque was removed and lost for a time. However, Club stalwart, Conor Knaggs located the plaque amongst Council rubbish, cleaned it and arranged for the plaque to be reinstalled at Central Park, where it remains today.
It is located in the north west corner of the park near the corner of Wattletree Road and Kingston Street.
The view from the plaque at Central Park
The view from the plaque at Central Park
On a Lighter Note...
In his research of the Club's history, Michael Norbury came across an article published in the 'Clarence and Richmond Examiner' (Grafton, NSW) on September 7, 1911 about a bulldog who interrupted a hockey match between East Malvern and Hawthorn hockey clubs. It's a very amusing story!
The article reads;
Bulldog at Hockey
On Saturday afternoon a large bulldog rushed the ground on which the Hawthorn and East Malvern hockey clubs were playing a match at Kew (Victoria). The bulldog in defiance of the rules, seized the ball in his jaws, and held to it. The referee was appealed to, but he could not recollect any regulation which would solve the problem of extracting a ball form the bulldog's mouth. So for ten minutes play was suspended while the dog pondered whether he should return the ball, or take it home with him. His owner arriving on the scene breathless took the case into his own hands, and restored the ball to the players.
