Jack Doubleday

Jack Doubleday
Personal information
Full name Jack Lindsay Doubleday
Date of birth (1890-05-28)28 May 1890
Place of birth Prahran, Victoria
Date of death 30 October 1918(1918-10-30) (aged 28)
Place of death Indian Ocean
Original team(s) Wesley College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912–14 University 36 (17)
1915 Melbourne 17 (4)
Total 53 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Lindsay Doubleday (28 May 1890 – 30 October 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.[1]

Family

The son of John Doubleday (1837–1907), and Elizabeth Josephine Doubleday (1863–1943), née Naeser,[2] Jack Lindsay Doubleday was born at Prahran, Victoria on 28 May 1890.

Education

He was educated at All Saints' Grammar School, in East St Kilda,[3] and at Wesley College, Melbourne (from 1906 to 1910).

He studied dentistry at the University of Melbourne, and graduated Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc) on 20 December 1916.[4]

Football

University (VFL)

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Melbourne (VFL)

The university team withdrew from the VFL competition prior to the 1915 season; and, along with his team-mates Jack Brake, Claude Bryan, Dick Gibbs, Roy Park, and Percy Rodriguez, Doubleday was given a clearance to transfer from University to Melbourne.[6]

Football

In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:

"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." – The Argus, 16 May 1919.[7]

Military service

A qualified dentist, Doubleday enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 9 October 1918, and left Australia on 16 October 1918, to serve overseas in the Australian Dental Corps.

Death

He died of spinal meningitis on 30 October 1918, on his way to the Western Front.[8]

He was buried at sea, and is commemorated at the Chatby Memorial in the Shatby district of eastern Alexandria, in Egypt.[9]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.234.
  2. ^ Deaths: Doubleday, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 April 1943), p.2.
  3. ^ The school operated on the corner of Dandenong Road and Chapel Street from 1871 to 1937 (see All Saints' Grammar School: All Saints’ Anglican Church, The Spirit of St Kilda.)
  4. ^ University of Melbourne: Conferring of Degrees, The Argus, (Thursday, 21 December 1916), p.9.
  5. ^ Inter-University Football: Melbourne University Team, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 17 August 1912), p.29.
  6. ^ Melbourne, The Herald, (Friday, 16 April 1915), p.3.
  7. ^ 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
  8. ^ On Shipboard and in Egypt: A Nurse's Letter, The West Australian, (Thursday, 6 February 1919), p.5.
  9. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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