Billy Orchard

Billy Orchard
Billy Orchard
Personal information
Full name	William Henry Orchard
Date of birth	9 August 1888
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	22 July 1965 (aged 76)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Geelong Grammar
Debut	Round 16, 1906, Geelong; vs. Carlton, at Corio Oval
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1906, 1908–1915	Geelong
Coaching career
Years	Club
1914	Geelong
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Henry Orchard MC (9 August 1888 – 22 July 1965) was an Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club between 1906 and 1915. He served in the First AIF. He was awarded a Military Cross.

Family[]

The son of Edwin Orchard (1863-1927)^[1] and Ruth Orchard (1866-1938), née Mallett,^[2] he was born on 9 August 1888. He married Henrietta Jessie Galbraith (1895-1966) on 21 July 1915;^[3] they had three children, William, Douglas, and June.

Football[]

He captained the club for two seasons in 1914 and 1915. He was also playing coach in 1914.^[4]

He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916.^[5] A news film was taken at the match.^[6]^[7]

He was a field umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Cricket[]

Orchard was an outstanding cricketer taking 264 wickets at 12.6 between 1903–1936 in the Geelong Cricket Association.

Military career[]

In 1918 at Ypres he was awarded the Military Cross for "the efficient manner in which he (Captain Orchard) carried out his task of reorganisation and his cheerfulness under depressing circumstances that earned for him the Military Cross."^[8]

Footnotes[]

^ Deaths: Orchard, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 10 December 1927), p2.
^ Deaths: Orchard, The Age, (Monday, 14 November 1938), p.1.
^ Social Gossip, The (Ballarat) Evening Echo, (Saturday, 24 July 1915), p.3.
^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Game of their Lives; Nick Richardson, Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2016.
^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
^ The Story and Official History of the 38th Battalion A.I.F.; Eric Fairey : The Bendigo Advertiser Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press; Bendigo, Vic. 1920

References[]

External links[]

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[1] Deaths: Orchard, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 10 December 1927), p2.

[2] Deaths: Orchard, The Age, (Monday, 14 November 1938), p.1.

[3] Social Gossip, The (Ballarat) Evening Echo, (Saturday, 24 July 1915), p.3.

[4] Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[5] The Game of their Lives; Nick Richardson, Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2016.

[6] The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube

[7] The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube

[8] The Story and Official History of the 38th Battalion A.I.F.; Eric Fairey : The Bendigo Advertiser Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press; Bendigo, Vic. 1920

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AFL Women's	2019–2020: M. Hickey 2021–: McDonald

v t Coaches of the Geelong Football Club
VFL/AFL	1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1960–1965: Davis 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott
AFL Women's	2019–2021: Hood 2022–: Lowther
Italics denote caretaker coach