George James Phillips Vautin (23 April 1869 – 9 January 1949) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[1] and first-class cricket for both Tasmania and Victoria.
Family
Vautin was born in Orielton, Tasmania and died in the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne.[2]
Football
Vautin was from Tasmania and played at the City Football Club in Hobart. A rover, he represented his league in 1889 in an away series in Victoria, impressing the Essendon recruiters who signed him up for the 1892 VFA season and he was a key part of their premiership teams over the next three seasons. The VFL began in 1897 and Vautin was a member of Essendon's inaugural VFL premiership side.
Cricket
Vautin was also a cricketer, playing a first-class match for Tasmania in 1889/90[3] and another for Victoria in 1894/95.[4] He played club cricket for East Melbourne Cricket Club and St Kilda Cricket Club during the 1890s.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.909
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 31, 937. Melbourne, Victoria. 11 January 1949. p. 9.
- ^ "Tasmania v Victoria, 1889/90". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Tasmania v Victoria, 1894/95". Cricinfo.
- ^ George Vautin, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-01-28. (subscription required)
References
- 'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- The Tasmanian Mail, 7 May 1892
External links
- George Vautin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- George Vautin at AustralianFootball.com
- George Vautin at ESPNcricinfo