Joseph Francis McShane (29 November 1868 – 26 July 1950) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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 An illustration of McShane from 1890 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Francis McShane | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1868 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong | ||
| Date of death | 26 July 1950 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death |
Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew, Victoria | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1887–1896 | Geelong (VFA) | 135 (43) | |
| 1897–1901 | Geelong | 75 (30) | |
| 1902–1904 | Carlton | 48 (17) | |
| Total | 258 (90) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Philip McShane (1835-1908),[1][2] and Mary Ann McShane (1836-1912), née McCabe,[3][4] Joseph Francis McShane was born at Geelong on 29 November 1868.
His brother, Patrick George McShane (1858–1903), played football for Fitzroy and Geelong in the VFA, and played Test Cricket for Australia.
He married Joanna Ryan (1862-1932), at Melbourne, on 5 July 1882.[5][6][7]
Football edit
Geelong (VFA/VFL) edit
One of the six McShane brothers who played in the VFA or VFL (or both) for Geelong, McShane started his career at Geelong in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1887, and played 210 games for the club (135 in the VFA and 75 in the VFL), becoming the first Geelong player to play 200 games for the club before moving to Carlton in 1902.
1899 edit
In 1899, he was the first player to kick 10 or more goals in a VFL/AFL game, scoring 11 against St Kilda, whose one-point total in the same match become the still-standing record for the lowest-score by a team in VFL/AFL history.[8]
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:[9]
- Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong)
- Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne)
- Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon)
- Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne)
- Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne)
- Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong)
- Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — he selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.
Carlton (VFL) edit
McShane retired following the 1904 Grand Final against Fitzroy:[10] at the time, his career total of 258 games was second in elite Victorian football behind his longtime Geelong teammate Peter Burns (305 games, 216 in the VFA and 89 in the VFL), and third in elite Australian rules football behind Burns and the South Australian Jack "Dinny" Reedman (281 games, would retire at the end of 1909 with 319 games).
Death edit
He died at the Caritas Christi Hospice, in Kew, Victoria on 26 July 1950.[11][12]
Notes edit
- ^ Deaths: McShane, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 June 1908), p.1.
- ^ A Father of Footballers, The Bendigo Independent, (Wednesday, 24 June 1908), p.3.
- ^ Deaths: McShane, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1912), p.9.
- ^ Obituary: Mrs. Mary Ann McShane, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 6 September 1912), p.5.
- ^ Marriages: M'Shane—Ryan, The Age, (Monday, 10 July 1882). p.1.
- ^ Deaths: McShane, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 August 1932), p.1.
- ^ Judicial and Law Notices: Joanna McShane, The Argus, (Monday, 17 October 1932), p.13.
- ^ "AFL/VFL Records". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2002), p.441.
- ^ Deaths: McShane, The Age, (Thursday, 27 July 1950), p.2.
- ^ Funeral Notices: McShane, The Age, (Thursday, 27 July 1950), p.8.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-001-1
- Football Memories: Joe McShane's Experiences: Ruck-Man and Captain, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 30 August 1924), p.4.
- 'M. M. McC.', "The Famous Six McShane Bothers", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 3 October 1936), p.8.
External links edit
- Joe McShane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Joe McShane at AustralianFootball.com
- Joe McShane at Blueseum
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