OUR HISTORY - YEAR BY YEAR
1980 - 1989
1984
D Section
President: Stuart Stockdale
Secretary: Andrew Birrell
Treasurer: Tony Scott
Firsts coach: Mark Walters
Reserves coach: John Anderson
Team Leaders
Firsts captain: Craig Robison
Firsts vice-captain: Dave O’Shaughnessy
Firsts deputy vice-captain: Scott Cowley
Reserves captain: David Jordan
Now that the Club was back in D Section, what lay ahead?
Craig Robison and Tony Witts were both selected in the VAFA State CDEF team.
Chris Brent topped the D Section goalkicking with 104 goals The first (and only?) Old Trinity player to kick 100 - until he repeated the feat the following year!
Maybe we were on a roll! After 9 games the Firsts were in 2nd position with 7 wins and 2 losses, and the Reserves were 3rd also on 7 – 2. At the end of the season the First had slipped to third with 14 wins and 4 losses. The Reserves also finished 3rd with 12-5-1. The Firsts, had been on top of the ladder after Round 12, but lost a crucial game against Power House and had to be content with 3rd place after the home and away games.
The Firsts were ousted in the first semi-final against Melbourne High School Old Boys. We were in front at half time but trailed by five goals into the last quarter. A courageous fight back in the last 20 minutes was thwarted when MHSOB goaled in the last minute of play to win by 4 points - a sad finish for a determined team.
Firsts first semi-final:
Old Trinity: 3.1 6.3 8.3 12.5.77
MHSOB: 2.1 5.6 9.10 11.15.81
Goals: Brent 5, O’Shaughnessy 3, Hooper, Witts, Wallace, O’Conner
Best: Adgemis, Robison, Hooper, Wallace, Maizels, O’Shaughnessy
The Reserves made sure they didn’t emulate the Firsts. They lead MHSOB all day in the first semi-final.
Reserves first semi-final:
Old Trinity: 4.3 6.6 8.10 9.14.68
MHSOB: 1.1 2.3 3.6 7.9.51
Goals: Collins 3, Kennedy 2, Davey, Glass, R Heath, G Heath
Best: Beer, Lockwood, Edwards, Karvela, R Heath, G Heath
They then comfortably took care of Thomastown in the preliminary final:
Reserves preliminary final:
Old Trinity: 2.3 5.7 11.10 13.13.91
Thomastown: 2.0 3.3 7.4 9.7.61
Goals: Cosgrove 3. Glass 3. O’Connor 2, Collins, Heath, Karvela, Davey, Kennedy
Best: Davey, Phillips, Karvela, Lockwood, Glass, Edwards
But Therry CCOB were too good on grand final day.
Reserves grand final:
Therry CCOB: 12.15.87
Old Trinity: 11.8.74
Goals: Cosgrove 6, O’Connor 2, Glass, Lockwood, Kennedy
Best: O'Connor, Cosgrove, Collins, Sammut, Glass, Adgemis
Award winners 1984
Firsts best & fairest (E.J. Weatherson Trophy): Dave O’Shaughnessy
Runner-up: Scott Cowley
Outstanding service: Chris Brent, Ashley Dobson & Craig Robison
Reserves best & fairest: David Edwards
Runners-up: David Jordan & Mal Lockwood
Outstanding service: David Margetts & Chris Glass
Best first year player: Nick Sammut
Best club person (Tony Lyons Trophy): Tony Witts
150 games: Rick Masters
100 games: John N Adgemis
100 games: Wayne Douglas
100 games: Andrew Maizels
100 games: Stephen Tankey