STURT 1913... Cec Curnow is second from left in the middle row of this Sturt Football Club team photo, published in The Observer on June 28, 1913. The photo was taken at the Holiday Monday game at Adelaide Oval on June 23, when West Adelaide 4.15 (39) defeated Sturt 4.4 (28) before a crowd of 17,000, with gate takings of £370. Back: James Hall, Harold Miller, Ivor Nicolle, Bert McGlaughlin, Bill Mayman, Osma Richardson, George Gustav Sharp; middle row: Albert Edward Kirchner, Frederick Cecil “Cec” Curnow, Darcy Vincent McDougall, Ethelbert Luxmore “Bert” Renfrey, Albert Heinrichs, Arthur John Robinson, Frank Golding; front: William “Billy” Noal, Leslie Smith, John Murray Francis Bannigan, Emanuel “Jack” Kappler, John Percy Jackett. Osma Richardson was the brother of legendary Australian cricketer Victor Richardson and died at Pozieres during the Great War.
