[4][5] Pentland was a defender who played in the back pocket for South Melbourne in their 1909 VFL Grand Final team which won the club's first ever premiership.
[6] He appeared in all 20 games in 1910 and the following season played finals football for the third successive year.
[7] He played in 47 matches for the South Melbourne Cricket Club's First XI over 5 seasons (1909/10—1913/14); a batsman, who never bowled, he scored a total of 317 runs for South Melbourne, with an average of 11.74 (his highest score was 53).
[9] A retired coachbuilder,[10] he died on 15 December 1952 at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria.
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