As a young man he moved to North Adelaide, and played football with the local team, "The Victorians", whose ground was on Montefiore Hill.
[7] A devotee of "Father Nicotine", and a man of genial and thoughtful disposition, he was noted as a supporter of the work of umpires.
Like many of the party, he "caught a chill" in Melbourne but "soldiered on", finalising arrangements for the League games of the coming Saturday.
His remains were interred at the West Terrace Cemetery on Wednesday 14 August; pallbearers were the secretaries of the eight League clubs.
Players at all games on the following Saturday wore black armbands and spectators observed a minute's silence before the first bounce.