Harry Kerley

[5] he played his first VFL match for Collingwood, selected in the forward pocket, against Carlton, at Princes Park, on 7 June 1915, replacing Gus Dobrigh, who had been dropped for failing to attend training.

He played his last match for St Kilda, again against South Melbourne, on 5 August 1922 (round thirteen).

On the basis that Kerley had been appointed to the position of captain-coach at Prahran Football Club, St Kilda granted him a clearance.

Kerley was the team's captain in three successive premierships (1926, 1927, and 1928), and all in all he played 83 games for Coburg, mainly at centre half-forward, kicking 128 goals.

[20] "He said that he was not satisfied with the form the team had shown, and that, together with the fact that he had injured his hand at Brunswick (on 22 June}, had caused him to decide that it would be in the best interests of all concerned for him to drop out.

Fred Chapman and Jim Jenkins were asked to supervise the team's training for the remainder of the 1929 season).