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Key Facts

Full name
Cecil Orlando Adcock

Known as
Cecil Adcock

Senior clubs
South Adelaide; West Torrens

Recruited from
South Adelaide (1912)

Cecil Adcock


ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
South AdelaideSAFL1907-1909————————
West TorrensSAFL1910-191239100.26—————
SAFL1907-191239100.26—————
Total1907-191239100.26—————

Cecil Adcock is among the veterans of the game. For a number of years he was a leading player at Gawler. Coming to the city he joined South, and played some good seasons for the city team. In 1910 he captained Torrens, and remained in the side until 1912.He was a big man, and solid in the half back lines.¹

Cecil Adcock was a prominent pre-world war one footballer, initially with South Adelaide, and later with West Torrens, where he transferred under the district rule after moving home. Highly consistent, capable and assured, his career highlights included representing South Australia at the inaugural Australasian championships in Melbourne in 1908, and captaining West Torrens in 1912, his final league season.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “News”, 9/9/24, page 15.

Sources

Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion, Crème de la Crème

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.