Australian Football

A highly competent and serviceable player who could perform equally well in a back pocket, on a half back flank or across centre, Claremont's Jack Edmeades began his league career in 1934, and his 141 senior games for the club included the losing Grand Finals of 1936 and 1937 and the winning ones of 1938 and 1940. He missed the 1939 Grand Final, which Claremont won, with injury. 

Between 1942 and 1944 the WANFL senior competition was suspended, meaning Edmeades missed potentially the best seasons of his career. He carried on after the war, however, before finally retiring in 1946. Although he was never selected to represent Western Australia, he did play for a number two state side against St Kilda in 1938.

Author - John Devaney