Australian Football

Popularly known as 'Jack', John Randell (sometimes misrendered 'Randall') played a total of 107 WAFL games during the first decade and a half of the 20th century. He began at Perth in 1902  before transferring to Subiaco in 1903, playing 79 games, but enjoying little team success. Things were scarcely better at East Perth, however, where he moved in 1910, and although the Royals reached that season's premiership play-off, Randell was not a part of the action. Nevertheless, given the number of games he played (quite high for the period), he must surely have been a player of some quality, and it is perhaps surprising to note that he never represented Western Australia.

Author - John Devaney