Jervis Stokes

Jervis Stokes
Personal information
Full name Jervis Arthur Stokes
Date of birth (1927-09-21)21 September 1927
Date of death 30 April 2016(2016-04-30) (aged 88)
Original team(s) Burnie
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948–50 Richmond 33 (32)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jervis Arthur Stokes (21 September 1927 – 30 April 2016)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early career

Stokes, a centreman and half forward, played originally for Burnie.[2][3] He represented Tasmania at the 1947 Hobart Carnival.[4]

Richmond

In 1948, Stokes joined the Richmond Football Club, where his brother Ray played.[2][5] It was his injured brother's spot that Jervis took to make his league debut in round seven, against Hawthorn.[6] He made a total of 11 appearances that year, then eight in the 1949 VFL season, followed by 14 in 1950.[7]

Post VFL career

Stokes went to Moorabbin as captain-coach in 1951, for the club's inaugural season in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[8][9] Moorabbin won only three of their 20 games in 1951, finishing only higher on the ladder than the other new club Box Hill.[10]

From 1952 to 1954, Stokes was playing coach of Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) club Scottsdale.[11][12]

In his first season, Stokes guided Scottsdale to the grand final, which they lost to City by 20 points.[13] It was the first time Scottsdale had made an NTFA grand final.[14]

He coached Moe to a premiership in the 1956 Latrobe Valley Football League season, just two years after the club had finished a season winless.[15]

After four years with Moe, Stokes coached Trafalgar, but later returned to Tasmania and in 1964 was non playing coach of Devonport.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Jervis Stokes Obituary – Devonport, Tasmania". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Highlights In Week-End Sport". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 March 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "AFL Players from Burnie Dockers". Burnie Dockers. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Football Carnival Arrival Of Teams Delayed". The Advocate (Burnie). Tasmania. 30 July 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  6. ^ "Drastic Changes Made At Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 May 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Jervis Stokes". AFL Tables. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Stokes New Coach?". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 February 1951. p. 17. Retrieved 21 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Stokes To Coach Moorabbin". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 February 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Sandringham win easily in semi-final test". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 September 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Stokes Succeeds Chitty". The Mercury. Tasmania. 29 November 1951. p. 28. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Launceston Favoured To Beat Scottsdale". The Mercury. Tasmania. 27 August 1954. p. 21. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  13. ^ "City Survives Strong Bid By Scottsdale To Win NTFA Title". Examiner (Launceston). 29 September 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Half-Back Discusses Key Men In NTFA Grand Final". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 26 September 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  15. ^ "Moe" (PDF). News Limited. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2014. (PDF)
  16. ^ "Seniors". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  17. ^ Lyons, Peter (3 July 2008). "Tales of a tiger of a time" (PDF). Devonport Times. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2014.