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Sydney Sykes

Sydney Sykes

Australian rules footballer

Sidney Mellor Sykes (28 February 1882 – 19 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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He also played for Victorian Football Association club Prahran, notably kicking 12.5 of his team's total of 12.17 in its match against North Melbourne, at Toorak Park, on 24 August 1907.[2][3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.863.
  2. [2]
    Fiddian (2004), p.70.
  3. [3]
    Prahran (12.17 beat North Melbourne (6.7): Goal Kicking Extraordinary, The Age, (Monday, 26 August 1907), p.11.

References

  • Fiddian, Marc (2004); The VFA; A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877–1995, Melbourne: Marc Fiddian.
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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