Victorian Football Association
Career: 1888
Connaty/Connarthy played in the Carlton vs South Melbourne non Premiership match on the MCG on Wednesday August 01.
The match attracted a crowd of 20,000.
The exhibition game was played in opposition to the visiting English rugby team who played a Victorian rugby team on the East Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The rugby game attracted a crowd of 5,000.
So far, no further mention of Connaty or Connarthy has been found.
The Weekly Times (August 04) in its match report spelt the name as Connarthy
However, there was a player named Andrew Connaughton who played with the Second Twenty in 1885, could this be the same person?
Career: 1888
Connaty/Connarthy played in the Carlton vs South Melbourne non Premiership match on the MCG on Wednesday August 01.
The match attracted a crowd of 20,000.
The exhibition game was played in opposition to the visiting English rugby team who played a Victorian rugby team on the East Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The rugby game attracted a crowd of 5,000.
So far, no further mention of Connaty or Connarthy has been found.
The Weekly Times (August 04) in its match report spelt the name as Connarthy
However, there was a player named Andrew Connaughton who played with the Second Twenty in 1885, could this be the same person?