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E. Lumsley



Victorian Football Association
Career: 1891-1895


E. Lumsley appears in 1891 Carlton Football Club team photo.

This player has proved to be a bit of an enigma. So far there are no details of his career at the Blues.
Could his name have been mispelt, or be incorrect?
Perhaps he was a Reserves player?
Blueseum is not sure whether the Reserves or Second Twenty competition was active in the 1890's. Carlton's fortunes during this decade were on the slide and mirrored Victoria's economic depression which was very, very, severe.

Former VFA umpire Dick Gibson reviewing this 1891 team picture in the Sporting Globe July 22 1933 p6, said;
"Lumsley also was a clever player."

Footnote:

As it happens the 1933 Sporting Globe article incorrectly remembered William E. Culmsee as E. Lumsley. Thanks to a new discovery we can confirm that William Culmsee is in fact the person in the 1891 team photo.
Information about his life after football and long career in the police force in Perth can be found here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d1c638e4b04e06965de70c/t/5b29fea7f950b7e84b906a18/1529478838850/Heritage%2C+Mount+Lawley+Society++Vol+41+2-2018.pdf





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