Billy Orchard

Billy Orchard
Personal information
Full name	Billy Orchard
Date of birth	9 August 1888
Date of death	22 July 1965
Place of death	Geelong
Original team	Geelong Grammar
Height/Weight	180cm, 76kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1906, 1908-1915	Geelong	112 (67)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1914	Geelong	19 (11)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1915 season .

Billy Orchard (9 August 1888 - 22 July 1965) was a player for the Geelong Football Club between 1906 and 1915. He captained the club for two seasons in 1914 and 1915. He was also playing coach in 1914.^[1] He was a field umpire in the VFL during the 1920s. Orchard was also an outstanding cricketer taking 264 wickets @ 12.6 between 1903-1936 in Geelong Cricket Association

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bill Eason	Captain of Geelong 1914-1915	Succeeded by Harry Marsham

References

^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll

External links

Billy Orchard's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Geelong Football Club

1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: Ling

Coaches of the Geelong Football Club

1910–1911: Hickinbotham • 1912–1913: Eason • 1914: Orchard • 1923: Taylor • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Clymo • 1932: Hickey • 1933–1934: Coghlan • 1935: Parratt • 1936: Dibbs • 1936–1940: Hickey • 1940: Everett • 1940: Laver • 1941: Metherell • 1944: Arklay • 1945–1959: Hickey • 1956; 1960–1965: Davis • 1963: Trezise • 1966–1970: Pianto • 1971–1972: McMaster • 1973–1975: Farmer • 1976–1979: Olsson • 1980–1982: Goggin • 1983–1985: Hafey • 1986–1988: Devine • 1989–1994: Blight • 1995–1999: Ayres • 2000–2010: Thompson • 2011–: Scott

Italics denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Orchard, Billy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 August 1888
Place of birth
Date of death	22 July 1965
Place of death	Geelong