Dick Clough

Richard Henry Clough (2 March 1884 – 2 June 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), who died as a result of the wounds he sustained on active service in World War I.[1]

Dick Clough
Personal information
Full name Richard Henry Clough
Date of birth (1884-03-02)2 March 1884
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 2 June 1915(1915-06-02) (aged 31)
Place of death off Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Original team(s) Coburg Juniors
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907–1908 Essendon 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Joseph Richard Clough (1863-1936), and Louisa Mary Clough (1866-1931), née Hobbs,[2][3] Richard Henry Clough was born in Williamstown on 2 March 1884.

He married Catherine Maud Alice "Kitty" Cox (1885-1945), later, Mrs Bartholomew Cotter,[4][5] in 1906.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Recruited from Coburg Juniors, Clough made two VFL appearance for Essendon.[6] The first came in the 1907 season, Essendon's round seven loss to Carlton at Princes Park, noted as the 104 points Carlton scored was then the most Essendon had ever conceded in a VFL fixture.[7] His other game for Essendon was in the seventh round of the 1908 VFL season, a six-point win over Melbourne at the MCG.[8]

North Melboune (VFA)

He was granted a permit in 1909 to join North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association.[9]

Military service

Clough, who was married and employed as a telephone linesman, enlisted for armed service on 29 October 1914.[10] He enlisted in Mackay, Queensland, but gave his address as North Williamstown.[10]

On 21 December, Clough and his unit, the 5th Light Horse Regiment, embarked from Sydney, on board the Transport A34 Persic.[10] They arrived in Egypt on 1 February 1915 and in May were deployed to Gallipoli.[10]

Death

He was wounded in action in Gallipoli on 2 June, a gunshot had penetrated his chest and abdomen.[10][11]

On 2 June 1915, on board the HMT Gascon, Clough died of his wounds and was buried at sea three miles off the coast of Gaba Tepe.[12][13][14]

He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Players Killed on Active Service – AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2 – AFL.com.au". AFL. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. Lively Court Case, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 6 July 1907), p.2.
  3. Divorce Court: Clough v. Clough, The Age, (Thursday, 3 August 1911), p.10.
  4. She married Bartholomew Cotter in 1922.
  5. Deaths: Cotter, The Argus, (Friday, 28 December 1945), p.2.
  6. Holmesby & Main (2007).
  7. "AFL Tables – Carlton v Essendon – Sat, 15-Jun-1907 3:00 PM – Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. "AFL Tables – Melbourne v Essendon – Mon, 8-Jun-1908 3:00 PM – Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  9. "Victorian Football Association". North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 28 May 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  10. "Details – Richard Henry Clough". The AIF Project. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  11. "Essendon Football Club – Team Players – Richard Clough". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  12. "Roll of Honour – Richard Henry Clough". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  13. "Honor Roll: Corporal Clough Dead". Williamstown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 June 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  14. "Family Notices". Williamstown Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 June 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

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