Dec2014_DAYBORO DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
Est. 2004
Carmel Bond, President Ph: 3425 1717 (h)
or 3425 2032 (Dayboro Cottage)
DAYBORO FOOTBALL CLUBS:
Congratulations to the Dayboro Cowboys on their 30th anniversary. I don’t know how many reincarnations there have been of the Dayboro Football Club over the years but 30 years for the present club is a marvellous achievement. The earliest mention I could find of a football club in the district is in an article in The Brisbane Courier of 2nd July 1912 which states:
TERRORS CREEK, June 30
At a meeting of young men, held at Mt. Pleasant, a football club – the first in the district – was formed. The first match will be played against Strathpine on July 6….
The next article I found was dated 6th August 1913:
…On Saturday afternoon a team of footballers from Mt. Pleasant visited Terror’s Creek, and after a fast and exciting game the match with the local team resulted in a draw, each side scoring 5 points.
Although there is a 1924 Dayboro Football Team photograph nothing further was found until an article in The Queenslander of 3rd July 1930 that recorded:
…A team of footballers from Wilston open(ed) the season with a match with the Dayboro team at Dayboro on June 22, Dayboro winning by 13 points to 12.
The Brisbane Courier of 3rd October 1930 recorded:
… A dance and euchre party, organised by the Dayboro Football Club, was held in the Orange Hall on September 27…The proceeds amounted to £12, and were presented to Mr. Paddy Bourne (the captain of the Dayboro Football Club), who had been absent from work for several weeks owing to a broken ankle sustained while playing football during the past season.
Arthur Frederick Bourne, known as Paddy, was brother-in-law to Bob Stephens and worked for him in his sawmill, both at Kobble Creek and then when the mill was moved in to Dayboro. He and his wife Ivy left Dayboro in early 1931 when Bob Stephens again relocated his sawmill, this time to Chermside. In later years Paddy Bourne was the manager of a sawmill at Woodford. On 3rd June 1931 the Dayboro Football Club elected its officers for the season – G.P Currie (President), W. Seale, N.G.R. Clay and J.H. Lunn (vice-presidents), R. Cruice, jun. (secretary) and W. Raaen (treasurer). It would appear that the Club folded up for a time as The Brisbane Courier of 24th March 1933 recorded:
…A meeting of the Dayboro Football Club was held on March 15 to reopen the club…officers elected were…president, Mr. G.P. Currie, vice-president Mr. F. Collins; chairman Mr. Rody Cruice; secretary Mr. Leonard Fewtrell; treasurer Mr. Alfred Cruice; captain Mr. Clem England; vice-captain Mr. Vic Rudd.
Vic Rudd went on to play for Norths and was a Queensland Premiership player in 1934, 1938 and 1940.
On 26th May 1933 a “Blue and Gold” dance was held in the Excelsior Hall in aid of the Dayboro Football Club so this confirms Dayboro’s colours.
In 1960 the Dayboro Football Club won the Harmony Shield at Caboolture. Danny Doyle and Ron French were members of that team and Vic Rudd was coach.
QUEENSLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE:
Dayboro will be hosting the Local Ambulance Committees’ Regional Conference in 2016. When the Dayboro representatives at this year’s conference put their hand up to host the 2016 conference, they did not realise that it will be the centenary of the Dayboro Ambulance in 2016. In 1916 the residents of the Terrors Creek district formed a Sub-Centre of the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (Q.A.T.B.) which opened in a rented cottage in what is now McKenzie Street. The Sub-Centre was entirely dependent on voluntary contributions. Our Society has been asked to help with compiling the history of the Dayboro Q.A.T.B. and is endeavouring to locate descendants of the Superintendents (now Officers in Charge) and other staff over the years. If readers have any knowledge of any of these families, please contact us.
We recently had a visit from Errol Sigley, grandson of William Harold (Bill) Tomkins who was the Superintendent of Dayboro Q.A.T.B. from July 1926 to November 1933. Errol’s parents, Gordon Sigley and Mona Tompkins, married in St. Aidan’s Church of England on 26th August 1933. At the time of his marriage Gordon Sigley was the Buttermaker at the Dayboro Buttery Factory. Gordon Sigley was to later become a Dairy Inspector for the district. He resided in Dayboro from about 1930 to 1935 and whilst here he was a member of the Dayboro Football Club. Errol had a photograph of the team. Gordon is the man holding the ball. It is hoped that someone will recognise some of the other members of the team. It is quite possible that Paddy Bourne is also in this photograph. If anyone has any other early Dayboro Football Club photographs, we would love to be able to get copies.
