Jack Blencowe

Australian rules footballer

Jack Blencowe
Personal information
Full name	John Francis Blencowe (originally Walter John Blencowe)
Nickname(s)	Snowy
Date of birth	(1891-05-17)17 May 1891
Place of birth	Birchip, Victoria
Date of death	19 August 1951(1951-08-19) (aged 60)
Place of death	East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Nagambie
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912	Essendon	1 (0)
1914	Geelong	2 (2)
Total		3 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Francis "Snowy" Blencowe (17 May 1891 – 19 August 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Alfred George Blencowe (1867-1938),^[2] and Anastasia Blencowe (-1952), née Breen, Walter John Blencowe (later known as John Francis Blencowe) was born at Birchip, Victoria on 17 May 1891.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

He played one match for the Essendon First XVIII, against Fitzroy, in the last game of the 1912 season, on 31 August 1912.^[3]

Geelong (VFL)

In 1914, while playing with the Donald Football Club in the Donald District Football Association (DDFA),^[4] Blencowe obtained employment as a hairdresser and moved to Geelong.^[5]

He played two matches for the Geelong First XVIII: against Essendon, on 20 June 1914,^[6] and against Melbourne, on 4 July 1914.^[7]

Port Melbourne VFA)

Cleared from Geelong, he played six games for the Port Melbourne First XVIII in 1919.

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.73.
^ Deaths: Blencowe, The Argus, (Monday, 28 March 1938), p.8.
^ Maplestone (1996), p.455.
^ Sporting: Football: Birchip Defeats Donald, The Birchip Advertiser and Watchem Sentinel, (Wednesday, 27 May 1914), p.3.
^ Two New Men, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 3 June 1914), p.2.
^ Geelong's Sorry Finish, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 22 June 1914), p.4.
^ Footballers Hurt, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 6 July 1914), p.2; Geelong Defeat Melbourne, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 6 July 1914), p.3.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8