According to the AFL Umpires Association's records, Italo Cesari officiated, as the central-umpire, in three senior VFL games in 1927; and, in the same year, identified as "a former Dromana footballer", he "gave a great exhibition" as the central-umpire in the Peninsular Football Association's Semi-Final (Anon, 1927). Later, he was a trainer at the South Melbourne Football Club (Johnson, 1954; and South Melbourne Football Club—Trainers and Staff 1954, at Boyles Football Photos).
"Les Australiens guerriers et sportifs ('The Australian Warriors and Sportsmen')", Excelsior, (Monday, 20 November 1916), p.12. The caption to the photograph, mistakenly identifies the sport as "rugby": "C'est au cours d'un match de rugby dispute récemment en Angleterre, entre deux équipes de soldats australiens (ANZAC), qu'a été pris cet instantané curieux. On sait que nos allies ont qualifé du nom d'Anzac les contingents australiens et zélandais qui prirent un si brilliante part aux affaires des Dardinelles." ('It was during a rugby match played recently in England, between two teams of Australian soldiers (ANZAC), that this curious snapshot was taken. We know that our allies gave the name of Anzac to the Australian and [New] Zealand contingents who took such a brilliant part in the affairs of the Dardinelles.')
According to the AFL Umpires Association's records, Italo Cesari officiated, as the central-umpire, in three senior VFL games in 1927; and, in the same year, identified as "a former Dromana footballer", he "gave a great exhibition" as the central-umpire in the Peninsular Football Association's Semi-Final (Anon, 1927). Later, he was a trainer at the South Melbourne Football Club (Johnson, 1954; and South Melbourne Football Club—Trainers and Staff 1954, at Boyles Football Photos).
Lawrence [sic B. Tayler b.1873 [sic], Design & Art Australia Online.] Laurence Bush Tayler was born in the U.K. at West Ham, in Essex on 22 April 1882, and he died in the U.K. at Hampstead, in Middlesex on 23 July 1972.
He played for University in 1912 and 1913. In 1914, as a member of the Commonwealth Public Service, he moved to Canberra (on 17 October 1914, "L.P. Little, late of Melbourne University, and of football fame, won the 120 yards hurdle, the high jump, and the 440 yards championship of the territory (open to all comers)" (Patriotic Sports Meeting, Canberra, Table Talk, (Thursday, 29 October 1914), p.31). He was not linked with Melbourne Football Club until 1919 (on his return to Australia from active service): Leo Little, at Demonwiki. He enlisted in the First AIF in Melbourne, in January 1916 (thus, the "Melbourne" in the programme).
Although it was, most certainly, the first exhibition match played in London, there had been two earlier Australian Rules matches between teams of enlisted men (which included Charlie Morley, from Essendon, and George Francis "Chitter" Brown, of East Fremantle) in October 1915 and January 1916 in Kent: 'No.4 Siege Brigade', "Australian Football on British Soil (Letter to the Editor)", The Age, (11 May 1935), p.5.
He played for University in 1912 and 1913. In 1914, as a member of the Commonwealth Public Service, he moved to Canberra (on 17 October 1914, "L.P. Little, late of Melbourne University, and of football fame, won the 120 yards hurdle, the high jump, and the 440 yards championship of the territory (open to all comers)" (Patriotic Sports Meeting, Canberra, Table Talk, (Thursday, 29 October 1914), p.31). He was not linked with Melbourne Football Club until 1919 (on his return to Australia from active service): Leo Little, at Demonwiki. He enlisted in the First AIF in Melbourne, in January 1916 (thus, the "Melbourne" in the programme).
Mistakenly listed in the programme and on the photograph mount as "B.H. Mills Brunswick". Also mistakenly identified by Main & Allen (2002, p.115), as one Benjamin Mills who (a) played for Brunswick before his enlistment, and (b) would play for Northcote after the war. The VFA records clearly show that this particular Mills, a wingman — his Service Record shows that he was 5ft 2+1⁄2 in (159 cm), and 115 lbs (52 kg) on enlistment — only played for Northcote (a) recruited from Prahran Juniors in April 1914, (b) playing 22 games for Northcote in 1914 and 1915, and (c) playing 29 games for Northcote in 1919 and 1920 (see his playing record at The VFA Project). It was, obviously, an entirely different Mills who played with Brunswick between 1909 and 1913, and for Williamstown in 1915 (see G. "Doc" Mills, The VFA Project), especially, given that, on one occasion, both B. Mills and G. Mills played for their respective teams (Northcote and Williamstown), at different locations, at the same time, on the same day (Saturday, 22 May 1915) — see: "Northcote v. Essendon" and "Footscray v. Williamstown" at Football: Association, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 May 1915), p.3.
For instance, a year after the landings at Anzac Cove, "Half-Back", the Western Mail's football correspondent claimed that, when compared with their counterpart non-footballers, "very few of our League footballers have been invalided home, and this speaks well for their hardness in withstanding the rigors [sic] of the Gallipoli campaign" (The Western Mail, Friday, 28 April 1916, p36).
Mistakenly listed in the programme and on the photograph mount as "B.H. Mills Brunswick". Also mistakenly identified by Main & Allen (2002, p.115), as one Benjamin Mills who (a) played for Brunswick before his enlistment, and (b) would play for Northcote after the war. The VFA records clearly show that this particular Mills, a wingman — his Service Record shows that he was 5ft 2+1⁄2 in (159 cm), and 115 lbs (52 kg) on enlistment — only played for Northcote (a) recruited from Prahran Juniors in April 1914, (b) playing 22 games for Northcote in 1914 and 1915, and (c) playing 29 games for Northcote in 1919 and 1920 (see his playing record at The VFA Project). It was, obviously, an entirely different Mills who played with Brunswick between 1909 and 1913, and for Williamstown in 1915 (see G. "Doc" Mills, The VFA Project), especially, given that, on one occasion, both B. Mills and G. Mills played for their respective teams (Northcote and Williamstown), at different locations, at the same time, on the same day (Saturday, 22 May 1915) — see: "Northcote v. Essendon" and "Footscray v. Williamstown" at Football: Association, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 May 1915), p.3.
Listed in the programme and on the photograph mount as "A.C. Cesavi Association" — prior to his enlistment he was playing for the Dromana Football Club, in the Peninsula Football Association; and, on his return from overseas service, he continued to play football, and played with Geelong's Second XVIII for three seasons — see Gartland, 2020; also, the reminiscences of his son at Vincent Cesari (Vince or Caesar), Australians at War Film Archive, 14 May 2003.
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