The following photographs have been shared by Outback Family History reader, Gwen Dundon. Her father, David A Reed, was one of the players.
Sparta Soccer Club 1935
Winners Mewburn league Cup & Nicholson Cup
Back Row: L-R Dresa, Rocki, Botica, Silich, Evas, Frankovich, Vlasich
Centre Row: Franich, Woodland (V Capt), Olds (President), David Reed (Captain), McLeod, Mews.
Front Row: Drysdale, Dujevich, Turner, Unsworth, F French.
Sparta Soccer Club
Winners Malone Charity Cup 1934
Back Row: Lewis (Trainer, Ivanko (Capt), A Gabelish (Vice Pres), Barbarich (Sec), Zec, J Olds (Pres)
Centre Row: L Vlasich, David Reed, T Gerich,
Front Row: Duzevich, Franich, Curtis, Donnelly, Conny
Sparta Soccer Club -Pre 1940. David A. Reed is third from right in the back row.
Moya Sharp
Latest posts by Moya Sharp (see all)
- Blood on the Mulga Plains: The Last Day of John Sutherland - 28/02/2026
- A Brother’s Return in Mourning: Tragedy on the Coolgardie Goldfields - 28/02/2026
- The Contract at Old Warden Shaft - 28/02/2026
Great post 🙂
Many thanks!
No problem 🙂 check out my blog when you get the chance ????
Moya, extremely interesting photos, statements of solidarity and togetherness, considering the riots in 1934. Many Slav names there, mainly from rocky Dalmatia which saw the emigration of hundreds to the Goldfields soon after the discovery of the Golden Mile, and then after World War One when Dalmatia split from the Austro Hungarian Empire and thus lost markets in wine and olives. When I was a boy there were a great number of Dalmatian Slavs in many parts of Kalgoorlie and Boulder, and previous to that in the Northern Goldfields in Leonora Gwalia, Malcolm, Agnew,and the like.