Thankyou Jon, this info is useful - looks fairly certain that Henry and Bill played for different teams - as far as I know they had no connection to Rowley Fischer. cheers Robert Jon Martin wrote: > Hi Robert, > > According to The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, Henry M. Fischer played > for Geelong in 1906. He played 3 games, scored no goals, was b. 11 July > 1880, 178 cm, 78.5 kg. He came from Melbourne Wednesday. > > There was also Bill N. Fischer who played 1 game for Melbourne in 1909. He > was ex. Tatura. > > The 1930s player was Rowley F. Fischer who played137 games for Melbourne. > > Hope this is helpful. > Jon. > > > >> From: "robert.j" <archie_leach@aardvark.net.au> >> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:15:45 +1100 >> To: "genanz@rootsweb.com" <genanz@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: VIC: GEELONG Police Sergeant H M FISCHER >> >> Hi, >> >> Wondering whether anybody has any info on Sergeant H M FISCHER - head >> of the Geelong Police station for a while in the 1930s before taking >> over the same role at the Hawthorn police station. >> >> On his retirement from Victoria Police in the late 1930s a newspaper >> report mentions that Fischer was a prominent football player - >> >> anybody got any idea which team Fischer may have played with? >> >> BTW .. Henry Matheson Fischer was a 1st cousin 3 times removed - >> >> thanking you >> >> Robert >> writing from the blue Dandenongs... >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >