Jack Giles

Jack Giles
Personal information
Full name	Leonard George Giles
Date of birth	17 June 1921
Place of birth	Yorketown, South Australia
Date of death	23 August 1994 (aged 73)
Place of death	Glandore, South Australia
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1941-1942, 1946-1951 1943	Sturt Richmond	95 (30) 1 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951 season.
Career highlights
Sturt captain 1949

Jack Giles

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand
Role	Specialist batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928/29	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First Class Matches 5 Runs scored 164 Batting average 20.50 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 54 Balls bowled 0 Wickets 0 Bowling average n/a 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling n/a Catches/stumpings 4/0
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Leonard George 'Jack'^[1] Giles (17 June 1921 – 23 August 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL),^[2] and cricketer, who represented South Australia. He was appointed captain of Sturt in 1949.^[1]

In 1942 he enlisted in the Australian Defence Force, joining the 112th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment,^[3] and in 1943 he played one game for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.

References

1. "Sturt Pick Men To Train". The Mail (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 16 April 1949. p. 19. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
2. Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
3. "World War 2 Nominal Roll". National Archives of Australia.

External links

• Jack Giles's statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Giles's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Len Giles' profile at CricInfo