Pat Descrimes

Pat Descrimes
Descrimes in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Joseph Descrimes
Date of birth	31 December 1877
Date of death	6 January 1939 (aged 61)
Original team(s)	North Carlton
Position(s)	Follower
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1900	Fitzroy	55 (18)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900 season.
Career highlights
Fitzroy 1898 premiership player Fitzroy 1899 premiership player

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Descrimes (31 December 1877 – 6 January 1939)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Descrimes debuted at Fitzroy in opening game of the inaugural VFL season in 1897 and went on to play four seasons for the club. He was a follower in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and a half forward flanker in their premiership side in 1899.^[3]

Notes

1. "MR. P. J. DESCRIMES.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 7 January 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
3. Some sources have Bert Sharpe in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.

External links

• Pat Descrimes's statistics from AFL Tables