Ronald Oldham Doig (1909 - 1932)

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Biography

Ronald Oldham Doig was born in July 1909 at or about Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia. He was the son of James Alexander Doig and his wife Maggie Elder (nee Miller).

Ronald Oldham Doig, known as Ron, was an Australian sportsman who played both Australian Rules football for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and first-class cricket for Western Australia.

In the finals of the 1932 WANFL season, Doig, who was now captain-coach of the South Fremantle Football Club, was injured during a match against East Perth. He died from his injuries later that night after suffering from convulsions. The coroner investigated the death and declared it was an accidental death, but was critical of the lack of control by the umpire, the roughness of the play and the fact that the medical staff did not have the right to order players from the field. He had only been 23 years of age but was considered a veteran by the time of his death.

Ron was one of about 17 members of his family including his father, brothers, cousins and uncles who played Australian Rules Football at the top level in Western Australia.

He is believed to have been laid to rest at the Fremantle Cemetery, Palmyra, Western Australia.

Sources

• Western Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: Doig, Ronald Oldham - gender: M - father: James Alexander DOIG - other: Maggie Elder MILLER - place of birth: Cottesloe - birth year: 1909 - district: Claremont - registration no. 1600214 - registration year: 1909. from the Western Australian Online Index Search Tool. first accessed online on the 16th of March 2024 at: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool

• Western Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: Doig, Ronald Oldham - gender: M - age at death: 23 - father: James DOIG - mother: Maggie MILLER - place of death: Beaconsfield - death year: 1932 - district: Fremantle - registration no. 2700250 - registration year: 1932. from the Western Australian Online Index Search Tool. first accessed online on the 16th of March 2024 at: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool

• English Wikipedia article

• Wikidata: Item Q7363707

• RON DOIG his profile on the Australian Football website, first accessed online on the 16th of March 2024.

• Ronald Doig Australia his profile on ESPNCRICINFO website. first accessed online on the 16th of March 2024.

• SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENTS: FOOTBALL. DEATH OF R. O. DOIG. from The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) of Tuesday 20 September 1932, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 16th of March 2024, at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32535988

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed March 16, 2024), memorial page for Ronald Oldham Doig (1909–17 Sep 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #213405228, citing Fremantle Cemetery, Palmyra, Melville City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980). (note there is no gravestone photograph as yet)

• Christian, Geoff & Lee, Jack (John Herbert) & Messenger, Bob & Jordan, Ray (1985), The Footballers: a history of football in Western Australia, St George Books, Perth, Western Australia.