Arthur Rayson


Arthur William Rayson was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.
Rayson was a rover who liked to use the stab kick and was recruited to Geelong from Cobden. He lined up at half forward in Geelong's 1925 premiership team. His son, Coleman Medalist Noel and another son Alan both played for Geelong.

7 August 1926

It is important to note that Main and Allen, have, along with Feldman and Holmesby, become confused between John Thomas "Jack" Shelton and the other St Kilda Shelton. John Thomas "Jack" Shelton was not in the St Kilda team that played against Geelong at the Corio Oval on 7 August 1926, but John Frederick "Jack" Shelton did play for St Kilda on that day. Therefore, the "Shelton" mentioned in the account of the thuggery directed, particularly, at Rayson, by members of the St Kilda team, and the account of the spectators' response to Rayson's injury, specifically directed at Shelton, refers exclusively to John Frederick "Jack" Shelton, and not John Thomas "Jack" Shelton .

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