William Ashley Magarey

William Ashley Magarey (30 ga Janairu 1868 - 18 ga Oktoba 1929) lauya ne, ɗan wasa kuma mai kula da wasanni. Ya kasance shugaban farko na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kudancin Australia (SAFA) (daga baya aka kira Kudancin Kudancin Australian National Football League (SANFL), kuma dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Kudancin Australiya, amma an fi saninsa da fitowa da ra'ayin Magarey Medal.

An haifi Magarey a Arewacin Adelaide, kuma ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Peter da Jami'ar Adelaide, daga inda ya kammala a 1884 don zama lauya mai aiki. Daga kimanin 1890 ya kasance abokin tarayya tare da George Murray a cikin kamfanin lauya Murray & Magarey, kamfanin da ke ci gaba a yau, bayan haɗuwa da yawa da canje-canje na suna, a matsayin Finlaysons Lawyers. Ya zama mai sha'awar gudanar da kwallon kafa, kuma a 1897 an nada shi shugaban kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Kudancin Australia. Magarey, wanda ake kira 'Beautiful Bill', ya yi ƙoƙari ya shafe yawancin wasan da aka yi daga gasar ta hanyar kafa lambar yabo wacce za a ba wa dan wasan da ya fi dacewa da basira a kowane kakar. Daga lambar yabo ta Magarey ta farko a shekara ta 1898, shi da kansa ya gabatar da kyautar ga masu nasara, har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekara ta 1929.

Duk da gudummawar da ya bayar ga kwallon kafa na Australiya, Magarey ya fi dacewa a wasan kurket a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa. Ya bayyana a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko na Kudancin Australia da New South Wales a Adelaide Oval a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1890, kuma dan wasan gwajin Australiya Percie Charlton ya buga shi don duck a wasansa na farko. An saukar da shi zuwa lamba goma a cikin tsari na batting na biyu, inda wani dan wasan Test crick, Sydney Callaway, ya kore shi na bakwai. New South Wales ta ci gaba da lashe wasan ta hanyar wickets shida.[1]

 Na Mutum 
A ranar 5 ga Maris 1910 William Magarey ya auri Gulielma Hack (17 ga Oktoba 1867 - 2 ga Agusta 1951). Ba su da yara. Gulielma, wanda aka fi sani da Guli Hack, sanannen soprano ne, pianist kuma malamin waka wanda ke da alaƙa da Elder Conservatorium,  kuma jikokin John Barton Hack. A cikin 1901, William Magarey ya shiga cikin karatun waka a Elder Conservatorium; Guli Hack shine malaminsa.

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