death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
north adelaide , south australia 18 october 1929 wellington square , north adelaide australian 30 january 1868 the magarey medal first safa chairman first-class cricketer william ashley magarey
 william magarey sports administrator , lawyer
william ashley magarey

william ashley magarey -lrb- 30 january 1868 -- 18 october 1929 -rrb- was a lawyer , sportsman and sports administrator .
he was the first chairman of the south australian football association -lrb- safa -rrb- -lrb- later named south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- -rrb- , and a south australian first-class cricketer , but he is best known for coming up with the idea of the magarey medal .
magarey was born in north adelaide , and educated at st peter 's college and the university of adelaide , from which he graduated in 1884 to become a practising lawyer .
he then became interested in football administration , and in 1897 was appointed the south australian football association 's inaugural chairman .
magarey , nicknamed ` beautiful bill ' , attempted to wipe out much of the rough play from the league by instituting an award which would be given to the fairest and most brilliant player each season .
from the first magarey medal in 1898 , he personally presented the award to the winners , until his death in 1929 .
despite his contribution to australian rules football , magarey excelled most at cricket during his younger years .
he appeared in a first-class cricket match for south australia vs new south wales at the adelaide oval in december 1890 , and he was bowled by australian test player percie charlton for a duck in his debut innings .
he was demoted to number ten in the batting order for the second innings , where he was dismissed by another test cricketer , sydney callaway , for seven .
new south wales went on to win the match by six wickets .
