Clarrie Hindson
Clarence Melville Hindson was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Charles Melville Hindson, and Mary Winifred Hindson, née McMahon, Clarence Melville Hindson was born at Wychitella, Victoria on 6 October 1907. His brother, Cyril James Hindson, played in 106 games for the Brighton Football Club in the VFA from 1935-1940.He married Dulcie May Barker in 1936.
Cricket
He played Sub-District cricket with the Brighton Cricket Club in the 1930-31 season.Football
He was recruited from the Victorian [Amateur Football Association#Former clubs|Brighton Vale Football Club] in the C-Section of the Victorian Amateur Football Association#Metropolitan [Amateur Football Association (MAFA)|Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)]. Identified as "unallotted", Hindson was granted a permit to play with St Kilda on 23 April 1930.St Kilda (VFL)
Hindson was captain of St Kilda for part of the 1933 VFL season, after the playing coach broke his shoulder. He didn't captain the club the following year but was in charge for the entire 1935 season.27 May 1933
In his last senior match of St Kilda, Hindson was one of those injured in the infamous and brutal match against North Melbourne, at the Junction Oval, on 27 May 1933 which was stopped at one stage because a wild brawl instigated by the North Melbourne players had erupted in the centre in which St Kilda, with only 15 men still on the field, defeated North Melbourne 13.19 to 11.17.Of the nineteen St Kilda men that participated, eleven were injured: Jack Anderson, Stewart Anderson, Roy Bence, Doug Bourne, Matt Cave, Bill Downie, Jack George, Clarrie Hindson, Jack Holden, Bill Mohr, and Billy Roberts. Despite their injuries, seven remained on the field: Jack Anderson, Stewart Anderson, Bourne, Bill Downie, George, Holden, and Roberts. The St Kilda President, Gallipoli veteran and naval war hero Commander Fred Arlington-Burke, who described St Kilda's 15-man victory as the greatest moral victory in the club's history, commissioned a silver "Badge of Courage" bearing the inscription "St KILDA DEFEATED Nth MELBOURNE WITH 15 MEN MAY 27th 1933" which was awarded to each of the players that took part in the match.