1928 W.A State Schoolboys team representatives in Brisbane, Queensland. In this team were Sammy Clarke and Jack Reeves both later of the Claremont Football Club. Reeves was playing first 18 football for Hale school in Perth and Reeves was selected from the Goldfields. It is possible the Stream brothers are from Brisbane.
Reeves, Edward John. – Jack’ Reeves went on to become a fine ruckman for Claremont in 96 WANFL games between 1936 and 1941 and in 1946. He was a key member of the Monts’ three successive Grand Final-winning teams from 1938 to 1940, overcoming eyesight problems to produce displays of consummate courage and skill when it mattered most. His four interstate appearances for Western Australia included both matches at the 1937 Perth carnival when the home state came very close to securing the championship.
CLARKE, Sydney Campbell (Sammy) Touted as the greatest junior footballer in Western Australia in 1932, while playing with Bunbury team Pastimes, Sydney Campbell Clarke (invariably known as ‘Sammy’) made his senior debut with Claremont-Cottesloe in 1933 and promptly enhanced his reputation by winning the Sandover Medal. Built along the lines of a stick insect, Clarke could lift his skeletal frame to prodigious heights, and once he got his hands around the ball they stayed there.
‘Sammy’ Clarke, who in 1934 became the first ever dual winner of the Sandover Medal.¹ He made his interstate debut at Perth Oval the same year, lining up on a half back flank, and being named high among Western Australia’s best players, in a 46 point win over South Australia. The following Tuesday, Clarke, still just 20 years of age, was chosen to captain his state in a second game against the Croweaters. Twice a winner of Claremont-Cottesloe’s fairest and best award, ‘Sammy’ Clarke played 133 games for the club between 1933 and 1941
