Don ‘Bandy’ Adams

Acknowledgement: Scone Advocate & Caitlin Reid & Featured Image

See: https://www.sconeadvocate.com.au/story/6662847/farewell-to-a-true-great-of-the-game/?cs=1659

A legendary ‘Scone Thoroughbred’ passed away on Wednesday March 4 2020 – 4:55PM

See also: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6664053/don-bandy-adams-a-legend-of-league-and-former-kangaroos-winger-passes-away-in-scone-at-86/

I attended the great send-off and was delighted to catch up with my good mate dairy farmer Kevin Everett from Gloucester who played with ‘Bandy’ for 6 illustrious years with the Gloucester team coached by ‘Bandy’ for 5 premierships before coming to Scone. “We should have won all 6” said Bandy! Kevin concurred. He travelled ‘over the Tops’ with two car loads of Gloucester team mates from over 50 years ago. .

Also present was Ray Dawson, formerly ‘mine host’ at the Golden Fleece and now resident at Tea Gardens. They came from far and wide!

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Lillye on Legends: AJC Racing Calendar, March 1991

See also: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/aoe/

See also: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Alfred-Owen-Ellison2.pdf

Perfectionist and a Man for all Seasons

I had my doubts for 59 years on the racing intelligence of anyone who bore the family name Mercier; but not any longer.

The seed of my suspicion, you see, was planted in my then impressionable mind by that famous and droll funny man, Emile Mercier, one of a area breed of cartoonists.

We were then both working at “Smith’s Weekly”, in company with another unique humourist, Lenny Lower. What times! What memories!

How lucky could a young man be?

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