claimed Wills as one of theirs, he liked to boast that he was a "Sydney man"—a reference to the colony of his birth.b. Tom had eight siblings: Emily Spencer Wills (1842–1925), Cedric Spencer Wills (1844–1914), Horace Spencer Wills (1847–1928), Egbert Spencer Wills (1849–1931), Elizabeth Spencer Wills (1852–1930), Eugenie Spencer Wills (1854–1937), Minna Spencer Wills (1856–1943) and Hortense Sarah Spencer Wills (1861–1907).c. Wills and H. C. A. Harrison shared Sarah Howe as a grandmother. Harrison was born ten months after Wills in New South Wales and as a young boy overlanded to the Port Phillip District, where he often visited the Wills family at Lexington. They became brothers-in-law in 1864 when Harrison married Emily Wills.d. The Aboriginal men went by sobriquets given to them by their European employers in the Western District. In Mullagh's case, he was named after the station where he worked.e. This story was related in the following piece of Wills family oral history: "Elizabeth Wills refused to attend [the funeral] nor would she acknowledge Tom after his death as she was very religious and considered [suicide] a great sin. ... A reporter asked Elizabeth about her son. 'Which son?' she asked. 'Thomas' said the reporter. 'I have no son called Thomas' was the old lady's reply".f. Gordon suffered a demise similar to that of Wills, committing suicide in 1870. He describes Wills as a fearsome bowler in his 1865 long poem "Ye Wearie Wayfarer".g. Each Indigenous language group played its own variant of football and with its own name. "Marngrook", from the Gunditjmara language, is used as a generic term for Aboriginal football. References BibliographyBooks Journals Theses Webpages''' External links Biographer Greg De Moore discusses Tom Wills on "Conversations" with Richard Fidler, ABC Local Radio 1835 births 1880 deaths Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian people of English descent Australian people of Irish descent Sportspeople from Geelong Cricketers from New South Wales Cricketers from Victoria (Australia) Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Victorian Football Association umpires Cambridge University cricketers Creators of sports Australian cricket umpires Geelong Football Club administrators History of Australian rules football Kent cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Melbourne Football Club founders People educated at Rugby School People from Capital Country Suicides by sharp instrument in Australia Suicides in Victoria (Australia) Victoria cricketers South Melbourne cricketers Richmond cricketers Australian cricket coaches Australian cricket