He led very narrowly for most of the way, and drew away at the finish to win from A.M. Stuart of Hobart (11½ yards), with M. Campbell of Devonport (11 yards) and G.F. Triffett of Queenstown (11 yards), third and fourth respectively. The official winning margin was half a yard (approx. 45 cm). Southern United He was playing football for Southern United in the Tassie United Association in 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928. South Melbourne In 1927, Terry travelled to Melbourne from Tasmania. He trained impressively in the pre-season with South Melbourne; and, having done so, returned to Tasmania. St Kilda In early 1929, St Kilda was very interested in the skilled and speedy Terry, and were expecting to play him as either a rover or on the wing. He performed well in the pre-season practice matches. He was placed on St Kilda's final list before the first round of the season, and was picked as a forward pocket and rover to play against Hawthorn in the first match of the season, subject to his clearance papers arriving in time. For some unknown reason, his clearance was delayed, and it did not arrive in time for him to play in the first match. However, the Tasmanian Football League granted his clearance ("[a clearance was] granted to E.R. Terry from North-East Coast to Victoria") on Thursday, 2 May 1929. The clearance from the TFL finally arrived in Melbourne, and he was granted a permit by the VFL to play on Wednesday, 8 May, just in time for him to be picked on the wing for the match against Geelong, in Round 3 of 1929, on Saturday 11 May 1929, at the Junction Oval, four weeks before his 25th birthday. On that same day, another Tasmanian and former Cananore player, Alan Scott, four years older than Terry, also made his debut for St Kilda. St Kilda was expected to win the match: the teams were level, 4.8 (32) to 4.8 (32), at half time; Geelong only scored two behinds in the third quarter, and was behind 7.9 (51) to 4.10 (34); however Geelong surged back in the last quarter, kicking 4 goals and 2 behinds to St Kilda's one goal, winning the match 8.12 (60) to 8.9 (57). Terry sustained a serious thigh injury during a torrid game; and, although the content of the match reports are intentionally somewhat vague, it would