Ian Monks

Ian Monks (6 August 1931 – 6 January 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1] He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952. After his time in the VFL, he played for Port Melbourne and Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Ian Monks
Personal information
Full name	Ian Monks
Date of birth	(1931-08-06)6 August 1931
Date of death	6 January 2009(2009-01-06) (aged 77)
Original team(s)	Essendon High School Old Boys
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s)	Rover, wingman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953, 1955	Essendon	16 (19)
1956–57	South Melbourne	14 (7)
Total		30 (26)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Monks also had a long district cricket career for Essendon, playing 214 First XI games between 1949/50 and 1968/69, averaging 22.44 with the bat,^[2] and served as captain.

See also

• The 1965–66 Victorian District Cricket final

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 623. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2020–21, I-M" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

External links

• Ian Monks's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ian Monks at AustralianFootball.com
• Ian Monks at CricketArchive (subscription required)