Hedley Whiteway Tomkins was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hedley Tomkins
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
After promoting the formation of, and captaining an 1858 incarnation of the club, Tom Wills co-wrote Melbourne's first laws.
Wills' cousin H. C. A. Harrison captained Melbourne from 1861 to 1872, and later served as club president.
Former Parade Hotel near the MCG, where in 1859 the "Rules of the Melbourne Football Club" were drafted
Melbourne playing in Yarra Park at the start of the 1874 season