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impressed with how his old School had progressed, and is
pleased to be able to create similar scholarship opportunities
for boys to attend Scotch in the future.
Max Errington attended Scotch as a boarder, and the
School has recently determined to name the proposed
new Main Oval pavilion, the Thomas Anderson Pavilion, in
memory of Max’s grandfather who attended Scotch from
1882 to 1892.
A schoolboy athlete of exceptional ability, Thomas
Anderson played in premiership teams in both football
and cricket, where he topped the Public Schools’ batting
averages. He was accorded the title, ‘Champion of the
School’ at the Scotch College Athletics Day in 1891. While
still at school, ‘Tommy’ went on to play football for the
Essendon Football Club, which won three premierships
during his time there.
Tom became a farmer, but still retained a keen and active
interest in sport throughout his life. One of his daughters,
Vera Mary Anderson, is the mother of Max Errington, while
the other, Annie Sarah Anderson, had a daughter who
married Old Boy Alexander Dunbar Jones (SC 1942-43).
Tom died at Traralgon on 12 August 1943.
In recognition of their generosity, Max and Fay have been
granted membership of the Forbes Society. On behalf of
Foundation President, Doug Lording (’64), I was honoured to
present them with their membership certificate at the recent
luncheon, on the same day as Graeme Whitelaw received
his Forbes Society membership certificate.
ABOVE: DR DAVID KEMP (’59), MAX
(’56) AND FAY ERRINGTON WITH
TOM BATTY. BELOW: ELIZABETH
RANDALL, WENDY HILTON-WOOD,
GEOFF PATON (’57) AND JUDY
ROACH. BELOW CENTRE: DANIEL
AND GRAEME WHITELAW (’52)
BOTTOM LEFT: ROGER (’69) AND
LESLEY GILLESPIE. BOTTOM
RIGHT: BRIAN RANDALL (’52)
AND GRAEME WHITELAW (’52)
TIM SHEARER – FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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