This is a listing of players to have played both Australian rules football in the nation's premier leagues first-class cricket or higher. These leagues are the Australian Football League (AFL) (formerly the VFL), AFL Women's (AFLW), West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). First-class cricketers who played football in other states are eligible if they had a notable career in that state's top league.
In the early years of the VFL it was quite common for footballers to play district cricket over the summer months, some of them even made their state sides and others represented Australia. Likewise cricketers would often play football in the off season to keep fit and if good enough would appear in their state's best league.
Players are divided into the lists below by which state they spent the majority of their sporting career or in come cases their state or origin.
International cricketers who played interstate football Name Australian rules footballInternational cricket Club(s) Career Ref Format(s) Career George Coulthard Carlton Football Club 1876–1882 Test cricket 1882 Jess Duffin Collingwood Football Club North Melbourne Football Club Hawthorn Football Club 2017–2022 Women's Test cricket Women's One Day International Women's Twenty20 International 2008/09–2015 Eric Freeman Port Adelaide Football Club 1964–1971 Test cricket 1967/68–1969/70 Neil Hawke Port Adelaide Football Club East Perth Football Club West Torrens Football Club 1956–1966 Test cricket 1962/63–1968 Clem Hill South Adelaide Football Club 1890s–1900s Test cricket 1894/95–1902/03 Ernie Jones South Adelaide Football Club North Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club 1894–1901 Test cricket 1892/93–1907/08 Gil LangleySturt Football Club Essendon Football Club1939–1950Test cricket 1951/52–1956/57 Phil LeeNorwood Football Club1923–1929Test cricket 1931/32–1932/33 Keith Miller St Kilda Football Club 1939–1946 Test cricket 1945/46–1956/57 Laurie Nash South Melbourne Football Club (both player and coach) 1930–1945 Test cricket 1931/32–1936/37 John Reedman South Adelaide Football Club North Adelaide Football Club 1889–1909 Test cricket 1894 Vic Richardson Sturt Football Club 1915–1927 Test cricket 1924/25–1935/36 Keith SlaterSwan Districts Football Club Subiaco Football Club1955–1963Test cricket 1958/59 David Smith Essendon Football Club 1903–1914 Test cricket 1912
International cricketers who played league football Name Australian rules footballInternational cricket Club(s) Career Ref Format(s) Career Frank Allan South Melbourne Football Club 1867–1870s Test cricket 1879 Warwick Armstrong South Melbourne Football Club 1898–1900 Test cricket 1901/02–1921 Barlow Carkeek Essendon Football Club 1903–1905 Test cricket1912 Joe Darling Norwood Football Club 1894–1895 Test cricket1894/95–1905 Algy Gehrs South Adelaide Football Club North Adelaide Football Club 1902–1908 Test cricket 1903/04–1910/11 George Giffen Norwood Football Club 1878–1885 Test cricket 1881/82–1896 Harry Graham Melbourne Football Club 1900 Test cricket 1893–1896 Albert Hartkopf Melbourne University Football Club 1908–1914 Test cricket 1924/25 Des Hoare East Fremantle Football Club 1950s Test cricket 1960/61 Delissa KimminceBrisbane Lions2017Women's One Day International Women's Twenty20 International 2007/08–2020/21 Sam Loxton St Kilda Football Club 1942–1946 Test cricket 1947/48–1950/51 Mick Malone Subiaco Football Club 1970s Test cricket One Day International 1977–1981/82 Geoff Marsh South Fremantle Football Club 1978Test cricket One Day International 1985/86–1991/92 Jimmy Matthews St Kilda Football Club 1907 Test cricket 1911/12–1912 Ted McDonald Essendon Football Club Fitzroy Football Club 1912–1919 Test cricket 1920/21–1921/22 Patrick McShane Fitzroy Football Club 1880s Test cricket 1884/85 Simon O'Donnell St Kilda Football Club 1982–1983 Test cricket One Day International 1984/85–1991/92 Roy Park University Football Club Melbourne Football Club 1912–1915 Test cricket 1920/21 Nip PellewNorth Adelaide Football Club 1914 Test cricket 1920/21–1921/22 Jamie Siddons Sydney Swans 1984 One Day International 1988/89 Joe Travers Norwood Football Club 1892–1896 Test cricket 1901/02 George Tribe Footscray Football Club 1940–1946 Test cricket 1946/47 Mervyn Waite West Torrens Football Club Glenelg Football Club 1930–1942 Test cricket 1938 Max Walker Melbourne Football Club 1967–1972 Test cricket One Day International 1972/73–1980/81 Graeme Watson Melbourne Football Club 1964–1965 Test cricket One Day International 1966/67–1972 Graeme Wood East Fremantle Football Club 1975–1977Test cricket One Day International 1977/78–1988/89 Jack Worrall Fitzroy Football Club 1902–1920 Test cricket 1884/85–1899 Tim ZoehrerEast Fremantle Football Club1982 Test cricket One Day International 1985/86–1993/94
State cricketers who played interstate football Queensland Name Australian rules footballState cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Aub Carrigan Windsor Football Club 1940s Queensland 1945/46–1951/52 Brian O'Connor South Brisbane Football Club 1930s Queensland 1934/35–1935/36 Leo O'Connor Essendon Football Club 1910–1911 Queensland 1912/13–1929/30 Harry Pegg South Brisbane Football Club Windsor Football Club Yeronga Football Club 1930s, 1940s Queensland 1945/46–1946/47 Leyland Sanders Coorparoo-Yeronga Football Club Yeronga Football Club 1940s, 1950s Queensland 1950/51–1954/55 Cyril Smith Yeronga Football Club 1940s, 1950s Queensland 1947/48–1953/54 Donald Watt Coorparoo Football Club South Brisbane Football Club 1940s Queensland 1939/40–1945/46
South Australia Name Australian rules footballState cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Craig Bradley Port Adelaide Football Club Carlton Football Club 1986–2002 South Australia Victoria 1983/84–1989/90 Jack Chamberlain Norwood Football Club 1908–1909, 1914 South Australia 1906/07 Norman Claxton North Adelaide Football Club 1900s South Australia 1898/99–1909/10 John Halbert Sturt Football Club 1955–1968 South Australia 1961/62 Lindsay Head West Torrens Football Club 1952–1970 South Australia 1957/58–1958/59 Eric Johnson Norwood Football Club 1925–1934 South Australia 1926/27–1929/30 Bill Leak Sturt Football Club 1939–1946 South Australia 1935/35–1940/41 James Matthews North Adelaide Football Club 1900–1913 South Australia 1900/01–1901/02 Bob McLean Norwood Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club St Kilda Football Club 1934–1941 South Australia 1945/46–1950/51 Barrie Robran North Adelaide Football Club 1967–1980 South Australia 1971/72 Alfred Ryan South Adelaide Football Club 1922–1931South Australia 1925/26–1936/37 Bruce Schultz Norwood Football Club 1933–1941 South Australia 1936/37 Bob Simunsen Woodville Football Club 1964–1971 South Australia 1972/73 Richard Townsend Norwood Football Club 1904–1920 South Australia 1907/08–1923/24 Alfred Waldron Norwood Football Club 1879–1892 South Australia 1881/82–1887/88
Tasmania Name Australian rules footballState cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Jim Atkinson Fitzroy Football Club 1917–1925 Victoria Tasmania 1921/22–1933/34 Darrel Baldock St Kilda Football Club 1962–1968 Tasmania 1960/61 Rex Garwood New Town Football Club New Norfolk Football Club 1950–1960Tasmania 1952/53–1955/56 Garney Goodrick Carlton Football Club 1923–1925 Tasmania 1922/23 Geoffrey Martin Launceston Football Club 1946-1954 Tasmania 1950/51 Stanley McKenzie Carlton Football Club 1914 Tasmania 1909/10–1912/13 Ray Stokes Richmond Football Club 1946–1951 Tasmania 1952/53–1965/66 George Vautin Essendon Football Club City (Hobart) 1897–1898 Tasmania Victoria 1894/95–1889/90
Victoria Name Australian rules footballState cricket Team(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Allen Aylett North Melbourne Football Club 1952–1964 Victoria 1957/58–1958/59 Charles Baker St Kilda Football Club 1902–1906 Victoria 1903/04–1904/05 Fred Baring Essendon Football Club 1910–1924 Victoria 1911/12–1928/29 Percy Beames Melbourne Football Club 1931–1944 Victoria 1933/34–1945/46 Peter Bedford South Melbourne Football Club Carlton Football Club 1968–1978 Victoria 1966/67–1972/73 Des Fothergill Collingwood Football Club 1937–1940, 1945–1947 Victoria 1938/39–1948/49 Emma Kearney Collingwood Football Club North Melbourne Football Club 2017–present Victoria 2013/14–2016/17 Chris Kiernan Fitzroy Football Club 1897–1901, 1903, 1911 Victoria 1909/10–1918/19 Ian Law Hawthorn Football Club 1960–1968 Victoria 1961/62–1963/64 Ernest McIntyre St Kilda Football Club Collingwood Football Club 1940–1949 Victoria 1946/47 Keith Millar Richmond Football Club 1924–1927, 1930 Victoria 1924/25–1932/33 Bill Sewart Essendon Football Club 1905–1915 Queensland Victoria 1908–1919 Paddy Shea Fitzroy Football Club Essendon Football Club 1904, 1908–1915, 1918 Victoria 1912/13–1919/20 George Stuckey Essendon Football Club 1897–1902 Victoria 1894/95–1902/03
Western Australia
Name Australian rules footballState cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Todd Breman Subiaco Football Club Richmond Football Club West Coast Eagles 1987–1993 Western Australia 1985/86–1987/88 Fred Buttsworth Essendon Football Club West Perth Football Club 1942–1953 Western Australia1947/48–1949/50 Wally Buttsworth Essendon Football Club West Perth Football Club 1935–late 1940s Western Australia1937/38 Derek Chadwick East Perth Football Club 1959–1972 Western Australia 1963/64–1971/72 Michael Clark Fremantle Football Club Swan Districts Football Club 1996–1999 Western Australia Warwickshire 2000/01– Jim Ditchburn Subiaco Football Club South Fremantle Football Club Swan Districts Football Club 1929–1939 Western Australia 1933/34–1935/36 Ron Doig, Sr. South Fremantle Football Club 1927–1932 Western Australia 1926/27–1931/32 Bruce Duperouzel Claremont Football Club St Kilda Football Club 1969–1984 Western Australia 1971/72–1972/73 Allan Evans Perth Football Club 1917–1929 Western Australia 1921/22–1931/32 Jim Everett West Perth Football Club 1901–1915 Western Australia 1909/10 Bert Harrold East Perth Football Club 1916–25, 1932 Western Australia 1925/26 Dolph Heinrichs East Fremantle Football Club North Fremantle Football Club 1899–1906 Western Australia 1922/23 Carlisle Jarvis East Fremantle Football Club 1920s, 1930s Western Australia 1932/33 Harvey Kelly East Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club 1903–1906 Western Australia 1905/06 Ken McAullay East Perth Football Club Late 1960s–1975 Western Australia 1970/71–1973/74 George Moysey Melbourne Football Club Perth Football Club Subiaco Football Club 1890s–1900s Western Australia 1970/71–1973/74 Tom Mullooly Swan Districts Football Club 1971–1986 Western Australia 1976/77 John Munro Claremont Football Club 1950s Western Australia 1948/49–1954/55 Alan Preen East Fremantle Football Club 1953–1959 Western Australia 1953/54–1956/57 Harry Price Claremont Football Club 1940s, 1950sWestern Australia 1949/50–1955/56 Alex Robinson Essendon Football Club 1904 Western Australia 1907/08 Earl Spalding Perth Football Club Melbourne Football Club Carlton Football Club East Fremantle Football Club 1983–1999 Western Australia 1984/85 William Truscott East Fremantle Football Club 1910s, 1920s Western Australia 1929/30 George Young St Kilda Football Club Subiaco Football Club 1973–1978Western Australia 1972/73
First-class cricketers who played league football Australian Capital Territory NameAustralian rules footballFC cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Jodie Hicks Greater Western Sydney Giants 2018–present ACT 2014/15–2016/17
South Australia Name Australian rules footballFC cricket Team(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Cornelius Chamberlain Norwood Football Club 1907–1908 South Australia 1905/06–1910/11 Leonard Chamberlain Norwood Football Club 1907–1914