ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Inter-War, Federation Bungalow
No 14 Dalgety Street is a single-storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gabled tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah features a gabled roof over the entrance. The verandah is supported on circular columns on masonry piers. There is a vertical timber balustrade between the piers. The entry door is to the north and is flanked by sets of double hung windows.
HISTORY
1937 Coming-of-Age Party. To celebrate the coming-of-age of their daughter Elsie, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Truscott, of Dalgety-street, East Fremantle, entertained a number of their friends at the Masonic Hall, East Fremantle last Tuesday evening. The guests enjoyed games and dancing to a late hour. Mrs. Truscott chose a gown of grey crepe de chine and lace whilst Miss. Elsie Truscott wore a frock of floral crepe de chine. (reference)
1938 Truscott Seeks New Role W. J. ("Nipper") Truscott, one of the outstanding football identities of all time, is a candidate for the secretaryship of the South Fremantle Club. Since his brilliant playing career ended Mr. Truscott has been prominent as a State selector. Although Mr. Truscott was already a champion on the goldfields it was with the East Fremantle Club that he achieved his greatest feats, among them representing W.A. in five carnivals. He is the only player with that distinction. It is a coincidence that his nephew, one of South's most brilliant players, transferred to that club from East Fremantle. A last-minute effort was made to persuade the retiring secretary Mr. P. C. Winch to reconsider his decision, and Mr. Truscott and Mr. Harrison would have withdrawn had he done so. There will also be an election for the committee. The ballot, in which keen interest will be taken, will be open at the shop of Mr. F. Yench, in High-street, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday and in the clubrooms prior to the meeting that night. (reference)
1939 South Fremantle Club. Applications for the positions of trainers and a property man for the 1939 season are invited by the South Fremantle League Football Club and should be submitted to the secretary (Mr. W. J. Truscott), Dalgety-street, East Fremantle, by February 20. (reference)
1943 Challenges Football Record. Mr. W. J. ("Nipper") Truscott, of East Fremantle, W.A., claims he has a much better football record than that of Mr. Ernie Beller, of Coogee. Mr. Beller recently claimed an all-code Australian record. He has played 358 first-grade matches. Mr. Truscott has written stating that he appeared in 474 first-grade Australian Rules games. This includes 420 games in the Western Australian League and 32 inter-state games. He is the only player who has played football in five interstate carnivals. Mr. Truscott was also an interstate cricketer, retiring at the age of 52 He is now 57. (reference)
1945 Football Record-Holder Now Plays Bowls. Football records of Frank Jenkins who played his 100th game with South Fremantle last Saturday, Doug Oliphant (205 games) and Ted Tyson (226 games) and still playing with Perth and West Perth respectively, pale into insignificance when compared with the record of W. J. ("Nipper") Truscott. Fifty-nine and a postal assistant at Fremantle, “Nipper's” only sporting activity now is bowls, but behind him is a record of 21 seasons of first-class football. He played in nearly 500 games. From 1907 to 1912 at a time when goldfields football challenged in quality and importance the football on the coast, he played just over 100 games with Mines Rover. In 1913 he commenced with East Fremantle and retired in 1927 at the age of 41. In those 15 years he played more than 300 games not including between 20 and 30 semi-finals and finals. He figured in twelve interstate club games and created an Australian record by appealing in five carnivals (22 matches). When he captained a W.A. side in 1921 this State won. "Nipper" Truscott played cricket even longer than football, retiring at 52. He was an all-rounder, made two centuries on the goldfields, moderate scores on the coast, and secured wickets, with his right-hand slows. His son, now in the Army and named "Nipper" after his father, played football for some seasons, and was in the 1937 carnival side. (reference)
1946 'Nipper' Truscott Retires Today- Former champion League footballer W. J. ("Nipper") Truscott retired from the P.M.G. Department today and with his wife will leave on a holiday trip to the Eastern States next week. He had served with the department for 46 years, the last 23 at Fremantle. Mr. Truscott was attached to the registration section of the Postal Department at Fremantle and was today farewelled by the staff, who made him a presentation. Transferred from the Goldfields in 1912, Mr. Truscott was unable to play with East Fremantle that season as his clearance had not come through, but he toured and played with Old Easts in the Eastern States that year. In 1913 he started his successful career with East Fremantle, a career which climaxed with his selection as captain of the West Australian eighteen which won the Australian football carnival in Perth in 1921. (reference)
1953 Western Australian visitor to Adelaide during the carnival in July may be W. J. ("Nipper") Truscott, former WA State and carnival star. Mr. L. Phillips, of Westbourne Park, has just returned from a visit to Perth bearing Truscott's regards to all old friends including Billy Mayman, who was a team mate of Truscott's in the Mines Rovers club on the gold fields in the early 1900's. "Nipper," who played in five carnivals, claims Marjorie Jackson's home town (Lithgow) as his birthplace and retired from league football in 1927 when 41 after 15 years with East Fremantle. During that time he was never out of the State side. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1931 built
1933 - 1960s: Truscott, W. J.
