The northern beaches of Sydney was a hotspot for women's football in the early 80's. The force behind this growth in the game was Leonie Parker who saw no less than 5 players springing from her Manly rep side into the Australian team over the period. The first of these was Matilda #27, Vicky Salmons (nee Cerny).
Salmons was a member of the inaugural Killarney Heights Ladies side playing in the northern suburbs comp at Manly Vale's Miller Reserve, she won selection in the very first Manly women's Rep side in 1976, thence, after switching to a life between the sticks graduated to the state side and won the first of her 5 caps for Australia in 1983 against New Zealand alongside fellow Manly team mate Kristen Theile.
Salmons was a member of the inaugural Killarney Heights Ladies side playing in the northern suburbs comp at Manly Vale's Miller Reserve, she won selection in the very first Manly women's Rep side in 1976, thence, after switching to a life between the sticks graduated to the state side and won the first of her 5 caps for Australia in 1983 against New Zealand alongside fellow Manly team mate Kristen Theile.
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Manly rep side inc Matildas Salmons, Theile, Riddington, Langlar & Petrov. Leonie Parker at right.
