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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| name = Sampson Hosking
| image = File:Sampson_Hosking_1914.png
| alt = 
| caption = Hosking in 1914
| fullname = Sampson Hosking
| nickname = Shine
| birth_date = 4 January 1888
| birth_place = [[Glanville, South Australia]]
| death_date = 20 October 1974 (aged 86)
| death_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| originalteam = [[Port District Football Club|Semaphore Centrals]]
| height = 167 cm<ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=27 July 1946|title=Three Years' Football Under False Name|volume=47|page=5|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=7,171|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130857375|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=15 November 2016|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173322/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130857375|url-status=live}}</ref>
| weight = 64 kg<ref name=":17">{{cite news|date=8 September 1927|title=Like Old Times|volume=IX|page=15 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,295|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129255104|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173543/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129255104|url-status=live}}</ref>
| position = Centre, rover, wing, forward
| statsend = 1936
| years1 = 1907–1921; 1927; 1936
| club1 = {{AFL PA}}
| games_goals1 = 163 (41)
| years2 = 1916–18
| club2 = {{AFL PA}} ([[South Australian Patriotic Football League|Patriotic]])
| games_goals2 = ~ 31 (0)
| sooyears1 = 1911–1912; 1919–1920
| sooteam1 = [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
| soogames_goals1 = 10
| coachyears1 = 1921
| coachclub1 = {{AFL Por}}
| coachgames_wins1 = 
| coachyears2 = 1922–1924
| coachclub2 = {{SANFL WestA}}
| coachgames_wins2 = 
| coachyears3 = 1926
| coachclub3 = {{SANFL SthA}}
| coachgames_wins3 = 
| coachyears4 = 1927–1931
| coachclub4 = {{AFL Por}}
| coachgames_wins4 = 
| coachyears5 = 1932–1934
| coachclub5 = {{SANFL WT}}
| coachgames_wins5 = 
| coachyears6 = 1936–1938
| coachclub6 = {{AFL Por}}
| coachgames_wins6 = 
| coachyears7 = 1939–1940
| coachclub7 = {{SANFL WT}}
| coachgames_wins7 = 
| coachyears8 = 1942–1943
| coachclub8 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port]]/[[West Torrens Football Club|Torrens]] ([[World War II|WWII]])
| coachgames_wins8 = 
| coachgames_winstotal = 
| careerhighlights = '''Club'''
*3× [[Champions of Australia|Championship of Australia]] player ([[1910 Championship of Australia|1910]], [[1910 Championship of Australia|1913]], [[1910 Championship of Australia|1914]])
*4× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] SANFL premiership player ([[1910 SAFL Grand Final|1910]], [[1913 SAFL Grand Final|1913]], [[1914 SAFL Grand Final|1914]], [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]])
*2× {{AFL PA}} [[South Australian Patriotic Football League|SAPFL]] premiership player ([[1916 SAPFL Grand Final|1916]], [[1917 SAPFL Grand Final|1917]])
*[[John Cahill Medal|Port Adelaide best and fairest]] (1910)
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] life member (1919)
*[[List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains|Port Adelaide captain]] (1912)
*{{AFL PA}} most improved junior (1907)
'''Coach'''
*6× [[SANFL]] premiership coach ([[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]], [[1928 SANFL Grand Final|1928]], [[1933 SANFL Grand Final|1933]], [[1936 SANFL Grand Final|1936]], [[1937 SANFL Grand Final|1937]],  [[1942 SANFL Grand Final|1942]])
'''Honours'''
*2× [[Magarey Medal]]list (1910, 1915)
*[[South Australian Patriotic Football League|SAPFL]] best player (1916)<ref>{{cite news|date=21 August 1916|title=Football|volume=LIX|page=11|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=18,051|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6458809|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173331/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6458809|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{cite news|date=21 August 1916|title=Football|volume=LXXXI|page=9|newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]|issue=21,773|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60619704|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173305/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60619704|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[South Australian Football Hall of Fame]] (2002)
|source = [https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/735473/port-gazette-albertons-shining-star portadelaidefc.com.au]
}}

'''Sampson Hosking''' (4 January 1888 – 20 October 1974) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[South Australian National Football League|South Australian Football League]] (SAFL). He was twice a recipient of the [[Magarey Medal]], an individual award given in recognition of being the best and fairest player in the SAFL. After his playing career Hosking was also an accomplished football coach successfully leading Port Adelaide and the [[West Torrens Football Club]] to a combined six premierships. In 1929 he was described in the [[South Australian Register|''Register'']] as "one of the most prominent figures in the game during the past 20 years. Combining exceptional pace with a football brain of rare fertility".<ref name=":23">{{cite news|date=7 March 1929|title=Steve McKee on Football: 1929 League Fixtures|volume=XCIV|page=13|newspaper=[[The Register News-pictorial]]|issue=27,319|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53468006|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173452/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53468006|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Early life ==
[[File:Glanville Pipe Works Showing Interior of the Factory(GN12670).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hosking began working at the [[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville Pipe Works]] (pictured) around the turn of the century<ref name=":24">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131198267 |title=Grand old Magpie retires |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]] |volume=59 |issue=9,167 |location=South Australia |date=26 December 1952 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173304/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131198267 |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Hosking was born on 4 January 1888 in Glanville, South Australia.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 September 1927|title=FORTY NEXT YEAR|volume=IX|page=13 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]]|issue=1,295|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129255235|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=14 January 2022}}</ref> He was the son of [[Cornish Australians|Cornish immigrant]] James Hosking and Port Adelaide local Jane Hampton McKenzie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Hosking 1856–1944|url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBQV-GZ9/james-hosking-1856-1944|access-date=8 October 2021|website=FamilySearch}}</ref> Hosking grew up in close proximity to the [[Port River]], living in Exmouth Street, Glanville.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Heritage Day 2015|url=http://cp-wc04.iad01.ds.network/~pdfccoma/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Heritage-Day-Scroll_1.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=20 September 2021|publisher=Port District Football Club|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212924/http://cp-wc04.iad01.ds.network/~pdfccoma/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Heritage-Day-Scroll_1.pdf}}</ref>

For his education Hosking went to the Le Fevre Peninsula School.<ref name=":20">{{cite news|date=10 May 1933|title=Great Player|volume=|page=9 (Edition1)|newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]]|issue=1123|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183037707|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173305/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183037707|url-status=live}}</ref> Around the age of twelve Hosking started working at the Glanville Pipe Works, alongside other family members, where he remained employed for 52 years.<ref name=":24" />

[[File:Sampson_Hosking,_Semaphore_Centrals,_1906.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hosking wearing his [[Port District Football Club|Semaphore Centrals]] uniform in 1906]]
When Hosking was very young he dislocated his left elbow, leading his father James, out of an abundance of caution, to rule that his son should never play football.<ref name=":0"/> To circumvent his father's ruling and ire, when Hosking played junior football with the Marist Brothers, and later the [[Port District Football Club|Semaphore Centrals]], he did so under a false name.<ref name=":0" /> The pseudonym that Hosking used during these early years was H. Sampson.<ref name=":4" /> During his time at Semaphore Centrals his teammates often joked "who is this H. Sampson anyway?" and that "he is picked but never turns up!".<ref name=":4" /> Hosking was part of the Semaphore Centrals team that lost the [[Adelaide Footy League|Adelaide and Suburban Football Association]] Grand Final to the Norwood Seconds in 1906.<ref>{{cite news|date=1 October 1906|title=Sporting News|volume=XLIX|page=10|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=14,962|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5103121|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173305/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5103121|url-status=live}}</ref> Whilst at Semaphore Centrals Hosking purchased a short-brimmed hat, similar to that worn by an Adelaide comedian at the time known as Harry Shine, and was subsequently given the nickname "Shine" by his friends.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 August 1937|title=Passing By|volume=XXIX|page=4|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=4,382|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130964707|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173325/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130964707|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{cite news|date=28 June 1947|title=THEY RECALL DAY WHEN Only Goal Kicked Was Fluke|volume=48|page=5|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=7,457|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127306928|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173306/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127306928|url-status=live}}</ref>

Around this time Hosking was working alongside [[Tom Leahy (footballer)|Tom Leahy]] who was already a league footballer and was trying to convince his younger co-worker to join him at his then club, [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]].<ref name=":0" /> Hosking did not tell his father about his football exploits until he was formally invited to play with Port Adelaide in 1907.<ref name=":0" /> His father's caution was not unfounded as Hosking suffered shoulder injuries throughout his entire football career.<ref name=":0" /> Whenever he played football Hosking  preferred to wear a long-sleeved guernsey to hide his permanently taped left shoulder from opponents.<ref name=":4">{{cite news|date=21 September 1922|title="Shine" Hosking's Reminiscenes|volume=LIX|page=6 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION SPORTS NUMBER)|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=17,744|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page23144369|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173322/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/23144369|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Playing career ==
[[File:1907_Sampson_Hosking.png|thumb|200px|Hosking in his debut SAFL season ([[1907 SAFL season|1907]])|left]]
Hosking made his senior debut for Port Adelaide in a win over Sturt on [[Unley Oval]] on 4 May 1907.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 May 1907|title=Odds and of Sport.|volume=II|page=12|newspaper=[[The Gadfly (Adelaide)|The Gadfly]]|issue=65|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203955020|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173307/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203955020|url-status=live}}</ref> A couple weeks later during a game [[Lewis Corston]], Port Adelaide's captain, physically kicked Hosking telling him to work harder and threatened him with being dropped from the side if he did not "get into the game a bit more".<ref name=":0" /> This confrontation proved a lasting one in the memory of Hosking, who years later, recalled it as formative.<ref name=":4" /> In his first season of league football Hosking played in the [[1907 SAFL Grand Final]] against [[Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry|Port Adelaide's traditional rival Norwood]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=23 September 1907|title=League Football|volume=L|page=5|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=15,267|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5094543|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173323/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5094543|url-status=live}}</ref> That match was attended by a then-record crowd for football in South Australia with 25,000 spectators present at [[Adelaide Oval]] to witness Norwood win by 28 points.<ref name=":1" /> Hosking was given a gold medal by Port Adelaide in recognition of being the "most improved junior" for his club in 1907.<ref>{{cite news|date=21 March 1908|title=Port Adelaide Football Club|volume=L|page=10|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=15,421|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5129664|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173329/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5129664|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hosking was named as one of Port Adelaide's best players in a 1908 post-season game against [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] on Adelaide Oval of which the visitors won by one goal.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 October 1908|title=Football. Interstate Football.|volume=LXV|page=20|newspaper=[[The Observer (Adelaide)|Observer]]|issue=3,498|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164118142|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173337/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164118142|url-status=live}}</ref>

The third game of Port Adelaide's [[1909 SAFL season]] against Norwood was severely effected by rain and wind with only one goal scored, by Hosking, for the whole match, a goal which Roy Hill described as a "fluke".<ref name=":14" /> On 19 July 1909 whilst at work Hosking was badly injured when a ladle of hot metal spilled on his legs and feet.<ref name=":0" /> He was severely burned.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 July 1909|title=Unfortunate Port Adelaide Footballers|volume=XLVI|page=4 (4 o'clock.)|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=13,761|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209669218|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173308/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209669218|url-status=live}}</ref> The injury prevented Hosking joining Port Adelaide's mid-season trip to Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 July 1909|title=Port Adelaide Club|volume=LXXIV|page=5|newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]|issue=19,568|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56728542|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173325/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56728542|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking had recovered enough by the time the club returned from Victoria to take his place back in the side when they faced Sturt on 21 August.<ref>{{cite news|date=21 August 1909|title=Play|volume=XVI|page=14|newspaper=[[Herald (Adelaide)|Herald]]|issue=776|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110189685|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173308/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110189685|url-status=live}}</ref> Port Adelaide qualified for the [[1909 SAFL Grand Final]] and by this stage Hosking had largely recovered from his work injury and was playing relatively well, kicking a goal during the match, but it was not enough, with West Adelaide winning the premiership decider by 18 points.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 September 1909|title=Football|volume=XLVI|page=3|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=13,813|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209490671|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173309/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209490671|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a result of [[Lewis Corston]] retiring at the end of 1909, Hosking was given his role as Port Adelaide's centre for the [[1910 SAFL season|1910 SAFA season]].<ref name=":0" /> It was during this season that Hosking won his first [[Magarey Medal]],<ref name=":0" /> and his first South Australian league premiership as a player when Port Adelaide defeated Sturt (who were playing in their first championship match) by 19 points in the [[1910 SAFL Grand Final]].<ref>{{cite news|date=3 October 1910|title=Football|volume=XLIV|page=2|newspaper=[[Evening Journal (Adelaide)|Evening Journal]]|issue=12319|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207212000|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173309/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207212000|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking took part in an eventful post season with Port Adelaide in 1910 during which his club  defeated [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] for the [[1910 Championship of Australia]] title,<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. Championship of Australia. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164709669?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Championship%20of%20Australia |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) |date=22 October 1910 |page=18 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613144605/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164709669?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Championship%20of%20Australia |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Western Australian Football League]] (WAFL) premiers East Fremantle in an exhibition match. Hosking and Port Adelaide also defeated a combination of some of the WAFL's best players in another match that year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agius |first1=Matthew |title=Time Machine: Port Adelaide's first trip west |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/15326/time-machine-port-adelaide-s-first-trip-west |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=18 February 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613144558/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/15326/time-machine-port-adelaide-s-first-trip-west |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:1911 Port Adelaide State representatives.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{AFL Por}}'s [[1911 Adelaide Carnival|1911 State Representatives]]: [[Angelo Congear]], [[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|Harold Oliver]], Hosking (seated right) and [[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|Frank Hansen]]]]
In 1911 Hosking was selected to represent [[South Australian state football team|South Australia]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 August 1911|title=Sports and Pastimes.|volume=XXIII|page=18|newspaper=[[The Southern Cross (South Australia)|The Southern Cross]]|issue=1146|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167002614|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=8 October 2021}}</ref> This coincided with [[1911 Adelaide Carnival|the national championship carnival being held in Adelaide that year]]. The 1911 South Australian team proved to be the strongest the state had ever fielded to that point.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 August 1946|title=Games With South Australia|volume=61|page=26|newspaper=[[Western Mail (Western Australia)|Western Mail]]|issue=3,233|location=Western Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53245997|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173309/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53245997|url-status=live}}</ref> In the carnival South Australia won all four of its matches against [[New South Wales Australian rules football team|New South Wales]], [[Tasmania Australian rules football team|Tasmania]], [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] and [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite news|date=14 April 1927|title=Giants Of Sport|volume=III|page=14|newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]]|issue=867|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215973957|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173310/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215973957|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 1912 Hosking was elected captain of the club by his teammates at Port Adelaide after [[Clifford Cocks (footballer)|Clifford Cocks]] stepped down from the role.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 July 1912|title=S. Hosking|volume=XLIX|page=10 (FRIDAY'S EDITION.)|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=14,657|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209950839|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173310/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209950839|url-status=live}}</ref> Port Adelaide went undefeated during the minor round that year, but stumbled at the final hurdle losing the [[1912 SAFL Grand Final]] to [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] by 14 points.

At the start of the [[1913 SAFL season]] Hosking vacated the Port Adelaide captaincy. During July Port Adelaide played a combination of players from the WAFL with Hosking's side winning by 39 points.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 July 1913|title=The National Winter Game|volume=1|page=6|newspaper=[[Fremantle Herald]]|issue=15|location=Western Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212417745|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=29 September 2021}}</ref> During the match Hosking went head-to-head with [[William "Nipper" Truscott]] with the ''[[Fremantle Herald]]'' observing that "Shine Hosking's work in the centre quite eclipsed our own Nipper".<ref>{{cite news|date=25 July 1913|title=Notes Of Players|volume=1|page=6|newspaper=[[Fremantle Herald]] |issue=15|location=Western Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212417744|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=29 September 2021}}</ref> The season  proved to be more successful for Port Adelaide beginning with an undefeated run halfway through the minor round all the way to the end of the [[1913 SAFL Grand Final]] where the club beat North Adelaide by 14 points to claim the club's 7th premiership. In the post season Port Adelaide successfully challenged [[1913 VFL Grand Final|1913 VFL premiers]] [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] for the title of [[1913 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]].

[[File:PortAdelaide1914.jpg|thumb|250px|Hosking was a member of [[1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season|Port Adelaide's undefeated 1914 side that also beat VFL premiers Carlton and the South Australian State team]]. He is pictured sitting at the bottom left.]]
Port Adelaide repeated its successes of 1913 and improved on them. Hosking played his 100th SAFL game in the [[1914 SAFL Grand Final]] where Port Adelaide held North Adelaide to a single goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210030160 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The Journal (Adelaide)|The Journal]] |volume=XLIX |issue=13520 |location=South Australia |date=19 September 1914 |accessdate=15 September 2021 |page=24 (NIGHT EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Again, Port Adelaide successfully challenged the VFL premiers, this time [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]], for the title of [[1914 Championship of Australia|1914 Champions of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59361623 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |volume=3 |issue=127 |location=South Australia |date=3 October 1914 |accessdate=25 March 2017 |page=1 (7 P.M. EDITION.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Additionally, in conjunction with [[Eight Hours Day#Australia|Eight Hours Day]] [[Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914)|a match between Port Adelaide and South Australia]] was held on [[Jubilee Oval (Adelaide)|Jubilee Oval]] with Hosking's team toppling a start side featuring some of the state's best players such as [[Dave Low]]e, [[Bill Mayman]], [[Tom Leahy (footballer)|Tom Leahy]], [[Jack Tredrea]], [[Frank Golding]] and [[Frank Barry (footballer)|Frank Barry]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163141173 |title=Football|newspaper=Observer |volume=LXXI |issue=5,511 |location=South Australia |date=17 October 1914 |access-date=19 June 2018 |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
 
At the end of the [[1915 SAFL season]], Hosking tied with [[Frank Barry (footballer)|Frank Barry]] and [[Charlie Perry (Australian rules footballer)|Charlie Perry]] for the Magarey Medal.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Rucci|first=Michaelangelo|date=1 July 2020|title=Port Gazette: Alberton's Shining Star|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/735473/port-gazette-albertons-shining-star|access-date=8 October 2021|website=portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref> At the time a count back was used to determine a single winner with the award being presented to Frank Barry at the time.<ref name=":12" /> However, in 1998 the SANFL issued retrospective Magarey Medals in the 10 instances where there was a tie.<ref name=":12" /> As a result, Hosking is one of only three players to win multiple Magarey Medals for Port Adelaide with the others being [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] and [[Russell Ebert]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fountain|first=Loukas|date=27 September 2021|title=Port Adelaide's Magarey Medal history|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1021888/port-adelaides-magarey-medal-history|access-date=8 October 2021|website=portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref>

During World War I the SAFL ceased scheduling football matches which led to some club officials, particularly those at Port Adelaide, to form the [[South Australian Patriotic Football League]] (SAPFL) which ran an independent competition in 1916, 1917 and 1918.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Gyss|first=Trevor|title=South Australian football in wartime|url=https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/south+australian+football+in+wartime/1928|url-status=live|access-date=21 September 2021|website=Australian Football|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616195537/https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/south+australian+football+in+wartime/1928}}</ref> Hosking played a majority of games in all three of the SAPFL seasons.<ref name=":5" /> After playing a dominant game in Port Adelaide's [[1916 SAPFL Grand Final]] victory, the ''[[South Australian Register]]'' noted that Hosking was "entitled to be recognised as the best player of the season in the association".<ref name=":22"/> These games were never recognised by the SAFL.<ref name=":5" />

Despite having retired from playing after 1921, he played two matches in 1927, and in 1936 he became the oldest SANFL player when, at the age of 48 years and 154 days whilst Port Adelaide coach, he named himself on the bench in his side against West Torrens.<ref>Atkinson, p. 61.</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=6 June 1936|title=Tactics Play Part In Port Win|volume=25|page=15|newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]]|issue=1,254|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55830123|access-date=29 October 2017|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== Playing style ===
[[File:Sampson_Hosking,_Daily_Herald_Adelaide,_10_October_1910.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hosking (right) standing next to [[Vic Cumberland]] (left) of {{SANFL Stu}} on [[Adelaide Oval]] before the [[1910 SAFL Grand Final]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103904049 |title=Cumberland and Hosking |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]] |volume=1 |issue=187 |location=South Australia |date=10 October 1910 |accessdate=30 September 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>]]
Hosking was a fast aggressive centreman.<ref name="MINOR PREMIERS DEFEATED">{{cite news|date=2 October 1911|title=Minor Premiers Defeated|volume=LIV|page=15|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=16,524|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5319213|access-date=4 November 2018|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During his career he also played as a rover, wingman and forward.<ref name=":20" /> Hosking often elected to [[One percenter (Australian rules football)#Knock-ons|knock on]] the ball when he found himself in congestion.<ref name=":4" /> In regards to when he trained Hosking said that "I always put my whole heart and soul into my work. Running up to the ball I would run my hardest, and when I picked it up there would always be an imaginary opponent in front of me. They used to say at the Port:—'Look at that lunatic out there, dodging and twisting past nothing!".<ref name=":4" />

He was noted for being the fastest player in Port Adelaide's team and one of the fastest in the SAFL.<ref name="MINOR PREMIERS DEFEATED"/> When he was unavailable to play the lack of pace in the Port Adelaide side was said to be noticeable.<ref name="MINOR PREMIERS DEFEATED"/> In 1908 at a [[Semaphore, South Australia|Semaphore]] Athletics Carnival that was held to celebrate [[Edward VIII|King Edward]]'s birthday Hosking won three events, those being [[Sheffield (running)|{{convert|130|yd|m|2}}]], {{convert|220|yd|m|2}} and {{convert|440|yd|m|2}}.<ref name=":21" /> In 1910 and 1912 Hosking won races at the Adelaide St Patrick's Day running events.<ref name=":21">{{cite news|date=25 June 1920|title=Hosking Career|volume=XI|page=7|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|issue=3203|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106774193|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173452/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106774193|url-status=live}}</ref> Just a few days before he turned 37 he entered a 400m event at the [[Patawalonga River|Patawalonga]] winning his heats and coming second in the final.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 December 1924|title=Athletic Sports|page=10|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43261471|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173511/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43261471|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hosking was also considered to possess remarkable judgement as a footballer.<ref name=":20" /> When describing Hosking in writing for the [[South Australian Register|''Register'']], Steve McKee stated that "Shine Hosking stands out as one of the most prominent figures in the game during the past 20 years. Combining exceptional pace with a football brain of rare fertility...he was successively a star winger and centre".<ref name=":23" /> [[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|Bob McLean]] described  Hosking in his book ''100 Years with the Magpies'' as possessing "brilliance as a ball handler, his lightening speed and all-round skill...A centreline player, he played mainly in the centre or on the wing. He held his own against all-comers, not only in South Australia, but in the many Interstate and Carnival matches in which he participated."<ref>{{Cite book|last=McLean|first=Bob|title=100 Years with the Magpies|publisher=Letterpress|year=1971|location=Hindmarsh, South Australia|page=16}}</ref>

Hosking relished being booed by fans of opposition clubs interpreting the verbals "as a compliment. It reminded me of the villain in the play".<ref name=":4" /> Despite winning two Magarey Medals, of which a criterion of eligibility is fairness, Hosking described himself as having a "reputation of being one of the dirtiest players who ever stripped."<ref>{{cite news|date=21 September 1922|title=Norwood Still Going Strong|volume=LIX|page=6 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION SPORTS NUMBER)|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=17,744|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210615608|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
[[File:Sampson_Hosking_cartoon_by_Gliddon,_Daily_Herald_Adelaide,_1921.png|thumb|200px|Cartoon of Hosking appearing in the [[The Herald (Adelaide)#The Daily Herald|''Daily Herald'']] in 1921, the first year Hosking was coach of {{AFL PA}}, accompanied by the label "BRILLIANT SHINE"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106615069 |title=Port Adelaide|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]] |volume=XII |issue=3545 |location=South Australia |date=29 July 1921 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173531/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106615069 |url-status=live}}</ref>|left]]
In 1921 Hosking became Port Adelaide's captain in charge of training during his final full season as a player.<ref>{{cite news|date=22 April 1921|title=Football|volume=8|page=10|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|issue=30|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212492885|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173507/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212492885|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking was originally elected as captain of Port Adelaide on 9 March 1921 at the club's annual general meeting.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 March 1921|title=Port Adelaide Football Club|volume=8|page=1|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|issue=24|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212492326|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173507/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212492326|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 7 May 1921 the captaincy was given to [[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|Harold Oliver]], with Hosking being given the vice captaincy.<ref name=":19">{{cite news|date=13 May 1921|title=Port Adelaide|volume=XII|page=7|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|issue=3479|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106602204|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106602204|url-status=live}}</ref> This was after Oliver committed to travel to and from his farm in [[Berri, South Australia|Berri]] for matches for the whole [[1921 SAFL season]].<ref>{{cite news|date=4 May 1921|title=Football|volume=XXXI|page=25|newspaper=[[The Critic (Adelaide)|Critic]]|issue=1210|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212489645|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212489645|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 May 1921 a [[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|''Daily Herald'']] article described Hosking as "a most useful coach to his team, always giving juniors and new players encouragement".<ref name=":19" /> That year Port Adelaide beat Norwood by 8 points in the [[1921 SAFL Grand Final]].<ref>{{cite news|date=14 October 1921|title=Ports Win Championship|volume=IX|page=11|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|issue=9|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212495607|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173455/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212495607|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1921 Port Adelaide Football Club Annual Report, Hosking is listed as one of only three players to attend all 44 of the club's training sessions that season (the other two being Clem Maywald and Kenneth Slade).<ref>{{Cite book|title=1921 Port Adelaide Football Club Annual Report and Balance Sheet|publisher=Jas. H Turnbull Printer|year=1921|location=Port Adelaide|page=21}}</ref> 
[[File:Sampson_Hosking_to_West_Adelaide,_Daily_Herald,_19_May_1922.png|thumb|right|250px|The [[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|''Daily Herald'']] discussing the impact that the news of Hosking's move to {{SANFL WestA}} as coach had in [[Port Adelaide]]<ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=19 May 1922|title="Shine" Hosking|volume=XIII|page=8|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|issue=3796|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106660577|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173524/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106660577|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
On 18 May 1922 the ''Daily Herald'' broke the news that Hosking had been poached away from Port Adelaide to be the new coach of [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] on the recommendations of the latter club's captain Vic Peters.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 May 1922|title=West's New Coach|volume=XIII|page=2|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|issue=3795|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106660372|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173455/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106660372|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time the news of Hosking's "defection" caused a stir amongst football followers in Port Adelaide.<ref name=":2" /> In Hosking's first season at the helm of West Adelaide he guided that club to the [[1922 SAFL Grand Final]] where they faced a [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] side coached by Tom Leahy in front of 31,000 spectators at [[Adelaide Oval]]. Despite West Adelaide proving competitive in the contest wayward kicking let them down losing to Norwood 9.7 (61) to 2.1 (28).<ref>{{Cite book|last=James|first=Coventry|title=Footballistics|publisher=ABC Books|year=2018|isbn=9780733338441|location=Australia|page=276}}</ref> In October Hosking took his West Adelaide side to Perth to play WAFL premiers [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] on [[Leederville Oval]].<ref>{{cite news|date=18 October 1922|title=Football|volume=XXXVIII|page=8|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]|issue=6,367|location=Western Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23877162|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173520/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23877162|url-status=live}}</ref> In that match East Perth beat West Adelaide by 24 points.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 September 1922|title=East Perth Defeat West Adelaide|page=3|newspaper=[[The Avon Gazette And York Times]]|issue=416|location=Western Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209864387|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173456/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209864387|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 1924 season there were reports that the West Adelaide players were not putting in full effort at training, cutting their training sessions short along with failing to follow the instructions of their coach.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 July 1924|title=What Is Wrong With West?|volume=LXXXIX|page=4|newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]|issue=26,059|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59017976|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173516/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59017976|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of 1924 Hosking had become frustrated with the level of commitment displayed by his West Adelaide players, voicing his disappointment in [[The News (Adelaide)|''The News'']].<ref>{{cite news|date=21 August 1924|title=Why West Have Failed?|volume=III|page=8 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=337|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129798501|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173457/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129798501|url-status=live}}</ref> He did not continue as West Adelaide's coach in 1925.

In 1926 the [[South Adelaide Football Club]] appointed Hosking as coach.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 March 1926|title=Coach Of South|volume=VI|page=6 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=838|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129764914|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173513/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129764914|url-status=live}}</ref> It proved to be a difficult year for Hosking who immediately had to deal with the retirement of South Adelaide legend [[Dan Moriarty (footballer, born 1895)|Dan Moriarty]] along with the defection of Charles Daly who was poached by Norwood.<ref name=":6">{{cite news|date=4 October 1926|title=South Adelaide|page=24|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73645883|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173514/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73645883|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking was left with only Bill Oliver, Alf Ryan and Bill Jackson as the experienced league players in his squad, subsequently forcing Hosking to give league debuts a large number of juniors in order to field a full team for South Adelaide.<ref name=":6" /> The club's best result for the season under Hosking was a draw against West Torrens on Adelaide Oval.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 May 1926|title=Football|volume=XCI|page=5|newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]|issue=26,453|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56564853|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=8 October 2021}}</ref>

Hosking returned to his junior club Semaphore Central as coach at the start of 1927.<ref name=":17"/> Halfway through the [[1927 SANFL season|1927 SAFL season]] Hosking was appointed to take over from [[Peter Bampton]] as Port Adelaide's coach.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 August 1927|title=Coach For Port|volume=XCII|page=5|newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]]|issue=26,823|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55045443|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173507/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55045443|url-status=live}}</ref> His first training session as coach for Port Adelaide that year occurred on 2 August.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 August 1927|title=On The Ball Again|volume=IX|page=15 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,265|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129180710|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129180710|url-status=live}}</ref> The following season Hosking guided the club to victory in the [[1928 SANFL Grand Final]], Port Adelaide's first premiership since his departure at the end of 1921. During that year he also coached Port Adelaide's reserves side and Semaphore Centrals on Alberton Oval.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 May 1928|title=Three Port Successes|volume=X|page=13 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,516|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129027109|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173523/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129027109|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Wide image|Sampson_Hosking_coaching_Port_Adelaide,_April_1928.png|600px|Hosking (far right) instructing his players at training as Port Adelaide coach on [[Alberton Oval]] in 1928<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129145785 |title="Shine" Hosking At Alberton Oval Gives Port Players Benefit Of His Experience|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]] |volume=X |issue=1,480 |location=South Australia |date=12 April 1928 |page=14 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173547/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129145785 |url-status=live }}</ref>|100%|middle
|dir=rtl}}In 1929 [[Drozena Eden]], a local of Mauritian descent, was invited after partaking in Port Adelaide's pre-season to remain with club's senior team.<ref>{{cite news|date=22 April 1929|title=Choosing Footballers|volume=XII|page=2 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,799|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129116663|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref> At the start of 1930 Fred Ward, a club official, stated that "the success of Port Adelaide during the last two years was due almost entirely to the coaching of Hosking".<ref name=":13">{{cite news|date=28 February 1930|title=Port Adelaide Football Club|volume=17|page=1|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|issue=28|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212977189|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref>

During the 1932 pre-season Port Adelaide elected to appoint a playing coach rather than a stand-alone coach resulting in Hosking being replaced by [[Sydney Ween]].<ref>{{cite news|date=11 March 1932|title=Footballers Prepare For Practice|page=10|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73852738|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173548/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73852738|url-status=live}}</ref> This decision may have been made on financial grounds with a long running internal debate, led by R. Lowe, within the club's administration regarding whether the cost associated with a paid coach, as opposed to just using the captain, was justifiable.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 March 1927|title=Coach For Magpies|volume=VIII|page=12 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,138|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129240681|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref> Fred Ward held the opposing view considering a non-playing coach preferable.<ref name=":13" /> Hosking's absence from coaching only lasted a few months as he seize an opportunity to take over the role as West Torrens coach from D.R. Manning on 5 July 1932.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 July 1932|title=League Football: Wests In Great Form|volume=XIX|page=2|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=2,795|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128946437|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173519/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128946437|url-status=live}}</ref> An improved style of play by the West Torrens under Hosking was noted within a month of him becoming coach.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 August 1932|title=Football|volume=XXIII|page=5|newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]]|issue=1136|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215890061|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173529/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215890061|url-status=live}}</ref>

In Hosking's first full year as coach of West Torrens he successfully guided that club to the [[1933 SANFL Grand Final]] where they beat Norwood by 23 points.<ref name="VICTORIAN METHODS INTRODUCED">{{cite news|date=6 October 1933|title=Victorian Methods Introduced|page=11|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74021075|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173530/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74021075|url-status=live}}</ref> After the Grand Final Magarey Medallist [[Jim Handby]] was full of praise when it came to Hosking's coaching writing in the ''Adelaide Advertiser'' that "this blending of skill, vigor and football intelligence has placed Torrens in its present very satisfactory position. Torrens's football brains have probably been developed by the shrewd attention paid to the players' education in this regard by 'Shine' Hosking, the coach. There is not much that 'Shine' does not know in this phase of football, and a further tribute is due to him for the superbly-trained condition of the Torrens players."<ref name="VICTORIAN METHODS INTRODUCED"/>

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In 1934 Hosking was simultaneously made the coach of both West Torrens junior and league teams meaning he was required at [[Thebarton Oval]] four nights a week.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 April 1934|title=Football: Strong Teams Likely|volume=XXII|page=9|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=3,344|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128852664|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173502/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128852664|url-status=live}}</ref> During that season Hosking and West Torrens travelled to Tasmania to play a match against a composite [[Tasmanian Football League|TANFL]] side.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 August 1934|title=Footballers From South Australia Prepare For Match With Tasmanian League|volume=CXLI|page=12|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|issue=20,906|location=Tasmania, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24955042|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173502/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24955042|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1935 Edward Foote took over from Hosking as league coach of West Torrens.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 March 1935|title=Footballers Preparing For Season|page=10|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74136023|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173503/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74136023|url-status=live}}</ref> During that year Hosking took part in a charity match as a player between old time players and current [[South Australian Jockey Club|SAJC]] jockeys in [[Glenelg, South Australia|Glenelg]].<ref>{{cite news|date=28 August 1935|title=Veteran Footballers In Match on Sunday|volume=XXV|page=9|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=3,776|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128421101|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173503/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128421101|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Sampson_Hosking_cartoon,_The_News_Adelaide,_p_7,_20_April_1937.png|thumb|200px|Caricature of Hosking that appeared in [[The News (Adelaide)|''The News'']] on 20 April 1937<ref name=":7">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11197919 |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]] |volume=XXVIII |issue=4,287 |location=South Australia |date=20 April 1937 |title=Port Seeking Another Premiership |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=21 September 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173504/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/11197919 |url-status=live }}</ref>|left]]
On 1 January 1936 it was revealed by [[The News (Adelaide)|''The News'']] that West Torrens had secured Len Ashby as its coach for the upcoming season thereby creating a void at [[Alberton Oval|Alberton]] leading to speculation that Hosking might return to Port Adelaide for a third time.<ref name=":11">{{cite news|date=1 January 1936|title=Ashby to Coach Torrens|volume=XXVI|page=9|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=3,883|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133055790|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173504/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133055790|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Victor Johnson (footballer)|Vic Johnson]] was also considered for the Port Adelaide coaching job in 1936 but his contract with [[South Adelaide Football Club|South Adelaide]] made this impossible.<ref name=":11" /> The speculation  proved correct with Hosking returning to Port Adelaide as coach in 1936 where he immediately had to deal with the retirement of club captain [[Bob Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1907)|Bob Johnson]].<ref>{{cite news|date=18 March 1936|title=Physical Culture For Footballers|volume=|page=7 (Edition1)|newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]]|issue=1430|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190321232|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190321232|url-status=live}}</ref> That year he succeeded in coaching Port Adelaide to a narrow three-point win over Sturt in the [[1936 SANFL Grand Final]].

For the 1937 SANFL season one of Hosking's first tasks was to find a player to play the role of full forward [[James Prideaux (footballer)|James Prideaux]] who retired at the end of the previous season having kicked 86 goals.<ref name=":7"/> Hosking claimed consecutive premierships as coach for the first time when Port Adelaide defeated South Adelaide by 24 points in the [[1937 SANFL Grand Final]].<ref name=":8">{{cite news|date=2 October 1937|title=Port Win Their Second Successive Premiership|volume=26|page=20|newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]]|issue=1,323|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55071513|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55071513|url-status=live}}</ref> In that match Hosking directed his players to spread the goal-kicking amongst the team resulting in eight individual goal kickers.<ref name=":8" />

Hosking stood down as Port Adelaide coach at the end of 1938 to allow [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] to become that club's captain-coach for the [[1939 SANFL season|1939 SANFL Season]].<ref>{{cite news|date=31 August 1949|title=Defence is lost art in football here, says veteran|volume=53|page=11|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=8,134|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130271757|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173506/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130271757|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1939 Hosking returned to West Torrens as head coach.<ref name=":9" /> That year Hosking took West Torrens to the [[1939 SANFL Grand Final]] where they lost to Port Adelaide by 47 points.<ref>{{cite news|date=2 October 1939|title=Successful Year Closes|page=5|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49816630|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49816630|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the start of the [[1940 SANFL season]] Hosking voiced his optimism praising the players he had at his disposal.<ref name=":18">{{cite news|date=19 April 1940|title=1940 Football Coaches|volume=XXX|page=1 (FINAL EDITION)|newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]]|issue=1531|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216289075|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173509/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216289075|url-status=live}}</ref> Round seven of that season saw West Torrens dramatically topple Port Adelaide at [[Alberton Oval]].<ref>{{cite news|date=3 June 1940|title=Port Adelaide's Run Ended|page=17|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47196055|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173514/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47196055|url-status=live}}</ref> Unfortunately for both Hosking and West Torrens he was forced to step down from the role mid-year due to his own health problems.<ref name=":9">{{cite news|date=10 June 1940|title=West Torrens Coach Resigns|page=13|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47197573|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173506/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47197573|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=14 June 1940|title=Newsy News|volume=30|page=2 (FINAL EDITION)|newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]]|issue=1539|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216289833|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173534/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216289833|url-status=live}}</ref> This was announced just after West Torrens had played Sturt on 8 June.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1940|title=League Footballers Train|page=13|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47197869|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173539/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47197869|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time Hosking stepped aside from his West Torrens duties they were just inside the SANFL top four.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiership Season 1940 - Round 8 Review|url=https://australianfootball.com/round/round_view/3/1940/Round_8|url-status=live|access-date=22 September 2021|website=Australian Football|archive-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320232917/http://australianfootball.com/round/round_view/3/1940/Round_8}}</ref> [[Mal Drury]] took over as West Torrens coach for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 June 1940|title=Four Important League Football Matches Tomorrow|volume=30|page=1 (FINAL EDITION)|newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]]|issue=1541|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216290026|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216290026|url-status=live}}</ref> West Torrens ended up finishing the [[1940 SANFL season]] second last winning just one game under coach Mal Drury that year.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 September 1940|title=League Football|volume=LXXXIII|page=13|newspaper=[[The Chronicle (South Australia)|Chronicle]]|issue=4,733|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92399491|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173542/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92399491|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Sampson_Hosking_1942.png|thumb|250px|Hosking as Port–Torrens coach in 1942]]
During World War II the SANFL administrators reduced the number of sides in its competition from eight to four with clubs temporarily merging with their nearest neighbour.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 April 1942|title=League Football May Start On May 9|page=7|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48751837|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=8 October 2021}}</ref> In Port Adelaide's case it merged with West Torrens with Hosking being chosen to coach the side. Early in the year Hosking's freshly assembled Port–Torrens side beat a team representing the Air Force by 11 points on Alberton Oval featuring [[Frank Curcio]] (Fitzroy), [[Vin Doherty]] (Collingwood), Law (Western Australia), Jack Brittain (North Adelaide), Mervyn Waite (Glenelg) and [[Norm Hillard]] (Fitzroy).<ref>{{cite news|date=4 May 1942|title=Football At Alberton|volume=LXXXIV|page=7|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=26077|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48864593|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173512/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48864593|url-status=live}}</ref> The Port–Torrens combination under Hosking won the [[1942 SANFL Grand Final]] beating the [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]]–[[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] team by 11 points. After the Grand Final Port–Torrens played a combined side made up of the remaining SANFL players, referred to as "The Rest", on Adelaide Oval on 26 September 1942.<ref name=":15">{{cite news|date=28 September 1942|title=Port-Torrens Wins Again|volume=LXXXV|page=7|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=26203|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48884888|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48884888|url-status=live}}</ref> Under Hosking the Port–Torrens side defeated "The Rest" by two points.<ref name=":15" />

The following year Hosking successfully returned Port–Torrens to the final match of the season, the [[1943 SANFL Grand Final]], where they faced a Norwood–North combination, ultimately falling short by 21 points. This was Hosking's last game as an SANFL league coach as he announced his retirement at the start of 1944, handing over his Port–Torrens responsibilities to Mal Drury.

=== Coaching style ===
[[File:Sampson_Hosking_place_kick,_Adelaide_News,_p_5,_27_July_1946.png|thumb|250px|Hosking setting up a place kick<ref name=":0" />|left]]
As a coach Hosking was a strong proponent of players being able to kick the ball with both feet.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 September 1929|title=Nimble Port Adelaide Coach|volume=XIII|page=14 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,934|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129074097|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173514/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129074097|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking had a preference for fast players.<ref name=":7" />

Hosking advocated for training with the same intensity as when playing an actual game.<ref name=":4" /> Hosking believed that at training players should concentrate on overcoming their weaknesses.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 April 1952|title=Train Hard!|volume=58|pages=12–13|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=8,957|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11113354|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173551/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/11113354|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hosking invested time into players that other coaches typically considered lost causes, such as Bill Martin, with whom Sampson ran up and down the length of Adelaide Oval whilst practicing passing the ball between one another.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 July 1954|title=Saturday letter|volume=63|page=6|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=9,657|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134755680|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134755680|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hosking had a refrain that suggested players and coaches should "study the game and the moves of your opponents as a chess player would".<ref name=":16">{{cite news|date=8 July 1931|title=South Australia Should Favor Long Kicking|volume=|page=9 (Edition1)|newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]]|issue=930|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182539985|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173543/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182539985|url-status=live}}</ref> Once a week when he was coaching Hosking gave his players blackboard lectures on their previous week's play.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 June 1924|title=Not Enough Dash|volume=III|page=8 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=271|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129722546|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173514/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129722546|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking provided predetermined moves for his players during these blackboard lectures.<ref name=":16" />

[[File:No_Smoking,_The_News_Adelaide,_Sampson_Hosking,_5_April_1928.png|thumb|250px|Newspaper article headline that appeared in [[The News (Adelaide)|''The News'']] highlighting Hosking's "No Smoking" edict to his players]]
Hosking strongly advocated for his players to not [[Smoking|smoke]]. At half-time of a pre-season match in 1928 Hosking reprimanded some of his player who used the break to start smoking.<ref name=":10">{{cite news|date=5 April 1928|title=NO SMOKING!|volume=X|page=11 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,475|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129143118|url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173523/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129143118|archive-date=3 October 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Hosking was also an advocate for the SANFL to proactively engage with schools in South Australia to help develop young players.<ref name=":17" /> Hosking coached local school teams on Alberton Oval before senior training commenced at 6pm.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 July 1929|title=Hosking Offers to Instruct Port Schoolboys|volume=XIII|page=14 (HOME EDITION)|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=1,862|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129174300|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173517/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129174300|url-status=live}}</ref>

For Port Adelaide's 150th anniversary twelve full pages of Hosking's coaching notes were made available in the Port Adelaide Archives Collection produced in 2020.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Rucci|first=Michaelangelo|date=8 July 2020|title=Port Gazette: Hosking the coach|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/739219/port-gazette-hosking-the-coach|url-status=live|access-date=|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|language=en|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921011115/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/739219/port-gazette-hosking-the-coach}}</ref> After reading these notes [[Malcolm Blight]] stated that "95 per cent of Shine's notes still apply to today's game. A few minor things do not. But Shine could teach today's coaches a few things."<ref name=":3" /> In 2020 [[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]] made a comment about Hosking, along with [[Reginald Schumann]], on [[Twitter]] saying that "Shine Hosking & Reg Schumann talented, skillful, tough players. Had the pleasure of sharing many conversations with. They spoke with conviction & great insight. More importantly just good men."<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=[[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]] |user=jvcahill40 |number=1247767866947940354 |title=Shine Hosking & Reg Schumann talented, skillful, tough players. Had the pleasure of sharing many conversations with. They spoke with conviction & great insight. More importantly just good men. }}</ref>

== Horse racing ==
[[File:Oakbank_Von_Doussa_Steeplechase_Winner_Prestonia,_March_1940.png|thumb|250px|Coming down the hill during [[Oakbank Racecourse|Oakbank's Von Doussa]], Hosking's victorious Prestonia (right) is pictured leading Bay Anton (left).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74437498 |title=Oakbank Opening |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=South Australia |date=25 March 1940 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173518/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74437498 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
Hosking enjoyed training horses, such as his 1939 Murray Bridge Steeplechase<ref>{{cite news|date=18 May 1939|title=Kingwyne Wins River Handicap At Murray Bridge|page=14|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74413522|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=14 January 2022}}</ref> and 1940 Von Doussa [[Oakbank Racecourse|Oakbank]] winner Prestonia.<ref name=":18" /> He shared this hobby with Kenneth Hosking, one of his sons.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 March 1940|title=Surprises In Minor Steeplechase|volume=LXXXI|page=19|newspaper=[[The Chronicle (South Australia)|Chronicle]]|issue=4,710|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92385740|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173517/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92385740|url-status=live}}</ref> Kenneth was a jockey and wore black and white [[Jockey#Racing colours|silks]] as a nod to his father's football career with Port Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 July 1939|title=The Realm Racing|volume=LXXXII|page=19|newspaper=[[The Chronicle (South Australia)|Chronicle]]|issue=4,674|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92448983|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=20 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173527/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92448983|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 October 1943 Hosking was granted an owner-trainer licence by the [[South Australian Jockey Club|SAJC]].<ref>{{cite news|date=19 October 1943|title=The Turf: Judge For Race Fixtures|volume=LXXXVI|page=4|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|issue=26533|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48771318|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173531/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48771318|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1944 one of Hosking's horses named Vitalise won a race at [[Morphettville Racecourse]].<ref>{{cite news|date=14 September 1944|title=Veteran Footballers At Dinner|volume=43|page=6|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=6,592|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127046329|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173534/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127046329|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hosking married Lillie Ann Thompson on 31 August 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93745287 |title=Deaths: Hosking, ''The (Adelaide) Chronicle'', (27 April 1950), p.46. |newspaper=Chronicle |date=27 April 1950 |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173540/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/93745287 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hosking was a member of the Alberton Bowling Club.<ref>{{cite news|date=21 January 1946|title=Passing By|volume=46|page=2|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]]|issue=7,011|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128350016|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173526/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128350016|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 20 October 1974 at the age of 86.<ref name=":12" /> In the 1974 Port Adelaide Annual Report and Balance Sheet an obituary recognised Sampson Hosking noting that he had died "after a long illness".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Port Adelaide Football Club Inc, Annual Report and Balance Sheet, Season 1974|publisher=Port Adelaide Football Club|year=1974|location=South Australia|page=12|language=English}}</ref>

== Honours ==
In 1970 Hosking, along with other veteran players from before World War I, was honoured with a [[motorcade]] around Alberton Oval to celebrate the Port Adelaide Football Club's 100th anniversary.<ref>{{cite book | last=Wood | first=John | title=Bound for glory : the story of the Port Adelaide Football Club, 1939-1990 | publisher=John Wood | publication-place=Glenelg, S. Aust. | date=1991 | isbn=0-9593162-1-3 | oclc=221278279}}</ref>

Hosking was one of the 113 inaugural inductees into the [[South Australian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanfl.com.au/hall_of_fame/sampson_(shine)_hosking/ |title=SA Football HoF - Sampson (Shine) Hosking |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212193113/http://www.sanfl.com.au/hall_of_fame/sampson_(shine)_hosking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020 the [[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|''Adelaide Advertiser'']] compiled a list of "Port Adelaide's 150 Greatest Players" and placed Hosking at 5th.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Turner|first=Matt|date=26 May 2020|title=Port Adelaide's 150 Greatest Players in 150 years: Who has made the top five?|work=The Advertiser|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/port-adelaides-150-greatest-players-in-150-years-who-has-made-the-top-five/news-story/0e814b0e52eb061b01975a252536d8c5|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173526/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DAAWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%252Fsport%252Fafl%252Fteams%252Fport-adelaide%252Fport-adelaides-150-greatest-players-in-150-years-who-has-made-the-top-five%252Fnews-story%252F0e814b0e52eb061b01975a252536d8c5%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium%26v21%3Ddynamic-cold-test-noscore%26V21spcbehaviour%3Dappend&upid=ppd0qwm&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosking was awarded life membership of the Port Adelaide Football Club in 1919. Hosking was awarded life membership of the Semaphore Central Football Club in 1936.<ref>{{cite news|date=21 October 1936|title=Semaphore Central Football Club|page=18|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74327200|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173602/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74327200|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==

=== Grand Finals ===

#[[1907 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1909 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1910 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1911 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1912 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1913 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1914 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1915 SAFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1916 SAPFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1917 SAPFL Grand Final]] (player, Port Adelaide)
#[[1921 SAFL Grand Final]] (player + coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1922 SAFL Grand Final]] (coach, West Adelaide)
#[[1928 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1929 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1930 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1933 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, West Torrens)
#[[1936 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1937 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1938 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port Adelaide)
#[[1939 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, West Torrens)
#[[1942 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port–Torrens)
#[[1943 SANFL Grand Final]] (coach, Port–Torrens)

=== Interstate games ===

* [[1911 Adelaide Carnival]] (player, South Australia)
*[[1921 Perth Carnival]] (player, South Australia)

=== Other games ===
*[[1910 Championship of Australia]] (player, Port Adelaide)
*[[1913 Championship of Australia]] (player, Port Adelaide)
*[[1914 Championship of Australia]] (player, Port Adelaide)
*[[Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914)|1914 Port Adelaide v South Australia]] (player, Port Adelaide)

==References==
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==Sources==
* Atkinson, G. (1982) ''Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking'', The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. {{ISBN|0 86788 009 0}}.
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130857375 Hosking, Sampson (as told to Lawrie Jervis Junior), "Three Years' Football Under False Name, ''The (Adelaide) News'', (Saturday, 27 July 1946), p.5.]
*Port Adelaide Football Club (2020) ''The Archives Collection: PAFC 150 Year'', Iconic Treasures, Melbourne. {{ISBN|064859842X}}.

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