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It appears questionable whether Tom Hawkins played for South Melbourne in 1904. According to Wikipedia he was from Ballarat.

Newspaper reports re: the Round 13 game, identify the player as Hawking from Kyabram:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165171650?browse=ndp%3

FOOTBALL - SOUTH MELB. v. FITZROY. - Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954) - 20 Aug 1904

PLUCKY EFFORT BY ST. KILDA. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 1 Aug 1904

[?] MELBOURNE (10.5) BEAT ST. KILDA (6.10). - The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - 1 Aug 1904

There's an Arthur Thomas Hawking who is buried at Kyabram who died in 1952 aged 70. He's the right age, but I haven't been able to track anything to suggest he was a footballer:

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Hawking

Arthur Thomas

70 yrs.

15/12/1952