ST. KILDA BEAT MELBOURNE. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 3 Sep 1906 (original) (raw)

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Mon 3 Sep 1906 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
Page 5 - ST. KILDA BEAT MELBOURNE.

Although wanting a couple of their best men, St.

Kilda had a lillie too much method for Melbourne,

and beat them. especially in passing the ball to

each other and in making much better use of

their opportunities to score. Melbourne were par-

ticularly unfortunate in this respect, and could

get the ball almost anywhere but in the particular

spot where it counted mood in the scores. Al-

though a very friendly affair, it was not at all

a good exhibition of football, for after a couple

of school teams had stirred up the mud the ground

was slippery, and the players could not keep their

feet. Neither did they keep their places, and right

through the match there were far too many men

on and about the ball. M'Namara, from good

marks, got the only two goals scored by St.Kilda

in the first quarter, and they played their smartest

in the early stages of the second quarter, when

within a few minutes Stewart, M'Namara, and

Baker all scored goals. It was not until after half-

time that Melbourne got a start. They sent Leith

from their goal up forward, and with tow beau-

tiful place-kicks he scored their first two goals,

and just missed getting a third. Melbourne had

the best of the finishing quarter, but St.Kilda's

defence in which Bant was particularly promi-

nent always proved too good for them, while the

superior pace of St.Kilda wing-men gave the

side many opportunities of scoring.

On the winning side the prominent players were

Hant Lawson, Scott, Stewart, Smith, Trevillian

P. O'Cobnor, and Gravenall. Baker scored four

goals for them, while M'Namara logged three. For

Melbourne the men who showed best form were

Sleeman, Taylor, Boynton, Pearce, Opyone, Pes-

cock, anti Nolan. St, Kilda tried two new men

in N.O'Connor and Gerrard, from Mangalore,and

the latter, though on the small side, looked like

developing into an active forward.