AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. - Arrival of Melbourne Team SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAYERS. - The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909) - 24 May 1904 (original) (raw)

Arrival of Melbourne Team

The members of the Melbourne Football

Club arrived toy the express this morning, i

-They were met at Redferia toy Mr. A. E. Nash, j

-president of the New South Wales -Football

'League, Messrs. -D. A. Madden, and R. A.

M-unro King, vlcerpreslaent3, Mr. H. Hedger,

" treasurer, Mr. H. Chesney Harte, secretary,

and delegates representing all - -the Sydney

The team was. driven to Roberts'. Hotel, its

' To-night the team .will-be -present at the

, The Essendon team'iwlll arrive to-morrow

.'The official "reception- of teams takes place

at the Sports .-Club at 1H.30 a.m. on Friday .

, Mr.: Norcot-t; secretary of. the . Melbourne

Football .Club, Is manager, while the visitors

..with the team : include -Major -Morkham, Dr.

Agnew, and. Mr. E. Jones.

- The players- Include: W. M'Lelland (cap

tain), F. Lqngley (vice-captain), Henderson,

Bremher. Drane, . Young, Sowden, Btrohg,

Goutle, Jenarrct, Mills, Sowden, Strong,

Moodle, -Nolan, Conquest, Parkin, Tout,

Leach, Leith. -Dalrymple, Vqllugi, JVC. Gar-

, diner, Drane. J. Mitchell, who has been prln-. j

clpal trainer for the past nine years, is with

Strong and Conquest are the rovers, Strong, '

is a comparatively new player, having only i

been associated with first-class football'for

: two seasons. "He is of the brilliant order, .

and shines as a. high marker.

Conquest is a hew man, and this is his first'

season In big football. He Is a very fast sprin

Of the followers 'George .Moodle is probably

the best known. 'He has been playing first-

class football for 11 years, and is still one

of the best In the Victorian capital. "Hand '

S. Anderson, another follower, is a useful

.player. He Is not particularly fast, hut is

cool, and of the "heady" order.

'Ed. Leach, who played for Collingwood last

season, is the youngest of a trio of fine play

er s .He is one of the best -kicks in the team.

Mills is a dashing and determined player,

who -is always on the .ball.

Of the players on the centre line A, Sow

den, one of the smallest men -In the team. Is

very fast, and always plays a good game.

C.Young holds his own with the best of his

class in the competition.

Of -the forwards V. Coutie is one of tho .

best in- Melbourne. During tho past threo

seasons -he has -always played for Victoria

against South Australia, He Is tho surest

kick in the team, and already has notched

several very fine goals' ln the present sea

son's competition' matches.

Jeneret-t, late of t.he South Melbourne Club, "

Is a clever and tricky forward.

F. Langley, probably -the best forward In

the combination, is recognised by the cap

tain as the finest all-round player of the

visitors. He' has been playing five seasons,

and has played Inter-State. He 1b renown

ed for getting his kick In, no matter how

closely he is pressed by opponents.

' W. M'Clel'.and, a half-back, Is a good, use

ful, hardworking -player. He has captained

"W. Bremner, a half-back, who plays ori

Parkin, who plays in the santre of the half

-.back line, is.one of the tolggest .men In a team

principally composed of small and " active

players. .(He is a good high marker,' being

particularly sure in taking.

"Conquest and 'Bremner have the most pace,

in a team that -is recognised as being one

of the fastest In the competition,

THE MANAGER INTERVIEWED',

ifir. Noroott, in a conversation, remarked': —

"We luivo not come over to Sydney iwith any

idea of trying to oust the Rugby game, I am

of opinion ithere is plenty of room for both

games. "We believe we oati give a good ex

position of 'the game as it ought 'to be played,

and/the: finer points of tho game will be

- "brought out In a- fashion that will surprise a

lot of persons who have not yet seen 'thor-

. oughly trained men, who know -how to play

: engaged -In a fast gome that admits of many

"It .is .a'-mistake- to suppose that Melbourne

is desirous, of driving -Rugby out of Sydney.

On the bant'iiary. When the Rev. -Molyneaux's

team -of British Rugby players -came to Aus

tralia -we did all we could -to help them, and

assisted <them financially as far as we were

able when .they gave, an exposition -of their