GEELONG (113 POINTS) BEAT - MELBOURNE (48 POINTS). GREATLY IMPROVED PLAY. - Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929) - 28 Jun 1920 (original) (raw)
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Mon 28 Jun 1920 - Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929)
Page 5 - GEELONG (113 POINTS) BEAT
On Saturday, on the Geelong Oval, for
1 &lo first time -this season, th3 local jCjim
taeted the sweets o£ victory Their -op,
ponents, Melbourne, have 'lone remaik&bly
trelj this jeai, and a fortnight previously
put up a magnificent game against the un
beaten Richmond. They seem to hav-c
faUea away, and baic had three defeats iu
ciiiwassiriii -On Kainrflnir tlipv lie\f-i- ance
looked like, 'winning. This was not due tu
any particular defects on then own side,
but rather to the excellence of tlie Geelong
play. In each match on the O\al Un* y*ai
the latter liaye beeu unluckv to Ioec Kow
thai ihe rua^af defeats has been checked
sup«-aticrs will look for & continuance rf
ihe good play thai, was shown on Satui
A strong wind Whe blowing direct to tlie
sontkt goal 'When Ha nes von the tos* and
look »d%aatage oe this .-i^sistaftce, many
Geelong supporters 'feared that the visitors
?would vocure a lead which would ultimately
gwe them the vicboiy Reevlte proved
ntherwise^,Kofc oaly^did Gedpng iiold tbeir
?oppoScnts' in tbjs qtiartei. but they euc.
oeeded in scoring almost at, many i points.
6elaoii|5 deaHy-woii' :?&&',, gaiae' ia *uiis term,
a& from alienee onwaiil they steadily in
creas^ki their; leaii. ' - ?; , .
Geelo-ig;:liad ^stroug. team .afield. -from
tbe side tAat played oi South Melbourne tlie
preiious week Healyawd MouMen, (injured),
aiid' W.. Jones- were absent,- Their, places
?weise riUed by;-.Alua Johns ^who reappeared
after -&o*ne iveelcs' absence through ISnjury),
Collins aTid.JMellaii. 'Pie flatter srflBi tried
py tJie bfeeiDiig- m practjee games a coup]e
of /yearK ago,; ho tliea /vent, away. Since
illi^-jpetai-n h«? has playefl wi(h Chilwel! and
?created a very favorable impression. He.
SiiJ well *jii Saturday, particularly when fol-.
|owing' ill -4he 'first toj-ni, and was respoii
IsWe'for two good..^;cals. It was something
?at ta, coiiipliment to Cr-il-weil that Geeiongs
vflrst fuck comprised Boss «nd M«Ilan, bofl:
jpfr whom were, recently playing in that
junior- team. , In' nearly *evevy match this
season Ross has done well, and -on Saturday
ho'-was at his best. /.lex.. Eason -svas prob
ably Qeeliwig's best man. His meeting
?witli Ms old club mate, George Haines, whe
now leads Melbourne, was espected io pro
duce some brilliant football. Haines play
ed well, but on ''the day Easbn was mucl'.
the better man. -It is a loUtf time since Go;
long bag had such a reliable back man as
Craven. ? Hie is perhaps tile most consistent
performer in ihe team, as on overy oeea
eon this year he has played with skill and
judgment. 'In tbe second term Gross came
down.-hea^ily:. It diil not haw any material -
effect on his fiubse-iuent play, aiid in the
],isi- half he was o«e ' of the best jnen on
'tlie ground. -Armstrong, also, did some
good work or. the defence lines, where
Smith, though not' . urilliant. was servico
able Kearney and Thomas, who comprise'J
tie secoi:-i ruck, were not quite as con
spicuous as usual,.. 'jut both worked har-i
JT. JoiM?s- ereatlv- plear.ed the critics, wiie
ther roring or half-forward , bis play was
clean and clever He is improving on «ach
appearance. Geeiang vras well sen-cd on
the centre line. Bert' Raukin, though not
quite so prominent -as against Carlton, was
a big- factor in Geelong's success. He
adopted wjth good i-esults the policy of long
kicks down the ground, ar'l in one instance
had the satisfaction of scoring: a jroal. Col
lins and Murrell, on tlie respective . wings,
were fiist- and sure; tlie foi-mct- did sonic
good marking ' Geelong's most noticeabl'1
improvement was on the forward linos. By
viriaie of the fact 'Jiat they accounted for
10 goals beiween them. CJiff Jiaiikin (C),
and Cleiuengcr. (4). tieseire spi»ci:il nwntiori.
Both played with dash.- aiid their snajj
sliooting- for g-oa! was very f-flectiw. Clf
aicjigfj- took sonif; ^vecllejit. mai-ks, and
player! the best game: lie has shown sine'
li» -jo-nod til*1 tram. Hagg.^r marked nil':
kicked well, played a soocl a'1-'
round gjine. and liad ihe satisfac
tion ? -!' knowing that he wa?
quite equal, if nol tuporicr, to the cham
pion, Corbett afrainsi wnom he was pitted.
An experiment was Iricd miii Matliin.son
Instearj of being placccl in tbc uack division
he was played forward oi! th-! winfr. lie
showed himself quiie at boim' iii t)jf new '
position, nnd reiu*i»i-o-!. pffoctivo ffrvioo.
.Tnitiis-, afler hfc sp-jll. shoivi-d Uial lie hai)
lof.'t. nnn^ of his cleVcriiess and fi'urivl mr
cessfuliy in some of ihe most, exciting pTia^s.
of 'ibe 'Brno. Usually ihere i\v-: at. leasi
two or tJiren mfu in- iho team thai can b.
siugled out sis having performed poorly.
Susli was not the cc.rc on Saturday, ai-1
whether taken individually or as a combin
ation ihe pja-v-rs aiv to lie. coii^i'ftlul:)!''1.
Mflliouriic's !.)?st iiicn wn'i* Haim's, Oil
rrrs- Gray Huntingilon, Antlioiiv Camp
li 11. CorVIt, Boyd ' Allen.
Rider's display of umpiring jjave iho 1-u-
pressJon thai.-, hn is losing liis .-Id skill. H--
made many mistakes, and was vory slow iti
iis docisioiis. Mplbouriif apponr-u io !-'?
the greatest Mifferois by liis ov-rsights. Tlii:
wa.= probably dun io t-lio fact lliat'th» Goo
long jilayers, contrary to ilicii- usual cu;
iflm. took, lulravtago nr llio iin|j)iri's k'.i'-
ency, particularly, in the niatlfv of holding
the ball. AlthougV. the gsimr was playon
in n inenrtly spirn. tlictv wc-ir several ao
cideni.s tLe principal suller'iis bi-iiig (jross,
Whon the game biart-od i-lic l-espcctivo
teams were placed as follows: —
Geelong. — Badcs . Smith, Craffn, Tho
mas. Half-backs : Armstrong. Kearney
Gross. Centres : Murrell. B. Rankin, Col
lins. Half-forwards : .Tcihns, ? Hag^er, Clc
menger. Forwards; Matliieson Rankin. J.
Jones. Followers : Meliaii. Ross. Rover :
Melbourne^' — Backs4. Matthews. Gray,
Walker. Half-backs: Lilley, Corbett Od.
gers. Centres : Hutc'je?on ' ?arrow, An
thony Haif -forwards : Streclev Chndwir.k,
Campbell^ Forwards: Tonkin, Harker.
Huntington. Followers ; Allan, Boyd
Umpires. —Field. Kldur. Boundary :
Melbourne made firsl move. A dash, in
which ,haiidba 11 was used eff^cf iveiy, onded
hi two beliinds being scored. They were
ftflped by a fres kick, whicli led io Hutche
sor. obLaining another point. After the
fust five iuinutes, ihe play of ihe. Geelong
wen improved, and a dash, in which arathie
son was prominent, was staved off by -)d-
gors. They canw again. .Eastm io Jolms
brought first behind: Eason to Cliff Ran
kin tlio second; and a snap by Jonop first
goal. A rush by Uelboutne broughi All^u
and Boyd into prominence. Their work was
spoilt by Eoss, Mellan and Rankin, but
they continued the. offensive, with the re
sult that Haines snapped a goal. Falling
in a scrimmage, Jones hit th1? ball for
ward, and it struck the post. GceJong were
plaving muob better now. A eoofl mark
by 'Hag-«r was nullified by Gray, but Clitt
Rankin returned, and 'scored second goal.
Campbell ran in cleverly and did likewise
for the ' visitors. This left tiie scores at,
nuartejftime : Melbourne, 2 goals 8 behinds;
Geelojig, 2 goals 3 babinds.
Again Me3bourj!-; dadied off at the out
set-, but ttvey had the .misfortune to hit
the post. Gross and Murrell did good work
in r*?!ieTiii£ lie-. pressure', and Bert, Bnnkin
was inslrumejiial iu pacing Uie^ball to
Glcmenger, who scored ilurd goal. Jones
followed witji a bslnnd. Melbonme iiwt
the ball to the other --nd, whpre Craven did
not fail. Johns n«*xt. came inio 'prouiinenof
by snapping a goal, and tlie RankhiClemen
ger couibiustion was respo»siblf- forwi'olhei1.
Two free kicies lo Hagger and a behind
snappr-d by Ciemenger preceded a good
ia«Vk by Cliff Rarkin, which «nd--d in an
other goal. Geelong had matters all their
own way at, tjiis stagy. Johns obtained two
kfjiinds, but. OuH 'Rankin did txHter by scc*
ing..two goals— the first from a clever snap
shoii'tome distance out, aud til© seoond from
a' five., kick, after being '.tripped. At- half-
time .the Scores w(uvs : tSectong, 8 ^o'a!s 7
bebinds; Melbourne, 2 goals 9 bejiinds'.
ilelibourne started ihc third term s-o jve.ll
thai -within, a, frw minul^s- they .had' scoraci
lhi«& -goals, tbe j£uccpss*u1 mailcini^n Leiut,
liarkin Huin~ anil Hark-=r, in -tbsy ordu
'ihey could not uiaintam this tonu,-4wwe\*-i
and G-peloug jLgam bxs^mo aggi it.i\i. Tibej
X.layed -with dash, and ugoi, Kason being
etpeciallj noliceablf He passed lli- ball to
Glemoiger, auli tbo i -juli th?t auotliei sk
points wcie obtained MeHaa marked bnl
liantiy, and -with, a good kick add--d a «o il
Tjn» plav :it~fhts stago ve-t renuirl.a'ble Hoi
Uie «Iev«r oxalianges betwcciL GixJong meu
?GlTff Rankin to Jonas i-rougiit a angle
Hapgci to Jones to B Ewitan lo C Ran.
l.iu io Clemcuaier added a. goaL ITio wit
diaju w.u- tiom'SUtJiJ«son-J.o JJaggei lo
CJjff Jtenkin— goal Jffurrell to Keurnev lo
Cuff Rankin. jmmediate'j iollowed, with
a like lesaMi Tli° te«n oided 'Gcelong, li
goals, 9 behinds, Melbourne, 5 goals 12 b
A behind by Thomas was followed 'by
-some dialling play iy Eason, who snapped
a goal. Seietal b?omdi- foll-w£a .Mel
bourne made a determined* effort, and Ton
km scosed a belund. Tlie closaig stages oi
H.e godic *etc pfeyed jn a. rer} bad light,
ai-'I it wae elmost impossible to distinguish
ilif p^jers. A long lack by Bert* RaiiVin
jua j caclied the goal A shot by Chadwick
ga\e Meloourne a sisei— iiieir only score foi
tlie quarter Hellan from a free kick, add
ed Gee-long's sirttcnti. goiJ, and the game
Geelong, 16 goals, 17 behinds (113 points).
Melbourne* 6 goals 12 bsfainds -*8 points)
Goat-fcic3c3rs-J5«cU«g. CiriT Bantam -(6).
?Ckmenget (4), Melkn -2), Bt*t Raoktn,
Jones, SohVs ' «uu3 Easo« Melbourne
Haines (B-, Bbrker (2), Chadwick ana Camp