FOOTBALL. - SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. SOUTH MELBOURNE AND FOOTSCRAY BEATEN. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 21 Jul 1913 (original) (raw)
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SOUTH MELBOURNE AND FOOT-
As the close of the first round of matches in
both league and association approaches, clubs on
both sides are giving their positions a good deal
of attention. On Saturday they were affected by
one or two surprise results. Essendon simply ran
over South Melbourne for three-parts of the game,
during which the famous red and white never
scored a goal. They rallied towards the finish,
but Essendon, who in their last two games have
shown a wonderful improvement, won the game
handsomely. At Footscray the home team, who
up to date have been marked as likely champions
for the year, were beaten by Brunswick in an
extraordinary game. These were the two surprise
results of Saturday, though Prahran also went
down against Williamstown. One has only to
look, however, at the half-time scores of the two
teams to realise how Williamstown won and how
Prahran were beaten. The disproportion of results
from tries is very marked indeed. In the league,
Carlton are beginning to regard the position as
serious. Both St. Kilda and Geelong have rea-
sonable hopes of getting into the final four, and
the remaining rounds must be full of interest. Six
of the association teams are so closely placed that
anything may happen, and every game ahead is of
The report of this match, won by Collingwood by
11 goals 11 behinds (77 points) to 6 goals 18 be-
hinds (54 points), will be found on page 12.
ESSENDON DEFEAT SOUTH MELBOURNE.
The surprise of Saturday in League football was
undoubtedly the startling defeat inflicted by Essen-
don upon South Melbourne. In the early part of
the season no one would have been surprised at
such a result, but Essendon have had a bad time,
though against Collingwood lately they showed
something like a return of their old form. Still
no one was prepared for the development at South
Melbourne, and as invariably occurs on such occa-
sions, there was a certain proportion of "rats" in
the crowd who saw nothing in South Melbourne's
downfall but a pre-arranged determination to lose.
Before the game commenced Essendon were
warned that their only hope was to beat South Mel-
bourne in pace. They were simply to run themselves
off their legs or make the other side do it, and
so minimise those great advantages in height,
marking, and strength which have been so far the
successful elements in South Melbourne's football
this season. There was no anxiety in the South
Melbourne ranks when the Essendon fellows lead
them such a dance in the opening quarters, for
they had the wind then blowing to the lake goal
rather in their favour, and it was expected that in
such circumstances they would score heavily. And
they did score. They simply took command of the
game, and had their goal kicking been of anything
like the same merit as their general play the game
would have been practically over in the first quar-
ter. One side was playing with extraordinary dash
and determination. South Melbourne, perhaps,
kicked better than Essendon all round, but that
was the only point in which they showed to advan-
tage. Mortimer, their forward, was so closely
watched all day by McNeil that he had few oppor-
tunities. This, too, was a point in Essendon tac-
tics seriously discussed and arranged before play
commenced. It is sufficient to say that Essendon
did all the scoring, yet only got 13 goals from 12
shots, but they kept South Melbourne from scoring
a single point. With fair luck the Red and Black
should have had a much heavier score. At that
stage the fine play of Ogden, of young Walker, and
others attracted special notice. The only ques-
tion was whether they could keep it up. The big
fellows on the South Melbourne side misjudged the
ball a good deal in the heavy wind, and the smarter
Essendon men getting in behind them, took the
marks. But the great advantage lay in pace;
they were always quicker to the ball, South Mel-
bourne were chasing them, yet never catching
Essendon rather more than held their own in the
next quarter. At half-time the red and white had
only 3 points, while Essendon's score had increased
to 37. It was simply amazing. The large South
Melbourne following were dazed at the result, but
they still hoped that the South would come towards
the end of the match. As a matter of fact they
did, but they came much too late to have any
chance of overtaking Essendon. In the third
quarter South Melbourne played with more dash,
but their forward work was all abroad, and at the
last change they had 7 points for as many behinds.
It was manifest, however, that they were improv-
ing and playing in better form, but they never once
looked like overtaking Essendon, whose lead at
that stage was equivalent to 7 goals. It was only
in the last quarter that South Melbourne showed
anything like their true form, yet Essendon, turn-
ing most of their advantages to account, added two
more goals while South Melbourne got 5 goals and
5 behinds. It was a question of whether Essendon
had not slightly tired themselves with their dash.
There was ironical cheering all around the reserve
when South got their first goal, but seven minutes
had gone in the quarter before they got it. Then
they took something like command of the game,
but were soundly beaten by 20 points. It was un-
doubtedly the surprise of the season.
Essendon have been bracing up their team with
young blood. At first these juniors were naturally
diffident. They are beginning to feel their feet,
and on Saturday, for example, Woolley played
really brilliant football in the first half, though he
was not nearly so conspicuous afterwards. R.
Walker, another of their recruits, was a fine all-
round footballer, his high marking and kicking
being both first rate. Baring kept up his form,
Hanley showed a very great recovery; Armstrong,
not only led the team well, but played well him-
self; Chalmers was better in the centre than be has
been for a considerable time past; Ogden's play
was very fine throughout. Tait, Bowe, and Pike
also performed with much credit.
For the first half of the match the only indi-
vidual excellence on the South Melbourne side was
that of Sloss and Rademacher. In fact, at times,
Sloss was playing the whole Essendon side. Deas's
kicking off was always admired, and little Tandy
was the cleverest of their wing players, though
Caldwell showed up now and again. Both Kelly
and Charge, who invariably help them so much in
high marking, were very much out of it on Satur-
day, but Belcher and Thomas strove hard to make
up for the deficiences of so many of their side. It
was stated after the match that Mullaley, one of
the South Melbourne players, had been reported for
using his elbows unfairly on both Bowe and Chal-
Melbourne failed to maintain their recent good
form when they met Fitzroy in the presence of
about 5,000 spectators on the Fitzroy ground.
Incigneri (late of Richmond) made his first ap-
pearance with Melbourne but McKenzie was absent.
Wells and Harrison took the places of Lambert
and Martin in the Fitzroy team.
There was a stiff wind blowing across the ground
favouring the railway goal, consequently much of
the play was crowded and confined to the eastern
The first quarter was fairly even, Melbourne,
with the wind, making several unsuccessful attacks
in the early stages. Watt got the only goal kicked
in the first quarter, after a dash, in which George
and Tomkins were prominent. Freake had a couple
of shots for Fitzroy, and each time struck a goal-
post. Lugton was the mainstay among the Mel-
bourne backs several timely marks saving his
The second quarter was all in favour of Fitzroy,
Heaney, with a difficult angle shot, scored their
first goal, and Heron, with a punt out of the ruck,
added the next. Then Freake, for the third time,
hit a post with a hurried shot. Pearce cleared
his goal in good style on one occasion, and car-
ried the ball well past the centre, but the Mel-
bourne forwards missed an opportunity of scoring.
Heaney punted the next goal from the ruck, and
The third quarter was a succession of dashes on
either side, with Fitzroy much in evidence.
Robertson, who was one of the few Melbourne men
to show form, got the second goal for his side.
Fitzroy, playing strongly, however, added four
goals, Toohey, Heron, and Freake (two) being the
In the last quarter Allen got a goal for Mel-
bourne at the outset, but Fitzroy continued to play
much the better football. Melbourne were unable
to stop them from scoring, and with some clever
play among the forwards they added four more
goals, Freake getting two from easy shots in front,
the goal being unprotected, Pearce having left his
post. The game ended in a decided victory for
For the winners, Holden played splendidly. Bam-
ford, Johnson, and Cooper were solid defenders.
Willoughby did splendid work in the ruck; while
McLellan, in the centre; Freake, who scored five
goals, Heron (three goals), and Heaney (three
goals) were all prominent.
For Melbourne, who were decidedly weak for-
ward, Robertson did well, his running with the
ball being clever. Monk, Lugton, and Evans
worked hard all through and of the others Lilley,
Wellington, Tomkins, and Pearce deserve mention.
During the second quarter Politz strained an
ankle, and had to play forward afterwards.
ST. KILDA'S STRONG FINISH.
St. Kilda's possibility of inclusion in the final
four lent additional interest to their meeting with
Richmond on Saturday. The St. Kilda ground
was in good order and the wind slightly favoured
the city end goal. Anderson, Morrissey, and
Harris were out of the seasiders' team, and Best,
Bowden and Cazaly were in, while in Richmond's
eighteen Burns and Hutton replaced McCashney
In the early stages there was a lot of fumbling
and the wind made high marking difficult. The
defenders of both sides were kept busy for a time
until St. Kilda broke away, and Sellars and Mill-
house scored goals. Richmond worked their way
to goal, where Burns (twice) and Keggin had
shots without success. St. Kilda's third goal
came from a fine running shot by Lynch, but
White only got a point for a snap, and Millhouse's
efforts brought the same result. Richmond were
improving, but St. Kilda's defence was very strong,
and scoring was difficult. Maybury, through the
agency of Ricketts had a running shot without
result; then Ricketts from a narrow angle played
across to Maybury, a goal resulting. Keggin got
their second from a place kick. At the first change
St. Kilda led by 7 points.
While the players were gathered in the centre
at quarter-time a constable went across and spoke
to a Richmond player. The reason for such action
was certainly not apparent from the press-box.
St. Kilda soon added to their tally, Collins, mark-
ing from Bowden, running close in and scoring.
After several unsuccessful sorties, Ricketts and
Burns enabled Keggin to get third goal. Rich-
mond were more than holding their own at that
stage, but the tricolor's defence was splendid.
Lever stopped numerous shots right in goal, and
some of them he carried well towards the centre.
Ricketts was playing cleverly, and whenever op-
portunity offered he would play on to Keggin.
The rucks were battling strenuously for supre-
macy, and indulging in a lot of unnecessary jost-
ling. Lynch and Ellis, with marks, stopped Rich-
mond, and St. Kilda, with a fine dash, car-
ried play to the other end, and Millhouse hitting
over to Cazaly, the latter only got a point from
an easy chance. Ricketts was responsible for
Richmond's next, as playing to Keggin, the latter's
shot was marked close in by Richardson, who had
no trouble in scoring. A fine run by Lever put
St. Kilda in attack, and Cazaly from a free kick
got their fifth goal, giving them a lead of 8 points
Both sides were well warmed up to their work
after the interval. It was a long struggle, with
a very strong defence and very little scoring.
Twice Richardson's high marks saved Richmond,
and Mahoney, Ricketts, Keggin, and Hall in a
combined effort failed to score, while a shot by
Keggin went wide. Then St. Kilda dashed round
the wing where Collins was beating Fitzpatrick—
in fact, most of their opportunities were coming
from that quarter. A free kick to Cumberland
and a fine mark by Lynch gave sixth goal to the
home team. Cumberland made the mistake of
passing to Keggin and St. Kilda's lead was re-
duced by six points. James had a shot along
the ground, which was touched as it went through
Lever's legs, leaving than as they were at half-
time, with St. Kilda 8 points in the lead.
There were expectations of a close finish, but St.
Kilda outclassed Richmond right through the final
term. Bowden, Cazaly, and Millhouse placed Cum-
berland in possession, and he place-kicked seventh
goal. Richmond found Eicke in defence playing
at his best, and with timely marks checking their
efforts. Schmidt got a point, but White from a
running shot was more successful, practically
settling the issue. Richmond despite their efforts
could not penetrate St. Kilda's defence. Sellars
snapped the last goal, and St. Kilda won with
St. Kilda were undoubtedly the better team on
the day, and it was mainly their fine defence that
kept down their opponents' score. There was no-
thing finer than Lever's dashes from goal, some
of them covering half the ground. Eicke further
out, played a sterling game, as did Collins and
Bowden (on the wings), Millhouse (roving), Lynch
Cazaly, Sellars, and Cumberland. Richmond's best
were Ricketts, Maybury, Thorpe, Reeves, Morgan,
Keggin (3 goals), Ohlsen, and Hall.
Geelong came up to Melbourne on Saturday, and
reaped a harvest of goals at University's expense.
There was only a small attendance to see the
game, which was played in a nice spirit through-
Geelong were amiss on the forward line for the
first quarter, though they improved as the game
progressed, and gave a good exhibition of goal-kick-
ing. Marsham scored Geelong's first goal after no
fewer than six consecutive behinds; and then
University rallied, and Doubleday led an attack,
which was well backed up by Jones in a clever
run. The defence of Geelong, however, was too
solid for University's forwards to do damage,
though Willis had a quick snap, and narrowly
missed the goal. Geelong's team work was better
than University's whose individual play, though
sometimes brilliant, availed them little.
Geelong started the second term briskly, Slater
forwarding to W. Eason, who in turn gave Heinz
an opportunity, which he converted, and Grigg
sent University flying back again to defend. T.
Brownlees marked high up, and his place kick got
the distance nicely, but it was touched in transit.
Both sides were opening out, and some fast sprints
were seen, Kelly in particular showing up strongly
in his fine dashes through Geelong's forwards.
Geelong's handball was good, and, combined with
their high-marking and strong kicking, they
showed out to better advantage than University.
They worked for position before shooting, and
this enabled them to make practically a certainty
of their attempts at goal. Heron turned another
Geelong rush, and Doubleday swung play to the
centre, and Park, kicking off the ground, got
the goal. Keeping up the attack, Little scored
their second; Atkins, from a high lob, converted,
and University had the satisfaction of getting
three goals quickly. Scown and Jones were giving
some fine displays on the wing, and the little
University player pleased the spectators by his
fine game. Both sides had scored three goals
during the quarter, which was the best contested
of the match. At half-time, the scores were:—
Geelong, 4 goals 10 behinds; University, 3 goals
The third term belonged to Geelong, in which
they got 6 goals to a solitary point by University.
It was monotonous how Geelong, with perfect
system, swept aside the opposition. University
flashed out at times, but were never dangerous.
Brownlees, Orchard, Gray, and Martini got goals,
and made amends for previous misses. University
rallied and kept them away for a spell with fine
handball and passing, but they fell away. Geelong,
coming agin, swept them aside. Geelong held a
lead of 54 points at the start of the last term,
and they made a determined attempt to get the
"century." University fought strongly, and the
rally, led by Willis and Mackintosh, which ended
with a goal bv Doubleday, was splendid. But
Geelong continued to get goals, and played better
football as the game progressed, the scores at the
finish being:—Geelong, 17 goals 18 behinds (120
points); University, 5 goals 6 behinds (36 points).
Geelong were best served by Martini (4 goals),
T. Brownlees (3 goals), Marsham, Grigg, Gray, W.
Eason, Orchard (2 goals), Heinz (3 goals), Fair-
bairn, Slater, Dalton, and Scown; while Univer-
sity's most conspicuous players were Kelly, Trood,
McIntosh, Little, Doubleday (2 goals), Jones,
Match.|Q'ter.|Q'ter.|Q'ter.|Final.|Points.
Collingwood .. .. | 0-4 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 11-11 | 77
Carlton .. .. .. | 2-5 | 2-6 | 4-13 | 6-18 | 54
Essendon . . . .. | 3-9 | 4-13 | 5-19 | 7-20 | 62
South Melbourne | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-7 | 5-12 | 42
Fitzroy .. .. .. .. | 0-4 | 4-11 | 8-12 | 12-14 | 86 Melbourne . . . | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 3-10 | 28
St. Kilda . . . .. | 3-3 | 5-5 | 6-6 | 9-8 | 62
Richmond .. . .| 2-2 | 4-3 | 5-4 | 5-6 | 36
Geelong .. .. . .| 1-8 | 4-10 | 10-15 | 17-18 | 120 University . . . | 0-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-6 | 36
HOOTED BY THEIR SUPPORTERS.
About 4,000 people visited the Footscray ground
on Saturday, in the expectation of seeing a good
struggle between Footscray and Brunswick. On the
previous Saturday Footscray had overwhelmed North
Melbourne by the brilliance of their play, their
dash, system, and general skill marking them as
one of the best combinations the Association has
ever produced. Brunswick, on the other hand,
had been beaten by Prahran. On paper it looked
though the best Brunswick could hope for w ias
to put up a reasonably close game. The positions
of the leidmg clubs on Siluidiv morning were
dccidtdlj mterCEtitirf, for, though Toot^-iav wire
.It points nlieid of \orth M^elbournt, I'rilirm, and
K-ciidon wero orI> two points behind xo tli Mil
bourne with Ilnin^vvicl two points avvar,
nu! Willnitihtown two points behind Urunswlck
Thus there were all j-orts of pos-ÍhÍlÍtie_ before
the final four could be determined A defeat could
no1 materiillv affect 1 ootscri), but if Prahran weie
j beaten bv Willi.""town, which ficeuicd more than
I pOR-ible, and ah a matter of fact, actually otcuncd,
I a lining ick tniece'. woujd _,reatl> enhance the
| magpie H chancts Defeat vould practical I v put
them out of the runuiuf, In the circumstances
there was ill tliL material for a det-jierate attempt
t In Brunswick to in ike f,ood, and, in order to
slicngtheu their team, thev had brought Sandilands
nil the Wfl.v from bheppaiton to help their forrard
line The match, however, was a complete
failure Hiere Ind been rumours that lootscrny
were not anxious t. do anything that would ex
tiude Hrunswiclt, and, judging bj what we saw,
rumour had evident h bun well inspired i he
1 ootRcrav c\ccuti\e thought FO hcriously of the
rumours that before the team left thcii drowsing
room the lion secretary (3Ir A Greenwood) told
the pla;ere of what was being said, and ur¿cd them
the moment thev entered the field until the;
walked back to their dressing!oom at the con
elusion of the match, beiteu and disgraced, amidst
the hooting and groins of the \erv people win had
cheered their hiiccc«s of the previous vvtek, thev
entirely failed to bhovv anj of the dash, »kill or
fiv-tem which m irked their plav against North Mel
bourne That Brunswick should have won in these
clrcumstincoti w is not surprKing, but, when it is
realised that nt times even tht> showed no
anxictv, it mu«t bo confessed that the surround
lugs of the whole gime requin the strictest in
Mstf^ation foottcrav had not lost a match on
their own ground lor two >ears mid no one could
lemcmber when Brunswick had beaten them then
It will le a long di> before the memorv of (hil
game fade« and, even though Footscray may win
the premiership, the stain of Saturday's capitulation
will not easily be erased.
In there i iicuinfitancei it would Iw a wavte or
...aie ind linn an n suit to the inteHiucmc of the
foot bill pöbln to rndcavoir to di scribe the u "ne
in mo thing lil« dtt til It will sunlit to M\ that
IM.dom ilul tin ihfiplav iiEt above the level of that
|cf n fourth nte junior ron ti st Ihtri w is m ram
ibluifc, strlmmnginr pl>J«rs fiimblmg and fnlHi«
j over one another and tht» ball \t times there
¡were some flashes of brilliancv rrmfnKent of the
best games In the opening quarter <=oiie of the
l-ootscrav men plavetl up well but long before the
lilnidh these realised tbat their tnsl waa bopelisH
and the lust quarter waa pUjed with less vcrvo
than marks many a practice game. The final
scores tell the story. They were:—
Brunswick, 12 goals 6 behinds—80 points.
Footscray, 6 goals 7 behinds—43 points.
For the winners, the centre line was triumphant,
O Connor heat Craddock, Chuudlcr bent Clark, nnd
Mills had tin bent of his bout with Lever M'Kcnzie
took full advantage of the lackadaisical tactics of
the other bide Harker, who kicked 4 goals, did
Fplendidlv forward Price (1 goals) roved well,
and others prominent were Sullivan and George
(nick) and Boss (back and rovhi1»;)
It is h inl to name a I ootscni) man who pla)ed
up to form In the earlier stages Briese,
lever, Neilson and Holmcb were keen and bus)
Latir on Cotton (who seemed to have forgotten the
irt of sholl pissing straight to a man), and Ore
gor), in fin'?lies, tame under notice Bell, n new
man from Brighton Inniors showed promise under
di heartening surroundings,
lust befor» h ilf time \ Banlmrj of I ootscrav
collided with I George, of Brunswick, nnd had
to he carried off the ground Ile was unconselou.
for some turn, and pluckil) returned halfway
through the third quirter Hie cheering which
greeted Ins reippcarance was the onlv sign of en
thusiasm b) 1 ootscrav support eis during-the dav,
except for the ironical cheers which followed the
kicking cf 1 ootscrav R fifth goal, nnd the temporary
EiiercBh of some of the plavers In the third quar
ter Gnmshuvv (1 ootstrnj) ricked his knee, and was
of little use afterwards.
When a team, on a squally day like Saturday and
on on exposed ground like Williamstown's, com-
mences with such brilliancy as did the seasiders
against Prahran with five goals from as many shots,
the effect on the opposing side is apt to be depress-
ing, if not demoralising. When the said side,
with the wind in their favonr, only «dd bchinds
with monotonous regular!,), the difflrultv is inten
silieil The visitors' trouble in this hist mee hi)
in the fact that the neceser) allow ince w it
made for ' windage ' After the íntenil the game
toik n curious turn, the loeali' attempts at go ii
kicking being aiment "¡> crriiic and unfruitful
Prahran e towards the close of the third quar
ter, however, the Two Btucs pulled themselvc
«ether in nrt st) le, and some capital football was
seen 1 or half of the last quarter the visitors also
* opcntil out'* the pla) ind improved their position
Tht eflort to ovcrlnul Williamatown's unusual be
ginning wus too hen) a task, und the home teim
found it possible to come with i strong nlly
\lthough the) did not score themselves, the
Mow nina kept the play out of the danger rone
during the last twelve minutis Hie strong westerl)
wind spoilt man) f_ood bits of pliv, and irequently
forced the bull out on the beach wing Despite the
high wind the mutch puf.c_.4ul some interesting
There wis onl) a moilerite attendance perhaps
lc*s than 1,000 Owing tt> injuries, Matthews (Wil
liimstoun) and Morone) und Dilv (I nUiran) were
ah entces Williomstown wisely listened to reason,
and in tcad of flouting the Association s ruling
omitted O'llallorin, who had fourni it impossible
to nuke the trip to Warnambool, where May and
\ni) represented Williamstown, and I Ihn und
Woodheiid I rain in Both ridis plaved btv tra I
juniors, who m quitted themselves well
Mctaggart after badi) missing a mark, recovered
the ball and goL the first of Williamstown', run
of five goils Coward, I Burbridge, Gibbo, and
(.ricves securing the bal ince Gibb« s goal was a
splendid 1 ickt on the run, from quite fiO yards
out Cain mihsed an casv chance for Prahran,
whilst a tliot b) S)ken was luckily stopped by
\ndcrcon jumping in front of the kicker On
the change of ends W eidner hit the post for Prah
ian Svkes Gilchiist, Kerr, and Wddner all had
shots tint went wide, and nearlv 2.0 minutes of
the quin ter hid gone before S)kes, with a long
punt, got their tust goal W illiamttown's only
pi hit wis ii behind biiuppcd by Hoe) from n great
struirgle in front of the goal posts At half time
Williamstown led bv 5-1 to 1-10
On resuming Gibba missed un cas) shot, nnd
Grieves struck the goalpost from i snap qe\cn more
behlnds wire credited to Williamstown before
their captain (Heitman) kicked the best goil of
tin dav liken to the pavilion end, Weidner
grubbed the ball in making a shot for goal, and it
rolkd behind A few minutes Inter another Prah
i attack was moro suóecssful \ndirson foolishly
i out of his goal, and Fairbairn seizing the situa
tinn popped the ball through smart]) The last
qitnrtor was entered upon with Prahran practlcnllv
four j,o.ls to the bad (0-10 to ¿-11) Fairbairn
hit the po*-t from a running shot, mil then b)kes
kiel-ed i lovel) goal lwo more behinds wore
.'did and Kerr « goal brought down Prahran'«
Ittkit to 8 point« with 12 minutes still available
but the scoies remained unaltered until the bell
rang with the totals showing Williamstown ti
goih Ki behinds-lu points, Prahran, 4 goals li
Gibbs (roving and forward) pla)ed with wonder
fu! dash foi the winnora his dodging runs being
iirkablc Other prominent p!a>trs were Reit
ii \llev Grant, II irrlwin, Hoev (who comes
from the Williamstown luniors und roved nltvr
nittlv with Gibb«) Grieves (forward and back)
who caine from i tenth ritt local junior club
McDonald, Mclaggart and Wallis
flu losers were well served bv Gilchrist (the
.Collingwood plaver),Wilson, Weidner, "Mallee"
Johnson, Rvin (except for undue roughness on two
occasions) I akins (a proml-tlna junior who kept
up well to 1 crguMín). Dousing Sims, 1 airbairn
(u capable foi wird), Kerr, Carlson. Cain, and
Raw lo umpired impartial!), but was rather free
with his whistle for mere technical breaches of
There was some disagreement between the time-
keepers over the ringing of the final bell, which
was rung by Mr. A. Johnson (Williamstown's sec-
retary) although he was not one of the officials
charged with that duty. The pros and cons of the
wrangle will, doubtless be brought under the
Association's notice. From what could be
gathered from the excited officials at the conclu-
sion of the match the time that had been "whistled
off" during the last quarter had confused one
other or both of the watch-holders.
A. HARD GAME AT BRIGHTON.
NORTH MELBOURNE'S FINISH.
There was some fine football in the game between
North Melbourne and Brighton on the Brighton
ground. Although North Melbourne had the wind
in I he first quarter nnd got 1 goals 7 behinds to
their opponerts 2 bollinda, the game was
even np to the lust chaiw At half time Brigntoti
had just i quailed things and thev stool with 27
lolnts apiece It was after half time that .North
Melbourm plnvcd their best game Hip) gota slight
lead jn the third quarter nnd were seen at their
best tov itrds the finish when thev plaved all
Brightoi and put on J gods to their op
pom nts i It wis in lint stage m which on
iinerul phiv, North Melbourne could be called Ihr
superior side Brighton when nttackitg hid their
forwards wondcrfullv well placed Thcv plaved a
fist mid good gime and until the last few minutes
It seemed to Notth Melbourne that their side were
in foi defout It was a nail) good match with
lois of fabt and clever phi) on both «ides, though us
inigh be mngined on the seaside ground the pLi)
in,- space was "wept bv n strong wind, which forced
the bill greatly to the one wing There wi
some good goal kicking under dífiluilt circun
Fiantes Williamson and Matthews getting tim
each for Isorth Melbourne ind 1 lhot two, whil
Helier got four and Clark two foi Ii right on
The best men on the winning side were Barkei
Carpenter, I Hintt Iv Johnston McKav, Hawkin:
Treloar, and Sheehan lor Biighton Henderson
phved i reallv splendid game and greatl) dis
tiiiguished himself din ing the match Dowdlng
too, was an Impoitint fit tor nnd his kickine was
rplenhd Other men who did ixccedingtv well for
Brighton were Clark, Dawson, Peddle, Beller, and
PORT MELBOURNE BEAT NORTHCOTE.
The match between Northcote and Port Melbourne
played on the Northcote ground where the
home side were hampered by the absence of some
of their best men, Swift and Cole, two of the most
prominent, being away at Warrnambool, while
Bassett, Moore, and Newbound were also out, the
lastnamed suffering from a cold. The new men
they tried were Duncan, a brother of their wing
plaver, Kruger, from the Preston District, and
Jackson. Northcote started with the wind in their
favour, and, though they got three goals from seven
tries, they hardly made sufficient use of their ad-
vantage, three easy chances for gaol being missed
At half-time Port Melbourne had evened it up,
and were leading by a point. They held their
own fairly well through the last quarter, and at
the end took possession of the game, and scored a
meritorious win by 76 points to 35. It was a
notable point in the disposition of the winners that
they had their men exceedingly well placed for
defence while playing against the wind, and to
that they largely owe their success. Considering
the high wind, the ground play and smart ex-
changes on both sides were above the average for
merit, but Northcote seriously missed the many
reliable men who wore lost to them for the day.
On the winning side, Brown, Barfoot and Mer-
rick each got 2 goals, while Clements scored 2 for
Northcote. The best men for the Ports were
Brown, Barfoot, Merrick, Howlett, Franklin, and
Wilton, while the prominent men on the Northcote
side were H. Thomas and Hall (back), White
(centre), O'Keefe (back and following), E. Thomas
(following), Braid (roving), and Ryan as the best
ESSENDON V. MELBOURNE CITY.
The match between Melbourne City and Essendon
was mainly a means of enabling Essendon to in-
crease their aggregate for the season, and there is
every likelihood, on the present appearances of
things, of these aggregate scores being an influence
in the result for the six first teams in the asso-
ciation are all remarkably close together. There-
fore Essendon lost no opportunities of scoring.
Playing against the wind in the opening quarter, it
was an even go. Melbourne City were then strong
enough to hold their own, but as soon as they got
against the wind there was only one side playing,
and that side was generally scoring. In the end
Essendon got 14 goals and 22 behinds or over 100
points, to their opponents 4 goals 3 behinds. The
goals on the Essendon side were pretty well dis-
tributed, J. Madden getting three of them, Hoare,
Gibson, Diggle and Erickson two each. In addi-
tion to these, M Madden, Sevior, Bickford, Walker,
and Pain were prominent. For Melbourne City
the best were Woods, W. Smith, Wallace, Donalley,
Pratt (2 goals), and White.
Match. |Q'ter.|Q'ter.|Q'ter.|Final.|Points.
South Yarra, 13 goals 14 behinds (92 points),
beat Beverley, 9 goals 20 behinds (74 points).
Leopold, 20 goals 19 behinds (139 points), beat
Caulfield, 3 goals 3 behinds (21 points).
Fitzroy Juniors, 10 goals 3 behinds (73 points),
beat Collegians, 7 goals 20 behinds (62 points).
Collingwood District, 11 goals 8 behinds (74
points), beat Carlton District, 4 goals 11 behinds
University, 15 goals 11 behinds (103 points), beat
Hawthorn, 10 goals 10 behinds (70 points).
Matches Won. Drawn. Lost. Points.
trict .. .. .. .. .. 12 11 .. 1 44
Leopold .. .. .. 12 9 1 2 38
University . .. .. 11 7 .. 4 28
Beverley . .. .. 12 7 .. 5 28
South Yarra .. .. 11 6 .. 5 24
Fitzroy Juniors . 12 6 .. 6 24
Carlton District . 11 4 .. 7 16
Collegians . .. .. 11 13 1 7 14
Hawthorn . .. .. 12 3 .. 9 12
Caulfield .. .. .. 12 1 .. 11 4
Beverley and South Yarra had a well contested
game, South Yarra excelling in the air, while
Beverley were better on the ground. Beverley's
best placers were Yeo, Lacey, McKeone, Maynard,
Robertson, Parker, Edwards and McKendry. South
Yarra's best were Hansen, Christian, Weston,
Phillips, Marshall, Hosking Hart, Sandford, and
Collegians and Fitzroy played on the Albert
ground. Collegians crowded the ruck and spoiled
their own game. Fitzroy played better in the
ruck and in the plares, always being in front of
their men. For Fitzroy Collins, Raleigh, and
Jones (backs), Russell, Cock, and Winslow
(centre), Wawn, Wilson, King, and Hewit (for-
ward) and Wells and Sergeant (ruck) played well.
Bradbury, Sewell, Glasscock, and Denton were the
lest of the Collegians, for whom Kaighin kicked
Hawthorn and University were minus several
regulars owing to vaccination. For the Univer-
sity Shugg, Kewing, Stafford, Melville, Molden,
Barker, and Matthews; whilst Hawthorn were best
served by Collins, Nicholson, Gordon, Filsell,
Schafer, and Morriss. University goal-kickers:—
Newing (3), Wood (2), Foster (2), Shugg (2),
Matthews (2), Stafford, Lyon, Melville, and King.
Hawthorn goalkickers:—Filsell (2), Gardiner (3),
Collins (2), and Nicholson (3).
Collingwood District beat Carlton District at
Victoria Park after a very fast and open game.
Tile best players for Collingwood were Roberts,
Waterson, Thorpe (across the centre), McCarthy,
Penrose, Twomey, Mutch, Downes, Tait, Keary,
and Thompson. The goal-kickers were:—Fitzgerald
(2), Keary (2), Downes (2) Twomey, Pearson, Pen-
rose Roberts, and Farnham.
The Caulfield and Leopold match at Caulfield
Park was won by the latter. The game was a
scrambling one-sided contest, the Leopold combi-
nation being far superior to that of their oppo-
nents. Leo's best were Oliver, Wooten, Fitz-
gerald, Uniceke, Leonard, Hennington, Gray,
and Woods; and for Caulfield German was their
best man and he was well supported at times by
Walls (2), Toutham (2), Wilson, Todd, and Bar-
VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION.
North Melbourne, 5 goals 9 behinds (39 points),
beat Brighton 2 goals 10 behinds (22 points).
Williamstown, 9 goals 15 behinds (69 points),
beat Prahran, 2 goals 7 behinds (19 points).
Yarraville, 9 goals 22 behinds (76 points), beat
Essendon 3 goals 7 behinds (25 points).
Port Melbourne 17 goals 8 behinds (110 points),
beat Camberwell, 4 goals 4 behinds (28 points).
Preston, 10 goals 10 behinds (70 points), beat
Footscray, 4 goals 3 behinds (27 points).
Port Melbourne and Camberwell had a far better
game than the scores indicate. Camberwell not
making the best of their chances when kicking
with the wind. The best players for Port Mel-
bourne were Menzies (centre), who was the best
player on the ground. Harris and Cave (wings),
Laidlaw and Payne (ruck) Taylor (3 goals) Horse-
nail (3), and Moloney (4) (forward), and O'Brien,
Lugwig, and Birch (lucks) all did well C -.
berwell were best sened b} 1- mbert who.Js
of the best players in the \ UM and fathers
who did good work were the Jo} brothers I« liol
lanil (forward), 1! Holland (following), C J'elt
(wing), Andrews and Watson (ruck)
rssenelon were without the senlcis of sit of
their regulars and ".nrravillc tried n fo»v ne»»
])la»crs larra»HU. lud Hie advantage of tin
w mil in the first quirter and although their shots
foi goal numbered over"a score they :
cceded in Unding the proper opening
at first bell were-.urra» 111c 11 bchinds I ssen
don nil With the »»ind favouring thom in the
Fceouel quirter tin »isitors failed to male goid
theil roon onl» kickinr 1 goil I bchinds whilst
.nrroville addeel 2 goals 2 behineh agiinst the
wind The remainder of the gnuie »»is in fnour
of the home te un .he goilklckeis for \nrri
Mile were I Mich (I), W Mitchell (2) Miles (2)
mid Hales 1 ssendon, Herwig Jones and Moss
Prei«ton met I ootserli on the Priston Pirk ind
though not represintcd 1\ their strongest temi
V,CTF able lo score a »cr) easv win In the Hist
hilf iveston lol I)} I goals 7 bchinds to 1 goils
1 behind, nu I in the second lnlf due more to
ccuritc 1 iel ing li» the forwards the» added
goils -J 1 ehinds io 1 ootsera» si foil 2 bchinds
Preston pla}eel well together, showing much bet
let sistiin than lootscri}, and on present form
should 1 e much higher on the list III this
in itch the whole of tho team did well
A good friend!} gimo was pla» ed between îsorth
Melbourne ind Brighton In the first hilf Brigh
ton had by far the better of the game but eoull
not score their kicking being ver} lue] .he
scores at hilf time were -Brighton, 1 goil
hinds North I goal 2 liehinds After Hut
quarter m windi the» scored 1 goals 0 liehinds
to 1 bchinel b} Brighton gi» ing them a goo J lead
1-ich side prciailed durln«, the last quarter which
was »cr} e\onl» contested, Brighton scoring 1 goal
2 liehinds to Norths 1 goil 1 behind leaving
North winners bv 17 points North were great!)
assisted bl Merest (best on the ground) Murjih}
Condon Bollard Kenncall) T_onilli"- and McCir
th» Bnghton were best fen eel h» McDonald
(2) Jones Hehir McConiillc, and Peatles
Prahran anil Williamstown bul a »cry friendly
garni tut it w is not ven sticntiñe too much
scninbling owing to both sides being icn poor!}
Clifton Hill Methodists, 8 goals 10 behinds (67
points) beat Richmond District, 7 goals 10 behinds
Elsternwick, 8 goals 11 behinds (59 points), beat
Brunswick Juniors, 5 goals 7 behinds (37 points).
Hawthorn B, 12 goals 12 behinds (84 points), beat
Oakleigh, 4 goals 5 behinds (29 points).
foliurs 14 goals JJ behiuds (OS points) beat
Northern Dii-trict, 2 go ils -I bchinds (10 points)
The first round of the Dockerty Cup provided
some close contests, the best performance being
that of Sunshine, who drew with Burns the final
score being 1 goal each. Ruddiman drew first blood
for Bums in the opening half, but Cartwright
cquiHsel in the closing stapes
A large crowd witnessed Thlstlc'B overthrow b»
-ariaiillc who well deserved their win ami jill»eil
a etiong uphill game At half time Jliistlc were
leading b} 2 goals to nil Sand» and Ontliile
having netted for them In the scrond half .an
»llio hid the wind In their faiour and scorl;
thinu.li Hatch (2) and Grleica, won a fast gai
Spotswood an a difficult team to heit on their
own ground ind St Kilda coulel do no better than
make i goalless draw lifter a tery keen gamo
Ubcrt Park nero eipeclcd to win oa«tl) at Haw
thom but found the phvlng pitch all against
good football, and had to be content with a draw
of 1 goal each Co., for nawthorn, and Pair
weather for the Park were the scorers.
Birmingham wore a trifle lucky to defeat Preston
1 goils to J, us the teams WLro »er\ oicnly
.natelcil and a draw would baie been a fair re
suit (.olding Tn}lor, und rnrlowr scored for the
Bruins Hutton nettln-r for Preston
All the drawn matches are lo be replayed
.?aturda) next, and m.tri time will be plu»ed if
lhere will bo i meeting of the Association this
»ening at the Sports Club
Tile interstate matches with Ken South Wales
will bo played at the 1 Itrrov Cricket ground ...
.ugu«t 111, and at Hie St kilda Cricket (.round on
BRISBANE.-The Queensland Rugby Union de-
feated New South Wales on Saturday, at the Ex-
hibition grounds, by 13 points to 3.
BALLARAT- Sloppy grounds did not conduce
to good football on Saturday. At the City Oval
the percentage of goals was high eion for a
dr} elm most of theni being got at short range
The teams pla)ing there were South anil Jin
pi rial and the forniir establLslied II lead in the
lirst quarter, and ni lint lim d it throughout the
Ihnl being-Ballant Se nth, 11_ goals 0 1 elund,
(7. points) Billarit luipi rial, i goals 8 bchinels
(W | oints) Baker scored 4 f-oills for the winners
mil Wilson 3 for the losers The I mt kick of
IK dal g-ive Jmperlil i goa!, lonle liming a
ni rk just before the bell went At the I astern
0»al Uliberal led In the first quarter, but tluir
bad kicking forward lost them the game. The
scores were:-Golden Point, 9 goals 11 behinds
(65 points); Ballarat, 4 goals 16 behinds (40
points). Stephens scored four times for Point.
BACCHUS MARSH.-Hacrlms Marsh, 8 goals 1,1
bchinds, defeated Maddlnglry, 1 gonl II bchinds;
Melton, 8 cou!« l8 behind», defeated Parwan, :i
behind». Melton and Bacchus Marsh are equal
(or premiership point-, but tim former, liavlnp; the
better percentage, have won the minor premier-
BENDIGO, Stinday.-^reams representing the
East I.oildon Football Association played matches
with teams representing the Remilgo Saturday Koot
ball Association, nt the Upper Reserve, on natur,
ilny. Tiic results »vere:-Hast -.oddon (Tandara mid
Mologn clubs) bent Saturdny Association second
team by fi goals 3 bchinds lo 3 ROIIIB 7 bchinds.
Snturday Association first tenm beat Knst Ixiddon
(Mitiamo and Calivil clubs) by (I (ronls lu beliiuds
nnlöHT.-Wandiligong, 7 goals 1.1 behind» (85
polnts), beat llrlfiht, li goals 5 bchinds (17 pointu).
Tliei malch between Freeburgh and Porepunkah
was postponed ^on account of the ground being;
HIIOADFOItD.-In the Central Mernda Associa
lion, on the local ground, Wallan Wallan, 3 goals
r, behind» (23 points), heat llroadiord, 2 goals II bc-
HERWIG)».-Ilenvlrk, 0 goals 1 behind, beat
Olav Irai, 2 goals ._' behind». Goalkickcl..-For
Kerwick: Ksple (2), A. Sheriff, Lcrkie, Guest, and
Dixon. For Clayton: Kennel t,' Alva.
BUNYIP.-Bunyip ha» protested in the match
Iona »'. Ilimyip, for the Central Gippsland competi-
tion, nil the grounds that lona played a man out-
side the radius allowed. There was a good deal
of wagering on the match.
BEULAH.-In the Mallee Association compel!,
tion, llculali, I goals S behind» (.12 paint-), beut
Ilrlm. 3 Roa la 4 lichlnds (22 points),
CODltAM.-In the Goulburn Valley premiership
matches, Cobram, 12 goals 14 behinds, beat Ka-
tunga, 2 goals 7 bebinds.
FRANKSTON.-In the .Mornington Peninsular
Association semi-final, played on Frankston Oval,
Somerville bent Mornington by 0 goals.
GORDON.-Wallace, 3 goals f, bchinds. (23
points)i drew, with Gordon, 3 goals D bchinds (23
(IEi:iX)Xa.-Matches in connection with the dis-
trict premiership resulted:-East Geelong, f» goala
7 behind» (37 points), beat Geelong West, ii goals
3 behinds (33 points); Chilwell, 4 goals 12 be.
hinds (3(1 points), beat, Bnrwon, 3 goals 7 behinds
(26 pointu); Newtown, 14 goals 15 bchinds (00
points) beat South Hanron, 1 goal 1 behind (,7
IIOPKTOUN.-In the Mallee Association,' Hope-
toun, 0 goals 2 bchinds-(38 points), heat Rosc
berry, 3 goals 1-behind (10 points).
LILYDALE.-Tlie final match for the premiership
was played at Ulydnlc on Saturday, and was »von
by Lilydale, 2 goals 7 bchinds (lD'Poinls), defeat-
ing Healesville, 2 goals 3 behinds (15 points),,
PICOL \.-In the match between J'icola nnd
Moira; played at Barmah East, P. 'Hal1 (Picola)
had his nnklc injured through a full int» plough
furrow, wlilch marked the boundary,'»öd is now
nn'inmate of the private hospital in'i-ïuthali-,
where he* is progressing satisfactorily. - '-"..
ftUKENSCLlFF.-Queenscliff, 4 gonls 13 bchinds,
defeated Portarlington, 2 goals 0 bchinds. En«
glncers defeated Drysdale easily. ? ,
SPRINGVALE.-Dandenong. 8 goals 22 behinds,
bent Springvale, 2 goals 4 bchinds.
TRARALGON.-flic (Irrt semifinal of Hie Mor.
»veil and District Association »vas plnyod nt Traral
gon- on Saturday, between. Mirboo and Yinnar,
under very adverse, weather conditions. Rain /ell
practically during the »vholc of the match. The
game »vas »v itnessed by a large crowd Yinnar »von
by one point. The final scores »vere:-Yinnar, 2
goals 4 bchinds (10 points); Mirboo, 1 goal "
WOOMELANG,-In the Nortb-Wcstern Associa-
tion -Woomelang, 5 goals 10 behind», boat. Wntchcni,
4 goal» 3 behinds. Ill the Northern Association
Tempy. 1 goal 5 "behind», heat Speed, 0 behind»;
Lascelles, 10 goals 10 behinds, beat Turriff, 2 goals
0 bchinds,'after a very rough game; Myall, ii goals
11 behind», bent Lascelles, 3 goals 5 bchinds,
, WHITTLESF.A.-Whittlesea, 4 goals 7 behind» (SI
points), beat Arthur's Crock, 2 goals 3 bchinds (10
WARRNAMBOOL.-On Saturday afternoon fool,
ball team» representing,tho Victorian Association
nnd the WcBteni District Association met. The
game »»'as of a one-sided character, and resulted:
Victorian Association, 20 goals 10 bchinds; West-
ern District, 10 goals 3 behind». Woodhead, of
Prahran, had lils shoulder dislocated through com«
ing into collision with another player.
YARRAWONGA.-The first round of matches for
the Yarrawonga Association premiership wa» con-
cluded to-day. Benalla, 5 goals 7 behind» (37
points), beat Mulivala, 5 goals 3 behinds (33
potnls); St. .lames, 5 goals 12 bchinds (42 points),
beat Telford, 1 behind; Wilby, 3 goals I) behind»
(27 ivoinU), beat Tungamnli, 1 goal 7 behinds (13
polntb); Ynrrn»\-onga and Lake Rowan drew with
20 points each. Udialla (7 wins) lead» for the
premiership; St. Janies (0 »vins) is second.
SYDNEY.- The results of Saturdays sen
matches under Australian rule.» »vere:-Novvtov
(I goals 4 behinds (40 points), beat South Sydn
3 goal» 15 behind» (33 points); Sydney, 23 goals
Iii behind» (l63 point»), beat i:.ist Sydney, 4 goals
2 behind« (2(1 point.»); North Shore, 6 goal» 7 be-
liiuds (.15 points), beat Dalmain, 1 goal tí bchinds
PÜIITH.-In the final match of the Port Ade-
laide team's tour, an the Fiemantlc Oval mi
Saturday, the visitors defeated a combined West
em Australian temi by 11 goals 10 brhlnds to 0
ADELAIDE.-lu League football, North Adelaide,
11 goals 0 bchinds, heat West Torrens, (I goals 11
behinds; Norwood, 8 goal» 11 behind», beat Sturt,
7 gojl» 8 behind.». Tlie annual college mulch
between St. Peter's and Prince Alfred resulted in
win for (lie latter by 8 goals 10 behind», against