FOOTBALL. - SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. SOUTH MELBOURNE AND FOOTSCRAY BEATEN. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 21 Jul 1913 (original) (raw)

Mon 21 Jul 1913 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
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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