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FOOTBALL ROTES.
Bv MARKWELL.
FAST, DETERMINED FOOTBALL.
League teams began their return
matches for the season last Saturday in
Weather which, although on the chilly side,
was fairly calm. Unevenly distributed
lain had fallen the night before, and while
in some instances, notably at East Mel
bourne, the turf proved both heavy and
greasy, in others no fault could be found
with the ground conditions. At Colling
wood there had been just sufficient rain to
make matters comfortable for contestants,
while the wind gave only a moderate advan
tage to the side attacking the river. goaU
Fjilly 15,000 onlookers, more than half of
whom made a -dense pack in stands and re- j
serve, were present to witness the fixture
between the locals and Carlton. Lang and
Bacquie resumed for the visitors, and Morris
(from Sorthcote) took the held instead of
Rowell for Collingwood. Early in the en
gagement, Carlton, favoured by the breeze,
were the more aggressive, but their first
few attacks were repulsed in good style by
Ryan of the home team, and the battle was
fast and intensely keen. Both sides put
their hearts and their full weight into their
work, but neither displayed the slightest
disposition towards reprehensible rough
ness. And not in the opening stages only,
but throughout the afternoon, this descrip
tion of hard, solid, manly football was sus
tained, to the delight of everyone present.
There was, however, a decided difference
beween the teams, for Carlton, no matter
how fast the. plav became, were able to
maintain a general coolness and system, and
made very few mistakes; whereas the borne
company blundered frequently, especially
before nalf-time, through injudicious at
tempts to run with the ball, and a general
lack of concert. In the first quarter the
Woodsmen bad much more of the play than
was indicated on the score-board- but tbey
very often over-reached themselves, and
came to grief, whilst Carlton invariably
worked with an object, and, as a rule,
achieved what they attempted. There came
a time, late in the third quarter, when Col
lingwood succeeded in introducing system
into their doings; add, while it lasted, tbey
equalled their adversaries in effective foot
ball. Their passing out to their men during
this somewhat brief jjeriod recalled their
brilliant system of a few years back,- and
raised the hopes of their supporters. Then*
the relapse came; and, although their
earnestness did not slacken for an instant,
they were no longer a menace to the se
curity of their well-organised antagonists.
A lead of 10 points was- established by
Carlton in the first quarter, owing largely
to ColJingwood'a mistakes; and immediately
after changing ends a further goal came to
the dark blues, through" bad judgment on
the part of Daykin, of the home team.
Splendid defence by Scsdden often saved
Collfngwbod after this and. once they forced
the attack eon early home that, in self-de
- fence, Marenbanb, of Carlton, had to knock
the ball over hisowngoal-lme. Many chances
- bid been wasted by Collingwood through;
poor kicking, and it was lat£ in the second
"quarter before Lee, cleverly helped by fax
. xer.' gained their first goal. This .was
^nsweaed by Caribou's fourth, from Qar
'wuer,- from whpse Mek the bail cleared the
the goal-keeper, who . had * rushed
^ ^intercept it, and rolledbetween the
Lang,
^w*y, i«atf utable "to take his plaie aetwer
% dffe, howeyer, broujjfefc
leyJ,frmn a bad agg$k
IVsCebnd. The suh£
. i much easier chance it
lie usually reliable Lee was,
JterJ These blunders "were
pteOm was playlngkat iSts
' Dents. All through the
>a between the-p
r was decidedly in
ton's favour. After the last change of ends,
a magnificent long kick, one of many for the
day by Marchbauk, was marked by Lang, i
who brought on Carlton's sixth and final
goal, and, thence to the end^ the battle was
strenuous and interesting, with Collingwood
gallantly striving to reduce their deficit, but
failing in their efforts tlu'ough the stubborn-,
ness of Carlton's defence. At the finish the j
dark blues held a margin of 29 points, which
was considerably larger than it should have
been on the merits of the general play,
though, as I have shown, the winners had,
maintained a sound system from first to
last, and h^d never looked like losing. |
Carlton's back lines were, as usual, exceed-1
inglv powerful; and Gotz and Ford shared
highest honours in this department. M'tire
gor was almost constantly in evidence about
the centre, where the cool and clever Bruce
gave very valuable help. Marchbank's
towering marks were equalled but not ex
celled by his magnificent kicking, and liis
usefulness was undeniable whether he was
placed or in the ruck. Bacquie, roving and,
forward, plaved artistic and telling football;
Elliott and Wells both shone as followers;
and Lang (.though limping badly) and Gar-,
diner were most praiseworthy members in
front of their opponents' goal. Mistakes
were made in the opening quarter by
M'Halc, the home team's centre-man; but
during every subsequent term he played
like a champion, and was unquestionably
the best man on the side. Rvan followed
in fine form, and his marking, in the ruck
and placed, was a feature in the game.
Great dash and excellent general skill were
displayed by Vernon, roving; and he was
as determined as he was dashing. Another
brilliant 'Woodsman was Shorten, whose
rushes through from half-back were parti
cularly telling items. He, however, now
and agaiu showed a lack of discretion in
trying too long a run, and lost his kick.
Baxter was not far behind Vernon in his
bouts as rover: Gibb put in fast work on
the wing: and Scadden and O'Donoghue
were a pair of reliable defenders. Very few
mistakes were observable in the umpiring
of Clarke, who was quick in detecting and
' penalising law-breakers, and who seldom
interfered without warrant or to the detri
ment of the fast, fair game.
ST. HILDA'S BOLD ATTEMPT.
On the soft and slippery turf at East Mel
bourne, where the previous night's rain
had done most damage. St. Hilda, despite
managerial troubles, made a determined ef
fort to haul down the colours of University.
The poor, long-suffering Saints arc surely
to be pitied. Tbeir lot in the field for
several seasons has been far from a happy
one, and their non-suceess has been in great
measure attributable to weakness—one
might say fickleness—in the policy of their
managers. It has been nothing but change
with them, change after change in the per
sonnel of tbeir team, and ev en more sweep
ing and drastic change in committees and
in methods 'of conducting the club's affairs.
The latest vagary has savoured of childish
ness, and cannot but tend to spoil the team's
cltances of winning games for the vear.
Thoughtless and irresponsible barrackers,
holding members' tickets, have seen lit to
demand that the composition of the selec
tion committee should be revised; and, in
response to the clamours a clean sports
man, an experienced footballer, a good judge
of a player, and man who has. for many
years, had the interests of the club at heart,
J lias been so shabbily treated, that no
(Course was left him but to band
[in his resignation. All who have
i met Mr. .Toe llogan, on or off the field, will
agree with me in asserting that his per
sonality and qualifications are such as
should render him invaluable in the coun-|
oil of any club. If there is one matt'
amongst the Saints whose advice in con
nection with the picking ahd_j>lacing of a
■player is worth asking. Mr. Hogan is the!
.man; and why he should be so heckled that'
he could not with dignity retain office
of any kind in the club surpasses under
standing. .It was stated atiast week's match
that an effort was being made To induce
him to withdraw his resignation, but, from
all that' could be gathered from prominent
St. Kildaitee, the chances of his going back
were by no means promising.
University; were weakened by the absence
of Hartkopf, Matthews, and M'Leod; but
they had.Richards and Doig back again;
and they- were trying Morrissev, a very
promising -lad from Bt-. Xavier's College.
For the visitors. Thomas resumed, and, with
Williams and Rowe, replaced Irwin, Roach,
and Plowman. A slight breeze rather fa
voured St. Hilda, who faced down hill in
the opening quarter; and who had generally
the better of the term. Play began rather
limply, but when the students had, with
superior pace and surer handling, put up
firet a behind, and next a goal against the
wind, their visitors were roused to action.
Morrissey. who was captaining the side,
snapped St. Hilda's first goal, and then
again the finer football was temporarily
shown by University, whose dashing, bril
liant onslaughts were not too well re
warded with the brace of behinds they pro
duced. After this to the end of the term
St. Hilda, with forceful play and a strong
ruck, did the bulk of the scoring. A very
clever snap by Thomas gave them their
second goal, and Eicke, Parkinson. Outen,
and Woodcock contributed behinds. The
breeze, probably, was of*more importance
than it seemed for, in the second quarter
with its help. University were a long way
the better side, and put on 4 goals and as
many behinds to .St.'-Hilda's single behind,
gained almost 011 the bell. University's lead
amounted to 20 points at the interval, but
their trouble was by no means over. Bt,
Hilda's say in the third quarter was a great
improvement on their doings in the earlier
stages. They went very spiritedly into the
game, and a welj-snstaihed and particularly
brisk period was presented to onlookers. On
either side men played fot all they were
worth; and the forceful doings brought
mapy- to earth ou the. greasy- turf. It was
a tougb, good-tempered, ana skilful battle;
anfl very tew instances of deliberate rough
ness were poted, Oneea Saint nut out a
febt in unmanly fashion, failed to trip
his opponent. Another time it was a Uni
versity man's elbow, that w;as raised unduly
high in stopping an antagonist. These were
the only cases 1 saw to frhicb 'exception
could be taken; but there! wag 'a particu
larly warm five .minutes about- the middle
of the third term, in which there seemed
imminent danger of something happening.
After half-time, Ratz, who had; injured
bisbach,'was unable to rove or to'do any
thinf approaching his usual good work in
front,of goal, and, in the strong second half,
throughout which St. Hilda shapedquitfe aB
well-as tbeir antagonists, the handicap wag
e heavy one, Saints were but 7 points to
the had at the last change of - ehds, ana!
th?y scored ,!—1 to the Students' 1-^3 in the,
ffesperately-played final'term. ' They, there-,
fore, lost the match hy 9 points. Near the'
| ample—that was rapidly followed by others
of the crowd,until something near a hundred
| onlookers were crowded together within
' the playing space. There was no attempt on
I the part of any of the intruders to at
! tack players, but the game had to be
stopped until the police had cleared the
Igrouud. At the conclusion.of the game St.
| Kilda partisans tried hard to induce the
! police to take action against the University
| player in collision with whom Thomas had
come down, but the constables near the
occurrence were convinced that what they
saw was a simple accident. Elder, who
umpired the game with his usual care and
ability, was satisfied that the incident was
■ a trivial one, and did not warrant his re
porting it, One thing that should be said
I concerning the encroaching of spectators on
; the playing area is that it was the duty of
| the police to see that it did not occur.
Quite a number of them were engaged for
the day, and they would have been justi
fied in arresting the first onlooker who
jumped the pickets, and as manv more as
they could lay hauds upon. They were
there for the maintaining of proper order,
' and they signally failed in their duty. j
I Scarce a man in either team did less
■ than very well during the encounter; and
| the sides were admirably matched in most
i departments. Cordner, Richards, Elliott,
j and Wilson were brilliant defenders for the
I winners, and others of the team wbo com
iraanded high praise were Hinman and
Hurrey, on the centre-line: Kneen and
j Doig. forward: and Brake, Tvmms, Ratz
I {until hurt), West, Kerr, and Greenham,
J both placed and about the ruclc. Lever,
^aut. and Williams defended in fine style
j for f?t. Kilda, who were, likewise, excel
* lently served^ by Dangerlield, everywhere
j the pick of the company; by Pierce and
j Scott, on the centre-line: by Thomas and
! Eicke.forward and roving, by Woodcock and
j Morrissy following.'by Monar and Outen
placed and on the ball, and by Edgar on the
| hack-line. Except in the reserve the at.
. tendance was unusually small. It would,
i I think, have been much larger if the ma
jority of football-lovers had anticipated
I that St. Hilda would put' up so meritorious
!a battle.
WON* AND HELD BY STRATEGY.
] At Richmond 12,000 spectators watched
: a really first-class game, and an extreiuelv
! exciting finish between tne locals and South
j Melbourne. As on the neighbouring Joli
■ uiont ground, there was a greasiness about
it he turf that rather hampered players, and
; the wind^ was a mildly helpful agent. South
' played Sloss from the Brighton team.
I They had once again the aid of Laid well,
•■whose disqualification had expired, and
'Mortimer resumed, after a week's absence.
: Jliskins, Barry, and Biehl were standing
I down. Mahoney was well again, and in
j harness for the home team, in which Ellin
j from-St. Kilda, and Oliver from Castle
i maine, a brother of the Collingwood player,
j were, for the first time, included. Scott,
i Luff, and Woodhead were out from the
previous week. During the earlier half
Richmond had much the better of the deal,
j Their first and second rucks were too good
| for South's, and their centre section plaved;
j a long wav better than the men opposed to
them. They, therefore, led on merit by
I three goals at half-time. After the inter
| val, Bower took on Schmidt, the local j
! centre-man. who had given Grimshaw a'
very bad time in t lie early stages, and the
change proved a double gain to South Mel- j
bourne, for Bower succeeded in keeping j
Schmidt fairly quiet,whilstGrimskaw was at
home in the garrison, where, for the rest of,
the day, he quite outshone his fellows.!
South imparted more vim and force j
to their movements when the third quarter;
opened, and they picked up more^ cleanly j
and marked and kicked ' with infinitely ]
better effect tlu»u in the previous quarters.!
They had the hill and the wind to contend j
against, but they rose to the occasion, and,
brilliantly rattled up 4—3 to Richmond's]
2—1 for the round. This brought them to I
within four points of their opponents at tliei
final change of ends. I
The beginning of the last quarter, how
ever, saw Richmond again going strongly
and assuming the mastery of affairs. It
seemed as if South Melbourne's mighty ef
forts in the third quarter had spent their
energies, and now the cry was "Richmond,"
who looked like romping home. But South
had not quite "done their dash." Richmond
gained, it is true, a goal and a behind early
in the quarter, and were flattering them
selves with the notion they were now out
of danger. Tbey forgot that they had to
deal with a team of experienced battlers,
the hulk of whom had served apprentice
ships in final matches: and tbey were un
prepared for the Southerners' next move.
It was simple strategy, too, when it was
sprung on the Rielimondites, but it effected
its purpose. South's captain, when he re
cognised the crucial time had come, clapped j
additional men into the ruck,-and increased]
his power in attack. The result was sure
and almost instantaneous. The massing of
men on the ball at once closed in the play; I
and, once the fight was carried to Rich-]
mond's end, it remained there, until ]
Morfhner'6 fine kick, practically bis only
good one for the day, landed the goal that
gave his side the lead just five minutea. be
fore the call of time. South's great feat bad
roused to keen excitement alid high
enthusiasm the bulk of the outside crowd,
who. during the first- half had sung very
small Indeed. Their vocalisation was now
I going in full force, and at Mortimer's goal
Itlieir delightful yells were deafening. Hav
ing got there, the Southerners could well
be trusted to keep there for the last five
minutes, during which, though Richmond
swooped down again and again with despe
rate valour, their attempts were . alwavs
foiled cither in the st ill densely packed ruck
or by the cool efficiency of South Mel
bourne's defenders. A win by four points
j is worthy of all praiBe, when it is accom
panied, as Ibis was, by a team apparently
broken and outlasted. It was grit that
pulled the Southerners through, and they
well deserved their triumph. All'the same,
it was cruel luck for Richmond to he bested
on strategy, after they had in manly, oiien
warfare established their superiority. Pos
sibly the experience will benefit them more
than a victory would have done. Thev will j
know the dodge next time, and he prepared!
either to use it themselves or to counter-1
act its adoption' bt an opposing'Company.'
Of the match itself there remains to be!
said that, although it was as hard fought
and solid as any played during the after
noon, it was entirely free fronvpettv mean
nesses, and veiy generally devoid of even
momentary ill-temper..
South Melbourne nfajred a remarkahly
eren side! Their."backs, as usual, were very
•powerful. Seobie and 'Thomas were im
mease all day, an<L «g lias been SaidjOriro
jfihaw took the lend when relieved ofim
aepystoiped dnty m the • ^tr^" v prfpee
ipipved'v h)ihseif . the "finest ' porker on
the centre - line; • Deas, half'- forward,
ranked little below the best malison Lhe
—------ —fried]
match. It was he who did most towards
rendering the side supreme, in the earlier
. half, and his exhibition in the second half
was onlyOoibptn'atively less effective. He
;had a very clever, intelligent, .and success
ful flaiikinan in Bowden, who wasjardy in
'difficulties with his man. Thorpe came
! through from the back ranks, with very teli
,' ing dashes, and hardly ejfer lo8t rhii kiffk;
Ellis played a. smartgame back; Heaney,
half-back antl-half-forwardjfn alternate
! terms, was one oftbe busiest of members j
, up to half-time; but was seldom sighted'af
, ter; Oliver made a most successful entry
into league football* Macuire, though a trifle
hot-headed, helped skilfully forward and
| roving; Mahoney, roving and everywhere. I
was always in commendable evidence; and
Bourke and Ohlsen were the best pair of fol-J
lowers in the match. I fancied Richmond
made a great mistake in keeping Bourke out
1 of the ruck in the third quarter. He had {
;done them immense settled there in the J
'first. Noseda made n strict enough umpire
for half the game; but rather allowed things
ito right themselves when the play became
really strenuous.' •
ESSENDON WEAK F1TZBOY DOfftV.
After" many years" sustaining a reputation
, for finishing well, the'Fitzroy men have, this
season, forfeited their claim as stayers. Pro-1
; bablv the explanation is that they have been j
| most unfortunate in losing.tbe help of men
| like Sharp and Walker, who in past
years have done enormous service in their i
! respective departments, and whom the ex-1
ecutive have found it impossible to replace. I
' Even without these two fine ujayers, the j
side is a strong and very capable one; but j
: they have heen, in most games this year, in
! /mnaMn t/l f)tO firttfill PlftVmtf
capable of staving to the finish. Playing
against Esfcendon "last 8aturd&y, they gave
their illustrious visitors a pretty severe
[shake. They actually led them up to the
end of the third quarter; but they liad not
: go enough left in them afterwards to with- j
stand the brilliant and forceful concluding i
' efforts of their visitors. The result was that
] Essendorv beat them in the end with eom
'parative comfort. The winners were fairly
[extended before ami after the interval;* but j
it was only in the final term they were seen
| to be going right at their top. Their Jead
[ing stars for the day were Griffith, Bowe, |
Smith, Belcher, Martin. Cameron. Prout. j
O'Shea, the Armstrongs (4 goals each), and j
'P. Shea. Fitzroy were excellently served by,
• Lambert, Johnson. Coopc-r, M'Lennan.!
Newbound. Drew. Briggs. Parralt, Dick, j
Milne, and Rahiily. Smith umpired ad- ;
jmirablr.' j
GELONG'S FINE FINISH. j
| Like Fitzroy, Mellxmrne are this year,
wanting in power at the finish of a game, j
I They shaped rather better than Geelong in |
[the opening stages of last week's engage-!
inent, and tliey ought to have had a big say ,
| in the last term. Thov had. however, run'
1 themselves out before the trying period was
[reached, and thev shared a like fate to that |
! experienced by the maroons against Essen- [
| don. There was not the same excuse for:
i Melbourne's failure as for Fitzroy s. for the !
I former were represented by the strongest ;
eighteen they had sent out for the year, and
i it was their own lack of at tent ion to training
that led to their undoing. The same want
lias been observable in most of their pre
vious games. They have l>een frankly in
formed of their weakness, and they have ap
parently been too indifferent to the in
terests of their dub to try to rectify it.
Whilst they were able to keep going, they
were a match for Geelong in system, in
cleverness, and even in marking. They had
discarded all their early individualism, and
played admirably together; but they caved
in when the battle called for strenuous ef
fort at the finish. Geelong. have been play
ing tip-top footbalTm the final quarters
lately, and it may lie said of them that
they* are never too ready to acknowledge
defeat. They have all the confidence and
grit requisite for premiership winners, and
must, it they get into the lucky four, have a
first-rate show* for the season's highest
honours. Their finest players last week were
Marsham. Martin, Ileinz, Martini, Grigg.
Palmer, the Easdne, Slater, Armstrong, and
Dalton. Their opponents received very able
assistance from Robertson, Coutie, Fair
bairn. Hendrie, Pearce, Harris, Breretou,
Fitzpatrick, Allen, and Tomkins.
V.F.A. LEADERS TIE.
i North Melbourne and Essendon drew an
attendance of fully 10,000 from all centres
and directions, and furnished their patrons
[with, certainly, the greatest association en
gagement game that has been brought off
i since league clubs cut themselves adrift from
the parent body. It was c-arricd on at a pace
equal to that of an ordinaiy league match;
it was played with consuming earnestness
and admirable skill; there was force enough
in it to satisfy the most virile of onlookers,
and it was as evenly, as cleanly, and a6
manfully contested as could be. More
over, it*was exceedingly well umpired by
Ilume, who, from first to last, was ilie per
sonification of unbending strictness and im
partiality. Essendon took in Morrison from
Fitzroy, in place of M'Cann of their usual
team 'but gained nothing by the change.
I The Northerners liad made no alteration
in the side that had earned an unbeaten
! record in all previous matches for the year.
The opening term was very skilfully and
keenly contested, each team crossing the
other's goal-line three times in the bout, and
Essendon,,with slightly superior marksman
ship, putting up two goals to their antago
nist's one. First goal came |ro the home
team from a fine mark and a neat kick by
Chapman; and it was replied to by Elliott
with a beautifully-indged shot qcainst the
wind, and from a difficult angle. Then from
the bounce, Pain passed out to Gibsoh, who
dashed away for goal. and. with a fine run
ning Shot, landed the ball fairly between the
poets. This was a specially brilliant inci
dent, and only the two players named bad
a hand in effecting it. Ten minutes of the
second term passed without the gaining of
a point on either hand, and the football was
of the most engrossing character., North
had succeded in hemming tto residents in,
but were themselves shut, out from strik
ing distance, when a gloppus hnrat
of accurate passing from MTnfyre to.Hbare,
to Lewis, to M'Namara, to itfunhridge.,
transferred the attack to North's end, and
the last-named Essendon artist had ' it
through in a twinkling for bis side's third
goal. This was the only notch made by the
residents during the quarter; but itwas suf
ficient, for the visitors managed no more
than four singlqe for the same period;
The tallies were 3-^-1 to J—-*6 in Essen-,
don's favour at half-time, arid there was rio!
abatement in pace, force, or earr^ldheSs
when the third quarter began. Hatw> the*
North Melbourne rpvgr, nearly, every .time
first to the balk led amaMaefcthat was re
pulsed by Madden, M lntyre, and com->
pany, .and, in an :^.tally,
Hambridge snapped EsgendonV fourth
but, wedged in the- era«W;-#atsed acr
curately to .'Came, iwbo
tors' second, to be fpJhWSn '^t«nhtiito)Pe
-rtble delay fey -
to either tally. Only tjrp points separated
.them when the'ceiKwSattg round opened
[amidst as much excitement as if the lute oi
' bah' — ^un^^omthe
ten nKW^^^^^^^nutes pasted Defore
Londerigan, wjfojipOgter, made the stores
dead JereiiT ^Blfcftrewd were now beside
thenmely^.^||«bp!a]udety and enthusiasm.
No one oAeitoerhand spared^biratelf or
his Opponent; but there was hot;am.htora
of dirt. ~A freekick to Hoare [brought Es
sendon a pointafter a further fiyemuVutes;
and. about the same space, ilftterij^iinks
[notched a counter point for Ndttbj Whose
[stocks gave a huge bound upwards when,
i later on, Williamson found the jopening, and
E1 ut his side full six points ihr the lead.
awson increaeed~thte surplus'with another
goal; but Essendon, though ^"palpably
tiring, came at it again, and Primrose and
Chapman played Onto Morrison, who took
a fine mark, and registered', a goal that
brought bis bum ag&m^vitain measurable
[ distance of the wnnmg*|»8tjVj&. behind each
followed. aadyNorab^wgPe"aiirpoin ts to the
good, with rety few minutes, to go, when
I the finest kickof'tim match/from a great
I distance out, and near the Mlj^^^jcaine
i from the lo^l captain, M'Namartuanawith
it f'ssendon isained the e^ualMOT^pdl lthat
| was practically'Mtbe final actdn^tBfe'&attii
ficent dramsu.Asecond or twd latOr the
whether its tinkle was not hailed with as
I much satisfaction* _by onlookers us by
! players, for the strain on both had been in
tense for the concluding-ten minutes, Hb
fitter result than. the,.recorded tie could
have been wished For. Neither team had de
served to win or to lose the game. Every
participator rose to the emergency, but the
men whose names must be specially
chronicled in connection with it, are for
North Melbourne, Hardy, lAver, fipeukmah,
Gibney, Barker, HopkhiB, Jinks, Hammond,
Johnson. Shea, M'Cann, and Williamson;
and for Essendon, .Gough, Maine, Atkiqs,
Madden, M'lntyre. Anderson, Busbridge,
Primrose, Pain. Chapman, Gibson, Ham
bridge, and M'Nataara. 1
OTHER ASSOCIATION CAMEg.
- Footscray proved much too systematic all
through for Port Melbourne, who- were
beaten most handsomely in., the ruck, but
who stuck to their task manfully and with
superior m&rkmanebip, and were able' to
finish rather respectably. Knight, Ogilvie.
Lamprell, Battye, Hanson, Borthwiek, and
M'Oarthy stood out boldly for the winners;
and Brown, Oleland, Newlinc (from Gee
long), Sheehan, Anderson, Pasn,nnd Samp
son wofe thte pick OT the 'Portfitaen. ;
After the firat quarter, in which Brigh
ion had the wind and anqxc^Jent say; the
gause at Brans with went altogether in fa
vour of the locals, who were too well
handled, and played with too good a system
to vouchsafe their visitors a hope. Chase,
for the victors, totted up half-a-dozen goals,
and played sterling football in other ways
as well. He was meritoriously supported
by M'Kenzie,- Stancliffe, Johnson, Price,
Carrie, Leeds, and Braid; whilst the choice
half-dozen Brighton .performers were Plais
ted. Kushert, Kennedy, Laxton, Bridgford,
and Richardson^. j
Williamstown; fchd no difficulty in" drub
bing Northcote, who were fn the rear at
every stage, and hopelessly distanced at the
finish. Gibbs, Litchfimd ffour goals), Mat
lliews. Amy, Alley, Davies (hackfrom Es
sendon), Kerr,-and Joy did great execution
for the conquerors, and Bartlett, Home
wood, Minto, Ha ugh toil, and Beck shaped
well for Northcote.
Poor, unlucky Preston fell under the
whip of Prahran, who ungenerously sub
jected them to a merciless flagellating. It
n as not football, but slaughter, and the in
nocents were onee again immolated. Dowd
ing (6), Syfces ffi), fanner <4), and Norman
and Dowsing (2 each), were the leading
operators with the Prahran whip.
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