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, GEELONG v. MELBO GENE.
A WIN' FOB, MELBOURNE.*
Ib was a dull 'afternoon on Saturday,
but there was little wind and no - raio.
and tlie conditions were ', suitable for
football. Considering,the heavy rains .|
on Thursday, the GeeTong •; oral;"
which .Geelong aud -Melbourne - teams I
played their return match.-was' in-very I
'pi.-,. ■ --navi
games "for vtars pasc have provided line
and skilful exjjositions of football, and. a
large gathering assembled'on Saturday
in expectation of seeing a bright and
well-contested mutch. TlieV -were not
altogether disappointed, although there
was a good deal of patchy play and liesi
i tuney particularly on the Geelong side.
I Still the game was always fast-, and the
open play was clever and smart. - Gees
long showed splendid .form in the- first
<juarter.,but failed to sustain it in-the
secc-nd quarter, 111 which.' Melbourne
played magnificent- football. Their
superiority in this term was 'shown ;by
the fact'that they kicked 5 goals 3 be
hinds to Geelong's nil, and from being
13 points behind in the first quarter' led
by 1,T points at the adjournment, - Geev
long were uractieally out. of tli6 running
in" this quarter,, and it was surprising
after the dash and good play that they
exliibited in the first term. There" was
plenty/of aggressive football in the se
| eond lialf.but the umpire.. James; kept
the teams well in Iiand." ATetbry .went
to Melbourne bv 23 points. There is a
[chance of Melbourne getting into-the
final four, as ' they are .how billy
sejKirated from Essendon by two'points.
The Melbourne players arrived -by
special train , and wore ^accompanied by
a fair contingent of supporters. Their
team: was a fairly representative'; niiel
and. inaiuly consisted of young, clean
limbed athletes with plenty of weight
and strength ori the back line and ill the
ruck. Places were . found in .the" team
for Pell.' M'Kehzie, Hodgkins. - Sykcs
and Maxwell. The principal absentees
wure Harris. Mills. Strong and M'Bean.
H. Young did not take the field for Gee
long. and in his ab-euee E- Rankin led
the team, with "W. Eason as "vice-cap
tain. Palmer re-appearrd, and played a
splendid game following. Geelong wore
handicapped in the latter stages through
the inability of Rankin and; W. Eason to
give tbeir best service. Both were very
nmch rattled hv severe Jails- they re
ceived during the coursu of the game.
Taking the game " throughout, Mel
bourne. won en their merits. Tliey-play
ed with greater unison, and generally
j with better effect than*: Geelong: They
I have evidently been practising short
sprints to the ball, as they showed fin11
judgment in picking up the leather arid"
driving it on. There was a good under
standing between "the team. " and they
supported each other in' commendable
style. They know the advantage of get
ting to the, ball first, and gained appre
ciably by adopting this move on Saiur
| day. Staying powers must be cultivated
j in a team./but tlie spriiit—the sliarp
I dash which fells so much. In football—
must not- be- neglected. Geelong played
remarkably- well 111 the first quarter, j
Tbejr passing was a treat to witness, 1
and they gave a fine all-round, exhibi- j
tion of -the best- points of the game. J
! They had worked their members up to a
high pitch cf excitement, but- their
marked falling off iu the second teriii
had a decided cooling tendency in the
spirits .of patrons. Geeloiig pulled them
selves .together in the' latter half, but
Melbourne- really wen the game 111 the
second, quarter. Several easy ' chances
were missed by Geelonir. who were cer
tainly not favored bv the luck of flie
game. • The. standard of .plav was."below
that of previous games played by the
teams, but it was an interestin<i match
to watch. There was occasionally, some
tedious plav. but bright exchanges were
frequent—qu:ch dashes aiid clever, pass
ing. Melbourne's football was generally
cleaner' and lucre accurate, and they
were well served 011 their hack lines.
In'tlie first quarter. Geelong scored 3.3
to 0.3. but Melbourne completely out
played Geelong in the second term, in
which they scored 5.3 to'nil. The* play
was characterised bv greater evenness-ui
the third quarter. Melbourne scoring 1:3
to Geelong's 2.2. The last auarter- was
in favor.of Melbourne, who obtained S.5
j to Geelong's 1.4.
The best players for : Geelong were
1 Palmer. Grigg." Xqwling, Armstrong,
i Slater. Wilton. Battye, . A- Eason;
j Scown, Doull. Cameron.' Orchard and
James, Melbourne were best served .by
Coutie, Maxwell, Jones. -Beach, .Smith,
Monk._..Cc-well. Robertson. M'Kerizie,
Brereton, Fitzpatrick and Sykes.
The scores at the close of each period
were as tinder:— '
First quarter: Melbourne, 3 behinds;
Geelong. 3 goa's 3 behinds. - ,
Half/time: Melbourne. 5 goals 0 lie
binds: Geelong. 3 goals 3 behinds..
Third quarter: Melbourne.' '(> goals 9
belauds: Geelong. o goals 5 behinds. „
Final: ?»felbntirne, I) goals'14 behinds.
G3 points; Geelong. C goals 9 heliinds, 45
pohits.* . ... "
Goal-kickers for 33e"bourne, IBrereton
(3). Fitzpatrick (2). Fliiitoft.- ilaxwell,
Leach and Sykes; and for Geelong,. Or
chard.'Martini. 1Y. Eisimi Boull.1 Ran
kin and Newling. - -
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