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Football
Trials
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New Players'
Promise
MELBOURNE
Mcllwurnc ground tiiday.
Several hundred spee-
Hecrults areVlcntlful. but today's maleb will
(Uili.il tlie training list.
Botli teams plavcd fast, •'tematlc football,
mid manv pluvcrs slmued out well.
('iiiitpictKius plaverfl were: Wnme-Smlth,
O'Hiien, JurRvli-nn, 'Pie, Witllnan and Taylor.
During th>' second quarter Welkins was carricd
nIF Ilic Held tliiimfrh an Injury to his ankle.
Pure, handball and short passes were interesting
of Hie pis;
the
spectacular dashes, Tvn
ell the pidu
j and ltichardsoii bad each
secured two goals.
Tmvards the bell Jorgensen, who had been
showing up verv well, hurt his instep, and
was carried oil the held.
SOUTH MELBOURNE
Conditions were farorablc to good football
at South, uhcro s scratch matrii was pl&ved tu
try out the new blood.- Several old players
played. The toost notable were: Chas. I'annara,
CamIv, uho coached tlie Miuyip team last year;
Tandy. Johnson, Woodflehl, Nieholls P. Scanlaii,
McDonald, Laird, \V. Condon. Tasmania
wns represented In the try-out by nyder (from
Mohan), Burryman (Hobart), who has been
shaping particularly well, and Suilon (coarh,
tauuceiitoii last year), Hogan (Hirchip), Proudfoot,
I.ee, a big follower from Sou Lb Melbourne
District.
Those plavere who had plowed the spectator*
are Clarke *(6econd 18), Bolman, Port Melb.
Junlore; Wbeelalian, Fairrteld; Kordrg and A da in s.
from South Melbourne District., who bavc been
sliowlnp good form.
Johnson played welL Jacoluon, half for
ward, marked woll. Fryer in defence was
rool and resourceful. Tandy waa a fatt aiK
clever rover. Cazaly marked well, but
kicked indifferently.
Prominent in the Red and While colore were
Parmam hj the centre, and Bens man hall baek.
Proudfoot marked .ind kicked well. Reville
was good io tbe air.
Hawthorn played their practice match at the
Motordrome Ihls afternoon.
New plavers were Ixitban and Breedon (Surrey
Hills)." Kberuss and Beck (Broken Hill).
Quartern]an (Frankston), Francis ' (Hawthorn
Juniors), Stewart (Ararat). Beole (Box llill).
Bell (Oaklciglil, Murphy (Kyneton), Clunnlne
(Millgrove). Poole (West Australia).
Dan Mlnocnie, formerlv captain and coacb ol
llldimond. led the Yellows, and Jackson was
captain of the Beds. . . .
Lothan, a hack from Surrey Hills, hsd Ills
first game In League company, and showed
promise. Breedon, from the saine club, n back
in and follower, played well.
Corrv, Jrom Ilupanyup, is a young player
of hctty build. He played well back end
nick. Two interstate players, EbcrU5a "' and
Beck, wore played today, Eberuss is a halfthe
best player com-
back, and ]a6t year wo
petition at the Harrier, Bcck is also showing
good form ' '...„ —jd forward.
Stewart, a follower trom Ararat, la 0ft. Cin.
high, and weighsffl about 13 stone, and 6liows
creat ability, and thould be an acqui'-ition to
ihe hide. "
Millard, of Camberwell, la emort on t'»e
vutg. He
an<i fonvard fi
todav pleased the
a fon^rd, kicked
tf-r MlllBrmo. He has .)rme •ell
inp Hawthorn. Poole played la<
ESSENDON
prevented trom hs
nf the crc rl owlnir to a clabli
fixtuier. I •ndon pla'
(rame at he this sfien the
iwd.
tried
hanse v.as inatie
at hall-time.
Keen competition jsed by
and forward)
Ascot Vale
Uond. trom Morwell, slood out i"t hallhaek;
liis lorm suffgested tliat with more practice
he would make a useful addilioj Io liils
line. Ftab-kicklng and douecdness were Ins
outstandlna pointa.
A strong west wind was blowing down the
ground and marred kicking and marking.
Old plavere who displayed good form were
Trunk Maher, captain n! the ned and Blacks.
Donaldson, skipper of the other side, Hammond
(follower), Mav (centre). Hams (centre halfhack),
Campbell (wing), Mi-jiweeney (follower).
Adam (forward), Simmn (wing).
Kldd (half-forward), and Gosling, from tbe
F.ssendon Juniors, played well. ....
Parris, from tlie same team, did well taek
Dabuev, another junln from South Morang, showed
out at centre half-back.
Mathicson. a speedy newcomer from QueensrlllY,
did well when tile wind dropped lind
,1 brilliant dashes on the liall-back line.
Russell, a local back man, and Jackson, a
defender from Murrhison, shov.ed out
ST. KILDA
«t Kilda held their first practice match
n their 0»n ground for the season today. The
eds, captained br Sanneman, played the Red,
hile and Blacks, chiefly old players, who
ed by Cnhhlns. Promising new Player"
tihl (Dlmboola). Proudfoot, Hlgglns. Fidder.
. Slielton, Newman, Fisher, Palmer and
Gamlietta, May, Bince. Phillips and Canade
their first appearance for the season.
Four new men. RanWn. Fitrpatrlek, Carter
nd Wilson played in tlie Red. While, and Black
A stiff breeze towards the Fitzroy street foal
ided tlie Reds. Many ot them hung on to the
all too long, but. ot times, showed (rood -Tsematlc
play.
Other new men to show out v Kuhl and
lielton (rovers), ond Edwards, a 'ast. »""
lever wing man. who plays we 1 to Posit™;
mong Ihe old players. Mason did we in hi"
ew position at half-back; while Phillips and
Slielton were verv active on the forward line.
Gambetla and Matthew, showed glimpses. of
their old form on the back line, and the diminutive
pair. Scully and Bence. gave a cleier
d, S Mter half-time Matthews. M'Intosh. Plucke.
Miller and Clarke, all new men. took the field,
while S. " ' made his first appearance for
the
"nie ea c°ub has been very fortunate Jn . It'
seareli for big fololwere as Daveren. O Bnen.
Palmer and Proudloot all show promise both
when following and placed.
COBURG
Cobum plaved a scratch match against
Fltrroy 2nd 18 at tbe Coburg Oval. Char stor,
(Carlton). Smith (Launceston). Watson Trafalgar),
Russell (Port Melbourne), Walsh
(Port Falrr), Cox (Koroit), Momson (Mltcham),
Martyn. Millard (Cobutg Seconds),
Forty (Melbourne Second 16's) were the new
Brooks" 1 Gardner, Sexton, Kerley, Jenkins.
Owens, Ford, Mean were tho old players.
Martrn, on the half-forward line, was the most
conspicuous of ihe new plsyere, and was we"
supported bv Walsh. Eerier was at the top of
his form, and Mears showed promise around the
C °Mlilard showed plenty of pace and determWatton:
lion; III. liia "UUI'B strong dashes were • .- superb. The "«•""•
of Morrison -was first class, and under champion the guides
of C. Hardy, should prove
" "
Falcke showed proi
the back line,
Speakman roved well; Glostcr,
local
--
is a good maVk;
Ford played far betler
in the second half, and Datson played good,
sound football.
FITZROY
A practise game was played at Fitrmy between
Ihe Maroons and Uie Blues, captained by
Adams and CorTifsn respectively.
In the first quarter Shelton, from Colac,
prominent raring. His tricky play and _neat
passing earned him
showed Ills old form.
Merrick reappeared after a couple of years of
Inactivity. Lonorgan. in the ruck, was playing
a good game, and in passing rarely missed
" S Bt£t°Car»v. playing forward for the Maroons,
showed himself to be a determined and fast
player. Ho should be an asset to Fitzroy s forward
line. His brother, Fred, also played a
steady game. They hail from Cranboume.
Among the old playeis Adams was well up
to his old form, and M'Ciackcn was marking
splendidly. Truman, from Willlamstown. wss
kicking splendidly wttb both feet, and marking
well. „ ,
Xcw men to receive notice were:—Searle
(East Brunswick), 11111 (Northcote) and Farrell
from tlie police *-• tn. At half-time there was
very little difference between the two teams.
CARLTON
Great interest was shown in Carlton's practise
match at Prince's Oval today.
The seniors plsyed a solid practise Rime
against the second eighteen,
sent out in the
.
1 one.
Goonan. an old Carlton player, led the juniors.
Clements, a wingster irom the Klngsvllle
Juniors, and a son of the old South Melbourne
and Brunswick plsyer, showed out well in tbe
opening stages with neat and e'eaer play.
Vallsnce, a tall hali-forward from Bacchus
Marsh, and N00run. from Geelong Association.
conspicuous for good play on the forward
lines, Brown, the ex-South Melbourne player,
also showed fine form following.
Styles, the new recruit from Port Melbourne,
also impressed the committee by 111. tterllng
and determined play on tbe wing.
Blsckmore, Morrisscy, Irwin. Hunrner, Wati
and Brew allowed their old- fonn. •
Collins, a tall, lithe lsd, from the Training
College, showed promising form following, and
forward in the second quarter.
NORTHCOTE
Among the locals were several
plsyers. H. Smith, last year coach
played with his old team today,
me of hia dashing Play. Newman
good mark an da good kick,
u,u
on, the hack line and pleased the
critics. Lassey. a bsck frmu Colllnewood tlistract.
and Sullivan, a balMadt from the local
juniors, played well. Judkins. o centre man
from Greensborougli. and Anthony.
Uth (Tasmania), whose permit has. beep applied
for. is a burly
—'
form in the nidt.
During the aeoond half wbiuker anJ »usst
displayed some ot tlielr old lorut. Gougb, the
Association champion goal kicker, sliowed lhst
he hsd not lost any of his old dasli. and klcke,'
several goals nicely. Othera to sliotv up wen
Andrews, centre; Delandls, centre: MafforJ,
rover; Owena, a half-forward from the local
juniors, was conspicuous for bis marking and
Creed, Aldag, Lovelace and i.eltili seemed
t obe in want or a run. •
PORT MELBOURNE
Port Mcllxnime footballers held their first
practice match today, on tlieir own ground, m
the presence of liOO spectators, against a team
from tlie Port Melbourne Railways.
Port, played last season's teem today. Good
form was shown by Skclton (hell-forward),
Proud (forward). Murphy (half-back). Cromp-
Ion (wing), and the popular follower, Budd.
. Nbie junior men were tried out. In todays
match.- ...
Tliey Included Bolman (full back), who Is
likely to be played In the ftret eighteen on today,'a
performance. Others were Gomes, « full
forward! I«e (half-back). Widen and Forbes
(wing), Howley, a half-back; Shipley Jltalfforward).
Woods (back), and Farley (half.forward).
' _
RICHMOND .
Richmond played a ptactloe matdi ou the;
Punt mad oval tills afternoon. There
fairly large attendance.. „ The grpund waa "
good condition. Two teams, captained hy 1
Uorris •and. Bourke. were chosen'trom a. lance
training list.. i . . . .
. A strong northerly -wind blew Into the railway
goal.
_ „'Oonnack, took the .field;
Several of the new players. sb«lv*d , p»rtlen-,
larly good. form. Caulfield. from .tht.fGeeloiig
Association, an the back line, came through
with dash and always finUlifd cB with a goodj
kick.
'
Other luck l,ui
Slcl/?ar. Dromana; lj.,ne.
from Caulfield: and Under. » lull-back from
the Public Service team. In the centre, llool, y
l.llburlie. f.l llrightoii. and I'sher. from Alburv,
had an interestinc tussle. Carroll, lioin
Urighlon, played well on the wing. I e marked
and kicktd well on-1 sliowed a good turn ul
PRAHRAN
were included in a practice game «l Toorafc
Park tixlay. V. Jonc. and F. Harley oil..
tained Hie two sides. Prominent during U.e
first half were Heron, Seedsman, Haylioe, Mannard,
and Hill. As a full back Heron, from
.1. Kllda Juniors, •-— 1 — showed plenty uf da-*i.
He handled the ball neatlv, and fluently
baffled his opjioneut.
Seedsman, a centre Irom
pace and fine
iliard (Kdenhope), full backs,
long kicking billtles, "" played well back,
urn.
half-back froir " Rallw
team) kicked and rked well
Among nine le-w I
: give
in tlie second half wa
Ihe team'two seasoi
follower. Coomber'i forward work
lor a first trial.
GEELONG
In the second team one of Ihe most promising
was Jerram, of Qucensclilf, whose markings
and long drop-kicks pleased the critics.
U, Hlckey (of Lismore) was playing
solid
game. He should find Ills way lint ------
ranks during the season. Ramagc. «
Collegian, will prove himself a reliable ccniro
man and on his performances with Ureevea lie
showed out in sparkling play.
Llovd llsgger bad little opposition
fonvnrd line, and accounted for liall
goals In the first half. .
Lambert, a former Sout.i Australian,
with l.ci Leahy
League
matched
^ e ^ W ^ M M S ) !
^'""BRUNSWCK
« Brunswick, a practice match was plaved
who showed gooo_ionjt uilcllell (following and
(following).
hall-iorwavd). and Ew
COLLINGWOOD
ip^sr^-iM
Healesxille. was hardly a sucoos- nor was J .
JSSI ^F&sho^^Hu'; 1
scouted well. Bevcridge (second e liteen).
aga"n excelled himself »» ^ ' " t . U . ull
Tyson's teamJiadjood ^ - ^ c k "
-'Si -jRrfl&iAsf
Webb and G. Coventry.
PRESTON
The oval was in better condition than
Saturday for tlie Preston match. The high
wind made conditions unpleasant, and preventeU
any dlTplay of high marking. The recruits wer.
h"gger and heavier than those who took Pa" m
the last game. James (Broadford). who is 14,
t and cvery inch Jin athlete; Wallace, who reminds
one rf Laxton. tlie Collingimod anad Inter,
stotc plaver. were two who displayed something
like finished football. Howell (NorU'«>tc), ..id
pniinvbeare were big men who did well. BUrtees^
who played hall-back for Ihe club last
did well in tlie centre. Marking, kicked,
an well. Cooke (Fairfield) showed rare
dash at balf back. White (wing) showed by hii
play that his experience wlUi ttie club last yrar
has been useful. Hughes displayed inudi ability
in securing the ball forward, but his kicking .
too unreliable for that position. Gaff, a tall
forward, marked and kicked accurately.
Changes were made in the teams at halfup
Tlie big men appreciated the change.
.. the going was very hesvy. Lee (Bronswiek)
marked and kicked well as centre half-forward.
Anotlier big man, Ludlow; showed promising
ork centre forward. Summers roved in rugged .
and determined style.
FOOTSCR&Y
A practise match was played at Footscray
todsv. The ground was -in good condition.
HeCarthv led tlie Red and Whites, and Earnin
the Bed and Blacks. Old players who played
i the first half were Paddy O'Brien, who show.
1 some of Ills old form on the back line. Her-
,iiait llcltilvre, TJunan, Gardner.' Laldlaw,
Mdlenn*. Gliwold. McDonald, and Doolan. Boot
Inn marked and kicked in great style. ,
Tlie most' promising performer of the flay
..JS R. Hopkins, from the juniors, who pleased
the selectors by high - marking atld -accurate
ticking. , , ,
Other new men who showed promise wer*
Blgnall and Brownlee from Kumurkalt, llclutosh,
a follower from Pascoe Vale, Corn well, a
rover froip Korthcotc; Kiuger. (Geelong); and
Barton, a centre man from Hobart.
At half time Sharply, a half-forward fro*
the Air Force; Charlton (local Fire Brigade)*
Graham (Culcaint), Tasker (Juniors), McAlpin
(Longwarry), all new players,"were tried.
NORTH MELBOURNE
North Melbourne played a practice match tan
The teams picked represented the Bines. r.
the Red and White. >
Tlie Blues, led by J. Lewis. Included old
players tn Goonan. Wood. Rusa, Comet. Watson*
Giles,, Lewis, C, Nolan. , -
New players were Worrell (Emerald). Treerea
(Horsham), i. Walker (Laurels). IV. Lovett
(local juniors). J. Xolan (Leongstlia). Snell
(Carlton), ,Riley (Norwood. S.A.). WIlIo*
(West Melbourne United!. , ,
Hie Red and-White team, led by Johnson.
Included old plsyers In Trevaskls. lletoilfe.
Lineon. Lock. MeCaskcr, Land, Lindsay, Bntt,
Johnson. New players were Greenwood .(North-
«ite). Bay (Sunshine). Rowe (WamiainboolJ,
Price (Yatram). O'Sullivan, and WilUams
(local Juniors). Bingham (Ouycn). • Casle»
(South llendlgo). Deynion (late oapUIn ol
Sunshine). . . .. ,
New plsvers to show promise were J. Aolau,
a follower from Lcongatha. who marked finely;
as also did Crce«cs, a followc rtrom llorslmm.
J LoiTtt, and Willox .local' juniors), showed
fine pace, and Price, a forward from YarralB,
coolness and good-ground play. .
Blnghain. a follower from Ouvcn, and Cosb/
(Soutb Bendigo), showed: proiulse.
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