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By The Globe
Football
Staff
With the League final four settled, the interest in today's games
was in the final ptacings of the teams. Melbourne were assured
of first place, and it was a question of which of the
other three would be second, and thus have a double chance
for the final honors. Richmond held the position, but to
retain it they had .to" defeat South Melbourne; otherwise it
would go to the winners of the Essendon-Geelonu game. Thus
Richmond, .Geelong and Essendon were all keyed-up for great
efforts, and they turned on some fine football.
HERE is not much between Rich-
-*• mond and South Melbourne in
the number of games lost and won.
rior to today Richmond had 30 wins
and South 32, and one game was a
tie The Tigers have made up a lot
f leeway on South in the last few
years. Today's was the 64th game Between
them.
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CT. KILDA were without their giant
10
follower, Fountain.
He
luus
the
"Pucka" throat.
Maskell was also
a
last-minute change.
His leg is not
responding to treatment.
They were
replaced
by
Hartrldge
and
Fitzsimmons.
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WHEN Ken Walker joined St. Kilda
from Preston Uiree years ago, he
was very raw. He was slow, and was
not sure of his marking. . He took
some time to settle down, but now is
one of the best big men playing the
game.
St. Kilda could do with a few
more of his calibre.
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TTHE newly-elected Mayor of Brlghton,
Cr. Don Granter, who Is President
of Brighton Football Club, was
Introduced to his team today in
a
new role.
He told the team
they
could
beat
Northcote
and
then
Prahran, and urged them all to attend
next Saturday for official photographing.
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JJARRISON
and
Kemp,
suffering
from influenza, were unable
to
pear with North Melbourne.
Dyer,
o has an injured ankle, and has
not trained some some weeks, and
McFarlane were pressed into service. A
re-shuffllng of the attacking divisions
DRESSED into the side at the last
minute because of Crisp's absence,
Mann's effort in raising fourth goal
for Carlton was one of the most spectacular
seen at Carlton this season.
Marking high above the pack, he finished
off his work with a beautiful
long high punt. Carlton's fifth goal was
also the result of Mann's heady football.
AGE in football servioe has not dlmmed
the cleverness and versatility
of Jack Carney and Jim Francis, judging
by their form in the early stages
Q
of the game at Carlton today. Before
linking up with the Blues Carney appeared
in 78 matches for Geelong. and
has played 73 for Carlton. Francis has
played 120 matches in 12 seasons. Including
60 at Hawthorn.
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yjfELL matched in weight, height and
pace, Evans and Crane had some
great duels at South Melbourne, with
the honors easy between them. Indeed,
the game throughout savored more of
man-to-man tussles than of co-operation.
ALTHOUGH Hickey had the
call over Hale roving,
Footscray appeared to have
sacrificed strength at the pivot
by switching Collins there In
place of Hickey. Collins repeatedly
made errors In
manoeuvring for the ball.
O
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highlights of play on the wing, spec,
tators at Carlton were given plenty
of entertainment In the second quarter.
Olllver, at centre half-back for F '
scray, saved repeatedly. Green, at
other end for Carlton, scouted cleverly.
He ^ * *
WORTH MELBOURNE'S experiment
ot using two rovers to counter
Melbourne's ruck superiority proved
disastrous. With Emselle, Melbourne's
spare defender, roving around the
centre and supporting La Fontaine,
North's score for the second quarter,
when the experiment was in progress,
gelded only three points to the
emons' * 5.6. » * *
WILLIAMSTOWN'S form was very
" mediocre against Oakleigh. Usually
reliable players made mistakes,
and fumbling was general. It may have
been the weak opposition which encouraged
these errors, but today's form
was a poor rehearsal for the final
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ALLAN WHITE, North cote's brilliant
A
full forward, marked his return
from his honeymoon by playing a fine
game against Brighton.
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THE game at South Melbourne was
1
remarkable for the number of opportunities
made by really clever play
an dthen lost by sheer carelessness.
Indeed, missing the bounce, mishandling
and mlsmarking were rife
throughout
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TJAWTHORN appear to have found
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the forward they have been seeking
in Jim Bohan, who got seven of
their first 12 goals today. He is deceptive
in appearance and movement,
anticipates well, marks splendidly, and
kicks accurately.
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PABLTON'S re-union of old players,
^ held during the interval and long
afterwards, was a great success, judging
by the enthusiasm shown at the
gathering, over which President Ken
Luke presided. Seventy-five old stalwarts
played dozens of games over
again, as incident of long ago refreshed
their memories. Jack Baker
who played with Carlton in 1876, was
the oldest, with Jaok Melville (1877).
and A. Fitzgerald (1882), next In Une.
Other familiar names were "Dookie"
McKenzie, V. Valentine, R. Hlskens,
Horrle Clover, Alec. Duncan. J. Goonan
and W. Mutlmer.
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EVANS'S transfer to full forward
a
after half-time was a good move
by South Melbourne. Within 10 minutes
Evans had kicked two goals and was
directly responsible for one by Relffel,
RDERED from the ground on
- Thursday ThurRHou night nitrht by hv the t.hp club e.lllh mflS- maseur,
Ernie Coward, Essendon's nippy
centre wing man,
was
a doubtful
starter until this morning.
He re-
^mLt ColtalwocTl^t Sahir&y.
as treated for the injury during the
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Chi&
Lambert, the side's relief wing man,
as one of the emergencies,
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of the most brilliant
marks
seen on the Essendon
ground
pulled doiim by Dick
Reynolds
the first quarter of the
Essendon-Geelang
game.
Spinning
sideways as the ball was veeriny
away from him,
Reynolds
soared
into the
air and grabbed it
far
above his opponent.
With the ball
clutched
tightly to his chest
Reynolds
crashed to the ground.
The
feat brought applause
from
all
of the
arena.
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.
of the few League footballers
who
plays
bowls
during
the
months, George Bell, Essendon's
full back, played his 100th senior
with the 'Dons today.
Bell,
who is in his eighth season with Essendon,
came from Horsham. He began
playing with Essendon in the same
season as Dick Reynolds, Hugh Torney
and Ted Rippon
(now of Carlton).
Bel] received a number of congratulatory
telegrams before the start of
the game, and was later made a presentation
by the club.
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