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Melbourne Football '
Melbourne v; Geet-oko. — TheBe. clubs
sent their first twenties to tho Melbourne
OricketrGround on Saturday, to play their
second' match of the', season,, whon about
6000 peisonB were preaont. ,,Gcelorig won
the toss and selected the northern goal,
from which the wind was blowing pretty
Btrongly. At half time the result was —
Melbourne, four. behiiids. ' .Oh resuming,
Melbourne had the advantage of the
wind, arid at the call of time were en
abled to make a' draw— Geelong, four
goals and four behindB ; Melbourne, four
goals and seven bohinds. Mr. George
Robertson was the field umpire, and his
decisions in every, case gave satisfaction.
; 'Oarlton v. Essendon. — ^A match wa3
played on Saturday afternoon, on the
East Melbourne,' Oricket Ground, between
the /first twenties of, the Oarlton and
Essendon clubs, arid -drew about 8000
spectators. Both clubs have shown very
good form this season, and the anticipa
tion that 'a first-class contest would take
place; was not ; disappointed, the play
being very skilful and rapid throughout.
At half .'time' the score was — Carlton,
three goals and 11 behinds ; Essendon,
one goal and one behind. On the re
sumption of the game it wa3 generally
thought the chances of the two sides were
tolerably equal, -and v that -Essendon,
aided' by the strong; wind and kicking
down the ground, ,w,ould at the finish be
able to show, as, good a record .aB th.eir
opponents, . or , perhaps a better ; but
although they played, a grand game, the
final state of the game, was — Carlton, four
goals 15 'behinds ; Essendon, throe goals
16 behinds., ,. .._... , ?, , , ,
Sotjth Melbourne v. Ports.— A match
was played on ,the South Melbourne
Cricket Ground .between the South Mel
bourne Olub and the Portsmen Football
Olub of South Australia. The teams met
in Adelaide some time ago, and the Mel
bourne men were successful, but the de
feat 'was 'subsequently wiped out by a
victory against what the South Melbourne
did riot consider to be a representative
twenty. '' The visitors come next to the
Norwoods for /the, football premiership.
After a good game the' following was the
result when time was called— South, five
goals 10 behinds ;'. Ports, two goals six
behinds'.
City v. Railway .?? .
,i, Eighteen of the Launoeston Oity Olub arrived
at Hobart by the express on Friday and played
a niatoh against the Railway Olub on Saturday,
afternoon on the Association ground, whioh was
in uplendid ordftr. but though plenty wide
^enough was not sufficient length for tho Laun
oeston men. Play pommenood shortly before
three, and O'Sullivan, the Oity captain, having
won tho toBs, Oundy, the Railway skipper,
ticked bffj Five minutes after starting Quintal
by a grand kick scoured first gbal: for the Kail
way, and about a similar interval elapsed when
Dedman ; seoured a mark and punted the ball
'over, the bar, and thus equalisod matters.
Through a good piece of play on the part o£
Boyd the ball was passed on to Do Dnssell, who
by a good kiok secured No. 2 croal for1 tho City,
ana accordingly the liaunoeston men became
very jubilant. Matters, however, wore equal
ised again, as John Watt soon kicked a goal for
;he Railway, and this w»s qniokly followed by a
brilliant bit of play on behalf of Gundy, who
sooredanothergoalforthe southerners. All thesa
five goals were Irioked within the first half hour.
Until half-time was called tho game was very
oven, but James 'Watt seourod another goal for
the Railway, just before half-time, making tho
latter two ahead of thoir opponents. When
the game' was resumed play was ovqnly con
tested for about twenty minutes, whon Quintal,
who distinguished himsolf tho first half, kicked
the fifth goal for tho, Railway, and in spite of
all.(tho determined efforts of the northeners
this was quickly followed by two others kicked
by Dunlop and Atacnamnrii. For the. next half
hour /the gamo was stubbornly contested, and
there was , little advantage one way or the
other. The Oity'mon, undaunted, struggled man
fully to avert defeat, and Boyd in
particular played a grand game. It was all
to no purpose; however, as the I/aunoeston men
afterwards had only one poBBiblo shot for gonl,
when Do JDusseil kicked tho ball just outside
the posts. When time was called the game
stood— Railway, 7 goals 22 bohinds; City.H
goals 7 behinds, the game thus ending in a good
win ior me souinerners. Tne oontesc was ft
very friendly one, and if tho play was rather
rough once or twice, it was solely owing to one
o£ tho Railway men who was brought before
tho Southern Assooiation a short timo ago upon
a similar charge, and bis conduct upon' this
oeoasion is deserving of censure. With the
exception of the . player alluded to
there , -was no fault to -be found with
any of tho men of either^ team.. .Mr. J?:
L6»ett acted as field umpire during the first
iftlf , and Mr. S. Taylor during tho second, and
b'othgave generalsatiflfaction. In the evening
the City men were entertained at dinner, at the
Criterion rHotel, by their adversaries, and after
justice had been dono to tbo good spread pro
vided by Host Harris, and tho usual toasts pro
posed, and duly hotioured.'fho visitors'; were
escorted 'to -the train rby'.thbir ^'oppphents, and
the'.Oityt6preB.ehtatiTel!tooUitheiridep'aHur-,
expres'siDg,thomeblvos inuob. (leased witti theig

: visitand tho niKnner in which tho'y' had been
1 treated. ? ' * . . ? ? . ...« i: - ?? ?
Launceston v. Longford ;?
? Tliia matoh, whioh was played at Longford on
Snturday,. resulted in a win for the latter,
who aeoured ono goal 14 bohinds to — behiads.
Tlib ground w»a in a slippery state owing to the
TGcenfc rains, Tho' Launceston Club played .a
very weak tenm, and besidoa worq four mon
short, and thei abaonoo from their ranks of
Messrs. Bitohie, Luoas, Millard, and Lee was
very noticeablo. During tho first half tho
Longford inon had it all their own way. They
played well togothor, and should have kioked
three goals. In tho seoondhalf tho play was even,
notwithstanding tho advantage tho Longford
. had in numbers ; no goals woro kioked by either
sido. For Longford, Bennett, Stokes, Conaohor,
and Holgato all playod woll, while Murnano
and Douglas played in grand form for tho
Launcoston, and it was principally through tho
united efforts of those tivo pluyors that their
Bido was saved from being badly beaten. Mr.
-Davenport noted as Bold umpire throughout,
*? and gave satisfaction. Tho Longford Band por
; formed on the ground during the afternoon.
1 Holebrook v. Pembroke
! Tho Pembroko Olub visited Hobart with a
? weak team on Saturday, and met the .Hole
,' brook on the Battory ground, the latter winning
, easily by eight goals to nit. Tho Pombroko
.' men wore overmatched from first to. last.

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