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STY KILDA CLOSELY PRESSED.
Melbourne's . Great Finish. -
.The gamo between Melbourne and St.
IClida, at the; Melbourne urleket Ground,
attracted -a targe orowd of enthusiasts
'who witnessed a splendid exhibition of
fast and vigorous football. ' Their, at
tention was held .from' hell to bell owing
to tho fact that tile Melbourne men were
always In the picture, mid that from the
start of the final term the homo men
unwound a' burst .of. concerted football
nearly responsible for tho' ovorthrow ol
St. IClida. A featuro of the gamo wan
tho splendid marking of Mueller, who
seems to have profited by the lesson
given him at Richmond by'G, String.
Mueller was opposed to J, Davis, who
Is considered 'to be one of the safest high
marks In the' Loaguo. Mueller yfcs-
terday continually' outmarked his oppon
ent, and tho performance of tho Mel
bourne' man was. considered to bo ono ot
the. best of his ''career to- date;
Malbaurba opened tho play, and 'from a free
la .Fontolno itortod hi. sldo forward, mid
Boamos poaaod .qulokly : to Muellor. who
Koaledi- Bt. Kilda attacked frequently, but
Ogdon, Uoopor nnd Mcohl turned tlio nttoclc.
Tho visitors' houvy brigade kopt. tho ploy for
ward, nnd Mohr, oooutlhR on tho frtngo ot a
crush, . Dociirod, nnd snappod tlio ball through
for a slngla. Tho gnmo wns luollnod to bo
couKOsted, nnd suited . tlio Bt. Kilda. mon, who
woro operating -with moro understanding nnd
anticipation iftqn the opposition, and aflur u
period Mohr markod In front, nnd punted n
nnnl. Lungkurst, who had tho measure of
Little, raced around tno wing, and shot the
hnll to Libols. who aded Melbourne's second
goal. Tlio gamo was fairly ovsn, and St.
Kilda led by. C points , at the first obnngo. .
At Iho stnrl ot tho socond quarter Melbourne
opened out the game, and launched four suc
cessive nltncks, all of which wore turned. At-
tncklng' ugnln tho homosldors' pierced tho op
position ouronco, and Mueller gained a goal.
'In, visitors Ilion took a hand, and sovornl of
their pluyors were undor. notice for brilliant
football. Mueller novel- gave Davis a ennnce
In the air, but this good work. was spoilt by
tlio wretched Bhootlng nt goal: As tho players
of both sides loft tho field ut tha Interval they
wore applauded for tho cxcollcut footbull
Returning, Molboumo was tho first to got
going, but players found It hard to broqk
uirough tlio hack linos of St. Klldn, Both
sides playoil fast, vigorous ond entertaining
football,, and It was only St. Kllda's steadi
ness nnd accuracy In front of pool ; which
onnblod the sldo lo load by 29 points at tho
I final change. . ... ,
Dotormtnod to hold tho load, Bt. Kilda
stnrtod forward through tho agonoy of .Fanny,
who pnssod wkto to Mohr, but the uuunlly
aecurnto forward was astray. Molboumo
players llvonod, and admirably lod by Nlvcn
(boy alnrtert to bridge tho gap. Playing wide
C.lbb rooolvod from his londor.' and- posted
eleventh goal for Molboumo, The bomesldors
kept going, but with helf the quartor gone
woro still 25 points down./ Tho St. Kilda do-
fendors wore splendid, and repulsed many at
tacks. Uughson was a great player for tlio
visitors, nnu appoared to do ovori'whore. Mel
bourne fought Btronuously to break through,
and u(tcr Warlmnn had nddod two singles ho
Igalood a much-noedod goal. Longhurst, Tay
lor und llallornn combined woll for tno
I twelfth goal, nnd when Mueller posted the
thirteenth tha Mobouma supporters applauded
heartily. Outpacing tholr opponents -Melbourne
playors kopt up tho pressure, nnd Olbb re
ceiving from Wartmon mndo no mistake, and
with only a fow mlnutos to go, tho dlttoronce
wna 0 points In Bt. Kilda a Iavor. Breaking
away Htighson- gained a .slngla for St. Kilda,
nnd. Hartnatt. nddod a goal. Juat bofora
I llmo Nlvon added one for Molboumo, and the
aplondkUy-contoated encounter terminated with
I tno scores: —
ST. KILDA . . . . 15.20 (110 points)
MELBOURNE; .. 15.13. (103 polnls)
St: Kllda's' beat man wns Hughson, who
played excellent football all day, and nevor
made a mistake in tlio pucka. Mohr wan an
Inccurato and clover forward, Roborts did well
tin tlio centre, Hartnotl was notlce&blo for
I good play In attack, und Gcorgo, Perkins and
Penny wore others to show .out. .
1 Molhourao's host were Fischer nnd Nlvon
I In tho ruck, with Boamoa roving: Muollor, who
gavo a great aerial display I uonghurst and
Kelly on Uio wings, and Hooper nnd Ogdon
I In dcfcucou Llbbls and it. Taylor also playod
well
I Ooal Klckors:—
ST. KILDA.— Mohr, 7.3: Hughson. 3,3;
iHnrtnctt, 2.3: Penny, 1.4; Comto, l.os Soan-
I Inn. 1.1; Hcnder, 0.1; Rotall, 0.1; Flshor, 0.1:
rushed. 0.3.
: MELBOURNE.'— aibb, . 5.1: Muollor, , 4.5:
Llbbls, 3.1; llallornn. 1.1; Fischer, . 1.0;
Nlvon, 1.0: Longhurst, 0.1; Bouinos, 0.1;
Wartman,. 0.3.
' Melbourne Players' Trophies.
After tho game against St. KIMu. ycatcnlay
Mr. P, Page, the secretary of Molboumo club,
announced that Mr. ' B, -Alexander had pre
sented a hat to tho most determined and use
ful playor lo the nldo, and tho vote had gono
in favor ot R. Iiuohor. Mr. J. O. Blair, tho
president, awarded three nrlzos, and they
I wcro given to Xsonghurst, Mueller and Hoo
per. .
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