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FOOTBALL.
A. ROBERTSON (S.M.) MAY
RETIRE.
Melbourne Refuse Clearances
By Forward. -
A. llobertsoii, tho well-known South
Melbourne footballer, who has won several
important foot-running events this year,
announced last night that he had received
an ofTcr to tour England as n foot runner,
and is likely to accept. Should he do
ho, he intends to retire almost immediately
from the £oulh Melbourne Football Club,
where he has bccu noted for his all-round
piny. -Ah n footballer Koberisou receives
£3 n match with South Melbourne, but
lie risks injury to a pair of legs which
good judges consider should yet earn him
many rieli prizes in tho running world.
\V. Murray, the youiuc Melbourne player
who applied for an open clearance, has
bcc:i ret used. Power, who wished to join
up with Collingwood, has also been to-
timed permission to .transfer.
Melbourne wish to secure the services
of A'oung McCaffrey, who Jives in the St.
Kildu district, and who broke tho public
schools half-mile record last year, but St.
Kildu require this player's ability. McCat'
frcy is a star of greut possibilities, and in
tends to piay nn nn amateur if ho docs
take part in League football.
South Mclbourno oUicinls wco yester
day escorting' Ibree country players
around the hiiow places of the metro
polis. These lads arc likely to appear in
the southern uniform shortly.
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