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Il'ITER-ASSOCIATION FOOT
BALL.
EAST FREMANTLE v. BOULDER
CITY.
Perth, June 30.
Before a fairly large crowd, and
in perfect weather, East Fremantle
and Boulder City, the leading teams
of the coast and the eastern gold
fields respectively. met on the sea
side oval this afternoon. The Boul
der players, who are to leave by the
Kapunda to-morrow for a seven
weeks', tour- of. the eastern States,
desired to take with them the title
of chasnpions of the Wept, and the
"old blue and whites," who con
template making a similar tour next
September, were just as eager to
secure the -- title for themselves.
Great things' were expected of the
visitors, whose-reputation' on the
goldfields is deservedly high but it
must be said that their exhibition
was .somewhat disappolnting. Pos
sibly the well-grassed area did not
suit them so well as it did East
Frema.ntle, although the Boulder
ground is now .carpeted`-with grass.
Possibly also the , holiday-making
interfered with ' their discipline..
Whatever: was the-reason for :their'
poor showing, they suffered a de-'
clsive defeat, the final scores ;being:
-' - East Fremantle, 8 'goals' 10 behinds ;
Boiilder City, '3 goals .9 behinds.
They had. .a few heavy-weights in
their, ranlrs,. Alex. Robinsoii; who
was one of .the West. Australiaui
team in `the Jubilee competitions in
-Melbourne last yvear being-at :the
top "of the list fTor themnin this re
" spect, with something ov-er 13 at.
to his credit. On the whole, 'how
ever, the team was far too light to
battle against' such footballers as,
"Heosketh,- Wrightson, Craig, F.
S- pence= A:. Spence, Christie, and
VH.' Doig, wio performed. most of
the hard -work for the saasiders,
and showed skill' as well as dash.
.The 'goldfields claimed that their
combination -and system would carry
them through, but their s$stem was
hardly :good enough' to. win against
a dashing team With .plenty of
weight behind it. Too much- re
liance -was placed on finnicking,
handball , and.. short foot-passing,
which, - while .pretty. from ' a
spectators point of view,
was .not -to be compared in value
with .the East Fremantle's lorig kick
-Ing. In the ruck the Boulder men
were for the most part superior to
th~ Easts in getting to the ball, but
the followers appeared to place too
- much confidence-in the rovers.,They
moristly carried` two of them, and the
:latter, althouglh smart. and- clever,
seldom ptit enough power into their
. idcls sto riake their play disconcert
ing to the opposing side: It seems;
indeed, .fairly- plain after to-day's
game that the Bdulder men will have
to" alter their system. colsiderably
in order to make an .effectve -show
aug against a strong team on. the
other side- of the Bight:
When play started the visitors
commenced with a vigorous attack
on the local citadel, and inside of
two, minutes a behind wvent up -to
-their =credit.. ..?For a . ime they
pressed the. Easts" back hard, but
ultiamately the ball was transferr-ed
to ti).i .ther end, .where C. Dbig
notched the first goal of the day.
The goldfields men "had a deal the'
better of the. unarter. up to their
' f Laward lines but K. Jelgren J.
Spence, Wrightson- and H. D3oi
were difficult men to deal with, and
- the visitors had little chance of
scoring. On the other hand the
East's forwards, particularly C.
Doig, Robinson, Christie and Gil
bert, played to-each other withtfine
Sjudgufent when, the leather came
their vway, 'and the result was that
when the first change of ends came
the, scoring board .showed-Easts, 3
goals.l behind; Boulder,'2 behinds.
In the second.iquarter the Boulder
ruck, with Robinson taking Pretty's
place, made the pace too wasm for
the. Eashs, azd for several minutes
the seasiders wer& hard on? the de
fensive- A couple of. behinds went
up to the visitors' account, and
when Beaglehole (from a free kick)
and R~binson (from a beautiful long
Sshot) notched goals for them mat
ers began to look. much better for
them. Well on in this term
asts rallied, and 'Hesketh
Sbooted their" fourt.li goal after
'clever play by. C. Doig. For
- Ipng time the blue and whites
kept the aggressive- and. when the
half-time bell r?ang. they wer' still.l
Spossessioh, with the scores read
Ijg: Fst's, 4 goals 3 behinds ?;
DB ldoeri goals ' behinds..
-:The : thid-qriter belonged also
-. nt-ily to the E oasts, ho attacked
-iitlmot from the: first bounce, ;,and
y t ~ ove th onend litle opportu
goals for the. coastal team in this
term, and some others of the sea
siders put on five behinds, while the
visitors had to be content with two
points only. When the final change
'of ends came the board showed :
Easts, 6 goals 8 behinds; Boulder, 2
goals 7 behinds. i
With a leeway of 25 points to
make up, the. prospects of victory
for the goldfields looked bad when
the final quarter .opened, but they
improved somewhat, when Baker,
from a. running shot, raised the tivin
flags. The hopes of the friends -of.
the visiting team, however, died
away -soon afterwards, when Mc
Intyre put on the East's seventh
goal, andit was seen that the sea
siders were carrying two much sail
for their opponents. Towards the
close of the game. Hesketh. snapped
.the blue and whites' eighth:goal,and
when, the final bell rang the scores
were : -
East Fremantle, 8 goals 10 be
hinds.
Boulder, 3 goals 9 behinds.
The. goal - kickers were: --For
Easts': Robinson (2), Hesketh (2),
Gilbert, (2) McIntyre, and C. Doig.
For Boulder : Beaglehole, 'Robinson,
and' Baker.
On the winning - side the best
play was shown by Sharpe, who
excelled himself .on tihe .wing,
-pa.rti'filarly in the second half. He
marked very safely, dodged his op
ponents with. extraordinary skill;
and always disposed of the-ball with
fine -judgment. Christy, with a rov
ing commission, put- in much telling
work,- and H. ,Doig' defended with
great- effect. Others prominent for
Easts were 3. Spernce, H.: Spence,
Wrightson, -Parsons, .Gilbert, C.
Doig, and Robinson. For Boulder
the rmost useful were Robinson (good
all over the ground). Denton, Scott,
Comer (2), Gavin, Pretty, Shiea, Ben
netts .and Hebbard. .
Ivor. Crapp, as central umpire,
gave general satisfaction.
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