Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Monday 27 August 1934, page 13


LEAGUE FINAL FOUR PLACED BEYOND DOUBT

BUT POSITIONS MAY BE VARIED

SOUTH MELBOURNE'S HUGE SCORE

PRATT BREAKS GOAL-KICKING RECORDS

FIVE FOOTBALLERS CHARGED BY UMPIRES

By OLD BOY

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Geelong is now alone at the head of the League football premiership list two points ahead of South Melbourne and Richmond, with Collingwood fourth. Carltons by its defeat at Geelong, was definitely excluded from the four.

Five League players have been charged with offences by umpires in matches > played on Saturday.

RESULTS REVERSED

league matches on Saturday finally decided the composition of the final four. Carlton by its defeat at Geelong lost its chance of a place. The games were the one as on May 20, but In only two were the results the same. South Melbourne

and St. Kilda repeated their victories over ; Footscray and North Melbourne respec-, lively, but Richmond, Hawthorn, Fitzroy, and Geelong avenged their earlier defeats by Collingwood, Essendon, Melbourne, and

Carlton. North Melbourne was the only team which failed on its home ground, but it reduced its deficit of 22 points on I my 26 to five on Saturday.

In two matches there were outbursts of tanner and some unduly vigorous play, with the result that five players will have

The match Richmond v. Collingwood Is reported on page D.

to (see the Independent tribunal to-morrow evening. As four of the five players

reported are In teams in the first four the result of the investigations may ma- ' fatally' affect the teams in the semi

salE. The players concerned are:- A

PANNAM (Collingwood), charged with having struck R. Harris (Rich- '

Bond).

CROSS (Collingwood), charged with having elbowed Judkins (Richmond).

j, KNICJHT (Collingwood), charged with having struck P. Bentley (Rich-

mond).

L, NASH (South Melbourne), charged with having kicked P. O'Leary (Footstask) and with unseemly conduct.

P, O'LEARY (Footscray), charged with iffljcemly conduct.