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LOCKETT BOOTS
MELBOURNE: Rugged St
Kilda full forward Tony
Lockett kicked his 101st goal
for the season yesterday as
the Saints continued their re-
markable revival.
Spurred on by the illness of
coach Darrel Baldock, St Kilda
surged to its fifth win in a row
with an epic three-point victory
over Footscray at Moorabbin
Oval.
Baldock, who was hospitalised
after a slight stroke on Thursday,
listened to a radio description of
the match and would have been
proud of the team and Lockett.
The lead changed 12 times be-
fore the Saints, playing before an
enthusiastic capacity crowd, cap
tured the points — kicking 15.14
(104) to 15.11 (101).
Lockett, who went into the
game with 93 goals for the sea-
son, booted eight goals to become
the first Saint since Bill Mohr, to
kick 100 goals in a season.
Mohr kicked 101 goals in
1936, a club record.
Lockett equalled the record
with his eighth major at the 29
minute mark of the last term.
Fittingly it turned out to be the
winning kick for St Kilda.
Eleven minutes earlier he be-
came the 21st player in VFL his-
tory to kick the ton in a season
when he marked only 35m out
and made no mistake with the
kick.
While the spotlight was on
HARDY HAWKS CRUSH
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MELBOURNE: Hawthorn
proved that resilience is an im-
portant quality in a great team
as it swept to a 10-goaI victory
over Fitzroy at VFL Park yes-
terday.
After last week's surprise loss
to the West Coast Eagles which
cost them top spot, the Hawks
were expected to make someone
pay, and Fitzroy happened to be
in the hot seat.
Hawthorn piled on the pres-
sure as the game wore on, and
posted 15 goals in the second
half, on the way to winning 26.9
(165) to 16.9 (105). It was
helped by a Fitzroy side which
continually frittered away pos-
session.
A sign in the Fitzroy rooms
said "only angry people win
football matches'" and the Lions
lacked aggression in the vital
stages of the game.
The Fitzroy coach, David Par-
kin, hit the nail on the head
when he bemoaned the fact that
so many of his players' 204
kicks finished up in the hands of
opponents. In sharp contrast,
the Hawks wasted very few of
their 236 kicks and 113 hand-
balls.
Parkin, who was critical of his
side, said the net result of the
poor kicking and ball handling
was about 10 goals, the final
margin between the teams. If
there was one plus for Fitzroy it
was the way it took the ball out
of the centre in the opening
term, but it didn't- last long.

rs TON

♦ Lockctt and Saints' stand-in

coach Allan Davis, Footscray full
: forward Simon Beasley nearly

stole the show.

2 He kicked six goals but missed
> the most crucial shot of the game.

Locket, 21, admitted later he
1 was a relieved man.

"A few things went through my
1 mind when I was lining up the
) kick," he said.

"I mainly thought I had to
: make it because of our win or

lose situation.

"But it was a relief when it

J went through.

t "It wouldn't have been the
; same if we hadn't won the game.

I was thrilled to get the win and
i get the ton."

SH LIONS

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F Hawthorn's class players soon

> got on top and started to dictate
i the terms of the game.

Defender Chris Mew, who
missed the trip to Perth because
of injury, steadied the Hawthorn
backline and repelled many Fitz
I roy attacks. Up forward prodigal
f son Gary Buckenara produced
t some of his best form of the
[. year,. booting five goals and
p proving damaging every time he
,ii: touched.

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