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fcOUTH TASMANIA V. MELBOURNE.
HOBARY, Julv 7.
< 'i'Jae Southern Tasmania football team
defeated the Melbourne Football Club by
{36 points at Iiobart on Saturday in the
.presence of about 5,000 spectators. Th;e
local men played a surprisingly good game,
find beat the visitors chiefly by dash and
(vigour. When fighting for the ball after
the first quarter the Tasmanians had the
better of the play, and in the. third quar
ter almost ran over the ■Melbournites. Al
though the game was clean and .very fast
ill through, they lasted right up to the
end. Following were the final scores:—
South Tasmania, 11 goals 14 behinda (80
points); Melbourne, 9 goals 10 behinds (04
points).
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