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CARRIED OFF ON STRETCHER . i
With tunc on for the quarter
ticking away Melbourne had;t
the ball out of bounds at the|
behind post. At the throw-in
rover Craddock snapped it up
and the lofty punt was In the
air and sailing through as the .
Biren sounded.
The scores were even and the
play was distinguished only byio
its intensity
ircwnrinn tw»k 10 19 marks maritc in 1
the^auarter a^dtheD?mSm tie Demam 12 £
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bourne received
IU.
j
Essendon
got
the
first
goal
| r i t a ^ i ^ r h o l f e |
tbe-ball
free
kick
after
the
Melbourne
defender
had
been
firmly
and improperly halched ;
Hutchison
had
a
chance,
but
was fortunate to have a very ;
poor kick gathered by Jones.
A drop-kick brought a point
giving Essendon eight points to
nothing for the term.
DONS GET AWAY
Essendon kept up the pressure
through a series of ragged ;
kicks until Lock marked, drove
it around the wing. It came.
back this time for Don Cordner,
a real demon, to mark;w
and drive lt to the centre, —
Then Reynolds, with a beautiful
piece of shepherding, gave'
Rawle his chance, but it ended
in a point.
Lock fell in a pack and was
carried off on a stretcher,
while at the other end Mc-
Donald was down in the hands
of the trainers for a long time,
The scrimmages were fierce
and play showed no signs of,
breaking into the open. In a
typical piece of play McKenzie
eluded the defence and kicked
Hie oall in front 01 goal, only t
o see it swept out again.
a
He followed up, eluded
two t
defenders and with a kick from e
the angle
brought
up
Mel-t
bourne's fourth goal and made t
the difference four points.
.c
Melbourne
paid the penalty'
^
Qf
players
a n d
popped it k
through for
fifth
goaf, making'
the score 5.7 to 4.2.
la
HAPHAZARD
PLAY
The game was nowhere near q
the
standard
of
the Second r
Eighteen gftme hfld
pre. g
t e d
lt
Neither team showed h
the co-operation that had dis- I
tingui£hed thelr earljer displays/q
X h e
Essendon sixth goal came h
from Bigelow, who marked an- b
other wild haphazard kick from f
a bunch of players.
Certainly
neither
team
on
their display today deserved
their exalted posit itton
on the g
premiership
list.
Melbourne w
piayed without intention or in- c
telligence.
The
ball wf-
*•
ildly to no-man's
land
tack, and they seemed
developing
pace
rather
than, f
certainty.
I
|
The
Demons had a
chance t
Iwhen
McKenzie
was
given
a t
free kick within range.
Rodda b
dropped a mark, tried to break b
through,
and
was
penalised. 1
Another mistake in the centre,,E
and a silly push behind in front;t
of goals and Essendon had seven l
goals up and a four goal lead.l
Melbourne played at the man,t
.instead of playing the balL
As Melbourne
mistakes oon-io
j
muea, Essendon seemed to gain
n unbreakable grip in all posi-!B
ions. Reynolds brought up the
ighth, and with the score 8 8
o 4.2. Melbourne were well on
he slide and
were being
outlassed.
One thing that Ompire Sawer
did correctly was to protect
cKenzie. Brilliant player that'
R
L
e is, he was the" victim of
nnecessary attention after hel
ad ad kicked, kicked. and on every oc- W
asion Sawyer awarded a free'B
ick down the field. H
Smith had a shot for a behind
nd a few minutes later took al
uarter
ended
with
Hutchison
acing around
the
grandstand
oal and
shooting down a
beind
from
point-blank
range,
t
had
been
a
very
fruitful
uarter
for
Essendon.
They
ad used the ball intelligent!
ut
it
was
not
good
*
"
rom either
side
DEMONS OUTMARKED
Nor
was
lt
a
game
that's
ripped
the crowd as did last
eek's
Collingwood-Footscray
lash.
Melbourne
had
playedj
««
i
„ _
ree now of their
Hi 1 game,
The Dons agi" ".®®!!!!?;-..,.^ (
-mJ^STc ^
he Demons, taking ting 20 2o marks_to
marKs .to
heir 15, their respective totals
eing Essendon 39, and- Melourne
27. Melbourne received
0 free kicks for the term and
ssendon five, the respective
otals being 20 to the Demons!
and nine received by the Dons.
Play became vicious as the
hird quarter opened with both
teams guilty of bad breaches
f the rules.
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