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People favor
Sunday Footy
By PETER BYE
Melbourne football fans definitely want Sunday
games. That is clearly indicated by the attendance
of 32,000 people at the Sunday Amateur Football
League grand final at Port Melbourne last Sunday.
Thev
donated
£932
to
the
Port
Melbourne
Mayor's Charity
Fund.
This brought
total nonaturns
over the
final series
to £3100.
The "B" Grade hna.s of
the
League,
pla.ven
at
Yarraville.
resulted
ln
more
than
£ 500
being
donated
to
the
Footseray
and
District
Hospital
Appeal.
Ht
,
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t
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s
a(.tending
League s
some ol the
home-and-homc
series.
Since the inception in
1947, the SAFL has raised
more
than
£13.000
for
charity,
but
undoubtedly
this has been the League's
most
successful
season.
50,000 fans
Sunday football
has
a
following of approximate-
1\ 50,000 fans each week.
Several
of
the
homcand-home
series this season
attracted
attendances
of more than
10,000.
There
are 22 teams
in
the Sundav Amateur
Footl.eague
who belong to
ball
Victorian Junior
Football
Union
They have 870 registered
;ila\ers, and more than UK.)
Victorian
Football
League
players
have
graduated
through the
SAFL
Footscray
have
Ted
Whitten and "Nappie" Ol-
Imgton—both these players
lose through the Sunriav
ue. Whit ten
Amateur
the SAFl.
I.e-
Best ar.d
Fairest
m
1950.
and
Ol-
Unplml
was
,.aptam
ot
Montague this year,
When
FooUscniv
reached
,hP
finals
thev
requested
oihngton
to retrain
from
playing
Sunday
football
is he could receive an in- >
which could
jeoparc
;se "Footscray's chances
„.
winning
a
premiership.
Oiling ton
and
Whitten
- u s ; ?
galur.
at (]u>
M C G
,ast
Ci\ E J. Purchase
Minor h
0i p0rt Melbourne, cousiders
Sundav football a
boon to the
Port.,
"Not only because of the
money
tliey
have
given.'
but because it provides an
entertainment
lor
our
citizens
on
Sunday,"
Cr.
Purchase
said.
"Vandalism
In
Port
.Melbourne
drops
risht
down during the
football
season and it was at zero
during
the
finals,"
he
added.
Then' is little doubt that
is here to
Sunday
but
lootba
it is essential
that.
be played on lencod
a renns.
Stop
scesies
Tin
would
prevent
such,
as
were
what
Nor'licute
earlier
A
isou.
II investigation
revealed
that the crov.d
encioaclung
on the
untenced
playing
arena
was
the
cau.se ot the
disturbance
While
crowds
will
encroach
on unfenced arenas,
'they will not jump a fence.
It,
is
up
to
the
councils
concerned
to
fence
these
arenas ana assist to entertain
the
citizens
of
Melbourne
with clean
healthy
entertainment on Sundays'.
More
important — the
picture at the top of
the
page should
provide food
for thought
for the
Victorian
Football
Association
whose
crowds
at
Saturday
games
are
pathetic—and
apathetic!
PRETTY BAR- BARA PURCELL, an Essendon supporter, wins The Globe's £1 award for being chosen Barracker of the Week. Barbara was snapped at the big game at the MCG on Saturday. Globe cameraman Ron Kcam will be there again on Saturday looking for another pretty barracker. If you were at the MCG and got in a circle, you've won £ I , too. • TURN TO PAGE 1 8. Help
PRETTY BAR-
BARA PURCELL, an Essendon
supporter, wins
The Globe's £1 award for
being chosen Barracker
of the Week. Barbara was
snapped at the big game
at the MCG on Saturday.
Globe cameraman Ron
Kcam will be there again
on Saturday looking for
another pretty barracker.
If you were at the MCG
and got in a circle, you've
won £ I , too.
• TURN TO PAGE 1 8.
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