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Sturt Only Unbeaten Side 1
In Adelaide
Port Adelaide Reveal Staying Powers
d-'foiti'd Sortii AifolaiHo on Nonli
Itroiiiitj bv' fc-Yfn |inintn. Kor iccurAtt .Inx't Inc.
North Adrlnlile Ji-K-nfJ lo win. tml If flnrl
lia.l l,lrk<l( mot,, twnnnrlv. lliry H'ouM hn(
won hv H n.nurldlilr nunrln.
Kniulfii of niii'to 1 " on Saturday wore:—
Sturt, ll tS. d. North, llfi Port. H IS. d.
Koutli, 107: Sorvoi-1, lit. d. Tormni. 12-'J;
i aj,l lo lilt i.'"Jlfl Arc, ulilrli lnoiiirlil
tirllllanl «.tk in tl" «lr. Tli"y Ind » iitronn
(vi.trr llnr. iK-iiiliiilt'il li>- Hut. «-ho I.
(lin«iliit Inui'li i.ioml« In that ihwllinn. «nr|
,1 liiKlifivii'K forwiird In <lr.fn, I"
bl? fl'lor in thfil nin. and thr fact thnt Nortli
Tiiadi- liu I'Hort !•' rovrr un thrir
III
iliit iuti of ill-, field wa^ remarkable.
Conrad u.. ix-rliap. Ib<- oulal.nllne playrr
on I he trouiid. At b>ll t»i'V lor Norlh lie •»
Olnn' or Ifw tinlifataMc, and "I'll prrat mark,
and tound klrklnc. Ii» t li-.rfd on mail)' cmuloitf.
II n.ii « nili hlf I'astl'nt to llic for»«nl> wai
not rruar.ied' bv won- Sturt tiavr tin
i-artlifri a tiilj.-t-lv playrr In A. J. William*—
tin' umalleFt [il.nier nbo haft app#arrd in lyitrn^
gamr-t for iiianv KaftonK. WJIllama la inrjiiv
amajlrr than many of hi* oppownta, but tb
Immi'dlai^ oiTnn^nta. Oihfr plaim to
Ftalill out for Hint u'ori* IV. K. Dutlli (back*,
and Ramm and I'-ak (rnifnO.
North liaiv a co-d fom-ard In Farmir. who.
for the third tlm.- till* wini, kirkMl four iri*il(.
Manitli^dorf nan toimd «t liall-bark. but klunti.
v-ho mi ,.|i | a forcr in I lie first t«o tra in
of tin' fwaron. «•> nrrer In llip pii-tuir.
Norvont one tbolr «ln againal W>«t Torrent
.t Tlif barton to their Kiurid play In I lie ^cond
«]uar1»-r. uln-n th.'y Hoifd 6-6 to th.lr oppo-
nmt'« 2.(1. f'lnv Ih.n'*ftT nu mrtP(1 pv
Tnrrin hi-ld tlirir o»n, b'K thc-lr
ei.-jf, ind tlioi low hy i»-imt.,„ poinu. ™
oiUhKlnii "'"IS' mptain^frotl ' h .',
U '' (Nor,-ood) P 1 "' andEL 1 t£
boet,
brilliant
norrvu.1.
footlull.
_ E-'M. tt h.w.bick 5„2j
thli Kanif thoir nTaktipaa at "••Hard loo Ut, J
Murj'liv lid. been playing.
MncHik. wbu re[iriM-nled the Slue at crlckrt
lafl f'afioii. Is playing pv-at font hall at bill
lomard. and to w If bf «-ould ohanje
c,mrn' of the nine, In- v.'te transfem-d to rwitn,
Tbr i-ffrot notional,le a| „ flMJ
ran .e-ael, the f«n he .hnned In the fi„,l, lut
e...«on. he i-bonld have a cood ohim.e to
a I'l.oe In Ihe Wnlv0| aide. 0fu„ ,„ C"
t. r lorni a« k-nal eiieak. and kirled nvf go-i,
Hell,.nun. Ill' Norwood rover. rlawd a
f<»' ."nd f'-ore.i four of lil< (i,i,V II
lirottie mi ('.una In niek, .nil, like West coa'L
A'kland, k irk "el atroniily.
PORT FINISHED STRONGLY
botinw cluhp I'ort have been ivli.hout a aowd
ei-ntremin, ind Fden been playing then.
He wab aotindly beaten on Sntnrday' hv Errtl
wlio bar only jUKt left high fehool. After half!
time o'Rrgan, who haa been plavlng eiinidlv it
lulMnek. "if transferred to eenlpe. but Errer
naii .Uo j'ot too atrong for hlni. The al-wne* ^
might
lia I'e «..n bv a larger margin I.a,] he
it. At It '<•'• V. Jolinaon. riiok and fnntirj
did most of the
finiehing »'th fc^
goals. Port li
Quinn. and eaeh v*t flltllng about Ihe' rncil
to good purjift'?. South also had an energetlt
rover In C. Ilall, »ho kleked fli-e goal. Otlletl
in Ihe picture for South at different time,
Ja'kson (half lark), and K. J. JlcEnlM (hair
forward), who kicked three goala.
WEST BEAT OLENELG.
Ulenelg all the way. West were stronger {•
the ruck, where J. CowieU and ttliitloni bald
sway against the three Rlenelg niekmen—R.
1'ylwlnls, L. O. Kdwarda and If. UoiToir—.fa0
had not I'layeil in League games before tj-.a
season, uleiiolg were strong In the air. but tills
was not a big enough advantage. They alio
bad muth of the play around r.'r.ire. but tli.ir
fnrwanfs wei-e a lit tit too weak, although Otrsm
pianagi'd lo get *cnjr goals, r. Pennetl gave i
fcjund dleplay at centre half-hark, whew Ilk
sucaifuilv opl"ised rerry, of lilenelg, Ok
of lie liest of Ihe Olenelg men. apart from
Ihe strong renlre trie—1.. Sallis, J. l.lovd Md
r. Hill—was R. Holler, formerly of Melbourne,
who did murli good work in a forward peiekeL
With the Tigers
S
Klrliniond's dpfcot came lis h
rtri-ndftil shock lo their supporter*.
It was not tho fart of b<?lng hcoten
lhat worried lliem so much, as the
manner In wlileh Carlton ran all over
them, ltkhiiiond fielded a weak fide,
and were handicapped hy Ihe early
di'liarture uf Hncpntt from the Held.
Khcahnn and Henton were grand
workers for the Tigers. Richmond
have nianv on the Injured list, but
t-onie of tiie Injuries are llBht. Mont
of the Injured players will won he
available. Joe Murilni-li hurl his
anklu badly, and will lie out for some
time. Kk-hmond are hv no meanK di*-
tilii>ed al their early lark of success,
iinil lire still coiilld'-nt of lielllK in Hie
i iiiininR at the end of Lhe season. Th-y
Iihvc the material nt their dlspoMl.
Carlton's Injured
llnrrlc t'lover received a severe
knock on his left leg against iiichnioiiil.
lie was in the act of hnvltiK
a snap kick with the left fool when
he was heavily bumped, and sustained
h damaged left. For the rest
of the game lie did not worry about K
entering lhe plHv. but Just stood and
dtrecteil operations. lie is hnvltif:
massage treatment, and lias lieen
lal'lng things (luiflly al home. Brew,
f
lhe skin per. is still on the Injured t
list, ami has been 'lolnvr light work.
There is a possibility that neither t
i'lover nor Urew will lie able to play
a^aituM llaui* IJrew has not
idyetl this seacon.
i aKO
tars of Footscray
Copplck. the local policeman, wai
llio liippes-t surprise of the day it
Footsi-rav. IHr "come-through" from
the half-bs.'k ilne was electrifyinc.
Jle certainly created a good impression
for his first run In League company.
McAlplne was too good for
Campbell on the day. He has seldom
bct-n s-een to greater advantage. Questioned
after the match as to whether
there was anything In the rumor that
lie was g.iine to Varravllle. he said
definitely. "No." McKay, half-forward.
gave a magnificent display. He
in.irks grandly, and shoots the hall
on without delay. He Is a natural
fill.II...Iler. The fact that his customary
place Is in defence and he so
ablv lilled the main attack position.
Is eildenco of his versatility
Two Carlton
Cracks
Two of ihe hest men in the Carlton
coIoi-h on Saturday were Joe
Kelly on the flank and Gill in goal.
ellv excelled Himself, and was easily
thi- m.isl effective man on the side.
Mis lask was made easier early by
jod'lee, tv i-iiim: a nasty knock, and,
hereafter the illchmond skipper was
very quiet. Kelly, however, was at
he' top of his form. Gill probably
plaved his best gr.mc for Carlton since
he Yam- from Nhill at the outset of
last Benson.
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