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FOOTBALL.
LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL.
ROOMS AND KNICKERS.
lSy Forward.
Members ot the League Umpires' Ap
pointment Board last night decided not to
make public the name of the umpire
uppolntcd for Saturday's League scnll-
llnal. They also decided to extend the
system of secrecy to cover the Bcndlgo
league final nppolntment nnd the men
to have charge of tho Western District
league grand final, the Murray league
grand final, the Rlngwood district grand
final and the Federal district league
tlnal. Umpire Smith has been appointed
lo take charge of the Northern Tasman-
lan association grand filial at Launccslon,
and Umpire Burgess the North-western
union final.
For Saturday's League semi-final be
tween Richmond and Gcelong the boun
dary umpires are to be BatLy and Baker
and the goal umpires Bell nnd Currie.
As It was Inconvenient for the Rich
mond and Qeclong delegates to make a
special trip to League head quarters last
night to toss for choice of rooms and
knickers In Saturday's game, Messrs. J.
Smith, the Richmond sccrctnry, and M.
Jacobs, the Ocelong president— the clubs'
representatives on tho permit comriilttee
— decided to conduct tlic toss by tele
phone. -Mr. Jacobs at his end tossed
the coin, and Mr. Smith at the other
end of tho telephone miles away called.
Mr. Jacobs won, and: decided that the
peelong players are to occupy the large
room licld by South Melbourne last Sat
urday. Thus Richmond' ' occupy the
smaller "room. Mr. Smith won the toss
for choice of knickers, hiid decided on
the black knickers. "Wo always win In
the block knleks.," ho said. "Another
tiling that seems to be our .way. is that
the small room at the Melbourne ground
has turned, out far more winners than
the large room." . .
Umpires for country matches on Sat
urday are: —
Gcelong end D.F. Lcaguo. — First Seml-llnal,
at West Gcelong: Frooil.
Federal District F. League.— Final, at Men-
tono: Boundaries, Doyle and Uorrtngton:
goals, Foster and Cox.
Umpires tor Wednesday: — Wednesday
League. — Final, at Olympic Park: To bo ap
pointed. Goals, Wcllfngfon und Friend.
Chlltorn and D.F. League. — Grand Final at
Bocchwarth: Drysdalo. '
: Echuca F. League.— Final, nt Echuca: E.
White.
Goulburn Valley Second Eighteen F.A.—
Second Uoinl-llnal, at ahopmrtoii: Pawtey.
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