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MELBOURNE AND ESSENDON SPRING GREAT SURPRISES
96,000 AT V.F.L.
OPENING
Bright Football
NOTES BY FORWARD.
NINETY-SIX thousand enthusiasts attended .
the opening of the League football season on
Saturday.
It was a day of sensational surprises, the overthrow of
Geelong, premiers of last season, by Melbourne, at Geelong,
being a staggering blow to the calculations of thousands of
football fans.
Essendon badly upset St. Kilda, and Richmond anni
hilated North Melbourne, the margin at the end being 77
points. South Melbourne beat Footscray, Collingwood
accounted for Fitzroy, and Carlton held off Hawthorn. It
was an afternoon of bright football and a splendid opening
for the League.
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