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COUNTRY FOOTBALL-
At Back Greek on Wednesday last Sand
hurst met the represeutivea of the ''mode!
borough " lagleliawk. Sandhurst bad tlie
best ot tliejgatne in tlie first half, bat in the
Hast tbe " Hawk flew about syith a Great
daab eliliuugU fb-y nrre not " tbere in
scoring. The outcome cf tbe game nan: —
Sanrilmm. 3 goals 14 behinds; Kuglehawk, 1
goal 2 behinds.
On Wednesday last Bendico v. North
Betidigr, int;t at North Beudipo for their final
match this reason. After a very good match
Bendigo won, hiving succeeded in putting up
4 goals 5 behinds to their opponents' 3 goals 8
behind.
On 3rd inst. Hamilton and Casterton met in
a cup match on the Ca«terton ground- Hamil
ton played in good style kicking 4 goals 3 be
hinds to Caflterton'e 1 goal 12 behinds.
The Apsley proceeded to Nt-unrpur on
Wednesday last. The game was not
jxirticiilary i nteresting and ended in a vin for
Apeley by 1 g<«al 7 beliinda to nil.
Teams representing the Tallarook v. Sey
mour club?, met on Saturday la»t for tlie first
time this seacon, on the ground of toe former.
The match was looked forward to with grr at
interest, locally a they were playing for the
premiership of tlie North Eastern district, and
i p-iilted in a decisive victory f or the Tallarook.
who scored & goaN' 2 behinds to Seymour's 2
behind.
A football match was played at Gixborne on
Saturday between Riddells Creek and Ois-
bome.aud resulted i.i a win forltiddell's Creek
by 4 goal ft behinds t) (iisborue's 2 goals 3
behinds.
The r<-|irepentarirpfi of the South Warrnam-
the Friendly Societies' Park, for the district
prrmiT».hp. Tiie iimtch had all along been
looked on as a certainty fo1 Port Fairy, but
tlie latter spoiled their chance of success by
bringing over au cxcepiionnlly weak teAm,
while, on the other hand, their opponents put
into tbe field the best team that has this season
done battle for them. Notwithstanding the
fact that the visitors were weakly represented,
and had not a full twenty, it was generally
thought that they would prove too good for the
South, who, with the exception of a few matches
they have taken part in, have had little prac
tice together. The home players were cap
tained by J. Patten, and R. Uuscoinbo 611ed a
like capacity for Ports. The game nearly all
through was a rough one, and a very indifferent
exhibition of football was given. The result
was a draw, each side scoring2 goals.
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