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QUERIES
ANSWERS TO CORRESPON
DENTS
Amateur league Secretary
By "ROVER"
Mr. R. T. Curyer, secretary of the
Port Augusta Amateur Association,
asks for the address of the secretary
of the South Australian Amateur Foot-
ball League.
Mr. H. V. Millard is secretary of the
Amateur League, and communications
may be addressed to Box 1313 L, GP.O,
Adelaide.
Norwood v. W^st Adelaide
"WAH," Watson-avenue, Toorak,
asks: —What were the scores in the first
match between West Aripini^c and
Norwood at the Wayvffle Showgrounds
last year?
West Adelaide, 11 goals 13 behinds,
defeated Norwood, 6 goals 10 behinds,
at the Wayville Showgrounds on' May
25 last year. It was the first meeting
of the two teams that season.
"Bed and Blue" asks:—What is the
greatest distance that a football has
been kicked in the South Australian.
League, and by whom? What is the
record number of goals kicked fay one
player in South Australian league
football? By whom was the laceless
football first adopted in South Austra
lia? Was it a success? Can a goal
be scored by punching the ball through?
Can the ban travel higher the tops of
the goal posts and yet score a goal?
George Giffen was credited with hav
ing lacked a football 84 yards on the
Adelaide Oval many years ago. That
is regarded as the record for South
Australia.
The correspondent has not made bis
question clear with regard to record
goal-kicking. If be means in one
match, the feat of J. Tompkins, of Port
Adelaide, in fcirtring is goals on August
22, 1903. is the best on record. Uhe
refers to a whole season, J. Owens, the
Glenelg forward, holds the record with
83, which number he kicked in 3928.
The laceless football was experi
mented with by Port Adelaide this year,
but was abandoned as being unsuitable
If the ball is punched through the
goal opening, a behind is scored. A
ball kicked above the level of the tops
of the goal posts may score a goal if
the goal umpire is satisfied that it
would have passed between the posts
had they extended to the height which
the ball bad reached.
Origin of Cricket
"F.A.W.," Redhill. asks:—Where and
when did the game of cricket origi
nate? Is it played in any countries
other than those in the British Empire?
. Some authorities believe that cricket
developed in Shakespeare's time, and
there is a definite reference to the
game during Elizabeth's reign. The
game is essentially English. One of
the earliest matches was played in 1746.
when Lord John Sackmie. on behalf
of Kent, challenged all England. There
are, or were, a few cricket teams in
America, but although Britidiers resi
dent in countries outside ttie Empire
have arranged matches, it may be said
that it is played seriously only within
the British Empire.
League Premier-ships
"football Enthusiast." Unley, asks:—
Which club has won the most premier
ships since football started, and also
since district football began? Which
team was second in each case?
Records of competitive football
matches in this State date back to
1878. Since then 49 premierships
have been contested. Norwood have
won 18; Port Adelaide. 10; South Ade
laide, seven; West Adelaide, five; North
Adelaide, four; Sturt. three; West Tor
rens and Adelaide, one each.
Since the inception of the district
system in 1897, the premierships were
distributed as follow:—Port Adelaide,
eight: Norwood, seven; West Adelaide,
five; North Adelaide, four; Sturt. three;
South Adelaide, two. and West Torrens,
one. During the same period the run
ners-tip have been Port Adelaide, on 12
occasions; Norwood and North Adelaide,
each five; South Adelaide, four; Sturt,
three, and West Adelaide, one.
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