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STUET AND EAST TORRENS. .
.Great interest' centred in the match.; be
tween '.Sturt and East' Torrens at Victom
Parkj t-bV Saturday .afternooB, as?', it
vrns' '.' IipIi'pvpH ' Mu\'- ? 'Norwood ': Stren
would, give' .their opponents' 'a ' good
nm' 'for' -tihieir money.'' The' result
waa a vna -for Sturt i-y tf 'goalato 3.
Start threw half their totel. in the first
quarter, but.froin'that- but'East Torrena
determinedly kep.fc down, the) Sturt's play,
putting'an^- extra man' 'back to help them''
do it. In the first ijaarfer play1 ym tyen,
but :nof; fast.' 'Oke-was first; to 'try 'for
Torrens, but without success. Bobks
lSturt)vthreWf &'?- ;'sfraight: one, ? which
Hodgefe very cleverly. 'Stopped' with .his
body. ? Soon, after Hpagetts again cleverly
tipped 'Cne from Mtchell out; of dagger
withyfhe edge of:the bdngjdf his1 s'tiefc.
Hay rung.-aroundr'-Torren'sv citadel; and
at length. Jack Gordon- drew- first blood
for Sturt- .with a very- fortunate shot,
Hodget.ts stepped from before the net to
assist in checking, whereupon Gordon
threw: the' ball, highland it struck the
ground just in' front ? and -.bounced in. A.
Finch notched number 2.,- for- Stunt, and
Moffatt; passed neatly to J. Gordon, who
put up a neat-third itool. .Scores for quarter
-T-Sturt 3 goals: East .Torrens^ 0. Just
after the second quarter starfed' Gordon,
fluked tae ball Jn... May changed, ends,
and Gordon -Oke dashing in scooped the
ball up for himself and threw a nicely
judged goal for Torrens. Mitchell replied
with 'one for Sturt, and then,Moffatt trieo!
but found Hodgetts in the road. The
quarter ended .with Sturt 5, and. Torrens
1. Play livenfed up a lot.- -Mitchell tried,
but 'Hodgetts was again too quick .fot him.
Auld scored second goal for Torrena with
a nicely judged rshot, an5.. that , was the
sole damage for the quarter. During the
last term' the game .was very willinjr.
Mitchell tried, but bungled: it rather, and
then as the ball went down the field ,Gorr
don'Oke secured it .and' threw a. beautifully,
judged goal, J. Gjjrdpn (Sturt) replied
,wita anpthenand.from^ that put, although
play 'changed from end .to; end rapidly,
and was in .favour .of Sturt, , nothing
.further was- added to the tally, and the
igame ended as before stated. The.goal
.throwers wer-h-For Sturt. ,J.- Gordon (4),
iA.-Hncb, and- Mitchell;' for East Torrens,
Oke -.(2- and Auld. ..For . Sturt , McLeay
played : extremely ,'. well.- A.. J. Pinxsh
showed much .improvement on. his form
of, the. previous Saturday,. J. Gordon, was
most useful, .but Moffatt and Mitchell did,
not appear up, to. their usual form.- Par-.
;Spri!-, for. East Torrens, was. the hardest
worked man on the ground, as he had to
watch ? Moffalt. Davidson, Gower, jAuld,
Oke, and.E. Smith did best for the losers.
The umpire was 'Mr. E. -D, Nicholas.-' '. ...
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