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Notes From
ROUND
THE
PICKETS
IF West Adelaide can defeat North Adelaide!
at Adelaide Oval tomorrow it will have
it has not accomplished since early in Uip j
1937 season.
As the secretary of the Football League i
(Mr. T. S. K:lli said at a West Adelaide i
social this ?week, none would begrudge a -
West Adelaide premiership in 1940. It I
would probably be the best thins that could i
happen in League foolball.
in me tjun 5 amiuaj repon oeiore tne ;
start of the present season, Lhe following pas
sage appeared: — 'But it should be obvious
to everyboriv that the fine form of the sidr
at the close of last season augurs well for
the success of West Adelaide in the r^ce i
for the premiership of the coming season '
Although tiic results \rere disappointing, your i
committee feels that it will rrap the benefit
in 1339 of the re-building policy undertake!)
That passage could be clipped out and with
the alteration of the year to 1940 be used In
the next West Adelaide annual report.
(^?LEJIELG. South Adelaide. West Torrens.]
?^ and West Adelaide were the most accu- 1
rate teams in kicking for goal on Saturday,
eacJi scoring more goals man bf'hjnds. bull
only one change wa& made m the accuracv !
list. Norwood c 12.17) dropping from seventh'
to bottom place, and West Adelaide 1 19.16' '
rising from bottom to seventh.
The following table shows the number ol
Tomorrow's League Teams !
on Page 7 \
goals and behind scored by each League team .
and the perceniape of the total scoring shot*
which have resulted in goals being scored:—
Goals. Bhds. P.C.
South Adelaide ? 289 250 53 0
Sturt ? 252 231 52.1
North Adelaide ? 247 231 517
Gleneie ? 231 232 49.8
Port Adelaide ? 255 2liti 48 3
West Torrens ? 229 241 48.7
West Adelaide ? 21G 239 47 4
Norwood ? 251 282 47.0
* ? * ?
VORTH Adelaide Football Ciub wl'.l finish
- ^ us playing interc-t in the 1939 League
football season tomorrow, but its social sea
son will continue. On September 9 it will
hold its annual ball at the Prospect Oval
clubrooms.
* * * ?
IAUHIE Rusby will play his hundredth i
-J League football match for South Adelaide !
tomorrow. He began with Sou;h Adelaide !
in IS3*. coming to the city from Gawler. :
which has produced many fine plavers among
them being Tuliy iSou-.S Adelaide and Slate
rover and caplaim. Hcbbard iSouth Ade
laide and later Broken Hill'. Abbott and the
Dangerfield brothers, of Po.-t Adelaide.
Rusby. who was 26 years of ace in June
last, is 5 It. 8 in. tall, and 11 st- 3 lb. in
weight. His quic:, efficient style often fails
to gam for him the recognition his play de
serves. Be is a rover o; the attackins type,
in that his best work is done in the forward
lines, and his 184 goals for South Adelaide
in his 99 matches indicate his value as an
assistant to the regular forwards. Of a
quiet, modest disposition. Rusby is one of
the most popular players in the club.
DON D. Raymond, former Leaaue player,
captured two cups in the South Adelaide
Association side as a result of his play dtrr
jns the season. Trophy winners announced
yesterday by the secretary of the South Ade
laide Association Club (Mr. J. P. o'Connelll
were: — Brown's, Lid. cup lor fairest and mosi
brilliant player. D. L. Raymond; Edwards cup
Tor most effective player, p. L. Raymond; W
Henlev trophy for best utility player. L. G.
Busb: trophy presented by ilr. H. A. Wil
liamson for bCM placed man. F. Tcisseire:
trophy presentt-d by the coach (B. L. Mc
Innes p for most attention to training. G. R.
Turner; club trophy for moxl useful piayer.
R. Kniprht. These trophies will be presented
at the annual players' meeting;, which Is ai
ways held shortly before the start of the sea
ON September *12. at the Palais Royal, the j
winning candidate in the Football Queen I
competition will be crownwi. All League clubs i
concerned in the competition v.~ill reserve boxes
decorated with the club's colors. Proceecs
will 60 to the Children's Hospital. ,
The laicsi votinc figures are: —
Votrs
Miss P. Noal iSturO ? 38.500
Mrs. B. Vincent iPortl ? 37.540
iMiw E. iluller (Norrhl ? 37.008 1
Miss J. Olover iGlenWE) ? 37.400'
Miss G. Hughfcs iNorwoodl ? 37.000]
Illlss M. White (South! ? 36.700
j Muss D. Richards -Wes:i ? 24.820
I r-ORT Adelaide is mafclne a crent effort to
[1 send its candidate (Mrs. B. Vinccntl to
i The top of t lip Qi;oeii competition poll. Mr. H.
| Tuesday showed a film of the club's recent trip j
I to Western Australia. Tile evening produced !
£20 lor the qur-rn and a bridge eveninc or !
Wrdncsd.lv yieldr-i £10.
Port Acolaidr has mndc arranpfnvnts for
two special buses to take supporters to the
cronniiif: «rraonr at the Palais Royal on |
September 12 and back to Port Adelaide after '
CRANT Jiirrc-U. former Sturt half-b.ick and
rucfcmaii. h*s played consisientlv pood I
foo:-jal! for Old Scotch ir. Amairur League !
I Grade A2 this season, and when the umpires' i
| vo'.es wore opened this week it was found that
; lie had won the Chambers Medal for the '
faircs'L. and most brilliant player in that grade [
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