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OABLTON V. SODTH ADEL&IDE.
The. first,-iBtorooloiual football ^matDhvPfl
.the season-iwas piayed-»n.the-BJeasingtoii
Ovalon-^atucday.aftBntoon^Juae^l, when
fiie Oaritons^tet^JuuLdieirated cthe^oath
, Adfihudes. ,*he isswher .«asi gfatrioaSfUaabl
alter having, had «o cawny «ol4«ad-wefc4ars
during the past .few- weeks it«was .not sur
prising, that ariarge ojtsiher'Of ,psople*a3
-'.aemhied/oa4he gropnd-ta ^witness the oontest
..ana so «njoy.*ne . gratenu waxmza.oiJtae sun.
The -iwo~ side; .{wnlioaa and the handsome'
little stand in thoeeatre, which was nessrved
, for the «eason ^ioket-bolders of^theassooia^
ik)D, were fairly paironiaed. But the
vrannth of L*he aun ;-proeed ^more ,at-.
tractive to ..most of ; the rspectators i than;
a seat in the pavilion. Folly -halt an hour!
? befoteihe ooramanoement of the .match the
coigns of vantage «long the eastern-wing were;
taken advantage of by lovers of the^poct, and.
-when the - ball was ktcked-oS the onlookers]
,«tood two orthree deep all around the chains.!
JEUiughly speaking there must have been
- about 3,000 persons present. The game has
improved in the colony during -the past few;
. ceasons,- and the brilliant form shown by the!
premier club of the colony during their recent
wisit toMelbourne led the public to beliere'
that a very much better stand -than usual;
would be made. this season by. the local
; teams, in ihe intercolonial matches. played
in South Australia. But in the con
..test under review, the Jkome team did not
fulfil these expectations. The Garlton
Club did not manage to bring all their bast
men here, but the team they put into the
field on Saturday was a fair representation of
the club's strength. The South Adelaide
team occupies the first position on the asso
ciation scoring :list, and . although , it . was
scarcely ; thought they would win, such. a
crushing defeat was rot anticipated. The
Carltons took the field first and were cheered,
a similar compliment being paid to the
Souths, who followed .shortly afterwards.
The visitors were the first to out out the run
- nitg, which they did at a pretty warm, pace,
and. until half-time they had the best of the
game. The spectators were certainly disap
pointed at the quality of the Souths' play,
but they were by no means astonished at the
form displayed by the visitors. In the second
half the home team improved somewhat, and
succeeded in kicking two goals, but at no
period of. the game did they show any*
. thing like the form displayed by them at the
commencement of the season. They played
almost without heart, and when the visitors
imbed -the leather towards their goal they
followed them ic a spiritless manner, as
though they were thoroughly convinced that
tkey were to lose the match. The Victorians
played a fair, all-round game, but their for
ward play, especially in the kicking line, was
weak. Some allowance however must be
made for them, as they only landed on
Friday morning, and had probably not quite
. recovered from die effeots of the voyage.' The
team. understand marking to a man, bat their
kicking was awry, as is. .indicated by their
score, -which includes 13 behinds. Several of
their ,ving-J&en-.are very .fast, and in Hau
-nj«ee Ibity.iiave a moot resolute aacLhord
.working follower.
'The Plat.
' The Carltons wmoing'^hetoas-the'Soiith Adelaides
*h*td -off towards the-»orth: goat - After a'41ttle
central tdarthatiaU-waasante^doim^oahe Santa
Adelaide's quarters, where Obem gave a.matfcvto
.Coofcvirh^ niMfeed to. Joyce. '.Hia-fcicfc.-. however.
?was-WMiMwafal, and -the) ball ..gas kJcked-out of
JbobbjIs. 'The. Souths then jallied, and BlidiUeton
getting a markcentxedtthe-leather.bnt Obem re
- ttnned,'Bnd during a -flerimicaKe*- the- boll-was
*Bj»dr behind. B4y, klefeed :o6*; vttiddleton ior
?»aT^«a »»iti Hm«JajT»ma»n.»i !«?«?» aaatttJrretMtnrn
-coraer pLtheotalJot a few mmntes. 'Bventoallj
Aaaaajsee^ave Obem a mark. And that ^player
^centered: it, *ndj shortly afterwards fiasnaysee
marked to Joyce, and-the latter bad a shot for goil,
- bat ' wttbentwiccess. T.- Joyce wimostdmnioatetoly
'UtterwaTdB Iwltwotber try, bnt^tbs-Sottths'^kBiek
jnen afam-»«wcs«dea -in«opntng.ttiB balL f-ai»on
.and- MkUileton -passed bacfc, aodtttae.4eathet,was
taken jdown in .-front.nl Jhe paviupn. .- BiODmSeld
-then -collared ^t, rojhecUt back tb'4ts- old: position,
and from aramiing Wet wcured-anotfier-feehind.
'«n tt»kfck-WT-Joycegota,iu«rk;abottt«-ie*H»-tn
^froat Of -coal'feut a»vooriicicfc seantteddiEJiDtbiag,
.vamli gampgetagned. Whelan;then'mftrked^and a
?crawnsgeTWMthersBUtofJxUkick^tUmiig which
- Hsnnarmw.marfad, and Becnreagoal^o. 1- for the
: CKitons. * This was obtained Trtthin flfteen-murntea
'f-oin'4bs 4tane of^catfUDendng Jthe^game. . The
LifionUts itfiffli ralllprtianrtiperMehrtep'ti gfrtMwgtold
.oltbd-baUteent it well alone tbe.navuion wing.
wMiiijtnn forwatded it, and BusbeU. marking. at
.about* 40 yards from goal had a shot at S dlfttciilt
-angle, but the -tick: Bierdy resulted in a'-bBUod.
''Baceriiekedoffi«ndtDismmKTkmg4rted for;*he
goal- bnturitbont aro'l; and Bmtaii ssaHteaalBapst
- inaJme «Ub..tbe posts, find hls.ktek ranutedjn a
second behind for the South Adebidei. rlatftr again
kicked off. anrl.eolbey .markiiig, *ent the .ball' to
SixBorr, who _gbT6,.Kamm a mark: at long instance
'from goal. 'Be marked to fty, who passed^the
leatberon to«nabeU, who wasvtandingt tlghtt la
^froBtof-«oalibioVbUkickwu « wastahelrone4«nd
merely resntted in- another bsfaind for itfae^ouths.
3be OhfltOTH managed to get Uie lartham sphere
.away for a short tune, and carried ic woU down on
' the eastern wing, Uebrtens centred, sad^wssed It
ontoEames. . fieeentltto Golbey who marked to
-Kemp, and the latter tried -for goal, but the kick
? was a very pooTABeand«tdya\bebindxameoflt.
t.-m«he.ktek off.Bloomfield by a kmgabot centered
it, snd Heatly getting hold of It «%ve X- Joyce a
.mark, from which a/third behind -resulted. Tt»
Souths failed to get the ball away Oil tfebrtens
nUeredwdceate&Ttien.luwever.AlttaoMaHed
i U.aBdpasaeduontoGook, who canted it dose, up
tn th-*lfff*rfb*' fltailftl ****'** 'v'jfngr'^T ^'^^'j
during which the ball was rushed acrossthegoUand
carried behind. On the kick off the CarUon's
again prevailed, and Obem giving Bannaysee a
mark witfaia a f tv yards of goal he safely piloted
4ha;«a«tar -ttfssM^eu«prisJits, thui «xwi«?
4-aDOBd:«oal:-for.'tbe darkiMsas. ?: Tire ? play;: toe a
jjasatisi&TO^ watanbwJsgfer »om«Utti«il«e.
*m«Uber^aid--i«ainlBg .aDy.-jaaAeilsJ.- a4vants«en^lU
feveataaUf the ball wasoentred. :GBokthenjaarked-
^o Johnson, who tried ior. goal but a behind only
'was «eored. fhe.same player ataOst-HHiedUtely
?VMenrards kicked a«ixth bebiad: Ihe-g*Hie*b«a
Jf ret'1'*1-*''1' '''' ??««*»« *t»— ?*«*?' ottisflyrtn
.ibi) crptre,Mriirtf«fi,M8rrlgani flinn. £«n«s«aiid
. Soi«leF,:-fcy~.sheir ^endaavors .^:»-»idacably, .iiaatra
.tllilng. the effarta.. of .the ' Carlton. Jorwird_ men.
^Bventaatty Mtmitiau by a.*fin9rnn carrietr'the.bBll
^ahwg tte iwviUen -wiog,- and-BnheU -andxlncy
-3t»b-tcBaby«atBe'tc«tpiay«iBae4«hBbaU-iawa^o
£«beCsaltong(coal.rvfaersanotbeetebiBd raisoorad.
rCmnMte %i£«Sfiasaay«ee,«i»Uared th« baU,«Ad
^toahiflHsnfcTBa alang-the eastern. wing tarriedihe
. tall »lmnst, up tathe'ScHlUis' goal. 'J. Joyce then
MoWamed-poscession,- andpasring.it tdT. Joyce, he
tBsrfeed- within a few yards of goal, and Euc«eded
-in ticking goal Ko Sfor the wWtora. ' She bln»aod
evhHeaxhartly stterw*rds,- owing toih» exerti»ns --f
BuiheJI and Merrigan, obtained aaothetbanlnd, and
?yjiaUrtime'4rBS'.4ihen -aued.,.the,«ame-standiag — .
' Carlton, SgoaUObehinds ; . South Adelaide; 8 beuinis.
''The tttusrinterral »f -rest- having -elspsei tbe-game
'WosTemsDedf«fld Jeb«soni-ya-good'-8Jckwn«-«(ie
-ball'well.lorwatd. ' .Dixon and-CiHbsy ?Mtarned.-.but
otaraaanuredtatety msbeiback by*1t«geral4»n-3
.?*bem. JTbo-ilsiter,-gave GAk.at-xaaxk, and tuit
4ilay£r,tried ior goal but failed. „ A. acrimmage en
sued, and during ifTitzgerald by. a well-directed
kick obtained fourth goal for the OtrBons. ' BtMtrell
kicked offtVad^somei^sasrt ?ctntrei.'play-foUBwad
Bventoally tbe Sontha-gtiifcedafae-ball down to the
CarltonB'-quKrterg.'tnb tbeir back maswereon tbe
qui vive, aad^aoaa-bai'itoBt ot-danger,-,and ic was
gtadually worked-back to-the=6outb Adelaides' goal
where T. Joyce^kfcked ? a^-seventh-biebind. 43ome
fast play foU«wtd?-«n *he--easteiH'WUij',i»nd -(Joofe ?
ioadtajtken «leweriy?-cB-rried the.- ball * across the ;
ground and np towards tbeucadferssiies^Koal, bat
Colbejl*Jehit-ena,«od Aliddlatan counter *t*ed their
endeavors, .end 4 he game was^con3aed for a few
misntes to the north- ?estern porticn of, *h9 field
Johnson tnbseqaent-ly csrrieithe heather down by
a rush, and h&a a Tunning kick ?for goal, bat It only
ended in a behind. The ^otsths being- cheerad on
.by their adbetenU then»purted, and by some escal
lent pity carried the ball along the eastern, wiag
into the Cirltons' territory. -Kemp made a fine ran
and passtd the ball to Sames who. kicked it well op
inwards -goal. -Fry m&rktd and tent it to Oixon,
who was- witbintwenty yards of goal. ' It was con
fidently expected- that ;Jj6 -would score, but ti the
disgust of the supporters of jtbebUirand. whites he
was. not equal to the «ccaslon.,and only kicked: s
behind. . 1 be Carltons by some clerer little marks
returned, and Bannaysee and:Eichards scored two
behinds for their side in quick succession. After
some rather How play in the centre the leather was
taken by the South .Adelaides along, the eastern
wing, and- they obtained another behind. The
Curltons immediately rushed it bacK, and scored
another behind out nf a scrimmage. Dizon now
centred the ball bv- :--nd kick, and aislstQcl by
Fry forwarded it al :?. ? ue centre. Ihen Bushell
maiki d at a difficult - ,. le, and by a clever kick at
Isst placed a goal u- ia« -credit of the local men'
This apptJixed to civo tbe Souths increased enersy.
for on tilt kick-off they returned to the charge with
redoubled tjgor.iand tsushell getting anoihec mark
. had acotbecsbot for goal, but he was not so suc
/ cc&efnl as on his previous attempt, and the kick
inly-resulted in a- behind. Almost immediately,
-however. Fry gotamark-aad'. kicked a second gaal
for the Souths. Bloomfleld kicked off.snd-paasel
on toJBsker. He in, turn wnt it to Plammer, whi
.ran np.aud.- without; apy blndran.ee, kicked. a fifth
goal for. Carlton. . After two., mote, behinds, kictcad
bv. Baker; ''trme' was -caUed.'tbe result being -
Garlt. n, e goals 18 behinds ^8outir Adelaide, 8 goals
9 bebinds. J Me»Bra.-,B«*er- and Mehrtensciotiaioed
.the rCTpective.-fceams, and Mr. Keltet .made an
efficiei t fiela-umpire .
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