With squally cold southerlies and driving showers sweeping the metropolis an hour before the time matches in the Victorian League competition were scheduled to ...
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Article : 496 wordsAbout 17,000 people witnessed the opening match between the locals and the visitors from Fitzroy. The game was grimly contested, and in the balance till right on time, but there was ...
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Article : 42 wordsADELAIDE, Saturday.--The league football season opened to-day. Surprises were afforded at Glenelg and Thebarton, where the home teams were victorious. Glenelg, who were sixth ...
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Article : 687 wordsMany new players were seen in the ranks of all second eighteens when they opened the season on Saturday, many of the recruits showing out well. With an improvement in all teams ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 29 Apr 1929, Page 5
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