Wind so interfered with play in the matches of the Victorian League competition on Saturday that the lowest number of goals and behinds recorded for years ...
Article : 1,214 wordsAs a result of Saturday's series of Association games Port Melbourne are new alone at the head of the Premiership list with 56 points to their credit. Oakleigh are in second place, four ...
Article : 262 wordsEvery football enthusiast will join with North Melbourne in their jubilation over their first win this season, and the fact that it should he obtained at the expense of such a formidable side ...
Article : 503 wordsAfter a desperately-fought last quarter Dunlop on Saturday just managed to hold off Laygols, their rivals, sufficiently long enough to win. By doing so they returned ...
Article : 177 wordsAgainst South Melbourne Collingwood again demonstrated their greatness by making a thrilling recovery towards the end of the third term, and converting what looked like almost certain ...
Article : 899 wordsA part from spasmodie bursts of brilliance in defence, the contest between Brighton and Williamstown at Elesternwick Park was disappointing. The reason, in a degree, was no doubt due to ...
Article : 391 wordsAnyone who was unaware prior to the Hawthorn and Carlton match, and who was informed while watching it that one of the competing teams was second on the League list would ...
Article : 655 wordsWith the air electrical, the crowd in a frenzy of excitement, the scores dead level, the game rapidly drawing to a close, Essendon attacking desperately and Richmond defending ...
Article : 1,670 wordsField Umpire Payne has reported Harris (No. 12 of Brunswick) for allegedly attempting to strike Summers (No. 14 of Preston) during the second quarter, and Boundary Umpire Muddock ...
Article : 52 wordsParticular Interest was attached to the meeting of the Dunlop and Laygols teams at Victoria Park. Dunlop, at the top of the premiership list, was anxious for victory in order to ...
Article : 618 wordsAn incident in the Northcote-Yarraville match, played at Northcote Park on Saturday. Lyons (No. 14, of Yarraville) is seen in possession of the ball in front of three of Northcote's leading players. Milne (No. 21) is on the left of the picture, while Cole and Ross are alongside him. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 52 wordsBoisterous winds badly interfere d with the skill and judgment of players in all contests on Saturday. The above photograph, taken of play Just as the ball had passed through the goal in the Richmond-Essendon match, gives an excellent idea of how players bunched on occasions. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 686 wordsThere was little interest in the meeting of these teams at Camberwell, and the strong [?] made conditions difficult. The teams were [?] evenly matched, but better use of their [?] ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 wordsYarraville journeyed to Northcote, hoping to gain the day, as a victory would have greatly enhanced their chance of inclusion in the final four. Northcote were just as determined to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsA game that was always fast and at times a trifle furious was played between Havelock and Victoria Brewery at the Richmond City Reserve. The brewery team led up to half time and with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsResults of matches:--Northcote 12.12 d. Yonville 11.10, Port Melbourne 10.18 d. Or[?] 4.3, Coburg 0.22 d. Prahran 4.14 Brunswick [?] d. Preston 10.10, Sandringham 11.18 d. [?] ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 wordsThe match at Fitzroy did not reach a high standard, due to the vagaries of a northerly "buster" which swept across the ground, but nevertheless the 8000 spectators--the smallest ...
Article : 610 wordsBecause of the high wind which blew diagonally across the Brunswick oval conditions were very unpleasant, and the game as a spectacle ...
Article : 456 wordsWith the strong wind from the north keeping the play in the match between Carlton Brewery and Barnet Glass teams for the most part on the grand stand wing, scoring was very difficult. ...
Article : 344 wordsA stiff north-west wind was blowing when the Geelong-St. Kilda match commenced at Geelong Oval. Stevenson was lucky enough to win the toss, giving his side the advantage of ...
Article : 894 wordsThe 10,000 spectators who attended the Oakleigh-Port Melbourne engagement were provided with one of the most exciting finishes over staged on the Oakleigh ground. From start to ...
Article : 892 wordsOn occasions there is no satisfying keen partisans whose judgment is temporarily warped by excitement. In Saturday's stirring encounter at Richmond there were frequently noisy ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 439 wordsVery little good football was shown in the Coburg-Prahran encounter, play for the must part being scrambling and congested. Prahran fulled to take full advantage of the strong ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 wordsHOPETOUN. Saturday.--Malice football Association.--Hopetoun 5.6 d. Loscelles 3.11. During the first half a strong wind, with clouds of dust, blew across the ground, and just before half time the visibility was only ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 5 Aug 1929, Page 6
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