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MA.TCHES FOIl l'TE-,'~7' Sl-lTlJRBAY .. (Rolind 16) SYDNEY v. SOUTH SyDNEy Trumper Park NORTH SHORE ". UNIVERSITy Henson Park. NE\VTOWN v. \\7ESTERN SUBURBS Eiskinevi11e Oval' 'EASTERN SUBURBS v. BALMAIN \VaverleyOvaI ST. GEORGE. v. ILLAWARRA : Wollongong

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Tasmania Gives N.S.W. Football Lesson (By AUB. REED).

Tasmania treated a crowd of more when a goal almost on the bell' gave than 5,000 people to a brilliant display Tasmania a tWO points lead with the of football, as well as giving N.S.W. a scores 5.5 to 5.3. lesson,~ at 'Trumper Park last Saturday. Tasmania came into the picture in the Onc~ again conditions were agai;>st second term when they unwound a bril- football; however, Trumper Park was in liant burst of play and added 7 goals 4 reasonably good order, with the exception to z.z and held a very handy l~ad. 'of the cricket pitch area, which was .a A feature of the visitors" play at this quagmire. stage was their perfect understanding The crowd was quite good consider. between tea;' mates ,~nd their 'shepherd- ing .the heavy rain which fell JUSt prior ing. to the commencement of the curtain. The home side were standing flat raiser. footed and consistently failed to back up In view of their excellent displays in their team mates. the Carnival, the visitors were warm At half.time the scores were Tasmania favourites for the game. 1 Z.9 to N.S.W. 7.5. N.S.W. showed The mmch commenced at a fast rate better form in the third quarter, although and, as has been the case in the past, they did not reduce their leeway. N.S:W. showed out well early and led Both teams handled the heavy, grea;y until near the end of the first term, ball remarkably well and the manner in 3 10 THE .AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD

which they scooped the ball from the SCHOOLBOYS' CARr'nV AL ground with one hand was a real eye opener. . ITEMS OF INTERE~~~by ..AUB. REED! .,"1 N.S.W. smali' me':" Grose, Brill and During the past month, whilst mai~ . /'.' .. ;' : Hardy were showing out grandly during New South' Wales three ~~~ll' in~n, Keith Miller, Test crIcketer, proved: this term over- * * * brilliant form, while other players to "Bunny" Shepherd. shadowed by Tasmanian full. back, B.' Eastern Suburbs andW estern Suburbs. show out were R. Parsons, L. Sutton, N. The team comprises representatives' White, as the latter was the outstanding players deserve the highest praise for the. Reid, I. Westell, J. Rough and B. White. from Broken Hill, Riverina, Albury, New. custodian of the Brisbane Carni~aL manner in which they stuck to their un- Best for N.S.\V. were J. Grose, K. Cham. castle and Sydney. The 25 lucky boys White did something that 11 Mel. enviabl" task in an exhibition match at: pion, J. Hardy, L. Brill, P. Miles, W. assembled in Sydney during the week and. bourne club full.backs have failed to do Auburn last Sunday. The ground was in. Harper, R. Duffy, F. Larkin and H. have had several training runs together. this year and that was to keep J ohn Col~- a deplorable condition, with pools of' Free. To.day at \Vaverley Ova! at 1Z noon man, champion Essendon full. forward, ~ater all over the ground. So deep were. they will have a final work.ou~. COMPETITION MATCHES RESUME. fro"'1 kicking a goal when Tasmania met some of the pools players who fell in. The party will depart for Hobart by Victoria during the CarnivaL them were comparatively clean when they' The competition will resume when the air on Tuesday next and bes~ wishes are stood up. 14th round of matches will be played'to. extended to the managers, captain and. * day. The first five teams on the premier- players for a very happy and successful * * trip. Umpire Leber was a target for criticism * * ship table are opposed to the bottom five when he repeatedly halted play and con- Bill Morris, Richmond and Victorian. and it would appear most likely that the tinuously failed to employ the advantage captain, achieved his sporting ambition. top division, Sydney, Wests, Newtown, rule. I have stated on numerous occasions when he led Victoria to victory in the. Easts and Souths, will defeat University, tha~ it completely puzzles me why Sydney final of the Brisbane Carnival against: Norths, Illawarra, St. George and Bal. ALAN KIPPAX umpires fail ~o make use of this rule South Australia last Saturday. Morris,. main respectively. which speeds the game up considerably. who playe}! one season for South Sydney. The premiership is at a most interest- SPORTS STORE during the war, is regarded as the best. ing stage, with 5 teams battling for 4 ruck man in Australia. positions, so it can be seen that defeat 26 MARTIN PLACE * * * at this stage of the competition could New South 'Wales' failure to shepherd * * * prove fatal to the teams fighting for a Everything for Sport for their team mates against Tasmania From to-day the time of first grade. place in the four. Souths received a set- o was most noticeable last Saturday. All matches will be Z5 minutes 'quarters, plus. back when they were defeated in the players. should realise just how important added time. During the months of May, curtain-raiser to the Tasmania - N.S.W. Phone: BW 8284. shepherding is and also what a big ad- June and July the quarters were reduced. game last Saturday, but they still have vantage it on be. to ZZ minutes, plus the added time. a chance of reaching the finals. 4 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RE<;:ORD - , IZ"IN' ?V' ..- - -. ? \VAVERLEY (VA: .J ERS ~ ...:.t. .. .J. .J. ..:.t OVA: .II FIELD UMPIRE: J. LEBER. FIELD UMPIRE: R. W. THOMAS. BOUNDARY: GOALS: . BOUNDARY : GOALS: K. WILLIAMSON, E. HAN. C. ALLEN, L. M. CLARKE. C. HUNT, C. CRACKNELL. G. WEBSTER, R. SKELTON. BRIDGE. EASTERN SUBURBS ST. GEORGE NEWTOWN ILLAWARRA (Red, White 81: Blue). (Black &: Gold). . (Red « White). (Sk, BIu.). 1-R. HAYES (Captain) I-R. McGLINN (Captain) Z-J. HUGHES (Vice.Captain). Z- -- I-J. GROSE 1-":"]'.DERCE 3-H. HEWISH 3-A. RICHARDS 2-J. DARLING ,-. 3- J .. STIVEY 4'-:"R. MILLINGTON 4-A.' "FREAIC£ 3-J. THOMAS 4-R. HOBAN 5-R. HOUSTON :5-V. SANDS , 4-S. THIRLWELL :5-R. HOSICINS 6-L. KEAN 6-G. BUnER 5-W. PICKETT 7-R. JONES .[ 7-A. MUNRO 7-R. ELLIOTT 6-J. ARMSTRONG I--C. COTTER ~-I. NICHOLLS 3-J. FROST (Vice.Captain) 7-R. DUFFY '-R. HOPKINS " 9-A. ELLIOTT 9-J. BROWNE 8-J. ROGERS (Vice.Capt.) 100J. BROOKFIELD lQ-R. WILSON l00-K. MAGRATH 9-W. COTTIS II-Ie. JAMBS : H-V. FORD ll---C. COLE . ,. ll-R. FREE 1Z-R. HANNAFORD 12-A PENNO Il---C. HARRIS lZ-W. KERNICK 13- J. SULLIVAN 13-M. DEAN 13--F. COBCROFT 13-F. HAZELL 14---C. LUTHER H-M. STOUT 14--A. MACDONALD 14-C. WISEMAN 17-K. GILBERT (Capt.) 15-G. BUTTROSE 15-W. BARTLING . 15-R. WATTERSTON (Capt.) 18-K. HOCKLy. 16-L.GETTS 16-0. MUNRO 16-A. PILLING 19-H. STANTON 17-J. DEAN 17-P. McGRANE 17-J. IRWIN ZOo-H. WINELL 18-P. McPHERSON 18-P. SYMONS 18- J . SULLIVAN ZZ-G. FREEMAN 19-J. MOON 19-D. CORMIER 19-H. FREE 23-J. FRANKCOMBE ZO-N. STEVENS ZOo-No CAREY Z5-K. KLINE 2:5-R. WILCOX ZI-M. WARNE ZI-G. MASON 33-H. DECKER Z9-H. HERBERT 22- -- .3o-G. FREEMAN -(Vice.Captain) 23-R. GILL 3Z-K. CLARKE 24-W. DOLAN 38-R. McMILES 39-W. 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EASTERN SUBURBS NOTES are being made as to the date of the, WESTERN SUBURBS The under 16 boys beat a strong Rand- 'wick team 8-4 to 3.4. Keep it up, chaps. (By PHIL MOUNTAIN), next, Well, good people, the date is the CLUB NOTES \Ve will see some of you in the first grade 16th September, so underline that clate (By W. HOLMES). , on your calendar. team in a couple of seasons. Players and supporters journeyed to. , To.day we tackle Jack Randell's men \Ve don't promise anything phenome- Mona Park, Auburn, last Sunday to play Well, it's hoping I am that by the , '. from St. ,George and, while hoping for a nal against North Shore to.day but we a game in support of the Auburn Mayor's' '. time these notes are published our wea. . f F d F' I h k "'good win, we want to see the game played are all jealous of Sydney's position at FI 00 d .ReI1e un. trst et me t an , ther is a little more kind, to us. '-;;';"we kn-ow'these two teams can play- the top and are still striving to oust on behalf of the Committee, all those Our exhibition game against Easts at it. them, so you will have to play well to players who braved the elements and Auburn last Sunday was spoiled as an beat us, Norths. turned out under trying conditions to aid introduction of the finer points of the I hear the good reports of the social a good cause. Nice work, chaps. The code to the uninitiated, but the closeness last week reached the right ears and the game as a spectacle suffered ~wing to the ST. GEORGE CLUB NOTES of the scores throughout and the very Social Committee have arranged another state of the playing area, but some sur. good exhibition of picking up and gen. very similar, chaps. You will hear when. prisingly good football' was shown by I eral handling of the greasy ball somewhat both sides. Inclement weather kept many compensated the spectators. Final scores people away but a real 'good crowd at. (By Miss A. J. CAMPBELL>. were Wests 11.12, Easts 9.6. -COMPETITION TABLE tended under the circumstances. There being no competition matches On behalf of the Auburn combined Our reserves just managed to scramble last week'end, I have no game to com. 1 sports committee, we would like to thank FIRST GRADE. home from an extra strong South Sydney ment on, although I would like to con- all ~hose officials and pla:yers who gave W. D. L. F. A. Pts. side. "Killer" Caldwell revelled in the gratulate the Tasmanian team for giving their services to the worthy cause. Sydney 11'1 1 970 715 46 conditions and was the team's best man. the New South Wales team' a lesson in Bob Hill, our coach, dese~ves 'special West Subs., 10 3 1,138 82240 Others to shine were Peter Bartsch (a 'how to play clean, fast, open footbalL praise for his efforts in arranging this Newtown, . 9 4 1,081 866 36 welcome re.appearance), Johnny Nicholls, However, on Saturday night last the match. East. Subs. 8 4 1,090 906 34 Bill Dolan, Ron Dempsey, Gordon Having previously congratulated our officials and players of our club held a Sth. Sydney. 8 6 1,038 1,022 32 Hanna, Bob Trueland and Curly dance in the Civic Hall, Herby Street, - Carnival representatives on being chosen, St: George 6 7 965 894 Z4- Mangan., 'Kogarah, at which the officials and we would now like to congratulate all Nth. Shore 6 7 951 966 Z4- Talking of Curly, this popular "son of players of the visiting Tasmanian team three on their good games up north. University 4 10 845 987 16 the sea" is the father of a ne~ rover. Our games against Illawarra at Wol. were entertained. Balmain 2 11 656 1,219 8 Mother, boy and father are all doing " i Ion gong a fortnight ago were close and I would like to thank on' behalf of IIIawarra 1 12 841 1,208 4- well. In fact, Curly seemed to be doing the first grade match was in the balance the St. George officials and players, ~he, Note.-South Sydney and University particularly well last Saturday." right up to' the bell. members' of the various other clubs, in -,(' I have already played their' match for Pressure of business. has forced Thanks go to L. Drummond, L. Curtis, ,particular the Balmain Club';.:.for. brfn~: _~~ August '26. 'Graham McIntyre to resign from our K. Anderson, S. Allen and J. Colbert ing a party of 50 to help make the n1g1;lt,_.'~ committee. It is a blow but:this is for doubling up in these games. the success it was and helping us to make_;.,;, cushioned by the return of Norman Fer. Both our under 18 and 16 teams are the Tasmanians very welcom'e. RESERVE GRADE. guson to the fold. Norm says that our showing good form. It was pleasing to see' that more of :committee meetings will be larger now. Under the guidance of Rupert Bowen the first grade players were in attendance "Wonder what he means? Could it be that wins were gained against Kogarah by the W. D. L. F. A. Pts'. than last time, but we would like to see he is an ear.basher? Anyhow, welcome under 18 team in the final of their grade. Nth. Shore 10 3 '683 358 40 more of' the reserve grade team there, ,home, Norman., The scores were Wests 12.17, Kogarah West. Subs. 10 3 710 453 40 This ~eek again we revert to competi- The guessing competition held at 4.1. East. Subs. 10 3 592 375 40 tion matches and I say best of luck to 'Mona Park ,was productive of a very Goals were kicked by J. Groves 3, N. Newtown 9 4 541 429 36 you players in both teams for the rest nice gesture. It was won by Mr. O'Con. McAviney 3, K. Clifton 3, K. Robinson St. George 7 5 508 478 30 nor (a viSitor from Western Australia) of the 1950 season. 1, R. Browne 1, R. Giddy 1. These lads Sydney 6 7 482 389 Z4- who immediately donated the prize to the Bill Boyd, our Social Secretary, is stilI showed flashes of brilliant hand passes, Illawarra 5 7 428 495 22 Mayor's Flood Relief Fund. in hospital and he is slightly on the im. but they will have to work together better Sth. Sydney 4 8 363 632 18 Evidently our Cabaret Ball registered prove, but we all hope that he will be if they hope to take out the Pennant to. Balmain , , 1 11 315 599 6 'with a lot of people and many inquiries on deck again before very long. day. Good luck, lads. ' University 1 12 276 700 4- Operates either by a small Gas Jet, a Kerosene Lamp, or an "SILENT KNIGHT": Electric Element. The People's Refrigerator at the People's Price. No Noise :: No Vibration :: No Moving Parts .. No Motor Sole Manufacturers: PRICE: £59/12/ Free on Rail, Sydney. - 5 Years' Guarantee .. 'r HALLSTROM'S PTY. LTD., 462 Willoughby Road, Willoughby \ , "SILENT KNIGHT" . N.S.W.-- 'Phone: XL 2001 (10 lines).' . 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NORTH SHORE CLUB NOTES NEWTOWN NOTES

(By PETER LAW). (By LES BLACKMORE).

Firstly, this week the reserve grade team T o"day we return to competition :really deserves all the praise for their matches after a break last week for the ,meritorious win against Eastern Suburbs New South Wales-Tasmania match. .the Saturday before last. With the first Our four State team reps., Roy Watter- .grade team's position in reaching the stan, Jack Grose, Roger Duffy and Harry ,semi-finals seeming hopeless, the task of Free, are expected to take the field 'for raising North's colours this season rests our match against Illawarra to-day. 'with the reserve grade side. We hope you enjoyed yourselves in Colin Fitzgerald and Noel Neal play Brisbane, chaps, and we know that you 'their last match for the season this week pulled your weight during the Carnival games. 'They sail with the "Warramunga" to join operations in Korea next week. We are all out for a win in both 'These two, playing in the centre and half- grades to-day, but the teams should also drive home every advantage and score forward flank respectively, have been a every point possible with percentages in .power of strength during the season. mind. The best wishes of everyone in the dub Percentages may be very handy before .go with you, Noel and Colin, and we will we reach the semi-final stage, players. look forward to having you with us next Both teams this season have given some season. very indifferent performances, but we are Also, Bob Ince will have his last game all convinced that each will stay with the :next week; he is off to Darwin. However, others during the finals. ;the team will be strengthened by the reo It is quite a distinct possibility that :turn of Les Miles, who has been on" leave, we can again this year win one, or even .and John Hardy. both, premierships, and our players will At the las: committee meeting. Colin know that should they not do so it will be .Srr.ith, who has been a consistent and only because they were just not good hardworker for the club, was appointed enough. :team manager of the reserve grade. By writing this I do not for one There will be no dance to-night. These moment detract from the other teams' 'will be continued at the same place in a merits and displays, but I have a high' fortnight's time. Another reminder is opinion also of the calibre of our teams 'training on Tuesdays and Thursdays at and players . .North Sydney Oval and on Sunday A general meeting of the club will be mornings at Anderson Park. held at Erskineville Town Hall next The winners of the Guessing Compe- Friday night, August 9. ,tition which was drawn at the dance on The meeting will commence at S p.m. .Saturday, 22nd July, were as follows: 2nd all members are asked to accend . 1st prize, Mantle Radio, Mr. Hawkin, No. ,447; 2nd prize, Electric Kettle, Mr. J. Kavanagh, No. 525; 3rd prize, Electric Haynes, No. 258; consolation prize, 5. Iron, Miss M. Hawkins, No. 445; 4th lottery tickets, Mrs, May,S05 ; Mr. Prize, Silver Tray, Mr. J. McGrath, No. Castles, 1237; Miss Atkins,' 638; Mrs. 1124; 5th Prize, Electric Toaster, Mrs. J. Crowe,. 86; Mrs. Marshall, 696. 1% THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD CONCORD OVAL FIELD UMPIRE: R. MEYERS. BOUNDARY: GOALS: A. R. ROWE, F. F. WILLIAMS. S. FURZE, G. SIMPSON. NORTH SHORE WESTERN SUBURBS,. (Red and Black).

I-C. FITZGERALD I-P. MILES (Capt.) 2-L. MILES 2-G. HALL 3-R. LETTE 3-N. BLACK 4-N. NEAL 4- 5-F. EDWARDS 5-B. BROWNE 6-"-G. PETTIGREW 6-G. MAYO. 7-D. McDONALD 7-W. BRYCE 8-G. TRENOUTH 8-J. TILBY 9-R. INCE (Vice-Capt.) 9-B. CONLON IO-D. SYMONDS 10"':"'K.CRICHTON 12- J. VIZARD ll-R. MOORE 13-G.BRACK 12-K. CHAMPION 14-R. BAXTER 13-A. GILL 15-E. DUNHAM 14-H. ANDERSON 16-W. NOMNUS 15-B. DUNN " 17-E. GEISTER 16-G. HERNE 18-G. CASTLES 17-D. BENSON 19-G. MORAN 18-R. HANNAN (Vice.Capt.) ZD-R. MARSHALL 19- J. CHESTER 27-J. HARDY (Capt.) 20-M. HARVEY 35-R. MOORE 21-,-J. CONNELLAN ZZ-W. HART 23-G. PAGDEN 24-'-N. SPINKS' 25-D. GREENHAM RESERVE GRADE UMPIRE, A. McINTYRE. GROUND MANAGER: A. ,RADCLIFFE.

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