° nC .~~ 117If v A " Section '"I fay 8,1976 ENTS If, you belong to any club from accommodation and C or group with a common meals to unexpected things interest you qualify for Ansett like laundry and entertain- Airlines of Australia's 10% ment. Send for our detailed discount air-tares for your Group Travel B"rochure, next outing with 15 members or simply ring and we'll mail or more . Even better, one direct. Ansett Airlines will save you time and money by handling (at no cost to you) all the arrangements for your trip, the Vol. 76, No. 3 amateur Registered for posting as a periodical - Category "C " Printed by Hedges & Bell Pty. Ltd of 12 Ripley . Sutton Road, Maryborough, and Published by Geroge McTa gart, Grove, Caulfield North, for the Victorian Amateur Football Association . g OFFICIAL I JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ~,~,,,.. LAST WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS ORMOND, MONASH, TRINITY CAUSE UPSET S Geelong's First Win Since 1974 By GEORGE MeTAGGART The spate of sensations in the opening round a fortnight ago continued last week when three of the A Section winners in the first round were beaten by teams which lost on the opening day. Ormond, . well beaten by De La Salle, turned round and toppled University Blues by six goals - Monash Blues, after an inglorious display against North Old Boys, beat Coburg by 21 points - and Old Trinity, who finished a long c~ia.y behind the Blues, accounted for North Old Boys, the margin being 3 4 points- - De La Salle, who just held on long siderably despite another big win - enough to beat University Blacks by from 2581 .8 to 591.5. a point, are now at the head of the Melbourne High again kicked a cen- list, St . Bernard's, premiers last year, tury score, but their 17-15 (117 points) played an unregistered player against fell 53 points short of Caulfield Gram- Steady Eddie the Blacks in the opening match and mar, who kicked 25-20 (170). The so lost the four premiership points, week before High kicked 21-8 (134) to "I did ft and I'm glad:" otherwise they would be sharing the be beaten by 9 points. lead with De La Salle. University Blues Juniors, who put Five years ago, Eddie didn't think he could Geelong scored a 33-point win over up a poor showing against North Old afford insurance. He was getting marrie d St. Kilda CBC, their first taste of vic- Boys (Section 2 premiers last year) re- in a month and he needed all the money h e tory since the 1974 season . peated their Section I Grand Final could get to make a start. An AMP man Reservoir Old Boys Juniors, who win over Coburg, the margin being showed Eddie that an insurance premiu m kicked a record Junior score the pre- 4 goals. .and vious week, were beaten last Satur- Of the teams promoted this season, is not money spent but money saved.. day, going down to West Brunswick De La Salle, Fawkner, AJAX and more. Now Eddie has a policy that protects by 7 points. And their percentage North Old Boys Juniors are still un- his family.. .and protects his dollars . crashed from 2446.7 to 463 .2 - still beaten. So too are Monash Whites, Contact an AMP man today and hear not a bad per centage all the same. but their match against ANZ Bank how you can afford insurance and enjoy Incidentally Thomastown's percen- last Saturday was not played because security. tage quite naturally also dropped con- no umpire was available. Telephone 62 0201 or mail this coupon . r------------------ I Tell me more about how I can afford AMP insurance. ~ Name ................ ............................................................ .. Address ............................................................... ... ... .. State ..................... :. .. .............. P o s t c o d e..... .. ... .. .. A.M .P., 535 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, Vic. 3000 . 6 ----------- J L624 Page 2 THE AMATEUR FOOT15ALLER - MAY 8, 1976 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER-MAY 8, 1976 page 3 V H jection 90 22 the first week, and 13 out of 20 the fol- lowing week. a for DEast UMPIRE'S CORNER FremantlaouJuniorsin againstpl almyr oig By Kevin McKay scored every goal and every behind 26-20 LAST VVEEK'S RESULTS scored by his team "What would he *be worth today? " Last week we started our social year A SECTIO N "FITNESS" with a party at the home of Ron and Janice B SECTIO N What are we striving for when we com- Lowe. A huge crowd voted it a top night. Old Trinity Gr 5 .2 10.4 14.1 0 19 .12-126 mence training the umpires at Elsternwick North Old Boys 2 .2 7.5 9 Old Scotch Coll 4.3 13 .9 16.11 20.I4-134 Par k .6 14 .8 - 92 Ivanhoe 4 LAWS OF THE GAME OLD TRINITY: Williams 6, Smith 4, P. .6 5 .7 12.8 16.11-107 We aim to develop and improve the gen- RULE 17G - Quarterman 2, Jones, W . Peers, R . Peers, ow- eral and specific components of fitness in States that a free kick shall be awarded P. Dann, Cook, Stevenson, Johnston . Best : den OLD SCox 3, King 2, Kefford, TaIIe t . order to maximise their performance when against a player who wilfully kicks or Hansen, Williams, Jones, Smith, W . Peers, Best : Marx, Tallent, Bowden, Sherwen, they are umpiring , Watsford . Leatham, Nicholl s forces the ball out of bounds without it IVANHOE Once again general and specific condition- being touched by another player. NORTH OLD BOYS : Fogarty 3, O'Con- : Jones 5, McMahon 2, Simp- ing are both inter-related and combined FULE 17E- nor 3, Ould 3, Murray 2, Kelly, O'Halloran , son 2, Stredwick, Knopp, K . Harris, R . with the most vital requirements of a field A free kick shall be given against a Wilson . Best: Anderson, Fogarty, Wilson , Stewart, Renshaw, Hoare, Dockerty. Best : umpire - stamina and speed . B. O'Connor, Scanlon, Butera . player who wilfully wastes time. Stredwick, Renshaw, Jones, R . Stewart, They are all brought together for the A player with the ball may be fairly met De La Salle OC 3 .3 7.8 11 .10 13 .12- 90 Grant, Neale . overall improvement of physical fitness and University Blacks 2.2 3.2 8 by an opponent by the use of the hip, .8 13 .11- 89 Geelong 2 .8 7 the final objective which is the correct shoulder, chest, arms or open hands DE LA SALLE O .C . : Groves 4, Hill 3 .12 10.15 16 .21-117 performance response on the field . , St . Kilda CBOC 4.1 9 . A player may be pushed in the chest or George 2, Dunne, Bothe, Crothers, Power. .1 11 .2 13.6 - 84 It should be remembered that the develop- side or shepherded in accordance with these Best: Lyons, Groves, Butler, Power, Wright, GEELONG: G . Trevaskis 3, Coad 3, Neil- ment of one component of fitness will not Mulqueen . sen 3, Davis 2, Ross 2, Poulton 2, Roberts guarantee the same response towards an- laws, by an opponent, provided the ball is UNIVERSITY BLACKS Best : Davis, G . not more than 5 metres away . : Larkins 3, Mof- . Trevaskis, Silver, Neilsen, other component. - For example. If one is Umpires should at all times use common att 3, Burne 3, Hays 2, Perrett 2 . Best : Coad, Colenso . training to improve his strength by the sense in their decisions. Dynon, Burne, Holland, Clarke, Moffatt, ST, KILDA CBOC: P . O'Connell 5, Drin- appropriate training, he cannot expect th e Cusack , an 4, Hinrichs, Jennings, M . Delaney, Car- same improvement to show in his cardio- roll. Best: P Monash Blues 7.1 11 .6 13.9 15.14-104 . O'Connell, Drinan, Jennings, respiratory fitness . (Heart and Lungs.) Coburg 1 Sherman, M . Delaney, J . Delaney. Therefore the golden rule to remember is .2 4 .3 11 .6 13.9 - 87 MONASH BLUES : Curtin 4, Harrison 3 , Marcellin OC 5 that "Training in Specific" . Bickford 2, G .1 9 .8 15 .8 23 .12-150 . Pell, Tunning, Severs, Carl- Old Carey Gram 3 .1 3.2 6 Conseouently, training should be aligned WE'RE SHORT OF UMPIRES ton, Gumley, Renhard . Best : Black, Smith, .2 7.2 - 44 as closely as possible to the task under- Renhard, Bickford, Curtin, Tellefson taken by the individual . Powe The Association is desperately shor COBURG: Handley 6, Boyd 2, N. Beattie R~ Denning C2, Jon GaBtneBTo ~olDillon , Every part of the body should be brought t 2Seath 2, P . O'Brien r Aloisio, MacDonald, J . Oi . Grego of umpires and urgently requires . Best : Handley, N. Crimmins, Hardy, C ry , to efficient working level before specialised l3eifttie, Seath, M . O'Brien, Mann, P . Mahon . Best: Power, training is undertaken . young men to take on this very im- O'Brien . C. Mahon, Jones, J . O . Gregory, J . Gartner, This level should be reached PRE-SEASON P . Gartner. portant part of the game. St. Bernard's OC 2.3 9.5 12.7 19 .8 -122 BEFORE arrival at ElsternwIck Park. Hearn , Yeo 2 , Reservoir OB 3.5 4.13 8 .14 10.19- 79 Glenn, Tatnall UNFORTUNATELY only a few umpires do On the onening day, we only just ST . BERNARD'S O , Kellaher, Elliott PRE-SEASON WOR K managed to supply umpires to all .C. : Fox 4, Thompson , jSulomidis, Rooney, Davies Physiological functional improvements are 4, Madzielski 3, Angel 2, Santamaria 2, brought about by correct training, but the games by using two members of the King 2, Wade, Dalmau . Best : Aughton, Collegians 2 .3 3 .8 4 .11 12 .11- 83 Drennan, King, M.