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AFTER ROAD, PRESTON e~~au, @d Ht~nRoad, Merybc,oo 790 for ttt~ HOURS NO V. i c t o r t a n h ' p m !a P 0 , . is 21 7-342 8 o~nk o cTagyert, CONTACT RICHARD . .From Old Care ELLIOTT Amateur Y FOOtbatl~Grammarians Club ® LAST WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS Serviettes, St. Bernard's strike form at right time Paper Plates, Hot & Cold Cups , Paper Bags, Nor kicking costly to Ormond Raffle Books Parade out ®Fa kner qualify for B Section By GEORGE McTAGGART St. Bernard's broke their run of "outs" to beat Ormond by 19 points in the First Semi-final last Saturday and will meet the losers of today's game in the Final next week. 1 070 Glenhuntly Road, Gtenhurtti•y 316 3 Inaccuracy in front of goal proved costly to Ormond, who had beaten St. Bernard's convincingly only a fortnight previously . CANTEEN. AND CLUB SUPPLIES A 6-goal burst in the third quarter paved the way for Ivanhoe to beat Old Paradians by 14 points. Free Delivery of All Order s Fawkner moved up to B Section when they beat AJAX in a high-scoring C Section Second Semi-final, while Alphington, Heatherton, St. Bede's and Contact: Michael O'Kelly, President St. Kevin's Old Boys F.C . Hampton Rovers Juniors also qualified for promotion to a higher section in 1978 . 211-4486 A/ H 551-306 1 Ormond rushed a goal in the first All four teams in C Section topped minute, against the wind, but then St. the century mark, with Old Xaverians Bernard's settled down and their going down to Parkside by 5 points steady attack took them to a lead of and Fawkner beating AJAX by almost 4 goals at quarter-time. 6 goals . There was little between Parkside ~~'o~l:»'r3Ea~•::2~'!»'r+.+ :•~•::::: v,s.~.w;,.;«;.~.wti.ww, w~. A: ~: ❖::~r+ai It was the second quarter which really cost Ormond their chance of and Old Xav's all day and Parkside staying in the running for the flag . overhauled their opponents shortly be- WANTED URGENTL Y They kicked 3-8 with the wind, and fore the finish. although the St. Bernard's defence Fawkner took a commanding lead kept the pressure on Ormond, many over AJAX in the first half to lead (FIELD AND GVO%AL) of the "misses" were from deliberate by 8 goals and were more than 12 shots. And to add insult to injury, goals in front at the final change, but St. Bernard's kicked 4 goals against AJAX kicked 10 goals straight in the the wind and were 23 points in front last term . UIViP Old Brighton were not unduly at the interval . V.A.F .A. where your friends are. Ormond did well in the third quar- troubled by Old Camberwell, but it Don't give the game away too soon . ter, holding their opponents to 2 goals was a neck-and-neck struggle between and were 31 points down at three- Alphington and St. Kevin's with Alph- If you are finding playing Aussie Football a little disappoint- quarter-time. ington's slightly better kicking giving ing, then renew your interest by becoming an umpire in the Bruce Bourne's 3 goals early in the them a 2-point win . Experience not necessary. We will teach you to umpire . last term brought Ormond right back North Brunswick broke away from into the game but St . Bernard's stead- Old Mentonians in the third term with Contact M ►'. PETER FEIL, 12 Mackie Grove, East Brighton, ied and the closest Ormond got was a 7-goal break but Mentonians kicked 3187. Phone 578-5949. 10 points . 6 in the last quarter to be beaten by Old Paradians led Ivanhoe by 11 2 goals . DO IT IMMEDIATELY . points at the half-time break, but West Brunswick's failure to make J. Fullerton, Ivanhoe rattled on 6-6 to 2-3 in the use of the wind in the first quarter Secretary, V.A.F.A. third quarter and held on to win by left them trailing Heatherton by al- 14 points . most 6 goals at the interval, and al- ~•S+~•:r~•~ . »,.+;*<Lw•~~6~•d»:.r,•:»;s.; ~~«:+ti~ww~: r ~ w.•',«~ fi.+:»..gs•~ THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER - September 3, 1977 Page 3 Page 2 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER - September 3, 1977 though they rattled on 8 goals in the third, Heatherton finished well to V.A.F. Fairest Best score by 10 points. Footscray Tech's kicking was even B SECTIO N Players - 1977 The big guns meet at Collingwood and worse (8-24) and although they had to the winner goes a trip to 'A' Grade, 12 more scoring shots than Thornbury, A SECTIO N PREVIEWING almost as much sought after as a premier- they were beaten by 3 points . Ist 2nd 3rd Pts ship . Therefore we can expect both teams P . G. Aughton (St . Bern.) 4 3 1 19 to give their all . After an even first half, St . Bede's H. F. Royal (Coburg) 3 5 0 19 TODA)rS GAMES Reservoir finished the season well with streaked away from Bulleen-Temple- A. Lester (Caul . Gramm.) 5 1 1 18 five straight wins, the Section Fairest and stowe, adding 9-11 to nothing in the J . Gartner (Marc . O .C .) 1 5 1 14 Best to Ray Shepherd and big Mike Bates Won on countbac k A SECTION ,as his runner-up . Against this re cent good third term . Then they kicked 7 goals B. SECTION form must be considered the fact they have straight to score a runaway win . R . Shepherd (Res . O .B .) 5 4 3 26 Well done St . Bernard's - it's the mark dipped their colours twice during the season *M . Bates (Res . O .B.) 3 4 0 17 of a good side th at can haul itself out of to the Camdinals . In the Junior games, North Old S . D. Wells (Geelong) 2 4 3 17 the doldrums as you did. Gus Mitchell tells Scotch, with the talented John Anderson Boys were too strong for University I. Rice (Collegians) 2 4 2 16 me he's much happier if I don't select his and Simon Tallent, ruck roving will keep t hg Blacks and St . Bernard's got home by I . W. Davis (Geelong) 2 4 1 15 team ! pressure on Reservoirs rovers Ray Shepherd J. Anderson (Old Scotch) 4 1 0 14 Congratulations Peter Aughton on topping and Tom Byrce who will' get their usual a goal from Ivanhoe in a close en- `Second on countbac k the A Section poll, but commiserations that arm chair ride from Mike Bates, despite counter . C SECTION inju ry eleminates the chance of playing for stiff opposition from Scotch's Bruce Kef- A . Flavel (UHS Old Boys) 4 4 4 24 a flag. ford who is now recapturing some of his Geelong beat Reservoir Old Boys M. Yea (Old Carey Gram) 3 3 6 21 Bad luck Ormond but congratulations to earlier form in the ruck. The Reservoir small by a similar margin, and Hampton H. Ritterman (A .J .A.X .) 5 1 1 18 you and coach Ian Cameron in lifting the men will also prove to be more damaging *W . Blay (Kew) 5 1 0 17 club back into the top bracket. =around the goals . Rovers, after trailing De La Salle by G. G . Nash, Hamp. Rov.) 4 1 3 17 15 points at half-time, kicked 7-7 to A couple of weeks ago I thought that It is in their two key forwards that Scotch *Fourth on countback today's North Old Boys-De La Salle second may find their trump cards lie. The very nothing in the third term and went D SECTIO N semi-final result would bo a foregone con- experienced and effective John Morgan will P . J . O'Dwyer (Ass. OC) 4 5 4 26 clusion . But now I'm not to sure be a large sized headache for on to win by 32 points .