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The Reserves
A matter which should require serious thought is that so early in the season,.~lubs are failing to field compete reserve teams, 8 It seems to be thought by some Clubs that second team watches are of little account whilst supporters join in heaping everf kind of criticism on them. It must b~ realised that to these se:-ondteam players theIr matche~ are most Important. Every game to them 1Sa chanceto make the first team and when th,::y are made to feel that their efforts are n~appreciated, and
sometimes belittled, it is a big handicap.

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the players in the first side. They are entitled, in these circumstances to the highest respect. I have known many cases where offici9-l of their Club. Club fielding rese!ve teams must carry out their obligation in fairness to their opponents who often travel considerable distances. Soccer needs today, efficient, well run clubs, who regard their reserves as a vital link in

or 9 players being all that have turned out.

reserve teams playing away never sighted an

the Soccer Chain, not as some would thinkanencunibrance.

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Clubs would do well to remember that Re-rve Team matches a!e vita~ly importan~ to ~ Club. They provIde theIr only possIble opportunity for training .an~ developinfS the yo~ng players wh~ ar.e b~mg got re~dy m the be11efthat they .wIll JustIfy promotion to the senior side; Club officia,ls should give them every possIble encouragement, and c!uh suI?porters could do the same by watchIng theIr games more 0f ten t h an t h ey do. B h. th . 11 h h t
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TECHNICAL SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS A letter has been received by the SecCretary of the V.S.F.A. giving details of dates o~ which the Technical Schools Soccer Competltion will operate this year on their Sports Days on Wednesdays.
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A n appea . 1 was a1 so made t 0 th e V S F A P rovIde referees and coac hes f or t h ese

and the matter .. AssocIation has to been see . If re f erre t h ey d can . to th e h e 1p.

prove cases

'and not a single official of the Club has been with them. Many of the reserves are good enough to appear in any senior fo?tball and ",~ho can be called upon to play m any ()f the 4'firsts" matches at any time. They are there for that purpose, and only count as reserves because it is im'possible to include all l

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AT A GLANCE

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HOW THEY STAND

RESULTS
First

Brighton 5 (Jones 2, Barr 2, Parson) d. Moreland 2. Box Hill 7 (Hutchinson 2, Davis, 2, Mountford, Bayley, Chappell) d. Yallourn 4 McIvor 2, Boyes). Western Suburbs 2 drew with Prahran 2.
Sunshine United 2 d. Park Rangers 1.

Division

First Division Club.. P. W. SunshIne UnIted .. 7 7 Box Hill. . . . . . 7 4 Brighton "7 3 Prahran . . . . . . 7 3 Moreland. . . . . . 7 3 Park Rangers. .. .. 7 2 Yallourn 7 0
Second Division

Goals D. L. F. A. Pt.

0 0 33
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Second Division Coburg" 7 d. Northc.ote 4.

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Bre~~~d 0 drew wIth South Melbourne UmtHakoah J.R.C. 2 (Pollitzer,

South \'arra 1 (Johnson). Preston 2 d. Ringwood 1.

Western Suburbs. . 7 1 3 3

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1 6 20 32 1 Goals F. A. Pt. 21 1}3 18 12 11 26 10 10

Third Division Heidelberg "A" 9 d. Brighton 1 (Sinclair). Heidelberg "B" 4 d. Northern United 1. Melbourne University 6 d. Yarraville O. Olympic 2 drew with Woodlands 2. Macedonians 3 d. Metters O. "

Club P. W. D~ Bradford. . . . . . 7 6 1 Hakoah J.R.C. . . .. .7 5 1 South Melb. United. 7 4 2 Soutfl Yarra. . . .. 7 4 0

GeorgeCross2 d. Williamstown 1. First Division Reserves Brighton 7. (Walton 3, Taylor, Finney, Short, Maver) d. Moreland 1. Yallourn 7 d. Box Hill 1. . Prahran 7 d. Western Suburbs2. Park Rant?:ers 3 d. ~u~:hine United 1. Second Divlsl~n Reserves Northcote defaulted against Coburg. South M eIb . d 3 (S ourne U mte perotto, James)
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Coburg . . . . . . 7 4 P~eston . . . . . . 7 2 Rmgwood 7 0 Northcote. . . . .. 7 0 Club Heidelberg "A"

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angers. 0 urg . Under 17 Division Preston 4 d. Box Hill 2 (Beveridge, Reece); South Melbo1'rne United 5 (Watson 3, Tomlin.son 2) d. Coburg O. BrIr!;hton 3 (Parker, Ross, McMurray) d. Sunshine Vnited O.
Under 15 Division

Under.19 DivIsIon Hakoah J.R.C. 2 (SImon 2) d. Preston 1. Western ;uburhs 6 d. South Yarra O. Ya}lourn - d. Prahran 1. . Br~i~ltol~4 (Donaldson 3, McKenzIe) d. Box P k R 4d Cb 0
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Third Division P. W. D. . .. 5 4 1 G C 5 4 1 M eorge lb U ross . .t y .. 5 3 ? e. mverSI 01 . 4 3 1 Y ymp~ lc I . . . . . . arraVI e . . . . . 4 3 0 M d . 5 2 1 J: ace omans. . . . Brighton. . . . . 5 2 0 \i\f'illiamstown . . .. 5 1 1 Woodlands. . . . . 5 0 2 Heidelberg "B" . .. 5 1 0 Northern United. . 5 1 0 Metters . . . . . . 5 0 1
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First Division Reserves Club P. W. Brighton. . . . . .. 7 5 Park Rangers. . .. 7 5 Box Hill .. . . . 7 4

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Yallourn . . . . . . Western Suburbs.. Moreland

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Goals

Hakoah].R.C. . . . 6 2 1 3 14 19 5
Western Suburbs. -. 7 2 1 4 Prahran 7 1 2 4 South Yarra. . . . 7 0 0 7 Under 17 Division 1 15 22 5 9 22 4 2 57 0 Goals

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South Melb. United. South Yarra. . . .. Bradford. . . . . . Preston. . . . . . Hakoah ].R.C. . . .. Coburg . . . . . .. Northcote . . . . ..
Ringwood. NOTE.-(a) . . . ..

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P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.
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South Melb. United. Preston . . . . . Brighton

Coburg last Saturday, not yet included m above lad.der. (b) Northcote'~ defaults on the two prevIous Saturdays ag:amst Ha~oah and uth Yarra, also not yet Included m ladder. "'[c) Coburg's default against Hakoah on May 22nd, also not included in ladder. Under 19 Division

Box Hill. . . . . . Sunshine United. . Coburg Cl ub

7 2 0 5 13 24 4 7 2 0 5 11 22 4 7 0 0 7 0 34 0

Under 15 Division P . W . D . L . F. Goa A ls. Pt. .5 4 1 0 42 3 9 9 10 39 4 4 19 4 5280

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P W D L o~ Pt' . 1,; 7 .6 . 0 . 1 .38. 4 6 I!! &: 0025 412..

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past seven weeks it has been quite noticeable that games in the two main divisions have been much keener than in th.e past few seasons. With the re-introduction of promotion and relegation, this might have had something to do with the improvement of the game, but the standard of play generally is, in the writer's opinion, a long way yet below
that of pre-war years. This of course can

be remedied, but it is the p~ayers ~hemselv~s ~ ~ whom we look to, to do thIS, for 1 they, In ~ * ~ their various teams, combine as one unit ~ ~ when they are playing a game, instead of as i Phone: Warragul 469 i !ndividuallsts, the standard .of the game must ~ ~ Improve. Many readers wrll remember, and ~1."1"1"I"I.II""I"I.lII"I"I"I"I"I".""'I.lIIU"'I"I"I"I"I"""11I""I.I".I'I"I'!I"I"I,,"i its not many years ago, when ordinary leaguc

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matches ,at Middle Park attracted crowds three and four deep right around the ground.

If this could be done once,'it could be done

league programme in full swing, as far

as the two main divisio~s a~e.c?ncerned. The match of the day m DIVISIO~ 1 appears to be the contest at Olympic Park
between Box Hill

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will be endeavouring to take the ~econd positi9n on the ladder from Box Hill.
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Rangers, they met much suffer OPPOSlUO? the next, it should be its turn United to wm thlr\ than was expected, but managed to come out \veekbut Sunshine may upset th..."l

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Its side, were at one stage of the game down by 3 goals, but when the players settled down they quickly took control of the game, and defeated Yallourn by 7 go,al.s .to 4,
In the .Second DIvIsion, the match .o~ the

sequ~nce,although when thes,eteams last met. Sunshine only managed to wm by the na!row marfTin of 5-4. Park Rangers shoul~ wm at hom~ against Prahran, .and Yallou!n may open itsMatch winning ci account the davagainst in the Western Second Su.b1;1r.bs, DIvIsion will be at Middle. Park where South Melbourne United will be striving hard to gain second position against Hakoah. These two teams played a draw in the first round of ~1.il'I'I'II'I'I'I'III'III"I"I'I'I'II'II'i.I'II'II'"'"'I"II'"'"'"'""""'I"II'"'"'~ ! ~
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Prahran Western Moreland v. Box Suburbs v. Hill v. Sunshine United
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TRIALS

to go Under against . Park, g the ., VIctorIa seasons. inter19

Brighton Heidelberg Yarraville Olympic rreorge \--.I ice

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Woodlands "-B" v. ~Ietters Heidelberg "A"

This state Skolnik South South Division cup had V . m solid

season, to compete Cup Australia. Australia back held it to to .

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turn Junior Adelaide at

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mto a goal Fmal score; defeated South Yarra 1. Hakoah J .R.C. 2

goal sco~ed by Joe F~rrugia. !he first half ended with George Cross leadmg one goal. .The second half of t.he 'ifame was pl~yed with much more determmatlon by both sides, but the George Cross defence remained firm and kept the Ol~mpic for\vard line out. A pe.nalty was. received by Geor~e Cross but !hls team failed t? add to their sc.o~efrort'
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in a victory for Georf!:eCross--one goal to nil. Referee Chas. Sand ham, complimented both teams for their good sportsmanship and clean play. . The cup was ~resented by. Mr. Pol.ites, Presldent of Olympic, at a social evenmg of the Maltese Social Society in Unity Hall, on S;tturd~v, 22nn May, to the George Cross captain, G. Zammit. SCREEN PUBLICITY

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During the forthcominf!: week the Association's screen slide will be shown at "Rialto Theatre," Box Hill, and "'Roxy Theatre," Footscray.

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Before a team takes the field it is not unusual for captains. or team' managers to issue a fe~ words of w1sdom to the pl.~yers. Such pract1ce has much to commend it but w<?uld 1t not of greater to both if the be referees were advantage to also adopt the s1des idea
of calling the linesmen together before the

they so ri~hly deserve, because after all there is not much money in the game for them, and they do really earn it-if they all really get it, and in some grades the referee gets just nothing at all. Under those conditions which we know so well, rain, mud and the rest, would you do it for the love of it?.

game begins and tell them just how he expected them to carry o.ut their duties.. Whether the foregomg has~een practised in this country by referees I do not know h1\.t I believe. t~at it would be for the good \ ,the game 1f 1t were adopted. Frequently, it is at the last minute, that. the referee is looking round to see who is really "running the line" for him, a practice which all teams should attend to well before

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The unscrupu~ous and loud-mouthed .c~ub hnesman, who d1~putes.almost ~very dec1s1on o~ th~ referee agamst h1s.own s1de and shows h1s d1sapproval by runmng onto the field or

the match begins. The linesman should be

selected at the same time as the team.
of My second point may rules," but I believe not be in the "book that the quality of

by. gesticulating ?n the touchline, is

nU1sance.
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the game can be improved by a simple action of the referee. I believe that he should call the two teams to the centre of the g~ound, two minutes before the game is due to start and in a few well chosen words he should 'tell the players just what he expected of them, and that he would control the game firmly but fairly. Controlling the game firmly, commands for the referee the respect of the players, and the spectators, but if ungentlemanly conduct is "Uowed to creep in without any penalty the \.Jndard of play will soon deteriorate. To referees in general it can be said that they are the all powerful authority on the field and to use that authority wisely and well will always reflect credit on them. Players make mistakes-so do refereesoften very honest mistakes, and very seldom does the referee receive the praise he deserves. Sometimes all he gets is abuse, usually from one-eyed spectators. As an example of such treatment I need quote only one instance-if a player happen...to get knocked out temporarily by the ball strikinf! some vulnerable spot the silence is noticeably intense, but if the referee is struck similarily or if ,he. falls over a roar of laughter follows the mc1dent. Let us make a resolution that we will treat our referees in the gentlemanly manner which

capers. . Frequen,tly he has more trou~le m controlling two lm,esmen than ~e has w1th 22 . players. . .. The e~ect .these.md1v1duals have on young players 1S d1sturbmg. I have seen small, trivi.al inciden.ts.being magnified out of ~ll ~roport10n to the1r 1mportance, and players mc1ted to "get stuck ~nto it." The usual sequelsome player bemg sent off the field. Supporters too, are sometimes encouraged by these individuals to run on to the field. And then the harvest. Players are suspended, groun?s are closed.. but .t~e real culprit, the club hnesman, carr1es gulltily on. Recently those football pests have come up against refe.rees w'ho refuse to tolerate their actions and have sent them off. How to punish them is something that has been causing the officials concern. Uusual practice is to suspend them from acting as linesmen until the end of. the season. This punishment is proving much too lenient. It is the clubs who appoint the linesmen, and I believe the only method of dealing with it is to punish the clubs guilty of employing such individuals. Until referees are employed on the line in all games, I would advise clubs to be as careful with the selection~of their linesman as they are in selecting their team.

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