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PLANNIN G AHEAD.
Now that the seasonbas passedthe half-way mark it is time to pause and take stock of what has been accomplished. It seemsa far cry now back. to 1944,.when the.gam~ ha~ reached an all-time low with 5 clubs In Vlctona-Prahran, i Brighton, South Melbourne United, South! Yarra and the combined Moreland- Hakoah. with only the bqlstering of two Air Force teams' making a competition possible. This year we seea competition ?f ?O senior clubs, 20 reserveteams and 30-odd Jumor teams (to produce the stars of tomorrow). This has n~t been achieved without a lot of spade work-much of it behind the scenesby T' ~ seldom-thanked, but often abused gentle~t1, the club-secretary. Heavy work has fallen on the shoulders of Association officials, so that at last it has been fourid necessaryto put club men on the Victorian Soccer Council. All have more than justified their inclusion, not one having missed a Council meeting smce their election, besides sitting on various sub-committees (and in some caseshelping tol produce this much criticised ~ews sheet). Credit must be given to those devoted souls, the independent Cod'ncill.ors, who have nothing or two clubs dropping out and new ones being brought in in an effort to keep the 2nd and 3rd division programmes full), but the effort has been there. ~Ij' Looking forward, we hear rumors of new clubs for 1950 (at least three to date), so that next year further arrangements will have to be mode ~o accommodate newcomers.
It is hoped that in 1950 all third division clubs will see their way clear to run reserve teams, both for their own convenience and to accommodate those ,enth~siastswho are looking for a game,and can t quite make the first team. The time has come, in many cases,for well established teams to start putting something back into the game as well as taking something out. Junior teams are the answer to this, and those Clubs who are ~oo~ingto the futu~e w~ll find the running of JuI1,lor teams (starting In !he under 15 grade where possible) the sounde~t Investment of any _fq~ the years to come.. It. IS hoped that 1950 wlll see many moJ:e Junior teams, as there ,are alr~ady a lot of boys unable to get gameswith their present clubs. Junior coaches must be found, and it is up to Clubs to. encourage anyone anxious to take an
ance,
Plenty of work has been done also by the\ League Management Committee, not always turning out <Luiteas well as expected (with one
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, tn~ game'to go forward' it i~ necessaryto plan ahead. The men at the top are doing so! V . J . M . D. IXOft.
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by Ringwood by 1 goal. South will have to be on th~ir mettle in future games, for they cannot afford to tQ lose any promotion more premiership points if they wish retain prospects. Their
game to-day' at,Middle Park against WilliamstoWfi' should result in a win for South, and may be the turning point in South's run of ill-
PROSPECTSFOR TO-DAY. Main first division game to-day is between Bradford and Park Rangers at the HenryTurner Reserve,Footscray. It will be r~men}bered that Bradford surprised when they last met Rangers on May 7, defeating them by 2-0.
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LEAGUE TABLES.
Rang~rs be out task, to avenge defeat,fine but will be will set a stiff. f.ot this Bradford's
Hill side to a 2 all draw was meritorious. Their prospects on their home ground, Which i.s a problem to visiting teams, look bright. Rangers although playing good football at present, are used to level ground, and will not find the Bradford field to their liking. It will not surprise if Bradford gives them a bit of a shake again. . ""1' ,
Fawkner Park may be the scene. of another ~ood game, where South Yarra wII.1 meet the Improved Moreland team. In theIr last -en-
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Park Rangers 12 II Brighton, , 12 II Prahran , " 12 9 Box Hill. . 12 7 Yallourn . . 12 6 South Yarra * 11 4 Bradford. . 12 2 Sunshine. * 10 I
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GAMES.
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Und19 D' , , er IVlslon. Yallourn v. Hakoah J..R.C.. at Yallourn. Prestonv. West. Subs., at Bell. Box Hill v. South Yarra, at Surrey Park. Under 17 Division. Brigh~on v. Preston, at Hurlingham Park. / Sandnngham v. Coburg, at Hampton. / Ringwood v. Bradford, at Bedford ParV /
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Northcote v. Park Rangers, at Merri Park. Under 15 Division. .' Park ~angers v. Sunshme U., at Mlddle Pk, Sandrmgham v. Sth. Melb. Utd., at Hamp~ . ton.
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1 Sth d' Melk..Vtd, v. Northcote~ame not
RESULTS OF LAST S,ATURDAY'S GAMES. First Division. ., Park Rangers drew with Bnghton, 2-2. Box Hill drew with Bradford, 2-2, West. Subs. drew :with Yallourn, 1-1. Moreland d. Prahran, 4-3.
South Yarra d. Sunshine Utd., Second Division. 5-4.
HOW THEY FARED ON MAY 7tl-. .. .. ) First DIvIsion. " -;-:' Brighton d Yallourn, 4-3. "l~.,n Prahran d. West~ Subs., 4-1.
Moreland Box Hill d. South Yarra, 2-0. d, Sunshine Utd., 6-3. .
d d S h Me1b U . d 1 0 R. mgwoo . out . mte, -. Hakoah PJ.R.C. d. Yarraville, 3-0 Prestondrew with Heidelberg,1..1. Olympic v. Williamstown- Game not played. Sandringham v. University - Game not
played.
Bradford d. Park Rangers,2~0. ... SecondDIvIsion. , Sth. Melb. Utd. d. Williamstown, 8-2. Heidelbergd. Olympic, by default. Sandringhamd. Preston, 4-1. University d. Yarraville, 2~1.
HakoahJ.R.C. d. Ringwood,2-0.
Th STATE TRIALS.
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First .Dlvlslon Reserves. Bnghton d. Park Rangers, 4~1. Box Hill d. Bradford, 4-1, Prahran d. Moreland, 1-0. Second Division Reserves.
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on Sunday, July 10, July 17 and 24. Players must report b~ 10 a.m. at ground. The followmg are selectedfot Sunday, July 10T :- l M F (B H ' ayor, c eeters ox 1 ll) .. . G00 de, Jack B~rr, Dobrich, Sinclair, McDougall (Brighto ) Gllbert, Hardman, Kennedy (Morelanu-f"'; Stoddard, Sharman (South Yarra); Wilson, Highett (Park Rangers); Ashworth, Tanish (South Melb. United); Daly (Bradford);
,Azzopardi (George",Cross); Carroll (Juven-
\, Preston d. Heidelberg, 7-2. Hakoah v. Y arraville~ame not played. 'University v. Sandringham-'-Game riot
la ed. p y . . . Under 19 DIvIsion..
. e. mgwoo, ' t own. d" 0 1" . 5-0. W1 ' ll lams lit mplC,
) D rennan (Sunshme; . ) Wh lte o (S d . . tus;' . an nn g ham) . . -::fhe State sel~ctors wish to appeal to club masseur.s fo~ their h~~p on the above ~ates, so
that Vlcto~la can ~lve our representatives t~e best attention possible. If prepared to assist us please contact me at FU 5725.
Park Rangers d. Brighton, 2~1. Yallourn d. West. Subs., 4-3. Box Hill d. Hakoah-Game not played. Under 17 Division. Sth. Melb. Utd. d. Brighton, 4-0. Metters d. Coburg, 6-3.
Latest dates given to the seleCJorsfor the Jugoslav visit is August 6th v. Australia, and August 10th v. Victoria, Mr. A; Herd, former Scottish International, has been appointed coach and will start on Sunday, 10th July. A. Kerr, Chairman Stafe Selection Committee
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Another F"bone I have 'to pick" with the ~R"siaFi9~' is, rhei~ ,,1q,k;9;f, B:~pl!c~ty., Why ~ant'7a;f shla1f'btock advett1s-emeilt B,e put in the "Herald" entertainment page ,publi~i9ing the mai~ ga~e?;f the day tq bep.1ayed at OlympIc Park? These ~ames should also be arranged half-seasonaLly Instead of sea~ona1.ly-thus ensuring that the bes( games are played there. In conclusion, I wo~ld like to compliment "Soccer News" on the grand job it is doing for Soccer and also to express the hope that my "growls" will be accepted as constructive criti~ cism. Donald J~ C. Sutherland, St. Kilda.
, , The.apathy which Austra:lia,nSoccer leaders ,-we d~splayed ,towards Engltsh ~ools Pro~ moters IS something 1. find very hard to understand. If full ,o-operatibn had been given, Soccer would have s(obd to gain tre~endously while it had nothing to lose. Pools "made" Soccer in England and yet we find the organis~ ing bodies of 'Queensland and N.S. W. altering their fixtu\ ts with what seem~deliberate intent ~to di$;rupt E~gIish PooJs. It ~s dis~eartening
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certainly of high standard, and will do much to foster and make soccer better known in Australia. Play ca~ be irt1proved through succ~ss~ril in gaining new talent, countnes. "Soccer Follower," clubs being from other Hampton.
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Hakoah and Sth. Melbourne Reserves, played on June had cancelled and be rep1 aye d at11, a 1a t er dbeen at e, Th e reason f or twill h e can( ~ 1,lation was presumably Sth. Melb. allegedly due "'t~ a gbal awarded been'k1cked by a spec-
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tator. I will riot argue as to whether this did actually happen because my view was impeded, but I was of t~e opinion that the ball bounced off the post Into the goal and not off the ~pectator. Howev~r, the, ~rinciple, of the thing 1S that the Referee s decIsIon, whIch I had al,. ways undersood to be final on the field, ha~ been overruled by the V.S.F,A.'s committee which was not represented at the match. Referee Mason firmly adhered to his d.e~ision, after the game, that the goal was leg1hmate, yet the As~ociation cancel t~e game on' a pr,o~ test by Hakoah, who, on the field, had d1Splayed perfect sportsmanship. Inci?entally, the, goal was not, as stated by Hakoah In the, "Soccer News;" 'the deciding, goal but was the equaliser, I
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MOV SPE BA Ther have bee two pro cas rec wher spec hav defl the bal into goal and a goat has bee allo This migh hap in Pa Rang v. Brig gam at Mid las S\itu in spite of the bein sto to clear peop awa from goa pos A refer task is diffi eno wit havin to-ke an eye on spe I com men Mr. Hea (Su Hill sug of ropin off area arou the goa Clu offici shou help line too With rega to Met F.C rep on the gam agai Y.C and crit of refer I sugg that suc be sen to and deal with by the roug play and pro comm and not be pub in the "So New The Refe Ass me have no inten of argu with Clu or offici on their dec The are onl answ to the app aut ,5.. Tho Iva BAD GRO CO In spite of tran diffi Ha team and quite a few regu sup we out to Yarr The gam was ham by K E P bad grou cond Hak J.R sco t~ first goal in fiftee mi~ whe Ma Ko stein scor in.fro o~ th~ Yar goa Th I T youn goa dId valu wo and s.ave his tean num goa Abo a min befo half tIme F. Wer sco Ha s N seco goal The third cam from an f<?r both team Hak J.R def Ya B ville 3~0 Hako Res wer read to pla at Park but Yarr Res did not app O V After to-da gam at Oly Par ins right Max Kop will be mar We wo like to wish Max and his brid all the ver bes "' S A V E M 0 R A V E M 0 R E for a succ futu
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about 30 yards, whII=hlanded rIght under the Yarraville crossbar. . Hakoah.was unlucky not to score ~ore.goals, but the slIppery clay ground made It dIfficult
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In the event of Clubs cancelling matches and The game pl:ayed3ct St,
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All Clubs must notIfy, the Asst. Secretary ,wh~n matches are c~ncJll~d m order tha.t he ~ay advIse t~ referee. AllhQme clubs WhICh faued to do thIS for matches on July 2 must send referee's fees to Mr. E. H. Low, 4 Backham St.,
fQt Northco~~ by 3 goals to 1., OWIng .to the transport strll~e.. Metters tqok the fi~ld WIt? 1~ men (Johnson, C..F., and JoQes, L:H...dldn t turn up). Metters opened th~ scormgafter a breakaway.. D"Howells sent in a hard driving shot
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tbe "'gre~sy ball." Notthcot~ ~ost.maQyop,p.orscore through their forwa1;ds Players on both sides found the ball on the wet and faumg it. hard muddy contrQI
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EMBARASStNG Sandringha':!:1 ,,"-1 Saturday. ~econd tures :second were at odd on I The was Owing
tunities to to ~hQot. to
Umverslty
ground. Metters, with the one goal Northcote forward line fighting time. In' the second half, L YOft Northcote he deflected their first goal when, the ball through his lead, kept the up till half (Metters) gave. trying to own goal. clear, Anhis t,he
teams nQt be~ng a~le to meet ~heir fiX;(tr4nsport diff\c~l~les), Sandnngham S team played t~et first team. Botl? teams full st~ength-the favouptes. '-~ " first team bemg the
to Noithcote
when Dwyer
did as they pleased, bqt the RIs~rves defe~ce kept them at bay. Just on half time, Leydon scored for the Reserves with a terrific shot. and in After the position "Lemon Reserves and time," the were giving keeping the pace the ball was first kept up a lesson ~oy
pressure on, Metters packed their goal-a mlStake which cost them another goal. Northcote were lucky on the day--"had Metters a full team Northcote in arrears. 'Report wou1dhave on the Under been 17 about game Vale: got an. old 4 or between 5 goals Met-
moving.
B,ennett (Res~rve Cen~re hIS forw,ard lme~obl~e was havmg through to - -,d The first players
a torrId t~me. Roy Benn~~t score, puttmg the Reserves m team went
raced front. ' threw, the~selv,es mto t h e f ray over hke mnepm~. Spect~tors by Sl~Pal~ost 1mwmners 2
M etters showed g ood football sense by the ball into the, m1;1_d, where ,the d~fenders couldn't kick It. .Every tIme clear the ball where Metters' possession and heavier, ~rom kmdly Coburg ,. Mette~s put travelled forward shot. team Soccer ~nd
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~r.re treated to some good goalkeepmg son (Reserves), who saved some possible shots. Reserves r~n out goals to I-amid much excItement. a good (ff the "Pop" refer~eing; classical. Finney g~ve hs handlmg
they tried to short distance, half-backs got time, the taller, thanks who a shock. " Special Mr. Shaw,
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" a bad term with injuries, Ringwood ist the happy p~ospect of having alt. fit. This includes ~he three p~ayers' married: Harry Aldha~ and Norm;
The "match of the year" at Middle Park, turned out to be just that in every sense. Park Rangers took charge of the game, checking every move by Brighton to "get cracking," a?d sho~~d a1!;presc:ht hpw to defeat the "thIrd back ~ame. .It was not quite so easy. however. After ten minutes' play the ball was driven down to Forrest. who;~ith an amazing burst of speed made for the goal.. Just as everyone. e.xpected him to shoot, he flIcked the ball to 91lhs, who ~eat Jack to the ball and m~de no mlstak~, putRangers one up. ThIS spurred Bnght , on and some of the best Soccer seen for years' resulted in McDougall equalising for Brighton. Then Rangers came again and with lightning moves had Brghton's defence in anything but a comfortable state. . F ad . b Id b ' d h. orrest mea 0 I W ICh came 0 ff ,an d with all ~is migh~ drove hard to put R~n~ers on top wIth 40 mInutes played. Two mInutes before half time Forrest sent over a perfect corner kick, for Gillis. to head in grazi~g the top of the bar: Half tIme: Rangers 1, Brighton 1. , . , BnghtoJ! apP';trently, bene.fited f~om theIr breather and got Into theIr stude straIght away, putting great strain on Rangers' defence (bt,1t th,ey held out, all attempts to score), , Ten mInutes from tIme, McDougall evened the score . " fi . h d d k agaIn. Rangers were not nlS e an ept . . peggIng away WIt h out resu 1 t an d t h e game ended Rangers 2, Bri~hton ~,' fitting finish
Carroll are back In the fray and JImmy Nurdon; is straining at thet-eash. Congratulations to al~, three.. Working bees ~ve t8e shower.baths;~~a,~ly;; completed at Bedford Park. The fortnightly dances in the Ringwood Town Hall a~e p~bving: a great success under the able organISatIon of out Social Secretary, N. Mackie. ,tlng . , , ,South Melbourne UnIted were the VIsItors to Rmgwo?d last Saturday. After a hard, ~ut very enjoyable. game, Rmgwood emerged WInners, and thus honours are even between the Clubs.
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~i~~wood appre~iate the Sou,th Melboum'~ officIal s congratulatIons to the RIngwood players after the game-a very fine gesture. . Our Reserves dropped the points at Middll Park but enjoyed the game. The Under 15 and 1'l teat:ns are steadi1y, moulding into"good .com,bin';ttions and will b~ a force to be reckoned wIth m the near future'; Ringwood 3nd Brighton Under 15 teani~' played a 2~k draw on Saturday. 0 ur U nd er 17 b oys were mos t d lsappom " t d e
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to th~se mte~est~d I? Soccer football hvIng In" the RIngwood ~~S~lct. Co?;ta<:t th~ Secretary,: ~r. Fred Lee, P~nearrow , W ant~rna Ro';td, , RIng~?od, who w1l1 be pleased to gIve any 1~form~tlon and arra!1ge for a welcome to thIS growIng Club. ;',
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Petterson, Forrest, Guy and Gillis for Rangl J' and McDougall, Dobric for Brighton. Th~ curtain raiser between the Under 19' s proyided a good sa~ie of our fu.ture seniors. MuIrhead scored ft;:~ a penalty Just on half time. Rangers increased their lead to twv, but Brighton lessened the gap before time. Park R 2 B . h 1 Th L d. , C ' angers, ng ton. e ales omml- t tee have everything in hand for the annual Fancy Dress Dance on Saturday, July 23, at Christ Church Hall, Acland St., St. Kilda. "ff"""""""""" "'"""'""""'"""" """"'""""""..", """""""""""""""'
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