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COUNTRY MATCHES.
Bendigo Grand Final.
SOUTH BENDIGO WIN PREMIER
SHIP.
11EXDIGO.— Xovcr beforo tins »uch a large
crowd n.wmlilod )„ JJcudlgo to witness a foot
ball match as that which congregated in tlie Up
per Itcaervo 011 Saturday lo aco the grand final
of the lleniligo League competition between
Ciistleinaine (minor premiers) and South lien
dtKO. Thousands of persona from country centre,
attended. A fortnight beforo Castlemnine had
bron beaten by South UendiRO by 42 points, but
they look tlio field on Saturday determined to
turn tlio tallies. 'I hoy went very near to achicr
tng their objective, nnd but for unfortunate
casualties in their ranka they might have had
I lie honor of nmiexitiK tlio premiership In their
first year of entry into the League. Soutli llen
digo, captained by A. liando, formerly of South
Melbourne, won tlio toss, and adopted forcing
tactics, but Castlemalne more than held them
and finished the quarter with 2.2 to j,s. During
-fi'L^'ilrtT',l1,a,ras'1, onP Castlomalnc', best
m i ,, in '? si'flmm.'lgc, and broke Ilia
collarbone, lie was carried from the ground, anil
Lantlcninino had to play moro than threo quar
ters of the game with 17 men. Despite this
handicap the team worked with splendid sys
tem, and held tlio honors again in the sccond
leim, fimslnng with 4.2 to :i.n. Tlie openin' of
the third quarer saw Castlemalne still pre
dominating, Imt n. Nichols, a half-forward re
ceived a severe injury to his right ankle,' and
he was out of action for the greater part nf Ihe
erni. rhe .absenco of two players was retiected
in the team s work, and as tho quarter wore on
!, V1, ny. was 'f il poorer. standard. South
llendigo look the lead, and when tlie tlnal quar
ler was entered upon had scored S.10, as against
astlemainu's South llendigo played thi
letter game in tho concluding stages of the
malen, although Castlemalne fought gamelv. The
Una] scores were:— South llendigo 7.12, Castle
maine 11.4. The goal kickers were:— .South Ben
'go: J. noble (2), Ooyno (2), T. Knight, Trues
1 «? Oarnitlicrs. Castlemalne: C. Nichols (4),
U. Nichols. '
Prior to the grand final, a game was plaved
between teams selected from the Taudara, Ma
eornat and^tho Uorong district. Korong won by
The final of Bendigo Junior League was played
at Canterbury Park on Saturday between Cali
fornia CJully and Long Gully, the final scores
being California Gully 10.7, Long Gully 7.5.
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