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FOOTBALL.
Nohwood v. South Adelaide.
? The nrBt content between these club3 took
place on the Adelaide Oval on Monday after
noon in the presence of about 5,000 spec
tators. The weathftr w»n pminflnf.Tw nnifahln
for football, what wind there was being
insufficient to affect the game. Neither team
was fully represented, but the Norwoods
filled the vacancies cauBed by the defection of
their men by juniors. The South Adelaides
to some extent did the Bame, but
they had to start with two men Bhort
in addition to taking on a couple of substi
tutes. The game waa not started until nearly
an hour after the advertised time, when
Everdon, for the Souths, kicked the ball
towards the city goal. Merrigan did good
work in the centre, and it appeared as if the
Souths were going to assume the offensive at
once, but Shaw, Burton, and Roberts putting
in Bome useful work, the ball waa rushed
about the centre of the ground, Mr.
Waldron, who acted as umpire, strictly
enforced the law relating to little
marks, much to the discomfiture of many of
the players, who made several mistakes.
After a pretty even spell the Norwoods
worked together better than their opponents,
and Watson secured first behind for the Nor
woods, followed in a few minutes by a goal,
kicked out of a scrimmage, by C. Woods. The
Souths attempted to rally, and kicked the
ball from the centre to the gate wing. The
leather, however, waa returned to the middle,
where J. Woods bested Oaborne, and the Nor
?wood? put their opponents on the defensive.
The premiers of last year tried to relieve the
pressure, Merrigan, Mehrtens, and Mclntyre
all doing well, and thanks to their efforts the
ball waa taken well up towards the city goal.
Dixon and Shaw relieved,and Roberts back
ing up their efforts C. Woods marked well
up and kicked the second goal for the red
and-blues. In the meantime the eastern
team had obtained second behind, and a
third came from a try by Haldane,
hitting the post. At this Btage the Norwoods
were playing much better together than
their opponents, who seemed rather dis
organized; and although several men tried
hard to stem the tide of disaster that was
setting in against them they were unsuccess
ful, and the fourth behind only preceded the
third goal, which also came from C. Wooda.
Up to half time the Norwoods maintained
the advantage, and at the interval the
score was— Norwoods 3 goals 6 behinds,
South Adelaides nil. After the interval
the South Adelaides played their full
complement of men, and eoon had
the Norwood backs in trouble. For a time
the attack was Btaved off, but the South fol
lowers would take no denial, and from a
scrimmage in front of the Norwood goal Pry
secured, a goal 'for the blue-and- whites.
Encouraged by their success the Souths kept
the ball well in the Norwoods' quarters.
The gams became somewhat fast and also a
little tough, and the SouthB secured no lesB
than 4 behinds before the Norwoods asserted
themselves. Roberts and J. Woods headed
a fast rush to the centre, where Dixon and
Burton taking up landed close to the city
end of the ground, and seventh behind waa
hoiBted to the credit of the suburban team.
Mehrtens, Mclntyre, and Walsh tried to get
away, and Middleton helping them the
leather was taken to the Pavilion. J. Woods
entered into possession, and forwarded to
Burton. He eluded a couple of opponents,
and, carried along by the Press-box,
kicked to Haldane, who was successful
in notching the fourth goal, The
rest of the game waa quite exciting.
Urged on by the crie3 of their supporters,
both teams set to work with a will, and the
ball was rushed all over the ground. While
the game was anything but one-sided, the
Norwoods' followers were rather better than
their opponents, and the team worked better
together, No additional goals, however, were
scored, although the Norwoods had a couple
of rather easy chances. When time
was called the score stood — Norwoods 4
goals 10 behinds, South Adelaides 1 goal 7
behinds. For the winners Roberts, Dixon,
Shaw, Guster, Richards, and Woods playea
Bplendidlyj while Merrigan, Mclntyre,
Middleton, Mehrtene, and Walsh did best
for the losers. The new rule with regard to
changing ends at quarter and three-quarter
time was not observed, and the
boundary umpires were also dispensed with.
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