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SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEFEATED.
The match between Victoria and Souui
Australia was played to-day in the presence,
of 5,000 spectators, including the Staxe Go
vernor. The teams were: —
Victoria.— Back, Pearce, Nash, and
Woods; half-back, Purse, Busbrid^e,
and Luff; centre, Bailes, Mcgregor,
and Bruce; half-forward, Shea, McMamara.
and Kelly; forward, Johnson, Lee, and
Young; ruck, Milne and Franks; rovir,
Ogilvie.
South Australia.— Back, Ewers, Hymxa,
and Woollard; half-back, Stoddart, Beare,
and McKenzie; centre, Hewitt, Tredred,
and Bennett; half-forward, Bahr, Town,
send, and Chamberlain; forwardf Dick3oa,
Johns, and Gwynne; rack, Tierney and
Leahy; rover, Wallace.
Rain in the morning had made the
ground slippery, and light showers during
the game added to the difficulties of the
players. After their fine game with West
ern Australia on Saturday South Australia
were expected to show well against Vic
toria. They, however, had Le Messurier,
Mack, and Adcock, three of their best
men, away owing to illness, and they
found the Victorians too fast, strong, and
clever for them. Victoria had whatever
advantage the wind gave at the start, and
it was some time before McNamara, with
a left foot screw punt, got their first goal.
Young and Lee also scored before Dickson
snapped South Australia's first goal. Just
before the bell rang Young, with a place
kick, scored again, and the board showed:
—Victoria, 4-/; South Australia, 1-1. In
the second quarter there was plenty of
fine football to watch, but the most in
teresting of all were tussles between Brace,
of Victoria, and Tredreal of South Aus
tralia, on ihe wing. After the opening
term the Victorian was badly beaten.
McNamara tipped a goal in for Victoria,
and Johns punted one for South Austra
lia—their only scoring shot for the quar
ter. JiTst as the half-time bell rang P.
Shea scored for Victoria with a running
shot, and at the interval Victoria led by
6-1 J to 2-1. Victoria were HnmeasuraDiy
superior, and the crowd were consequent
ly much disappointed. In the third quar
ter the local men added 3 goals 2 behinda
—Kelly, Franks, and Young getting the
goals— while South Australia added only 3
behinds. In the last quarter South Aus
tralia had all the best of it, but Victoria
were not playing their best. They had a
good lead, and were saving themselves for
the final on Saturday with Western Aus
trclia. South Australia's shooting for
goal was poor, and they added oniy be
hinds— 10 shots jwhich crossed the line
produced only as many points. In the
middle of the quarter Victoria made a rush,
and Shea scored with a running ehot. The
final scores were:— Victoria, 10-15 (75
points); South Australia. 2-14 (26 points).
On the Victorian side P. Shea (halffor
ward and roving). Pearce, Busbridge. and
Luff (back). McGregor (centre), Bailes
(wing), Johnson, Young, Franks, and
Milne may be mentioned ahead of the
others. For South Australia, who often
overdid tbeir handball and were not as
quick to the ball as their opponents, Tre
drea on the wing was the best man in the
came, and close behind him came McKen
zie,, a (rood defender and rover. Tierney
and Leahv. were sound ruckmen. Ewers
and Beare' (back), Bahr (roving and half
forward), Gwynne (ruck), Wallace (rover),
Bennett (wing), and Dickson (forward)
were often seen:to advantage. ,.
THE SCORES. .
1st 2nd Rrd
Qr. Qr. Qr. Fnl. Pts.
Victoria. ? 4.7 6.12 9.H 10.15 75
South Australia 1.1 3-1 2.4 2.14 26
SCOBIKG LIST.
Point* %
Katrhs Scored. s
? o£
. i . I &l
Stit«. S 2 1 i & I6'
£ o j &. - o
—A Section.—
Victoria ? 2 — — 246 66 8
Western Australia 2 — — 173 12S 8
South Australia .. — - 2 119 SOS —
— B Section. —
Tasmania ? 3 — — 300 67 12
Ne«- Zetland ..2 — 2 109 352 o
Queensland .... — — 2 49 203 —
Sew South Wales — — 3 172 239 —
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