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A .;rv old, but ever new, story of a matc_l i~"hich the play took the wrong turning, relates how, eventually, the ball was ki~ed high over the stand, with the result.' that play was held up and the ~pectato~s hal nothing to shou: abo~t. ~o cut the ~~lenceca~e a loud voIce wIth t?IS ~ appeal: Never mmd the ball, get on wIth the game," -' That story comes back to mind occasionally in these days, from matches in which w~et the impression that the ball is not th~ritt:lary objective. All this, of course, is just f..cetious The ball does mat~r, and at this nonsense. period of the year, especialy the thought sometim'es occurs to me that.

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don't giv~ as m~ch attention to the actual

ball ~ we mIght, WIth advantage to the game; har8~t is the. regulati?n size and weigh I ~r how many people could tell, Off

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Is The Test Applied; The rules also state-that at the start of a mareh the ball shall not be more than 16 ounce~ in weight, or less than 14 ounces, 'Having remil1ded myself about the size and weight of a "legal" football, the wonder arose in my mind as to whether there is any sy'stematic check. The referee gets the ball prior to the start of a match. What I suppose happens, in practice, is that :-, the referee takes a g<:>o~ l?ok at the ball first .Ii of all to .see whether. It IS round. T~~n ~e , squeezes It beween hIS han,ds,.or appltes hIs thumbs as a pressure. test whether IS blown to " a satisfactory . TheIt ball having up passed the~e tests, as. appl!ed by the referee, he ~~.

takes It out to the mld~c and on goes the~,

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of ~ootball as laId down m the ru.les.. Co fession being good for one, at thIs time 0
the year, let me confes.s forth,:"ith that I wa.s nct.re about the SIze, welght~ etc., of a pro~ly constituted football untIl I lpoked

'1S c('n~idere.d important .that .the ~all b~ . a certam weIght when play begIns, the ob"lous corclusion must be that it should remain more

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up tht book of rules. There it is laid down that Acircumference of the baJJs?all nqt be more~n 28 and not less than 27 mches. W e ~ay take if that the manufacturer of this all-important implement of the game see to it that the balls they turn out comply with the Jaws.
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or Jessthat ;.yeight throughout the match. B ":"'~ know it .doesn~tremain th~ saine ,weig 1 In slushy, muddy days. There have been times within the ]!"t few weeks w,hen some of th6 strong-est of foot;' ., }-\allers have found the ball to(o heavy to be ,; propelled the.-average desir;!b1e distance. .

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'p:q~e tear:ns prefer a heavy oa to a co~paratIvely light one.. In any case, would It not- be mote in keeping with the spirit of the law regarding the ball if a different~and cl~an one-.-was us,ed periodically throughout a match on those days when the ball become" like so m~h lead? Attached to this que size ,"(lid weight .of the ball ther flation. H~re again a way into my argumentative min. mention in the.law.s about er of inght jumps here is no tion of the

b~~l. In cer~amC1rcumst

up too hard 1S a~ bad as a t blown up hard el1ough. We have alt experienced the

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U~d~r 19 Division Preston 2 (McN1ece, Peachey) d, South Yarra 11U. Park Rangers 4 d. Prahran 3. Yallourn 2 d. Western Suburbs 1. Note.-The remaining two games in this

division were postponedowing to the Cup-tie

replay, in which Box Hill 2.,1. . . . Under 17 D1vlslon South Melbourne United 4 (Stott 2, Thwaites, "Prest) d.(BFighto? 3 .(Shaw, Farro,v, Tay-

defeated Coburg ,

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South Melbourne United 11 (Stil~ 5, SimpS?? 3, Fprfar, Denny, James) d. RingWo~

RESULTS AT A GLANCE First! Division Brighton 2 (Marone 2) d. Sunshine United 1 (Harridan) .

Box Hul 4 (Hutchmson

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North,cote defaulted again~t Box-Hill.

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AUSSIES GOING SOCCER-DAFT

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Park Rangers 1 (Wuspn) d. W~ate~~Su~urbs Second Division ~'I~.'i

Coburg 4 d. Ringwood I.
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South Yar!a ~ q. S,ogth Melb. Ynited 0.. Bradford 5 d:,NorWcote 1. :

The soccer season just opened in Aust~alijlo ,will continue until September, and will be the. biggest in the history of the 67 year~ hi~torY 9f the c,ode in Australia. . . The cancellahon of the Dundee tour thts
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_Preston 2 (~ash, Cromp.voetts'.j',~. Hakoah ~,.geason: w!ites o,ur Sydney. corresponden~..as J.R.C. 1 (Meyer). ,'~ greatly-d1sappomted officIals and followers, . , Third Division but a visit by the C-hineseOlympic tea% and Brighton 4 (Wake 2, Donalds?n, ~rQ'iVn) d. Australi~n'tours to New Zealand anq New, \ Metters 2 (Purdon 2). : ~~ Caledom~ ar~ expected tp cpmpensate for th Heidelberg "A" 84;';9Heidelberg","B" O. c' ,c, ,c~cellatIPn:. .. Varraville 5 d. ]\;lacedonians 3. ~'= ';,'rhe Au,stralian Spccer AssociatiPn h~\{e deW ppdlands 1 d, Williamstpwn 0. 1".". F1rst DIVISIon Reserv.es ave arranged t9 send an Australian team to BrIght9n 5".'(Lo~~ 2, Walker, Fmney, -~ outh Afr~ca next" year. . . d'J:S4nshme,Lnited O. . The ChInese team wIll play SIX matches ~a!fi:an 6 d, Yallourn..l. . ,I in Australia before leaving on May 19. for Moreland 3 d. Box Hul 2 (Bu~foot, S~wart);'1New .Zealandfrom where it will frY to Park Rangers 6 d. Western Slfburbs 1. Amenca and on to London. - . ~econdnivision Reserves '.I\vstralia will stronf;?:ly support a.move South Yarra 4 (Baxter 2, Vosper, Evans) d. to arral1,g-e soccer tours between Britain ani Sou~ Me1bourne.pnited 2 (Gilchrist 2). the Dominions at the E~ire conference to 'J:-Iakoa~ :LR.C. 3 (Migdalik 2, Sayer) d, Presre held in London in Auf;?:ust. "", ton 2 (McKet:rtan 2). (It has been said that the Chinese Olym. . cJrn~d. nd, r,e9uests frp~ ,Canada, ~olla.~alaya . .., Smgi1pore to V1s1tAustraha thiJ~F~; but C

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.Coburg v. Ringwood, result not to-band.

Br,adford v. Northcote, no result to hand.

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pic team will visit Australia on its' way back

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South Melb.. United 10 Bradford ,,~all_.~ 9 Pres t'10 on . ..' t Ii Hakoah ].R.. "P' : 9 Ringwood..". 9 Coburg ,. 7 Northcote...,. 7 ~ Club ,Brighton Park Rangers. allourn Preston
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m,atch did not take place .last Saturday and

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will be played today. Regent Club defaulted :et Under 15 Division last Satu.I:dayaga~nst University, This match'; Goals not yet mcluded m above ladder. Club P. W.D. L. F. A. Pt. First Division Reserves South Melb.. United 8 7 1 0 68 5 15 .Iii~ Gqals Preston 8 6 2. 0 37 4 14 CI1.1b P.W..D. L. F. A,Pt. Brighton 8 5 1 2 36 1111 Bnghton..: . . . . 10 8 2 0 47 9 18 Box ~ill . '.' . . . 8 - 3 0 5 6 31 6 Prahran . . . . .~ 7 1 2 37 20 15 SunshmeUblted.. 8 2 0 6 11 48 4 Park Rangers. . 6 2 2 37 16 14 Ringwood 7 1 0 fJ 6 39 2 Western Sub\!rbs . 5 0 5 29 4610 Northcote 5 0 0 5 0 -Z6 0
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trol with the foot while the ball is a foot or so off the ground. Just as the balf gets to "the foot let the foot go towards the ground at the salI'.e speed as the ball. If you can per-. fect this you will have the ball under con' 1.."

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come to the ground first.

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