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A certain type of fighting spirit furnishes, one of the most powerful of all the qualifications which contribute to succe~s. There are
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re.vie'!1 the relevant Leagu.e position of the Wll1mng team, and you will find the same r"-prising set of -circumstances that are occur~ annually in this Sta,te. Some people suggest that the condition 9:
th~ players' n.erves on ~he big day, has somethmg to do wIth the ultImate result of a game. I do not contribute wholly to that theory, although it may have some slight bearing on
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possessthe spIrIt to do so. Whcat they lack m stature, they make up in spirit and dogged determination to win at a..ilcosts. Some sporting writers, too early in the
season, riskcthei: re.putati?n by reyiewing Cup matches and "tlppmg wmners" m the same fashion as racehorses - on form. Fancied candidates in a big r~~~ ~early always run
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SOCCER NEWS A BRIEF REVIEW OF LAST WEEK'S GAMES PosItIons on '.;he DIVISIon One ChampIonship Ladder were unchanged after last Saturday's League games, but Prahran's defeat of. the leader~,. Sunshine,. placed t~em in a faIrly safe posItion to avoId relegation. Sunshine however, are now only a poin.t i.n
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emminent, and it is possible that goal avera'i?e may decide the issue, which is very much :il Heidelberg's favor. . . . In the Reserve League, DIvIsIon One seems set for Brighton, whilst South Yarra shoul<l be successful on Division Two. Of the Junior League" it is t.oo early yet to forecast the possible WInners In the Under 19 Grade, but South Melbourne appe.ar. to
e~pects to win the premiership. B<?x HIll, ;,~. can now see that they have a good chance, and August 7, when these two teams. meet, should decide the premiership.. Sunshine have yet to meet Yallourn and Park Rangers, both at home, whilst Box Hill are to meet the same ., two teams, away. ::;c All three bottom teams, Y allou~n, More.: land and Western. ?uburbs lost aga!n o.n Sa.turday, so the posItIon as to relegatIon 1S stIll
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; Bradford will now have to fall down to be beaten,. The interest now in th.is division,. is, W?~ :vIlI accompany Bradford Into the FIr~ DIv1s10n. Both South "yarra and South Melbourne are level on pomts. for second place, but South Yarra has a .slightly better goal average. Coburg too, ~re not. out of .the race, as they are only one pOInt behInd agaIn, They, however, will,ha ve to beat South Yarra n.ext Saturday, to have any hopes for promotIon.
Third Division George Cross v. Brighton, at Royal Park Heidelberg "B" v. Woodlands Williamstown v. Yarraville, at Newport Regent v. Olympic Metters v, Melbourne University, at Footscray Macedonians v. Heidelberg " A." at Yarra Park Reserve -League Same draw as for First and Second Division,
but on opposite grounds.
S<;>uth M@lbourne, Sout~ Yarra and Coburg, WIll . be . all out now to gaIn that coveted second
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the remaining three League matches, they db th . tf th can say goo ye to e1r prospec s 0 e F. D '" f 1949 1rst IVISlon or season. 'S
Ringwood alld N orthcote cannot possIbly better themselves, and cannot fail to go to h. d D . , . T 1r IV1SIonnext season. Third Division It s'e;e~s improbable that a second round "' , I d . h Th . d D . . . of games w111 be p aye In t e Ir IVISIon and with 6n.ly,.. two games to .go t? complete the first round, ~bourne UnIVersIty appears safe for the premiers" and ultimate promotion to the higher divis, A race between Heidelberg "A," Olympic, eorge Cross and Yarraville, for the second te to go up, is ~
shme h Y H k h out arra v, a oa J.,., R C at Fawkner Ph ark B ' Pra ran v ht on at Como Park C b .y rig II ' 0 urg v. a ourn Under 17 Division . South Melbourne United v. Coburg, at MIddIe Park S h. U. d Bri hton uns Ine mte;i g Preston v. Box HI . . . . Under 15 DIvIsIon Preston v, RIngwoo? Brighton v. Box HIll, .' Sunshine United v, South Melbourne UnIted
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"'-n1acedonians 2 d. Brighton 1. Y ar~aville 11 d~ Heidelberg "B" O. Ol)tiQpic 2 d. Heidelberg ,.A" O. Melb. University 4 d. George Cross 1. Woodlands S.d. Metters 3.. W illiamstown, walk-over from Regent. , , . . FIrst DIVIsIon Reserves J Brighton v. Yallourn, no result. ~unshine United 3 d. Prahran 1. Park Rangers 5 d. Moreland .1, ':tBo~ HilL"3 d. Western Suburbs 1.
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gave Drennan of Sunshine a goal from the penalty spot. Prahran, playing the third-back game, with centre-half Bird working very hard, and the goalkeeper excelling himself, kept qff a well co-ordiriated attack. Long, hard kicking gave, Prahran opportunities, with a Sunshine defence depending on their full backs and goalkeeper to ward off these surprise raids. One of Prahran's goals just trickled over the line, followed by another into all open goal, th~ Sunshi?e 'keeper being hard pressed
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Second Div,ision Reserves C~South Melbourye United walk-over .~". Coburg.' South Yarra 2 d. Ringwood O. .J:t:estQn 5 d. N orthcote 1. -Bradford 3 d. Hakoah J,R.C. O. Under 19 Division '-rtahran 4 d. Preston 3. ~ark Rangers 11 d. South Yarra O. Yallourn 4 d. Box Hill O. Brighton 2 d. Hakoah J .R.C. O.
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headed chance; WhiC~ had the g<;>alkeceper
beaten all the way. Fmal scores (~-2. m favour of Prahran. Goal scorers for the successful team wer.e-L. Bird 3 and Jamieson; and for Sunshi~e-Kyle and Dren!lan. A ~u?shme half-back unfortunately left the field l~Jured, and weakened the defence, but
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3 (StIles 3). " Ring~ood 2 d., SunshIne U.mted 1,
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Early exchanges in this match were pretty even both sides striving hard for the lead, ,Good work by South Yarra forwards, who keeping the ball m:oving from one to another resulted in Stoddart putting Yarra in front with a well placed shot, Yarra did not have their lead for long however, fo,r Ri~gwood
were awarded a penalty from WhiCh RIchards put Ringwood on level termS, ,
Social' . Visitors from Preston, Prahran and South Yarra, were present at a ball held in the Brighton 'fown Hall last Saturday night, All present appeared:to thorough)y enjoy them~ selves. The next dance of the Brighton Club will be held at the .1ocalTown 'Hall on Aug":t'
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. Queen CarnIval. The various committ;ees ()( the Bright_o.n Club, sponsoring.,the three Queens, ,ar.t:,'~at out organising their ~r,ticular functio~$'he '" succes,sof the carnival ;;eems to be _as~ured, 'f:, j and t,he C.1ub should b'enefi\ consit1erab~ \
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Several. changes were made l~ the Box HIll team whIch def~a~ed Western Subur~ last Saturday at Sunshme, !he game" was m the nature of a ~up t~y-:out for several pla~!~s, a!l o,f whom acqultt~d themselves wIth dlstlQS;;tion,,The Hutchl.n~ns were among the goatsag"a~,~~,?on securIng one, and Lester two. -'~'.'.. . '" Brighton's ~~Vf ArrIvals "From Overseas, Two recent a~tix.als to Australia, " . . Jack Glover and Reg Clark have been sIgned on. by Brighton, a,nd were gl ,?"a try-op~ in. the, first team agamst Yallourn. Both acquItted themselves fairly well, but wer .jbadlyin need. of a run.'" Glo.ver "in rarticular"shows pro... mise of becommg decIdedly useful to. the Club. J
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Winning. Lead In the match, Presj;on versus Praht:an, Preston kicked off with . the wind but could not take advantage of It. The: Prahran defence safely held the Preston forwards. Two goals were ~coredin quick succession by Prahran's centre+c.orward.,Aust" before Preston could penetrB:teand score. After several miss-kicks,.' by the Preston backs Prahr~n netted' again. Ra,lfTime 3-1. ..
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Cup A~d Shield Finals Today The Mil~er Cup Final b~tween South Mel?ourne United and ~?~Htll Under 17 teams, aftern?on at' Campbell IS to be Playe th ~eserve, Mo.rela,n., commencm~ at 3 p.m. The curtaIn alser, commenc1ng at 1.10 p.m. will be the rDunkling Shield Final"' between South Mel>urne United anu Brighton Under 1'5 teams. ( ,~ ~
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by a better understanding of the laws and general aspects of the game. Uniformity ip th.e app.lication of the l~w's b.y all concern: ~ will bring about a decided Improvement m the game. oT mt" Club-rooms a frie~ly . . prepared for the the Members to attend purpose in general. of Association are by appointment discussion re
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Club A. Pt. 16 17 23 16 19 14 21 12 3210 39 7 27 7 38 5 South Melb. United Bradford. ..., Preston Hakoah] .R.C, . . . Coburg . . . . . . Ringwood.;... Northcote
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