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It is "sound practice and the general desire of all selection committees to regularly promote' plaY~f'c"f.rf)m ~ms ~ lower gra~ tQ fill vacancies in more senior sides, Such a plan provides valuable experience for yotnger pl"ayers and is a sound 10~g-range.policy for any club to adopt, becauseit gives the younger players an ?pportunit);' to measure speed: skill and t~chntque agaInst more experIenced opponents, The present seasQn,with its interstate pro~r amm~, w "hi c h . co nt a in" ns a ~n de r 19" t ea, m fo r

Jt is generally understood "(a1thoug4different opinions seem to exist "and warrant clarification) "that a jur:i~r,~layer must not c?mpete,in ~ore than t",:o ser1;Iurgames" otherwIse ~e ~s lIkely to be dIsqualified from Interstate sel~ctIon, In a local cup competition the rule may have some"merit, but for all otner purposes'it is a rule, as far fr?,m modern ~s a pair o~ "Apple Shaker Pants, and only causes dIscontent among those who, are called -on each week to cepresent the "Aunt Sally" team. ,-, .
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for I,nt;rsta,te ..~ompetItIons, re:!ttfau1?)f}g;;, !:tl~~rfserYtteams Sally'" of th~ local Under the become present, "Aunt

sibly winning ~ cup are drifting away each

week, becausethe players:""w:l1o should be in the reserve team are, forced to play "under 19" 'much to the disadvantageof their club.
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for South 'Australia we~ks hence.

the only way in which the best "under 19" side -from any State could be chosen: I may incur the displeasure of the framers of the rule now in e~istence,but I am prepared to taKe a ,chan,ce on the vote that the rule would receive ItS "exodus" if put to the whole of the players and club officials. What about it? I say that we
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b Bri;~~~n won by default against Coburg Par~ Rangers 1 goal Z corners defeated South . , after extra tIme, . Melbourne Umted 2 corners

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Brighton Prahran Western Yallourn First Division Reserves 3 d. Park Rangers 1. 1 d. Box Hill o. S'Uburh~2 .d, S~nshine Vnited 1; 3 drew with Moreland 3,

Box Hill 1 goal 2 corners d. South Yarra 1 P:r~n~~ngers 4 goals 3 corners d, William~ town, no score. 1 Seml' F' ma s Box H 1 ' ll 2 go atS d. Ph ra ran 1 - goaI 3 corners.
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(Sunshine United) and Alan Gravell (Box Hill) on their being selected to represent Australia in the coming tour of New Zealand. Their selection on. present form is well deserved, a~d we wish them both the best of luck. We also hope that they will be chose) to play in som:eof the Test games. J

Coburg 4 d. SunshineUnited 2. Preston 3 d. South Melbourne United 2. U d 15 D ' , ,

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LIGHTNING PREMIERSHIP RESULTS Park Rangers won the 1948 Lightning Premiership defeating Box Hill in i:he final by 1 goal 2 corners to 1 corner, \ it ~~, \ ..c,

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First Division Brighton v. Sunshine United. Prahran v. Yallourn. Moreland v. Box Hill. West Suburbs v. Park Rangers, " Second. Division Coburg v. Ringwood.

Note.-Championship Ladders for Third 'ivision-"B" Section, Reserve League-Sec\ 1d Division, and Under 15 Division, could not be compiled owing to certain games not being played, and some results not coming to hand.

GAMES FOR TODAY First Division Park Rangers v. Brighton at Olympic Park. Box ~ill~. ~rahran. Sunshme{\~Umtedv. West Suburbs. Yallourn v. Moreland. Second Division . Preston v. Coburg. Bradford v. South Yarra.

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Ringwood v: Hakoah J.R.C. South Melbourne United v. Northcote. . , .. . . ThIrd DIvIsIon-" A" SectIon "Torthern United v. Brighton. villiamstown v. Heidelberg. Olyt:!1pic v. Metters.; M~edoni~ns Yarraville. Th . v.D ... " B" S ' lrd IVlSIonectIon H ' d Ib " B" M d . "B " ef~ erg v. ace on:ans ,... ;, WoqdJands v. Northern United.. B. . George Cross v. Melbourne UmverslfY. ~eserve League
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.. Box Hul and W estern Suburbs~Yallourn e counters. 'In the Second Division, two dra games also resulted. Forrest, ex-Moreland player, scored bo Park Rangers goals against Prahran, and should be an asset to his side as the seas progresses.
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Coburg '. .. .. .. .. .. 4 " South Melbourne United 4 " South Yarra.. .. '. ... ,,3 " N orthcote ,. .. .. ,. .. .. 3 " Ringwcod ... .. .. .. .. 3 " HakoahJ.R.C, 3 Bradford 2" Third Division All Clubs are fielding one team excepting Heidelberg and Northern United, who each have two teams. In all there are 26 Clubs m.akinga total of 70 teams competing.

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Preston Club ~reston Club extends the ,"Soccer Season's Greetings"to all other Clubs taking part in the 1948 competitions. We hope that this season will be a happy one for. all Clubs and Victorian soccer football in general. .Preston is send.ing 5 teams into the fray this. season; Seniors, Reserves, and three jumor teams-"--Under 19, Under 17, and . Under 15. On studying the past season of the English F.A. First Division, it can bee ~een that' Preston was right up among the leaders,. as Tell as going well in the Cup rounds. Al\.-though there are no "Tom Finneys" out Pre~ton way (yet) we have hopes ewu1ati8g our namesake team. As usual the Preston ground is next to the Preston Technical School. During the 1947 season Preston Technical School soccer team 'Carried everything before them and shows signs oj producing quite a few talented socc~r players. Park Rangers Club The tri made b the Park Ran ers'Soccer Club to ~~smania Iver the Easter teriod provd . f 1 ! e very elI. success ud. ill . more ways than one. 1'h e trav mg con IbO~S ~ere first class, eve?
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it s4ould no go ahead. Hakoah Club On E;lst.e! Monday we played a practice match agamst South Yarra, which we won ~ goals to 1 goal. The game was quite eQJJ:~ble and was played in a real .friendly SPlflt.. . . Our )umors were not quIte, strong enoug~ for Brighton and were defeated by 6 goals to one. Yallourn Club A very successful social and dance was held at the R.S.L. Hall 9n Friday, April 2rld. All new members of the Club were introdu~ed and a hearty welcom.e .extended to all. Quite a few of the newly arrived BaIts \vere there and made welcome. Mr. F .McIvor,. who is captain and coach of the Club has all these players under his wing. All players and supporters are asked to assist the Club. in all its endeavours to run social evening, etc. in providing funds for the Club. Soccer is on the upward grade and we must make sure we keep it t~ere. . . The task IS a bIg one for the committee, so players and supp~rte:s ~elp, your Club all
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Under 19 Section-20 Minutes Play ;Startipg 1.5 p.m.South Yarra v. Western Suburbs.

LIGHTNING PREMIERSHIPS-jUNIORS Labor Day 26th April, 1948, at Olympic Park

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8. No players shall be allowed to play for rnore than one team in the tournament. Any irifringeIri'ent. of this rule will mean absolute disqualification of the offending team from the tournament...

SOCCER NEWS SOCCER IN THE U.S. . ".~e will got~ London just !or the ride:" chances 1n ,th: field. of amateur soccer by ~?seph Barnsklil,. chalr~an otthe U.S. OlympIC Soccer Comm1ttee. "Jhe Europeans still. have too much fi.nesse
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Th1sIS t~e summ:mg up of Amer1ca'sOlymp1c

WIth the ~?mmen~ement of t~e Docke;ty Cup C:mpet1t1!l exc1ted fan,s wul be urgmg on t~e1r s1desw1th an enthus1asm rarely evident m t~e league games. For weeks past,

for us," h~ stated recently, "but .more and

more Amer1can youngsters are playmg soccer from childhood onward, and this will prdduce even better players." The finesse is ori its way. We start teaching kids to play now at 8 years of age, and they are playing league games until they are " years old, Having learned the game, they '--<:n1andthat it be played in high scho'ols and. colleges." This augurs well fot- America's chances when 1952 rolls around. Soccer is rapidly taking hold, especially in the New York Schools where the Board of Education have started to pay teachers to coach th~ game. The executive secretary of the U.S. Soccer Football Association, Barriskill said 1hat 1here ar~ about 2,000 teams affiliated to the Association and another 2500 non-association t~ams in c~lleges, high schools and prep schoQ1s. The American Olympic Soccer team will proba?ly be made up of college players for ~he first tIme, and coaches seek speed and stamI?a to .make up for the lack o~ ~nesse and SkI~I. Tr1als f?r college players elIgible for OlympIc team wu1 be held separately from the other amateur teams. Then a team of college allstars will p1ay a team selected from the cr~am r-'..the amateur club players. 'J"his programme will have taken place on both sides of the United States and the grand fina1e to the Olympic trials will take place at St. Louis on May 15th. when East versus West match take From refor the Olympic soccer squad. will su1ts from thiswill match 15 p1ace.. players be'the chosen

club .ff;~S1p h~s centreq around the prospects

of wmmng th1s much coveted trophy. Teams low o? the le~u~ t~bles are full of. optimism, knP"':lng that-th1s knock out senes always prov1des some surp:ises. 'T~e. teams heading the tables are anx1\;1s,real1smg that rarely does ~ team do well m.both ~up and league. ,So wIth hope and a?XIety mIxed the games often are full of thrll!s and shocks. Players a!e keyed ~p ,and s.tnve desperately for they know that mt:re~t I!l a Club who are knoc~~ ed out early Ii' mclmed to wa~e. .There. IS one other aspect ,of th,e Cup LwhI:h 1~ all Im~ porta?t and that IS the draw. WIth It goes a certam amount of luck for their is no dou~t that so~e teams are hard to beat. on theIr own grounds. ~owev~r the draw IS par~ of tpe CuP.and certaml);' gIves the even~a fas.cmat10n O! 1tSown. ThIs season Sunshme wul be hot-tav.ourit7,s tlfi fcr~m-an!:lwill strive -hard to pull off the __double -League and Cup. The fact that teams like Bri hton and Prahran, Sunshine and Moreland, ~eet the first round may seem harsh but that is the luck of the draw.

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Yarravi1le Club The Yarraville Soccer Club will hold a Grand Ball Cabaret Social and Dance in Cuming's Institute .on Friday evening, the 25th June. Plenty of good entertainment by professional artists. Tickets 2/11, including tax, tickets can be purchased from the Secretary,. Mr. P. McCoi:d, 28 Park Crescent, North Williamstow'n. /

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them one or two balls they will be thankfully received and faithfully played with. I may also state I have sent them .five copies of .the "Soccer News" today. Whlle on the subject of soccer I watc~ed with: keen interest at the games played 1ll AdelaIde. It seems the game is on the up-grade -in that city, and by what I saw it was a credit to the soccer code, good clean football and refereeing. Oqe particular gam-e r.;watch~"d was Seco.nd
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and we have a lot to learn here in ball control and passing, it was a ct:edit to watch the game, finIshed 2-2 a draw. -J. McCARTHY, President burg So' Ger:Club. :;{,,~"
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lIa,. I was, Impressed by t~e ~ay they are trymg to e~courage.soccer mthI~ new town, .I\t one tIme I belIeve they had four teams
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:. Today, a man by the name -of J. T40mas, has the uphill hard job before him. Hf?;trains the scouts, also the loc~l ,poys,-,and the older members of the code. ' Having\\'at<:hed him, ~nd spoken to him,of the game, he '~ells, trle, ct friend br soccer as~ sociateof his is trying to get two teams going at Iron Xnob, a distance of 35 miles from Whyalla where some forty BaIts are working
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and this friend of his is going to get the game going there, so as to keep the, boysto~ :=~:.r, also then Ch~llenge Whyalla to- a, But they are badly m fneed of soccer balls, Clb d h h .
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