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- 117 1., No. 14 MELBOURNE Saturda;:--ilth-'-j'~i-;:---19. ,.; f .

" Ov b d " BY-:-"'"'~"-:-J-:~:-""~L 'er oar . -~.,As in many previous -:rears, e again read.of Unfortunately for the more ~cientific. eam, :teams who have acquItted themselves wIth they often have to reply by playmg the dIctated.great credit in League games,but who have game, and the result is defeat, perhaps by a. ,gone "overboard" to a more lowly side in ,the very small margin.' The same thing applies.Cup matGhes. to the Dockerty Cup competition.rrhcis s not a new thing in Soccer, although Some teams succee~ in carrying a game, everyone seems to express surprise whed it not because they possess high grade ability or happens. The history ~f Cup football in every experience., but .si.mply because they possessountry produces surprIses, and there does not Cup fightmg SpIrIt, seem to ~ any real standard reason why such A certain type of fighting spirit furnishes,results do happen. Look if you will at a long one of the most powerful of all the qualifica- list of winners o} the _Enghsh Cup, and then tions which contribute to succe~s. There are re.vie' 1 the relevant Leagu.e position of the players who o.v~rcome obstacles because th~y ~~Wll1mng team, and you will find the same possess he spIrIt to do so. Whcat they lack m r"-prising set of -circumstances that are occur- stature, they make up in spirit and dogged ~ annually in this Sta,te. determination to win at a..ilcosts.

Some people suggest that the condition 9: Some sporting writers, too early in theth~ players' n.erves on ~he big day, has some- season, riskcthei: re.putati?n by reyiewing Cup thmg to do wIth the ultImate result of a game. matches and "tlppmg wmners" m the same I do not contribute wholly to that theory, fashion as racehorses - on form. Fancied although it may have some slight bearing on candidates in a big r~~~ ~early always run the play. History shows that Cup matchesare trueCto orm, thoughtney do not always win.pl3;yed ~ifferently. The sci~ntific techn.ique Too many teams "go overbodrd" for me .to evIdent. m League match~s IS often entIrely venture a forecast yet, although there doesabsent m ~ Cup g~me. Hl'EJ;hrade teams are appear o me to be a "dark horse" still in the"bustled out" .of t ~y vlgor?US oppone?ts, competition, which, if it can induce the win?;wQoses~le objectIve IS to drIve the StylISts forwards to adopt a style of play which isfrom th"e:r usual form: . . . us.uallyshown ~y i,ts full back,~~they should There are some teams m BrItIsh football. Win the Cup this year. ?~c~hose pat~ern of play in. Cup games is of the .No~ you coaches aT)r

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SOCCER NEWS & VIEWSA BRIEF REVIEW OF LAST emminent, and it is possible that goal avera'i?eWEEK'S GAMES may decide the issue, which is very much :il. . ,'. . . . Heidelberg's favor. . . .PosItIons on '.;he DIVISIon One ChampIon- In the Reserve League, DIvIsIon One seemsship Ladder were unchanged after last Sat- set for Brighton, whilst South Yarra shoul

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SOCCER NEWS & VIEWS Pa'Te 3.,RESULTS AT A GLANCE ~ ~~ ~ ~~~--CLU[) JJVTTII\'J6SFirst Division ~--: ~ ~

Brighton 4 d. Yallourn O. Prahran Down The Division LeadersPrahran 4 d. -Sunshine United 2. (By "Pommeygranite")Park Rangers 3 d. Moreland 1. .'B . H ' ll 4 d W t S b b ' An Insh professIonal soccer player summedox 1 . es ern u ur ., t. h. hd h f h. .. ... up t IS matc ,an t ese are some 0 IS lm-S d D . .. pressions-"Prahran, they stuck to it andecon IVISIon ] k S h. h d f d '.' were uc y; uns me a too many t>rwar s.'Coburg 2 d. South Melbourne Umte.d O. Prahran faced a stiff breeze at the kick-oftS

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Early exchanges in this match were pretty Social' .even both sides striving hard for the lead, Visitors from Preston, Prahran and South,Good work by South Yarra forwards, who Yarra, were present at a ball held in thekeeping the ball m:oving from one to another Brighton 'fown Hall last Saturday night, Allresulted in Stoddart putting Yarra in front present appeared to thorough)y enjoy them~with a well placed shot, Yarra did not have selves. The next dance of the Brighton Clubtheir lead for long however, fo,r Ri~gwood will be held at the .1ocalTown 'Hall on Aug":twere awarded a penalty from WhiCh RIchards ust 6, .. '..put Ringwood on level termS, , ~,Ring'wobd livened up after this, and" kept .Yarra's defnce busy, but G. Sharp and Bradd.. Queen CarnIval.were defending ,veIl, with Callander seeing The various committ;ees ()( the Bright_o.nthem well and on the alert, Good work on Club, sponsoring.,the three Queens, ,ar.t:,'~atYarra's right wing saw them take the lead, out organising their ~r,ticular functio~$'he when a well placed corner from Duff gave, succes,sof the carnival ;;eems to be _as~ured,Friend the oppo,rtunity to score with a neat and t,he C.1ub should b'enefi\ consit1erab~ hea.der. Half time scores: South Yarra 2, financIally from the venture... . ""l\ingwood .1, ".. .. '

Shortly after the resumption, Yarra's half .backs took a firm grip of the game, and their . Personalforwards soon went ahead when goals came W ' ll M H d ' I ..'.. t + th, ,1 r, eft ee p east: con ac... e from Stoddart, Sharman and Duff putting B . ht Cl b ' , I St ' M A .Y 11 f d ft T Sh rIg on \:1 s soClii ecre ary, rs, ,arra we In ront, an soon a er,. arP B th ' d t th .. t h ..f It arr, on e groun a .eJ.f nex orne game.

'score rom a pena y, .." .. R. d I d I . t ' 1 He wIll hear somethmg tQ hIS advantage,mgwoo payers ma e severa pOSl lona '- changes but it did not improve their play, andfurther goals were added by Stoddart, who G At M ' I d N I .. h . f ame ore an ot mpressJvewas m good s ootmg orm,. .. , ,~ .Final result was 8-1 in favour of StJuth The DIvIsIon One Leagu~ t game .betw~en,\Tarra. Moreland an~ Park Ran~er~; p~ayed at Camp-"Goal scorers fQr the winning team ",;,ere: bell, Re~erve last Saturday,. :n~ver reac9.e4Stoddart 4, Sharp, Duff, Sharman, FrIend, gr~a~,helghts 3:Sa specta.cle and,the fi1)al :e--.For Ringwood: Richards was their scorer, sult,1s a reasonaple reflectIon of the merIts .. of both teams,Although kicking against the wind, More--#,Bi And Little "Hutch') 1and scored ~rst, but Park: ~angers, equalisedg . . ' before half time., In the s~cond half, RanvSeveral. changes were made l~ the Box HIll ers scored twice: Not one of, the ~ur goaJteam whIch def~a~ed Western Subur~ last scored in th~ match was from good shots,:Saturday at Sunshme, he game" was m the each being the t~sult o a:...cramble in t4anature of a ~up t~y-:out for several pla~ ~s, goal mouth, In general, M~eland were 'asa l o,f whom acqultt~d themselves wIth dls- good as tReir, visitors, their goalkeeper geing

tlQS;;tion, The Hutchl.n~ns were among the the best man on the field, They ,were mllcpgoatsag"a~,~~,?on ecurIng one, and Lester two. quicker to the ball, "e 3peCfillfyduring the fjrst -'~'.'.. half, but after the interval the Ran~ers im-. '" proved in this matter and kept a consta~tBrighton's ~~Vf ArrIvals "From Overseas, pressttreon th~tiririg. home team,

Two recent a~tix.als to Australia, Jack Final result:. {angetso;3, Mor~land 1." . . "Glover and Reg Clark have been sIgned on. " ~cby Brighton, a,nd were gl ,?"a try-op~ in. the, ...:, . .first team agamst Yallourn. Both acquItted lBra9ford Takes Charge N ear Flm~h. ,"themselves fairly well, but wer .jbadlyin need. The H,akoah v, Bradford'""Second ~ls10nof a run.'" Glo.ver "in rarticular"shows pro... ga.fDe played ,at Olymp,,~cPark asf S iL,t.urdaymise of becommg decIdedly useful to. the appe~red- ~, be a ver.,yeven c9rt~st untIl a~~uClub. J 20 mmut~1rom tHe eq,q, , '"/,t' .

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For strengthening the',Ankle and Knee6/6 and 9,/6 each

Winning. LeadIn the match, Presj;on versus Praht:an, Pres-ton kicked off with the wind but could not. ,take advantage of It. The: Prahran defencesafely held the Preston forwards. Two goalswere ~coredin quick succession by Prahran'scentre+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. ..The s'econd'half 9pened with mid-field play'anu continued until "Aust" broke away andscored his third goal for Prahran. Excellentfeeding by the Prahrap half back line was afeature of the game. Preston was awarded apena,lty and scored..Result: Prahran 4, Prestoft3.B~st playtrs were~epper, Tate, Baileyand "Aust."

* * * .Mountford~Scores Hat-'.:rick For Box Hill Cup A~d Shield Finals Today; W est~~n Suburbs Reserve team' ptt up a The Mil~er Cup Final b~tween South Mel-good show at ,Box Rij oftSatur~ay, but the ?ourne United and ~?~Htll Under 17 teams,Hillm.en's defence was too strong to be br9k- IS to be Playe~h aftern?on at' Campbell~n' do~n,. witho.uf a mqr,e, consistent batter- ~eserve, Mo.rela,n., commencm~ at 3 p.m.

mg than It re~elved at Surr~y Park. The curtaIn alser, commenc1ng at 1.10 p.m.MQuntford-'Or 'Box 'Rif was on the spot, will be the rDunkling Shield Final"' between~ith 'three shots which gave t~e goali~' no South Mel>urne United anu Brighton Underchance. A good, open;andsporhng game.. 1'5 teams. ( ,~~' .,'. ",-; i

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Page 6- SOCCER NEWS & VIEWS~

PROSPECTS FOR TO-DAY Johnson, may find it hard to penetrate theDockerty Cup reaches an interesting stage strong Coburg defence, but if they turn on

the same brand of football that knclckedThe stage is now set for who shall enter Brighton out of the Cup, they may possibly

the semi-finals of the 1948 Dockerty Cup, reach the semi-finals, and ultimately the final.With the final round before the semi-finals, 'be-ing played to-day, and with the extraordinary . * * *interest of the two cup favourites being kn~ck- REFEREES ASSOCIATION'S OFFER TOed out by South Yarra and Western Suburbs, CLUBSC;lubs now lower down ~n the premiership Members of my Association are endeavor-lls.ts have more thana fighti?g ch~n.c~ of quah- ing to bring about closer co-operation withfymg for the final, Four First DivIsion teams Clubs and their membe~, 'in Box Hill, Park Rangers, W es~e~~ Suburbs., This we feel can only be made possibleand Y al~ourn, and four Second DivIsion teams, by a better understanding of the laws and

~~th x arra, Cobu~g, Preston an~ Bradford, general aspects of the game. Uniformity ip wIl.cont~st the third round: ~ I~~ the r~- th.e app.lication of the l~w's b.y all concern: ~ c~sl~ca.tion ,of the ~wo main d vI~lons ~hl,s will bring about a decided Improvement m ~ear, I\'IS quite P?sslble that a Second DivI- the game. . .slon teifl1 could wm the 1948 Cup. Members oT mt" Association are prepared

Box Hill (First Division) are now firm to attend Club-rooms by appointment for thefavorites, but South Yart:a, or Bradford could purpose of a frie~ly discussion re the 1341'seasily be one of the finalists, and are sttong in general. .enough to upset any First Division team, Any Club Secretarywishipg to take advant-especially in a Cup tie. age of this offer may do so by c~ntactin'i{ the

Park Rangers, Preston and Yallourn, all Association Secretary, Mr. E, H. Low, fBack-.teams with fast young players, could also win hams St., Hampton.their way into the final, and Western Suburbs, -who was buccessful in knocking SunsRineUnited out of the Cup, is another team with ~ :f ~distinct possibilities. ~ ~Coburg, the remaining Second DIvision team ~ ALLEN'8 left in the Cup, plays much better when ~ ~against opposition, and will be a thorn ill the ~c ~side of any ,team tha~ c.omes.p against them. ~ SUPREMEBOOTMAKERS ~

So, at this stage, It IS quite clear that any ~ ~of the remaining eight teams left in the Cup ~ ~ 33 SMITH STREET Jcould. be one of the fin,alists, and it is almost ~.. ~certaIn that before this 1948 Dockerty Cup ~ W ARRAGUL ~ 'I:~eries is finishe~, some more surprises may ~ ~be"yeteen, '. . ~ * ~

Bradford \,,111 have the hardest game m the ~ . ~ th~r? .round, as ~~x H.ill, .second on the First' : i SOCCER BOOT SPI:;CIf\LISTS. iDIvISion ladder 1s m wlnmng form. ~ ~

YaliourQ;' is pretty low down on the First ~ * ~Division ladder, but has caused Park Rangers ~ ~some headaches, in League contests played i BOOTS MADE TO ORDER ithis season. Botft teams are compris,'o of ~ .. ~young, kee? players, ""\fho, wi l be ~ll out to ~ .. PRICE 25/ - ~further their chances of wl~mng this coveted ~ ~trophy. ~ * .~Preston's style of football ~ay upset the ~ ~SuburbS team, but Suburbs stron~efence will i Phone: Warragul469 ibe hard to penetrate. ,'- ~ ~

South Yarra, without their star ctntre man, ~"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I'II"."I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I' I"I"I"I"I'fl"IIIII'I"I"I"I"I"I"1.. .. '~c""'" JJ j ..l .. ~,,~.C',:~~~:, "-'-~

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~,SOCCEI~ NE,WS & VIE'WS P?i-g~~7~~HOW THEY STAND Second Division Reserves GoalsFirst Division Club P.W. D. L. F. A. Pt.Goals South Yarra. '0 .. 11 11 0 0 38 9 22Club P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt. South Melb. United II 9 0 2 52 12 18

Sunshine United. . 11 8 1 2 39 16 17 Bradford. ..., 11 8 0. 3 30 14 16Box Hill. . . . . . 11 7 2 2 37 23 16 Preston 11 4 25 21 20 10Brighton. . . , . 11 6 2 3 29 19 14 Hakoah] .R.C, . . . 11 4 i 6 7 22 9Park Rangers'. . . 11 5 2 4 19 21 12 Coburg . . . . . . 11 2 2 7 6 16 6Prahran. . . . . . 11 4 2 5 26 3210 Ringwood.;... 11 2 1 8 9 39 5Yallourn . . . . . . 11# 3 1 7 33 39 7 Northcote 11 1 0 10 7 38 2Moreland. . . . . 11 3 1 7 20 27 7Western Suburbs. . 11 1 3' 7 12 38 5 Under 19 DivisionSecondDivision Club P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.~ b P W D L F A Pt Brighton, 10 10 0 0 48 4 20u . '." . . . Park Rangers. .. 11 9 0 2 57 10 18

Bradford.. . . . . 11 8 3 0 33 6 19 Yallourn 11 8 1 2 34 10 17South Yarra.. .. ;. 11. 6 2 3 37 16 14 Preston 11 5 1 5 29 23 11South Melb. United 11 6 2 3 31 14 14 Cobttrg 10 3 4 3 17 20 10Coburg . . . . . . 11 6 1 4 33 23 13 Western Suburbs. 11 4 2 5 22 .29 10Hakoah ],R.C. . . . 11. 5' 1 5 21 21 11 Prahran 11 3 2 6 2.3" 35 8Preston. . . . . . 11 5 1 5 26 34 11 Box Hill. . . . . 10 3 1 6 22 27 7Ringwood. . . . . 11 1 1 9 12 42 3 Hakoah ].R.C. . . . 10 2 1 7 14 33 .5Northcote . . . . . 11 1 1 9 11 48 3 South Yarra. . . . 11 0 011 2 77 0.. Third Division U d 17 D . . .n er lVlSlonClub P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.M lb U . .t 9 7 2 0 41 8 16 Club P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.

.. e.. mverSl y . . .Heidelberg "A" . .. 9 6 1 2 46 9 13 South Melb. LTmted 11 10 0 1 42 9 20George Cross. . . . 9 6 1 2 27 15 13 Pr~ston ~ . 11 9 0 2 39 14 18Olympic. . . . 8 6 1 1 21 12 13 Brlgh~on ,.. 11 7 0 -1- 34 15 14Yarraville .. . . . 8 6 0 2 33 22 12 Sunshme U mted '" . 11 3 0 8 18 33 6Woodlands. . . . . 9 4 2 3 21 22 10 Box Hill. . . . . . 11 3 0 8 14 32 6.Williamstown . . . 9 4 1 4 17 24 ~ Coburg 11 1 010 4 48 2.(l }cedonians. . . . 9 3 1 5 14 25 7~ighton 9 3 0 6 23 28 6 Under 15 DivisionMetters . . . . . . 9 1 1 7 14 27 3 ."Regent 9 1. 0 8 7 29 2 Club P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.'Heidelberg "B" . . 9 1 0 8 6 49 2 South Melb. tTnited 10 8 2 0 71 .8 18

Preston. ;:.. . . . 9 6 3 0 40 7 15First Division Reserves Brighton. . . . . 9 6 1 2 44 11 13Box Hill. . . . . . 9 4 0 5 6 31 8Club P.W.D. L. F. A.Pt. Sunshine United. . 10 3 0 7 12 50:6 ~ighton . . . . . 11 9 2 0 53 1020 Ringwood 9 3 0 6 8 40 6P~rkRangers . . . 11 7 2 2 42 17 16 Northcote. c. . . . 10 0 0 10 (0 34 0Prahran . . . . . . 11 7 1 3 38 23 15 . t..-Box Hill. . .. . . 11 5 1 5 41 24 11 CER NEWS"W estern Suburbs. . 11 5 0 6 30 49 10 Get Your' 'SO-CYallourn . . ~. . ~ 11 3 1 7 28 47 7 Selling Before The Crowd StartsMoreland. . . . . 11 3 1 7 21 42 7 A Yelling.Sunshine United. . 11 1 0 10 12 53 2 ' ~r.

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All Clubs who operate Schoolboy teamsshould see that this feature is not forgotten

Let RON TODD supply when, co~chi.ng. com~ences as like everythingel~e m life It IS eaSIer to learn when young.SOCCER It might not be out of place to mention thatin s;6me clubs, training by senior players is

ci-almost non-existent, and this must affect theB 0 0 t S & B a 11 S standard of playas a team towards the end

of a game. Furthermore where the requiredtraining to tune up the muscles has not beenA V AI~BLE NOW done players leave t4emselves open for pulledmuscles, etc.., especiall on the slippery

.. . grounds we have had this season. This usual-If It IS ~portmg Gear, Footwear, ly results in standing on the line for a coupleClothing or ~eather