The Amateur Footballer, Week 23, 2003

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This weekend sees the

curtain cm~_, da : :n on

another successful

season of Amateur

football .

ilst it has been a

successful one, i n

many ways it has also been a sad one, as a

number of people who were with us at the

commencement of the year are not with us today.

Our highly respected treasurer Noel Rundle

recently passed away, there have been numerous

club identities pass on and we all mourned the

tragic passing of De La Salle's Anthony Molan . A

highlight for me this weekend will be assisting Noel

Rundle's much loved partner Judy Watts with the

presentation of the A section reserves cup named

after the great Noel Rundle .

During these difficult times a salient feature of our

Association has stood out .

That is, apart from the playing of football matches,

this Association is about its clubs and their people .

It is about people drawing from each other

support, comfort, and solace. It is about

encouraging each other to carry on, and as I said

only a short while ago, it is about putting the past

behind us and looking to the future .

The manner in which you have all supported the

various families throughout the year has made me

very proud both of yourselves and our Association .

The A and r se 2 G--.nd Finals are the finale

our finals s( 5 .

They are the culmination of a year's planning and

hard work by the four respective clubs and I

congratulate St B ernards, Old Xaverians ,

uitefs-iars an d De La S alle on earning the righ t

to play off for the A and B section premierships .I wish all clubs the very best of luck . May you all

play well and represent your club and our

Association in the very best traditions of Amateur

football .

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2003

In acknowledging successes of the year, I wouldo co: all the winners of

ie i ; :ided so far,rne suc4,ss of our Association should not be

centred entirelv on the successful.

We are made up of seventy-three clubs, all of whodisplay the same passion, the same desire tosucceed and the same love for the game . Noteveryone can win premierships but by playing ourgreat game and by being a part of our greatAssociation you are I. winners .I thank you all for you marvellous contributionand to the opportunities you provide to so manypeople .I announced at our recent Vote Count andPresentation Evening that this was my third andlast year as your President.As this is the final "Amateur Footballer"

publication for this year I want to say to all of you

what a very great honour it has been for me to

have been President of our Association and I want

to sincerely thank everyone for their support and

encouragement throughout my term .

What ever little I have done, could not have been

done without the great support and hard work of

my E xecutive Committee so capably led by our

Chairman Bruce Mc'f:agg€art, and also of course

by our marvellous staff led by Phil Stevens

supported by Brett Connell, Sue Anderson, Peter

Harris, Cliff Bastow and Kate Balme .

I thank each and everyone of you .

I invite you all to enjoy this weekend's games and

I look forward to welcoming you all back in 2004 .

Richard L . Evans

President

Victorian Amateur Football

Association .

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SPORTSCOVERVAFA AlAJOR SPONSO R

Another season draws to a close today, and as Richard Evans remarked in hi s

colunul today it certainly has been a "bitter sweet" year, with plenty of fantastic

football played, many memorable achievements attained all tinged with a few

sad moments .The sad loss of De La Salle's Anthony Molan and the loss of Noel Rundle have

been well documented, but one sad story which inspired a triumph has been

without doubt the Beaumaris Football Club's remarkable C section premiership

win . Squeezing into the four by 0 .63% the Sharks then defeated Caulfield

Grammarians, St Leos Emmaus Wattle Park and flag favourites Collegians to

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secure the flag. The club had dedicated the season to young Damien Guidolin, the club's 2000 Under 19captain and an emerging talent who was tragically killed before the start of the season . It was fitting that

Damien 's best mate Brayden Haynes won the medal for the player judged best on the ground in the C section

grand final. What a wonderful example of turning adversity into a powerful motivating force .

When an AFL club experiences success you hear the president thanking everyone from the boot-studder up

to the club's best player. And so it is with the VAFA's Executive and Administration . Although not everyone

can find the time to put in the vast number of hours, that for example a Richard Evans has for years, every

person who serves on the Executive, works full-time or part-time for the Administration or serves on avoluntary basis on a sub-committee or who just plain "helps out" in their small way is thanked for their

contribution to the success of season 2003 .The wonderful thing about the paid and unpaid servants of the VAFA is that they contribute as a part of ateam and act on behalf of the team and not as an individual seeking the limelight for him or herself .

As it is Richard Evans' final "hurrah" today as our president, I thank and congratulate him on his

wonderful contribution during his term as president and before that his magnificent seven years as chairman

of the permit and reinstatement committee . Bruce McTaggart's contribution as chairman has been

wonderful in terms of support and guidance, and his legal background and ability to think clearly and fairly

has been of immeasurable value to myself, and also to Sue Anderson in the operation of the tribunal and the

investigations .To our General Manager of Football Operations Brett Connell and Administration Officer Sue Anderson, I

thank them both sincerely for "hanging in there" during what has been a year burdened by extra duties and

many draining emotional situations . Hey guys, we've made it !! !

Also to Peter Harris, Tony O'Ca ll aghan, Cliff and Mavis Bastow, Nancy McTaggart, "Mighty" Mick Hall

our groundsman, and in recent times our "new kid" Kate Balme - thank you for all your efforts and support .

There are two possible sta rting dates for the 2004 season - the Saturday after Easter or the Saturday

before Easter . Easter next year falls April 9 - 12 so round one would be either Saturday April 17 or Saturday

April 3. To allow the VAFA to finish as usual the weekend before the AFL Grand Final we could, in all sections

2004, commence after Easter and play a three week finals series with all first and second semi finals to be

played on the first weekend of the finals or play a four week finals series meaning we would have to play one

round before Easter. As this affects clubs, the thoughts of the clubs will influence the Executive's decision

which will be made in October. Whatever decision is made the finals for all sections will be consistent - either

a 3 or 4 week series . INDEXA and B sections will play a split round July 17 - 24 and there Awards Night Photos .. . . .. .. . .... .. .. .. ... .. . .. . ... . .. .. .. . .. ..29

will be two AAFC matches, one in May, where players selecte d

will miss a club match and the second on the Queens Birthdayweekend where there is a complete VAFA bye. Ps

Best wishes to all for the off-season and to the "Fab Four"

left to battle out the two big ones this weekend .

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..40Toda}~s Umpires . . ... . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..Grand Final Ti . ... . .. .. .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . .45For the Love of the Game .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. ..46-47Coaches' Ciipboard .. .. . ... . .. .. .. . ... . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .52Best & Fairest Photos. .. . .. .. .. .. . ... . .. .. .. . ... . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 54-55Tribunal & Investigations . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .56Final Ladders .. . ... . .. .. .. .. .. . .... .. .. .. . .... .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..63/64

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IT WAS about five minutes into the thirdquarter when Quinny did his block .

"Bloody hell," he said . "I've hardly seen any ofit because I'm running after my girls, but everytime I have a look Old Scotch seems to kick agoal. "At that stage, the Cardinals had a foot in the

Grand Final .

They had extended a half-time lead to threegoals and Quinny and the Old Xavs brigadewere dropping their heads .

Then, with that, Old Xavs turned on the tapsand drenched the ground in champagne

football .

Ruckman Carey, a regular battler in the twos,baffled the rain-soaked crowd at SportscoverArena by leaving league best and fairestAndrew Crowe in the shade, AndrewBiddlecombe kept the dangerous LukeHawkins in leg shackles and Sam Johnson ranaround with the confidence of a man preparedto fight the front bar .Up forward, the leads from Scotty Mollard andJames Drake became livelier. Biddlecombeeven had the audacity to run off Hawkins tolay a hand on it in the midfield .Mollard, a mad-eyed, wild-haired type, dashed

out from the square on daring sprints and the

ball stuck to his hands . He kicked three goals

after parading an elegant kick .

Drake, the other spearhead, also finished wit hthree but he could have had more for he was atad wasteful .Both will be pivotal today .It is not known what words Michael Shollyserved up his men at the adjournment, butthey had the desired effect .

Old Xavs poured in seven goals to two in thethird quarter to put the game under lock andkey, then dished out three goals to none as aparting insult .

Quinny and thefaithful in red andblack noddedapprovingly ,knowing they'd be back for another Grand

Final .CAI2E?INAI. SIN ?Old Scotch will be able to find a few crumbs ofconsolation from the wreckage given the timefor a cool assessment.Lachie Thompson, the son of Brownlow

medallist Len, capped a top year with another

fine game and showed all the signs of a player

in the making .

Broad-backed and with the presence of few

boys his age, the under-19 best and fairestalso has a wonderful kick, not dissimilar to

the great Plugger in technique .

Andrew Crow was dominant for the first half,offering both presents to his small men and atarget across the ground.Old Scotch was the form side that fell over, butit will come back a sturdier side next year .

CLUBA SECTIONSt Bernards Harvey* 0University Blues DeCrespigny 0Old Scotch Hawkins* 1St Bernards D Jordan* 0Old Ivanhoe Toovey 0

A RESERVEOld Haileybury Efstathiou 0University Blues Quin* 0

St Bernards Allis 0Old Ivanhoe Hawkes 0Old Scotch Millar 0

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THE BIG CAHUNA

Old Xaverians and St Bernards both carried acloud of uncertainty with them on the eve ofthe finals, having gathered losing streaks .But both have shown passages of dynamitewhen it matters - at Elsternwick Park inSeptember .Watch out for Danny Jordan : boy, the mancan play .After impressing the powers at Geelong earlyin the season, he was snapped up by the VFL

side and finished his season with a bang .What's next for Jordan is anyone's guess, but

he's passionate about St Bernards and wasstill talking up a premiership defence with theDogs while everything was happening with the

Cats .

Jordan might be stood by AndrewBiddlecombe, who was sent out for a free feedby the boys from 96 .5 Inner FM for his effortsagainst Old Scotch .The were unanimous in giving him the gongfor man of the match .M IDFIELD WAR

The men around the ruckmen will decidewhether Jordan or Mad Mollard gets the most

opportunities and the protagonists in themiddle will make for riveting viewing .

St Bernards will rely on Danny Byrne and BenJordan while the Xavs will lean on Tim

Ockleshaw, the exciting Adam Chatfield andformer Saint Caydn Beetham .

Beetham had a quiet day against Old Scotch,but when he's been good this year he has beenirresistible .He is one of several VAFA players talked up forthis year's national AFL draft, along with Old

Haileybury's Mark Corrigan .

ONE'S NOT ENOUGH?Mick Hooper collected two goals and a flag

with St Bernards' under-19s last Saturdayand will have another crack at one today .

TODAY'S MATCHESA SECTIO N

GRAND FINAL - September 21, 2003SENIORS

Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 2 .15 p .m.St. Bernards versus Old Xaverians

RESERVESSportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 11 .20 a .m .

St. Bernards versus Marcellin

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A SECTIO N PRELIMINARY FINALOLD XAVERIANS 3.3 5.6 12 .10 15 .12 (102)OLD SCOTCH 4.0 7.3 9.4 9 .7(61)Old Xaverians : Mollard 3 Drake 3 Pasceri 2Chatfield Baker Landrigan Oswald J BowenJohnston A Bowen. Best : Johnston Carey

Biddlecomb Chatfield Oswald Walsh .Old Scotch: Crow 2 Ross 2 Thompson 2 HawkinsFinocchiaro B Phillips . Best: Crow Dennis HumeBeranger Angus Collins.Umpires: Peter James Wayne Hinton (F) GrahamThwaites Chris O'Shea (B) Bernie Hoare DominicNapoli (G )

A RESERVE PRELIMINARY FINALUNWERSITY BLUES1 .2 3.3 3.6 4.9 (33)NSiiRCELLIid 4.1 7.5 10 .10 13 .13 (91)University Blues : Runnalls Hutchins FeatherstonFairbank . Best : Zanos Fairbank MaplestoneRunnalls Terrill Millard .Marcellin: Florenza 3 Hansen 3 Galati 2 Taylor DaleWallis Matthews B .Dinneen D .Carson . Best : WilkinsGartner Florenza O'Flynn B .Dinneen Dale .Umpires : Peter Simpson Luke Holmes (F) BrendanCannon Christian Schaefer (B) Les Damyon DanielScully (G )


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1 S . McKeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 D . Gleeson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 R. Cousland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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. . .4 D . Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Joe Mount PO-)

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6 S.Neeson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 S. Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 B . Jordan (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 N. Mitchell (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 C.Daws . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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13 C. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 A. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . . . .

15 T. Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 L. Turnbull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 L. O'Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~. . . . . .

18 T. Cooney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 R. Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 L . Fielding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . .21 B. Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 D . James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 L . Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 N .M. Smith • • • • •26 C.Baumgartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 G . McIntyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 C. Trewin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31 B. Ashton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 T. Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 D . Byrne (DVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .

35 T Pell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .

36 R . Legudi i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 M. Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2 D . Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . .

4 D. Landrigan (DVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . j. . . . . .

6 A . Oswald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . .

7 S. Lethlean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j. . . . . .9 J. Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ir . . . . .

10 A. Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . .

11 D . Rennex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .j. . . . . .

12 J . Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i. . . . . .

13 C. Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( . . . . . .

14 S. Skidmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .

15 L . Ford ( Capt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i. . . . . .

16 S. Mollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . .. .17 A. Chatfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y. . . .

18 M. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . .

19 D . Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .

20 J . Scanlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~. . . . . .

22 T. Ockleshaw (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . .

23 S . Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . . . .

25 R . Carey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~. . . . . .

26 N . Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .

27 J . Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

29 C. Beetham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

30 N . McInerney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. i

. . . . . .. . . . . . . .31 J. Pasceri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 A . Brushfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~. . . . . .:. . . . . .33 N. Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~. . . . . .36 D.Sapuppo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 T. Maher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! . . . . .. .'. . . . . .41 A . Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 R.Speekman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 T. Woodruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

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44 A. Biddlecombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45 L. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `. . . . . .

47 P. Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

48 J . McDonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

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1 S. McKeon ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .2 D . Gleeson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .

3 R.Cousland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .

7 S. Perrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 J . Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 C. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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C.Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G . . . . . .~ . . . . . .C. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R . Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C . . . . . .~ . . . . . .B. Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

M.0'Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L . Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .S . Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .

~C . Baumgartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Mount (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G . McIntyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . .B. Altis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T. Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

~ . . . . . .R. Legudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A . Catterall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .S.lannazzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .~ . . . . . .M . Juricskay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .D. Thomas . • • • . .

A.Bouzikas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .S. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

N . Basaraba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .~ . . . . . .A. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M.Tankey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N . P. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N .Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . .51 M. Kavanagh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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52 S.Bugryn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 P. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54 J . Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10 A . Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 D. Taylor ( C ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . .

13 S . Dinneen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . .

18 D . Gartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 D . Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 S.O'Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25 R. Galati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 D. McMillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 G . Cull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 J . Ross i37 D . Cope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 B. Colville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 D . Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 B. Dinneen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 L. Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45 D. Theisz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 S. Maguire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

47 P. Fiorenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 D . Vanherden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 A . Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 J.Toohey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

53 D. Petreyski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54 M. McCartin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55 J. Wallis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56 B. Carmody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57 J. Wilkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

59 S. Mathews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60 C Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70 D . Cracknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

83 T. Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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fortnight has proved to be a nightmare for Old

grandstand wing to put4through a long ~oa1.

And so we are down to this the Grand Final .Congratulations to Pat McConville, Col Glover,Tony Miller, Rob Bonnici all the players and allassociated andSaturday an d with retur

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back in 12 months in this day and age is apretty ood effort. After a stellar season the past

Essendon. But they are resilient would have

learnt a lot from their experiences and willbounce back in 2004 .

REVIEWLittle Rob Bonnici thought all his Christmaseshad come at once when Sam Fleming won thetoss and amazingly kicked into the swirling,

howling breeze . Was this the Grammar Boy s

mindset for the day coming out in a negativemode . Well for the first 20 minutes you wouldnot have thought so as they matched it with DeLa and even kicked a couple into it to make itlook as the bold move had worked. But then forsome reason they relaxed and took the foot offthe pedal and De la rallied with Ben Mannix

each and a by the first break DMaloney a had opedned u p

a handy 34 point lead .Old Essendon had a pretty good second quarterwith Podger particularly dominant up forward

and started The Harrison Boys into

were providingthe De La forwards with plenty of opportunitiesas David Dugan and Jaye Foon missedrelatively easy s ots . The Grammar Boys tookthe ball into the forward half 15 times in thesecond quarter for only 4 major converts, but bythe long break had narrowed the gap to 8points .So the game was up for grabs as the ball wasbounced to begin the championship quarter.The wind had certainly not abated to any degreeat all so the Bombers task to contain the ~astrunning De La Salle players was not going to beeasy . ith the veteran Pat O'Callaghan nowtotally on top in the ruck and getting the ball toground where that little terrier Bonnici wassett in a fine example and was in and undereveryt~ing, feeding the ball forward where theBen Mannix show continued to prevail . Even

theseasoned veteran Andrew

Old~ssendon defended stoutly but a couple of

haphazard passesmade it easier for DeLa and at the finalchanise theGrammar Boys wer e48 points in arrears and their season and AGrade dream was all but over .

The Bombers tried to make a surge and goaledafter 90 seconds of play, but DLS steadied andtook total control of the many stoppages, withthe continued good form of Big POC and littleRobby totally influential. The e La defensiveunit was superb in containing the talented OEGside who had trouble with the conditions missedthe influence of Jordan Leask and mentallyappeared to be still suffering from last week .

Well done to De La Salle who advanced to theGrand Final

lpromoton to A Grade to celebrate te it's50 h year

in the VAFA.In the Reserves it was Old Brigton's ferociousattack on th

e the first quarter ball thwhil

e at shut the int o Old Parad astotally out of the game . OPS inaccuracycertainly did not help their cause 16 pointsbefore they scored their first major, but this is totake nothing away from the Tonners who wereterrific all day, especially Brook Logan whocontrolled the ruck, Liam O'Neill and- AndrewWalsh showed plenty of skill and courage, andAndrew Edge made a tremendous return aftercoming back from another injury .

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PREVIEW

And so to the final game of the 2003 season theBig One, the Gr and Final. Something that everyaspirin club member dreams of being in whenall the ~ard yakka starts in January/ ebruary.

An all Catholic affair today promises to be agreat game . Both sides are at full strength andso will be offering no excuses . Let's hope theweather is One an we get conditions favourableto both sides .There is certainly some good natured rival rybetween the two club's with both Greg Feutrilland Tony Miller up to a few par ty tricks in thepast fortnight, but this wi ll be put in thebackground today as seriousness sets in . Thestakes are high . Friars would have enjoyed theweek's break last week while De La battled itout in the tough conditions at S an dy . PatO'Callagh an earnt his recall last week and if hecontinues that form he will make it hard forWood, and Pasqualotto to set it up for theirtalented mid fielders . But Leigh and PeterHarrison and Rob Bonnici give away nothing incomparison in that area .

Up forward Carrigg, Cunningham and RichardPawlik give the Friars plenty of marking optionsand of course Anderson always has to bewatched, while Ben Mannix was in superb touchlast week, while Maloney, Foon and Duggan arealways dangerous . Friars will welcome backKennedy and Campbell while DLS will re gainLaragy, Kosch and possibly young SpithilI sothere will be some disappointed players .

All in it promises to be a ripper game the fastflowing free moving Whitefriars unit who loveSportscover Arena against the good ordinaryDLS. Made the mistake of picking against theFriars last year and copped aew reminderphone calls on the Sunday, and as DLS do notwan t the Brain's Kiss of Death I will go with theboys from Park Orchards to advance to ASection with the flag .

RESERVES

With a full list to choose from DLS will be at fullstrength in the Ressies and thus and theirterrific Second Semi Final form should beenough to get them over Old Brigton who haveput in a fantastic effort to get here .

TODAY'S MATCHESB SECTION

GRAND FINAL - SEPTEMBER 20, 2003

SENIORSSPORTSCOVER ARENA,ELSTERNWICK - 2 P .M .

WHITEFRIARS VERSUS DE LA SALLERESERVES

SPORTSCOVER ARENA ,

ELSTERNWICK - 11 .20 A .M .

DE LA SALLE VERSUS OLD BRIGHTON

PRESS CORRESPONDENTS ;

To Matt Vernal, Colin Glover, Andy Mullett,Tim Bergin and Keith Sharkie, thanks foryour input week in week out this year, it hasbeen terrific to work with you and lookforward to it again in 2004 for those still here .

B SECTION TEAM of the YEAR.

Well here we go. A tough ask to pick this . Forthose who missed out my humble apologies .

BACKS; Dean Loney (OPS) Chris Hosking(NOB) Tom Langford (WF )

HBACKS ; Sam Hecker STBM) Ben Corin(DLS) Paul Wintle (STBM )

CENTRES; Matthew White (MHSOB) AdamPawlik (WF) Matt Power (WF )

HFORWARDS; Leigh Harrison (DLS) JamesHeritage (OE) John Perrett (OB)

FORWARDS ; David Maskell (MAZ) Chris

Carrigg ( WF) Andrew MacGillivray (OB)

RUCKS; Anthony Browne (HR) ScottMcPherson (OE) Rob Bonnici (DLS) (Capt)

I/CHANGE; Jordan Leask (OE) Carl Steinfort(Maz) Adam Pirrie (OB) Robert Newton(MHSOB )

COACH ; Greg Feutrill (WF )

De La Salle congratulate : 150 Games Marcusir'ar;, °r : "Tickets", who will play his 150th in theReserves Grand Final this weekend, started in1995 with the Under 19's with whom he played48 games (46 Blues). The balance of gamescomprise 81 Reserves and 21 Senior (13 "A" / 8"B") . Marcus who achieved the Under 19 Best inFinals award in 1995 is noted for his pace andexhilarating runs which usually conclude withanother major for the "Dees" .

OLD ESSENDON 2.0 6.5 6.5 7.7 (49)

DE LA SALLE 7.4 7.7 13.11 13 .13 (91)

Old Essendon: Podger 4 Kavanagh Frazer Heritage. Best:

Podger Dragoljo Forrest May Buckley Biggs .

DLS : Mannix 5 Goodier 2 Bonnici 2 Foon Mackintosh Morel J

Molonev. Best : L Harrison Bonnici Mannix S Hyland Buckley

O'CallaghanUmpires : Mark Gibson Tim Sutcliffe (F) Scott Fraser Nathan

Eddy (B) Dennis Webster Kevin Segota (G )

B RESERVE PRELIMINARY FINAL

OLD PARADIANS 0.5 0.5 0.16 1 .16 (22)

OLD BRIGHTON 0.2 4.5 4.6 7.10 (52)

Old Paradians: Paglia . Best: Pratt Ludeman Dintinosante

Simpson Welsh Ryan .Old Brighton: Scott 3 Stewart Edge O'Neill Paterson . Best :

O'Neill Logan Edge Walsh Matessi Scott .

Umpires : Richard Eastwood Rob Mayston (F) Sean CollinsTony Casuscelli (B) Chris Doyle Ken

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1 C. Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .3 M. Carbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .5 B. Phan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .6 P. Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . .7 S. Brosolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . .8 B.Janson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .9 A. Pawlik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 R.Pasqualotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 T. Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 B. Vandenboom . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 T. Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 A. Carbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . . . .18 C. Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . . . .19 A. Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 N. Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 E. Eames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . . . . . .26 S. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 L. Swain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 M. Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 G. Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {34 D. Gloufchev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J . . . . . .37 M. Nunan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 C. Carrigg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 M. Northey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .44 L . Eames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 T. Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .50 A. Baggoley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .51 R. Eames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . .58 M. Mannix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .60 R. Pawlik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j . . . . . .62 J. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .j . . . . . .

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1 " L. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I

. . . . .2 R. Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..3 B. Corin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

4 L. Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 P. Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . .9 J . Moloney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 T. Silvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 J . Kosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . .12 M . McHen ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . .13 A. Johnstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 C . Buick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . . .15 P. Bowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . . .16 S . Hyland (DVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 M. Goodier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .20 M.Picone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 A. McKenzie (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .22 G. Johnstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .23 R. Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 J . Morel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 C, Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 D. Spithill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 S.Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . .30 B. Mannix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .31 S. Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .32 R. Bonnici (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . .35 A. Mackintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 S. O'Connell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 B. Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ., .40 D.Coggins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .+ . . . . .42 P. Bourke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . .45 T. Molan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . .48 J.Foon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .{ . . . . .51 M. Fieldsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 P. O'Callaghan ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . .70 M. Duggan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . . .

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Coach : Mick HeganAsst : Danny Tessier B

1 L. Walker (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 R. Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 S. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 M H barM . er8 J . La Ragy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 C. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 R Walmsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 M. McHenry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 C. Buick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 D . Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 P. Bowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 S. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 M. Picone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I

. . . . . .22 M. ODonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . . . . . .23 D . O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .25 C . Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 D. Spithill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .28 N . Harber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 R. Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 A. Bonnici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~31 S . Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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37 D . Hyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .38 S . O'Connell . . . . . . . I .39 T. Woodlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 D . Coggins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 D. McInerney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .42 D. McInerney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 A. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 T. Molan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .48 G. Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 T. Moloney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 P. Hesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 A. McLeish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 C. Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 P. O'Callaghan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . .


Coach : Hayden Bickett G

7 B. Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 C. McNicol (C. res) . . . . . . . . . . . .11 N. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 B . Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 A. Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 S. Ginnivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 M. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 L. O'Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 N. Milat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 S .Nickas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 A. Ginnivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 D. Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 A. Bristow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 A. Paroissien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 A. Goldner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 L. Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 J . White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 C. Stewart (R . vc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 R. Henderson (R. dvc) . . . . . . . . .37 D. Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 J . Raju . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 M. Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 J . Murchie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 R. Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 C. McKimm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 J . McCowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 B. Dever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 B. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 W. Leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 J . Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 W. Hebar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 J . Dooley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 A. Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 A.Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 B. Aburrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 T. Matessi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ReviewBeaumaris capped off a fairytale month offootball by taking out their first C Gradeflag over Collegians by 53 points . TheSharks were lucky to even be in the lastfour after sneaking into the finals by0 .63% from the Mentone Vultures . Thestory becomes even more amazing after itwas Collegians who defeated the Sharksin Rd18 by 12 points . One more goal fromLions would have ended the Sharksseason and may have provided them withthe 2003 flag . However, as fate would haveit the Sharks knocked off anundermanned Caulfield Or in the lst semiand tore apart the Animals in the prelimto face off against the Lions .The game was played with a 5-6 goalbreeze blowing towards the scoreboardend and it was the Sharks who had thefirst turn . The account was not openeduntil the 6min mark of the quarter asMark Boon slotted one through .Beaumaris then fell into the trap whengoing with a strong breeze and startedblazing shots from everywhere wastingseveral scoring opportunities . Mick Atkinswas dominant up forward giving theSharks a target to look for as Murray Pittsagain started in the goal square opposedto the tight checking Holst . Atkins cappedoff his good work with a goal and the gamethreatened to blow open in the Sharksfavour . The Lions persisted and startedmoving the ball into the breeze a lotbetter, leaving Shura Taft one out insidethe 45m are . A strong pack mark and goalfrom Shadbolt pulled the margin back in

after some. goodwork through themiddle fromShinkfield andHarrison. Goal of the day then quicklyfollowed from Jimmy Fry, dancing around4 Shark hackman before throwing it onhis boot to put his side within a kick atquarter time .The game was stacked heavily inCollegians favour as they took their turnwith the breeze in the 2nd qtr . The Sharkscoaching staff knew the only way theywere to stay in this game was to stack thebackline and sent the experienced PaulSherman to do the job as loose man .Ruckman Mick Matulick stood in theLions forward line making scoring goalsvery difficult for the Lions . It took them 11mins to finally penetrate through thedefence with a goal to Lang . Collegiansthen appeared to get on top but failed tocapitalise on their domination. Luck was

CLUBC SECTIt?N

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Collegians Dixon' 1 82Theny Penola C Bannister 0 72Mentone Vultures Rowley 0 69Old Camberwell Cadzow 0 60St Leos Emmaus WP B Vaughan' 0 54C RESERVECaulfield Gr Dalwood 0 45Caulfield Gr M Harrison 0 39Ormond Stewart 0 37Old Camberwell Francis* 0 37Glen Eira Eade 0 34' - includes finais' goais

also against them, just ask Shura Taftwho would still be wondering how thatball bounced back over his head runninginto an open goal . The Sharks held on andrestricted their opponents to the one goal,thanks to the work of Brayden Haynesand Sherman .The premiership qtr was never moreevident with the Sharks coming out of therooms on fire slamming on 2 quick goalsto hit back in front . The Lions tried to slowthe game down and sent regular forwardBrock Mooney and Blumfield down backto try and stop the flow . The answer camein the fashion of 4 goals going over the topof the Lion defender's heads including abomb from Atkins inside the centresquare .Coach Hawkins pleaded with his chargesat orange time to believe that a win waspossible . However, any chance of acomeback was quickly put to rest as bigman Sean Coote calmly curled onethrough the sticks . The Sharks ended upoutscoring the Lions in the last qtr withanother goal to Coote and Rawlins gettingsome reward for a busy day. The defensivegame of Brayden Haynes earned him theMichael Ritterman medal for best onground. Tim Collins and Sherman alongwith Haynes formed an integral part oftheir team's backline and were the mainreason their side was kept in the game inthe first half. The Collegians pair of Roachand Holst battled hard for the entirematch .

Collegians were the best team for theseason, however it turned out thatBeaumaris were the best side in the finalsand that is when it counts .

Beaumaris would like to congratulateJustin Bryce on playing his 50th game inlast weeks Grand Final. A greatacquisition to the club on and off the field,Justin has fitted in well . Frustrated byinjuries over the past two years he hasshowed tremendous grit and determ-ination to force his way back into apremiership side . We wish him well for therest of career at Beaumaris .

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I' I2ESk'ktVES CRAND FINALCOLLEGIANS 1.1 8.5 10.6 16.7 (103)OLD CAMBERWELL 1 .7 1 .7 3.9 3.10 (28)Collegians : Lockett 4 Browning 3 Florentine 2 TurnerVial Woolley Lumb Waters Skurrie Dowling. Best :Lockett Abbott Waters Lumb Vial Woolley.Old Camberwell : Craven Tipper Payne . Best : SmithWeickhardt J .Derry Pike Gough Grant .Umpires: Mark Morrison Leah Gallagher (F) PeterGriffiths Gajanan Skandakumar (B) Ross RichardsLes Mavropoulos (G )

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"Y feel like one

Who treads alone

Some banquet hall deserted.

Whose lights arefled

Whose garlands dead,

And all but he departedi "

Thomas Moore's bittersweet words from "The

Light of Other days", perfectly sum up a

Section Scribe's feelings as one season fades

out and another heaves into view. I write this

on Monday afternoon, & the Notting Hill

Hotel will be ringing with repeated renditions

of the Ashers' song, and every second of last

Saturday's GF will be recalled and analysed

in excruciating detail . Already, what actually

happened will have been improved upon, to

such an extent that variances between the

mental recalls and the 'video tape' replays

will be put down to dodgy camera work! So,

this Scribe 'treads alone' through the

'banquet hall deserted' of the 2003 Season

and reflects .

What stands out is, that Monash Blues andAJAX finished 8th & 7th respectively in

2002! That fact must encourage all of next

year's D1 Clubs! The Ashers & Jackas Clubs

put in a huge effort to turn their fortunes

round in 2003, and they are an example to

all, there to be emulated !

THE GRAND FINALSReservesThe early game saw the AJAX and Monash

Blues having to contend with a strong 6 goals

northerly blowing towards the Weatherall

Road end . The Jackas defence worked hard

in Q1 to deflect many Ashers attacks and

they even managed to score a goal againstthe wind . The strong Ashers defence made

life difficultthereafter, bu

t fantastic efforts byi_

Ash Goldman ,

Mart Dudakov ,Jake Sharp & Adam Zemski throughout thematch saw the Jackas take the Flag with abig Q4. The Ashers were disappointedoverall, but not with the games played byLachlan Reddingfield at HF, & Justin PeelOtB .Seniors

The main game was equally wind affected,which was a pity, but it is Melbourne &September! The Jackas had first use of thatwind and it looked as though Julian Kirznerwould give Greg Chessari a harder time thanin the 2nd Semi . Even so, scoring anythingwas never easy, with the breeze a major aidto both defences . There was little betweenthe sides as Q2 ended, but the feeling roundthe ground was that the Jackas were lookingthe better, and the Ashers were going to hav e

CLlJ3 1?°iME LST WK TOTALDl SECTIONAJAXOld MentoniansOld MentoniansBanyuleMonash Blues

Dl RESERVE

Kirzner*Basile*BournonS PlayfairGrace'

Old Mentonians Ballantine'Monash Blues Hawkins'Banyule Creak'

AJAX KalbBanyule Prior'

Banyule Turnbull'' - inctudes finals' goats

3 1180 610 590 524 48

0 440 350 300 240 240 23

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to try Plan B! They did, and brother, what a

turn round! Liam `Hover' Holloway made Q3

his own after switching from CHF to CHB,

where his strength at the skyside contests

gave his team mates a massive confidence

injection, and life very difficult for the Jackasforwards . Holding the Jackas goalless and

scoring 2 themselves saw the Ashers head for

the post Q3 huddle in a vastly improved fame

of mind . Phil De Young & John White had

smiles on their faces, and even perennial

worrier, Andrew Headberry, wore a cautious

half grin! Monash turned Q4 into their own,

again holding the AJAX forwards to zip goals

whilst powering ahead themselves . Once

again the strength and flexibility of the

Ashers set up and the adroit management of

it by Tim Powell had come up trumps when itreally counted . Liam Holloway was a most

worthy winner of the John Manton Medal, his

presence at contests dominating. Ryan

Turton had a point to make about being a too

frequent bench warmer, and his performance

OtB was exemplary, as also was Aaron

Williams's in the Ruck . For the Jackas, Gab

Dukes, Elliot & Aldan Wollner, Jason

Ritterman, & Nick Gold were all sensational,

but Destiny wore different colours this day !

"Who turned the lights out in this bloody

hall! , :ow do I get out of here? Help! "

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SECTION DI ~ AND - 1: xO1dASH BLUES 0 .3 6.7 8.11 13.18 (96)AJAX 4.6 7.9 7.13 7.14 (56)::Sonash Blues : Mon Blu : Grace 4 Gregory 3 Hawkins 3Turton 2 Holloway. Best: Holloway Smith Turton SmythChessari Dodd .AJAX: Kirzner 3 Gold 2 Dukes Duzenman . Best : Gold AWollner E Wallner Dukes Ritterman M Segal .John Manton Medallist : Liam Holloway.Umpires : Dirk Kramer Albie Firley (F) Craig BrajtbergPeter Teasdale (B) Matthew Simpson Beornn McCarthy (G)

AJAX 1.0 6.4 7.5 12 .14 (86)MONASH BLUES 4.1 4.2 7.5 8.7 (55)AJAX : Bloom 3 Dudakov 3 Goldenfein 2 CooperCukierman J. Lewis Zemski Best : A . Goldman J . LewisDudakov Zemski Same SharpMonash Blues : M . Bolton 3 Bedding£eld 2 Green LloydPeel Best : Me Cormick Westbrook Beddingiield M .Bolton Peel NevillUmpires : Paul Dinneen Sean Scully Jr (F) Luke DuthieMark Duthie (B) Robert Seymour Bruce Stephens (G )

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by Ed SillAndrew Wu

What Ed Says :We are the boys from old Fitzroy rang out

loud and clear as the Reds held on over a

fast finishing Peninsula in a great game of

amateur football! Big crowd, spirited but fairgame, great stuff!The Reds kicked with the aid of a strong

breeze in the first stanza . The wind coupled

with Grand Final pressure caused the game

to be fairly scrappy . A great goal from Vinnie

Cahill put the Reds three goals up at the first

break . The emergence of Bowen of the bench

in the last few minutes seemed to givePeninsula a bit of a sniff and both coaches

would have been satisfied at the break .

Fitzroy threatened to blow the game open inthe first ten minutes on the second quarter .

Dawson was playing a fine opportunist role

for the Reds, scoring a goal and having a

hand in a number of others . They had

stretched the lead to more than five goals

and a rout seemed possible . The Pirates

weren't keen on this idea and were ably led

by Sam Murray who had in the same half ofthe ground after the break, a clear indicator

that Coach Sill wanted him to be where the

ball was . Murray didn't let his coach down,

goaling three times in less than 10 minutes .

Centre half forward Payze was also starting

to get a bit of the footy although the human

blanket, Todd Clarke wasn't allowing too

much latitude . A late goal to the Reds saw

the margin remain at three goals at the

major break .The Pirates started the third quarter well butthe Reds suddenly got the machine rolling!An inspirational goal from full back Cairnswas a team lifter . Ronchi was nowdominating in the ruck, giving the likes ofCahill, Diacogiorgis and Addicott first use ofthe ball out of the centre . The lead hadstretched to over 6 goals when Glen Archerlook-alike, Julian Sill, imposed himself byforming a human wall in the last five

minutes if thequarter. The leadwas stillsubstantia lhowever it was still gettable .Reds coach Graeme Burgan stressed theneed to 'push back' into defence in the lastquarter whilst Pirate coach Sill implored histeam to run, run and run! Fortune favoursthe brave, something that Burgen clearlyhad in mind when he put Diacogiorgis ontothe dangerous Murray in the last quarter.

'Dacca', a slightly older version of LukeHodge, responded to the challenge inkeeping Murray quiet . Peninsula threatenedbut always felt just out of reach . Fast

finishing but just short of the mark .Ronchi was named best on ground with the

Cahill, 'Dacca', Dawson and Clarke also

prominent . Bit harder to find for the Pirates,

Murray at his end of the ground, Dentry andTeelow battled hard whilst Sill consistently

put his body on the line for his club .

All in all, a great game of footy, well done toboth clubs and best wishes on advancing

into D1 .

CLUB

D2 SECTIONOld Geelong Vickers-Willis 0 103Peninsula Claringbold* 2 84Williamstown CYMS D Lee 0 6

9 59Fitzroy Reds Tornese* 0 59Peninsula Payze`

Bentleigh Grace 0 53D2 RESERVESPeninsula S Claringbold 3 42Peninsula J Atchison 1 31Peninsula Coghlan* 4 30Old Geelong Slattery 0 22Old Carey Konstantinidis 0 2 0

• - includesfinals' goats

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What Andrew Says :Grand Final ReviewFitzroy are premiers again! After winningthe 2001 D3 premiership, the Reds onlyhad to wait two years before adding the2003 D2 trophy to the mantelpiece .

Peninsula's inability to cope with theReds' manic intensity at the ball left itfloundering during the finals . Accordingto Fitzroy coach Graham Burgen,Peninsula tried unsuccessfully tophysically attack his side last week ."They went after our blokes in the second

quarter," Burgen said ."They tried to intimidate us with our

young side but our blokes are smart so itdidn't work . "If a moment can define a football match,then Reds "balding father figure" SteveAddicott's attack at the ball on the half-forward flank deep in the second quarterwas it . In years to come at Fitzroy's 2003premiership reunions, this moment will beconstantly mentioned, reflected upon andexaggerated . Certainly nobody's idea ofMr Universe, Addicott's courageous andinspirational effort to not only win the ballfrom a contest he had little hope of gettingto, but to also leave his opponent writhingin agony resulted in his team scoring animportant goal into the wind . WhilePeninsula were only four goals behind atthis stage, it was hard to see Fitzroy losingfrom that point on .Fitzroy coach Graham Burgen agreed . At

Fitzroy's celebrations last Sunday, thismoment was replayed over and over againand greeted with cheers every time ."Everyone lifted around that," Burgen saidof Addicott's act .

SECTION D2 GRAND FINAL

FITZROY REDS 3.3 8.6 12.9 12.9 (81)

PENINSULA 0 B 0.3 5.5 6.7 9.12 (66)

Fitzroy Reds: Dawson 3 V Cahill 2 Addicott 2 R

Holderhead 2 Rawlins Pollard Cairns . Best: Ronchi

Clarke V Cahill Addicott Dawson R Holderhead .

Peninsula: Murray 3 N Claringbold 2 S Prendergast

Murphy Dentry MacLean . Best : Crean Growcott Murray

Dunne Torossi Maclean . Anthony Fellows Medallist : R

Ronchi .

Umpires : Gran t Wardrop Mark Jenkins (F) Cam

Hoogendyk Glenn Kennedy (B) John Hall Travis Storti (G)


While Peninsula were undefeated for the

home and away season, Fitzroy's effort to

defeat the Pirates twice in a fortnight

showed that they were certainly the best

side during the finals and worthy

premiers .Although this will be cold comfort to the

Pirates, they should be applauded for

going through the home and away season

undefeated . This is a rare feat and

certainly an achievement not to be

sneezed at . While promotion to D1 will

only make it tougher for them to win apremiership, any team that can win 19

games in a season in D2 should be at least

a finals threat in Dl the following year.

But the sad reality facing Peninsula now

is that a golden opportunity to win a flag

has come and gone. Unfortunately for

them, they saved their worst football for

the most important month of the year and

now must endure an endless summer of

soul-searching and a torturous pre-

season before they get their chance toatone for their disappointing and

heartbreaking end to the season .

Peninsula didn't choke as many pundits

will suggest, but the tag of "runners-up"

will still be very hard for them to swallow .

NoteThank you to all the coaches and press

correspondents who contributed this

season. Without your assistance, this

scribe would have very little to write

about. Your contributions have been

greatly appreciated .

D2 RESERVE GRAND FIN?T•

PENINSULA 0 B 2.1 11 .3 12.3 16 .9 (105)

OLD GEELONG 4.2 4.2 7.6 9.7 (61)

Peninsula : Goalkickers: J .Coghlan 4 S.Claringbold 3

Falkiner 2 Brennan 2 McMahon Cook Haley Warner

J .Atchison . Best : J .Coghlan T.Coghlan Taylor Cook

Liuzzi A .Parsons .

Old Geelong: Goalkickers : Burbury 3 Broadbent Bayles

O'Brien Teague Makin Temple-Smith. Best : Burbury

Abbott Temple-Smith Symons Bayles Seymour .

Umpires : Simon Stokes Dash Peiris (F) Graeme MorganNick Brown (B) Robert Parry Garry Clancy (G)

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Trinity), Paul Corrigan (Old Haileybury) ,Matthew Dennis (Old Brighton), TimOckleshaw (Old Xaverians), Lincoln

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(Beaumaris)

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St . Bernards would bow out in straight sets after OldScotch jumped them in the prelim final. Heath (4gls) was akey up forward for the Scotchies while Tim Holt and RohanPrice shone .So to the OF and Old Xaverians were unbackable - (allExecutive and Administration thought so anyway) only PhilStevens and Angela Giles chose Old Scotch .In the end after a terrific first half the Xavs pulled away towin well . Simon Wood and Michael Blood wonderful all dayfor the Xavs, with Tom Wilson Scotch's best .Old Ivanhoe would take their place in A in '99 after a toughwin over Old Trinity in the B prelim. A surging last quartersaw Stuart Glascott's boys with some great work fromJarred Weddle, Brad Shadbolt (5gis) and Paul Donaldsonrun over OT - best served by courageous skipper RohanPhillips .The OF would be a thriller with Old Ivanhoe having 4 morescoring shots but failing by the barest of margins . FullbackGus Seabury and Glenn Cox were the Eagles best in whatonly can be described as a thrilling win .The shortest priced C Section favourite for a long time wentdown in a shock when Beaumaris, who had only lost twogames all year, went down by five points to Hampton Roverswho were really on a roll . The Rovers would win all threefinals including the GF with Hobson, Browne and Powertheir best . For the Sharks Sherman and Andrew Quinbattled hard.Whitefriars took control of their game against Southbank inD after half-time . Power, Pawlik and Jongebloed greatFriars (the first two still going strong in 2003) . Morgan andMcNamara good triers for the vanquished Bankers .U19 Premiers : Section 1 Old Xaverians over Be La Salle,Section 2 Old Scotch over Whitefriars, MHSOB overHampton Rovers & Yarra Valley over Old Ivanhoe .The umpires farewelled Mark Bushy" Bushfield who retiredafter umpiring his 15 OF. Bushy was moving to Jan Jucwith his wife and would be remembered for being well likedby most .A & B Section Grand Final umpires were to be from JamesVan Beek, Steve McCarthy (A), Mark Gibson & AnthonyDamen (B).B&F Results were as follows : Luke Gollant St . Bernards (A).Bernard Dinneen Marcellin (B), Murray Pitts Beaumaris (C),Cameron Houston Whitefriars (D), Leigh MurphyElsternwick (E Blue), Stephen Shannon Richmond Central(E While), Phil Avery Hawthorn (F), Nick Vogels Uni Blues &Simon Hart Be La Salle (U19 1), Chatura Jayasekera (U192), Simon Widjaja (U19 Blue), Bryce Willis (U19 Red), DavidMoreton Old Brighton (Club XVIII 1), Tony JacksonParkside (Civh WAI 2) .

!In an unequalled form reversal, Oki Xaverians avengedtheir second semi 96 point defeat by North Old Boys whenthey controlled the A Section grand Final throughout to winby 18 points, 15 .21 to 13.15 . Nick Burne continued hisgreat form at full forward with 5 goals while StephenCurtain also contributed 3 and was a great performeraround the ground . The best player on the ground was OldXaverians captain John Noonan, who rucked strongly allday. A tightknit Old Xaverians defence shut out North'ssemi final star, Shane Maguire . Others to play well for OldXaverians were Vale, Atkinson and Carmody. Old Xaveriansjoined the select band of clubs which had won B&A sectionpremierships in successive years . Old Xaverian's only other

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appearance in an A Section Grand Final was in 1964 whenit was beaten by Old Paradians.

Be La Salle OC and University Blues met in the A SectionGrand Final with the Blues favourites to take out the flag .'Twas not to be!The Blues failed to make use of the breeze in the secondterm and at half time Be La had appeared to have the gamein hand although leading by only 10 points .The Blues attacked in the final term by inaccuracy and thebustling Be La backs gave them no chance. Final scoreswere Be La Salle 11 .14 to University Blues 7.19 .The team to represent Be la was as follows :B : G .Connelly P.McDonnell B .HanrahanHB : R.Halassa P.Donegan B.BourkeC: D.HoIlier R.McHenry(C) J .DoolanHF: S.MurphyF: M .GreenR : I .RaboneI/C : A.GrovesCoach : B .Shcehy

P.Green P.MaherR.Cawley R .RuffoloB.Dunn T.CookeW.Peir s

Goalkickers were Be La: Ruffolo 4, M.Green 3, Murphy 3,

Rabone 1 .University Blues : Sleeman 3, Karvelos 2 . D .Curnow 1,R .Curnow 1 .Best Players: Be La : M.Green, D.Burke . D .Holier,G.Connelly, McDonnell, Rabone .University Blues : Orton, Bedford, Yea, Sleeman. Wood,R.Curnow .Old Xavs held out Scotch to win a thrilling B Sectionpremiership by i point - quarter by quarter scores were :Old Xaverians 4 .4 7.5 10.12 12.12Old Scotch 3.4 9.5 10.7 12.10Best were: Burne, Curtain (6 goals), Brown, Ryan,Brimacombe, Atkinson for Old Xaverians and Mason, Duke,Mel, Sherwin, D u ffv, T alb ot f-r Old Scotch .

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Life membership was conferred on Association President,Manson Russel, a fitting tribute to a man associated withamateur football since 1948, first as a player and clubadministrator, and then as an Association executive .This year saw the introduction of B and A grand finals, bothon Elsternwick Park, on Saturday and Sunday, andpremiership trophies presented after the game .A Section teams selected were:Old Scotch :B: Leatham, Cos, Keffort :HB: Morgan, Drummond, Duffy ;C: Bowden, Duke, Kiel;HF : Tallent, Sherwen, Meadows :F: Sinclair, Mason, Marx .R: Bates, Anderson, Bubb .I/C: Bedford, Alexander.Coach : L .Aghan .North OB :B : Robertson, Horan, Weir ;HB : Welch, S .Maguire, Leeack ;C : Sheales . Borcich, Butera ;HF: Hannebury, O'Connor, Conti ;F: Dillon, Anderson . Haratsis;R: D .Maguire, Griffin, Wilson;I/C: Dolan, Ferguson ;Coach : S.Maguire .Umpires : Goodman, Croxford (F), McMahon, Britton (B) .


Upham . Stratton (G) .Old Scotch came home strongly in the final term to get upby 5 points - a wonderful two seasons for the club as OldScotch had won 'B' Section in 1977. Best were Bates,

Purnell. Marx, Sherwen (Old Scotch) and Hannebery,Haratsis, S .Maguire . Conti (NOB) . Old Melburnians had an8 goal win over Old Paradians to win B Section premiership .

Stars : R .Brown, Mumme, J .Mitchell (OM), and T .Considine,

C.Hughes, McCormack (OP).Top tipster for the season was Peter Nathan . and bottomwas Michael Arnold, who four years later finished up in theState Parliament .

Collegians win their second successive 'A' Sectionpremiership in a Grand Final played under shockingconditions . Old Scotch's position appeared hopeless, threegoals behind with 15 minutes to play . Then Old Seotehquickly added two goals but Collegians' defenders stoodfirm and they won by a goal. 'Old Paradians turned the tables on University Blacks in 'B'Section . Parade led by 6 goals in the first term, only to seeBlacks fight back and lead narrowly at the interval . Paradeagain took another good lead in the third quarter andmaintained their advantage until the finish .De La Salle confirmed their second semi-final victory whenthey again defeated Parkside . 6 .12 to 5 .8 to take out the CSection Premiership in their first year in the grade, aperformance that earns the team the right of record.

B: Teague A.O'Callaghan V .Pilkington

HB: R.Hellard W.Pearson J.Slattery

C : M.Brown W.Toogood P.Shiel

HF : T.Lanham J.Gilfedder B .Nesbitt (B&F for the year)F: J .Firman J.Kelly B .ConwayR : W.Watts J.Tindley P.McCormackI/C : K .Purcell K .O'BrienCoach : Kim Smith .John Varcoe won the trophy for best clubman and'Beanstalk' ruckman John Dillon was unavailable for thefirst series with three broken fingers (Is there a storyhanging on those broken fingers?) St Kilda CBC, 8 pointsdown at half time to ANZ, came back to be 13 points in frontat the final bell, winning a flag in their first season ofAmateur football . Closest Grand Final was in JuniorSection where, with scores close all day, University emerge dvictors by one point .

on June 4th was :B: J .Rogers (East Malvern) E.Boys (Old Melb) F.Ruddoc kHB : G.McNaughton (MHSOB) J .Belvea (Coll) J . T It o r p e(U .Blks)(VC)C : J .Kline (Eist) J .Stanes (Elst) G .Warren (Geel)HF : J .Campbell (Old Melb) C .A.Nllan (Old Parade)

W.Greening (Murr)

F : A.Mahlook (B'wick) F.Law (ES and A)R.Steele (UHSOB )

R: R.Hodges G.Millard A.Howse

I/C : C .Wheeler (Geel) N.Cashin (Glen )

Victorian Manager : Jack McCann awarded a cup to the bestplayer - the judges could not separate Howse and Stanes so'Mac' gave a second cup .Victoria won 11 .14 to 6.2 0The team left Melbourne by train on Friday, with a bigcrowd to farewell them, stayed at Mrs O'Brien's Black BullHotel, Hindley Street, and arrived back in Melbourne at10 .15 on Wednesday. Fares were paid by the Associationbut the players had to pay for their accommodation, about35/ - per head.Record goal kicking feats to date were Alan LaFontaine(U .Blacks) (1933) 197, W.Pearson (Old Scotch) (1933) 162,

J .Green (U .Blacks) (1928) 123.In season 1934 Pearson went on to kick 207 goals with two,finals to play (Do Old Scotch's records show how many hekicked in those last two games? )Best and fairest awards were introduced in 1927, andtrophy winners had been as follows: 'A' Section - 1927 ;Keith Rigg (Collegians), 1928 G .Cassidy (Old Caulf. Gr),

1929 K .Elder (State Savings Bank) . 1930 R.Perry (B .Rock)

and T .Taylor (B'vale) ; 1931 R .Lang (Teachers College), 1932

D .Robertson (State SB), 1933 Alan LaFontaine (U .Blaeks) .

At the delegates meeting on 16th July, Mr Pidwell, delegateof the South Caulfield Club, was successful in obtainingalteration of rule 49 of the Association which henceforthwill also include the following : "In the home and awaymatches the home team shall wear black knickers and thevisiting team shall wear white .Among the goal kickers on 4th August was schoolboy KeithTruscott who kicked 10 goals for MHSOB (Keith later wenton to play in Melbourne's 1939 premiership team, becamea fighter pilot ace in Europe and then died in a planeaccident in WA in 1944) .Best and fairest for the season were'A' G .Weber (BTSOB) 8 .

V.Hepples (Coll) and W .Pearson (Old Scotch) 5 ; 'B' A .Moore

(Teachers Coll .) 6, J .Brenning (B'Leigh) anf F .Higginbotham

(Old Xav) 4; 'C' A.Forty (Glenh) 8, P.Copsey (NMCBC) 7 ; 'D'

K.Trinnick (H .Rovers) 6, M .Brown (UHSOB) a .Among the players in 'D'Section semi, the name ofA.Killigrew . 55 ", 10 stone and 16 years of age, appeared forSt Ignatius .'A' Section finalists and captains were Old Scotch, GavanPeterson (coach, Vic Belcher of South Melbourne fame) . Old

Melburnians Jack Campbell . Geelong, coached byN .Brushfield, with captain not named, and U .Blacks, coach

and captain not named . Ormond, premiers in 'C', 15 .20 to

North Old Boys 8.3, reported that 26,000 had attended

their games. 21 at home and 5,700 away.Ivanhoe were champions and premiers in 'D' Section whenthey defeated UHSOB 19 .14 to 4 .5 . Coach of the 'Hoes was

'Jiggy Harris of Collingwood fame. (Jiggy went on to becomea very successful businessman and has given in excess of$50,000 in recent years to medical research) . The veteran ofthe side was Tom Miles (father of John Miles, formerexecutive Member), who first joined Ivanhoe in 1924 . Otherstars were Ron Smith (87 goals); Curly Ellis; Arthur Harris ;

D .Christensen ; H .Rutherford (c) and Con and FrankGonzales .Advertisers were Pelaco, Fayrefield Hats, The Sun,Melbourne Sports Depot, Raoul Merton, State SavingsBank, Sherrins, Ezywalkin . Champions. Victoria Bitter Ale,Denyers, Battersby Hats, Ross Faulkner, Bosisto's "ParrotBrand", Eucalyptus Oil, Turf Fine Cut, Hartleys Stores .UHSOB were doing it in style with their Annual CabaretBall at the Hotel Australia, Tickets : 5/ -inc tax .

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MSHOB played Old Melburnians in B Section Grand Final .The boys from Forest Hill triumphed over the Dark Blues,18 .12 (120) to 12 .14 (86), Among the players for MHSOBwere former President, Alex Johnson, at full back andformer Secretary, Alf Keam on the wing . MHSOB were wellserved up forward by Jerry Backhouse (4 goals) later tostar with University Blacks, and the legendary Len Boyd-Gerug.

-Clubs competing in 1934 ana stui in Inc field areCollegians, Elsternwick, Hampton Rovers, Ivanhoe,MHSOB, North CBC Old Boys, Old Brightonians, OldCaulfield Grammarians (as they were then known), OldMelburnians, Old Paradians, Old Scotch, Old Xaverians,Ormond . State Savings Bank - Southbank . Uni. Blacks,Uni. Blues, UHSOB . West Brunswick. A composite teamwas Old Haileybury-Trinity whose home ground was atYarra Park.Teams that later departed were Alphington, Brunswick,Bentleigh, Brighton Technical School Old BoysBrightonvale (a combination of Brighton and Gardenvale) .Burwood, East Malvern . ES and A Bank, FIT OB, Geelong,Glenhuntly, Kingsville, Malvern, Murrumbeena, NationalBank, Parkdale, Sandringham, South Caulfield,St.Ignatius . St.Pauls Teachers College .The team to play South Australia at Norwood Park, Adelaid e


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Well, we've come to the conclusion of anothe rterrific season of D3 football, and it must be saidthat the most deserving team got their just rewardsfor their efforts this year.On to the Grand Final review. . .Favourites Swinburne got a useful break on theunderdog Monash G ryphons early, establishing aquarter time lead of just over three goals, withhighlights including a brilliant banana goal fromthe boundary by the peerless Jason Murchie .The Razorbacks increased their lead slightly in thesecond quarter, and indeed were more than double

Monash's score, but the Grvphs must have stillfancied their chances for the second half of the

match .However, those thoughts must have quickly turnedto dust as the minor premiers scored six goals tonone in the third quarter, despite Fidler missingmost of this period due to cramp . The Gryphonsdefence battled manfully under this onslaught, butwere not able to get the support they needed on thescoreboard .It was a similar story in the last quarter asSwinburne scored four goals nine behinds to twopoints in the final stanza . The Swinny defence,

marshalled by the talented and controversialSimon Fragiacomo, were superb throughout the

game .Adrian . Fidler, one of my favourite players in thecomp this year was a deserving winner of the VicZanin medal for Best On Ground, while the likes ofSam Eager and Matthew Whiting continued their

good form from a fortnight ago . Jason Murchie had

an "average" (in the statistical sense) game, kicking

six goals . Other performers of note includedmidfielder/forward Richard Roberts and Anthony

Fricke, who started the game on the bench .

For the Gryphs, perhaps not that surprisingly,their best contributors were mainly backmen,including the likes of Lee Wells, Brett Coxhead, the

classy Dan Baxter and Jono Watson, withmidfielders Adrian Flowerday and Tim Gilchrist

also useful .I must acknowledge both teams efforts on gainingpromotion to D2 next season. Congratulations to

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Swinburne coach DerekTheone and skipper TonyAlbert on claiming the big prize this year, while I'msure Monash counterparts Jack McDonald andSteve Bourbon have already started planning onhow to go one better . Both sides seem to have areasonable foundation to at least consolidate theirposition in the higher grade next year, but will, Iimagine, strive to improve on their current stocksto make a genuine impact in 2004 .In the reserves, Werribee defeated Rupertswood by78 points to claim the reserves' flag. Well done

lads .SEASON REVIEWObviously, Swinburne will have the most to be

please about . Winning all but two games (droppedin consective weeks straight after the half waymark of the season) and then scoring a crushingvictory in the Grand Final is as good a season as

most teams can expect .Monash Gryphons would have been disappointedby the conclusion of their season, but can takeheart in the fact that they exceeded most people'sexpectations, especially after avoid relegation to D4in the last round in 2002 .

CLUB LSf WK TOTAL

D3 SECTIONSwinburne Murchie° 6 116

Monash Gryphons Malone* 1 65Syndal Tally Ho Cachia 0 56Elsternwick Foster 0 51Rupertswood Burrowes 0 43

D3 RESERV EMonash Gryphons A Arena 0 47Werribee Harding 3 43

Rupertswood Jordan' 0 34Swinburne Thomas' 0 29Swinburne Liston* 0 25South Melbourne Districts W Rosowski 0 20

* - includes ffnals' goats

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Rupertswood's upward momentum propelledthem from D4 Premiers in 2002 into the finals inD3 this season, and, if not for a heartbreaking goalconceded with 20 seconds left in the preliminaryfinal, would have been promoted again . Watch forthem in 2004 .South Melbourne Districts managed to reach thefinals this season after spending the last couple ofseasons having a solid first 12 or so rounds beforefading away come crunchtime. They have someterrific youngsters and should be in contentionnext season .Werribee Amateurs, Syndal Tally Ho and I'owei

House all ended up on eight wins, albeit their

respective journeys to this result were markedly

contrasted . Werribee were in the mix early, withthe Synners solid while the Piranhas were

struggling. Later on it was Power House's turn toshine while the Tigers and Svndal fell away as the

finishing line drew closer . Hard to read based onoverall form for this season, but they should dowell enough to avoid relegation, and at least one ofthese teams should threaten for the finals .

Finally, St. John's Old Coll egians, Kew an d

Elsternwick round off the review. The Jocs only

managed to ensure their survival in D3 on the lastday of the season, defeating Kew, and condemning

the latter to D4 for next season . It is baffling thata team with a percentage of over 100, and fourth

best overall, struggled in the relegation muck all

year . A key factor was losing five or six games byless than a goal, and arguably perhaps theiroverhaul of playing personnel . A lot of these guys

are young, and should be better with a year ofsenior footy under their belts. Kew, the vanquished

team in that match, have now suffered twoconsecutive relegations, and are a district clubbattling to recruit kids in a private school

heartland . There is the possibility of bouncing

straight up if they can perhaps get some of theseguys who aren't getting a go elsewhere . As for

Elsternwick, the writing on the wall was there

quite early on . Although they have a classy core,

their quality of depth is lacking, and their majorpredicament seems to be similar to that of Kew .

Therefore a solution would also be similar .

TEAM OF THE YEARA couple of caveats before the team is read . Firstly,I have included eight on the bench to minimise thepossibility of a club v . country row (albeit in amicro sense) a la Sven-Goran Erikkson v . ArseneWenger/Sir Alex Ferguson etc . (or should that beDerek Theone, Jack McDonald, etc .?) . Also, assome correspondents were more diligent thanothers, those of whom I'm aware were starperformers but unaware of where they played Ieither guessed or put on the bench, and in one ortwo cases, a bloke I knew could play anywhere Imay have put in an unfamiliar position. Hopefully

that way, people will be more encouraged torespond next season . Anyway, here is the team :

B : Tedesco (Werr) Turner (PH) J Moresi (STH )

HB : Wells (Mon Gry) Fragiacomo (Swin) M Moresi

(STH )C: Bishop (PH) C . Mahony (Elst) Fidler (Swin )HF: Cachia (STH) Higgins (Swin) Bourbon (Mon

Gry )F: Malone (Mon Gry) Murchie (Swin) Burrows

(Rupo )Foll : Koppens (St. JOC) Flowerday (Mon Gry) Albert(Swin )I/C : Farrington (Swin) Emery (St . JOC) Milano

(Swin) Clark (Rupo )Tinetti (Kew) Foster (Elst) Manning (SMD) West(Rupo )Finally, I would like to thank everybody whoprovided correspondence during the year, butespecially the following weekly contributors : ShaneLee (Swinburne University), Mark Joy (Syndal TaIlyHo), Bill New (Werribee Amateurs) and Ian Job

(Kew) .Thanks also to the readers out there . It's always ofinterest to hear how people have different reactionsto my "stream of consciousness" style, butfortunately most of it is positive, and it's a stylenatural to me that makes it a bit different (notbetter, or worse, or smarter, or dumber) from

anyone else .Time will tell over the summer whether or not I willbe continuing in any capacity in 2004. In the

meantime, any correspondence can be sent via

email to theqwill@hotmail .com

Have a great summer!The Qwit l

SWIIdBURNE UNIVERSITY 4 .2 6.7 12 .10 16.19 (115)

MONASH GRYPHONS 1 .1 3.3 3.6 3.8(26)

Swinburne Uni: Murchie 6 Fidler 3 R Roberts 2 Fricke Eager

Milano C Higgins L Morrison . Best : Fidler Eager Whiting

Fricke R Roberts Murchie.

Monash Gryphons : Blandford Malone Gilchrist . Best:

Watson B Coxhead Flowerday Baxter Wells Gilchrist.

Vin Zanin Medallist : Adrian Fidler.

Umpires : Anthony Damen Steve McCarthy (F) Lucas BrassSanto Caruso (B) Vin Vescovi Craig Arnol (G )

WERRIBEE 4.1 7 .1 10.8 14.12 (96)

RUPERTSWOOD 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.6 (18)

Werribee : Harding 3 Martinis 3 Ellis 2 Fuller Velisha Kidd

Merieca Flack Carson .

Best : Ellis Edwards Vehsha Howard Harding Fastuca .

Rupertswood: McKenzie 2 . Best: McGrath Stevens Temming

McKenzie.

Umpires: Ashley Hoogendyk Geoff Curran (F) Tristan PearceScott Gavens (B) Chris Kaleta Matthew Cowley (G)


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~ IVdAY11E HINTQi l (GREEN 5)

Wayne would dearly love toget the Sunday match thisweekend . Fitter than ever,this very relaxed umpire willexcel wherever appointed .

MARK GIBSON (RED 17)Mark has been arguably theVAFA's premier umpire ofthe last decade and is sureto give a polished per-formance wherever selectedthis weekend .Always composed and incontrol . Senior appointmentthis year (v. VCFL)

PETER JAR ~ cS (BLUE 29)Peter was over-whelmedwith his appointment to theBig One last year and itwould not surprise to seethis hard worker get the nodonce again .

TIM SUTCUFFE (GREEN 18)Selected as the VAFAUmpire of The Year so sureto go close . Super fit andtalented, Tim always willremain cool in a crisis .Senior appointment thisyear ( Perth) .

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Emergence field umpires : Jamie Kvins (A), Dirk Kramer (B)

A section boundary umpires : Scott Fraser, Nathan Eddy

A section goal umpires : Kevin Segota, Dennis Webster ( emerg : Bernie Jephson)

B section boundary umpires : Graeme Thwaites, Chris O'Shea .

B section goal umpires : Bernie Hoare, Dominic Napoli ( emerg : Andrew Barnes) .

A section reserves appointments : FIELD : Peter Simpson (Blue 18), Richard Eastwood (Green 25) .

BOUNDARY: Christian Schaefer, Sean Collins GOAL: Les Damyon Daniel Scully

B section reserves appointments : FIELD : Rob Mayston (Red 33), Luke Holmes (Red 11) .

BOUNDARY: Tony Casuscelli, Cameron Hoogendyk GOAL : Ken Brewer, Chris Doyle .


Football Umpiring - The Non-Contact Team Sportby Dianne Whiteley

From the President of the VAFAUACongratulations to all the umpires who will be officiating in the 'A" &'B' Section Grand

Final matches this weekend. Information of the umpires is on the opposite page . Well

done to all umpires appointed during the finals, you did a great job representing our

Association to the best of your ability . To the umpires who umpired during the home and

away series-and missed out during the finals we thank you for your hard work throughout the year. The challenge to all

is now for Season 2004 . Keep our organization as strong as it currently is, look for new recruits to increase our numbersand ensure we strive to constantly improve our skills to best serve the VAFA community in our role as umpires

. Anyone

interested in becoming an umpire for Season 2004 can contact us on 9531 8333.

THANK YOU - SPONSORSTo all our sponsors throughout 2003, thank you for your fantastic support throughout the year and may it continue into

2004 . Our 2003 Sponsors were : CBD Cycles, Complete Freight Concepts - Rick Love, ET'S in Prahran an d Town Hall

Hotel, South Melbourne - Steve Morgan . Melbourne Sports Book Shop - Santo Caruso, Personal Mortgage Managers

- Anthony Damen, Print Mint - Grant Wardrop. Schweppes, Sportscover and the VAFA .

REVIEWSeason 2003 was a year that went by quickly with not too many hiccups! The weather held out most Saturdays

. On the

Saturdays where the weatherman predicted rain, hail and thunderstorms, the day was quite good and when he predictedsunshine, there was sunshine! A special THANK YOU to the following people for making 2003 a'fantastic' year - B rendan

Carload, his advisers and observers ; Michael Troup, Elise Van Grondelle an d Ted Calnan for their expertise in the

'injured bodies' department, Bill Deller and Brian Goodman - recruitment ; Phil Stevens and all at the VAFA, Peter

Harris, the Riddell League umpires and to all the others who helped in their own particular way to ensure the year went

as smoothly as possible.

PREVIEWTime to relax, sit back in your favourite deck chair, grab the first of many stubbies and enjoy doing 'nothing' . . . . . . until the

wife comes in and presents a list of all the maintenance jobs that you promised to do once the footy season was over!!! Forthose who can relax until next year and others who are straight into training for their summer sports like marathon

running, cricket and tennis we wish you well . Good luck to Rob Sneddon - Melbourne Marathon, Graeme Hunichen -

Pro Athletics (training for the Stawell Gift), Wayne Hinton (and others) - City to Surf Marathon and finally to Adam

Conquest - Hawaii Triathlon World Championships .

COId[NII1"I'EECongratulations to the following members who have been elected for

the 2004 Executive Committee: President -

Anthony Damen, Senior Vice President - Peter Simpson, Junior Vice President - Leah Gallagher, Secretary - Simon

Stokes, Assistant Secretary - Geoff Curran, Treasurer - Paul Jones, Assistant Treasurer - Patrick Coulthard, Social

Secretary - Mark Morrison, Members - Anthony Simpson and Bernie Jephson.

HISTORIC gUESTION S

A) . In which year did Geoff ReiIley report Andrew Langford-Jones for striking? Yes, both VAFA Executive members

(Andrew still serving, whilst Geoff resigned to return to coaching this year). Geoff umpired with the VAFA for a few years

during the '70's . When Geoff reported Andrew, Andrew was suspended for several matches. Andrew has stated to Geoff,

that it was the only time in his playing career that he was suspended . Was it 1970, 1972 or 1974? B) . Who umpired the

'B' Section Grand Final (Parkside vs Kew) in 1988? One of the umpires is umpiring this weekend, the other is retired but

still comes to our PUMPS functions . Q . Name the clubs who the following past umpires played for before they took up

umpiring - Peter 'Agate' Harris, Sam Birtles (dec .), an d Geoff Ridd .

50th BIRTHDAYA SPECIAL 'Happy 50th Birthday' greeting to one of our favourite goal umpires. . ..Dom Napoli - 22 September 2003. Hope

you have a fantastic day and may the year ahead be one to remember .

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The curtain falls on another action packed seasonof D4 football . This year, it has produced its fairshare of thrills, spills and close encounters .Congratulations to Uni-High School VUT on theirpremiership . They have answered their critics and

proven to all that they were the best all round sidethis season . Well done also to Mt .Lilydale who

thoroughly deserved their promotion after astellar season . Finally, well done to NorthBrunswick in the twos, whom after severalattempts by the bulk of the playing group, to pullof a D4 reserves premiership, they have finally got

there .Review - SENIORS - AZt .I.ily e vs tIIiS-WIt was a tight, tense opening to the Grand Final asMt Lilydale kicked with the aid of the strongbreeze in the first quarter . The Dales managed tokick their first major after a few minutes,however. Uni High was able to answer thisquickly. The match rapidly fell into a battle ofdefences with both teams trading another coupleof goals for the quarter to see the scores at 2 .1 a

piece going into the first break .The second term saw the Vultures use the breezea lot better than their counterparts, and managedto kick three unanswered majors before the Dalesgot one back . Mount started to increase theirwork rate as the quarter progressed andfrustrated continued Uni attacks before theVultures put another major through . Late in the

term, the Dales scrambled another ball forwardbefore goaling to go in at half time 13 points downbut still clearly in touch .In the third term, the Dales scored an early goalwith the breeze and looked well in the match,however, wasted opportunities in front of goalensued . In an effort to give themselves a chance,

the Dales threw everything at the Vultures whocontinued to repel numerous Lilydale attacks .Mount managed to score a couple of quick goalsand took the lead, however, against the run ofplay, the student's Gerolemou kicked a crucialgoal into the wind to end the Lilydale run of goals .

Answering back quickly Mount goaled to close thequarter 11 points up but questioning whether it

would be

the Vultihome wit]The crowifor an fcommencdefence Ibehinds Ione frombehinds .Vulturesthe Dale;forward othe Dalesfor the spoints an

victory, twith dom .resulted .scored agand thenwin a mestraight vsenior fla;

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enough with ! I ;;rres coming

1 the wind .I was poisedpie finish, and as the final termd, the Vultures bombarded the Dalesut could not find an opening with 3icked. It was then that Butera slotted50 that was followed by another threeThis was enough though to see thelaw their way back into the lead withfinding it impossible to get the ball

'the centre . With the sky getting darker,began to crumble and two more majorstudents saw their lead extend to 133 they looked the more likely. Smellingie students lifted another notch andnance all over the ground, another goal

With heavy rain falling, the Vulturesam to extend the margin to 27 pointsAayed out the remaining few minutes tonorable victory, capping of a run of 11ietories after round 10 to take its firstsince 1970 .

SECONDS - North Brunswick v s

mswick won the very important toss ofnd as such kicked with the howling gale

at Preston and used it to effect constantlybombarding their forward line . After the first 15minutes they had opened a four goal lead beforethe students were able to get the ball forward andscramble their first points of the game . With thewind strength dying down slightly the studentsthen held North out for the next ten minutesdespite repeated attacks, before a goal with 20seconds to go saw them head into the first breaksix goals in front .The Vultures had the opportunity to use the windin the second term and opened brightly kicking 2early majors . However, with North flooding theirback line with 3 loose players, the students foundit difficult to get a clear path to goal and struggledto kick crucial majors to reduce the deficit .North had the use of the wind again in the thirdterm and were looking to put the game beyonddoubt . However, the students played smart,desperate football to frustrate North's attacks andused up the clock well . They also managed to ge tthe ball forward and score a major before Northgot the only other goal for the quarter to remainin front at the last change .The final term was a desperate arm wrestle withNorth playing almost all 18 players in the backhalf in a bid to clog up the Vultures avenues to

goal and hold their lead against the wind . Goals

to the students saw them close the gap to six

points and in the last desperate minutes Northrepelled repeated attacks to hang on to amemorable six point win for the club .

PRESS CORRESPONDENTSA special thanks to Peter Dinnick for his valuedassistance on these reports .

SECTION 124 CF' '"P-Y-Ti -,~~,

fiAllan* 0 111Tate* 1 98Hardaway 0 77

swick Hamilton* 0 68urne J Horsbourgh 0 61VE

Pastras* 0 54swick Papanikolou* 1 49

Payne* 0 40Rousis* 0 39Anderson 0 34

finals' goals

UHS-VU 2.1 6.3 7.3 12.12 (84)

MT. LILYDALE 2.1 4.2 8.8 8.9 (57)

UHS-VU: Farrelly 3 Rose 2 Smith 2 Tate Gorringe Dolence

Devlin . Best : Cracknell Creek Langedorf Devlin Gorringe

DolenceMt Lilydale: Gibson 2 Charles Carolan Bird Pearce PaullBrebner. Best: Brebner Rhodes Carstens Flanagan PereiraManiscalchi .Tony White Medallist : Shane Cracknel lUmpires: Rob Sneddon Michael Sneddon (F) Bianca Share TomWindlow (B) John Robinson Matthew Kent (G)

D4 RESERVE GRAND FINA L

UHS-VU 0.1 2.3 4.3 6.5(41)

NORTH BRUNSWICK 5.7 5.7 6.11 6.11 (47)

UFiS-VU : Hall Haynes Cusick Partridge Wallace Hircoe . Best :

Umpires : Sharon Alger Jeremy Heffernan (F) Adrian Borg RyanDuson Russo Prestigiacomo .Papanikolaou A .Boudoloh. Best: A.Boudoloh Vaina BurrowsNorth Brunswick: H .Tsialtas Vaina J.Boudoloh BurrowsMaguire Hall Hircoc Haynes Wallace Cleveland .

Place (B) Eddie Boal Pat Mitchell (G )


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The curtain falls on another action packed season

of D4 football. This year, it has produced its fairshare of thrills, spills and close encounters .Congratulations to Uni-High School VUT on their

premiership . They have answered their critics and

proven to all that they were the best all round side

this season . Well done also to Mt .Lilydale who

thoroughly deserved their promotion after a

stellar season . Finally, well done to NorthBrunswick in the twos, whom after severa l

attempts by the bulk of the playing group, to pullof a D4 reserves premiership, they have finally got

there .Review - SENIORS - Pht.I.ilydale vs UIiS-VU

It was a tight, tense opening to the Grand Final asMt Lilydale kicked with the aid of the strongbreeze in the first quarter. The Dales managed to

kick their first major after a few minutes,

however . Uni High was able to answer this

quickly. The match rapidly fell into a battle ofdefences with both teams trading another couple

of goals for the quarter to see the scores at 2 .1 a

piece going into the first break .

The second term saw the Vultures use the breezea lot better than their counterparts, and managedto kick three unanswered majors before the Dales

got one back . Mount started to increase theirwork rate as the quarter progressed and

frustrated continued Uni attacks before theVultures put another major through . Late in the

term, the Dales scrambled another ball forwardbefore goaling to go in at half time 13 points down

but still clearly in touch .In the third term, the Dales scored an early goalwith the breeze and looked well in the match,however, wasted opportunities in front of goalensued . In an effort to give themselves a chance,the Dales threw everything at the Vultures whocontinued to repel numerous Lilydale attacks .Mount managed to score a couple of quick goalsand took the lead, however, against the run ofplay, the student's Gerolemou kicked a crucialgoal into the wind to end the Lilydale run of goals .Answering back quickly Mount goaled to close thequarter 11 points up but questioning whether it

would be enough withthe Vultures cominghome with the wind .The crowd was poised 'for an epic finish, and as the final termcommenced, the Vultures bombarded the Dalesdefence but could not find an opening with 3

behinds kicked . It was then that Butera slottedone from 50 that was followed by another three

behinds . This was enough though to see the

Vultures claw their way back into the lead withthe Dales finding it impossible to get the ball

forward of the centre . With the sky getting darker,

the Dales began to crumble and two more majorsfor the students saw their lead extend to 13points and they looked the more likely . Smelling

victory, the students lifted another notch andwith dominance all over the ground, another goal

resulted . With heavy rain falling, the Vultures

scored again to extend the margin to 27 pointsand then played out the remaining few minutes towin a memorable victory, capping of a run of 11straight victories after round 10 to take its first

senior flag since 1970 .

Review - SECONDS - North Brunswick vs

UHS-VUNorth Brunswick won the very important toss ofthe coin and as such kicked with the howling gal e

CLUB LST V13 TOTAL

D4 SECTIO NAlbert Park AIlan' 0 111UHS-VU Tate' 1 98Brunswick Hardaway 0 77North Brunswick Hamilton' 0 68Old Westbourne J Horsbourgh 0 61D4 RESERVEAlbert Park Pastras* 0 54North Brunswick Papanikolou* 1 49Albert Park Payne* 0 40St Marys Rousis* 0 39Mt. Lilydale Anderson 0 34' - includes finals' goais


at Preston and used it to effect constantlybombarding their forward line . After the first 15minutes they had opened a four goal lead beforethe students were able to get the ball forward andscramble their first points of the game . With thewind strength dying down slightly the studentsthen held North out for the next ten minutesdespite repeated attacks, before a goal with 20seconds to go saw them head into the first breaksix goals in front .The Vultures had the opportunity to use the windin the second term and opened brightly kicking 2

early majors . However, with North flooding their

back line with 3 loose players, the students foundit difficult to get a clear path to goal and struggledto kick crucial majors to reduce the deficit .

North had the use of the wind again in the third

term and were looking to put the game beyond

doubt. However, the students played smart,

desperate football to frustrate North's attacks and

used up the clock well. They also managed to get

the ball forward and score a major before Northgot the only other goal for the quarter to remain

in front at the last change .The final term was a desperate arm wrestle withNorth playing almost all 18 players in the backhalf in a bid to clog up the Vultures avenues to

goal and hold their lead against the wind . Goals

to the students saw them close the gap to sixpoints and in the last desperate minutes Northrepelled repeated attacks to hang on to a

memorable six point win for the club .

PRESS CORRESPONDENT SA special thanks to Peter Dinnick for his valuedassistance on these reports .

.~r ~TOl~ ? ~J)-'~ 1r i_~c ..UFIS-VU 23 6.3 7.3 12.12 (84)

MT. LILYDALE 2.1 4.2 8.8 8.9 (57)

UHS-VU: Farrelly 3 Rose 2 Smith 2 Tate Gorringe Dolence

Devlin . Best : Cracknell Creek Langedorf Devlin Gorringe

Dolence

Mt Lilydale : Gibson 2 Charles Carolan Bird Pearce Paull

Brebner. Best : Brebner Rhodes Carstens Flanagan Pereira

Maniscalchi .Tony White Medallist: Shane Cracknell

Umpires: Rob Sneddon Michael Sneddon (F) Bianca Share Tom

Windlow (B) John Robinson Matthew Kent (G )

D4 RESERVE GRAND FINAL

UHS-VU 0.1 2.3 4.3 6.5(41)

NORTH BRUNSWICK 5.7 5.7 6.11 6.11 (47)

UHS-VU: Hall Haynes Cusick Partridge Wallace Hircoe . Best:

Maguire Hall Hircoe Haynes Wallace Cleveland .

North Brunswick: H .Tsialtas Vaina J .Boudoloh Burrows

Papanikolaou A .Boudoloh . Best : A .Boudoloh Vaina Burrows

Duson Russo Prestigiacomo .

Umpires: Sharon Alger Jeremy Heffernan (F) Adrian Borg Ryan

Place (B) Eddie Boat Pat Mitchell (G )

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an Criswick St. Be rnard s 17` ichard Evans Old Xaverians 3Barry Hickey 5t, Bernards 1 5Peter Hutchinson St. Bernards 24

Bruce Ivey Old Xaverians 11Andrew Langford-Jones Old Xaverians 10,Bruce McTaggart St. Bernards 23

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Paul TrainorDavid ScottPhil StevensBrett ConnellSue AndersonKate BalmePeter HarrisCliff Bastow

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Old Xaverians 12St. Bernards 155t. Bernards 22St. Bernartis 7(}1d Xaverians 14Old Xaverians 19St. Bei n~~rds, 17St. Bernards 26

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Competition is still keen in the popular clubcompetition where if one of a club's two entriescorrectly forecast the winners of all sevensenior section premierships, that club (if itwas the only club to do so) would win $ 10,000in the Sportscover sponsored Pick thePremiers competition .

No entry did this but the $1,000 consolationprize is still open to a number of entries, with

two(2) results still to be determined (A and Bsection) .

Ormond and Bentleigh are the favourites on

three (3) with each selecting St Bernards and

Whitefriars as their two nominations goinginto the weekend . Kew, Collegians, Old

Mentonians and Beaumaris both on 3, haveall selected St . Bernards as their chance for a

winning selection number 4; Bentieigh. (theirsecond entry) is on 2 and has nominated St .Bernards and Whitefriars this weekend. In

case of more than one club ending up with the

same number of selections the teamsnominated as the GF runner-up in each of

their correct selections will be used todetermine the winner on countback.

If no decision still then . . . . the editor of this

column spends the grand on the Sunshine

Coast next week !!!! !

Visit the VAFA web-site (www .vafa .asn .au) onMonday for the winning club .

0 0 ®It seems that there are quite a few sets ofbrothers who exceeded the 685 games playedas suggested by Old Carey's "Howard" in lastweek's FTLOTG . Howard had nominated theElliott brothers, Richard (275), John (250)and Ross (160) . Jack White had 5 sons whoplayed for St Kilda CBOC in the period 1961 to1985 - Kevin (Ox) played 326, John 301, Ian157, Terry 88 and Bruce 72 for a magnificenttotal of 944 . "Alf' from Alphington informs usthat the Harris brothers totalled 1,004 VAFAmatches - Keith 274, Peter 416, Bruce 53 andIan 261 .

0 0 0

A big "thank you" to the makers of the world' :best football Spalding who make the Sherrirballs "The Ball All Amateur Players Fl y For'for sponsoring the "Ben Hogan SportinjTrivia iz" each weekend . Judy Lyon wathe only winner of last week's quiz . The answerequired that stumped everyone except Jud(and Max?) was that the last three senior VAF,representative team captains were AndreiRamsden, Simon Lethlean and Gil MeLachlar

0 0 0Every correct entry for this competition for tl :whole season was placed in a draw for tYmajor prize, although only one weekly winn(was announced and given a dozen Ben Hogegolf balls .

The major prize of a full set of Ben HogsIrons and Bag valued at over $2,000 w;drawn during the week and the winner

JOHN JONAS from Hawthorn . John you tiibe contacted and told how to claim your prie

CONGRATULATIONS John .

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.nisisill;e .

Thank you to all who entered this competitionand to Spalding for supporting the

competition.

The Sportscover Spot the Ball Competition

was also well supported this year. Last week

the ball would have appeared in square B i -

see photo below . Unfortunately there was no

winner from the entries received . Guy

Rodrigues from Old Paradians nominated

square B3 and each week Guy was always

ever so close . All is not lost Guy, you will

receive a Cadbury pack for "hanging in there"

each week .

0 0 0FTLOTG repo rts that the VAFA's president

Richard Evans and CEO Phil Stevens metwith clubs who were interested in expressing

an opinion on the proposed merger of theVAFA's Mentone Vultures AFC with the

Southern Football League's Parkdale FC withthe merged club to possibly play in C section

of the VAFA from 2004 .

No club in attendance expressed any hugeconcerns with the proposed merger and thecommittee representing the prospective newclub will put its proposal to the ExecutiveCommittee of the VAFA for it to consider at itsseminar in October . The decision on this willbe released first on the VAFA web site onWednesday October 15th.

(9 (5 0Some interesting stats . to ponder: 2004

will feature a club which has never beforeseen the light of A section (Whitefriars) ;

Ormond will return to Dl where they last

competed 70 seasons ago (1933) ; Swinburne

and Monash Gryphons have never competed

in D2; Peninsula has never been in D1 and

Mt . Lilydale has never been in D3 .

0 ® 0And finally today, a photo that captures whywe should be all involved - to try hard andhave a bit of fun along the way - For The LoveOf The Game! This Little Pirate would have


felt a bit sad at the end of the day last week,but when the lens of FTLOTG caught the

Little Pirate he/she was all set to take

aboard all prisoners. By the way Little Pirate,

you write to FTLOTG (PO Box 359

Elsternwick 3185) identifying yourself and we

will get to you a Cadbury pack .

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To all who have contributed snippets duringthe year to make this such a well read columnFTLOTG thanks you sincerely . Hopefully Phil

and Brett at Headquarters will let the columnappear again next year.

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CLURWAREHOUSESports & Medica l

Supplies

by Glen Harrison (U19 -1 & Blue)

& Cam Nation (U19 - 2,3 & Red)

Section 1

Review St . BERIdARD'S v UNIVERSITY BLUE S

Grand Final Ul19 S 1

Trailing by 12 points at the final chang he

semi-finalh i c c u p,winning threeof the fourquartersagainst a gallant Old Melburnians side.

Wasting chances early in the first quarteWerribee managed just three goals with the wincoach Fab Gatti conceding his side failedcapitalise on chances in the first term. After tl

quarter-time break a rejuvenated Werribee outkicked five goals into the breeze, establishiiwhat would eventually become a match winnii

lead .Showing no signs of a side that wcomprehensively run over the top of two weeago, Werribee ran out the full four quarte,kicking the last goal of the game to securehistoric 23 point win . Aldan McNally w

Bernie's again proved what a wonderful side theyare, finding that little bit extra to stave off Uni'squest for glory .In difficult blustry conditions, the Blues bestchance for victory was to put the minor premiersunder pressure from the start. Having first usageof the stiff breeze it was critical University'sforwards capitalized on early opportunities .

Despite the wind at the Uni players backs,scoring goals would be difficult and whilst theymanaged to land four majors, their dominant 13scoring shots to four would leave many of theirplayers and supporters lamenting what may have

been .A quarter time deficit of 19 points was enoughammunition to fuel St. Bernard's focus and withHooper and Keunen busy, they were able to moveto the half time break nine points clear .Entering the premiership stanza, both coachesasked for maximum effort from their charges andthe Blues responded with Clark and Bradleyleading from the front . A combination of missedchances and dour Bernie defence saw Uniconjure three goals eight, but they did hold SBgoalless and all was in readiness for a thrillingfinal term .Great teams discover a way to win when allseems lost! Kelly and Pell's never say die attitude

propelled the Bernie's and after someheartstopping moments were able to hit the front

and cling on to a five point, championship win .

Uni will feel disappointed about the result butthey can be proud of their toils . The Bernie'sstretched their unbeaten season run to twentygames and were thoroughly deserving of the

2003, J .S Me Cann Premiership Cup .

Section 2Review OLD M ELBURNIANS vs WERRIBEE

Grand Final U/19 S2Minor premiers Werribee recovered from a defeatearly in the finals series, beating OldMelburnians by 23 points in the section twogrand final last weekend . With a spot in sectionone, and more importantly a premiership on theline, Werribee bounced back from their second

awarded the John Miles Medal for bestground, while Palmington, Andrews a

ruckman McMahon were also amongst the be :

Werribee coach Fab Gatti admits his s .

panicked in the second semi-final, when

Melburnians kicked seven goals to one infinal term, and concedes "we knew it wasri t i

fitness, and that if we manned up better andenough of the ball we could beat them this ti

around . "

Section 3Review RUPERTSWOOD vs OLD CAREY Gri

Final U/ 19 S 3Undefeated for twenty-one rounds of foottRupertswood capped off a perfect seasonweekend, defeating Old Carey by nineteen poin the section three grand final.The section's top two sides met at PrestonOval last Sunday afternoon, a highly anticip,replay of the second semi-final wlRupertswood won by thirteen points . Expectegive the minor premiers a real run for tmoney, Old Carey entered the game off the Iof a comprehensive preliminary final vicCarey sticking with Rupertswood for the e ;

first term, down by just one at quarter time .

Establishing a match-winning lead after thebreak, Rupertswood maintained a threemargin for the remainder of the match, prewby 19 points at the final siren. Ruperts-w

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while Plummer, Sullivan and Fell were alsoamongst the best for the winners . Gaunt was

dominant up forward kicking five forRupertswood, while both Stewart-Holmes andAngus kicked three in a losi - i

( Section BlueReview OAKLEIGH vTIGERS Grand Final U /In the home and away ci~ s et, °en hese

sides, the ledger was square at one game apiece .

In fact, it was the Krushers only loss through 18rounds of action.

The Tigers had started the season brilliantly, buttheir form had dropped away towards the

business end of the campaign, however stirringvictories against finals' combatants, the Clayanenand the JOC's gave SBMT a quiet air ofconfidence .

The K's took first usage of the strong wind and

escaped to a 15 point advantage at quarter time .With the breeze behind the Tigers they piled on

five goals nine to lead by 12 points at the mainbreak .

Realising the urgency of ti-> ;`uation theslammed six majors with r: and F )anproving a handful for tl ;. e -s, Sresponded well to the eh--___ rs ,rewell into the breeze, postins two their owkeep them in the contest .A final quarter thriller was predicted and thatwas it exactly how it panned out . Bignell andMarks were busy and Dave Waters superb as theTigers peppered the goals, and after a number of

lead changes eventually overran the K's .Oakleigh were courageous as they battled a fierce

wind disadvantage, but hats off to thedetermined and committed Tigers, the 200 3champions .Section Re dL,'evlew B I,E-ZT_-'~.Gra n d Final U/ 19 Red

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Banyule-Viewbank completed a hi! in c:it tothe under-nineteen competitio rdefeating Uni Blacks by sixred section premiership . inplayed out in front of a largeOval, Banyule came back from a

time deficit to pinch victory in e .5 aGoing into the game with a we iand expectation, Banyule stblustery conditions, the Bla,

straight to lead by ten point sfirst For the second time in as ma, .-L::;, -s ~,regoal Blacks enjoyed a six goal seconr' m, the leadiling thirty-five at the long break with Banyule's first)od's

3 200 3 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2003

loss of the season looking imminent .Kicking five unanswered goals in the thirdBanyule gathered momentum, the last quarter a

scrappy low-scoring affair, with both sidesplacing the main emphasis on defence . Banyule'sMitropolous showed poise with only minutesremaining his goal reducing the margin to just

one, before lining up from forty-five metres outonly moments later, after a Blacks player wasdeemed to be holding the ball. Hoisting his kickinto the goal square, Banyule's Wise gathered,

kicking a point to tie the match with just asecond on the clock .

Kicking the only goal of extra-time, Banyule-Viewbank secured a hard-fought yet deserved

premiership, Michael Christian the standoutperformer and recipient of the Max Lyon Medal .Returning to the under-nineteen competition

after many years without a side, Banvule'sthrilling grand final victory completes an

exceptional vear for Phiv Demetriou's side, andafter just one year in red section a spot in sectionthree now beckons .

St . BernardsUniversity BluesSt. Kevin sOld ScotchUniversity BluesUniversit~ Bluest719 (2)WerribeeOld CamberwellOld IvanhoeOld MelburniansOld T rinityt319 (3)OM Carey

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Pitts* 1 70149cKerrowa 1 60O'Keefe 0 54Beaurepaire` 0 49Torney` 0 49Rankin' 2 41

Chalmers 1 52Peasnell° 0 48Alagona 0 45Ironmonger* 1 41Krakouer 0 36

Angus* 3 59Burrows 0 53Ashworth* 1 47Potter 1 46Stewart-Holmes' 3 4 0

Jordan 0 83Mcivarnara* 3 60Nassrallah 0 59A Lee 0 41iviarks= 0 37

Iqaghamezs 0 100Tsin6aris* 2 81Mofiatt° 4 55Brooks 0 48Dowslev° 0 46Violato 0 44

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ST. BER%: RDS 2.2 7.7 7.12 10 .18 (78)

UNIVERSITY BLUES 4 .9 5.10 8.18 9.19 (73)

St Bernards : Pell 3 Hooper 2 Hogarth Mitchell O'Connor

Pitts Smith . Best : Kelly Pell Hooper Keunen Johnson Garth .

Uni Blues : Clarke 5 2 Rankin 2 McKerrow Heinz . Best:

Clarke Bradley Rankin Fletcher King Costin . Alex Johnson

Medallist : Matthew Pell .

Umpires : David Longworth Brendan Devlin (F) Paul Jones

David Irons (B) Paul Gait Andrew Esposito (G )

UNDER 19 SECTION 2 9RAND FII~ 4L

OLD MELBURNIANS 2.0 4.2 5.7 8.10 (58)

WERRIBEE 3.3 8.4 11 .7 12.9 (81)

Old RSelburnians : Cooper 3 Wettenhal Ironmonger Voyage

Dick Hurst . Best: Rafferty Toulton Lawler Schofield Cooper

Hurst .

Werribee: McNally 3 Lee 2 Palmington 2 Josh Russo

Chalmers Simpson Spry Renaut . Best : McNally Palmington

McMahon Andrews Bunworth Black. John Miles Medallist:

Aldan McNallv .

Umpires: Graeme Hunichen Paul Lamble (F) Lionel Katz

Peter Liddell (B) Steven Piperno Daniel Kofoed (G )

UNDER-19 SECTION 3 GRAND FINAL

RUPERTSWOOD 4 .3 7.4 12.6 13.7 (85)

OLD CAREY 4.2 5.4 8.4 10.6 (66)

Rupert swood : Gaunt 5 Little 2 Bishop 2 McGovern Monzell

Potter . Best: Little Plummer Sullivan Gaunt Fell McEwan

Old Carey: Stewart-Holmes 3 Angus 3 Howat 2 Ashworth

Evans . Best: Niven Stewart-Holmes Sulman Angus Davey

Rossignuollo . Peter Harris Medallist: Matt Little

Umpires : Landon Blackball (Riddell) Ken McNiece (F) Scott

Grey Gus Carpanzano (both Riddell) (B) Lisa Boccabella

Graeme Carter (both Riddell) (G)

19 (21 Iti: ( . ; , q_j~zIa=7:UPID,:i .

O~ '_; :LEIGD 5.5 7.5 13.8 15 .11 (101)

ST. BEDES

FaSENTOB4E TIGERS 3.2 8.11 10 .15 14 .20 (104)

Oakleigh : Briggs 3 Roan 3 Dimachki 2 Lamb Orchar

Reynolds Wills Nahas Plaukovits Shilton .

Best: Briggs Earl Hogan Lamb Shilton Wills .

St Bedes Mentone Tigers : Tyquin 3 McNamara 3 J Lync

3 McMurray Maddocks Buck D Lynch Waters . Best : Watei

Marks Bignell Buck D Lynch Laver. John Simpse

Medallist : Damien Water s

Umpires : Di Whiteley Andrew Shiels (F) Jessica Rollo Pa

Tuppen (B) Patrick Jenes Greg Rollo (G )

UNDER-19 [2) RED GRAND FINAL

BALtYULE VIE K 2.2 4.3 9.5 11 .10 (76)

U NIVERSITY BLACKS 4 .0 10.2 10.3 11 .4 (70)

Banyule Viewbank : Wise 3 Christian 2 Tsingaris

Stavropoulos 2 Brown 1 Mitropoulos . Best: Christi:

Stavropoulos Shepherd McGovern Bottomley Wenke .

Uni Blacks: Moffat 4 Bullen 2 Brumby-Rendell 2 Lyn,

Goonan Bade . Best : Dowsley White Brooks Brumby-Rend

Jesse Moffat Max Lyon Medallist : Michael Christian .

Umpires : Adam Conquest Justin Lipson (F) Katie Whii

Spier Jame Olle (B) Jack Watty Daniel Brookes (G )

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MELBOURNE

SPORTS BOOK3

Exhilaration of Victory or the Despair

of DefeatWe all look towards coaching a

Premiership and back in February we all

think we are going to be their but out of

215 teams, only 22 will make it and only

11 will hold the cup aloft .

As coaches we have our responsibilities to

prepare players every week but on the last

day of the season we have a bit more

responsibility as the next 2hrs will decide

who has the Exhilaration of Victory or

the Despair of Defeat and none of use

want to experience the later, but some of

us will .We are a rare breed that allows this game

to take over our lives for the exhilaration

of a final siren on that last day with our

team in front which lasts around 20sec

and then the sharing of the moment takes

over with people that will give you

friendships for life that we all never forget .

We do all the things prior to this game

that we instruct our players not to . . .play

the game in our head several times over,

look at the match ups and plan the what if

scenario's no matter how negative that

may be, worry about how we plan our

preparation on the day, analyse how the

opposition could beat us, analyse what

players need special attention on the day

and through the week at training, make

sure the process is correct on Grand Final

week and all you ask of a player is to go

out and play the best game of his life but

A .RC. . V.A.F.A .

"Your Coaches' Association "

you know not all of them are capable ofdoing that at the one time, only on veryspecial occasion sNot many coaches would have commenced

any new projects or taken on too much

during this week at work as footy will have

consumed them, regardless how they trj

to get a break from it . You will have

workmates discussing it, family, brother :

and mates wanting to know how you thinl

it is going to go and even those who reall,

do not follow footy want to know sc

escaping the week is impossible .

All of those scenario's come into play anc

it is a tough week for coaches involved ii

Grand Finals but we are a strange breei

and no coach would trade that fo

anything for as weird as it may seem tha

30 sec Exhilaration of Victory at th

final siren is unique and some say uniqu

to our game .

The aftermath for the winner is week

sometimes months of great moments an

for the losers players recover quicker tha

coaches but the knot still remains fc

months and in some cases until you ge

another chance, if in fact you do gf

another chance . . . . . . . . .many players an

coaches never get another chance !

Take the moment when it present

itself.

Glenn Taylo r

Old Carey Senior CoachAFCA/VAFA Committe e


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iviatthew Power (Whitefriars)(G .T. Moore Medallist )

E (7,Chris Massie (Glen Eira)(L.S . Zachariah Medallist)

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NORTH BRUNSWICK 17UHS-VU 17ST MARYS 16ALBERT PARK 16OLD WESTBOURNE 16MT LILYDALE 17RICHMOND CENTRAL 16ELTHAM COLLEGIANS 16BULLEEN COBRAS 16BOX HILL NORTH 16BRUNSWICK POWER 17

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1 17 0 595 1817 32 .75 4

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15 3 0 1562 705 221.56 609 9 0 1145 1013 113 .03 36

8 10 0 1002 1246 80 .42 327 11 0 1070 1414 75.67 28

6 12 0 987 1406 70.20 24

6 12 0 1002 1480 67.70 24

4 14 0 802 1800 44 .56 162 16 0 659 1939 33 .99 8

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6 1 1 1678 698 240.40 6614 4 0 1545 960 160 .94 5612 5 1 1444 894 161 .52 5011 7 0 1044 1058 98 .68 449 9 0 1165 1181 98 .65 368 10 0 992 1055 94.03 327 11 0 942 1248 75.48 286 12 0 1082 1355 79 .85 244 14 0 742 1234 60 .13 162 16 0 643 1771 36 .31 8

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ST BERNARDS 18UNIVERSITY BLUES 18OLD SCOTCH 18OLD XAVERIANS 18ST KEVINS 18DE LA SALLE 18CAULFIELD GR 18MARCELLIN 18OLD BRIGHTON 18OLD ESSENDON GR 18

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18 0 0 2638 1117 236.17 7215 3 0 2072 933 222.08 60

14 4 0 1921 1377 139 .51 5610 8 0 1568 1288 121 .74 40

9 9 0 1553 1527 101 .70 36

8 10 0 1502 1609 93.35 32

6 11 1 1479 1765 83.80 263 13 2 1401 2079 67 .39 16

2 14 2 870 2165 40 .18 122 15 1 889 2383 37 .31 1 0

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WERRIBEE AMATEURS 18 17 1 0 1710 892 191 .70 68

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 13 5 0 1643 868 189 .29 52

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 12 6 0 1412 1341 105 .29 48

BEAUMARIS 18 12 6 0 1330 1315 101 .14 48

OLD TRINITY 18 11 7 0 1249 1180 105.85 44

OLDIVANHOE 18 9 9 0 1434 1488 96,37 36

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 8 10 0 1185 1455 81 .44 32

MAZENOD 0 C 18 5 13 0 794 1803 44 .04 20

OLD PARADIANS 18 3 15 0 930 1510 61 .59 12

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RUPERTSWOOD 18 17 1 0 1612 990 162 .83 68

OLD CAREY 18 16 2 0 2115 725 291 .72 64

COLLEGIANS 18 13 5 0 1466 1112 131 .83 52

THERRY PENOLA OB 18 11 7 0 1862 1342 138 .75 44

AJAX 18 9 9 0 1360 1497 90 .85 36

NORTH OLD BOYS 18 9 9 0 1156 1578 73.26 36

MONASH BLUES 18 6 12 0 1079 1643 65 .67 24

MHSOB 18 6 12 0 1022 1600 63.88 24

ST BERNARDS (2) 18 3 15 0 676 2045 33 .06 1 2

999 (_2) RlUE P ~OAKLEIGH 18 17ST JOHNS O C 18 16ST BEDES MENT TIG 18 13OAKLEIGH CLAYS 18 10BENTLEIGH 18 10SOUTH MELB DISTRICTS18 7MENTONE PANTHERS 18 7ORMOND 18 6DE LA SALLE (2) 18 2GLEN EIRA 18 2

D For A1 0 2728 937 291 .1 42 0 2131 999 213 .31 645 0 2153 1137 189.36 528 0 2126 1499 141 .83 408 0 . 1793 1367 131 .16 4011 0 1548 1626 95 .20 2811 0 1386 1952 71 .00 2812 0 1366 1785 76 .53 2416 0 909 2548 35 .68 816 0 708 3065 23.10 8

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BANYULE VIEWBANK 18 18 0 0 2076 886 234 .31 72

UNIVERSITY BLACKS 18 16 2 0 2160 657 328 .77 64FITZROY REDS 18 13 5 0 1832 1008 181 .75 52LA TROBE UNI 18 11 7 0 1259 949 132 .67 44ST LEOS EMMAUS WP 18 9 9 0 1391 1324 105 .06 36

OLD XAVERIANS ( 2) 18 8 10 0 1156 1312 88 .11 32

AQUINAS 0 C 18 5 13 0 920 1522 60 .45 20OLD WESTBOURNE 18 5 13 0 853 1519 56.16 20

BURL EN VALLEY TEMPLOESB 18 5 13 0 843 1607 52.4

6 TOWEI80 18 0 559 2434 2297 20

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OLD XAVERIANS 14 14 0 0 1710 542 315.50 56

DE LA SALLE 14 11 3 0 1391 784 177 .42 44

PRAHRAN 14 9 5 0 1439 907 158.65 36

OLDIVANHOE 14 8 6 0 1037 954 108.70 32

ST KEVINS 14 6 8 0 981 1046 93.79 24

MARCELLIN 14 5 9 0 767 1286 59 .64 20

MONASH BLUES 14 2 11 1 759 1653 45 .92 10

COLLEGIANS 14 0 13 1 767 1769 43 .36 2

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OLD XAVERIANS (2) 14 9 5 0 833 619 134 .57 36

FITZROY REDS 14 9 5 0 694 624 111 .22 36

UNIVERSITY BLACKS 14 9 5 0 697 729 95 .61 36

THERRY PENOLA OB 14 8 6 0 726 638 113.79 32

OLD TRINITY 14 50 OLD CAREY 14 3 11 0 510 1250 40 .80 12

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OLD SCOTCH 18 12 6 0 1869 1645 113 .62 48

OLD HAILEYBURY 18 11 7 0 1805 1554 116 .15 44

OLD TRINITY 18 11 7 0 1453 1478 98 .31 44

MARCELLIN 18 8 10 0 1511 1576 95.88 32

UNIVERSITY BLUES 18 8 10 0 1602 1726 92 .82 32

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 7 11 0 1357 1670 81 .26 28ST KEVINS 18 6 12 0 1575 2030 77.59 24

OLDIVANHOE 18 2 16 0 1409 2007 70.20 8

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OLD ESSENDON GR 18 14 4 0 1912 1540 12416 56

WHITEFRIARS 18 12 6 0 2134 1509 141 .42 48

OLD BRIGHTON 18 12 6 0 1753 1460 120.07 48

DE LA SALLE 18 11 7 0 1794 1647 108 93 44

MAZENOD 0 C 18 9 9 0 1714 1813 94.54 36

ST BEDES io1ENT TtG 18 8 9 1 1737 1857 93.54 34

NORTH OLD BOYS 18 7 11 0 1618 1686 95 .97 28OLD PARADIANS 18 7 11 0 1522 1831 83.12 28

MHSOB 18 6 12 0 1502 1798 83.54 24

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 3 14 1 1435 1980 72 .47 1 4

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COLLEGIANS 18ST LEOS EMMAUS WP 18CAULFIELD GR 18BEAUMARIS 18MENTONE VULTURES 18OLD CAMBERWELL 18THERRY PENOLA OB 18GLEN EIRA 18PRAHRAN 18ORMOND 18

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13 5 0 1769 1352 130.84 52

13 5 0 1844 1596 115.54 52

12 6 0 1894 1510 125.43 48

11 7 0 1857 1532 121 .21 44

11 7 0 1881 1560 120.58 44

9 9 0 1880 1775 105.92 36

9 9 0 1605 1603 100.12 36

5 13 0 1692 1848 91 .56 20

4 14 0 1266 2214 57.18 16

3 15 0 1310 2008 65.24 1 2

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MONASH BLUES 18 14 4 0 1754 1161 151 .08 56

AJAX 18 13 4 1 1837 1522 12030 54

UNIVERSITY BLACKS 18 13 5 0 1831 1443 126.89 52

OLD MENTONIANS 18 11 6 1 1726 1493 115 .61 46

YARRA VALLEY 0 8 18 10 8 0 1542 1632 94 .49 40

BANYULE 18 8 10 0 1762 1794 98.22 32

AQUINAS 0 C 18 6 12 0 1303 1656 78.68 24

SALESIAN 0 C 18 5 13 0 1333 1547 86.17 20

IVANHOE ASSUMPTION 18 5 13 0 1467 1845 79.51 20

BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE18 4 14 0 1452 1914 75.86 1 6

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PENINSULA 0 B 18FITZROY REDS 18OLD CAREY 18

WEST BRUNSWICK 18OLD GEELONG 18WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 18LA TROBE UNI 18BENTLEIGH 18OAKLEIGH 18HAWTHORN AMATEURS 18

ff L D Fr I PLs

18 0 0 2379 1196 198.91 7215 3 0 1729 1149 150.48 60

12 6 0 2116 1378 153.56 48

12 6 0 1638 1383 118.44 48

10 8 0 1870 1635 114.37 40

8 10 0 1770 1591 111 .25 32

6 12 0 1381 1581 87.35 24

6 12 0 1484 1978 75.03 24

3 15 0 1441 2437 59.13 12

0 18 0 1112 2592 42 .90 0

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SWINBURNE UNI 18MONASH GRYPHONS 18RUPERTSW00D 18SOUTH MELB DISTRICTS ISWERRIBEE AMATEURS 18SYNDAL TALLY-HO 18

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MT LILYDALE 17UHS-VU 17ALBERT PARK 16ST MARYS 16NORTH BRUNSWICK 17OLD WESTBOURNE 16ELTHAPvt COLLEGIANS 16BOX HILL NORTH 16RICHMOND CENTRAL 16BULLEEN COBRAS 16BRUNSWICK POWER 17

16 2 0 2148 1371 156 .67 6413 5 0 1851 1595 116.05 52

12 6 0 2242 1617 138.65 48

10 8 0 1602 1628 98.40 40

8 10 0 1585 1649 96.12 328 10 0 1389 1532 90.67 328 10 0 1239 1699 72.93 327 11 0 1654 1584 104 .42 28

6 12 0 1479 1845 80 .16 24

2 16 0 1680 2349 71 .52 8

W- L D For Agsi % Ratio-

15 2 0 2206 1169 188 .71 88 .2414 3 0 2116 1215 174 .16 82 .3511 5 0 1763 1186 148 .65 68 .7511 5 0 1819 1626 111 .87 63 .7511 6 0 1654 1678 98 .57 64 .7110 6 0 1616 1054 153.32 62 .55 11 0 1420 1659 85 .59 31 .255 11 0 1363 1922 70 .92 31 .254 12 0 1323 2109 62 .73 253 13 0 1002 1834 54 .63 18 .751 16 0 1200 2186 54 .89 5 .8 8

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STBERNARDS 18 16 2 0 1670 879 189 .99 64

UNIVERSITY BLUES 18 15 3 0 1635 966 169 .25 6(

OLD XAVERIANS 18 10 8 0 1448 1041 139 .10 41MARCELLtN 18 10 8 0 1309 1075 121 .77 41

OLD HAILEYBURY 18 10 8 0 1366 1296 105 .40 41OLD SCOTCH 18 8 10 0 1203 1329 90 .52 3'

OLDiVANHOE 18 7 10 1 1224 1497 81 .76 3OLD TRINITY 18 5 12 1 909 1467 61 .96 2

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 4 14 0 930 1396 66 .62 1

ST KEVINS 18 3 13 2 993 1770 56 .10 1

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OLD PARADIANS 18 15 2 1 1526 793 192 .43 fDE LA SALLE 18 15 3 0 1618 865 187 .05 FOLD BRIGHTON 18 13 5 0 1654 942 175 .58 !WHITEFRIARS 18 10 7 1 1172 1136 103 .17NORTH OLD BOYS 18 10 8 0 1348 1125 119 .8

2 OLD ESSENDON GR 18 9 9 0 1087 1146 94.85MAZENOD 0 C 18 8 10 0 1193 1174 101 .62

MHSOB 18 5 13 0 857 1642 52 .19

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 3 15 0 778 1680 46.31

ST BEOES MENT TIG 18 1 17 0 707 1532 46 .1 5

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COLLEGIANS 18 15 3 0 1486 824 180.34

THERRY PENOLA 06 18 14 4 0 1631 1003 162.61

BEAUMARIS 18 13 5 0 1518 847 179.22

OLD CAP,R8ERWELL 18 12 6 0 1286 997 128 .99

CAULFIELD GR 18 11 7 0 1612 935 172.41

ST LEOS EMMAUS WP 18 10 8 0 1372 946 145.03

ORMOND 18 6 12 0 1229 1541 79.75

PRAHRAN 18 5 13 0 1148 1565 73.35

GLEN EIRA 18 3 15 0 860 1821 47.23

MENTONE VULTURES 18 1 17 0 668 2331 28 .66

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