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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
3
Balingup edge Rovers 8 goals 12 to 9 goals 2 in a rain soaked match. Tresize top scored for Balingup with five goals while Giblett, Elphick and ONeill led the Rover attack alongside Lewis and Garrett in a tense backyard struggle.
Centrals led early with M Yates scoring the first goal as Warriors reply came from L Guy and J Prastidis. The match featured rough play with a thumb injury to D Walker and a late surge by Warriors finishing 3 goals 4 points to 1 goal 10 points at half.
Tense moments for supporters as McEvoy passes to Punch O Neill for a mark and a goal, Giblett wins from the bounce and sends to the forwards. Bailey clears for the black and whites, Major and Balingup press in the left forward, Allsopp’ s chance, Mc Laughlin helps, Timms clears, Offer marks but kicks poorly, Widdun runs on to snap a goal narrowing Lovers’ lead to seven. Glancy marks and feeds forward as Timms adds two kicks and Tre size collides in a heavy fall.
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