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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1933
Page
3
Canberra Times reports a premiership controversy surrounding the Eastlake team as the national football shield victory stirs debate over the premiership and rival clubs allege irregularities in the title claim.
Eastlake defeated Manuka by a narrow margin at Manuka Oval to claim the 1933 Canberra premiership and the Can ns' Shield. Key players included J Edlington and E Hicks for Eastlake and J Brown for Manuka, with Moroney and Taylor among standouts in a high‑drama final.
The CAC road race weekend saw a small field start the 60 mile event. F Lawrence won time honours and third overall after quick pace from N Southwell and E McCrorey. Bennett punctured at 24 miles while Bateson retired early. Sentinel beat McCrorey for second place.
Weather ideal as Mr 4 H Starling hosts the trophy event at Royal Canberra. Players including Kurauhar Ling and Murghyher posted scores such as 77 88 and 81 with various others like Clarke Williams Burns and Murphy close behind in a wide field of competitors.
Report from Acton Hallrday features a Federal Golf Club par competition with several match results. Burton trails 2 down to WwW, J Ware 4 down to M Cotterill, T A Bisk ii down, Stashens 7 down, Stewart and Hughes both down, Yan down as well.
In tricky weather Canberra Club shooters completed the Spendelove final at 700 yards on Saturday in N Canham’s victory with 202, ahead of J Mcintosh 200 Rowland 187 and J Green 166. Cash prizes awarded to N Canham and A Hussey.
Saturday bowls on the Parliamentary Green saw Chapman Joyner and tmarey beat Brown Schwerd and Hardaker 34 to 24. Rain and Francia defeated Holmes and Horan 4 to 9, while Bale and Weatherston beat Field and Somerville 2 to 16.
The fragment lists players such as Jenkins Hicka H antinke yulpin Gowing Smith Mapcombe McJannett Follington Mcinne Manuka Taylor Brodie J Meroney Richards C Lalor Baxter Jones and goal scorers E Qilington Modanpatt Rabble McGinness Morcombs Hicks with partial team notes and misspelled names.
Melbourne Fulal Richmond defeated Geelong with 93 points to 74 in a rough Saturday game. The match featured key plays as Richmond prepares to face South Melbourne in the cranial Ausoviation. Northcote also secured a win with 11-22 listing.
Kingston Maroons won the premiership final against Harton by a goal to nil, sealing the Cassidy Cup. Tindale and Burton provided key goals with strong Kingston defense. The match, played before a full crowd at Pare, highlighted Hodda as standout for Kingston, supported by Tindale Crapp and Hilb Burton.
Kingston wins the premiership with a 2 1 victory over Boronias in the final. Lea broke away and scored for Kingston while L Rhindell tied the game for Boronias before L McCapplon sealed the win with a late strike.
In a high tempo second half Canberra defeated Goulburn 10 to 3. A dazzling 80 yard solo sprint by Byrne, outpacing the winger Carroll, sparked Canberra’s late pressure after a first half 5 3 lead and O'Brien added the conversion.
Crookwell wins the Massy Cup by two points on its home ground after a fast open match. Queanbeyan led briefly early, Delaney from Sydney noted as best, crowd of 56 on a special train from Gieunbeyan, gate tally around 200. Final score Crookwell 14 Queanbeyan 12 with key tries by Cororan Webster and Rowley Moure.
A special football train from Goulburn carried 660 fans to the Carr Cup match at Queanbeyan, earning 160 pounds and bringing season group fixture revenue near 2000 pounds. Of the travellers 327 alighted at Queanbeyan and others continued to Canberra. twenty five joined at Queanbeyan.
Rio de Janeiro correspondent reports a prospector in Minas Geraes found a 40 gram brilliant in the Sao Bento River upper waters. The stone is valued at 800000 dollars and is believed to be the second largest known. Six other large stones were found, including one of 400 carats, bringing total value to 1000000 dollars.
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