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WEEK.FOOTBALL FLASHESBy John Junior.'announced of geat daughter •eet, Ballarat second eldest ;nk Inglia, Al-iunday After-y Reserve.— ortant Irish for Many.pie throngedg important Richmond City srve free forRichmond's Good-bye game A match that didn't mutter Vet more interesting than moat of them.With the ground in a wretched condition after the heavy rains, attractive football was not anticipated.But the players soon adapted themselves to the position, and while long kicking was gut of the question, th-i ball was handled particularly well sunday after- amj 8ome of lhe marking approach-vas... e** ,he dry-day standard.Interest was sustained from she beginning when Richmond went off with a lead, which was overtaken by h there had South In the second quarter. Then, ng. the word, j jn the penultimate term, the Yellow d evidently . and Biacilt;g Rgajn ROl their heads in and people front, and it seemed as if there were good prospect of the bell ringing on a bt illiant wind-up. But into It hard the Southerners went lor the final, and getting up *2 points. Richmond could only reduce it to five when tha timekeepers pressed their stopwatches and the last tinkle for the year was on another lo-er. Scores were:—South 7—17. Richmond 7 — 12. Not much in it—and it might just a^ easily have been a Richmond top- i holer.Most of the Richmond players did well and few will dispute that Percy j Maybury was the best of them all. Sometimes we get on our right leg and cannot do anything wrong, and that was just how ii seemed to be with Richmonds sturdy centre man on Saturday. Wherever he went the ball appeared to follow him. In the i third quarter this waa particularly notable. Maybury. at times, appeared to have the game to himself. He marked In fine style and his long punts were always effective.Bob WeatheriLl was easily the next best. He has given many good games.Boy. wit] And cJ What ar Afar o Are you You. whi Op’ning With theBoy. you My de A inothe A treai Are you All those As you t Parted uel bourne and trams were ipacity and a ‘ over the k Dempsey, was at the ich conveyed tone. At the there were 1 the inscrip-s Fund and men. There lyor Palling VV. McMahon outset the as privileged to pre-ing. and he dshop Man-My dear Mr. said he par-y. Almost Br was loud-vd expected able nature Pith a green i. Mr. Tudor be had beenBoy with And sc That all My the Are you May the Save you He know-Boy. j Whc Rested In n Are yi Are yi That ! In yoiBoy. llttbYour m That day God beWhile I ; From my That youi After stri—Violded by de-useless to do anything wan. M.L.A., aimed him-ras the star n and was Prendergast. Party, went empt to be-•rlrne Minis-referred to Welshman. aste allow-vhich he al* ’onservative i the whole, re moderate tie to which ion. Three nd a collec-ous canvas-Ity to sell rgement of d dispersed ve Ireland, i* Band.vitation to but on this occasion he excelled him-the subject Seir. particularly in marking. Considering the condition of the ground and the ball, he was wonderfully effective. It waa indeed as good an exhibition of greasy ball marking as we have seen.Alesslo for the first time in the season got Ills name hoisted as a place-getter. He gave the kind of game that caused the critics of a couple of years ago to predict big things of him in the future. Alessio had not coin** up to them this season prior to Saturday. but there was not the slightest doubt of his ability on this occasion His play was characterised by dash and sureness, and if he had only managed to reach to that form earlier in the season. Richmond would have done a good deal better. There was never any suggestion of hesitation about him—he kept going in and on and he was probably the best kick on the ground.Jimmy Smith found h’s new position on the -half-forward line more congenial than the cramped play about the goal line. He appreciated the wider area for his movements, and his play was always of the useful unselfish order,Hede and Shand on the wings each accounted for their opponents, and Clarrie Hall came right to his top form. He had apparently freshened up by the rest he had taken for a couple of gameB and the soft going was also in favor of his doubtfulto* ISon Thomas, who would always like to do well against South Melbourne, was once more a source of disappointment to himself and others.Again the Richmond Boys* Band enlivened proceedings, and their ser-1 vices throughout the season have been much appreciated by al! visitors to the ground as well as Richmond people. On Saturday it was appropriate that the collection should be . for the band itself. They are a very smart lot of boys and their own enthusiasm is only excelled by that of the instructor. Mr. J. Dyamond. to whom the best thanks of this city are due for his foundation of such a musical movement.Goal-getting list for Richmond was headed by Don (19). Bayliss (18). Smith (15)—and Herbert (9).The gate on Saturday was £135. Enough! A resume of the season, with commentary by a well-qualified critic, will be published next week.lent.—Close Week.•Carmichael rl in the i week ere-est. as the near the i were:—T. Trow-arrett (72). 7. Carmlch-Smith (87). I. Lee (S2).ed for nextv. R. Prlt-(20) v. J.(scr.) v. J.i (15) v. L.* Mayor of t Yet Held,ieti definite-inside run-s consider :t-lo, one of the Centre j the next was gen erase amount had dis-id the re-A con some ron: there Is 3 mode of 1 cess, and less 111 tell Our eorr* ity there show to t cation, th must shoi by being pie words being sim thing will you are f] to the W( dispute, t cation am to show 1the best kbig books knowing a the world as somebi self to be All throuj to be all than youThe of Th' Is of a lusfraU show, got. t hope ai flcientl; usual r Brady stories wfck n tain SI: play of is flnel; pany I.He who never sper he who ha calls a wlt; noble futu phecy to l the best coming yeBoothby v. Camberwell District.Boothby, 1812. 120 points. Camberwell, 5-6. 36 points. Boothby \s best were Gray (8 goals).427-+* FUI❖******
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Richmond Guardian
Richmond, Victoria, AU
Sat, Aug 17, 1918
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