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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
5
A season summary lists Footscray District League results in A B and OC grades with Braybrook Parkside F and Y Society Seddon Newport Kingsville and others posting wins and losses. Notable scores include Newport 14 17 over Kingsville 9 10 and Braybrook 4 14 vs Parkside 8 6.
A dense listing of clubs with their premiership points and percentages across divisions. Includes Sunshine District Braybrook West Footscray Easendon Dist South Footscray Newport Seddon Parkside Willington Rovers Spotwood Will. United Kingsville Park aid and other Melbourne district teams with varying scores and standings.
Sunshine convincingly beat South Footscray at Selwyn Park using strong ruck work and an open style. Despite erratic kicking from Sunshine’s sharpshooters, they dominated the match with accurate disposals and timely marks, finishing 16 15 114 to 9 63. Top scorers included Simpson four goals and Huxtable four with late pressure from O Brien and Pocock.
Sunshine 4 5 29 fell to Spotswood 10 17 77 as Spotswood dominated with clever handball and free kicks. Key players J Jackeyou Long O'Brien Neilson R Phillips Hunter Winter and K Roberts stood out while Eddie Hunter, out of form in his season debut, hopes to regain range. Next Saturday Sunshine hosts Kingsville in a bid to rebound.
St Albans dominated Seddon at St Albans last Saturday with a fast start. Kev Priest opened the scoring and W Webb McPherson A Priest and White added goals as the lead grew to 1.2 nil by the end of the first quarter and extended into the second quarter.
St Albans won by 2 and 8 goals 27 behinds to 1 goal amid a disciplined display. Seddon opened with a free kick and several players shared goals with Priest and Webb among top scorers. Tomorrow they face West Footscray away with team and supporter bus details disclosed.
Braybrook Football Club seniors lost to Altena in a high scoring, uneven contest that featured a late surge by the opponents. The juniors later produced a thrilling close win for Bracs with standout Don Martin guiding centre play and leadership.
A Marrington trip was arranged but cancelled measures led to a stirring 2 point win as Brooks delivered a grand, hard fair performance. Martin Potter Mc Neilage Greig Gotts Middleton top the strong side. Upcoming games include A Grade vs Seddon B Grade vs Maidstone C Grade vs Sunshine at St Albans. Bus leaves Royal Hotel 1.15 Powell’s 6th Dance at Braybrook Hall. Matney’s Band. Free supper.
St Mark's juniors again sprinted to a solid mile pack result with L Coulson first and G Coulson second followed by Doak Skene Thincan and Fisher. Aggregate leaders include Fisher Coulson and Cairns. The Firth Trophy for juniors on June 21 will test endurance as Kevin Fisher loses ground. walkers Jim Gaylor and Alec Philpott look to longer walks ahead.
In veteran form, Australia’s premier long distance walker remains competitive with younger rivals, maintaining speed, endurance, and strategy that mark him as a standout in the sport’s history.
After five rounds the top A grade players are J Reevers Kingsville A Thompson Spotswood and W Gough with others: B grade leaders L Brown F Hogarth and K Taylor. Results include W.S.L.S.C.1 defeating Spaldings 14 7 and Kingsville beating Footscray C 17 3. W.S.L.S.C.2 defeated St Andrews de W.S.L.S.C.2 10 10 and LCL beat Footscray United 17 3 with Footscray Yarraville Socials W.S.L.S.C.1 beat Sunshine Harvesters 16 4.
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