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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 29, 1926
Page
3
A compact report from Sunshine blends local sport notes with a reflection on fair play. It covers Cherry Ford and Footscray football, with analysis of Footscray's four-game run, Essendon’s results, and the critique by critics while praising fair play as a motto. It notes Footscray’s improving form and predicts a potential reversal against future opponents.
Sunshine extended its perfect run in the Victorian Junior Football Association fourth series. Sunshine defeated South Melbourne and Ascot Vale in hard fought matches, with Yarraville and North Melbourne also winning. The Sunshine squad, coached by Alec Eason, impressed with fast, organized football, while Jimmie Searle led as a standout.
The piece recounts Melton era horses and people linked to The Welkin line inclining toward Gleaming and Gloaming, notes Poseidon and Orcus as progeny tales, and mentions Bel and Belgamba feats. It highlights owners and handlers like Sir Hugh Denison, Sir Samuel Hordern, and Patrobas, with horse lore across Victoria, New South Wales, and Melbourne Cup stakes.
The article urges Sunshine residents to shift effort from ornamental chrysanthemums to productive vegetable plots. It lists seeds to sow now including peas, broad beans, parsley, carrots, radish, onions, spinach, and turnips, with seedlings for cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts, early Globe onions, shallots, garlic. It also calls for setting mint, sage, and thyme and planting flower seedlings such as lupins, godelia, mignonette, and Canterbury bells in front gardens.
A roundup from Tottenham shoots with Hughie Cairns and C B Meadway. Sunshine soccerites show midtable form in the Soccer League with K Springett joining for speed and flair. Sunshine United tally 20 goals to 17 in seven games, with two wins two draws and three losses. Notable Sunshine Juniors players listed include Beck Kine McPherson Latifan Anstey Illis Moore Hardie Prescott. Deer Park hosts a match against Laverton with Pat O’Brien in Carlton gear recalled for Footscray. J McGlone, arriving from Tasmania, will join Footscray soon though currently on the casualty list. Dr W J Pridham noted among excited onlookers at a recent football event.
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