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gone "overboard" to a more lowly side in ,the Cup matGhes. rrhcis is not a new thing in Soccer, although everyone seems to express surprise whed it country produces surprIses, and there does not happens. The history ~f Cup football in every
seem to ~ any real standard reason why such results do happen. Look if you will at a long list of winners o} the _Enghsh Cup, and then

teams who have acquItted themselves wIth

they often have to reply by playmg the dIctated.

game, and the result is defeat, perhaps by a. ,-

very small margin.' The same thing applies. to the Dockerty Cup competition. t Some teams succee~ in carrying a game, :! not because they possess high grade ability or .~;j Cup fightmg SpIrIt, ;' '" experience., but .si.mply because they possess
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forwards to adopt a style of play which is us.uallyshown ~y i,ts full back,~~they should
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SOCCER NEWS A BRIEF REVIEW OF LAST WEEK'S GAMES PosItIons on '.;he DIVISIon One ChampIonship Ladder were unchanged after last Saturday's League games, but Prahran's defeat of. the leader~,. Sunshine,. placed t~em in a faIrly safe posItion to avoId relegation. Sunshine however, are now only a poin.t i.n

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e~pects to win the premiership. B<?x HIll, ;,~. can now see that they have a good chance, and August 7, when these two teams. meet, should decide the premiership.. Sunshine have yet to meet Yallourn and Park Rangers, both at home, whilst Box Hill are to meet the same ., two teams, away. ::;c All three bottom teams, Y allou~n, More.: land and Western. ?uburbs lost aga!n o.n Sa.turday, so the posItIon as to relegatIon 1S stIll

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;:. further aheadin the premiership race,through ~South Melbourne United's, defeat by Cobu~g.
; Bradford will now have to fall down to be beaten,. The interest now in th.is division,. is, W?~ :vIlI accompany Bradford Into the FIr~ DIv1s10n. Both South "yarra and South Melbourne are level on pomts. for second place, but South Yarra has a .slightly better goal average. Coburg too, ~re not. out of .the race, as they are only one pOInt behInd agaIn, They, however, will,ha ve to beat South Yarra n.ext Saturday, to have any hopes for promotIon.

Third Division George Cross v. Brighton, at Royal Park Heidelberg "B" v. Woodlands Williamstown v. Yarraville, at Newport Regent v. Olympic Metters v, Melbourne University, at Footscray Macedonians v. Heidelberg " A." at Yarra Park Reserve -League Same draw as for First and Second Division,
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N orthcote v. Hakoah J.R,C" at Merri Park Ringwood v. South Melbourne United

Coburg v. South Yarra Preston v. Bradford

S<;>uth M@lbourne, Sout~ Yarra and Coburg, WIll . be . all out now to gaIn that coveted second

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Box H111 v. Preston Western Suburbs v, Park Rangers, at Sun.

Ringwood alld N orthcote cannot possIbly better themselves, and cannot fail to go to h. d D . , . T 1r IV1SIonnext season. Third Division It s'e;e~s improbable that a second round "' , I d . h Th . d D . . . of games w111 be p aye In t e Ir IVISIon and with 6n.ly,.. two games to .go t? complete the first round, ~bourne UnIVersIty appears safe for the premiers" and ultimate promotion to the higher divis, A race between Heidelberg "A," Olympic, eorge Cross and Yarraville, for the second te to go up, is ~

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"'-n1acedonians 2 d. Brighton 1. Y ar~aville 11 d~ Heidelberg "B" O. Ol)tiQpic 2 d. Heidelberg ,.A" O. Melb. University 4 d. George Cross 1. Woodlands S.d. Metters 3.. W illiamstown, walk-over from Regent. , , . . FIrst DIVIsIon Reserves J Brighton v. Yallourn, no result. ~unshine United 3 d. Prahran 1. Park Rangers 5 d. Moreland .1, ':tBo~ HilL"3 d. Western Suburbs 1.

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Second Div,ision Reserves C~South Melbourye United walk-over .~". Coburg.' South Yarra 2 d. Ringwood O. .J:t:estQn 5 d. N orthcote 1. -Bradford 3 d. Hakoah J,R.C. O. Under 19 Division '-rtahran 4 d. Preston 3. ~ark Rangers 11 d. South Yarra O. Yallourn 4 d. Box Hill O. Brighton 2 d. Hakoah J .R.C. O.
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bed him of the ball, and placed it smartly. into the. open goal. . Outside-left, Jamieso~ made some constructlve centres, one cf w~ich scor:ed a goal, and yet another gave L.. BIrd a firs" class ~leanly
headed chance; WhiC~ had the g<;>alkeceper

beaten all the way. Fmal scores (~-2. m favour of Prahran. Goal scorers for the successful team wer.e-L. Bird 3 and Jamieson; and for Sunshi~e-Kyle and Dren!lan. A ~u?shme half-back unfortunately left the field l~Jured, and weakened the defence, but
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were awarded a penalty from WhiCh RIchards put Ringwood on level termS, ,

Social' . Visitors from Preston, Prahran and South Yarra, were present at a ball held in the Brighton 'fown Hall last Saturday night, All present appeared:to thorough)y enjoy them~ selves. The next dance of the Brighton Club will be held at the .1ocalTown 'Hall on Aug":t'
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. Queen CarnIval. The various committ;ees ()( the Bright_o.n Club, sponsoring.,the three Queens, ,ar.t:,'~at out organising their ~r,ticular functio~$'he '" succes,sof the carnival ;;eems to be _as~ured, 'f:, j and t,he C.1ub should b'enefi\ consit1erab~ \
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Several. changes were made l~ the Box HIll team whIch def~a~ed Western Subur~ last Saturday at Sunshme, !he game" was m the nature of a ~up t~y-:out for several pla~!~s, a!l o,f whom acqultt~d themselves wIth dlstlQS;;tion,,The Hutchl.n~ns were among the goatsag"a~,~~,?on securIng one, and Lester two. -'~'.'.. . '" Brighton's ~~Vf ArrIvals "From Overseas, Two recent a~tix.als to Australia, " . . Jack Glover and Reg Clark have been sIgned on. by Brighton, a,nd were gl ,?"a try-op~ in. the, first team agamst Yallourn. Both acquItted themselves fairly well, but wer .jbadlyin need. of a run.'" Glo.ver "in rarticular"shows pro... mise of becommg decIdedly useful to. the Club. J
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Winning. Lead In the match, Presj;on versus Praht:an, Preston kicked off with . the wind but could not take advantage of It. The: Prahran defence safely held the Preston forwards. Two goals were ~coredin quick succession by Prahran's centre+c.orward.,Aust" before Preston could penetrB:teand score. After several miss-kicks,.' by the Preston backs Prahr~n netted' again. Ra,lfTime 3-1. ..
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and four Second DivIsion teams, Cobu~g, Preston an~ Bradford, the third round: ~ I~~ the r~,of the ~wo main d!vI~lons ~hl,s P?sslble that a Second Cup. are now DivIfirm could sttong

by a better understanding of the laws and general aspects of the game. Uniformity ip th.e app.lication of the l~w's b.y all concern: ~ will bring about a decided Improvement m the game. oT mt" Club-rooms a frie~ly . . prepared for the the Members to attend purpose in general. of Association are by appointment discussion re

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SOCCER

NEWS

&

VIEWS

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Clubs see co~chi.ng.

who that this

operate feature

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teams forgotten

com~ences

everything

SOCCER

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of a game. training to

Furthermore tune up the leave

required not been for pulled

A V AI~BLE
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NOW

done

players

t4emselves

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on the slippery season. This usualthe line for a couple

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