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A_ustralian ~ulesFootball_ Fast Exhilarating ScientificThe Game with the Biggest Following throughout this

Commonwealth. 'COMPETITION GAMES ARE PLAYED IN SYDNEY ON

SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

How to get to Grounds:ERSKINEVILLE OVAL

By Train: To Erskineville Station, then walk along'Swanson Street. 'By Tram: AI~xandria via Redfern, alight at corner of Mitchell Road.

, , HENSON PARK' ' "By 'Bus: Route No. 222 Sydenham-Dulwich Hill, alight at'Syden-

ham Station (or from Dulwich Hill).By Train: To Sydenham Station, then by Dulwich Hill Bus (Route

No. 222). .By Tram: Earlwood and Dulwich Hill trams, alight at Sydenham

Road, then ,walk along Sydenham :Road towards LewishamSt<1.tion,,/::",',, ':;< , ':.. ' ,Cantei'15i.iry-.tra~l1:: Alig11tat Il~a\varra l~Q~-ldIor entrance to-Outer Reserve and" at Essex Street for entrance to' Grandstan-d'Reserve: Follow direction signs.

JUBILEE OVAL, CARLTONBy Train: To Carlton Station, then walk down on Botany Bay side

of Railway. .

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MAKE A NOTE, OF THESE MA TeHES!Saturday; -3rd July:

NE\'XlTOWN', v. EASTERN SUBURBS, at Erskineville Oval.SOUTH SYDNEY v.. UNIVERSITY, at Henson Park.

Sunday, 4th July: .WESTERN SUBURBS v. ST. GEORGE, at Henson Park.

Saturday, 10th July:BALMAIN v. SYDNEY, at Henson Park.

'Sunday, 11th July:QUEENSLAND v. NEW SOUTH \Y/ALES, at Henson Park.

Preceded by deferred First and Reserve Grade Competition Matches,Newtown v. University. '

A, H, JENSEN, Printer, 50 Spring Street, Bondi Junction, P'W 3309,

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Admission: Saturday" Stand' 1/11, Outer1/3 (includ. tax), Children 3d.

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Owin'g to"industrial trouble, the Leaguewas una.hIe' to print two separate Pro-,grammes lor this week:end. Howevera limited programme ?as been printed inan effort to keep faith with our regularpatrons .

K. G. FERGUSON, Hon. Se~re-t~S:-w. National Football League, Sports Club,10 Hunter Street. 'Phones; BW 3024. FJ 2570.

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THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORDTHE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD

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FIRST GRADE.

Results of Carnival Ga'mes.

LEADING GOAL-KICKERS

Quite a number of Australian Rulesfootballers have represented their Statein both football and cricket. Probaolythe most outstanding of all was Vic.Richa.rdson, former AlL'itralian Elevencaptain, who captained South Australiain cricket and football.Richardson was regarded as one of the

most brilliant centremen South Australiahas ever produced.Gil Langley, present South Australian

wicket-keeper, was a member of his StateCarnival side last year, and is vice-cap-tain ~f Sturt this year .Percy Beames, former Melbourne and

State rover, captained Victoria at cricketseveral. seasons ago.Des. Fothergill, Collingwood and State

half-forward, who won the B,rownlowMedal in 1940, has been a member of the'Victorian Shield XI for some years.Other players whose names come to.

h~nd as footballer-cricketers includeLaurie Nash (South Melbourne), KeithStackpole (Fitzroy), A. J. Ryan (South:Adelaide) and lVr. G. Waite (Glenelg).

week's prize if not claimed to-day.To-day's result will be announced at

half-time of the N.S.W.-Canberra game.

AUBREY REED, Hon. Editor, 33 Leon~d Avenue, Kingsford.-'Phone: FF 2467.

LUCKY NUMBER CONTEST

The following time-table applies to theSydenham-Dulwich Hill bus (Route No.222), which passes the Sydenham Roadentrance to Henson Park.SATU:RDAYS: Depart Dulwich Hill for

Sydenham, 12.36, 1.0, then every half-hour;'depart Lewisham Station f;r Sydenham,12.45, 1.9, then every half-hou~;- departSydenham Station for Dulwich Hill, 12.16,12.38, then every half-hour.SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS: Depart

Duiwich Hill for Sydenham, 12.0, 1.0, thenevery half-hour; depart Lewisham Stationfor Sydenham, 12.9, 1.9, then every half-hour; depart Sydenham Station for Dul-wich Hill, 12.39, 1.8, then every half-hour.

The Lucky Nll1;nber for June 13 waswon by, Mr. Jack Ross, 'who held "Record"No. 1131. Howeve.r, Mr. Ross kindly do-nated the £1 back to the'League.As a'result, to-day's prize is jack-potted

and the holder of to-day's lucky numberwill win a prize of £2.The lucky number for June 20, which

was No. 1281, has not yet been claimed,and will also be jack-potted on to next

Won by.. Victoria

South AustJ;alia.Victoria

.. West AustraliaVictoria

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.. VictoriaVictoria

.. VictoriaVictoria

Held atMelbourneAdelaideSydneyPerthHobart

MelbourneAdelaideSydneyPerthHobart

Year1908 ' ..1911 ..19141921192419271930193319371947

H. DICKSON (Sydney) 36A. HUGHES (Newtown) :!J8C. WINES <East. Subs'> 23E. HOPPEN (North Shore) nL. THOMPSON (Balmain) ' 20J. ROOD (West. Subs.) ZO

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COMPETITION TABLE---

FIRST GRADE.P. W: L, D. B. For Agt. P.

Newtown" .... 7 ,6 1 - 2 611 393 24

Sydney ........ 8 6 2 -, 1 717 528 24,

Sth. Sydney .,' 9 6 3 1 564 420 24

St. George '... ,' 9 5 4 1 737 612 20

Nth. Shore .... 9 5 4 1 669 627 20

East. Subs, .... 8 4 4 - 1 583 503 16

West. Subs .... 9 2 7 - 1 641 797 8

University 8 2 6 - 1 477 775 8

Balmain 9 2 7 - 1 579 825 8

RESERVE GRADE.P. W. L. D. B. For Agt. P.

"'J\' ewtown .... 7 7 0 0 2 210 110, 28*East. Subs. .. 8 7 1 0 1 341 195 28St. George ... 9 7 2 0 1 358 189 28','Sydney ,..... 8 3 0 1 258 188 20North Shore.. 9 5 4 0 1 293 299 20Sth, Sydne)~ .. 9 3 6 0 1 204 283 12~'University .. , 8 2 6 0 1 218 330 8Balmain .. .. . 9 2 7 0 1 211 349 8West. Subs. .. 9 0 9 0 1 215 365 0,

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'--::--Keith Miller and Sam Loxton.

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Where the Crowds went inMelbourne last week.

Mr. L. J, Taylor

N.S.W. players are very fit and eager ~o 'match their prowess against yours, soI can do no more than wish you 'Victoriangentlemen a happy and memorable visitto this State.I also take this opportunity to extend

an equ<tlly hearty welcome to the team, visiting us from Canberra who, ,in thepast, have proved themselves worthy op-ponents of our local players, and trust thatthe game to-morrow at Henson Park willbe as full of interest as previously. Weare proud that our code dominates thesporting scene in the.Federal Capital, andfirmly believe that this state pi" affairswill p,revail throughout the Common-wealth before long.

PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO CANBERRA TEAM

N.S.W.Sunday, 11th July, At Henson Park, 2.45 i).I11.

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QUEENS'LAND

It givesme great personal pleasure, both:as President of the N.S.W. Australian:NaotionalFootball League and. as a Vic-'wrian who has' had a life-long interestin the game, to 'extend a most hearty and,sincere welcome to-day to you gentlemenfrom Victoria who have come over hereas players and officialsrepresenting yourhome State.. Our code of football has a- rather dif-ferent st~nding in N.S.W.from that' whichis enjoyed in Victoria, and we are all'working, energetically to gain due'recog-nition for our game, which, being purelyAustralian in origin, we consider merits,a more prominent place in the sportingworld here as a clean, swift and 'highly,scientific game. We have great hopes,therefore, that this match to-day, at which'the public will have the oppOrtunity to'watch Victorian stars in action (than whomthere are none better), will give an im-'mense boost to the popularity of ourcode.We band of brothers over here all work

voluntarily (and hard) purely for thelove of the game, with the definite ob-ject'in view of owning our own propertyin the not too far distant futu.re, alid ofraising the status of the code to, 'thepoint where it takes its'rightful place inthe estimation of the sport-loving public.We have extensively advertised to-day's

game, and thus hope to assure you of a'large and appreciative audience. Our

40,00022,00020,00015,00013,50012,500123,000

Collingwood v. Fitzroy '"Essendon v. Footscray .....Car~ton v. South MelbourneG€elong v" St. Kilda .Richmond v. North Melb.Melbourn!'l v. Hawthorn

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AUSTRALIAN RULESFOOTBALL CONTRIBUTIONTO THE AUSTRALIAN TEST

CRICKET TEAM

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Included in the present Australian Testcricket team in England are two of Aus-tralian Rules Football outStanding foot-baIlers. They a!e Keith Miller and SamLoxton. •. ,'Loxton was captain and' coach of East-ern Suburbs team in 1945,while a mem-ber of the A.I.F.; and he was a greatsuccess, heading the goal-kicking list with, 78 goals.Prior to his season in Sydney football,

Loxton was one of St. Kilda's (Vic.) bestplayers and 'headed his club's goal-kick-ing list on several occasions. He is abrilliant high flyer and an accurate kick.Keith Miller made his .first appearance

in Sydney football last year, playing withSydney Cluo. He is a top-class footballerand had no trouble in making the N.S.W.Carnival side'.Miller was an outstanding footbalIer in

Victoria- and represented, the State-aspectacular high flyer, a master of theart of shepherding and a great all round_player.

POINTS FOR PATRONSThe following hints may be of value

to those who see the game for the firsttime:• (1) The players of both sides are dis-tributed over the whole field in c'ertainrecognised positions, each man being op-'posed individually to one of the otherside.(2) Play is started by the central um~

pire bouncing the ball in the centre ofthe ground.(3) Points are scored by kicking the

ball between the goal or behind posts.The two 'larg~ posts in the middle beinggoals and the shorter ones on the out-side behilla behinds.A goal equals 6 points (2 flagS).A behind equals 1 point (1 flag). '(4) There is no offside ruie. The ball

may, be kicked or passed forward or backat will. The fact that the ball may besent forward to another of the same side.has the effect, of keeping it travelling. quickly from"one end to the other; and, assists to ma'ke the game very fast andopen.(5) There is no knock-on penalty. The

recognised way of passing, the ball by,band, is by pl.\nching it. ,Throwing theball is illegal and entails a free kick tothe opposing side.(6) Tackling or holding below the hips

or 'above the shoulders is not allowed.(7) Tackling or holding 'the man who

is not in possession of the ball is nota,llowed. On the other hand, if a manwho has the ball, is held he immediatelymust kick or handball the ball. If hedrops it or bounces it a free kick will begiven for technically "holding the balL", (8), A man may not run with the ballfor more than 10 yards without bouncing'it. Good players, however, generally kick.01' pass it to a comrade before runningthat distance, unless a good opening for:a longer run is seen.(9) There are no serums or line:outs,"

:and the absence of anything of this na-"

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Henson ParkSUNDA Y, 27th JUNE'

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD

AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPUL.t\R FOOTBALL GAME

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FIELD UMPIRE-H. CONLON.

GROUND MANAGER--C. MANNERING.

BOUNDARY:A. G. CLARKE, R. SMITH.

NEWCASTLE(Green)~

1.-L. WALSH' (Captain)'2,-R. HUGHES3.-M. DOWLER4.-W. BRISBANE5.-E. LEVER .6.-D. JOHNS7.-R. NUNNg.-D. RILEY9.-W. ELLIOTT10.-L. WILSONH.-G. HENSELL12.-E. STONHAM13.-0. TURNER14.-K. BOWEY.15.-R. KELLY16.-J. HOLT.17.-H. PATTERSON18.-D. HIGGENS19.-P. GURNER2O.-H. PRING

Coach: Mr. Frank' GlaSson.Man~er: Mr. LaI. Wbite.

GOALS:F. GITTUS"J. GRIFFIN.

, COMBINED RESERVES(Red & Wbite).

l.-J. SULLIVAN2-D. STUDEMAN3.-D. TILLEY4.-A. FIDDLER5.-B. PAINE6.-M. BLACKUS7.-L. McGRATH8.-G. LETTS9.-J. CAHILL10.-H. BARRY, _ _11.-""11.'ARMSTRONG ' •.•..,•••12.-K. SIMPSON13.-S. CHILD14.-A. ARTHUR15.-R. CHAMPNESS16.-H. COOPER17.-N. SPINKS18.-R. McBEATH19.-B. McBEATH2O.-R. RODWELL21.-R. HOUGH22.-F. SULLIVANManager: Mr. R. Thomall.

Australian Rules has proved itself themost. popular of all football games. The.nuge followi;ng it has in Victoria, SouthAustralia, Western Australia and Tas-mania sPeaks for itself, while in Queens-land and New South Wales the game israpidly increasing in popularity as each,,year comes along.

The largest crowd' to see an Australi,iUlRules football match is 96,834 in 1936,when Geelong defeated Collingwood atthe .Melbourne Cricket Groun'd.In Adelaide in 1946,'Norwood aefeated

Port Adelaide in the grand final before a,erowd ' of 53,SOO,which is an amazingcrowd considering South Australia's popu-lation, once again dem~:mstrating thepopularity of the National' Code.

RECORD GOAL-KICKERS.

The game has produced many cham-:pion ~-kickers, and famous names that.eome to hand are Dick Lee, Gordon'Coventry, Bob Pratt, Ron Todd (Victoria),-George Doig (Western Australia)" andKen,Farmer (South Australia).

Lee was champion from 1906until 1921,. and was regarded by old-timers as the 'best of all; then came Gordon Coventry,who played for 18 years ~d kicked 1,299goals. .Ken Farmer 'kicked 1418 goals in 13

seasons and has kicked more goals thanany other player.' He topped the centurymark in 11 of 13seasons. Ron Todd holdsthe record for one season with 188goals,beating Piatt's record of 183,under Asso-ciation rules, in 1945.George Doig holds the League record

with ,153 goals in 1934.

LONG lUCKS.

Longest kick by an Australian Rules :player is 86 yar~ 1 foot, recorded byDave MacNamara' (St. Kilda) in 1913. He.beat his previous record of 84yards 2 feet,.kicked in 1910.O~~er long kicks recorded are Fred

Hughson (Fitzroy) 83 yards, H. Nudd.. (Cariton) 74 yards, Ralp Green (Sturt"S.A') 74 yards 'and L. Kew Ming 73yards.

SPORTS RESULTSWHEREVER YOU ARE!

Watching the big game, or only' wishing you were,you can still get the last minute scores- from allmatches on your portable. Suttons have Centurionand Breville portable radios in sturdy, attractivecases for cash' or terms. Inspect their display onMonday.

Suttons' range of completely rebuilt pianos and ~'~. '. ",players have a "New Instrument" guarantee, available ••••••~ ~at minimum deposit, three years to pay. Piano r:~'!,iJ; .

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WESTERN SUBURBS' SURPRISE AGAIN(By AUB. REED).

IT'~MS OF INTEREST-By Aub. Reed Newtown Head Competition Table

Of the Victorian team that playedagainst New South Wales in 1941, onlythree players will be seen in action to-day. They are 'Phonse K;Yne, who iscaptain of the famous Collingwood teamin Melbourne; he was captain of the Vic-"tori an Carniyal te'am last year in Hobartand will lead the side to-day. ArthurOlliver, who is vice-captain of to-day'sVictnrian team; he is captain of Foots-cra~" and' Harry: Hickey, who. is-alsoa lll' lber of Foot.Scray's team.

* * *T•.'" Happen, New South Wales and NorthShore ;rover, is the State's best rover. Heis'solidly built, particularly fast, an ex-.cellent mark and <l! deadly kick. Hoppen,who is captain of North Shore, kicked oneof the best goals for the season last Sun-'day \~heri'playing against Eastern Sub-urbs. Gathering the ball c1o'{erly froman opponent, he allowed for a difficultwind blowing a.cross the ground.and dropkicked a magnificent goal froni 70 yards.out. It was a gem.

'* * *Sydney' followers of the National Code

will wellremember two members of to~dar" VictOljan team. They are 'PhonseKYi,<:, and Alan Strang. Kyne, while sta-

.--..-tioned in Sydney with the A.I.F. duringthe war, led St. George to premie;rshiphonours in 1943, while Strang played forSt. George in 1944, when he kicked 40goals for the Tigers. It is interesting tonote that Strang now plays in the centrehalf-back position.

* * *The performance of Jock McHale 1S aworld ;record for any code of football. Heis in his 39th season as coach of thefamous Collingwood team in Victoria.

McHale is 66 years of age and is regarded'as one of the best coaches the game hasever known. He played for 17 years withthe Magpies and was captain and coachfor 11 seasons.

* * *The manager of the Victorian t!!am .isMr. Pat Farman, who has been a staunchfollower of the South Melbourne ClubfO,r many' years. He has worthily repre-sented the Red and Whites as "club' dele-,gate and is at present chairman of the.important Finance Committee of the rul-ing body in Victoria. His choice as Vic-. tori an manager was a vl?ry popular one.

'* * *In the New South Wales team to-day,

elev~n play~is' ar~ hom Sydn~y,' 7 homBroken Hill and 2 from Rive;rina dis-'tricts. Newtown Club has 5 players inthe side. They, are R. Watterston, A. Pill- ',..ing, H. Free, A.' Hughes and F. Larkin:'.Youngest player is Jim Chamberlin; who' ..>'is 18; the oldest player is Victorian skip-per, 'Phonse KYl)e; heaviest. player is thebig Fitzroy followe,r, Nom'; Johnstone;who weighs 14 stone 7 Ibs., and J. Thcmip-son, who is 6 ft. 3 in., is the tallest player'"in to-day's game.

* * *Danny Crowe, !'iew South' Wales fol-lower, will be the first player to wear abeard on the Sydney Cricket Ground formany years when he runs on to the fieldin to-day's ga~e. However, Crowe i:;only 25 and is a very fine type of ruck-man. He is 6 ft. tall, solidly built,. agood mark and: strong left foot kick.Originally from Victoria, he played withSydney Club in 1945 and then returnedto the Redlegs at the beginning of thissea~on.

The fight for positions on the competi-tion table is at a most interesting stage.A feature of the competition. is' the. fineform shown by the' three newly-formedteams, Western Suburbs, University andBalmain,' particularly Western Suburbs.

.' . Western Suburbs surprised two weeksago when they defeated South Sydney,but caused a greater sensation last Satur-day.by recording a very fine victory overSydney. Sydney, who are second on theLeague ladde;r, had infiicted the first de-feat of the season upon Newtown a weekpreviously. '

Western Suburbs had been narrowlybeaten on several occasions, but had not'been severly defeat~d in any of theirgames, so the rVlagpies may yet forcethemselves well into the premiership cal-culations.University and Balmain have. each won

two games and have shown promisingform at tin1es and should ;eap the benefitof their experience in senior football thisseaSQn and profit b~' it next year.Once again, Newtown are'the outstand-

ing side in the co~petiiion; they havelost only ant ga.me and some excuse canbe offered to the Red and Whites for

. their defeat as seven men were absentwith the State side at Br~ken Hill onthat day. Newtown is the nearest ap-l)roach to a Victorian club team that Syd-ney football can offer. They play good,hard football, co-operate with team m.atesand their foot-passing a~d- long kickingis well up to the standard required offirst-cl~ss footballers. Although Newtown.are favourites for the 1948 title, they willme.::t with strong OPposition from Sydney,.No~th Shore, Eastern Suburbs, SouthSydney and St. George.' .

The competition is very even, and itwould be only guessing to attempt toiorecast the final four. Newtown, Syd-

ney, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, SouthSydney and St. Gci>rge are at presentengaged in a stirring tussle to hold hiihpositions on the premiership table andthe final four will probably come fromthese si;' teams, with Western Suburbsan outside chance.Western Suburbs lost valuable points

earlier in the competition and would haveto maintain a sequence of victories tomake up for lost ground. However, this-is not beyond them. North Shore, aftera shaky start, won four games in suc-cession and then were narrowly beatenby St. George and South Sydney, butonce' again came into prominence lastSunday with a great victory over EasternSuburbs, and I predict that they will playa big part in the finals.St. George opened the season in fine

style, but lost three games in a row.However, they re-established themselvesin recent weeks by scoring fine victoriesover North Shore, Balmain .and S<i~thSydney respectively.South Sydney have become known to

follo\vers as the "nuisance team." Theya.re likely to defeat the leaders, yet, onthe other hand, they are likely to loseto one of the bottom teams. However,if the Red and Greens had several re-liable sharpshooters they would be th'ehardest team to beat in tIle .competition .Sydney have shown-very fine form this,

season, but have had two lapses, onewhen North Shore defeated them ear1ie,l'in the season and'last \~eek when West-ern Suburbs, bottom on 'the list, scoredan easy 'victory -at their expense.Eastern Suburbs suffered their third

successive defeat last Sunday whenNorth Sho,re defeated them. However,the losing margins were very small, sothe Tricolours are ~till well in the firingline.,

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