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N.S.W. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALLLEAGUE.

The Forty-Third. Annual Meeting ofthe League waS held on 18/3/'46. Keencompetition was evinced in the electionof the various committees. a fact whichhas been absent in recent years, and,ilhich augurs well.The office-bearers and committee,;: for

1946 are:- •Patron: Mr. Bryan Rush.President: Mr. W. H. FitlSenior Vice-President: Mr. J. Curry.Vice-Presidents: Messrs. F. W. Burriss,

W. Clark, J. Gloury, H. Mannering, andS. R. Onions.Han. Secretary: Mr. K. G. Ferguson.Hen. Asst. Secretary: M.r. A. F .. Wil-

li::lms.Han. Treasurer: Mr. A. J. Snow.Delegate to A.N.F. Council: Mr. A. J.

Snow.Finance Committee: Messrs. W. H. Fitt

(Chairman) •. F. W. Burriss, J. Curry, K.G. Ferguson. S. R. Onions. and A. J.Snow. .Permit and Match Committee: Messrs.

F. W. Burriss (Chairman), W. Clark andJ. Curry.Umpires' Appointment Board: Messrs. F.

Bradley. L. Elliss, and E. T. Styles.F,otests and Disputes Commission:

Mes,rs. A. S. Gordon, J. Kealey, and W.Campbell.St:lte Selectors: Mes~rs. J. Guthrie, W.

Clark. and Leo Harry.Publi.city Committee: Messrs. L. F.

Blackmo.re, D. Dixon, and J. H. Pepper.Han. Solicitors: Messrs. R. D. Manion

& Coy.Han. Auditor: Mr. G. H. Anderson.Han. Editor "Record": Mr. Aub. Reed.

AWARDS, 1945."Walter Pedder" trophy for the most

improved local player. who advancedfrom reserve grade to first grade duringthe seasan-K. Perry (R.A.A.F,)... "Norman P. Joseph Memorial" trophyfor long and meritorious service to duband league-M. Stiff (South Sydney),

LAST DAY-LAST YEAR.GRAND FINAL (pl'lyed at Erskineville

Oval, Saturday, 29th Septembe.r, beforean estimated crowd of 7,000): Newtown,20/18 (138). goal-knickers, R Parker 7,J. Hughes 4, E. Owen 3, R Ambrese 3, J.Grose 2, J. Darling, def.; RA.A.F., 12.'14(86), goal-kickers, N. McDonc.ld 3, J.Flockton 3, D. Hughes 2, C. Pedersen 2,J. Martin.RESERVE GRADE: South Sydney, 6/4

(40), goal-kickers, W. Harper 2, W. Coul-ton 2, V. Bickhoff, J. Sadler, def.; New-town. 2/13 (25), goal-kickers. E. WoocLs,J. Franklin.FIRST GRADE LEADING GOAL":

KICKERS: S. Loxton (E.S') , 71, W. Dun-can (E.S'), 63, R. Longman (N'), 63, R.Garey (S.S.), 53, J. Cracknell (S.N.), 40,J. Simmons (E.S.), 40, A. Strang (St. G.),37. K. O'Dea (S.S.). 37.

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SOUTH SYDNEY NE\VS NOTICE PASSING OF CHARLIE EADY.

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(Dy Aub. Reed.)

Although sotmdly beaten by the verystrong Eastern Suburbs' eighteen,. SouthSydney have a very promising yOtmgside and with several of the more exper-ienced players' yet to appear the Red andGreens should mould into a strong com-bination.At the moment the side is handkapped

by the absence of such fine players asNorm. Blacklock, severe knee inju.ry;George Bennett, ankle injury; DaveBlacklock, suspended; Don Amey, bril-liant South. Australian rllckman, onleave in Adelaide; Mickey Stiff andFurney Creer.Ea.:;tern Suburbs played great football

to beat .Souths .. Playing as a team theycombined well and had a perfect tmder-.standiitg and thoroughly deserved theirsuccess.E3Sily the best two players for Souths

'were Billy Harper, fuil forward, 'who isplaying his first year in senior football,and Alby Swift. Harper won the Re-

. serve Grade goal-kicking competition lastseason by kicking 40 goals;-' he 0lJcnedthe 1946 season in fine style by kicking6 goals against Easts, excellent markingand accurate kicking, combined with un-selfishness being the keynote of hisflrst-dass performance.With Billy Harper, A}by Swift, captain

of South's' Reserve Grade premiershipside last year, would tie for the best. players in the Red and Green's side.

Swift, . former N.S.W. repreSentativeplayer, was in dazzling form. Playing theback pocket, he came through stronglyon numerous occasions and cleared withtelling kicks. He was transferred tocentre at half-time and dominated theplay there.Best players of the remainder were N.

Club Secretarics and Contriolltc.rs arcrcquc:<ed t:J sl,'Jmit co;;y te the Editor'saddrcss 207 Doncastcr Avenuc, Kcnsing-t:m, JIG! later than Tuc!:day of cach wcck,.

AUB. REED (Editor).

Myers (wing), Carroll (half forward), R.Adams (half forward), W. Coulton (for-ward pocket), V. Bickhoff and Jack Arm-.strong (rllckmen) and W. Craig (wing).Forme.r South. Sydney stalwart,

"Mustard" McKeand was m,.:Tied on 16thMarch to MisS Merle Hodges. The cere-mony took place.' at the ChatswoodMethodist Church.Old "Mustard" has given fine service

to the Red and Greens both as a playerand as a clubman. ;He still takes a verykeen interest in the game. The club.wish,You, .. "Mustard:~ .every success inyour new venture.An interested spectator at the games

last ~eek-erid was Diamond Hoff, .one ofthe most spectacular punters since thecolourful Victorian, Michael Pitt. Dia-mond has recently returned from servicewith the A.I.F. in the islands and isccnt~mplating ;eh.~ii.ing to the scenes ofhis former triumphs with South Syclneyprior to the war.The club regrets to announce the death

of Mr. :Bennett, Snr., father of South'sbrilliant player, George. Mr. Bennett wastaken ill suddenly. He always took akeen interest in the fortunes of Souths.HLs loss is a big blow to his family andthe club expresses its deepest sympathytomemb~rs of the family in their time ofsorrow.Two of the most improved players in

the South Sydney side last week againstEastern Suburbs were brothers, Jack andJoe Armstrong.. Jack, playing in, thesenior side, played excellent football inthe ruck. He took some great marks anddid not let up all day. Joe, playing in

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(By Bol) Dawes.)Since the last football season, Tas-

mania's greatest . cricketer-footballer,;Charles J. Bady, has passed away; hisdeath occurred on 16th December, 1945-.aged 75. A truer sportsman never donnedpads nor wore a guernsey.In a long association with the National

Code I. unhesltatingly state he was thegreatest .backman ,I have ever seen. Andscores of enthusiasts who had the good.iorttme to see him play. will endorse thatopinion. The .Jate Jack Won:all-no meanjudge-said "Eady was the ~st back inthe world!"As his football was played in Tasmania

mainlanders, unfortunately, had no op-portunity of seeing this champion ofchampions. He was, of course, chosen forthe first Tasmanian team to come to NewSouth Wales in 1890, but a law examina-tion was near and he had to stay behind ..No forward ever had .the satisfaction of

saying he "put it over" Charlie Eady: no,.not even Thurgood!Standing 6ft. 3in. high and weighing

about 14st., he was as strong as a lionand active as a kitten. He never madethe mistake-so common with defenders-of always trying .to bring ofi a run.Frequently opposing teams worked theball goalwards to have the mortifyingexperience of seeing the big fellow springinto the air, mark it cleanly from a bunch,and drive it to the half-forwards. Andhow could be kick! For such a gigantic:nan he wa.« remarkably agile; couldscoop a ball from the ground with theskill of Mickey Stiff or Joe Grose.Here are some' of 'his cricket perform-

ances:-He was first to make a. doublecentury in an Intercolonial match-116and 112 not out against Victoria in 1895.His record of 566 in a club match stillstands. Eady scored 187 in a North v.South match.He also seCured nine wickets in an

innings against No.rthern Tasmania, andmight have had the satisfaction of get-ting the coveted ten, but .orie. man didnot bat. He won the Association bowlingaverage twelve times. And for deeds atcri~ket C.J.E. received no fewer than 59trophies.Then, of c.ourse, he had the satisfaction

(,f going. to England with an Australiant('am (l896)-the ambition of every cric-keter.When .he retired from active -partici-

pation in sport he became a .Iegislator ofit; president '.:of iIearly .all amateurorganisations. In .addition to thoseoffices, he was judge of the TasmanianRacing Club for 25 years, alSo acted in asimilar position for the Brighton R.C.and Hobart T.C.A solicitor in Hobart, C.J.E. was elected

for Hobart to. the Legislative Council in1925, and re-elected in 1928, 1934 and 1940,He was chairman of committees for sometime, and was elected President of theCotU1cil in May last year.He was given a State funeral, and a

widely representative attendance showedthe esteem in which he was held, At theservice at St. David's Cathedral, theBishop' of Tasmania ".aid "his chiefcharacteristics were his tmshakable in-tegrity and his wide and generous friend-ships .. ,He was impartial in his judgmentsand decisions."I was his oldest friend; we played

cricket in his backyard when we werekiddies. Late.r we played football to-gether in club and representativemakhes. I left Hobart in 1891, and weregularly corresponded with each otherup till he passed away.Charlie was a good mixer; at home with

"all sorts and conditions of men," andthey were at home with him. He wasremarkably cheerful; turned all his win-ters into springs-hence his :r.~markablep:Jpularity.

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STAL\\lAI<.TS OF. THEGAME.

. (B.,. Lcs. Blackmore.)

. In introducing this new weekly featureof our. "RE~CORD". to our .:F'atrons, I pro-pose to deal with our players and officialswho have been so instrument!,l in makingour game. in Sydney what it is to-day.To-day, we give pride of.' place to E.(Fred) SHAW, Newtown's wingman.Born in May, 1909, Freel is 37 years of age

this month, and can be truly class.ed asone. of the "Evergreens of Sport."..FRED came to Newtown in 1933,. and,

. due to .having been in a protected indus-try'during the war years, is now playinghis 13th c~nsecutivc SC,1son for Newtown.His. age makes his present class of playah the more remarkable, because he isstill one of our best wingmen. .Only 5ft.Sins. tall and weighing 1072 stone, FRED,who has played for the State on manyoccasions, ha~ always been in the thickof play. whether it has bee~ rugged or

open play. '::.r, •

Dudnc his Ion" career he Jias neverbeen ca~tioned or"'reported b/~~~rrijJire,~lIld has only once been injure<i;.this'whenhe pulled a thigh muscle in 1944.' .His nimble feet have often extricated

FRED from trouble, as often he is se.en. toprop. side-step and turn to lea~'e his op-ponent bewildered, This is a big featureof his play. as is al3G his foot trapping

K.O. COMPETITION ATGRIFFITH,

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GANiHAI" AND LEETON TIE h'>FINAL.

(From John Reed, former South Sydnej'.Rover.)

An interesting Knock-Out Competitionwas held at Griffith recently io .assist theNurses' War Memorial Fund. A crowdof 4,000 viitnessed a .great day's footballwith many games packed with thrills andexcitement. 'The final game ended in a.draw between Ganmain and. Leeton-4goals, 0 behinds each. They were de-.clared joint winners and shared theprize money ..Results of the games were as follows:-.

Darlin£ton Point, 2-5 (17), ,beat GriffithNO.2, 0-3 (3); Binya-Rkn Springs, 4-5(25),. beat Whitton. 2-3 (5); Griffith No. I,2-8 (20), beat Barellan. 2-2 (14); Ganmain,5-4 (34), beat Narrandera, 2-1 (13); 'Lee-ton, 5-2 (32), beat Coolamon, 2-4 (16);Semi-Finals: Darlington Point, 3-6 (24)".beat Griffith No. I, 2-5 (17); .Ganmain,4-5 (29),. beat Binya. Springs, 2-2 (14);Leeton, 4~5. (29), 'beat Darlington Point,3'-4 .(16); Fll1al: CrlInmai~, :4-0 (24). drewwith Leeton .. '4-0 (24)' .

of the bail, a carryover .of his days as .3.

soccer player with the old South Sydneyclub, with whom he played before joiningNewtown. FRED is an all the yearsportsman. and this accounts for his goodcondition.He WM a fast bowler when YOUlRger,

who co~ld have made good as a gradecricketer had he tried to do so, is a notedtennis player and surfer, and perhapscould have been, as I know personally.a boxer of some note had he taken ser-iously to that sport.FRED SHAW is one of the Sydney

players to whom our .game owes a lot.Well done. FRED,

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MELBOURNE FOOTBALL(By Aub .. Reed.)

A tram strike and very unsettledweather did not worry football followersin Melbourne last SatUrday, when 87,000people attended the six Le~gue games.The second round concluded last Sat-

urday and there are four teams still'unbeaten. They are Collingwood, NorthMelbourne. Melbourne ~nd Footscray.Most of the games were very even-l\Ielbourne and Carlton staged a verythrilling finish. The.re was little betweenthe teams <:11day and despite adverseconditipllS, play was of very high stand-ard. With only two minutes to play,.Carlton snatched the lead only to seeMelbourne kick .'.!lother goal almost onthe bell to win a great game. Geelongcontinues to show p.romise and recordedtheir. first win for the season at the ex-peme of Hawthorn. Geelong are a vastlyimproved side. Last year's runne.r-up.South Melbourne, have been narrowlydefeated in both matches they haveplayed .. but or{ their form the Red andWhites will have plenty to say in. thisyear's premiership discussions.North Melbourne, who formerly had a

mortgage on the wooden spoon. reachedthe final four for the first time last yearand are unbeaten at the moment thisseason and are sure to figure prominentlyin this )fear's finals ..Collingwood, Footscray and Essendon

have shown first-class form and so thereshauld ,be some very interesting gamesto witness in the future. Players whohave shown good early form are:-l\Ielbourne: Meuller, Cordner. Fanningand McGrath; Carlton: Mooring. McLeanand Sanger; Collingwood: Kyne, Fother~gill, Whelan and Regan; Fitzroy: F. andM. Hughson and D. Calverley; Hawthorn:Albiston, Bohan and. Austen; Geelong:IVIorrow, Mahon and Gneil; Essendcn:Reynolds. Cassin. Buttsworth and Bush-by; South Melbourne: Roulent, Castlesand Clegg; St. Kilda: Loxton, HiI'd andCarmody; Footscray: Thoms, OUiver aridMorrison; Richmond: Morris, Dyer andSmeaton; North Melbourne: S. Dyer,Foote and Clay.

FINAL SCORES,North Melbourne, 19-19 (133) v, Rich~

mond, 15-15 (105); Footscray. 16-21 (117)v. St. Kilda. 11-3. (69); Geelong. 15-14.(104) v, Hawthorn, 9-19 (73); Colling-wood, 10-14 (74) v. FitZt'oy, 8~10 (58);lVfelbourne, 10-12 (72) \'. Carlton, 9-12 (66);Essendon. 10-11 (71) v. South Melbourne,8-5 (53).

ASSOCMTION.Williamstown. 20-16 (136) v. Sandring-

ham, 7~5 (47); Pranran, 13-17 (95) v.Brunswick, 13-16 (94); Brighton, 14-6 (90)\'. Coburg. 11-14 (80); Camberwell. 12-15(77) v. Northcote, 12-14 (76); Yarra\.ille]12-11 (83) v. Oakleigh, 9-24 (78); PortMelbourne. 10-18 (78) v. Preston. 9-8 (62).

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RESERVE GRADE UMPIRE-H.' BOLLEN.

GROUND MANAGER-F. W. BURRIS.'

TRUMPER

BOUNDARY:R. KILBORN, J. FLOCKTON.

ST.GEORGE(Black and Gold).

1.-;;. BROWN2.-8. DUFF3.-F. PENDERGAST.4.-R. RUSSELL5.-J. COOPER6.-R. ELLIOTT7.-M. ROWE8.-J. BAKER9.-K. McGRATH10.-T. FORRESTEH11.-A. STRANG12.-T. FERLAZZO13.-V. SULLIVAN14.-D. DONKlN15.-0. CRAE16.-D. STARR17.-J. RUDD18.-M. STIRLING19.-K. JONES2O.-D. HARRISON21.-22.-

FIELD UMPIRE-J. PEARCE.

Negotiations are in hand for a big pro-gramme of Interstate m'atches' as Under:-June 9.-At Sydney, eallberra v. N,s.W.July G.-At Sydney,' Carlton v. &sen-

don.July 7.-At Sydney, Queensland v.

N.S.W.July 27.-At Brisbane, Queensland v.

N.S.W.Augmt 3.-At Sydney. Perth v. N.S.W.'At Canberra. Canberra v. N.S.W. (date

to beG.2cided).Players will be eager to catch the eye

of the State Selectors, Messrs. W. Clark,J. Guthrie and Leo Harry.Young players making the State team

now; will 'enhance their prospects for in-clusion in the New South Wales side atthe Victory Carnival in Tasmania nextyear.

INTERST ATE MATCHES.

that he will be a tower of strength inthe forwards .by getting 6 goals.The Club welcomes back Mrs. O. Jones,

our Ladies' Committee President, 'afteran absence of three years.Arrangements have been made for a

General Meeting at the Sports Club, 10Hunter Street, Sydney, at S p.m., onThursday next. 9th May. All. supportersof the Club are invited.

SYDNEY N'AVAL

The teams are elated at the form shownin the opening round and all membersare optimistically looking forward tofurther victories.The players appreciated. the' remarks

and sportsmanship of North Shore's cap-tain, Jack Guthrie, in his short speechafter the match on Saturday last.The form shown .by our three rovers,

Jack Sheedy, Bill NO"nmus a~d Geo.Taaffe augers well for the team.J. "Killer" Kain never made a mistake

on the half back 'flank.Jack Eyre, Viv O'Dowd and Jack

Davies, our old stagers, showed excellentform.Geoff Whitton, after his recent serious .

accident, showed that. he will again. beone of the best half backs in the com-petition.New players who showed excellent

form included Clive Reid, Ron Lakin andJ. Walsh. the latter a brother of formercaptain Leo Walsh.Although the Reserves were successful

they were rather ragged in their displayand will have to show more team workin futUre games.'The' best of the side were J. Kerr, Ron

White (Captain) and the irresistible"Shorty" Thomas. Leo Hillis showed

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GOALS:F. HASTIE, G. MARAUN.

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were seen in our Reserve Grade team also,and this team should go very close towinning the competition.

ARCHIE PILLINGS, a rover from lastyear's Junior team, seems destined to'become a first grade player soon.To-day we meet Eastern Suburbs, and

hope to win both games, although werealise the strength of East's teams.

The first grade match may prove to beone of the best of the season, and we arekeenly waiting for this trial of strength,as Easts will test us out, we know.

The Ladies' Social Committee thatoperated last year has again commencedactivities, and are ably assisted by Secre-tary ERN McFARLANE, our utility manLES (Nobby) CLARKE, and good clubman JOE FRANKLIN.

All club members are expected to co-operate and help the club and yourselvesby making their efforts successful.

ThiS y~~ the Management Committeehave decided to eliminate the weeklyplaying fee of 1/- per player, and yourfees now are 5/- membership fee, whichnon-playing memberS also pay, and eachregistered player will be charged 6<1.perweek for your Players' Insurance andA~cident Fund.

This is as cheap as we can make it foryou, chaps, and all are expected to paytheir dues promptly.

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(By Lcs. Blackmore.)

Last Thursday we had a double win'lver St. George on' the opening day ofthe competition, and we congratulate St.George League team on their fine play inthis match.There were apparent weaknesses in our

team that our new Selection Committee,which was eleCted last Thursday, willeradicate now that they know the playersthat are available.The Selection Committee, is perhaps,

one of the strongest ever to have beeneleded in our club. It is-HERB. MILLS,perhaps the most astute captain a Sydneyteam ever had; JACK. DARLING, aprotege of HERB. MILLS, who wascaptain for the past 3 years, ana whois now' coach of the club teams; BERTAITKEN, a first grade player for 13years,who knows football; ALAN SMYTH, thisyear's first grade captain, who is also akeen student of the finer points of thegame, and REG CASEY, this year'scaptain of the Reserve Grade team, whoalso is a tried and proved player .The Vice-Captains are - League: C.

Akehurst; Reserve Grade: J. FrankIin-two good deputies to Alan Smyth andReg Casey.

The stars of our team last week wereA. SMYTHand F. LARKIN. SMYTH,atcentre half-back, as usual, steadied ourwhole back line when St. George appliedthe pres~ure, as they often did, andLARKIN, a Victorian Country Districtplayer, who received his A.I.F. dischargein Sydney, whether nicking or forward,competed with SMYTH for the honourof being our best man.BRAUN, KEEVIL, Al\ffiROSE, CON-

LON, WILLIAMS and COTTIS alsoplayed exceptionally well last week.Some very promising young players

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FIELD UlUPIRE-H. CONLON.

GOALS:R. SKELTON, J. HIGGINS.,

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SYDNEY"NAVAL(Navy Blue and Red).

I.-J. EYRE2.-W. BOTT3.-J. WALSH4.-W. NONMOS5.-A. FAULKNER6.-E. GILLESPIE7.-F. BEDFORDS.-F. HOWARD9.-L. HILLIS1O.-G. KAINll.-C. REID12.-P. RICE13.-V. O'DOWD14.-G. TAAFFE15.-J. SHEEDY'16.-G. WHITTON17.-R. LOKANis.-R. MOORE"19.-E. PENNY20.-J. GILMORE21.-L. MANDERSON22.-L. HALLIDAY

RESERVEGRADE UMPIRE-G. BLACKBURN.

. GROUNDMANAGER-:K; G.' FERGUSON.:";

BOUNDARY:G. WILLIAMS,E. STYLES.

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SOUTH SYDNEY(Red and Green).

I.-G. BENNETT'2.-R. NEALE3.-P. CREER.4.-R. RENFREE5.-D. AMEY6.-N. BLACKLOCK7.-A. SWIFT.S.-W. HARPER'J.-W. COULTONHl.-F. GASCOIGNEll.-N. MEYER.12.-G. LENDRUM13.-A. ANNABEL14.-J. SADLER15.-R. CHAMPNESS16.-R. ADAMS17.-J. ARMSTRONGlS.-S. CARROLL1'J.-F. FELSTEAD20.-G. BRACK21.-22.-

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

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14617316535

Agst P,s_58 4.78 451 4

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First Grade.P W L D For1 1 1481 l' 1411 1 821 1 581 1 781 1 51Resel'\'c G~-2:lc.1 11 11 1111

COMPETITIOK TABLES.

As a result' of -a resalution passed atthe recent canference 'in Adelaid~ of theAustralian National Footbal). Council,teams will consist of 20 men aside.Only eighteen however, will play at

the same time. -This will allow. twa replacementS for

injury instead af one, as in previousyears.

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Our first match of the season againstSouth Sydney at Trumper Park on Sun-day last resulted in a win in each grade East. Subs.

Syd. Navaland congratulations go to all players for Newtavjntheir grand display. Sth. Syd.Maintain that good team wo'rk and club Nth. Shore

spirit, boys, and the club is assured' of a St. George

successful scnSOl1. East. Subs.Welcome to our Patron and great club Newto\vn

man. Mr. Frank Panther: It is hoped you Syd. Navalwill soon be able w discard your crutches: - Nth. ShoreWelcome also to last--year's fine player, :0 Sth. Syd.

. d St. Georoe 'Vern. Donegan, who IS back to stay an ",play with Easts. -========Supporters and players are again ad- TWENTY PLAYERS NOW.

vised of the club's dance on Saturday,'18th May. An excellent orchestra is- engaged and a first-class supper providedby the Ladies' Committee. As bookingsare sure to be heavy, you are advised tosecure your tickets at once. Contact theSecretary, NIl'. Ernie Howe, or any com-,mitteeman.Remember, help the Ladies' Committee

to help you.

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The thanks of the League and suppo~-ters go to League Treasurer, Alf Snow,and Vice-President, Dick Onians, for thebig job they performed -last week-endin providing the Pllblic address systemat Erskineville Oval and Trumper Park.The League's. unit is now installed

permanently at Trumpe.r Park. AS -th-etwo gentlemen named are personally in-terested in the safety and properfunctianing of the equipment, it can betaken that Trumpcr Park will- be theirweek-~nd venue for the next four

months:Mr. Jim Kealey, prominent Junior

official and Leagtje Protests and DisputesCammission Chair-man. has just retumed 'from a holiday in Melbourne. He wit-nessed thnie- thrilling matches during hisstay and met various League and Club

officials.

Former Newtown and State player, StanLloyd, who is on holidays; has been i'e-newing old acquai~t~nces at our matches.Stan was one of our greatest players

.and transferred -to St. Kilda Club in 1934, _'where he immediately made a name forhimself by his dashing displays -at centrehalf ,back and full ,back.He subsequently captained St. Kilda

and represented Victoria on several oc-casions. A leg injury caused his retire-ment hvo years ago.

Newly elected Vice-President and solidclub worker, Mr. Claude Mannering, _ismissed from our matches. Reason is thathe is convalescing in Melboume after aserious operation. We wish him a speedyreturn to good health and football friends.

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Merv. Waite, -Glenelg utility player, andBob McLean were mem~rs of the S.A.cricket team. Victoria had such out-standing footballers as K. Stackpole, Des:Fothergill, Percy Beames and GeorgeTribe' in thz State XI. Queensland hadD. Watt and A. Carrigan in their Stateside and both are excellent footballers.

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_Newtown's ,popular new President, Mr.Jack Ross, was -very pleased with _thefine form shown by the Red and Whitesagainst S1. George on Anzac Day. Thefine work Jack is doing for the club isgreatly appreciated -by the club membersand supporters.

*. :;: *An interested spectator at the games

played last week-end was Mr. DickDugan, first secretary and treasurer ofthe South Sydney Club; he held the pos-ition for four years, war broke out -andthe club went into recess. Mr. Dugancan well remember 1;>outh Sydney win--ning their first premiership in 1914. Mr.Dugan hqd not been in the best of healthduring the past few years but is alwaysin attendance at the games whenever itis possible for him to be present.

Two new supporters of North ShoreClub seen at -Ersklneville Oval last Sat-urday were l\iIisses Carmel and MarieAnnetts. Although disappointed that theReel and Blacks were easily 'beaten, thegirls think .that their .team will improvegreatly in their next match.

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Quite a nllmber' o'f first-class cricketersare at present playing top grade footballfrom Sturt. S.A.:-Bill Leak, brilliantcentreman is captai~: of that team"":"heplayed Sheffield Shield cricket before thewa~'; Gil Langley. vice-captain of Sturt,played cricket for S.A. this season, while

That lightning dash down the Ersklne-ville straight six some ,patrons witnessedjust prior to entering the ground was nota preliminary gallop :by Bemborough, itwas none other than Newtown's popularc1ubmall, Joe Franklin, chasing a cigar-ette paper which had escaped from hiscustody.

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SUNDA" 5th MAy.FJELD UMPIRE-W. HUNKlN.

GOALS: .F. WILLIAMSON, G. SIlYIPSON.

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Saturday, 11th May, at Erskineville:NEWTOWN ,v.' SOUTH SYDNEY.

Games for N ext Week-end:

Sunday, 12th May, at Trumper Park:SYDNEY NAVAL v. ST. GEORGE.

Saturday, 11th May, at Trumper Park:EASTERN SUBURBS v. NORTH SHORE.

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CLUB SECRETARIES.

For the convenience of patrons, espec-ially visitors to our games, the followingis a list of Club Secretaries and their

addresses.Suggestion is made that you become

associated with one of the clubs. Thegentlemen, whose names are published,would be only too pleased to make youracquaintance and supply further informa-tion.

Eastern Suburbs: Mr. E. Howe, 43 Has-tings Parade, Bondi.

Newtown: Mr. Ernie McFarlane, 52Robertson Street, Campsie. 'Phone: (atwork) LM 3015.

North Shore: Mr. J. Guthrie, 465 KentStreet, Sydney. 'Phone: M 4858.

South Sydney: Mr.W. C. Vaughan, 43King Street, Mascot.

St. George: Mr. T. Williams, 10 RobinsonStreet, Punchbowl.

Sydney Naval: Mr. Don Gray, 17 MepungaStreet, Concord West.

the second grade, also played very welland continued his good work by replacingGeorge Ben~ett (injured) after half-timein the First Grade game and acquittedhimself very well.Ray Garby, South Sydney centre-half

forward last season, was one of Carlton'sbest players against Melbourne lastSaturday. A great future is predicted forthis brilliant high flyer. Other formerSouth Sydney players now playing firstgrade football in Victoria are:-BillMorris (Richmond), .Bill Wood, whokicked 28 goals foCSo1.lths in one matchand Evan Rees (Footscray), while JimRonald is a member of the powerfulWiJliatnstown team in the Associationcompetition.

ST. GEORGE CLUB NOTES.

(B~' June Williams.)

Even though our first match of theseason ended in defeat, officials weremore than satisfied with the team'sshowing against Newtown on Anzac Day.Ably captained by Jack Brown, they putup a grand show and held their own untilthe last ten minutes. A few more games

and some hard training should see therough edges smoothed over, and theTigers becoming a very tough propositionin the future matches.A hearty welcome back to Jack

"bomber" Brown (centre half-back),"Hoops" Pendergast, doing useful workin the back line and the ruck, and Doug.Starr (winger), who have all been awayon active service, and who all made theirp:'esence felt in their first post-warmatch. It seemed almost like the old pre-war days-and speaking of the "old days,"did you know that those two stalwarts,.Pendergast and Brown, who started theirfootballing with the Tigers. are the onlytwo still playing of the original St.GE.or.ge team?Mr. Steve Toohey's trophy for the Best

and Fairest player of the day wasawarded to Maxie Rowe,. who certainlydeserved it for his dazzling performancein the centre, Full-back Barnsley clearedseveral times with his long and accuratekicking; McGrath's fast play on the wingwas a big factor in keeping up a strongattack, whilst also worthy of mentionwere McCrae in the back pocket, Donkin(forward), and Elliott on the wing-thelatter a product of the local Juniorsmaking his debut in .first grade. Theseyoungsters, with.a little more experience,should prove' invaluable to' the ~oothrunning of a well co-ordinated team.which the Tigers will undoubtedly beComebefore the season is very far advanced.

16 Eii': .t,USTRALIA;"; :-i:\TIO='lAL FOOTBALL Ri':CORD

PrInted hy Arthur H .. Jen,en. ,,0 Spring Street. Bondi Junction. for the N.S.W.Australian Xational Football League. Sports Club. Sydney.