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years he has be'en forwarding articles on soccer in .victoria to the N:orth of England, so 1et us hope that through Mr. MiQor, our soccer paper has found its way over to the old contry. He further points O\lt that we here in Victoria are losing first-.lass junior players b9th to New South Wales and Queensl~nd.. Thousands of people who left here in the depression perioddi9 not heJp the game for Victoria when they got home.. He adds that it
was in his opinion a good move to let Y:illourn into the 'First Division and it will do

Can we not get better publicity in the Victorian Daily Press? Is it fair when men from Britain ask w4ere is !the soccer news on a Monday morning~not ~ l~ne last Mo~dav. What do you thmk "Pllgrl,m" of the Kmg's Birthday Carnival in Sydney asking only four play~rs !romVic;toria, four from South Australia, and tour from West Australia? Why not a whole team from Victoria? 'Thank W~y did the Australian SoccerAssociatio~ drop Its bundle when Dundee could not meet the heavy expenses for the proposed trip to Australi'J.? could name eight teams who would have come. Come on Australia, stand

the game an immense amount of good. The soccer people in Morwel) a~e alive and this town is to be a vast centre within the next ~ew years, a~d t~e foun.dations. for the gam -~ In Morwell IS be1ng quIetly laId down. Mr. Minor sugg,ests a Souvenir Paper for next season during the King's visit, and he js prepared to donate a pound towards it. you Mr. Minor for a very interest":, ing letter,an.d. I will pas.syour suggestion on to our .Pl1b1101ty CommIttee, also your very kind offer.
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burg' Leagues to coach Americans, thanks to a famoJ.1~ chewing gum. There is a country who ~oul?have been 9~ly too pleased to have m,ade.avlsLtto _Austral1a. .' It IS common knowledge In the North of England t~at soccey ha.s n?t a first~class ground of ~ts ~wn m \TIGtorla, thus we are losing pla,ye~.s to, New SQuth W.ales. In concluslo~ all Scotsmen wIll. rem~mper that f,amous centre-forward, HughIe Gallager, well Hughie has four sons, and is a machinist in Gates~ead Co., Durham. O~e. writer from ho~e writes to ;,m~ and says, what a coach -b CTom~ - ~' to waste ' "'. , , ~ave we receIved that five-thousand poun?s
fi-im yet, all rP.ede by. soccer s~a.rs, and .avall~ ~bl~!orsoccer, teams 111 the Brltl~h EmpIre?

First Division Briahton 2 {Barr 3 Nicholson 2 Marone 1) d. YaIlourA.:;.c" ',' Sunshine United 5 (Harraden 1; Campbell 2, Bradshaw 2) d. Prahr~'n 1. Moreland 2 (Kirby, Holmes) d. Park Rangers O. Bqx Hill 6 {D. Hutchinson 2, Gravell 2 Mountford, Bagley) d. Western Subu.rbs O. .J ; Second Division South Melbourne United 5 (Jowsey 3, Cahill 2) d. Coburg 2 (J. Lyons, Gillis). Sout h Y arra 5 d. R mgwoo. . dl Prestbn Sd. Northcote 2.
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. First Division Reserves Brighton 10 d. Yallourn 1. 'Prahran 7 d. Sunshine United 1... Park Rangers 5 d. Moreland 2. Box Hili 7 d. W~est Suburbs 1. Under 19 bivision Preston 2 d. Western Suburbs 1. Brighton 2 ct. Park Rangers 1. Prahran 2 drew with Hakoah J.f{:.C; 2. Ya1lourn 12 d. South Yarra O. Coburg 2 d. Box Hill O. . Second Division Reserves South Melbourne United 4 d. Coburg 2.
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.A .very,ha~d contest was p.ayed by Yarr~ ..' ville and B..rt~hton a! Footscray, on today s standaru of play ~rlghton alth';1gl, bea~en by the odd~oal ~ill;be a. thor~ ~n.the sldeof the best~eams{n the T~lrd Divlslon. Yarravillekicking against the wind in the fir~th~I!.1ead2~a~ t,he interval, but ~~i'i!;h~on reSt~m,1?g after the 1nterval took the 1mttattve, and although scoring from a penalty converted by f. Spong of Brif?'hton, were very unfortunate not to collect the points. -The game was very capably refereed and contributed to a sterling game under trying conditiol1s. Bradford Club Broadford's reserve team~new to the comp~tition this season is 5ett!ing down well and rapi~ly ?ecqmin,g a fo~midable combination. Thelr wm ort Saturday over Hakoah Reserves Is their second in the'three games they have played and skippel- Roy Bennett has every reasoh to feel p.rud of th~m. The First team scored their fGu.rth victory of the ,'3eaSOH on Saturday, the occasion bei~g

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marked by the first appearance in the forward line of Mickey Rooney (no relation) who did a fine job at inside right. Prominent also were Jock Baxter (2 goals), Johnny Killean and Bill Lawrie (one e~ch.>.. Box H1l1 Versus Western Suburbs :W;tstern Suburbs were not equal to handlinjJ;;.theslipperycconditiQns aginst Box Hill at Surrey ark, and too freq~ently were caught flat footed when opportumty to break away presented itself. " . . Box Hlll a hg?t but fast slde.made ancltook the chances'Y~Ich came but given more fav-' ourablc. condlhoDS W ester~ Suburbs would haye made a better fight of It. Little excitement prevailed for the spectators at a:1Y.tinle because the game result could be mdlcated very early, and only the able goalkeeping of Western Suburbs denied the BoK HIll forwards more goals than the 'result indicated.
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leaders to the extent of 4 goals to nil. Sunshine is now three clear points ahead of its nearest opponent. Prahran's defeat moved'. them from second position down to, third, whilst Box Hill's easy win against Western Suburbs places them now in second position. , . ~oreland s Will over Park Rangers at
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Of the remaining two games, Moreland should win against Wester;n Suburbs, whilst Sunshine United should go further ahead at the expense of Yallourn, In the Second DivisioQ contests, the only..
gam,e that loo~s opeRis South Yarra versus Coburg, at Fawkfier Pi:t'rk,lllthou'f;';h i+ is anticipated that Yarra wi11 gain the points; . ~"

!ou:th p~Sltlon. South Yarra, by th:tr Will aga~~st Rillg"\vood, now moves up to the second posItion. -' .

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match was at Mid-

dIe, Park, where. the home team, SOJ.lt1:t Melt '-ne Un~ted, defeated Coburg by.5 g.oals t~. Preston passed the wooden-spoon on to Northcote on Saturday, and in doing so, registered their first win for the easonc
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AN S.O..S.. FOR REFEREES ' '" An J.lrge?t req~est 'lsmade to all thos~ s.occer ent!luslasts ,~ho are now no lo?ger takmf!;
an active part ill the: I game on the field, to

Third Division In the Third Division, Heidelberg's first eleven remains at the top,by another ea~y
win, this town. time at the expense of Wil1iams-

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Melbourne University andG~orge Cross are running close to the leaders, being only on~ point behind, 'but the leader's good goal , averag"ewill be hard to catch. In the Reserve League, Box Hill and South 1T ~rra retained their 1eading positions, whilst
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TQ~ior Divisions, Preston and Yal1ourn

went ahead of the former leaders, Park Rang-

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