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. . . FROM THE DESK OF

FROM THE PRESIDENTv first year as President of the VAFA has certainly

DAbeen one that has kept me on my toes . Off the fieldthere have many political issues that have had to bedealt with which have been well covered in the media .On the field I have been pleased that the playing ofmatches has been, in the main, played in good spiritwith the standard of matches extremely high.

Phil Stevens wrote in this column last week of theneed to win and lose well and last weekend mostreports suggest some extraordinary acts of good sports-manship were witnessed .

With the playing part of the season closing today Iwould like to thank the Chairman of the ExecutiveRichard Evans and other members of the ExecutiveCommittee who have served the Association so well andin particular the "old campaigners" Noel Rundle . JohnDillon an d David Burnes who have been guiding lightswhen I have needed a second or third opinion .

To Phil Stevens . Sue Anderson, Brett Conne ll and

Angela Giles at VAFAAdministration I extendmy personal thanksfor their support . Eachhas the good of the ANDREWVAFA at heart and their LAIVGFORD-JONEsupport of the Execu- PRESIDENTtive and dedication tothe smooth running of the Association is greatly apIciated .

I wish the remaining teams in Grand Finals Iweekend all the very best . I congratulate B sectgrand finalists Marcellin and Old Ivanhoe on becomA section teams for 1999 . To Old Xaverians and ,Scotch it is a touch of deja vu and I hope that towathe end of the game the contest is as close as last yi

In closing I assure evervone that the Executivebe working tirelessly over the off-season to ensure tAmateur football in Victoria is as good if not better tlit has always been .

F ROM THE DESK OFll here we are again and as Eddie (of "Footy

UTShow" fame) would say "what a big year it hasbeen in Amateur football!!" There seems to have beenmore controversies than in past seasons and also somegreat highlights . To me, that we were able to give ourbetter players the recognition they deserve by fieldingthree representative teams was terrific, as is the factthat we are coming off a finals series that has beenkeenly contested and has given some clubs the oppor-tunity to see all their on and off field efforts rewarded bygaining promotion to a higher section .

I have once again felt enormous pride in carryingout my role as Chief Executive Officer and if the seasonhas been deemed a success it has only been because Ihave been fortunate enough to be the head of a teamdedicated to giving of their best in their individual areasof allocated responsibility .

To Sue Anderson and Bre tt Connell I thank themmost sincerely. For the last couple of years since therehas been no direct "second in charge" in the adminis-crative structure. Brett and Sue have assumed moreduties and have performed them in an outstandingmanner. Our "first face" to the public Angela Giles hascontinued to impress with her excellent phone mannerand in carrying out all the multitude of tasks that are

required by someonein her position .

I sincerely thankthe many other indi-viduals who makeextraordinary effortsto assist with thesmooth running ofAmateur football .

I thank AndrewLangford-Jones andRichard Evans fortheir ability to commu-nicate and assist me inthe day to day decisionmaking which musttake place . To DavidBurnes . Noel Rundle,

PHIL STEVENSCHIEF EXECU'I'IN

OFFICER

John Dillon and Bruce McTaggart, in particular, wthave leaned on heavily (and often) for advice I thEmost sincerely for always being there .

I hope that this weekend's matches provide ating climax to another great season .

Finally - Noel Rundle's best team (1979=appears on page 39 .

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A SECTIONby Jason Frenke l

0 ne year after Old Scotch's heart-breaking 6 pointloss to Old Xaverians in the 1997 Grand Final ,

and the Cardinals have earned the right to haveanother tilt at A-section's triple reigning premier .

In a true indication of the club's persistence,Scotch overcame some damaging player losses overthe summer and a wretched start to the season tobeat a host of challengers for the only vacant spot onGrand Final day (Xavs having booked the other inApril) .

September would have been the furthest thingfrom Old Scotch coach Wayne Harmes' mind whenXavs caned them by 98 points earlier in the year -leaving the Cardinals reeling with a 1-3 record - butthey capped off a fantastic resurrection with a doggedpreliminary final win against St . Bernards in the rainlast Sunday at Elsternwick Park .

REVIEWScotch were able to adapt to the greasy condi-

tions a lot quicker and more effectively than theirhighly-fancied opponents, and from the first bounceseemed more capable of kicking a winning score .

The Cardinals blended dour defensive work withsome penetrating attack in the first term to help setup the club's second successive grand final appear-ance . Matt O'Brien and Tim Holt worked tirelessly atground level in their defensive zones, while GavinEagle continued his fantastic negating work of latewith a good job on Nick Mitchell .

Some might query whether the Cardinals' goalslast week perhaps contained more ass than class, butthe fact of the matter is that most of their key for-wards saw enough of the ball to give them a chancewhen the team went forward - play the percentages,and luck might just follow along too !

The Bernies were resolute, resilient and (theywould argue) robbed. Two key players received three-match penalties on controversial tripping chargewhich denied Garry Foulds his most potent combina-tion - I won't speculate on whether the inclusion ofanother two big men would have helped St . Bernards'cause in such terrible conditions - fans can argue itout among themselves .

Suffice to say that the disappointed Bernies willbe back next year - Luke Vassallo led the A-sectiongoalkicking at season's end . and Luke Gollant wasawarded the highly-coveted Woodrow Medal for the A_section best and fairest on Monday night .Congratulations to Luke and the Bernies on a greatyear .

PREVIEWStrong though Scotch may be, in Xaverians they

confront a superpower . The VAFA's leading club has

shared just five lossesbetween its senior,reserves and Under19 teams, while itsClub XVIII wen tthrough undefeated . The only blemish in an ible years was their second Under 19 side, whished with a 6-11 record, but you get the pic t

Tim O'Shaughnessy is looking to become tlcoach, alongside Barry Richardson and Nick Ito help the club to a quartet of premiership culmany years.

In that time their skipper . the indoiCaptain (Michael) Blood, has twice won thNelson Medal for best on ground in the grar(1995 and 1997) and last year won the pre:Woodrow Medal for the A Section Best andplayer.

It's said that a champion team will alway team of champions; well Xavs are a team of c

ons ; well Xavs are a team of champions who pa champion team.

Strong on every line, their cohesion comp]a tremendous work ethic and silky smooth sk

They have an incredible array of scoring (and host of hard working, highly skilled midiTheir defence is miserly in negation, and eflcreative in attack - watch for the likes ofDann, Holmes and co. to run the ball exquisiof the backline.

Scotch may just have the defensive versamatch it with Xavs' potent forward line . Rohzhas hardly put a foot wrong all year while Gavi- who deserved Mark of the Year ahead of himate Aiden Boyd - is also playing tight, te .football in the key defensive post .

Even up forward, Wayne Harmes might juenough scoring options to convince his Cardinthey can kick a winning score. Heath, Duthieand Phillips have all been contributing to ifscore in recent weeks, while Aiden Boyd is a pmatch-winner capable of kicking a bagful . In Ionly area of concern for Scotch may be their nTom Wilson - always gallant in the ruck

- front the great Michael Blood, while the like sand Lethlean can quickly carve up any A-secti

THANK YO UA big thank you to all A section clubs and

for making 1998 such a great year. A big apanyone silly enough to use this column as aguide - just for the record . I think Xavs will wfortably today by I 1 goals (if it's dry) . Lastly . ~"good luck" to today's combatants - may tteam win .

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GRAND FINAL

SENIORS

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20th

ELSTERNWICK PARK - 2.15 p .m.OLD XAVERIANS v. OLD SCOTCH

Field: James VanBeek Steve McCarthvEmergency field : Graham Thwaites

Boundary: Jon Stevenson Bob MuttonGoal : Brad Nash Kevin Segota

RESERVES

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20t hELSTERNWICK PARK - 11 .15 a .m .OLD XAVERIANS v. OLD SCOTCH

Field: Andrew Stephen Cameron Nas hBoundary: Anthony Paterson Dharshaka Peiris

Goal : Shannon Ryan Russell Owens

PATRONS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BRINGALCOHOL INTO ELSTERNWICK PARK OR

INTO ANY VAFA VENU E

THIS WEEKEND'S SPQRTSCOVER ~ ~,~MATCHES OF THE DAY ARE ~ ~- ~ 9•/~~i

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A SECTION SENIORS GR AND FINAL

OLD XA►VERIAN S

Coach : Tim O'Shaughnessy

I M . Blood (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 M . Bourke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 L.Hannebeirv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 D . Landrigan (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 A. Keyhoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 S. Lethlean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 M . Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 G . Hat field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 C. Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 Adam Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 J . Bowen (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 L. Gladman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 J. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 L. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 D. Richardson (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 S. Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 T.Ockleshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 B. Coughlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 S . Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 B . Cranage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 S. Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 D. Dann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 A.Brushfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 B . Healy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35 S. Hede . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41 A. D illon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 T. Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 T. Woodruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Senior Coach : Wayne Hermes

1 K . Stokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 B . Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 C . Hosking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 T . Holt (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 R . Price (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 L. McDonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 A . Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 J . Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 M . Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 S . Hume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 M . O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 S . Woodhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 S . Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 S. Spiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 T. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 C . Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 O . Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 L . Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25 T . Pritchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 A . Crow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 N . Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 J . Laird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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31 A. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 S. Eustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 G. Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35 S . Steele (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 A . Millar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 J . Smyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38 R . Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 M . Starick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 S . Duthie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 J . Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

47 T . Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 P . Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 D. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 A . Faichney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

66 H. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OLD XAVERLANS SENIORSCoach : Tim O'Shaughnessy

1 M. Blood (C) - Big, strong and can run all day'CaptainBlood' is an inspirational leader . Look to him to go for-ward .

2 M. Bourke - In the best condition and form of his career .'Killer' has thrilled the crowds with his high marking andaccurate kicking .

3 L. Hannebe rry - Will be desperate to prove his fitnessafter a serious shoulder injury . Excellent running half-forward.

4 D. Landrigan (VC) - 'Lano' has continued on his fineform and rewarded with state selection . His run in themidfield will be critical -

6 A. Keyhoe - Impact player, 'Crazy' has had a fine secondhalf of the year up forward .

7 S. Lethlean - No-one has worked harder at the club in1998 . Returning from a hand injury, his duel with Holtwill be critical to the outcome .

8 M. Holmes - Solid . dependable centre half back. A play-er who lets his performance do all the talking.

9 G. Hatfield - Wingman, with exceptional skill and pace .'Hatty' has proven a valuable player all year. Styles hisgame on Michael Roberts .

10 C. Kell y - Brad Bietzel's favourite player. His pace andskill across half back will be critical.

11 A. Jones - One of the most consistent players for Xavs .'Roger' will be a focal point up forward with his strongmarking .

12 John Bowen (VC) - Durable hackman. Can play tall andshort. His smartness being one of his most valuableassets.

13 L . Gladman - One of the hero's of Xavs 1997 win .Effective over all parts of the ground .

15 J. Taylor - Become a wonderful clubman for Xavs .Prepared to present himself at every contest up forward .Strong mark.

16 L . Ford - Dynamic wingman. One of the most penetrat-ing kicks at the club . Travels long distances both on andoff the field .

17 D . Richardson (VC) -'Richo' has once again been one ofthe premier forwards in the competition . The battle withPrice will be enthralling .

18 S . Hunter - Clever, highly skilled player. The 'Director ofSoup' will be important coming off the bench.

21 T. Ockleshaw - Elusive but talented midfielder. Hasovercome a serious leg injury. Can ignite the team .

24 B. Coughlan - The workhorse in the midfield wins thetough ball . Hardball a feature of his play .

26 S . Tucker - Athletic hackman . 'ouch-up' has been oneof the most improved players at the club .

28 B. Cranage - Quiet, unassuming forward. Good readerof the play. who can kick goals when needed .

29 S . Wood - One of the highlights this year has been thehighlight in his hair. Aggressive, hard running rover .

30 D . Dann - The elder statesman of the side. 'D' has onceagain defied his critics and through hard work re-estab-lished his place in the side .

32 A. Brushfleld - Probably his best season at the club .'Brushy has been a tower of strength at full back . Likesto run forward and kick the occasional goal .

34 B. Healy - First year player, who though lacks some con-fidence, makes it up with pace and skill .

35 S . Hede - Dependable . hard worker in the midfield. Likesto run . His accurate kicking is a pleasure to watch .

41 A. Di llon - Reliable defender who has played up forwarda lot this year. The General has once again kept thetroops in order.

43 T. Woodruff - Become an integral part of the line-upthis year. Has been used at both ends of the ground .

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OLD SCOTCH SENIOR SCoach : Wayne Harmes1 K. Stokes - Courageous rover who is always after the

hard ball .2 B. Phillips - A high marking forward with excellent dis-

posal .

3 C. HoskIng - Courageous and attacking defender.

4 T. Holt (VC) - A state back pocket player with tremen-dous pace and skill.

5 R. Price (VC) - Rohan's sensational skills and ability toread the game will provide Old Xavs with a big challengetoday.

6 L. McDonnell - Skilled and agile forward who kicksplenty of goals .

9 A. Boyd - Aideri s strong marking and accurate kickingwill test Old Xavs defence.

10 J. Kerr - Experienced centreman with excellent skills onboth sides .

11 M. Angus - A courageous on-baller with excellent dis-posal .

12 S. Hume - A consistent ball winner . Missed last year' sfinal and is determined to make this one count .

15 M. O'Brien - An excellent mark and kick, displays greatcoolness in defence .

17 S. Woodhouse - Simon has been a consistent performerin the ruck all year.

18 S . Collins - State winger who is an important part of theOld Scotch team.

19 S . Spiden - Strong defender who has had an excellentyear.

20 T. Wilson - Tom s outstanding marking ability and greatwork ethic will ensure a great contest with MichaelBlood.

22 C. Heath - High marking, goal kicking forward .

23 0. Crane - Young forward with a great mark and kick .

24 L. Hawkins - Dynamic half forward with excellent ballskills .

25 T. Pritchard - Very pacy onballer. strong at the ball.

26 A . C rowe - Tall ruckman who takes a good mark .

28 N. Thompson - Strong mark, Nick can play either on theball or in defence .

30 J . Laird - Strong and reliable defender.31 A. Smith - 300th VAFA game this year and one of

Scotch's all time greats. Age has not wearied him .

33 S . Eustice - Nuggety on-baller who has stepped up thisyear to become a regularly in the seniors .

34 G . Eagle - Solid and reliable defender. Gavin's despera-tion in the backline is inspiration to all .

35 S . Steele (C) - Inspirational leader on and off the field .

36 A. Millar - Attacking mobile CHF who marks and kickswell.

37 J . Smyth - Strong at the ball . John's pace providesmany attacking thrusts .

42 S . Duthie - Elusive onballer who kicks goals.

43 J . Paterson - Reliable defender who runs all day .

47 T. Reid - Courageous and nifty rover.48 P. Davis - Pacy onballer who can play up forward .

49 D . Thomas - Reliable and agile defender with greatdetermination.

66 H. Thomas - Pacy fonvard who has topped the U 19 goalkicking this year.

Coach : Michael Plant

3 L . Hanneberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 A . Heil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 A . Keyhoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 C .Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 L . Gladman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 D . Stoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . :18 S . Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 D . Steen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 M. Hardman (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 T. Ockleshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 A . Bourke . .

23 B. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25 P. Lechte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 S. Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 L . Fay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 D . Dann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31 L.Tuddenham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 A. Sassi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 P. Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 J . Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38 T. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 N. Ockleshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 R . Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 T. Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 B . Hilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 B.Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 R . Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 R . Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 J . Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 D . Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

53 M. Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54 R.Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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55 T. Coughlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

66 P. Panagiotopoulos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3 C . Hosking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 L . McDonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 J . Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 C . Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 J, Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 N . Hooper (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 D. Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

''.17 S . Woodhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 S . Gibbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 C, Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 0 . Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 A . Crow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 N . Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 M. Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 T. Gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 S .Eustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 M . Starick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 A . Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41 A . Castricum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 S . Duthie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 J . Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 M. Gwynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45 M. Blenheim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 S. Penton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

47 T. Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 P. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 D . Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 A . Faichney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52 A . Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57 N . Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

59 A. Walkom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63 T. Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Quit showbags to be distributed each day . Each bagcontains Quit merchandise, Schweppes product and

much more .

VAFA Best and Fairest winners and leading goalkickerswill be presented to halftime crowd Sunday .

Free footballs will be kicked to children .

Presentation of the "Jock" Nelson Medal for the playernominated as best on the ground in the A section

Grand Final .

Face painting for the kids (Sunday only) .

"VAFA Sunday Show" live from Elsternwick Park1 .00 p .m . - 2 .00 p .m.

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REVIEW

0 Id Ivanhoe will meet Marcellin in the B Sectio nGrand Final after defeating Old Trinity in an

intense and physical Preliminary Final .Old Trinity started with the aid of a strong breeze

in the first quarter but Old Ivanhoe were able to frus-trate Old Trinity's attacking moves with close checkingthrough the midfield and Kent playing as a loose manin the backline rebounding the ball out of defence .

Old Ivanhoe scored first with Shadbolt pouncing ona loose ball in the goal square and the signs were look-ing good for Old Ivanhoe .

However . as the quarter wore on the Old Trinitymidfielders began to find space and Old Trinity kickedthe last three goals late in the quarter to grab a twogoal lead at quarter time .

Old Trinity really started to look as though theywere getting on top in the second quarter with goalscoming from a classy Stickland snap followed by a sim-ilar effort from Pawsey which saw them go to a 27 pointlead .

But Old Ivanhoe as they had done the week beforeagainst Marcellin, regrouped and worked their wayback into the contest by kicking the next three goals .

But again Old Trinity were able to score a vital goaldeep into time on when Stickland marked and goaledto restore their lead to two goals .

By half time it appeared that Old Trinity was slight-ly on top. with Stickland firing up fonvard, Allibon,Stephens and Pawsey gathering possessions in themidfield and Balazsy mopping up across the backlinethey appeared to have the edge in the contest but OldIvanhoe were still touch on the scoreboard and hadbeen able to answer all the challenges Old Trinity hadthrown at them .

The third quarter saw Old Ivanhoe make the deci-sive move of the game . Shadbolt was a nightmare forthe Old Trinity backline with his deceptive pace andaccurate kicking and Jarred Weddle and Hope contin-ued to present themselves as marking options in theforward line and Russian chipped in with a valuablegoal . Donaldson began to pick up kicks around theground and the backline led by Kent and Mansfieldwere able to restrict the Old Trinity to just four behindsfor the quarter. While at three quarter time the marginwas only 17 points the momentum appeared to haveswung Old Ivanhoe's way .

Old Ivanhoe managed two goals in the last quarterincluding a delightful running goal from Lochran thatappeared to settle the contest .

Although OldTrinity continued t opersist and made _some progress on thescoreboard, with Ramsden back in the ruck afterspending large part of the game in the forward line andon the bench and Allibon driving the ball forward outof the centre . However as hard as Old Trinity tried hardto overcome the deficit they struggled to penetrate theOld Ivanhoe backline . Jarrod Weddle and Kent bothprovided leadership and poise in the dying minutes ofthe game taking important defensive marks to hold outOld Trinitv.

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MARCELLIN V. OLD IVANHOE, GRAND FINAL,ELSTERNWICK PAR K

The finale of the season looks almost impossible tocall . Marcellin have been on track for finals action allyear and Old Ivanhoe burst into contention with a ninegame winning streak during the second half of the sea-son .

A factor in the game could be Old Ivanhoe's moredifficult passage to the Grand Final. They have had twotough games against Marcellin and Old Trinity . In con-trast Marcellin at this stage of the season will haveenjoyed the benefit's of a week's rest . However you doget the feeling that Old Ivanhoe after coming back fromalmost five goals down last week are going to take somestopping.

They have a number of options in the ruck and inthe key positions, which they used to good effectagainst Old Trinity with either Weddle and Hope takingtheir turn in the ruck .

Marcellin have an excellent ruckman in Bovsenwho played a significant role in their semi final winover Old Ivanhoe but have lost Theisz to injury whichleaves Boysen to carry ruck duties against OldIvanhoe's tag team method .

Much of Marcellin's success this year has comefrom the drive generated by their talented midfield divi-sion consisting of competition Best and Fairest winnerDinneen, Waters and Cox .

Old Ivanhoe have a combative and close checkingmidfield combination featuring Hares, Jenkins andDonaldson .

Marcellin's goalscoring power comes fromTreganowan . one of the competition's leading goalkick-ers and Purcell provides another leading option .

In contrast Old Ivanhoe use a more unconvention-al set-up by rotating Hope and J . Weddle through cen-

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Both sides have strong backlines and looking backat the semi final plus the efforts of the Old Ivanhoebackline against Old Trinity this suggests that goalswill be a precious commodity on Grand Final day .

The result? It is a toss up between Marcellin'sslight edge in class in its running players versus OldIvanhoe's strengths in the ruck and in the key posi-tions .

Marcellin by 2 points .

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SENIORS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19th

MARCELLIN v . OLD IVANHOE

Field : Mark Gibson Anthony Dame nBoundary : Steven Johnston Tim Dodds

Goal : Bernie Jephson Bernie Hoare

Emergency Martin Jackson

ELSTERNWICK PARK - 2 p .m .

RESERVES SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19th

ORMOND v . MARCELLI NField : Phil Callil Damian Lane

Boundary : Frank Karabelas Hugh Middleton

Goal : Bernie Dix Stephen Leah y

ELSTERNWICK PARK - 11 .15 a.m .

GRAND FINAL

SENIORS - 13.08.98PRELIMINARY FINAL

OLD NANHOE 3.1 6.4 11 .7 13.11 .89OLD TRINITY 5.3 8.4 8.8 11.11 .77Old Ivanhoe : Shadbott 5 . Lochran 2. J. Weddle 2. Donaldson. Hares, Russian.Timor . Best : J. Weddle, Shadbot6 Donaldson, Kent . R. Weddle- Mansfield.Old Trinity : SBckland 4 . Passador. Ramsden . C . Phillips. Pawsev. Aliibon .Beardsley. Sutcliffe. Beg: R. Phillips. Afton . Stephens . Balazsy. Pawsey . D.Burroas.

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MARCELLIN 3.6 5.7 8.11 13.17.95OLD PARADIANS 3.2 8.4 7.5 7.5.47Marc811n : Petro[( 5 . Phillips 4. Randazzo 2. Mason. Wilkinson . Best: Randazzo.Wallis. Slattery . Theisz. Beattie, Petroff.Old Paradkns: Philp 4 . Tobin . TntsloGe. T. Wallis . Best: Philp. Porteous.Truslrnv, Hart. P. Joyce. S. Wallis.

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HARRISON OLD PARADIANS 68

'TREGANOWAN MARCELLIN 54

*CAFFRY MARCELLIN 48

BECKETT ORMOND 48

'HEATH OLD TRINITY 38

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S SECTION SENIORS GRAND FINAL

MAF3CELL .IN

Coach : Tony Paatsch

1 C. Slattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 M .Karavisils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 D. Waters (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 M . Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 D. Sampimon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 R.Frisina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 M. Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 D . Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 B . Cronin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 T. Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 A McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

17 G. Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 A. Caffiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 D . Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 S.O'E1ynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 D . Marson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 M . Boysen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 S. Theisz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 A Treganowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31 S. Boysen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 J. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 C. Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35 N.Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 D. Dodoricio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 .J .Dema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41 J .Seabury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 B . Dinneen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 C. Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 G.Rom<.~nin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Senior Coach : Stuart Glascot t

1 A. Corcoran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 A Pappos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 A. Parker (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 T . Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 S. Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 L.Lochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 T. Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 M. Veal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 S . Tully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 A Egan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 D.Spiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 N . Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 M . Wood .s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 P. Northey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 J. Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 M.Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 J. Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 P. Donaldson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 M. Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 G .Haros (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25 C . Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 D.Craker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 J. Weddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 A. Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 R. Weddle (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 A Kobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 N. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 T .Cormack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 A Tiernan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38 Gerry George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 Gary George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 T.Agushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 C. Corcoran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 B. Shadbolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .k . . . . . .

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MARCELLIN SENIORSCoach: Tony Paatsch

1 C. Slattery - Vastly experienced can turn agame off his own boot .

2 M. Karavisilis - Young forward with exquisitetouch and excellent finish .

3 D. Waters (C) - Pacy midfielder who leads byexample 'The Postman' .

5 M. Moran - Highly skilled midfielder will runall day.

6 D. Sampimon - Utility player and linkman . Onfield leader.

8 R. Frisina - Miserly hackman with excellentvision and skills.

9 M. Day - Versatile tall defender. Raking kickand strong overhead .

11 D. Taylor - Committed and fit onballer, neverbeaten .

12 B . Cronin - Play maker and linkman likely toplay in defence.

13 T. Collins - Tough dashing onballer can playtall when required .

15 A. McIntosh - Toughness, pace and skill .Never beaten .

17 G . Cox - Prolific ball winner, exudes class andpoise .

18 A. Caffry - Evergreen forward, magnificentkick for goal .

19 D . Cooper - Extremely fit wingman gets betteras the game goes longer.

20 S . O'Flynn - Key position or ruck. The generalof the side .

22 D. Marson - U19 captain, classy rover or for-ward .

26 M. Boysen - Ruckman or key forward strongmark and excellent kick .

27 S . Theisz - Tough tagger. Broken leg andunlikely to play .

30 A . Treganowan - Leading goal kicker . At homein the square or half forward .

31 S . Boysen - Smart, fit and experienced . Greatto play beside .

33 J . Phi llips - Mercurial half forward with greattouch and recovery .

34 C. Carpenter - Highly skilled and capable ofanything.

35 N. Armstrong - Versatile ruckman, groundcoverage a feature.

39 D. Dodoricio - Defender with pace and poise .40 J. Dema - Under every pack, strength and

leadership a feature .41 J. Seabury - Strong defender and excellent

kick .42 B . Dinneen - Classy rover, dangerous close to

goal .43 C . Purcell - Strong key forward or ruckman,

excellent mark .48 G . Romanin - Young ruckman with class and

enormous potential .

OLD IVANHOE SENIORSCoach : Stuart Glascott

1 A . Corcoran - Skilful midfielder who has had afine season.

2 A. Pappos - Crumbing forward who can kick agoal .

4 A. Parker (C) - A strong player who leads byexample .

5 T. Young - Tight checking hackman, vastlyimproved player.

6 S. Kent - Utility who reads the play well .

7 L. Lochran - A fast and skilful forward .

8 T. Stevens - Utility who is a strong mark over-head .

10 M . Veal - Experienced player who can createplay from backline .

11 S . Tully - Courageous and reliable mid-fielderwho always gives his best .

12 A . Egan - Reliable defender who works hard allday .

13 D . Spiden - Versatile and talented young play-er.

14 N . Russian - Attacks the ball hard at everyopportunity .

16 M . Woods - Tight checking defender, goodteam player .

17 P. Northey - Experienced player who will runall day.

18 J. Hope - Utility who has had a fine season .

20 M . Power - Experienced player who will run allday .

21 J . Mansfield - Reliable defender who alwaysgives 100% .

22 P. Donaldson - Strong mid fielder who has hada fine season .

23 M . Stewa rt - Talented utility who can be dan-gerous .

24 G . Haros (VC) - Solid and dependable mid-fielder .

27 J . Weddle - Strong marking forward .

28 A. Jenkins - A strong player who always giveshis best .

29 R. Weddle (VC) - A classy utility player .

34 A . Tiernan - Young player who is at bottom ofevery pack .

44 T. Agushi - Crumbing forwarding who can kickgoals .

51 B . Shadbolt - Forward who battles hard tokeep ball in forward line.

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ORMOND oAFcCoach : Tim Hille G

6 T. Gallagher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 R. Woodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 P. Marnow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .II D.Edgell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 D.Connell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 T. Stewart (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 W. Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 D . Cleary (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 J . Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 R. Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 H . Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 T. Brennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 B . Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 D. Whelan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 N . Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 B . Egan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 L . Livingstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 S . Mackey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 G . King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Paul Milner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 J. Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Y . Dimadamos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 C. Keleher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 M. Mabbett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 D. Barton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 C . Cleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 R. Keating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 G . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 N. Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 G. Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 S. Herrmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 M . Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 S. Haines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 M . Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 P. Konstanty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B

60 P. Ahearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 B . Keath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

KHYATSHOTE L

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MARCELLI N

Senior Coach : David Howe

1 C . Slattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 J. Golds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 D. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 J . Lilley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 M . Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 D . Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 L . Bettiol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 J . Wallis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 C. Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 P. Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 M . Randazzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 S. Beattie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 R . Colossi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33 J . Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 D . Harberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35 N. Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 P. Healy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 D. Theisz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 D . Dodoricio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 J . Dema (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 D . Merton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45 M . Vanlint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 L. O'Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 A . Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 L .Getson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 M . Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51 B . Colville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

53 G . Petroff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57 B . Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10.00 a .m. Gates Open

11.15 a.m. B SECTION RESERVES

Grand Final

ORMONDV .

MARCELLIN

1 .45 p.m. Presentation Ceremony

(J .F.X. Dillon Cup - J . Dillon, P. Stevens )

2.00 p .m. B SECTIONGRAND FINAL

MARCELLINV.

OLD IVANHOE

4.45 p.m. Presentation Ceremony

(A. Langford-Jones, P . Stevens )

B section cup, individual medals to

winning team players and umpires

:n~

10.00 a.m. Gates Open

11.15 a.m. A Section Reserves

Grand Final

OLD XAVEV .

OLD SCOTCH

1 .45 p.m. Presentation Ceremony

(N .C . Rundle Cup - N . Rundle, P . Stevens )

2.05 p.m. Teams enter aren a

2.10 p.m . Teams line-up for

National Anthem

2.15 p .m. A SECTIONGRAND FINAI.

OLD XAVERIANSV.

OLD SCOTCH

4.45 p.m . Presentation of Sherrin and

Adamson Cups, medallions to players

and coach of winning team and

umpires .

Presentation of 'Jock' Nelson Medal

to player judged best on the ground .

* A special celebrity will toss the coin with the captains before Sunday'ssenior section grand final .

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C SECTIO Nby Russell Gould

N other season of 'C' section has wound its waydown to a close, and its final turn was one few of

us expected . To all teams who fought out the seaso nwell done for the games you won, not so well done onthe games you lost, but we expect you to come backnext year to give us another ride .

Congratulations to Hampton Rovers and St . BedesMentone Tigers, winners of the seniors and reservespremierships . For the Tigers it was back to back flags,for the Rovers it was a cellar to roof climb .

Review - Grand Final.

It was one of the best games of the year, if not thebest, and the result was the best evidence of that . It wasHampton Rovers who defied all the pundits to outlastBeaumaris and take the game by just 5 points .

Kicking into a stiff breeze in the first term, theRovers started the better and managed the first goal .The Rovers tough and aggressive approach was nothelping them with the umpires, but it did manage tohold the Sharks to just two goals for the term, and thedifference was eight points at the first change .

The Rovers continued to be hard at the ball in thesecond term, and now kicking with the breeze, theycontrolled proceedings and booted 6 goals to the Sharkstwo. Browne and Parkinson were dominating in the air,and at the long break, the Rovers found themselves upby 17 points.

As strange a position as it may have seemed tomany, it was not to the Rovers, and they remained set-tled in the third term. But as expected the Sharks cameout a bit better . Their workrate picked up significantly,and they kicked two quick goals early to make things abit closer. The rest of the quarter became a battle of thedefences, the Sharks attacking a lot more, but theRovers managed to hold them out. and went in to thefinal term up by two points .

The Rovers wrestled back control early in the finalterm, and stretched the lead out to 15 points by the 12minute mark . But Beauy were not done, and theyfought back to level the scores as the game hit time onin the last term . The extra time rules started to be dis-cussed, but the Rovers weren't having a bar of that . A

quick long kick in totheir forward lineresulted in a mark,and then a slick hand-ball resulted in a goal for them. The Sharks had onefinal forav forward but time beat them, and ten minuteslater, the Rovers song was heard long and loud, and themedallions were firmly around their necks .

Well done Rovers .

Reserves Grand Final.

In stark contrast to last year, the St. BedesMentone Tigers came in to the game red hot favoritesafter their nine goal defeat of Old Geelong two weeksearlier. But with a stiff breeze blowing to one end of theground, this game was not going to be one sided. TheOggers had first use of it, and gave the Tigers a goodscare. Their long kicks and good running had them 3goals up before the Tigers had scored . The Tigers got agoal though, and then another into the breeze, and weredown by 2 goals at the first change .

In the second term things were even early, but theTigers turned it on. Owen Lalor kicked three of theTigers six for the quarter, and they were stamping theirclass on the game . The Oggers managed a goal justbefore the bell, but still found themselves 3 goals downat the break .

The third term was the lowest scoring of the game .The Oggers weren't capitalizing on the breeze, theTigers defence solid under pressure, and the ball spenta lot of time away from the scoring areas . But the Tigerswere still holding sway, and they held that three goallead going in to the last term.

The Oggers were not giving in, and they kicked thefirst goal of the term to bring the margin back to justtwo goals . and give themselves a little sniff. But theTigers unit responded accordingly, and a succession ofgoals broke the Oggers, who very quickly found them-selves 5 goals down, with little hope of changing theresult.

In the end it was a solid 30 point win the Tigers,who made it back to back flags.

Well done Tigers .

NAME*ACREMAN*MACGEORGE*POWERVAUGHAN*MAHMOUDCAPECI

SENIORS

CLUB LAST WK

OLD MENTONIANSST BEDES MENTONE

HAMPTON ROVERSST . LEOS EMMAUS

BEAUMARISTHOMASTOWN

" includes finals goals

C RESERVE*HECKER ST. BEDES MENTONE 1 60SCARPA THOMASTOWN 53MILLIS OLD MENTONIANS 46RILEY OLD MENTONIANS 44* includes finals goals

SENIORS - 12 .08 .98GRAND FINAL

BEAUASARIS 2.2 4.6 7.9 10.9.89HAMPTON ROVERS 1.2 7.5 8.5 11.9.75Beaumatis: Mahmoud 2. M . Quin 2. Vaughan 2 . Fisher. Mills. A . Quin. Vance.

Best: Sherman. A. gain, Vaughan, Fraser . TvLtchell .

Hampton Rovexs : Power 4. Natoli 3 . Wills 3, D. Anderson . Best: Hobson. Browne,

Power. S. Anderson. D . Artz. Natoli.

RESERVES - 12 .08.98GRAND FINAL

ST BEDES FAENTONE TIG. 2.1 8.3 9.4 11.9.75

OLD GEELONG 4.1 5.1 6.2 7.3.45St Bedes Mentone Till.: Lolor 3 . Tornllns9n. M . Turner. Connolly. S Hecker. B .

Beasley. A . Thompson . S. Napier. C . William. Best: D . Gcodchffd. R. Bites, 0 .

Lalor. .l. Dickinson . B . Tomlinson. M . MoraOld Geelong : McKellar 2. Spkten . 0`Hallcgan. Dugdale . A. Handbury. Smith . Best :

A. Hand6ury. Lee. Smith, O'HaIloran . LlascOs . Harper.

REMEMBERPATRONS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO

BRING ALCOHOL INTO ELSTERNWICKPARK OR INTO ANY VAFA VENU E

Hampton Rovers clearly show their joy in taking out the C Section premiership in athrilling match against Beaumaris last weekend at Elsternwick Park.

Right : AndrewQuin (B) andSam Wells (HR)competefor theball last week-end in the CSection GrandFinal

Left: The bigmen fly lastweekend in theC SectionGrand Final

Left: Sam Parkinsonlooks to clear forHampton Rovers asSean Hanrahancloses in .

Below: Action fromthe C SectionGrand Final lastweekend from

Elsternwick Park .

D SECTIONby Ken Bremner

& Tom Brai n

Congratulations to the Whitefriar's Old Collegians

Football Club on being crowned Champions an d

Premiers for season 1998 . Worthy runners-up were

the Southbank Football Club .Whilst the taste of defeat was initially bitter, it was,

some 24 hours later compensated by the realisation ofthe level of success that had been achieved through-out the year i.e ., promotion .

To the Ajax Football Club, the consolation of tak-ing out the reserves premiership flag, something wesuppose that would have been graciously declined forsenior promotion and a shot at the big one .

As both Tom and I depart 'D' Section, we wish toconvey to all clubs who make up the competition nextyear all the very best of fortune, and trust that thesummer months prove fruitful in both on and off field

recruitment .Thanks to all the players, members, supporters

and officials of all the clubs this season for their com-mitment and dedication to making it a memorable

year.I'm sure, that on behalf of all 'D' section personnel,

we can extend our congratulation to Cam Houston ofWhitefriars on winning this years Best and Fairest

award . The'General' won it with 22 votes just shadingCam Colliver of Aquinas and Andre Pitts ofSouthbank .

Review - Grand Final (September 12)

Reserves - Whitefriars V Aja xThe 'Jackas' jumped out of the gates like whippets

and for most of the game the 'Friars' never got a sightof them again . With a few handy men back in the

team. Ajax looked a lot more settled than the previousweek and had a really good system and look aboutthemselves . Whitefriars on the other hand appearedtentative and by the time they got warm they wereunfortunately in the position of having to play catchup football .

Whitefriars gave themselves a chance in the 2ndqtr but the 'Jackas' always had the answers . This sce-nario continued right throughout the remainder of the

days game . In the end it was a disappointing end toWhitefriars season, however try telling that to the Ajax

lads. The'Jackas' celebrated their 39 pt win as if therewas no tomorrow and good luck to them. They had,along with the 'Friars' been the dominant team of thecompetition and proved worthy winners .

Seniors - Whitefriars V Southban k

The game itself never reached 'dizzy heights . Itwas a dour struggle dominated by defences of bothteams and packed with unforced errors . The fluctuat-ing weather conditions didn't help matters, along withthe nerves . hype and tension .

The 'Friars' kicked to the southern end in the 1st,aided by a 2- 3 goal breeze and Southbank did well tocontain them for the best part of the first 15 minutes .

The 'Bankers' in fact had their chances to dentWhitefriars but just couldn't convert well enough .

Once the Whitefriars machine got going . they quickly

put the runs on the board and looked the goods . Again

the 'Bankers' rallied and fought out the qtr in goodspirit by snagging the last goal to end the period only2 majors down .

This lead was quickly whittled down, but theWhitefriars team steadied, and for a greater portion o1the qtr appeared to be in control. For the second time

in the match to date. Southbank again raised anotheisupreme effort and with system in their game ancplayers prepared to take chances, they went on a scoring spree and very much against the flow, took in a Ipt lead at half time.

The 3rd qtr really told the story of the differenc+between a lead in each of 3 finals games against I . Fothe initial 12 minutes, Southbank pretty well heliWhitefriars, however once the 'Friars' broke the shackles that was it. Southbank were this time unable traise the effort needed to stay in realistic touch . Hai

it not been for inaccuracy, Whitefriars would havtaken in a much greater lead than the 25 pts they hel

at orange time .In the final qtr . both teams threw everything the

had left into the contest and the fitter legs cWhitefriars really came to the fore . A 32 pt victory wewell deserved by a team and more importantly asclub, who for the greater part of the year led the conpetition and without doubt were the benchmark of it

section . Southbank could be very proud of theefforts.

MVP's for the 'Friars' were Pawlick. Carbone ar

Houston. whilst for Southbank, Morgan, Goodlet arMcNamara were gallant triers .

SENIORSNAME CLUB*FREUND AJAX*PERRY SOUTHBANK*ROBINSON WHITEFRIARSCULTRERP. AQUINAS*C. CARRIGG WHITEFRIARSPOLA ST. JOHNS*includes finals goals

D RESERVE*REGINATO PARKSIDE*PANJARI PARKSIDE*KALB AJAX*0'BRIEN WHITEFRIARS* includes finals goals

LAST WK TOTAL8 0

1 813 66

61615 3

423 6

3 3531

SENIORS - 12 .08.98GRAND FINAL

WHITEFRIARS 4.4 8.6 9.14 12.20.92SO(TTfIBANK 2.4 6.8 8.7 7.11 .53Whitefitaze: Robinson 3, Reidc 2 . Poorer 2 . Carrigg 2 . Pauilk 2 . Pasqualono.Bmt: Poses Pawiick. Jongeblood. Winterburn. Bateman, Mani.Southbaak : Rolfs 2. Pem. Daly . Murphy . MeNamua A. Pitts . Hest: Morgan.McNarnara Murphy . Rhodes. Corboy. RoI[s.

RESERVES - 12 .08.98GRAND FINAL

AJAX 6.1 8.3 11.8 14.8.928*HITEFRIARS 2.0 4.2 4.3 9.8.60Ajax Le4y 3 . Kalb 3. Mordech 3. Rajh 2. Zurbo. Carew. Best: Lewis . LZurbo. L .Goldberg. Roth. Smauel. Cukierman .Whltdriace: (Gml Kickers and Best Players not received)

I ~F7. C -1

A jubilant Whitefriars enjoy the spoils of victory after winning the D Sectionpremiership last weekend.

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A SECTIONWINNERS

LUKE GOLLANT

BEN MANNIXMARCUS DOLLMANDION CIAVOLA

LUKE MAHONEYPAUL GILMOUR

ANDREW PRYORADAM MERRINGTON

IAN MCMULLINDREW JACKSON

F

VOTES

St. Bernards 19De La Salle 16St. Kevins 13St. Kevins 13St. Kevins 13St. Bernards 11Old Brighton 11St. Bernards 11Old Melburnians 10De La Salle 9

B SECTIONBERNARD DINNEENANDREW RAMSDENJAMES HOPEPETER BRABENDERDAVID SKINNERJARROD WEDDLEMATTHEW MCCONVILLBRETT CONNELLMICHAEL PETREVSKIDANIEL TONKIN

Marcellin 23Old Trinity 22Old Ivanhoe 17Old Paradians 16MHSOB 14Old Ivanhoe 12Ormond 12Ormond 1 ITherry Penola 10North Old Boys 1 0

C SECTIONMURRAY PITTSRICHARD GILMOREDAVID PATERSONCHRIS MARTINDENVER ARTZBRENDAN MURPHYANTHONY MACGEORGESTEWART BOOTHSTEPHEN ANDERSONDAVID WILLIAMS

D SECTION

CAMERON HOUSTON WhitefriarsCAMERON COLLIVER AquinasJULIAN SMITH Monash BluesANDRE PITTS SouthbankBRADLEY DOWNS Yarra ValleyMARK WISEMAN SalesianPETER LUTTERSCHMIDT Old EssendonDAVID ROGERS Monash Blues

MICHAEL TESSARI Parksid eKIP WALFORD Southbank

Beaumaris 32

St. Kilda Sth Caulfield 22Old Mentonians 16Beaumaris 15Hampton Rovers 15Old Mentonians 14St . Bedes Ment . Tig . 13St . Bedes Ment . Tig. 13Hampton Rovers 12Banyule 1 1

22201817161615141414

E BLUE SECTION

WINNERS VOTESLEIGH MURPHY Elsternwick 18DEAN ANDERSON Caulfield Or. 17ANDREW INKSTER Old Camberwell 16ANDREW ATCHISON Peninsula 14MARK PEMBERTON Chirnside Park 14JUSTIN MCLEAN Old Camberwell 13CAMERON LANDRY Peninsula 13ALEXANDER BONNER Peninsula 12LUKE MATHER Chirnside Park 12STEVEN PARSONS Peninsula 1 2

E WMTE SECTION

STEPHEN SHANNON Richmond Central 18SHANE CRACKNELL UHSOB 16TODD O'SULLIVAN Richmond Central 1EGLEN ROBSON Old Westbourne 14ADRIAN TIRCHETT North Brunswick 14NICHOLAS VASILOPOULOS Old Carey 1~GLENN PORTEOUS Richmond Central 1 :BRENDAN COCKS Williamstown CYMS i'.ASHLEY HUMPHREY Bulleen United 1MATTHEW WHARF Fitzroy Reds 1

F SECTION

PHILIP AVERY Hawthorn Amateurs 2,ADAM CANNANE West Brunswick 1!CHRIS CACHIA Syndal Tally Ho l~LEE WELLS Monash Gryphons

lMARTIN HOOK Eley Park IJAMES SUTTON ANZ Albert Park ISTUART AVERY Hawthorn Amateurs 1PETER HAMILTON West Brunswick 1DAVID BOWEN Eley ParkRICHARD BELL Eltham

CLUB 18 (1)DAVID MORETON Old BrightonNICHOLAS TRIBE Old Scotch

BARLOW TELFORDJOHN GRAYTIM O'SULLIVANGREGORY JENSZPAUL CONNORSJARROD DEAKINSHANE RUDDROBERT COOPER

Old MelburniansDe La Sall eOld XaveriansOld MelburniansOld XaveriansOld ScotchDe La SalleOld Melburnians

CLUB 18 (2)TONY JACKSON

ANTHONY LAWRENCEJAMIE WEBBJARROD DICKSON

TONY MANDALITIDANIEL TRACY

ADRIAN VERDNIKJASON MACKENZIE

BRYCE COLLIERNATHAN PEARCE

Parkside 17Kew 15Thornbury Cougars 15Yarra Valley 10Thornbury Cougars 10Monash Whites 9Yarra Valley 9Mt. Lilydale 9Monash Whites 8Mt. Lilydale 8

UNDER-19 SECTION 1SIMON HARTNICHOLAS VOGELSADRIAN TALARICOJASON COULLOUPASLIAM O'NEILLROBERT BONNICIMICHAEL MAXWELLADAM GINNIVANMARTIN RUSHANDREW OSWALD

De La Salle 14University Blues 14Old Paradians 13University Blues 11Old Brighton 11De La Salle 10Collegians 10Old Brighton 10Old Xaverians 10Old Xaverians 10

ER-19 SECTION 2

CHATURA JAYASEKERA Old HaileyburyBRIAN PHAN WhitefriarsCHRISTOPHER STEVENS Old Scotc hHUGH THOMASADRIAN RYAN

DAMIAN WALDRONCHRIS SCHILLING

GEOFFREY JUNKEERMATTHEW NORTHEY

RICHARD RAMSDEN

Old ScotchSt. Bedes Ment. Tig.Old TrinityUniversity BlacksOld ScotchWhitefriarsOld Trinity

2419

1817

151312

1111

10

LMER-19 (2) BLUESIMON WIDJAJA Caulfield Or. 25

MATTHEW NASH Ormond 21NICHOLAS REHN Hampton Rovers 21

LUKE CREAMER Monash Blues 19

CHARLES WILLIAMS Monash Blues 17COREY MACKAY Old Mentonians 16

WESLEY BALLANTINE Old Mentonians 15NICHOLAS HART Old Xaverians (2) 13

MATTHEW GURPINAR Caulfield Or. I 1

DAVID ANDERSON Hampton Rovers 11ANTON DUDDY Hampton Rovers 1 1

BRYCE WILLISSTEVEN DORNIKTIM TYSHINGRICHARD STEELEBRETT WHITEDANIEL BERNETALAN WELCHTOBY MCILRATHDAVID BOLTONJOHN JESS

UNDER-19 (2) REDOld Ivanhoe 19St . Leos Emmaus 14Yarra Valley 12Banyule 12Ivanhoe 10Old Ivanhoe 9Banyule 9Yarra Valley 8Old Geelong 7Aquinas 7

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Brian "Benny" Goodman

and Tom Brain present all

scores and match details in

a light-hearted manner .

Listen to Benny, Tommy and a special guest between1-2 pm this Sunday

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This year VAFA sponsor Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) has had pleasure in presenting atrivia competition which has seen at the end of each month one contestant win two cases of

CUB product .Following are the questions and answers for last fortnight's trivia quiz .

1 . VAFA followers should ensure that when they want a good rest they should book in at

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2 . Which VAFA team - Stickland, Allibon, Sutcliffe? Old Trinity .

3. Recently three great cricketers assembled together - Sir Donald Bradman, Sachin

Tendulkar and Shane Warne .

4 . Which Melbourne private school did the missing person in (3) attend as a young fellow?

Mentone Grammar School .

5 . Flannery, Wiseman and Goodman are all former VAFA Umpires .

6 . First names for these VAFA past champs - Neil Pivetta (Old Paradians), Justin Clarkson

(Ormond), Roger Paul (Old Haileybury), Phil Mehrten (Ormond), Col Adamson

(Hampton Rovers) .

7 . Most signs say in regards to Sherrin footballs -" The Ball Players Fight For" . The EP

fence sign says -" The Ball VAFA Players Fly For" .

8 . Club XVIII teams play (fifteen/eighteen/sixteen) matches in the home and away part of

the season .

9 . Name the last five VAFA senior representative team coaches in order starting from thisyear and going back into the past. Taylor, Ellingworth, Richardson, McArthur-Allen

& Fisher .

10 . Name the home grounds of the following teams - Mazenod ( Central Reserve), Ormond

(EE Gunn) . Bulleen-Templestowe (Ted Ajani Reserve), Old Ivanhoe (Chelsworth Park),

Parkside (Pitcher Park) and Old Xaverians (Toorak Park).

The winner was Stuart Stevenson of Moonee Ponds . Well done Stu !

The VAFA acknowledges the support of

AUSTRALIA'S LEADING BREWER

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UMPIRESCORNER

by Leah Gallagherand Adam Kie l

OPENING REMARKWell some people will be sad that the season

has finally come to an end, and others reckonthe end of the season couldn't come quickenough .

Well it's A Section and B Section grand finalweekend and we wish the teams all the very best .

We also wish the umpires well in theirendeavours this weekend .

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend of football.

LAST UMPIRES CORNER 199 8

On behalf of my fellow scribe Leah andmyself, firstly we would like to thank AngelaGiles, Brett Connell, Phil Stevens, Sue Andersonand Peter Harris for their help and friendshipduring the season in regards to this columnwhich helped us make it a success.

We would also like to thank the manyumpires who kept us up to date with many mile-stones, umpiring moments and tall stories dur-ing the year.

We hope that everybody enjoyed the columnand that we didn't embarrass too many people(surely not .

Hope everyone has a great summer and evenbetter new year and look forward to seeing every-body in season 1999 .

CONGRATULATIONS

Well we are down to the final four umpires forthe year in the field, boundary and goals . The 12of you who are selected should be congratulatedon that well deserved honour. It is every umpiresdream in the VAFA to do an (A or B) sectiongrand final on the last weekend of the season . Sowe wish you all the very best in your games, andmost of all enjoy every minute of it, and do yourumpiring mates proud.

Well done guys .

BYE BYE BUSHYOne of the real stalwarts and all round nice

guys in the umpiring ranks announced hisretirement last weekend after doing his 15th andlast grand final in the D reserves at Mordialloc .

Mark (Bushy) Bushfield is one of the real niceguys in the Amateurs, in which I've never hearda bad word about, and who was very popularwith his umpiring mates and with most of theclubs in the VAFA.

His hard work for the Umpires' Associationover the years has been second to none, andBushy's shoes, I can assure you will be very hardto fill .

We wish Bushy and wife Chris all the verybest on their new venture moving down to JanJuc, and hope to see you next year sometimeover the season calling in on some games or tothe umpires rooms for a beer or two .

Well done and good luck Bushy .

SOCIAL NEWSDinner Dance is a happening thing on Friday

25th September, $40 per head .Get names and money to Chris Stevens .

Bounce OffSemi Finals

Brendan Allen v. Kevin Segota

Graeme Thwaites v. Marty Jackson

Results of semi final round and grand finalnext year.

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A SECTION GRAND FINAL UMPIRES

Steve McCarthy - After his first B Section grandfinal in 1997 Steve has backed up with a repre-sentative game in 1998 . A very experiencedumpire looking to add an A Section medal to hiscollection .

B SECTION GRAND FINAL UMPIRES

James Van Beek - First season as an umpirewith the VAFA . After taking time to adjust toVAFA football, James has added another dimen-sion to the senior panel. A stylish umpire with afirm approach .

Mark Gibson - the 1997 Blades Umpire of theYear has had another good season. Mark's pro-fessionalism and commitment to his umpiringvindicate an appointment on the last weekendof the season .

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Anthony Damen - A very reliable umpire whomakes few mistakes. Always maintains firm con-trol of the game. A players umpire who is wellrespected in Amateur ranks.

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Cameron Houston(Whitefriars OC)

(L .S . PepperMedallist)

Luke Gollant(St Bernards OC )

(J.N .Woodrow Medallist)

Bernard Dinneen(Marcellin OC )

(G .T. Moore Medallist)

Murray Pitts(Beaumaris)

(L.S . Zachariah Medallist)

Leigh Murphy Stephen Shannon Philip Avery Simon Ha rt(Elsternwick) (Richmond Central) (Hawthorn Amateurs) (De La Salle OC )

(J . Fullerton Medallist) ( O.J. Meehan Medallist) (C .R . Newbury Medallist)

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Nicholas Vogels Chatura Jayasekera(University Blues) (Old Haileybury)

('C.R . Newbury Medallist) (G.W. McTaggart Medallist)

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David Moreton(Old Brighton)

(S . Mason Medallist)

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Simon Widjaja(Caul field Grammarians)

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Bryce Willis

(I.A. Brown Medallist)(Old Ivanhoe)

Tony Jackson(Parkside)

(A . Fisher Medallist)

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LUKE VASSALLO(St Bernards OC)

70 Goals

MARC HARRISON(Old Paradians)

68 Goals

ADAM ACREMAN(Old Mentonians)

100 Goal s

STUART CRAVEN BRENDAN FARRELLY TIM GILCHRIST(Power House) (UHSOB) (Monash Gryphons)

86 Goals 69 Goals 79 Goals

WES BALLANTINE(Old Mentonians)

91 Goals

ALAN WELCH(Warringal)

75 Goals

ANDREW FREUND(AJAX)

70 Goal s

ANDREW OSWALD(Old Xaverians)

53 Goal s

SHANE RUDD(De La Salle)

61 Goals

CRAIG PERRY(Southbank)

70 Goals

HUGH THOMAS(Old Scotch )

105 Goal s

JAMIE WEBB(Thornbury Cougars)

48 Goal s

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2 or a team to win a premiership the coach needsto look at three areas (i) skill or talent, (ii) physi-

cal fitness and (iii) the correct psychological or men-tal approach .

Unfortunately the skill and fitness aspects arenot sufficient to ensure success, as when it comes toGrand Finals, the two teams are almost identicallyequal in these two areas . The third area, the psy-chological, becomes the dominating factor thatdecides whether a team fulfils its potential in termsof skill and fitness. Anyone doubting this has only torecall last years grand final scores at half time andfull time, or even the 1998 women's Wimbeldonfinal .

What happens to players during the finalsseries?

Unfortunately, with all the pressures generatedby the press, radio, television and even the generalpublic at large, parents, girlfriends and work mates,the normal human emotion of anxiety takes over,and there is no question that this interferes withperformance. Anxiety manifests itself in many waysin the body, and there is not a person alive who atsome stage in their life has not felt sweaty palms, adrv throat, butterflies in the stomach, an urge to goto the toilet, or similar anxiety symptoms . Howeverperhaps the worst feature is a tension in the mus-cles which interferes with one's co-ordinationwhether it be kicking, handball, marking or evenrunning.

Footballers, the majority of whom are by person-ality anxious extroverts, are more prone to anxietythan many other individual athletes, and a wisecoach enlists the assistance of a sports psychologistto help mentally prepare his team for the final series,particularly the grand final .

What then must the sports psychologist do?Having been trained in the sports sciences as

well as psychology, he should first check that thereare no problems in the player's skills or their physi-ological fitness. As most clubs have specialist skillscoaches and physical education graduates to assistthem, as well as sports medicine doctors, the teamsthat make the finals usually have these areas wellcovered .

Just as the skills and fitness areas have taken 9-10 months to reach their peak so the sports psy-chologist must work with the players for manymonths in order to perfect their mental skills .

By means of questionnaires and interviews hecan assess their confidence, attention, concentra-tion and most importantly their anxiety levels. Veryfew footballers have been found to be low anxiouspersonalities although very experienced finals foot-ballers learn how to cope and lessen their anxiety.

The Barassis, Bartletts and Tucks of this world,have learnt how to cope with their anxiety havingplayed in many finals series and grand finals . Butcompare this with a young 18 year old playing in hisfirst finals series!

The majority of players must learn how to reducetheir anxiety particularly if they are playing in theirfirst grand final.

Since relaxation is at the opposite end of the con-tinuum from anxiety, all athletes must learn a pro-gressive relaxation procedure . Simply, this is tens-ing and then relaxing all groups of muscles begin-ning with the toes, lower leg, upper thigh and work-ing up through the body, tail, tummy, shoulders,fingers, arms, and finally the head, mouth, foreheadand eyes . The tensing should be for about six sec-onds, then relaxing, to be followed by a second tens-ing of the same set of muscles and then relaxing.

Ideally the relaxation should take place in a quietsetting, sitting or lying comfortably with loose cloth-ing, and maintaining a positive attitude . A goodplace to practice relaxation is last thing at night, inbed with the light out . Surprisingly, relaxation is askill, which must be practiced and learnt, just like abanana kick for goal from the point post .

When the skill of relaxation has been learnt suf-ficiently well, it is possible for the footballer to beginimaging himself on the football field . and playing thebest game he is capable of. If he is a full forward he'sees' himself leading for the ball . marking it, andthen lining up the ball and kicking the goal . If he isa back man he may see himself spoiling a particularforward or marking over him, or a ruckman canexperience the thrill of soaring over his rover . Thisform of mentally rehearsing his skills can give th e

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young player's brain the experience of perfecting hisskills . Or, he may even replay in his mind the verybest game of football he has ever played .

If having played at Elsternwick Park before, thefootballer should go over in his mind, arriving at theground getting changed, warming up, running outon the ground, and mentally rehearsing some of theskills he perfected . It is not commonly known thebrain cannot tell the difference between a real or animagined experience, so this is a method by whichthe young player can match the veteran finals play-er.

It is not uncommon for athletes or footballers topractice this relaxation and imagery procedure anhour or more before commencing their match, but afurther relaxation procedure is also necessary . Onecountry's Olympic Games boxing coach used arelaxation procedure on his boxers to lessen theiranxiety. but they were all knocked out in the firstround . The reason was that the relaxation proce-dure (as well as lessening anxiety) decreased heartrate, blood pressure . breathing rate and lowered thebody's metabolism . To perform at your optimal levelphysically, you need to increase heart rate, breath-ing rate and increase the blood flow to the workin g

SENIOR COACHOF THE MONTH -

AUGUSTNAME: Garry Foulds

CLiIB: St. Bernards SECTION . A

PLAYING IiISTORY: 1974-1989 Essendon FC,

1991-1992 Mooroopna FC (Goulburn Vall,~y?•

COACHING HISTORY : 1991-1992 plaz°ing

,coach Mooroopna FC, 1993 VSFL Murray

Bushrangers FC, 1997-1998 St. Berpards

C>CFC.

° Ci)ACHIfliG PHILOSOPHY: Help players rearli

higher levels and persistency brings rewards .

1v't7TURE AMBITION : Enjoy the involvement

coaching brings and continue learning while

tiaing this .

( muscles . Therefore after a relaxation procedure it isnecessary to have 10-15 minutes of vigorous physi-cal activity so that the player reaches his optimallevel of arousal before commencing play.

In summary, the procedure before play is relax-ation in order to lessen anxiety, imagery of the skillsyou need to perform, followed by vigorous physicalexertion in order to reach your optimal arousal level .This has often been termed "instant pre-play", theopposite of the more commonly used term . "instantreplay" .

Those mental skills, like physical skills, must bepracticed regularly if they are to be perfected . At arecent Olympic Games an athlete who won 3 goldmedals had been using the above mental prepara-tion techniques for five years .

So, who will win the premiership this yearbetween Old Xaverians and Old Scotch, or Marcellinand Old Ivanhoe? At this stage of the season there isno perceptible difference in the skills and fitness ofeither team, so my pick for the premiership will bethe team that has been best prepared mentally forthat one great day in September.

Dr. Colin Davey

U19 COACHOF THE MONTH -

AUGUST

men to be the best they can with the ability

come and maybe have another go coaching a t

:~tii!,%:,John Stanto n

CLUII : Warringal SECTION: U19 (2) Red

PLAYING HISTORY: Played over 300 games inthr=+ald'YCW competition

. COACT-IIIdGIiISTORY: Coached at many lev-cis ranging from U12's, 17's, 11's, 19's an

d scniors.

COACHING PHILOSOPHY: To teach younq

they have, whilst never forgetting that thegame is all about character building, enjo~~<mealt and making friendships that last a lift-

Mould this all together and success wi! 1eventually come.

FUTURE AM BITION : Take things as they

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LOOKING L_ ^ CKby Noel Ru,"Al e

17 YEARS AGO - 198 1

n an unequalled form reversal, Old Xaverians,avenged their second semi 96 point defeat by

North Old Boys when they controlled the A Sectiongrand final throughout to win by 18 points, 15 .21to 13 .15 . Nick Burne continued his great form atfull forward with 5 goals while Stephen Curtainalso contributed 3 and was a great performeraround the ground . The best player on the groundwas Old Xaverians captain John Noonan, whorucked strongly all day. A tightknit Old Xaveriansdefence shut out North's semifinal star, ShaneMaguire . Others to play well for Old Xaverianswere Vale, Atkinson and Carmody. Old Xaveriansjoined the select band of clubs which had wonB&A section premierships in successive years . OldXaverian's only other appearance in an A SectionGrand Final was in 1964 when it was beaten byOld Paradians .

1 8 YEARS AGO - 1980

De La Salle OC and University Blues met in theA Section Grand Final with the Blues favourites totake out the flag. 'Twas not to be !

The Blues failed to make use of the breeze inthe second term and at half time De La hadappeared to have the game in hand although lead-ing by only 10 points .

The Blues attacked in the final term by inac-curacy and the bustling De La backs gave them nochance . Final scores were De La Salle 11 .14 toUniversitv Blues 7 .19 .

The team to represent De La was as follows :-

Backs : G . Connelly, P. McDonnell, B . Hanrahan

Half Backs : R . Halassa, P . Donegan, B . Bourke

Centres : D . Hollier, R . McHenry (C), J. Doolan

H . Forwards : S . Murphy, P . Green, P. Maher

Forwards : M . Green . R. Cawley. R. Ruffolo

Followers : I . Rabone. B . Dunn . T. Cooke

Res : A . Groves, W. Peirs

Coach : B . Sheehy

Goalkickers were De La: Ruffolo 4 . M. Green 3 .Murphy 3 . Rabone 1 .

UniversitV Blues : Sleeman 3, Karvelos 2, D .Curnow 1, R . Curnow 1 .

Best Players : De La : M. Green, D . Burke . D .

Hollier, G . Connelly .McDonnell, Rabone .

University Blues :Orton. Bedford, Yeo .Sleeman, Wood, R . Curno w

Old Xaverians held out Old Scotch to win athri ll ing B Section premiership by 2 points - quar-ter by quarter scores were :

Old Xaverians 4 .4 7 .5 10 .12 12 .12

Old Scotch 3 .4 9 .5 10 .7 12 .1 0

Best were : Burne, S . Curtain ( 6 goals), Brown,Ryan, Brimacombe, Atkinson for Old Xaveri an sand Mason, Duke, Kiel, Sherwin, Duffy, Talbot forOld Scotch .

20 YEARS AGO - 197 8

Life membership was conferred on AssociationPresident . Manson Russel, a fitting tribute to aman associated with amateur football since 1948,first as a player and club administrator, and thenas Association executive .

This year saw the introduction of B and Agrand finals, both at Elsternwick Park, onSaturday and Sunday, and premiership trophiespresented after the game .

A Section teams selected were :

Old Scotch : Bks : Leatham, Cos, Keffort, HBks :Morgan, Drummond, Duffy; C: Bowden . Duke,Kiel; HFwds : Tallent, Sherwen, Meadows, F :Sinclair, Mason, Marx . Rks : Bates, Anderson,Bubb, I/C : Bedford, Alexander . Coach : L . Aghan

NORTH OB: Bks: Robertson, Horan, Weir,HBks : Welch, S . Maguire, Leeack, C : Sheales,Borcich, Butera ; HFwds : Hannebery. O'Connor,Conti F : Dillon, Anderson, Haratsis, Rks: D .Maguire, Griffin, Wilson I/C: Dolan, Ferguson.Coach : S . Maguire.

Umpires : Goodman . Croxford (F), McMahon,Britton (B) . Upham, Stratton (G) .

Old Scotch came home strongly in the finalterm to get up by 5 points - a wonderful two sea-sons for the club as Old Scotch had won `B'Section in 1977 . Best were Bates . Purnell . Marx,Sherwen (Old Scotch) and Hannebery . Haratsis, S .Maguire . Conti (NOB) . Old Melburnians had an 8goal win over Old Paradians to win B Section pre-miership . Stars : R . Brown, Mumme, J . Mitchell,(OM) and T. Considine, C . Hughes, McCormack(OP) .

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Top tipster for the season was Peter Nathan,and bottom was Michael Arnold, who four yearslater finished up in the State Parliament.

40 YEARS AGO - 1958

Collegians won their second successive 'A'Section premiership in a Grand Final playedunder shocking conditions . Old Scotch's positionappeared hopeless . three goals behind with 15minutes to play. Then Old Scotch quickly addedtwo goals but Collegians' defenders stood firm andthey won by a goal .

Old Paradians turned the tables on UniversityBlacks in 'B' Section . Parade led by 6 goals in thefirst term, only to see Blacks fight back and leadnarrowly at the interval . Parade again took anoth-er good lead in the third quarter and maintainedtheir advantage until the finish .

De La Salle confirmed their second semi-finalvictory when they again defeated Parkside, 6 .12 to5 .8 to take out the C Section Premiership in theirfirst year in the grade, a performance that earnsthe team the right of record .

B : Teague . A . 0'Callaghan . V. Pilkington. HB R .Hellard . W. Pearson . J. Slattery . C: M . Brown, W.Toogood, P. Shiel . HF : T. Lanham, J. Gilfedder, B .Nesbitt (B&F for the year), F : J . Firman . J . Kelly,B . Conway, RR : W. Watts, J . Tindley, ROV: P.McCormack, RES : K. Purcell, K . O'Brien, Coach:Jim Smith . John Varcoe won the trophy for bestclubman and 'Beanstalk' ruckman John Dillonwas unavailable for the final series with three bro-ken fingers (Is there a story hanging on those bro-ken fingers?) St . Kilda CBC . 8 points down at halftime to ANZ, came back to be 13 points in front atthe final bell, winning a flag in their first season ofAmateur football . Closest Grand Final was inJunior Section where, with scores close all day .University emerged victors by one point .

50 YEARS AGO - 1946

Yes, 35 years ago MHSOB played OldMelburnians in B Section Grand Final . The boysfrom Forest Hill triumphed over the Dark Blues .18 .12 1120) to 12 .14 (86) . Among the players forMHSOB were former President, Alex Johnson, atfull-back and former Secretary, All Keam on thewing . MHSOB were well served up forward byJerry Backhouse (4 goals) later to star withUniversity Blacks, and the legendary Len Boyd-Gerug .

and LOOKING RIGHT BACK - SEASON 1934

Clubs competing in 1934 and still in the fieldare Collegians, Elsternwick, Hampton Rovers,Ivanhoe . MHSOB, North CBC Old Boys, OldBrightonians . Old Caulfield Grammarians (as theywere then known) . Old Melburnians, OldParadians, Old Scotch, Old Xaverians, Ormond,State Savings Bank - Southbank, Uni . Blacks,Uni. Blues . UHSOB . West Brunswick . A composite

I team was Old Haileybury-01d Trinity whose homeground was at Yarra Park.

Teams that later departed were Alphington,Brunsiwck, Bentleigh, Brighton Technical SchoolOld Boys, Brightonvale (a combination of Brightonand Gardenvale), Burwood, East Malvern, ES andA Bank, FIT OB, Geelong, Glenhuntly, Kingsville,Malvern, Murrumbeena, National Bank, Parkdale,Sandringham, South Caulfield, St . Ignatius, St.Pauls Teachers' College .

The team to play South Australia at NorwoodPark, Adelaide on 4 June was Bks : J . Rogers (EastMalv), E . Boys (Old Melb), F. Ruddock, Hbks : G .McNaughton (MHSOB), J . Belyea (Coll), J . Thorpe(U . Blks)(VC), C : J . Kline (Elst), J . Stanes (E'wick),G . Warren (Geelong), H .Fwds : J. Campbell (OldMelb), C.A. Nilan (Old Parade) . W. Greening,(Murr) Fwds : A . Mahlook (B'wick), F . Law (ES andA), R . Steele (UHSOB), Followers : R. Hodges, G .Millard . Rover : A . Howse, Reserves: C. Wheeler(Geel) . N . Cashin (Glen) Victorian Manager : JackMcCann awarded a cup to the best player - thejudges could not separate Howse and Stanes so'Mac' gave a second cup .

Victorian won 11 .14 to 6.20 .

The team left Melbourne by train on Friday,with a big crowd to farewell them, staved at Mrs .O'Brien's Black Bull Hotel, Hindley Street, andarrived back in Melbourne at 10 .15 onWednesday . Fares were paid by the Associationbut the players had to pay for their accommoda-tion, about 35/ - per head .

Record goal kicking feats to date were AlanLaFontaine (U . Blacks) (1933) 197, W. Pearson(Old Scotch) (1933) (162), D. Chandler (SSB)(1932) 126 . J . Green (U . Blacks) (1928) 123 .

In season 1934 Pearson went on to kick 207goals with two finals to play . (Do Old Scotch'srecords show how many he kicked in those twogames?)

Best and fairest awards were introduced in1927 and trophy winners had been as follows : 'A'Section - 1927 ; Keith Rigg (Collegians), 1928 G .Cassidy (Old Caulf. Gr), 1929 K. Elder (StateSavings Bank), 1930 R. Perrv (B . Rock) and T.Taylor (B'vale) ; 1931 R . Lang (Teachers College),1932 D . Robertson (State SB), 1933 Alan LaFontaine (U . Blacks) .

At the delegates meeting on 16 July . Mr.Pidwell, delegate of the South Caulfield Club, wassuccessful in obtaining alteration of rule 49 of theAssociation which henceforth will also include thefollowing: "In the home and home matches thehome team shall wear black knickers and the vis-iting team shall wear white" .

Among the goal kickers on 4 August wasschoolboy Keith Truscott who kicked 10 goals forMHSOB (Keith later went on to play i n

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Melbourne's 1939 premiership team, became afighter pilot ace in Europe and then died in a planeaccident in WA in 1944) .

Best and Fairest for the season were : 'A' G .Weber (BTSOB) 8, V . Hepples (Coll) and W.Pearson (Old Scotch) 5 ; 'B' A. Moore (Teacher Coll .)6, J . Brenning (B'leigh) and F. Higginbotham (OldXav) 4, 'C' A . Forty (Glenh) 8, P. Copsey (NMCBC)7 ; 'D' K. Trinnick (H . Rovers) 6 : M . Brown (UHSOB)4 ;

Among the players in 'D' Section semi, thename of A . Killigrew, 5'5" . 10 stone and 16 yearsof age . appeared for St. Ignatius .

'A' Section finalists and captains were OldScotch, Gavan Peterson (coach, Vic Belcher ofSouth Melbourne fame) Old Melburnians JackCampbell (coach - ?) Geelong, coached by N.Brushfield, with captain not named, and U . Blacks- coach and captain not named . Can the histori-ans help? Ormond, premiers in 'C', 15 .20 to NorthOld Boys 8 .3, reported that 26,700 had attendedtheir games, 21 at home and 5,700 away .

FROM THE DESK - Continued from Page 1

Ivanhoe were champions and premiers in 'D'Section when they defeated UHSOB 19 .14 to 4.5 .Coach of the 'Hoes was 'Jiggy' Harris ofCollingwood fame . (Jiggy went on to become a verysuccessful businessman and has given in excessof $500,000 in recent years to medical research) .The veteran of the side was Tom Miles (father ofJohn Miles, former executive Member) who firstjoined Ivanhoe in 1924 . Other stars were RonSmith (87 goals) ; Curly Ellis ; Arthur Harris ; D .Christensen ; H . Rutherford (c) and Con and FrankGonzales .

Advertisers were Pelaco, Fayrefield Hats . TheSun, Melbourne Sports Depot, Raoul Merton,State Savings Bank, Sherrins, Ezywalkin,Champions, Victoria Bitter Ale, Denyers,Battersby Hats . Ross Faulkner. Bosisto's "ParrotBrand", Eucalyptus Oil, Tuif Fine Cut, HartleysStores .

UHSOB were doing it in style with their AnnualCabaret Ball at the Hotel Australia, Tickets : 5/-inctax .

THE FIPIEII. TEAM OF THE YEAR - "RUNDLE'S ALL-STARS"I have asked Noel Rundle to provide the best VAFA team 1979 to 1998. Noel has asked me to apologise to

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Michael BLOOD (OXavs).

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Richard SIMON .

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Tavs in the top section, while the Scotchies, MHSOBand Yarra Valley take out the other premierships

Review

Section 1Old Xave rians jumped De La Salle in the first

quarter with Rathgeber and the showman Curnowprominent and from then on the D's played catch upfootball - to put it simply. A handy half time lead of 7goals sounded a clear warning that the Xavs were onsong, and although outscored in the second half 6goals to 4 the damage had been done. Skidmore andCoughlan as expected were dominant in their mid-field roles, while Storey down back and O'Connell inthe ruck were proving handfuls for their De La Salleopponents. Better D's on the day were 0' Donnell,Bonnici and Pedicini through the midfield, withBailey and Aron battled hard in defence . Overall theXavs are to be congratulated for going through theseason as the best team, they deservedly won the pre-miership. To the D's commiserations, a terrific secondhalf of the year saw them make the big one, but werebeaten by the better team on the day .Alex Johnson Medallist: P. Rathgeber (OldXaverians)

Section 2Old Scotch's sensational form continued last

weekend much to the chagrin of Whitefriars whowere unable to stop the onslaught that occurred inthe first quarter . (14) scoring shots to (5) tells thestory with a deficit of some (8) goals at quarter timeand (12) at the half the game was all but over for theFrairs . Thomas again contributed heavily on thescoreboard with 6 majors . while Junkeer . Patersonand Sladen (3) continued an impressive season allround . Northey, Winch and Power were valiant indefeat although it was too little too late as far as theFriars were concerned. Old Scotch finishing full ofrunning with Stevens prominent . while Dougherty.O'Meara and Murray also worthy of mention for theFriars who battled hard but were outclassed on theday. Old Scotch going one better than last year, whilethe Friars will seek solace in the fact that theirseniors were victorious and move to C Section withhopes of further finals successes to com eJohn Miles Medallist: G. Junkeer

Section ( 2) BlueIn the closest match of the weekend in the (4) U 19

sections a gallan t Hampton Rovers could not staywith a polished, well drilled running MHSOB, whoran out premiers for 1998 . The game began evenlywith neither team giving much quarter, the H . TaylorDuddy ruck contest was proving crucial, while theAsh O'Brien Anderson battle was at evens at the firstbreak. Jenkin was being well held and withHumphries struggling to break loose the Rovers werebreaking down across half forward, where the run ofRodder and the fine work of Askew and McCully wasproving decisive . Although ahead at the half the Highwere not assured of victory as the fighting Roverscame out firing in the third. Adams began to showglimpses while Captain Quon lifted, and with Rehnand Prantzos also battling hard good signs were therefor the Rovers. However Moore, Hill and Joseph werekeeping the High in command with slick foot skillsand smart use of the football. Not even a final quar-ter (10) shots to (2) could assist the Rovers as they potshotted the goals to no avail . When Moore slippedthrough a clever goal late to seal the match theRovers lion-hearted push came to a close . A greatgame to watch, a credit to both coaches and clubs .John Simpson Medallist : Heath TaylorSection (2) Red

A monster beginning by Yarra Valley had OldIvanhoe on the back foot from the first bounce andwhen they bounced out to almost (6) goals in the leadby half time the Valley looked home and hosed .Middlin was proving dangerous up forward while atthe other end Willis found it difficult to get into thegame. Valoppi was firing and along with Vaughan andFraser were providing the drive and direction withwhich the other Valley players followed . However inthe third term OIG were not to be denied, andthrough the fine play of Dowd . Brandt and Davis hitback to get within striking distance of the Valley.However in a dour struggle in the last Cremean andKruse were cool in crisis, and despite the best effortsof Gibson, Harper and Keane DIG could not dent thedeficit much at all . Yarra Valley taking out their firstever U 19 VAFA premiership.Max Lyon Medallist: P. Valopp i

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UNDER 19 SECTION 1 - 12 .08 .98GRAND FINA L

OLD XAVERIANS 5 .2 10.4 14.5 14.9.93O E LA SALtE 1.1 3.1 6.3 9.9.63old Xnreriaru : Rathgeber 4. Cumax 4 . C. Carrodus . 0'ConneB . htorrison. Deane-J,hns. H-klns . Mclnerncv. Bmt: O: Connell. Storey. Sktdmore . Coughlan . Deane-."Ins. St,phens .De La Snlle : Duggan 3. Clancy 3, Orlando 2 . Am . Best : Duggan, RdM7nL Balky . Aron .itwtNd. O'Donnell

UNDER 19 SECTION 2 - 12.08.98GRAND FINAL

W1ffLF,FRIARS 1.4 2.5 5 .11 6.16.52OLD SCOTCH 9.5 14.11 17.18 18 .28.134Whitdriero: Anderson . Su ➢han . Pmrer. Reid. O'Meara .141nch. Bnt: M. Rbrthey. t4lnch .Pvatr. Dougherty. Murray, ON-Old Scotch: Thanas 6 . S43den 3 . Oliver 3 . LeW . Stevens . 0'Brlen. Hughes . Eager. Ashtor .Beat: Junkeer. Paterson. Mtles. Sladen . Thanas, Stetyns.

UNDER 19 BLUE - 12.08.98v¢tSOB 2.3 8.7 10.15 11.18.82HAMPTON ROVERS 3.1 4.5 5.9 8.16.6411HSOB: Wilson 3. Moore 3. H. Taylor 2. L. Taylor Ash O'Brfen . LN'fght . &.M : H. Taylor,F;odder. Ash O'Bnen. Moore . HIS, Jaeph.Hampton Raven: Humphries 2 . FlahNe 2. Anderson . Dallas, ShenBeki. gum. Best:::ndersat . Adams . Duddy . Humphries . Rehn . Prantzciv .

UNDER 19 RED - 12 .08.98OLD IVAMHOE 1.2 2.3 5.6 5.8.38YARRA VALLEY 4.4 8.7 9.8 10.11 .71Cold Ivuthae: Davd 3. Oates 2 . Herse. Beat : Drnd. Brandt. Davis. Gibson. Harper.F:eane.1'erra Vaikp: hllddlfn 3 . Tyshtng 2. Pask 2- MeWath 2 . Vaughan . Best Valoppl. Cremean .timse . Fraur. Mkktkn . Vaughan.

NAME CLUBUNDER 19 (I )

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OSWALD OLD XAVERIANS*CLANCY DE LA SALLE*DUGGAN DE LA SALLEDIMER OLD BRIGHTON* includes finals goal s

UNDER 19 (2)

LAST WK TOTAL

533 563 53

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*THOMAS OLD SCOTCH 6 129PASSADOR OLD TRINITY 102*SULLIVAN WHITEFRIARS 84EFSTATHIOU OLD HAILEYBURY 53* includes finals goal s

UNDER 19 (2) BLU E

*BALLANTINE OLD MENTONIANS 98*L. TAYLOR MHSOB 88GURPINAR CAULFIELD GRAMM. 66MCNISH OLD MENTONIANS 3 8* includes finals goals

UNDER 19 (2) RE DWELCH WARRINGALSTELLA THERRY PENOLABRANIGAN OLD IVANHOEOATES OLD IVANHOE

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Old Xaverians No. I in 1998.

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MHSOB revel in their victory after defeating Hampton Rovers last Saturday .

Jubilant Yarra Valley Old Boys after their inaugural U19 VAFA premiership .

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VAFAPREM IERSH IP LIST S

1998

NAME P W L D FOR AGST % PTS

A RESERVE SECTIO N

5LD XAVERIANS 18 16 2 0 1527 777 196 .53 64OLD SCOTCH 18 13 5 0 1410 938 150 .32 52CE LA SALLE 18 12 6 0 1495 948 157 .7 48COLLEGIANS 18 10 8 0 1161 1153 100 .69 40

-,STBERNARDS 18 9 9 0 1147 1087 105 .52 3 6OLD MELBURNIANS 18 9 9 0 1086 1123 96 .71 36'OLD BLUES 18 9 9 0 1156 1218 94 .91 36ST KEVINS 18 8 10 0 1218 1294 94 .13 32OLD BRIGHTON 18 2 16 0 649 1406 46 .16 8'OLD HAILEYBURY 18 2 16 0 604 1835 4181 8

B RESERVE

OND 18 15 3 0 1485 828 179.35 6 0MARCELLIN 18 15 3 0 1309 805 162 .61 60OLD PARADIANS 18 13 5 0 1180 950 124 .21 52NORTH OLD BOYS 18 11 7 0 1072 1056 101 .52 44OLD TRINITY 18 10 8 0 1218 1237 98 .46 40OLD IVANHOE 18 8 10 0 922 1175 78 .47 32MAZENOD 0 C 18 7 11 0 1088 1323 82 .24 28MHSOB 18 5 13 0 1308 1347 97.1 20THERRY PENOLA OB 18 3 15 0 950 1242 76 .49 12IVANHOE 18 3 15 0 800 1480 54 .05 1 2

C RESERVE

ST BEDES MENT TIGERS 78 14 4OLD GEELONG 18 14 4BEAUMARIS A F C 18 12 6OLD MENTONIANS 18 11 59AMPTON ROVERS 18 t0 7THOMASTOWN 18 9 8°ANYULE 18 9 9ST LEOS EMMAUS W P 18 5 13ST KILDA STH CAULFIELD 18 3 15BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE 18 1 17

0 1485 877 169 .33 560 1283 930 137 .96 560 1315 894 147.09 48

2 1478 1079 136 .98 481 1327 1022 129 .84 421 1227 1371 89.5 38

0 1253 1149 109 .05 360 1007 1366 73 .72 200 785 1573 49.9 12

0 655 1744 37.56 4

D RESERVE SECTIO N

A J A X 18 16 2 0 1617 526 307.41 64WHITEFRIARS 18 16 2 0 1639 645 254.11 64PARKSIDE 18 15 3 0 1588 740 214.59 60MONASH BLUES 18 12 6 0 1424 1060 134.34 48

;SOUTHBANK18 12 6 0 1211 948 127.74 48

AQUINAS O C 18 11 7 0 1152 1005 114 .63 44UNIVERSITY BLACKS 18 8 10 0 1031 939 109 .8 32YARRA VALLEY 18 5 12 1 1102 1229 89.67 22SALESIAN O C 18 5 13 0 854 1381 61 .84 20OLD ESSENDON GR. 8 4 13 1 564 1287 43.82 18ST JOHNS O C 1 18 2 16 0 500 2008 24.9 8ST PATRICKS MENTONE 18 1 17 0 654 1877 34 .84 4

E BLUE RESERVE

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 17 0CAULFIELD GRAMMAR 18 14 4PENINSULA 0 B 18 14 4OAKLEIGH A F C 18 13 4POWER HOUSE 18 10 8CHIRNSIDEPARK 18 9 9ELSTERNWICK 18 4 14SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY 18 4 14GLENHUNTLY 18 3 15ST MARYS 18 1 17

1 2081 518 401 .74 700 1991 594 335.19 560 1883 689 273.29 561 1427 915 155.96 540 1049 1362 77.02 400 1149 1220 94.18 360 851 1549 54.94 160 904 1673 54.03 160 547 1728 31 .66 12

0 699 2377 29.41 4

E WHITE RESERVE

OLD CAREY / 8 16 2 0 1667 699 238.48 64KEW 18 15 3 0 1605 738 217.48 60U H S O B 18 13 5 0 1614 671 240.54 52WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 18 12 6 0 1624 858 187.1 48~4ORTH BRUNSWICK 18 10 8 0 1305 1039 125.6 40=1TZROY REDS 18 9 8 1 1225 1071 114.38 38RICHMOND CENTRAL 18 7 11 0 960 1344 71 .43 289ULLEEN COBRAS 18 4 14 0 670 2116 31 .66 16OLD WESTBOURNE 18 2 i6 0 611 2022 30.22 8Ji TRORE UNIVERSITY 18 1 i6 1 632 1548 4083 6

TEAM NAME P W L D FOR AGST % PTS

F RESERVEMONASH GRYPHONS 18 15 3 0 1575 661 238 .28 60WEST BRUNSWICK 18 13 5 0 1306 897 145 .6 52HAWTHORN AMATEURS 18 12 6 0 1485 1085 136 .87 48ELEY PARK A F C 18 10 8 0 1270 1315 96 .58 40WERRIBEE AMATEURS 18 8 10 0 1177 1300 90 .54 32ELTHAM COLLEGIANS 18 6 12 0 947 1350 7015 24ANZ ALBERT PARK 18 4 14 0 752 1417 5107 16SYNDAL TALLY HO 18 4 14 0 781 1477 52 .88 16

CLUB 18 (1 )OLD XAVERIANS 15 15 0 0 1597 375 425 .87 60DE LA SALLE 15 12 2 1 1166 612 190 .52 50OLD SCOTCH 15 11 4 0 814 600 135 .67 44OLD BRIGHTON 15 10 4 1 752 676 111 .24 42MHSOB 15 8 7 0 908 796 114 .07 32OLD MELBURNIANS 15 7 8 0 672 893 75 .25 28ST KEVINS 15 3 12 0 543 948 57 .28 12MAZENOD O C 15 3 12 0 585 1090 53 .67 12COLLEGIANS 15 3 12 0 540 1031 52 .38 12THERRY PENOLA OB 15 3 12 0 506 1204 42.03 8

CLUB 18 (2 )MONASH WHITES 15 14 1 0 1084 512 211 .72 56THORNBURYCOUGARS 15 11 4 0 1051 716 146,79 44KEW 15 10 5 0 945 571 165.5 40MT LILYDALE 0 C 15 9 6 0 1049 689 152.25 36MARCELLIN 15 7 8 0 811 921 88.06 28PARKSIDE 15 3 12 0 629 1110 56.67 12OLD ESSENDON GRAMMAR15 3 12 0 655 1186 55 .23 12YARRA VALLEY 15 3 12 0 640 1254 51 .04 12

UNDER-19 SECTION 1OLD XAVERIANS 18 17 1 0 2141 842 254.28 68OLD PARADIANS 18 14 4 0 1837 1244 147.67 56DE LA SALLE 18 13 5 0 1856 1506 123.24 52OLD BRIGHTON 18 11 7 0 1636 1285 127.32 44UNIVERSITY BLUES 78 10 8 0 1555 1312 118.52 40COLLEGIANS 18 8 10 0 1664 1547 107.56 32ST KEVINS 18 8 10 0 1411 1835 76.89 32ST BERNARDS 18 4 14 0 1355 1917 70.68 16MAZENOD O C 18 3 15 0 1132 2201 51 .43 12OLD CAREY 18 1 17 0 1015 2247 45.17 4

UNDER-19 (2)WHITEFRIARS 18 15 3 0 2213 1090 203.03 60OLD SCOTCH 18 15 3 0 2163 1230 175.85 60OLD TRINITY 18 14 4 0 1988 1234 161 .1 56ST BEDES MENT TIGERS 18 10 8 0 1597 1608 99.32 40BEAUMARIS A F C 18 9 8 1 1341 1455 92.16 38MARCELLIN 18 8 9 1 1429 1466 WAS 34OLD HAILEYBURY 18 7 11 0 1521 1720 88.43 28OLD MELBURNIANS 18 5 13 0 1422 1865 76 .25 20'NORTH OLD BOYS 18 4 14 0 1088 1954 55.68 16UNIVERSITY BLACKS 18 2 16 0 1021 2313 44.14 8*ineligible player Rd 15

UNDER-19 (2) BLUEMHSOB 18 14 4 0 2189 1019 214.82 56HAMPTON ROVERS 18 13 5 0 1867 1050 177 .81 52ORMOND 18 13 5 0 1579 1181 133.7 52OLD MENTONIANS 18 11 7 0 1879 1328 141 .49 44A J A X 18 10 8 0 1273 1420 89.65 40CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANSI8 8 9 1 1274 1237 102 .99 34MONASH BLUES 18 8 10 0 1315 1553 84 .67 32OLD XAVERIANS (2) 18 6 11 1 1223 1409 86.8 26DE LA SALLE (2) 18 6 12 0 1361 1683 80.87 24ST KILDA STH CAULFIELD 18 0 18 0 603 2801 21 .53 0

UNDER-19 (2) REDOLD IVANHOE 18 16 2 0 1646 823 200 64YARRA VALLEY 18 15 3 0 1583 881 179 .68 60WARRINGAL A F C 18 14 4 0 1982 858 231 56THERRY PENOLA OB 18 13 5 0 1714 1133 151 .28 52AQUINAS O C 18 10 8 0 1348 1280 105 .31 40OLD GEELONG 18 8 10 0 1111 1449 76 .67 32OLD PARADIANS (2) 18 7 11 0 987 1744 56 .59 28ST LEO'S EMMAUS W P 18 5 13 0 641 1992 32 .18 20BULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWE 10 1 9 0 282 1296 2176 4

VAFAPREMIERSHIP LISTS

1998

TEAM NAME P

OLD XAVERIANS 18ST BERNARDS 18OLD MELBURNIANS 18OLD SCOTCH 18ST KEVINS 18OLD HAILEYBURY 18DE LA SALLE 18UNIVERSITY BLUES 18OLD BRIGHTON 18COLLEGIANS 18

MARCELLIN 18OLD IVANHOE 18NORTH OLD BOYS 18OLD TRINITY 18MHSOB 18ORMOND 18OLD PARADIANS 18MAZENOD O C 18THERRY PENOLA OB 18IVANHOE 1 8

BEAUMARIS A F C 18OLD MENTONIANS 18HAMPTON ROVERS 18ST BEDES MENT TIGERS 18OLD GEELONG 18BANYULE 18ST KILDA STH CAULFIELD 18ST LEOS EMMAUS W P 18THOMASTOWN 18BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE 1 8

WHITEFRIARS 18SOUTHBANK 18AJAX 18PARKSIDE 18MONASH BLUES 18YARRA VALLEY 18OLD ESSENDON GRAMMAR 18AQUINAS O C 18SALESIAN O C 18UNIVERSITY BLACKS 18ST PATRICKS MENTONE 18ST JOHNS O C 1 8

CAULFIELD GRAMMAR 18PENINSULA O B 18OLD CAMBERWELL 18OAKLEIGH A F C 18CHIRNSIDE PARK 18POWER HOUSE 18SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY 18ELSTERNWICK 18GLENHUNTLY 18ST MARYS 18

OLD CAREY 18RICHMOND CENTRAL 18KEW 18UHSOB 18WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 18NORTH BRUNSWICK 18FITZROY REDS 18LA TROBE UNIVERSITY 18BULLEEN COBRAS 18OLD WESTBOURNE 1 8

MONASH GRYPHONS 18HAWTHORN AMATEURS 18SYNDAL TALLY HO 18WEST BRUNSWICK 18ELEY PARK A F C 18ELTHAM COLLEGIANS 18WERRIBEE AMATEURS 18ANZ ALBERT PARK 18

W L D FOR AGAINST % POINA SECTION

16 2 0 2099 1193 175.94 fu12 6 0 1994 1727 115.46 4110 8 0 1535 1417 108.33 4(10 8 0 1599 1524 104.92 4(10 8 0 1787 1800 99.28 4(9 9 0 1551 1666 93.1 3(9 9 0 1499 1629 92.02 3(8 10 0 1588 1590 99.87

3 5 13 0 1562 1851 84.39 2(1 17 0 1347 2164 62.25 <

B SECTIO N13 5 0 1720 1372 125.36 5513 5 0 1524 1251 121.82

5 12 6 0 1574 1316 119.6 4E11 7 0 1735 1465 118.43 lu11 7 0 1853 1581 117.2 4110 8 0 1673 1467 114.04 4(6 12 0 1483 1806 82.12 2~6 12 0 1472 1884 78.13. 2~5 13 0 1531 1816 84.31 2(3 15 0 1430 2037 70.2 1 '4

C SECTIO N

16 2 0 2280 1497 152.3 6415 3 0 2207 1595 138.37 611 7 0 1721 1376 125.07 4410 8 0 1690 1610 104.97 49 9 0 1691 1735 97.46 3E8 10 0 1773 1882 94.21 3,8 10 0 1755 2012 87.23 327 11 0 1783 1980 90.05 2E3 15 0 1636 2234 73.23 123 15 0 1570 2185 71 .85 12

D SECTION15 3 0 2010 1303 154 .26

6 14 3 1 2076 1537 135.07 5814 4 0 1992 1316 151 .37 5812 4 2 1891 1442 131.14 529 8 1 1557 1413 110.19 389 9 0 1871 1783 104.94 369 9 0 1564 1541 101 .49 368 9 1 1809 1681 107.61 348 9 1 1547 1633 94.73 344 14 0 1161 1564 74.23 162 16 0 1319 2179 60.53 81 17 0 1037 2442 42.47 4

E BLUE SECTION

16 2 0 2530 1022 247.55 6416 2 0 2659 1091 243.72 6414 4 0 2306 1306 176.57 5613 5 0 2052 1473 139.31 529 9 0 2061 1722 119.69 367 10 1 1919 1777 107.99 307 10 1 1435 1901 75.49 305 13 0 1395 2214 63.01 202 16 0 1014 3163 32.06 80 18 0 1192 2894 41 .19 0

E WHITE SECTIO N17 1 0 2481 840 295.36 6815 3 0 2077 1443 143.94 6013 5 0 2247 1380 162.83 5210 8 0 1579 1857 85.03 409 9 0 1871 1550 120.71 369 9 0 1669 1587 105.17 368 10 0 1365 1677 81 .4 324 14 0 1075 2237 48.06 163 15 0 1226 2028 60.45 122 16 0 1118 2109 53.01 8

F SECTIO N14 4 0 2118 1199 176.65 5613 5 0 1758 1205 145.89 5212 6 0 1979 1513 130.8 4811 7 0 1464 1275 114.82 447 11 0 1531 1728 88.6 287 11 0 1299 1743 74.53 284 14 0 1261 1808 69.75 164 14 0 1187 2258 52.57 16

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