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(Extract from" Sporting Life' ') In Australia. , more cthan it used to be in . England, it is a case of "wherever ther~'s a coalfield you'll find a game of soccer." Most of Australia's Qnest players, have come
from the coalfields of Newcastle orC,the ~,i).W. south coast, though Sydney has contrIbuted
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A NOTE FROM RINGWOOD

The Ringwci'od Club: in the third year of soccer in this outlyfng district ofcM:elbour,ni are having another successful year. Despite the absence of mat'ch poipts so far, OW t~ams are happy and;:!. feature ~as been the .ip~reas~d ;:-.ttendanceof spectators and others mterested '. ,in the Club, which is in a very sound financ1al position. . The Club is now running an Under 15 team and next year hope to form an Under 17 years team. The Club has th~s year. been. unfo~tunate :in..inj~ri.e~ to playe;s, but despite ~hls our Flrst Divlslon team s soccess agamst Hal(oah on Saturday, 12th June has been a l . . rea tomc. . .. Any players or sbccer enthusiasts hvmg '. " d . . around this lStrtCt should contact our Secretary, Mr. F. Lee "Pincarrow," Wantirna Road, Ringwood, and a very cordial welcome will be assured. The game is t4e thing and we in this district are doing aU in our power to better t~e code. 'c

Reg Date, Aus~ralia's 'greatest present-day player, was born m Newcastle.. But three of the shre~dest Judges of s<;,ccer, with 40 years' expenence would not mcrude him in; their best-of-all-time Australia~ team.. The experts are Eric Mobbs, who kept goal ~ the i9l4. Granville team which had only four goals .scored against; it that season; Sid Blake, famous N.S.W. outside lift; and. Sammy Stolle, fullback and N .S,W. selector for four years. M 0 b'-1.:. " b est -ever " vo t e. f 0r Alf ~ cast s ,(IfS h t At l" t f d ' Jennmgs, t e grea ,us ra tan cen re- orwar _ h . . dE 1 d Id '* 0 was mvlte f 11 f 'T tt h to Hng t an, p aye succe~s-. "
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ficials and play~rs, there seems to be no' reason why the circ1;1lation of ~his journt~1 should

Macedonians v. Yallourn result not to hand. Hakoah J.R.C. 2 (Meyer 2) d. University O. Preston 4 d. Heidelberg 2; Sunshine United 7 d. Moreland 2. Metters 5 (Purdon 5) d. Northern United O. Ringwood 6 d. Yarraville 0. Coburg 3 d. Woodlands 0. 4 (N ' h I 2 B B . h rIg ton 3 IC 0 sen , arr, Marone) d. Prahran South Melb~urne United 6 (Cahill 3, James, Murray, Tieppo) d. Olympic O. Reserve Cup

not be 3,000 mstead of Just over 900 as at present.. .. The appomtIr.te:nt of a. Clrculatlon Manager or PUbl1Cl~yOfficer m each Club would take a certam amount of work off ~he Clu~ Secre~~ry and should be a very mt.erestlng position for the person appomted ". ld ..1 h d. .b ' H is . dutles wou ental t e IstrI UtIon 0 f the "News" every Saturd~y to the regu~ars, arr~nge for the sale of copIes .a"<?und the lines durmg the match and the bulldm~ up of the

Moreland 4 d. Ringv..:ood 1.
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2, Prest 2, Gleave) d. Sunshihe United O. Preston 4 (Jeavons 2, Horabin 2) d .Brighton

num~er o~ regula: ~uyers 0.the Journal.

Just thmk of It. The mterests of 3,0 ) people attracted to .the gam!~ of soccer by th'Y ~e?ula~, weekly remmder of Soccer News and Views...

. Cre,atlngAnd ~oldm~ Interest

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Dunkling Shield
Ringwood 2 d. Box Hill Brighton 3 (Stevenson, 0. Jordan, Gribben) d.

her m the game. . ThIS can best be done by the j.udicio~s use of the limited. space available m the' News." Make every Item of news in the .paper f~ll of interest and worthy of t~e

Northcote O. South Melbourne United 2 (James 2) d. :f>reston 1.

space It occupIes. Remember that the public will require knowledge of the rules and finer points of soccer football. Their attention has
been attracte~ by your approach \vi~h :'Socccr

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by telling tihem all about the game and your Club's social activities. Use names of players

It is wondered if officials, players and supporters, realise that in "Sol;cer News and Views" they have one of the most forceful methods of publicising the game of soccer-the printed word. The same principles apply to soccer publicity as apply in the advertising of any article or service. That ~s, you must first attract att~ntip~l, cre~te interest a~d finaUy sell the article or service. The serVice we offer to the spo;tirig p~blic of Victoria i~ a ,football game of mte.rnat~,onal fame, a~d m 'Soccer .News

and officials in your write-ups. It give.s the paper a personal touch and bec<?mes of mtetest to players and ~u?porters ~l!ke. atch next week s issue of tht-s paper fo; .article ?n how to make y.our Club J ottin.~ Interesting to. so.ccer. enthusIasts and beneficIal. to your Club m particular. Selling Soccer To Victorians With a larger circulation to attract at~ tention and create interest in soccer football. you will notice that your games draw mor~ spectators and your social activities will r~

a:nd.VIews 'Ye have a Journal that w1l1 asSlst m spreadIng t~e knowle~ge of the game as well as advancmg the mterests of the V.S..F.A.. Attract Attention To Soccer Big strides in this !lirection can be made by a larger and wider spread circulation of "$occer News." With 72 teams playing soccer in y'ictoria today, and comprisin: over 1,000 of-

ceive additional support.

There is a big field of soccer. Not only and Juniors anxious but coming into this

in which to sell the game have we the Schoolboys to learn to play socc~r country are hundreds 'of

emigrants who are alreadv soccer minded. Now" let "Soccer News and Views" work for you by using it as a means of bringin~ soccer ootball to the fore in Victorian sporting activities.

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Goals P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt. 9 6 3 0 24 415

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versity defence. Final score: Hakoah J.R.C. 2 goals defeated Melbourne University nil. Brighton Club. "" Please note that result of Brighton versus Park Rangers game (First Division) played 12th June, should have been 5 goals to 1 and not 4 to 1 as published in "Results At A 'Glance." Stuhr, the left back of the Under 17 team unfortunately broke his leg while playing for Brighton. against Preston in the Miller Cup Alec Barr and pon Bingham were the recipients of medals presented by the Kings\\'ood Club to the two best Brighton players in the recent Brighton v. Kingswood inte \ state game. 'J
Officials, players, and visitors alike,

Metters Versus Regent . . A~t.er a late start owmg,to the .referee not turnmf!; up the two captaIns decided on an unoffic1al referee and the ga.me &,ot started. Metters ope?ed the scoring .In the first four or five mInutes of p.lay. W1th the pressure on the Regent goal b?e most of the first half, Metters c.entre f~rward J. Purdon.found the net five t1mes w1th the co-op;rat10n. of Cu.thberson and HU.rlstone on th~ ~Ight wIng. With the score at five go.als to ml m the. ~rst half Metters eased up a little but were g1vmg Regent no. chan.cesas they. remembered what happene~ ~n their fir~t meeting. R. Wllllams outs1tle left for Metters, pu.. a~ross some da~gerous cr?sses from corner kicks once he. h1t the upright and the ball bounced back Into play. Preston Club' Preston won through to the second round Qf the Cup by defeating Heidelberg by four. goals to two. Four of Preston's forwards scored goals and showed quite an improvement over their previous form. Botfl of Heidelberg"s goals were very nicely scored. George Smith and Alex Drysdale broke 'Ilp many attacks ,vhile Jo~ Crompvoetts and Jim Pickering were very busy on" the forward wings. Preston Under 17 team goes on to the next round of the Miller Cup with confidence after defeating Brighton by 4 goals to nil. Jeavons and Horabin scored for Preston. while 1'urner, Binns and Cla,rk also pulled their weight during the match. Preston Under 15 team was defeated by South Melbourne United in a close match by 2 goals to 1. The United boy~' system .won them. t'he day. Salter and Peachey were Preston's best players.
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thoroughly enjoyed themselves at a smokl: night held in honour of our South Australian and Tasmanian visitors. Our guests voted the trip, and the arrangements for their reception and stay a great success. Brighton is proud of the achievements of ItS Under 19 team, who up to and including Saturday, 12th June, has not lost a point and has a goal average of 37 goals for and 4 against. Credit is due to Mr. W. Thomas and Mr. J. Rick.'lrby, who have had the handling of this team an~ .'Whoare responsible in a large meas.ure for. ItS present success. . Brighton In the next year or ,so w1l1 undoubtedly reap the benefit of its policy of fostering juniors and schoolboys. The Under 17 and Under 15 teams managr-l. by Mr.. Alec Mackie and Mr. N?rm ?hing..,.J respectively, have also had t~elr fair share ?f success and are at present third and second In th.e League tables. '!\l1th ~uch a nursery .of players at hand, Brighton s soccer future IS assured for many years to come.

University Versus Hakoah l.R.C. The University team which is unbeaten in the Third Di,rision put up a spleridid fight. and a real good game of soccer was produced. Hakoah found their old form again and led University 1: 0 at half time. Alhert Meyer scot:ed this goal with a wonderful technique from a pass from the ,left. The second goal for Hakoah was also scored by A. Meyer when he broke t~.rough the Un i~( -

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division leaders, George Cross. Should Olympic win, it may mean a change in the leadership of the Third Division, for the Unversity boys are just a single point behind the George Cross team.

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Despite this however, both team.s are very evenly matched, 2.nd a good game may be witnessed by soccer followers at Yallourn. Moreland has had a .run ?f outs in its l~st four matches, but on theIr good showmg against the division leaders, Sunshine, on 5th June, which caused the leaders to drop their first premiership point for th~ season, Box Hill should meet some very stiff oppo~tion. Moreland is another team which can cause

REGENT SOCCER CLUB The Northern United Soccer Club ha"snow changed its name to t~e "Regent, Socc~r Club," and henceforth will be -referred to m this paper as "Regent" and not the old name of "Northern United."

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gamJeat half time was 3-2 in favour of the' Brighton team, but during the second half the Schoolboys put on another two goals to Brighton's one and the game ended in a di-avv, 4 goals each.
From the excellent showing put up by our Schoolboys, Victpria's soccer future is assured, and should the Olympic Games beheld in

Owing to the Coburg and Box Hill Under 19 teams playing a drawn game in the first round of the Junior Cup, this match will be replayed today, at Box Hill. This will necessitate the postponem~nt of two Under 19 Le.ague games, Box Hill versus Hakoah, and P.iighton ve~sus Co~urg.. ",,-",,:eams still. .left .in the variOUS Cup and Shield c~lpetiti0ns are as follows:Dockerty Cup Yallourn, Hakoah J.1~.C., Preston, Sunshine United, Metters, Ringwood, Coburg, Brighton, South Melbo:ur?e United, Box Hill, Park Rangers, Wilhamstown, Bradford, South Yarra, Western Suburbs and Northcote. R C eserve up . Mor.eland, ?ou~ Y~rra, Box Hill, Bradf?rd, SunshIne UnIted, HeIdelberg, Preston, Bnghton, Coburg, Northcote, Prahran, Park TRangers, Yallourn, Hakoah J.R.C., vvestern Suburbs, and South Melbourne United. ..

Melbourne in 19~2, our State should get its fair share of representation in the Austraiiai! team to compete against the ,vorld's football teams. Tomorrow week (Sunday, July 4th), the Victorian Schoolboys will play another practice match at Middle Park against South Melbourne United's Under 17 1eam.

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MILLIONS (Extract frcm a Scottish Paper by Alan Ei-eck) . WhIle the whole town's talking about the . record-breakIng crowd at Hampden for the Scottish Cup final replay (133,570), a study of the Rangers' attendance figures for the 1947-48 season is an even greater cause for

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What all this m{'ans in terms of money can only be estimated! but an expert in the matter
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to a total of around about 200,000. And, of ~ourse, all the other clubs share in the draw-

FOR INTERSTATE TRIP Last Sunday, quite a large crowd at Middle Park witI1;essed the ,Victorian Schoolboys practice match agairist the Brighton Under, 17 junior team. Both teams gave; an excellent display ard the State Selectors are quite confident that a Victorian Schoolboy team .would hold its own against any State in Australia, -including New South Wales. The

figS. . Last season Rangers played. to 1,500,00(;, but .t~ey ,,:ent out of the Sco~tIsh C:up early. Their semi-finals and final tIes thiS season had aggregate attendances of 408,000. I should imagine that even the Rangers' officials themselves stand in awe of thosc fi~res. There .has never been anything like them in the history of the club.

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