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-, Does The Ball Effect Play? .A .;rv old, but ever new, story of a Is The Test Applied;matc_l i~"hich the play took the wrong The rules also state-that at the start oturning, relates how, eventually, the ball mareh the ball shall not be more than was ki~ed high over the stand, with the ounce~ in weight, or less than 14 ounresult.' that play was held up and the 'Having remil1ded myself about the size a~pectato~s hal nothing to shou: abo~t. ~o weight of a "legal" football, the wonder arcut the ~~lence a~e a loud voIce wIth t?IS in my mind as to whether there is any sy'~ appeal: Never mmd the ball, get on wIth matic check. The referee gets the ball prthe game," to the start of a match.

-' That story comes back to mind occasion- What I suppose happens, in practice, is tally in these days, from matches in which the referee takes a go~?ok at the ball fw~et the impression that the ball is not of all to .see whether. It IS round. T~~n th~ritt:lary objective. All this, of course, squeezes It beween hIS han,ds,.or appltes is just f..cetious nonsense. The ball does thumbs as a test whether It IS blown upmat~r, and at this period of the year, especial- a satisfactory pressure. . The ball having pay the thought sometim'es occurs to me that. ed the~e tests, as. appl ed by the referee,, \We don't giv~ as m~ch attention to the actual takes It out to the mld~c and on goes ball ~ we mIght, WIth advantage to the game; We. . "'~...

I ~r how many people could tell, Off:' C Interesting Suggestionar8~t is the. regulati?n size and weigh strikes me as rather strange that of ~ootball as laId down m the ru.les.. Co of the game merely stress the wei'fession being good for one, at thIs time 0 e ball at the start of the game. Ifthe year, let me confes.s forth,:"ith that I wa.s '1S c('n~idere.d important .that .the ~all b~nct.re about the SIze, welght~ etc., of a a certam weIght when play begIns, the ob"lopro~ly constituted football untIl I lpoked corclusion must be that it should remain mup tht book of rules. There it is laid down or Jess hat ;.yeight throughout the match. Bthat Acircumference of the baJJ s?all nqt be ":"'~ know it .doesn~t remain th~ saine ,wemore~n 28 and not less than 27 mches. In slushy, muddy days..,W e ~ay take if that the manufacturer of There have been times within the ] "t this all-important implement of the game see weeks w,hen some of th6 strong-est of foto it that the balls they turn out comply with }-\allers have found the ball to(o heavy to the Jaws. propelled the.- average desir; b1e distance.

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'p:q~e tear:ns prefer a heavy oa to a co~- U~d~r 19 DivisionparatIvely light one.. In any case, would It Preston 2 (McN1ece, Peachey) d, South Yarrnot- be mote in keeping with the spirit of the 11U.law regarding the ball if a different~and cl~an Park Rangers 4 d. Prahran 3.one-.-was us,ed periodically throughout a Yallourn 2 d. Western Suburbs 1.match on those days when the ball become" Note.-The remaining two games in thlike so m~h lead? division were postponedowing to the Cup-Attached to this que size ,"(lid replay, in which Box Hill defeated Cobuweight .of the ball ther er of in- 2.,1. . . .flation. H~re again a way ght jumps Under 17 D1vlsloninto my argumentative min. here is no South Melbourne United 4 (Stott 2, Thwaitemention in the.law.s about.ion of the "Prest) d.(BFighto? 3 .(Shaw, Farro,v, Tayb~~l. In cer~am C1rcumst all blown ror). ." .up too hard 1S a~ bad as a t blown up preston 10 d. Coburg O. -,hard el1ough. We have alt experienced the ""BoxHill versus Sunshine United, no result ball so blo"":,,n p that it bounces almost be- hand. . . .yond effective control. ... ,?n?er15 DIvIsIon. ."Preston 3 (Tmdul 3) d. Sunshme UnIted * * * South Melbourne United 11 (Stil~ 5, SimRESULTS AT A GLANCE S?? 3, Fprfar, Denny, James) d. RingWo~

First Division North,cote defaulted again~t Box-Hill.Brighton 2 (Marone 2) d. Sunshine United 1 * *~ *(Harridan) .6 d. Prah~an .. AUSSIES GOING SOCCER-DAFTBox Hul 4 (Hutchmson 3, Gr.avell) d: MorJ:;~ -'. . ~land O. . # (Extract from a Scottish Paper, Apnl IssfePark Rangers 1 (Wuspn) d. W~ate~~Su~urbs The soccer season just opened in Aust~alSecond Division ~'I~.'i ,will continue until September, and will bCoburg 4 d. Ringwood I. ~ c the. biggest in the history of the 67 yeaSouth Yar a ~ q. S,ogth Melb. Ynited 0.. hi~torY 9f the c,ode in Australia. Bradford 5 d:,NorWcote 1. \ . The cancellahon of the Dundee tour th

.c .~,_Preston 2 (~ash, Cromp.voetts'.j',~. Hakoah ~,.geason: ites o,ur Sydney. corresponden~..aJ.R.C. 1 (Meyer). ,'~ greatly-d1sappomted officIals and follower. , Third Division but a visit by the C-hineseOlympic tea% anBrighton 4 (Wake 2, Donalds?n, ~rQ'iVn) d. Australi~n'tours to New Zealand anq NeMetters 2 (Purdon 2). - ..~"' : ~~ Caledom~ ar~ expected tp cpmpensate for thHeidelberg "A" 84;';9Heidelberg","B" O. c' ,c, ,c~cellatIPn:. ..Varraville 5 d. ]\;lacedonians 3. ~'= ';,'rhe Au,stralian Spccer AssociatiPn h~\{e dW ppdlands 1 d, Williamstpwn 0. . . cJrn~d. r,e9uests frp~ ,Canada, ~olla.~alaya

. .., nd, Smgi1pore to V1s1tAustraha thiJ~F~; butF1rst DIVISIon Reserv.es ave arranged t9 send an Australian team BrIght9n 5".'(Lo~~ 2, Walker, Fmney, -~ outh Afr~ca next" year. . .d'J:S4nshme,Lnited O. . The ChInese team wIll play SIX match~a fi:an 6 d, Yallourn..l. . ,I in Australia before leaving on May 19. foMoreland 3 d. Box Hul 2 (Bu~foot, S~wart);'1New .Zealandfrom where it will frY Park Rangers 6 d. Western Slfburbs 1. Amenca and on to London.- . ~econdnivision Reserves '.I\vstralia will stronf;?:ly support a.moveC South Yarra 4 (Baxter 2, Vosper, Evans) d. to arral1,g-e occer tours between Britain an

Sou~ Me1bourne.pnited 2 (Gilchrist 2). the Dominions at the E~ire conference 'J:-Iakoa~ :LR.C. 3 (Migdalik 2, Sayer) d, Pres- re held in London in Auf;?:ust."", ton 2 (McKet:rtan 2). (It has been said that the Chinese Olym.Coburg v. Ringwood, result not to-band. pic team will visit Australia on its' way baBr,adford v. Northcote, no result to hand. . from the I~ondon games.-Ed.).

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HOW. THE:. ~TAND Second Division Reserves . ,FIrst DIvIsIon Club Goals'G 1 P. W.D. L. F. A. oaslub P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt. South Yarra. . . .. 9 9 0 0 36 9 Sunshine United. . 10 8 1 1 37 12 17 South Melb.. United 10 8 0 2 52 12 Bo.x Hill. . . . . . 10 6 2 2 33 21 14 Bradford ,,~all_.~ 9 6 0 3 27 14].Bnghton . . . . . . 10 5 2 3 25 19 12 P t'10 3 2 5 16 19 Park {allgers . . . 10 4 2 4 16 20 10 res on . ..' t IiPrahran .'. . . . " 10 3 2 5 22 30 8 Hakoah ].R.. "P' : 9 3 1 5 7 19Yallourn . . . . . . 10 3 1 6 33 35 7 Ringwood..". 9 Z 0 7 8 36 Moreland. . . . . 10 3 1 6 19 24 7 Coburg ,. 7 1 1 5 5 15Western Suburbs. . .10 1 3 6 .10 34 5 Northcote...,. 7 J 0 6 6 33 SecondDivision ~

:i:j,iGoals Under 19 Divisiont b P W D . " L. F. A. Pt. Goals~_)dford . . ...' . 10 7 3 0 .29 517 Club P.W~D. L. F. A.P~uth. Melb. U?lted 10 6 2 2 31 12 14 ,Brighton 9 9 0 0 46 4 South Yarra.. . . 10 5, 2 3 29 15 12 ~Coburg. . . . . . 10 5 1 4 31 2311 Park Rangers. . : 10.8 0 2 46 10Hakoah J.R.C. . . . 10.5 1 4 20 17 11 allourn , 10 7 1 2 30 10Preston. . . . . . ]0 4 1 5 22 34 9 Preston 10 5 1 4 26 "19Ringwood. . . , .. 10 1 1 8 11 34 3 Coburg 9 3 3 3 16 19~ort~cote " . . . . 10 1 1 8 11 44 3 Box Hill, .. . . ., 9 3 1 5 22 23

Third Division . Western Suburbs.. 9 3 1 5 21 28,Club P. WiD. L. ~~. Pt. Prahran 10 2 2 6 19 32Heidelberg "A" . .. 8 6 1 1 46 7#13 Hakoah ].R.C. . . . 8 2 1 5 14 31 GeorgeCross. . . . 7 6 1 0 23 7 13 South Yarra. . . .10 0 0 10 2 66Melb. University. . 7 5 2 0 37 7 12Yarraville . . . . . 75 0 2 22 22 10 Under 17 DivisionOlympic. . ., . . . 6 ;4 1 1 15 9 9 GoalsWoodlands. . . . 8 3 2 3 16 19 8 Club P. W.D. L, F. A. Williamstown . . . 8 3 1 4 17 24, 7 South Melb. United 10 9 0 1 39 9 Brighton. .. . . ' . 8 3 0 5 22 26 6 P 10 9 0 139 1218d . 8 2 1 5 12 24 5 res on . . . . .ac omans. . . . " .Metters . . . . . . 8 1 1 6 11 22 3 BrIghton 10 6 0 4 32 15l'Yjent. . . . . , 7 1 0 6 7 29 2 Sunshine United. 9 2 0 7 16 30~de]berR "B" . ., 8 1 0 7 6 38 2 Box Hill. " " ~ . 9 2 0 7 14 30 NOTE'yThe Olympic ver~us Geor~ Cross CoQcirg 10 1 0 9 4 48 m,atch did not take place .last Saturday and ;c:~will be played today. Regent Club defaulted :et Under 15 Divisionlast Satu.I:dayaga~nst University, This match'; Goalsnot yet mcluded m above ladder. Club P. W.D. L. F. A. First Division Reserves South Melb.. United 8 7 1 0 68 5

.Iii~ Gqals , Preston 8 6 2. 0 37 4 CI1.1b P.W..D. L. F. A,Pt. Brighton 8 5 1 2 36 11Bnghton..: . . . . 10 8 2 0 47 9 18 Box ~ill . '.' . . . 8 - 3 0 5 6 31Prahran . . . . .~ 7 1 2 37 20 15 SunshmeUblted.. 8 2 0 6 11 48Park Rangers. . 6 2 2 37 16 14 Ringwood 7 1 0 fJ 6 39 Western Sub\ rbs . '. 5 0 5 29 4610 Northcote 5 0 0 5 0 -Z6Box Hill. .. . . .. 4 1 5 38 23 9Yallourn . . . . . . 10 3 1 6 27 41 7 NOTE ,-Northcote defaulted on SaturgaMoreland. . .. . .10 3 1 6 20 37 7 against Box Hill;c" This match not included United... . 10 0 0 10 9 52 0 above adder.

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"'your chest, bringing it down to your feetthat it will be immediately under control. ON TODD supply your this done correct you ~ill have a great vantage; such thIngs may not seem ",:,SOCCER while, but if you want to get to the topthe tree they are very essential. I am asserting that these exercises will get yB 0 0 t s & . 11 S there alone.. They will greatly assist yhowever. .;.. Here is another exercise. When the balAVAILABLE NOW kicked towards you try to bring it under- ctrol with the foot while the ball is a foot... ... so off the ground. Just as the balf gets to II It IS S~ortmg Geanootwear, foot let the foot go towards the groundClothing or ~eather ,:oods the salI'.e speed as the ball. If you can pyou require. You 11 fect this you will have the ball under confind It quicker than the player who waits for it

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Some More Interesting ExercisesThis week we shall have some moreadvanced practice and exercises, so Iwant you to get a fellow player, or friendto practice .with.First stand 30 to 40 yards ,-ay from onelnother, and when you receive the bail fromyour colleague endeavour to kick it back onthe volley, or half volley. This teaches yout(1 hit a moving ball which is one of thehardest things t