18 June 1912, The West Australian

BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 

DIVISION I. 

CLAREMONT GLEBE V. SUBIACO. 

The Claremont Glebe and Subiaco teams met for the second time this season on Saturday last at Wellington Square east ground. An interesting game resulted, and Mr. Edmundson refereed satisfactorily. Subiaco for the first half kicked into the eastern goal. At the commencement they attacked strongly, but Glebe's defence proved more than equal to the occasion, and the ball was soon transferred into Subiaco's territory. With a long, dropping shot J. Stephenson opened Claremont's account, the ball passing between the goal-keeper's hands and the crossbar. Within five minutes Claremont were awarded a corner. The ball was placed nicely, and Shellabear heading to Murray, the latter had no difficulty in scoring Glebe's second goal. From then on till half-time constituted a series of attacks by Glebe's forwards, but they were unable to break through the defence of Subiaco's back, Doherty. At half-time the scores were - Glebe, 2; Subiaco, 0. After the "breather" things livened up considerably and Subiaco attacked. Shutt and O'Grady, however, "fulls" for Glebe, were doing good work, and at no time had Briggs, in goal, to call upon his reserve. From a kick-off the ball travelled smartly down the wing, J. Stephenson passing to the outside left, who centred. R. Stephenson, neatly trapping the ball, scored the third goal, and ********** in found Shellabear ******** an opening and registered the last goal of the match. Right up till the final whistle Claremonts were attacking, and had it not been for Doherty the score would have been considerably increased. For the winners all combined well, the forwards being fast and neat, Hobbs especially so. The halves worked hard, Letchford at centre half playing a good mid-field game. Claremont's defence, both backs and goal-keeper, was sound, and showed no signs of wavering. For Subiaco Doherty is especially deserving of mention. He had a hard task, and did it well. The goalie also showed that he was no novice at the game. The scores at the close were-Claremont Glebe, 4 goals; Subiaco, nil.

First Juniors. Claremont v. Y.M.C.A.-These teams met for the first time this season on the Royal Show grounds last Saturday. Claremont gave the Y.M.C.A. a lively time for the first quarter of an hour but failed to score. The Young Men then took up the running, but half-time arrived without any score being registered. After this Claremont had all the play, and scored 3 goals. The match terminated in a win for Claremont by 3 goals to nil. The best players for Clare- monts were Donaldson, Jacobs, and Iles, while Mears, Bishop, and Sinclair were the best for Y.M.C.A

Fremantle v. Training College No. 2. Last Saturday on the Polo Ground Fremantle met Training College No. 2 and a good game ensued. At the start Fremantle were only represented by eight men, and for a time College pressed matters, taking the ball close to Fremantle's goal, but their shooting was ineffective and nothing resulted. On the remaining three of Fremantle's team entering the ground the locals became the aggressors, and after a smart piece of combination Holzberger potted their first goal. From thence to half-time the ball travelled backwards and forwards, neither side scoring. Upon changing ends Fremantle rushed their opponents' goal and after several attempts Ashton registered the second goal. Shortly after Stenson had the misfortune to hit the post with a shot, but Holzberger put the ball through from the rebound. Training College then put on a spurt, and with a hard shot tried Freman- tle's goalie, who, however, was quite equal to the occasion, saving nicely. Fremantle eventually won by 3 goals to nil. For the College Morgan, Stewart, and Charlton played best, whilst Holzberger. Pearson, Stenson, and Doonan were conspicuous for Fremantle.

Second Juniors. Claremont v. Magpies. - This match was played on Wellington Square east on Saturday, and after a fast and fairly even game Claremont came out winners by 3 goals to nil. All played well for Magpies, and Claermont was best served by Morris, Hammond, McKenzie, and Marshall. Mr. Stott gave every satisfaction as referee.

ROVERS v. RANGERS. The match between Rovers and Rangers was played on the Polo Ground and resulted in a win for Rovers, 2 goals to 1. The game was very strenuously contested, both teams putting in some good work. Rovers scored shortly before the interval, after missing many chances, Cowley doing the needful. On resuming Rangers pressed hard, but Gribbon was in good form and saved his side time and again and was largely responsible for his team's win. Five minutes from time Rangers scored, and with a minute to go Cowley scored his second goal with a fine shot. Mr. Gill handled the game well. For the winners the defence was in excellent form, Gribborn in goal being the pick, his clearing being clean. The half-backs were good and bad by turns Jeffrey and Gammo being best. The for- wards were hard workers but poor shots, Cowley and Dewar being the exceptions. For the losers Fisher, the two backs, and ceinre-half tried hard to get through, nearly all the shots coming from the halves.

Y.M.C.A. V. CLAREMONT. This game in the first round of the chal- lenge cup was played on Wellington Square last Saturday. The only interest lay in watching the way in which the Y.M.C.A. goalkeeper and backs frustrated every endeavour of the Claremont forwards. It is very hard to explain away the apparent ineptitude of Claremont. Only once was Poulton, in goal, severely tested. At the end of 90 minutes' play neither side had scored a goal. An extra half-hour was ordered, in the first few minutes of which Simpson scored with a real good shot. The last quarter of an hour was played practically in the dark, and three minutes before time Mr. Cameron. who had proved an impartial referee, stopped the game.