BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
TASMANIA V. VICTORIA.
TASMANIANS BADLY DEFEATED.
MELBOURNE, July 17.
At the Melbourne cricket ground to-day Victoria and Tasmania met for the first time under British Association rules. Splendid weather prevailed, and the match attracted a fair number of spectators. The teams were -Victoria - Goal, Moore, Full Backs: Hyde and Ellison, Half Backs: Anderson, Lowe (capt ), and Cummings, Forwards: Spencer, G. Brown, Forbes, Church, and Thomas.
Tasmania - Goal, Reid, Full Backs: J. Almond and Coombs, Half Backs: Hughes, A. Almond and Perry, Forwards: Jones, Pratt, Benson, Vincent and Mirrlees.
Referee: W Beach, Linesmen: W. B. Gilbert (Victoria), and R. Vincent (Tasmania).
Tasmania lost the toss and kicked off with the sun in their faces, the game being very even for the first twenty minutes. Then Victoria seemed to get into their stride, and fairly overran the Tasmanian defence, half-time finding them leading by six goals to nil. The second half was much more evenly contested, but the Tasmanians were clearly outplayed, and scoring once to Victoria's twice were defeated by eight goals to one. Pratt obtained Tasmania's solitary point
The Argus contained the same report but concluded with the following:
The Victorian selectors are to be congratulated on picking such a good all-round team and it would be unfair to pick out any particular man. The goals were scored by Church (5), Forbes (2), and Brown (1) for Victoria, while Pratt obtained Tasmania's solitary point.
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