VAFA ROUND 21_Col.indd - Victorian Amateur Football Association
VAFA ROUND 21_Col.indd - Victorian Amateur Football Association
VAFA ROUND 21_Col.indd - Victorian Amateur Football Association
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RETROSPECTIVE<br />
Geoff Reilley<br />
12 Months Ago – 2009<br />
In the C Section preliminary final Caulfield<br />
Grammarians missed opportunities (0.5) in the first<br />
quarter while Oakleigh scored 3.1 to take the honours<br />
early. Five goals each in the second term showed the<br />
evenness of the two teams. There were plenty of goals<br />
in a high standard third quarter but Oakleigh took a 20<br />
point lead into the last and although the Grammarians<br />
never gave up, it was Oakleigh who proceeded into<br />
the grand final, 20.6 to 16.9. Best – Lamb, S Doherty,<br />
Bromley (7), T Doherty, J Rutter, Barrand (Oakleigh)<br />
and T Sundberg, Widjaja, Slevison (7), <strong>Col</strong>osimo,<br />
Parsons, Noblett (Caulfield).<br />
In D1 Section prelim Fitzroy led Werribee from go<br />
to whoa and ran out winners 13.8 to 7.6 in a game<br />
that was scrappy early but saw a better standard in<br />
the second half. Best – MacKay, Atherton, Meighen,<br />
Cahill, Clark, Dullard (Fitzroy) and Antonello,<br />
McCutcheon, Addamo, Dean, Palmington, Lee<br />
(Werribee).<br />
5 Years Ago – 2005<br />
In D2 Rupertswood deservedly won their way into<br />
the Grand Final with a resounding win over Peninsula<br />
Old Boys, courtesy of a magnificent 8 goal haul from<br />
spearhead Leigh Brennan. Rupertswood were never<br />
really threatened before winning 15.5 to 5.15. Best –<br />
<strong>Col</strong>lins, Burrows, J Plummer, Brennan (8), Spinner,<br />
Reid (Rupertswood) and Parsons, Prendergast,<br />
Ferguson, Pratt, Murray, Wood (Peninsula).<br />
It was a cracking prelim final in D3 Section between<br />
St Johns and West Brunswick. The Westies had<br />
finished in fourth spot but were looking good for a<br />
shot at the title, holding a 29 point lead at half time. St<br />
Johns came out after half time with all guns blazing<br />
and had the lead by three quarter time, albeit 4 points.<br />
The final quarter was typical prelim final pressure<br />
with players throwing everything they had into each<br />
contest. In the end the St Johns boys held on to win<br />
12.13 to 12.12. Best – Arnold, Sinclair, Ryan (5),<br />
Pickering, Skinner, O’Connor (StJ) and Benjamin<br />
(7), Jelbart, Millard, Irving, Pietsch, West (WB).<br />
10 Years Ago – 2000<br />
Therry Penola won their way into B Section with a<br />
6 goal win over AJAX in the C Section preliminary<br />
final. It was a fluctuating contest in the first half with<br />
Therry taking the advantage in the first quarter while<br />
the AJAX boys tended to dominate the second term<br />
and should have held more than the 10 point lead.<br />
With the breeze at their back in the third quarter,<br />
Therry Penola stunned their opposition with a 9 goal<br />
to 1 display with the Bannister brothers setting the<br />
standard. When Therry kicked the first major in the<br />
final term, it spelt curtains for AJAX although they<br />
rallied temporarily. The final score of 18.14 to 12.14<br />
was a fair indication of the difference between the two<br />
teams. Best – R Bannister (4), S Bannister, Edwards,<br />
O’Sullivan, Nancarrow, Mills (Therry) and M Segal<br />
(3), Weisler, Rajch, Dukes, Kalinski, Davis (AJAX).<br />
Wayne Hinton and Graeme Thwaites (Field), Bob<br />
Mutton and Jon Vincent (Boundary) and Stephen<br />
Leahy and Kevin Segota (Goal) read like a who’s<br />
who of the umpiring fraternity. John Toohey (Therry)<br />
and Wayne Harmes (AJAX) were the coaches.<br />
Old Essendon earned another crack at Caulfield<br />
Grammarians by winning the D1 Section Preliminary<br />
Final, 12.8 to Monash Blues 8.13. Essendon’s 6.2<br />
to 0.2 in the first quarter was the telling period of<br />
the game with Lutterschmidt and Evans leading the<br />
Monash defence a merry dance. The Blues fought<br />
back in the second term but could not close the gap<br />
and by three quarter time, the game had tightened<br />
up considerably and Essendon were able to hold off<br />
Monash who inaccuracy was costly. Best – Cetin,<br />
Ryan, Lutterschmidt (6), Cippolini, D Fletcher,<br />
McPherson (OE) and Hawkins (4), Dowsley, Furnell,<br />
McGee, Caldwell, Holloway (Monash). Mark Gibson<br />
and Craig O’Donoghue were the field umpires.<br />
20 Years Ago – 1990<br />
The A Section second semi final resulted in<br />
favourites, <strong>Col</strong>legians, comfortably accounting for<br />
Ormond 19.17 to 15.7 and the Lions had led all<br />
day after establishing their superiority in the first<br />
quarter, 5.6 to 3.0. The goals were well spread for<br />
<strong>Col</strong>legians Schober, Wallace, Berzins and Mount all<br />
with 3 goals. Carboon and Schuhkraft kicked 4 and<br />
3 respectively but Ormond struggled all around the<br />
ground to contain the Lions’ machine. The Monds<br />
would need to call on their past finals’ experience<br />
in the preliminary final against Marcellin to have<br />
another crack at the strong <strong>Col</strong>legians’ line-up.<br />
Old Haileybury demolished Kew in the B Section<br />
second semi final and although expected to win<br />
easily, no one expected the 29.15 to 9.14 score line.<br />
Kraus (7) and Waldron (5) led the way in front of<br />
22 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010