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Whitefriars held a two point lead at quarter time. week end Prahran were the more impressive of
They were able to build their lead to twenty one these two sides and so I select them to win today.
points by half time. The third quarter saw Section 2
Whitefriars right on top as they built a match Old Xaverians can expect another physical game
winning lead of forty five points at the last change. against Fitzroy Reds, whom they have beaten twice
The last quarter proved a fairly even contest but this season…by twenty six points in Round 6 and
the damage had been done as Whitefriars ran out by thirty nine points in Round 15. Should the Silk
winners by forty seven points. Their best were; Brothers produce a carbon copy of their play in
ruck man Chris Andrews, forward, Peter O’Brien Round 6, Xaverians Coach Chris will have less
(6 goals) and defender, Michael Taylor. Ruck man, “Warry”. A positive from their loss last week for Old
Rob Nadelbaum, Travis Backman, Cameron Xaverians was the form return of the Jedi as Jake
Hooper and Jarrad Brown were best for Caulfield. Ireland returned to form like that he displayed in
First Semi Final 2003.
This match started in cold and windy conditions Fitzroy Reds will prove competitive and their
and as a consequence both Fitzroy Reds and Old physical style will worry the lighter Old Xaverians.,
Scotch players took some time to settle. Old who will however be suited more by the wide
Scotch held a three point advantage at the first spaces of Sportscover Arena.
change thanks to a lone goal kicked by Simon Sorry Nick, my avid reader, but I must select Old
Illingworth. Despite inaccuracy the Reds had Xaverians.
worked their way to a four point lead by half time. Section 3
The third quarter saw the Reds exert pressure on Caulfield Grammarians will be more match tuned
Old Scotch, whose players could not match the after last Sunday’s outing, and they will find
physical style of play adopted by the Fitzroy Reds. Fitzroy Reds a determined opposition, who will
Who led by twenty one points at the last change. attack the ball fiercely and in a straight line.
The Reds superiority continued throughout the Caulfield won their only encounter in Round 7 by
final quarter as they ran out winners by thirty two twenty eight points. Their stars that day included;
points. Margerison and Travis Brockman, each of whom
kicked three goals. This duo did well last Sunday.
O“ ld Xaverians can expect Throw in the experience of veteran, Sam
another physical game against Stevenson, the ruck work of Rob Nadelbaum and
the forward accuracy of Louie Nikos and it is hard
Fitzroy Reds.” to go past Caulfield in selection.
The bigger ground may find the Fitzroy veterans,
Preview of Preliminary Finals like Grimmett and Jackson lacking a meter in
Section 1 pace, which is why I favour Caulfield
Just because a team can defeat another twice Grammarians to win.
during a season, does not mean that team will
automatically win the third encounter in a final. TODAY’S MATCHES
We saw evidence of this last week and I suspect we
will again do so today. St Kevin’s have beaten CLUB 18 (1)
Prahran in 2005; by nine points in Round 3 and August 14th, 2005 – at Sportscover Arena –
by fifteen points in Round 12, which was played
during a trough in the Prahran season. Even 2.15 p.m.
though St Kevin’s have played the more consistent Preliminary final
football, the enigmatic Prahran players are St. Kevins OB v Prahran
capable of dazzling their opposition. Butterworth
is in a class of his own as a key forward and CLUB 18 (2)
should the Cartledge ankle be “unrolled”, he too August 14th, 2005 – at Sportscover Arena –
could run riot up forward. Burgess and Kitchen
good players last Sunday, caused problems to St 11.45 a.m.
Kevin’s in Round 12. For St Kevin’s ,Horrocks has Preliminary final
troubled Prahran in both games. Coach Lawrence Old Xaverians (2) v Fitzroy Reds (1)
must not line a “green” defender against Horrocks
or the game could swing to St Kevin’s. CLUB 18 (3)
A player can only play as well as allowed, but last August 14th, 2005 – at Sportscover Arena –

9.20 a.m.
Preliminary final
Caulfield Grammarians v Fitzroy Reds (2)

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LAST ROUND’S RESULTS – CLUB XVIII CLUB XVIII - 1

CLUB 18 (1) PRELIMINARY FINAL
ST KEVINS V PRAHRAN
2nd Semi

OLD XAVERIANS 3.1 4.6 5.7 6.10 (46)

ST KEVINS 2.0 2.1 3.7 3.8 (26)

Details not received.

Umpires: Simon Brooks Mark Thornhill (F) Frank

Kavanagh Tom Windlow (B) Bob O’Halloran Rhett

Parker (G)

1st Semi

PRAHRAN 4.3 7.5 11.915.11 (101) Coach: Bernard Dunn Coach: Anthony Lawrence

OLD SCOTCH 2.2 3.4 3.6 4.7 (31)

Prahran: Butterworth 4 Storer 2 Kitchen 2 Farrell 2 GB GB

Burgess Geri Ivak De Jong McIver. Best: Kitchen Farrell

Storer Limoli Burgess Geri Butterworth. 1 A Conlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 N Macpherson . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 T Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 D Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Old Scotch: Millar Glen N Simon Johnston. Best: 3 R Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J Geri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 D Petrou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 P Cotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Johnston Colman Junkeer Giulieri Snow Hooke. 6 T Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 N Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 J Raulli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 C Belej . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Umpires: Paul Matton Gerard Dowling (F) Brian Nunn 8 J O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 B Klindworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 T Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 L Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Simon Brooks (B) David Windlow Rhett Parker (G) 10 A Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 A Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 D Butterworth . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLUB 18 (2) 14 M Furlong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 M Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 A Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 M De Jong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2nd Semi 17 S Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 T Maughan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20 T Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 G Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OLD XAVERIANS 1.1 1.3 5.8 7.10 (52) 22 J Macey © . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 P Hilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 J Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 J Storer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OLD ESSENDON 2.3 8.8 9.11 11.12 (78) 26 T Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 P Limoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27 P Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 S Ivak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Old Xav: Altis 2 Roach 2 Prucell 2 Richards. Best: 29 D James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 A Slawinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30 P Halpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 D Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purcell J Ireland McGrath Roach Trovato Watson. 33 A Aloi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 B Cartlidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34 P Scarfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 T Belej . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Old Ess: Eddy 3 Evans 3 Carris 2 Duggan Fraser 37 H Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 R Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38 K McInerney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 M Fung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kandalis. Best: Papal Buckley Turner Goodger Evans 40 N Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 M Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44 W Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 S Mendelsohn . . . . . . . . . . . .
Davies. 47 J Griffiths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 T McIver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49 L Syme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 B Burgess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Umpires: Tony Byrnes Tony Robbins (F) Joseph 50 R Harrocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 J Cranfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54 S Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 C Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Salvatore Peter Kelly (B) John Joss Joe Ciccotosto (G) 58 S Kuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 S Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61 G Simm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 L Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1st Semi 67 B Day (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71 T Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ELEY PARK SHARKS 0.2 0.3 1.5 4.5 (29) 80 D Dunn (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88 M Crowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FITZROY REDS 1.4 3.5 4.8 7.10 (52) 91 A Kearns (VC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Details not received.

Umpires: Dean Banova Malcolm Foard (F) Lindsay

McIntyre Joseph Salvatore (B) John Joss Steve

Mason (G)

CLUB 18 (3)

2nd Semi

WHITEFRIARS 5.3 9.5 14.716.11 (107)

CAULFIELD

GRAMMARIANS 5.1 6.2 7.4 9.6 (60)

White: O'Brien 6 Elliott 3 Davies 2 Jackson 2 Andrews

Davis Vey. Best: Andrews Davis Singh O'Brien Elliott

Taylor Atkinson.

Caul: Nikos 4 Tr. Bockman 3 Baxter Margerison. Best:

Nadebaum Tr. Bockman Hooper Brown Jacobs Baxter.

Umpires: Simon Pearless Tom Windlow (F) Cameron

Ball Brian Nunn (B) Richard Benson Steve Mason (G)

1st Semi

FITZROY REDS (2) 0.3 2.8 6.9 8.9 (57)

OLD SCOTCH (2) 1.0 2.4 3.6 3.7 (25)

Fitz Reds (2): Grimmett 2 Hunter 2 Bennett 2 Cook

O'Reilly. Best: Jackson Scholfield Cockshutt Hunter

O'Reilly Flanagan.

Old Scotch (2): Illingworth 2 Maltman. Best: Iser

Thompson Maltman Saunders Burnett. 1/4 TIME 1/2 TIME 3/4 TIME FINAL

Umpires: Richard Benson Danny Carroll (F) Tom

Windlow Julian Maccioni (B) Simon Pearless Brian

Nunn (G)

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CLUB XVIII - 2 CLUB XVIII - 3

PRELIMINARY FINAL PRELIMINARY FINAL
OLD XAVERIANS V FITZROY CAULFIELD V FITZROY

Coach: Chris Warry Coach: Simon McCarthy Coach: John Margerison Coach: Craig Little

Assist Coach: Jonnie McLean GB GB GB
Team Manger: Adrian Jones
1. D Hannam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. S. Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. D Hannam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Runner: Marcus Quinn 2. A Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. J. Gelfand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. A Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. S Dibenedetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. B. Minter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. S Dibenedetto . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GB 4. R Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. S. Cossart-Walsh . . . . . . . . . . 4. R Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. E Tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. D. Loetje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. E Tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 F Chamberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. J Brennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. R. Nadebaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. J Brennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 D Mackay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. L Byrne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. B. Jenkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. L Byrne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 M Stribley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. N Auden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. J. Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. N Auden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 M Altis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. C Prior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. A. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. C Prior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 R Ford (Capt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. W Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Tra. Bockman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. W Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 M Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. M Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. T. Royals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. M Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 J Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. J Bare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. A. Medard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. J Bare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 J White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. S Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. B. Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. S Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 M Ralph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. M Negebauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. N. Brohier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. M Negebauer . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 W Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. A Stapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. T. Townley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. A Stapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 M Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. G Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. L. Nikos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. G Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16 J Saddler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. R Enright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. B. Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. R Enright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 T Gleeson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. M Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. J. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. M Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22 P Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. P Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. T. Conly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. P Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26 J McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. T Belleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. J. Whitmee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. T Belleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28 R Speekman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. T Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. D. Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. T Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29 J Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. C Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. S. Sant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. C Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32 P Ockleshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. T Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34. J. Margerison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. T Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 J McLean (V.C.) . . . . . . . . . . 24. G McMillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. Tre. Bockman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. G McMillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 C Warry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. D Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36. E. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. D Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 M Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. N Arch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41. R. Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. N Arch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45 M O'Hanlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. J Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. D. Synman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. J Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56 J Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28. M Cockshutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51. J. Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28. M Cockshutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66 D King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. J Ziemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55. C. Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. J Ziemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86 J Silk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. L Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56. S. Jenkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. L Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87 M Trovato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. P Crowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60. W. Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. P Crowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114 N Larkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. D Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61. N. Craven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. D Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33. N Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62. C. Shephard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. N Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34. T Lea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34. T Lea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35. P Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. P Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36. S McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36. S McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37. A O’Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. A O’Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38. M Houlihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38. M Houlihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39. A George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. A George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40. D Juhasz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40. D Juhasz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41. G Vigilante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41. G Vigilante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42. S Djukic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. S Djukic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43. J Vernali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43. J Vernali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44. D East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44. D East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45. J Grimmett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45. J Grimmett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46. N Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46. N Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47. W Bahr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47. W Bahr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48. N Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48. N Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49. J Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49. J Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50. F Spykers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. F Spykers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56. T Madden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56. T Madden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67. R Holderhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67. R Holderhead . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70. M Scruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70. M Scruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71. T Leske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71. T Leske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80. G Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80. G Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88. S Maggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88. S Maggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
95. D Flanagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95. D Flanagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1/4 TIME 1/2 TIME 3/4 TIME FINAL 1/4 TIME 1/2 TIME 3/4 TIME FINAL

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