Sydney football enthusiasts wore putout of countenance hv flip publication recently of figures relating -to the foot ball “gates'” in Melbourne. Sydney mustered a total attendance at the Saturday fixtures, in one week, of only 49,000 people, while one code—Australian 7 rules—drew attendances in Melbourne - totalling .102,500. Commenting on the disparity in the figures, a Sydney writer .states that the,people of it lie Harbor City prefer to play games gather than to watch them.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17058, 12 June 1926, Page 8
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