ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

Observer, Volume XXIX, Issue 46, 31 July 1909, Page 22

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

THE second round of the Cup matches was played on Saturday at Kingsland, when some fine exhibitions of football were given, and there was at least one un- I expected result. The best game on ' 1] the ground was the match between . Corinthians and Carlton. The second t, grade team (Carlton) put up a ster- g ling fight against the champions of c the senior league, and in the first spell " gave them all they wanted, but in j the second half the combination of t the Corinthians told. The game between Caledonians and North Shore B. proved a great [ surprise to all those who follow the "round ball." It was well known that of the Shore teams the B. team was slightly stronger than the A. 1 team, and unfortunately the blues 1 put in the field about the weakest forward line they could get, and the c consequences were that the Devon- 1 port team beat them with a margin t of 3 to nil. * The Huntly and W.Y.M.I. match i proved, a surprise. The visitors - 1 had beaten the Corinthians in a < friendly match last week, and great things were expected of them, but they didn't seem to be able to cope with the W.Y.M.I.'s kick and rush , game. The maroon and yellow team beat them by 2 goals to one. ( The following is a summary of the Corinthians v. Carlton game : — The greens lost the toss and had to play with a very strong sun in their eyes. Both teams soon got to work, and the Corinthians pressed hard, and after about ten minutes' play Sale shot a beautiful goal from between a quarter and half-way of the Carlton lines. The Corinthians, still pressing hard, tried their best to add to the score, but splendid play on the part of the Carlton backs kept them at bay. The blues, getting a chance, ran the ball along the field, and after some fine passing in front of the Corinthian goal, Nyberg equalised matters for the second grade team. The blues attacked again strongly, but they were out-manoeuvered, and Mikkleeen, running down the line, scored the second goal for the Corinthians. In the second spell the greens had by far the best of the game. Their combination was a treat to watch, and after about fifteen minutes' good play. Rose managed to score the third goal. Harvey put in some fine centres, but to no purpose, Forshaw always seeming to miss them by a hair's breadth, and try as they might the champions could not add to their score. The game finished : Corinthians, 3 ; Carlton, 1. In the Huntly v. W.Y.M.I. match, W.Y.M.I. drew first blood through a fine shot by Winks. Some give and take play followed, but the maroon and yellows had the best of it, and Lowrie placed the ball in the net for thie W.Y.M.I. After half-time, Huntly seemed to liven up somewhat, and made things very lively for their opponents, keeping the ball very close to the Wesley axis' goal. A «core was narrowly averted on one occasion by Galloway, who played a fine game right through, but after a while Patterson managed to get the ball between the posts, the game ending : W.Y.M.1., 2 ; Huntly, 1. The Caledonian-North Shore match, though full of surprises, contained nothing much of interest. The Shore team showed that they were quite equal to their opponents both in combination and stability. An argument arose over one goal, the blues saying that the ball went behind, but the referee disallowed it. jStewart, Smith and Macky scored for the winners, and each was a fine ■ '■;, shpt^v, ;.;;.:-, , : ;;,;v; ; ; ■ ■ . ■ ,' .': - : ' '.■ ;'.

An Anderson company is to be sent to New Zealand in September, headed by Walter Baker and Miss Frances Ross. Probably, Michael Joseph will be its business manager. For some time past Michael has been stationed in Western Australia, where his chief was lessee cf two theatres in Perth and one each in Fremantle and Kalgoorlie. Mr Anderson has, however, withdrawn from his Western ventures. * ■ -*

Randolph Bedford's "White Australia," the colonial parallel to " An Englishman's Home," which was staged in Melbourne a week or two ago, has a novel scene as its central sensation. Mr Bedford Bhows Australia invaded by Japanese, whose ships, drawn up in Sydney Harbour, are dominating the city, until, in an effective tableau, an airship appears overhead, and drops shells upon the enemy's vessels, sending them one after another to the bottom.

Jas. J. Corbett, the ex-champion pugilist, is about to appear theatrically in London — in monologue. • • »

Wiliam Anderson, now in London, has been interviewed by the Era, which states that it is Ms intention ' ' to purchase the Australian rights of the best dramas at present on the British market, and he is arranging the engagement of artists to perform in such plays as he eventually will select. He will organise a musical comedy company to send to Australia, and will take over a complete ipantomime production." • » •

Some remarkable theatrical statistics, culled from an article in the " Lone Hand " : — Attached to the permanent staffs of the Williamson, Clarke-Meynell-Gunn and WilliamsonAnderson companies, are 568 actors and actresses, of whom 355 figure on the Williamson list. There are in addition 202 orchestral musicians and some 200 mechanists and stage hands. Frequently, the normal staff is doubled and trebled. The J. C. Williamson management alone spent last year on costumes £5,900 and on " properties," etc., £7,300, while the cost of scenery was no less than £11,600. In advertising and printing, the expenditure of this firm totalled £25,000, while Mr Anderson spent £10,000 in the same way. The total disbursements of the Williamson management on account of salaries and wages is given as £122,203 last year, while lighting cost £10,800, and rent £21,500. Wm. Anderson has paid as much as £13,100 in a year as rent. In fares and freights the Williamson firm paid £15,000. Upon a pantomime such as " Jack and Jill " an expenditure of £5,000 is incurred before the first night of production.