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Round 3

Team
Score
SC
Collingwood 90
Richmond 36SC
Fitzroy 66
South Melbourne 74SC
Geelong 74
Melbourne 58SC
St. Kilda 52
Essendon 69SC
University 32
Carlton 102SC

Premiership Season 1914 - Round 3 Review

Total Crowd 58,239 (Avg 14,560)

SATURDAY'S GAMES

SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. SOUTH MELBOURNE LEADING.

The attendances at the League matches on Saturday were remarkably large, and taking equally satisfactory. The records for Saturday may be given thus:—


MatchGroundAttendanceReceipts
Fitzroy v South MelbourneFitzroy22,000330
St Kilda v EssendonSt Kilda20,000314
Collingwood v RichmondCollingwood8,000110
Carlton v UniversityMCC5,00040
Geelong v MelbourneGeelong12,000150
67,000944

At the five Association games the total attendances were about 25,000, and the total gate receipts about £300. If the junior matches be included, it may be estimated that there was quite 100,000 spectators at football matches on Saturday.

In the League competition, South Melbourne is the only team which has scored the full number of points, while no Association club has succeeded in avoiding the loss of a premiership point. The indications are that there is a general levelling up of the clubs.

Round Review by Observer, The Argus, 11 May, 1914. Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7228753

R-3, Ladder

Team
GP
PTS
%
SM 3 12 145.34
COLL 3 10 157.78
ESS 3 10 132.52
FITZ 3 8 164.03
STK 3 8 112.33
CARL 3 6 141.91
GEEL 3 6 102.76
MELB 3 0 58.97
RICH 3 0 47.53
UNI 3 0 44.06

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.