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Round 4

Team
Score
SC
Essendon 53
Richmond 49SC
Fitzroy 54
Collingwood 52SC
St. Kilda 115
Melbourne 55SC
South Melbourne 52
Carlton 52SC
University 71
Geelong 87SC

Premiership Season 1914 - Round 4 Review

Total Crowd 50,318 (Avg 16,773)

SATURDAY'S GAMES

SOME CLOSE FINISHES - HEAVY SCORING.

The football season was advanced another stage on Saturday, when some most interesting matches were played. The game between South Melbourne and Carlton, which resulted in a draw, and the match, between Fitzroy and Collingwood, which was won by the former by 2 points, roused the vast crowds to great enthusiasm.

South Melbourne and Carlton have played many wonderful games of recent years, and the match on Saturday was their third draw since 1911. The results of these games were:—

May 6, 1911.—South Melbourne, 10 goals 6 behinds (66 points); Carlton, 10 goals 6 behinds (66 points).

May 13, 1913.—Carlton, 8 goals 13 behinds (61 points); South Melbourne 9 goals 7 behinds (61 points).

May 16, 1914.—Carlton, 7 goals 10 behinds (52 points); South Melbourne, 8 goals 4 behinds (52 points).

Round Review by Observer, The Argus, 11 May, 1914. Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7269276

R-4, Ladder

Team
GP
PTS
%
SM 4 14 134.27
ESS 4 14 126.89
FITZ 4 12 147.64
STK 4 12 138.81
COLL 4 10 140.21
GEEL 4 10 108.33
CARL 4 8 130.32
RICH 4 0 56.16
MELB 4 0 55.30
UNI 4 0 52.82

Footnotes

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