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1902 Practice Match vs Brighton

Saturday 26 April - Brighton Beach Oval

Melbourne 6.4, 7.9, 8.10, 11.14.80
Brighton 0.0, 1.0, 5.2, 5.11.41

Melbourne win by 39 points

Goalkickers: Unknown

Played on a wet ground in sloppy conditions, the game was over at quarter time when Melbourne held a 40 point lead. Brighton had played the opening term with 19 players, when it had been agreed they'd have 22. They got their extra three after quarter time and won the rest of the game by a point.

Team
B: Timms, Reid, Moodie
HB: Woodhouse, McClelland, Rowe
C: C. Gardiner, Young, Sowden
HF: Coutie, Moore, Langley
F: E. Gardiner, Wardill, Pullen, Rainey (four players listed)
Foll: Cumberland, Ryan, Purse

Media
Herald - 25/04/1902
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165453292\Brighton Southern Cross - 26/04/1902
Herald - 26/04/1902
Argus - 26/04/1902
Brighton Southern Cross - 03/05/1902