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August 1889 match vs St Kilda

Saturday 10 August - St Kilda Cricket Ground

St Kilda 1.4, 3.9, 5.15, 8.17
Melbourne 1.1, 2.3, 3.5, 4.8

Goalkickers: Aitken 1, Smith 1, Benson 1

St Kilda scored the first goal shortly after the start of play, and while Melbourne equalised to take the game into quarter time at one apiece St Kilda soon increased their score and went on to win easily.

Best were Fox, Smith, J. Benson and Aitken.

Selected team
Aitken, Bain, Benson, Browne, Carah, Connelly, Farrell, Fox, Fox, Fry, Firebrace, Healing, R. Kelly, Kerrigan, Langridge, Lynar, Macan, Mitchell, Morrison, McGrath, Slattery, Smith, Sheehan, Strachan, Trowbridge

Notes
Melbourne's total was reported as three goals in newspapers, but was corrected later in the week with no report on the fourth goalkicker. St Kilda's score is also shown as 8.18.

Media
Herald - 09/08/1889
Sportsman - 14/08/1889
Prahran Telegraph - 14/08/1889
Australasian - 17/08/1889
Prahran Telegraph - 17/08/1889

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