Author Archives: Brodie Cowburn

Thrillers and thrashings in Division Two action

May 28, 2018
DIVISION TWO IT was a weekend of vastly contrasting games in MPNFL Division Two action, as two matches were decided by a solitary point while two matches were decided by margins of over 80. At Ballam...

Powerhouses collapse in round of upsets

May 28, 2018
DIVISION ONE AFTER interleague action saw MPNFL football take a break last weekend, Division One football returned with a bang on Saturday in a day of shocking results. The biggest turn up of the rou...

Hastings men enlist on Empire Day

May 28, 2018
MESSRS F. H. Goodwin and L. Watt both of Hastings have enlisted and will enter camp shortly. The best wishes of all residents go with these two young men who are going to “do their bit” for the Empir...

MPNFL Sharks outclassed in tough interleague battle

May 21, 2018
INTERLEAGUE WITH regular MPNFL football put on hold for the week, the 2018 AFL Community Championships brought together the best and brightest from the league to take on the Northern Football Netball...

Mornington soldiers make ultimate sacrifice

May 21, 2018
IN the 401st casualty list published on Monday appears the name of a Peninsula soldier who has made the supreme sacrifice – Private H. S. Clarke, of Mornington. In the same list, Corporal W. J....

Rye survive rampant Red Hill resurgence

May 14, 2018
DIVISION TWO A TWO point thriller between Red Hill and Rye was the pick of the games in MPNFL Division Two football this weekend. Eventual winners Rye were comfortably ahead for most of the day, but ...

Ladder leaders suffer shock first defeat

May 14, 2018
DIVISION ONE IT was a week of firsts in the MPNFL Division One competition this weekend with Frankston YCW slipping up for the first time this season, going down in a shock loss at home to Pines on S...

Captain Bruce claims Flinders election

May 14, 2018
CAPTAIN Bruce was elected for the vacant seat at the by-election held last Saturday. The following is the result of the polling in key electorates: Dandenong: Bruce – 2225, Hall – 27, Hol...

Councillors condemn confiscated cow

May 7, 2018
C. E. GOMM, ranger at Somerville, stated in the Shire Council Meeting that be had impounded Mr Martin’s cow and had been called everything but a gentleman as a consequence. One of the things said was...