ROUND THREE
Friday the 24th of March.

NORWOOD 2.3 7.9 12.13 18.14 (122)
GLENELG 5.2 9.3 13.4 16.4 (100)

This was a disapointing loss, especially considering that Glenelg were in front for three quarters of the match, and only trailed by 3 points at the last change. A series of undisciplined free kicks allowed Norwood to kick away at the start of the final term. Glenelg's inexperience was exposed against a Norwwod side boasting 15 players with AFL back grounds.
The match report and photograph is extracted from "The Advertiser".

LEGS LIFT WHEN IT COUNTS

By Doug Robertson.
Norwood stuck strictly to its solid game plan and produced superb skills to wear down tough and tigerish Glenelg by 22 points in a high quality contest at The Parade last night.
The Redlegs had to scrap and fight every centremetre of a rugged encounter but when the players' legs became weary it was Norwood's class that held strong to win 18.14 (122) to 16.14 (100), after leading by just three points at the last break. But the premiership points came at a high price with captain Anthony Harvey copping a suspected dislocated left shoulder, which is likely to see him side-lined for many weeks. The injury blow happened when Harvey flew into a pack 10 minutes into the second term. He had had 15 damaging touches at that stage and was clearly Norwood's best.
Norwood did not have things its own way. Glenelg opened at a furious pace, rebounding neatly from defence and deep into attack. It ran hard and played tough.
Shane Tipuamantamerri was explosive in the back pocket and former WA state defender Craig Venables, two-game rookie Craig Tasborski and Paul Sherwood blanketed Andrew Pascoe, Ben Wilson and Scott Basset early.
Wilson plugged away to kick 3.4, earning every touch while Pascoe and Basset had to wait until the secong half to have any influence.

Tiny Scott Borlace - with six goals and a best - afield performance - Ben Kemp, Scott Doreen and Brett James kept the Redlegs in the game during the first half but the entire Norwood team lifted when things were tough. And they really were tough. A minor scuffle started before the first bounce between dumped Norwood, now Glenelg forward Eugene Warrior and some of his former team - mates. Others broke out during the game but Warrior - kept in check by Tony Clements - shook hands with almost all the Norwood players after the final siren. Norwood was rattled until Damian Obst came off the interchange bench to a wing at the first break, the Crows' Andrew Eccles went to half-forward and Glenn Stanford to the goalfront and the balance was better.
Norwood started to move smoothly through the midfield and hit the front for the first time just before time-on when Direen drifted down from defence to goal from a mark just inside the 50m arc. Norwood had added 3 goals in a 3 minute burst to get beck on par but the Tigers' Ben Moore slotted through a miracle goal from a sharp angle 25m out after weaving through a pack.
Then David Hams, formerly with South Adelaide, showed poise by soccering a goal from 25m out 4 minutes later to give Glenelg a 6 point lead at half time. The scores were tied 4 times in the third quarter but Glenelg cracked first, giving away 5 free kicks to nil in the first 10 minutes of the final quarter as Norwood added 5.1 to 1.0 before time-on.

BEST PLAYERS: Carr, Kelly, Venables, Hosking, Sherwood, Golding.
SCORERS: Hams 3.0, Golding, Carr, Moore 2.0, Chigwidden 1.1, Winstanely, Warrior, Burke, Cook McEntee, Hosking 1.0, Harwood, M. Raidis 0.1, rushed 0.1.
CROWD: 5178.

RESERVES: Norwood 15.22 (112) d Glenelg 12.10 (82).