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FDFL 1951 season opened on April 21 .
FDL Notes

“There was a good attendance at Hanmer Reserve last week when Seddon, the "A" Grade premiers
of 1950, were at home to Maidstone, 1950 'B' Grade premiers. Prior to the match Seddon's first F.D.L.
pennant was unfurled, Messrs Constable (chairman F.D.L.), and Dunne (F.D.L. secretary) being
present on behalf of the League. Mrs Meikle, mother of Seddon's president performed the unfurling
ceremony. A similar function was held at Spotswood where the 'C' grade pennant for 1950, won by
Spotswood was unfurled by Miss Sutton, daghter of Spotswood's popular president, who is also the
father of Footscray captain, Charlie Sutton. A feature of the opening round was the difficulty of clubs
in fielding full teams but this is usual each year and should be overcome in the next few weeks. The
'A" grade matches were ,fairly even and some interesting games should be seen this year.

The top four clubs after the home and away season were Spotswood, West Footscray, Parkside and
Seddon.

Parkside was into the FDFL Division A semi-final after beating Seddon in the preliminary final by
14points. Parkside 10.13 73 d. Seddon 8.11 59.

At the same time, in the "C" grade preliminary final Parkside defeated Seddon by 33 points.

Parkside 11.12 78 d. Seddon 6.09 45.

Sunshine Advocate, Fri 31 Aug & 8 Sep, 1951

Defeating Spotswood in the preliminary final, Parkside booked their spot in the grand final decider.

Preliminary Finals:

"A" grade: Parkside 13.11 89 d. Spotswood 6.10 46

Sunshine Advocate, 15th September, 1951

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider