From: justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Justin Ridge)
Subject: AFL Tips: Round 24 + instructions
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:41:02 GMT


Here are the matches scheduled for the forthcoming weekend in the Australian
Football League:

Round 24 (home team always listed first)
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28th August
Sydney       v.  Richmond
29th August
Geelong      v.  Essendon           (Waverley Park)
Melbourne    v.  Hawthorn
Fitzroy      v.  North Melbourne    <-- must be 'North', not 'Nth' or 'N.'
Collingwood  v.  Adelaide
Footscray    v.  Brisbane
30th August
West Coast   v.  Carlton            (Subiaco)
Bye: St.Kilda

This week was VERY difficult to tip, as seen in the weeks results where
only one person managed to score more than 5 from 7.  A surprising (to me)
number picked Adelaide... there must have been a few South Aussies joining
in the competition this week :-)
Other games were always going to be fairly close, such as Foots/WCE and
Coll/Carl, but in both cases the teams which have enjoyed a rise in perform-
ance of late dipped out.

The final six is by no means settled, and this will surely be discussed in
other postings to the newsgroups.  Basically, there are currently three
teams on top (Geel, Foots, Coll) separated only by percentage.  If Geelong
win next week against Essendon they stay on top.  At the other end, three
teams (Carlton, St. Kilda and Hawthorn) are fighting it out for the last
two spots.  If Hawthorn beat Melbourne by more than a few points they are
in; if Carlton beat West Coast in Perth they are also in; if either of
these two suffers a loss, the Saints will retain their berth.
All this leads to an exceedingly important weekend, and determination may
mean a lot more than recent form.  That just makes our task of predicting
all the more difficult...

ADMINISTRIVIA: Next week expect an announcement on what should be happening
in 1993; how to make sure you are in from Round 1 etc.  The tipping looks
certain to continue through the finals so here's a chance to bump up those
tallies.

NB. In keeping with the notion of raising the qualifying level only
every fortnight, it will remain at 8 weeks for Round 24.

How to play.
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The instructions are simple -- send Email to
  u906586@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au

with your AFL tips in the body of the message.  Enclose your selections by
lines of THREE asterisks on their own (see example below).
Make sure you use the team's proper name (e.g. Essendon, not Bombers or Dons)
but don't worry about precise spelling: only the first four letters are looked
at, case insensitive.

You are identified by your Email address -- only one entry per address per
week is allowed.  Entries should be received by 5 pm Friday afternoons AEST
(AEST = GMT + 1000).  You don't have to play each & every week, but if you
do post selections, the software expects you to tip every game.

Each Monday or Tuesday I will post the results from Saturday, the games
scheduled for the following week, and some basic instructions for 'newies'.

Example tips (my actual ones for Round 24):
***
Richmond
Geelong
Melbourne (no, your eyes do not deceive you)
North Melbourne
Adelaide (will do same to Woods as they did to Hawks)
Footscray
Carlton (okay, so what if these are all the teams I HOPE will win)
***

Any enquiries should be directed to
  justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au
and not to the address for tips displayed above.

Have fun.

Justin Ridge.

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