ROUND 15
Saturday 14th of July.

CENTRAL 5.1 8.5 12.10 17.11 (113)
GLENELG 2.0 3.1 6.1 8.2 (50)

Ugly day for Tigers.

By Doug Robertson.
Central District ground out a useful 63-point win with a patchy performance against a depleted Glenelg at Elizabeth oval yesterday.
But the game took a sour tone with Tigers defender Martin Mellody taken to hospital after half-time with persistent heart palpitations.
The state-squad half-back struggled for breath from the outset and spent time on the bench late in the second term and again before time-on in the second quarter.
The Tigers' woes were compounded when skipper Simon Hele damaged his left shoulder after being on the ground for less than 20 minutes.
Hele, 30, who has had the same shoulder reconstructed, showed his usual flair until a routine collision ended his day and possibly his career. He was playing his first game for six weeks after a nagging back/hamstring strain.
Rookie Ryan Smyth, who started the game with a suspect shoulder, also had a trip to hospital with a severe shoulder injury and key-position player Ben Thompson ended the day with a sprained ankle, which sealed a disappointing day for Glenelg.
The Tigers tested the Dogs with bursts of disciplined, attacking football, but too often floundered.
After the Tiger's opening burst in the last term Central outscored them five goals to two.
Veteran centreman Rick Macgowan used his 20 disposals for the day to damaging effect and out-worked rookie Darren O'Brien.
Marco Bello (23 touches and 4.1) ran into form while Nathan Stienburner, Mike Stevens, James and Chris Gowans, Heath Hopgood were all back in touch.
"I'll take a 10-goal win anytime. We kicked 17 goals so if we're going inot our attacking 50 around 50 or 55 times it gives us a good chance to kick a (good) score," coach Alistair Clarkson said.
Glenelg coach Brenton Honor was forced into numerous changes but failed to find a strong route to the goal front.
We're trying to build and get ourselves to be competitive," honor said. "We were turning the ball over, that's obvious, and oppostion sides are much cleaner with it (the ball). We just don't make the most of our opportunities. But they're having a go which is all I can ask at the moment".

BEST PLAYERS: McKenzie, Logan, K. Cornes, Sherwood.
SCORERS: Logan 4.1, Vlatko, smyth, K.Cornes, Maher 1.0, Mcentee 0.1, rushed 0.2.
INJURIES: D. Raidis (concussion).
CROWD: 2457.