ROUND 23
Saturday 12th of August.

CENTRAL 17.10 (112)
GLENELG 1.0 1.2 3.4 5.5 (35)

It's a long way to Elizabeth from the Bay. More Tiger fans than normal made the journey, hoping that their team would lift in order to give their retiring captain a rousing send-off. It wasn't to be, as Glenelg floundered and were totally out-classed all day.
The high-light was Chiggy being chaired from the ground to a standing reception, even the Central supporters joined in.

Mercifully, the season is finished, with only the under 19's contesting the finals. They will play Norwood in the Elimination final next weekend.
The match report is extracted from the"Sunday Mail."

Sad ending for Bay Captain

By Nikki Tugwell.
Glenelg offered little resistance yesterday as Central District completed its finals preperation by strolling to a 77-point victory at Elizabeth Oval.
Central meets Port next week in the qualifying final.
Glenelg finished a forgetable season on a disappointing note - a less than fitting send-off for veteran captain Nick Chigwidden, who made his last appearance in the black and gold guernsey after almost 300 games.
Bulldogs Heath Hopgood, Quinton Graham, James and Chris Gowans and Damian Hicks were the main instigators, while the entire Central back line hardly put a foot wrong.
The result became a formality after the Bulldogs kicked seven goals in the second quarter, while restricting Glenelg to just two points.
"The main thing was to have the game plan in place," Central coach Peter Jonas said.
"It probably didn't work as well as I wanted it to, but at the end of the day, we reduced them to five goals five, our defence was very good."
After a tight opening, Central broke an 18-minute deadlock to score two quick goals through Kynan Ford and Cris Gowans. Glenelg had the instant reply through its standout player Michael Raidis, but one sensed the momentum was mounting for the Dogs.
And it was. First Sam McArdle, and then two goals in two minutes from David Lillico triggered the second quarter avalanche.
Graham, Hopwood, Paul Geister and Damian Hicks formed a brick wall in the defence and rebounded straight down the centre.
For Glenelg, Paul Sherwood tagged Daniel Healy into mediocracy before half-time - at that stage keeping his talanted opponent to just one kick.
Sherwood also provided run at both ends with good support from Raidis who worked hard for four quarters.
Lillico for Central continued to find himself free in the open spaces, while the Gowans brothers were instrumental in helping to establish a match-winning 57-point half-time lead.
In the third quarter, Glenelg tried flooding Central's forward line, but that did not bother the Dogs, particularly McArdle who plucked a well-judged mark from a mass pack.
McArdle converted, quashing any thoughts of a Lazarus-like comeback.
Ben McEntee did provide a focal point up forward for Glenelg, re-entering the game from the bench.
So did Matthew Bode whose solo burst through half-forward that carried the ball almost 80 metres was one of the Tigers' rare highlights.
Despite taking its foot of the accelerator, Central still enjoyed a 63 point advantage at three-quarter time and extended that lead by 14 points in the last term.
"We had a bad day, but the boys were still out there trying their hardest,"Chigwidden said.
"Central is a good team and that second quarter was really the difference."

BEST PLAYERS: M. Raidis , Sherwood, Bode, Hele, Golding.
SCORERS: McEntee, Raidis, Bode 1.1, Mannion, Cook 1.0, Hosking 0.1, rushed 0.1.
INJURIES: Nicholas (hamstring).
CROWD: 3510.

RESERVES: Glenelg 15.10 (100) d Central 11.13 (79)
UNDER 19: Glenelg 22.17 (149) d Central 10.13 (73)
UNDER 17: Central 23.19 (157) d Glenelg 4.8 (32)