ROUND FOUR
Saturday the first of April.

CENTRAL 3.2 7.4 10.5 14.8 (92)
GLENELG 4.4 6.5 8.8 8.11 (59)

A goaless last quarter saw Glenelg suffer it's second consecutive loss. Central piled on 4 goals after the last break to make Glenelg look ordinary. As has been the pattern over last season and so far in 2000, Glenelg could not kick a competitive score. David Hams was restricted to just one scoring shot, as the Tigers again failed to deliver the ball into the forward lines with any system. Glenelg must now travel to Noarlunga to face resurgent South Adelaide next Sunday.
The match report is extracted from "The Sunday Mail".

LAST TERM BLITZ SWEEPS THE BAYS

By Brett Clancy.
Central District powered back into top-five calulations after sqeezing the life out of the Tigers in a tough and tidy display at the Bay - blowing the match apart with a polsihed last quarter performance.
Carrying a nine point margin into the last term after a seesawing encounter, the Bulldogs ran rampant, kicking four goals to none and dominating accross the park against a tiring Tiger outfit.
For Bulldogs coach Peter Jonas, stung by his side's capitulation to Port Adelaide two weeks ago, the 33-point win was a critical affirmation of the Bulldog's genuine bite in 2000.
"It has been a long fortnight since we were flogged by Port, so we just kept at them, we stopped them in close and did it well all day," Jonas said. After a tough, unforgiving first half with neither side able to crack the game apart, all the work came down to the final quarter - and Central had the answers.
Miserly in defence and committed in the clinches, Central had strength in the air up forward with the likes of Kyan Ford, Sam McArdle and dangerous Stuart Dew (four goals).
The Bulldogs, with the edge in intensity in the crucial last quarter, powered away with the match, against a faltering Glenelg, which played second fiddle to the impressive Bulldogs in almost every position.
Scott Lee sparked the break-away with a goal after a gutsy mark in the second minute of the last term.
Daniel Stevens hurt the Tigers' morale with a strong mark and goal in the 10th minute and then Dew thumped the nail into he Glenelg coffin with two goals in two minutes.
The Tigers who struggled for fire power last season, found themselves struggling again yesterday against a disciplined Central defence.
But crucially, the forwards' supply was limited by the Bulldog's efforts in the middle, with Rick MacGowan dominant all day.
Glenelg, fired early by James Byrne, Simon Hele, Richard Kelly and Joshua Carr through the middle, slowed after halftime, while the mecurialEugene Warrior was brilliant in patches up forward.
The Tigers missed the drive of Martin Mellody, who was a late withdrawl with a hamstring strain.
The Bulldogs, full of run after the bye, ran over the top of the Tigers and now take on Norwood at Elizabeth with renewed confidence.
Glenelg, given some hope by Ben McEntee's two quality goals in the third term, now must regroup quickly for a tester against South at Noarlunga.

BEST PLAYERS: Byrne, Cook, Hosking, Golding, McEntee, Kelly, Carr.
SCORERS: Hosking 2.2, McEntee 2.0, Kelly 1.1, Warrior, Nicholas, Byrne 1.0, Cook 0.3, Hams, Harwood, Sherwood, Gigney 0.1, rushed 0.1.
CROWD: 2933.

RESERVES: Central 24.20 (154) defeated Glenelg 9.4 (58).
UNDER 19: Glenelg 14.18 defeated Central 8.9 (57).
UNDER 17: Central 26.11 (167) defeated Glenelg 12.6 (78).