South Yarra wanted to change some more rules. There were a number of rule changes made to sped up the game. A kick had to be obtained by the ball hitting the player on or below the knee. Goals could no longer be rushed/forced through, but needed to be kicked. The teams changed ends at half time. The field umpire had more duties like; settling disputes, doing a toss-up when scrimmages occurred or thrown in, if the ball went out of bounds between kick off post and boundary. The use of field umpires was improving the game.