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Gohebiaethau.
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Gohebiaethau. {Nid ydym mewn un modd yn gyfrifol am syniadau ein gwahanol ohebwyr.] EISTEDDFOD BOXING NIGHT. At Olygydd y "LONDON WELSHMAN." SYR,—Yn eich rhifyn olaf o'r flwyddyn sydd newydd fynd heibio, ynglyn a'r eisteddfod uchod, ymddengys y dyfyniad a ganlyn yn y golofn "Am Gymry Llundain — "Y mae'r hen wyl nynyddolhon wedi colli llawer o'i dylanwad a'i bri. Hwyrach mai gormod o gyfyngu sydd wedi dod ami. Pan yr apelir at holl Gymry Llundain am nodded, dylid rhoddi testynau mwy cynredinol i gystadlu arnynt, ac nid pynciau yn dal cysylltiad arbenig ag ysgolion y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd." Os na ellir llongyfarch eich gohebydd ar ei gywirdeb, yn sicr fe ellir gwneyd hynny ar ei allu i grynhoi llawer mewn ychydig, oherwydd o fewn cylch saith llinell yn llythyren fras y LONDON WELSHMAN llwydda i wneyd dau haeriad-(I) Fod yr eisteddf >d ar y goriwaered (ii) fod hynny i'w briodoli i'r cyfyngu sy ar y restynau- ac i roddi pregeth fer i'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd ar eu hafresymoldeb yn disgwyl am gefnogaeth Cymry Llundain tra ar yr un pryd yn cau allan y cyfryw o'r cystadleuaethau. Y mae nodiadau eich gohebydd yn ddyddorol ac fel rheol yn gywir, a charwn i er dim awgrymu nad ysgrif- enodd y sylwadau a ddyfynir ond gyda'r amcanion goreu. Ar yr un pryd, gresyn yw na wnaeth ei hun, ar yr achlysur hwn, yn hyddysg yn y ffeithiau cyn gosod y drefn i lawr, oherwydd nid oes rithyn o sail i'r haeriad fod gormod o gyfyngu" ar destynau yr eisteddfod, ac fad y pynciau yn dal cysylltiad arbenig ag ysgolion y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd." I'r gwrthwyneb, dengys y testynau a ganlyn nad oedd bosibl i un eisteddfod fod yn fwy rhydd ac agored:- Traethodau—(i) "Y Beibl Cymrelg ei hanes a'i ddylanwad"; (2) "Charles o'r Bala" (i rai dan 25 oed); (3) Ann Griffiths a'i Hemynau (i ferched). Barddoniaeth-( I) Can ddesgrifiadol, Yr Ysgol Sabbothol"; (2) dau englyn, "YrArolygwr." Anhawdd yw canfod unrhyw gysylltiad, arbenig neu gyffredinol, rhwng y testynau uchod ag ysgolion y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, ac anhawddach fyth yw canfod unrhyw gysylltiad rhwng y testynau cerddorol ac amryw- iaethol a'r cyfryw ysgolion. Os oes prawf ychwanegol yn eisieu er dangos mor ddisail ydyw haeriad eich goheoydd fe'i cenfir yn y ffaith fod y testynau yn agored 1 holl Gymry Llundain, ac i'r prif wobrwyon gael eu hennill gan aelodau o Eglwysi Annibynol. Yr eiddoch, &c., King's Cross. JAMES OWEN. At Olygydd y "LONDON WELSHMAN." SYR,—Trwy gyfrwng eich newyddiadur clodwiw, dymunaf yn wylaidd alw sylw eich darllenwyr at anghywirdeb bychan a lithrodd i fewn i'r adroddiad o'r Eisteddfod uchod, a ymddangosodd yn eich rhifyn di- weddaf. Yn yr adroddiad dan sylw rhoddwyd fy enw i lawr fel y buddugwr ar yr englynion, yr hyn, fel y gwyr y mwyafrif oeddynt yn bresenol, sydd yn hollol anghywir, gan mai ar y testyn arall yn adran y farddoniaeth, sef y gan ddesgrifiadol, Yr Ysgol Sabbothol," yr oeddwn i yn fuddugol. Felly, y mae yr anrhydedd o fod yn fuddugol ar yr englynion yn perthyn i rywun arall nad atebodd i'w enw yn yr Eisteddfod. Mewn pethau bychain, yn ogystal ag mewn pethau mawrion, ystyriar nad yw ond teg a chyfiawn rhoddi "yr eiddo Caesar i Caesar." Yr eiddoch, &c., Ionawr 2il, 1905. D. LEWIS DAVIES. CITY ROAD At Olygydd y "LONDON WELSHMAN." SYR,—Gan fad y LONDON WELSHMAN erbyn hyn wedi dyfod mor boblogaidd gan ein cenedl ymhob cwr o'r wlad, a gaf fi fel aelod o'r Look Out Committee yn y lie uchod, anfon cais at rieni, perthynasau, a chyfeillion y rhai hyny sydd yn bwriadu dyfod i fyw i'r ddinas yma, am iddynt anfon cyfeiriad y cyfryw rai i'r Parch. Thomas Jones, 45, Almorah Road, Islington, N. Sicr wyf fod llawer iawn o'n pobl ieuanc yn myned ar goll yn swn a helynt y ddinas fawr yma. Os bydd rhyw weinidog Wesleyaidd, neu rywun arall, MI gwybod am rywrai yn perthyn i'r Wesleyaid yn bwriadu dyfod i fyny, bydd y pwyllgor uchod yn dra diolchgar iddynt os y byddant mor garedig ag anfon i'r cyfeiriad a nodwyd. Yr eiddoch, &c., AELOD. THE NATIONAL WELSH FESTIVAL. To the Editor of THE LONDON WELSHMAN." SIR,-I have read the letter of Patriot," in your number of December 24th. I am the treasurer of the National Welsh Festival Fund, and if the writer of the letter will kindly, in your paper, give his name and address, I will at once take steps ,to let him give his views as to our Festival, and discuss the facts (or other- wise) set out in his letter. I am, sir, Your Obedient Servant, J. MASON WILLIAMS, 79, Loughborough Park, S.W. 28th December, 1904.
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Football. RUGBY. LONDON WELSH V. NEWPORT. This match was played in Queen's Club in delightful weather, before a very small attend- ance, only about 800 witnessing the game. It seems that residents of a populous district like West Kensington do not appreciate Rugby, for all the efforts of London Welsh to attract a following have ended in failure. This in spite of the fact that visitors to Queen's Club include Newport, Devonport Albion, Gloucester, North- ampton, and other provincial clubs in the first flight of Rugby. It seems to us that it would almost be better for the Welsh to give up the "classic enclosure and betake themselves to a populous suburb, there to awaken the enthusiasm of a loyal local crowd. Richmond and Blackheath have done this, and have found that as their fame went abroad the spasmodic visits of a class of London Rugby supporters have also been accorded to them, in addition to a strong local .following. Saturday's game at Queen's Club, however, did not deserve an audience numbered by tens of thousands. There was no football fare of an attractive character served up. True, there was no lack of incidents, but these inci- dents concerned sins of omission on the part of the players rather than preconceived meritorious action. Considering that two admittedly first class teams took the field, we regret to chronicle that the most prominent features of the game were bad fielding, slovenly passing, and lack of "finesse," and the spectacle of accident playing a more prominent part than design. Newport were without G. Boots and Thomas forward, and Buckley at half, the only changes of note in the Metropolitan side being the sub- stitution of Stringer for Rees at full-back and the inclusion of Ward for Partridge in the pack, the last-named electing to play for his old club. We are unable to give the reason for Stringer's inclusion instead of Rees, who, we understood, had given satisfaction hitherto, and we are rather in the dark as to the precise qualification justifying his being given the title of London Welshman. We are, however, aware that the London Welsh Reserves possess men at half, centre, and full-back who merit a trial when the premiers are short, but the Hospitals evidently suggest more fruitful recruiting fields to the Welsh Selection Committee. We are not doubt- ing the capabilities of the men played, but we are only pointing out a rather obvious alternative to the Selection Committee's action, an alterna- tive that finds favour with every Welsh first-class club. When the Welsh substituted in the Devonport Albion game there were good reasons for their action, but we feel that it would be better to lose games with a genuine London Welsh XV. than to win through the inclusion of outsiders. Further, we are open to consider arguments proving that London Welsh reserve men would be inferior to men playing now. The first incident of note in the game under notice was Morgan getting well away, only to be tackled by Griffiths. Some fairly weak kicking was then indulged in by both sides, a penalty to the homesters gaining little ground. Newport worked up to the Welsh 25, and Wade, who was indefatigable throughout in his efforts to open out the game, got the ball away well, and the first and practically the last decent passing movement in the game ended in Newport's right wing scoring far out. The kick at goal failed. London Welsh then took up the attack, and had the best of the exchanges for some little time without, however, gaining any advantage of a material nature. Newport then dribbled down. Stringer was tackled, and W. H. Williams crossed the line with a try, which was not improved upon. Griffiths was again pro- minent for Newport, collaring Maddocks in the nick of time. Owen, the Welsh half, was now unfortunately hurt, and was taken off the field. Both sides indulged in dribbling, but showed poor judgment, the forwards continually kicking too hard, and thus continually placing the defending parties in a position of attack. Half- time arrived with Newport holding a lead of two tries to nil. The Welsh resumed without Owen, Maddocks playing at half. Newport pressed, but scrums on the Welsh line were negotiated successfully, and Owen found touch well. London Welsh made several bursts in the direction of the Newport line, but lacked finish and were soon repelled, and soon after J. C. Williams picked up in a loose rush and crossed the Welsh line with a third unconverted try. Following this the Welsh took up an attacking position in the Newport twenty-five, and Stringer took advantage of this and dropped a good goal. Luck, how- ever, seemed to be against the Welsh, for Newport scored yet another try through Thomas, the kick again failing. London Welsh pressed at the finish, and after Maddocks had been tackled on the line, no side arrived with the score reading Newport, 4 tries London Welsh, one dropped goal. As has already been hinted, the game, as an exposition of what is best in Welsh Rugby, was a miserable failure, and we are extremely dis- appointed with the display given by London Welsh, who had the chance of a lifetime to beat the famous Usksiders. Good passing was con- spicuous by its absence, score after score being spoilt by aimless tossing of the ball. The forwards were better, both sides indulging in some fair dribbling. For Newport Griffiths played a good defensive game, while Jenkins and Thomas played excellent games in the pack, as did Harding and J. F. Williams for London Welsh. Both pairs of half-backs gave a moderate display. E. Morgan and Maddocks were good for London Welsh on their respective wings, whilst A Player" showed a greal deal of his old time skill for Newport. The game will, however, be chiefly remembered for a display of ineptitude by two good sides, from which something far better was expected. The "A" team again had no fixture, while the B had theirs scratched through opponents being unable to raise a team owing to the claims of business-Saturday being Balance Day. The 2nd XV. found easy victims in Old Alleynian 2nd, trouncing them by one goal nine tries to two tries (32 to 6). Tries were scored in difficult positions, but a feature of the game was the bad luck attending attempts at converting, the posts being hit many times from the touch-line. Next Saturday's programme is as follows :— London Welsh v. Gloucester, at Queen's Club. „ 2nd v. Sutton 2nd, at Sutton. „ B v. Ealing A," at Hendon. The A are without a game at present. CYMRO. WALES v. ENGLAND. THE WELSH TEAM. The Committee of the Welsh R.F.U. has selected the following team to oppose England at Cardiff on January 14th George Davies (Swansea), back; W. Llew- ellyn (Newport), D. Rees (Swansea), R. T. Gabe (Cardiff), and E. T. Morgan (London Welsh), three-quarter backs; R. Owen (Swan- sea) and R. Jones (Swansea), half-backs; W. Joseph (Swansea), A..F. Harding (London Welsh), D. Jones (Aberdare), F. Pritchard (Newport), J. J. Hodges (Newport), H. Watkins (Llanelly), W. Neill (Cardiff), and W. Travers (Pill Harriers), forwards. Reserves :—Back, Young (Cardiff); centre- three-quarter backs, H. T. Maddocks (London Welsh) and F. Gordon (Swansea); right-wing three-quarter, C. Biggs (Cardiff); left-wing, W. Trew (Swansea); reserve to Owen, Gent (Gloucester); reserves to Jones, vV. Trew (Swansea), and Gibbs (Penarth); forwards, J. F. Williams (London Welsh), R. Thomas (Penygraig), T. Evans (Llanelly), and W. Taylor (Bridgend). Touch-judge for Wales, W. Douglas. The whole of the selected fifteen are old Internationals.