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LEEK V* IL TO-DAY. •• *r r r* to -rv '• v; ? 4- ■* •' •••■•* ™ f ? j- -• THE ENGLISH TEAM. 1. Garalin. 2. Reynolds. 3. Baxter. 4. Cockerham. 5. Bell. 6. Nicholson. 7. Brettargh. 8. Cattell. t ,Ï' r-t f f: 9. Gordon Smtttr. 10. Coopper. 11. Cobby. 12. R. W. Bell. -1. 1 13. Scott. 14. Jarman. 15. Marsden. THE WELSH TEAM. 1. Lloyfl. 2. Hodges. 3. Blake. 4. Bryce.. 5. Thomas. 6. Llewellyn. 7. Kees. 8. Bancroft. 9. Davies. 10. Trew. 11. Millar. 12. Williams ("ontymister). 14. Booti. 15. Phillips. 13. Hellings. For tiie photographs of the English team we are indebted to the kindness of the eminent photcgrjvpherp, Messrs. British and Co., Lord-street. Liverpool. The photos of the Welsh, team are, by permission, mostly irom groups oy tue wen-uiowu pnotograpuers, aiebsio. l\ <,uu. U..LU.1W.L, — — i

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Biographical Sketches. PAST MATCHES, -1: t r- J !I.' 'J t it. BY "WELSH ATHLETE." If we look back at the sixteen matches Wales have already played with England, we shall see that once and once only have Wales ever managed to win a game against the in their own cctmrry, aDd' that was at Dewsbury in 189C-afer two seasons, during which, owing to a dispute between England and Scotland, in w'lncli Wales took Scotland's side, no game had been played. Indeed, if we look hack ever the paet years we shall find that we have never-barring this one match at Dewsbury—made any prctence at winning, a 9;e %W match. We never man-ased ,.to .gst^ne^" In- land even on their own ground, and this, I. think, will be quite recognised from the ap- pended scoring list of our matches wit.h the Saxon in England, and which list shows them to have scored no less than 21 goals eighteen tries to our very poor total of three goals three tries. The list, I believe, has never been published before, and reads as follows;- England's Wales's score. score. G. T. G. T-. Blacklieath 8 5 0 0 Leeds 1 2 1 0 Blackheath. 1 2 1 0 Dawsbnry 0 0 0 1 Blackheath 3 1 0 0 Birkenhead 5 0 0 1 Blackheath 2 5 0 0 Blackheath. 1 3 1 1 21 18 3 3 It will be seen, tiisrefore, from this that in seven out of eight matches played in England we have been hopelessly defeated. The matches in Wales have, of course, been a little better, because we have won three out of the eight played and drawn one, so that in this 'I respect we range up pretty close with t'a-sm, although their f.coi'2 is slightly better than ours. The list cf the matches played in Wales reads as follows: — England's Wales's score. score. G. T. G. T. Swanse-,t, 2 4 0 0 Swansea 1 4 1 1 Llanelly 0 ""0 0 0 Newport. 2 1 1 0 Cardiff 1 3 2 2 Swansea 1 3 0 2 Newport. 0 0 1 2 Swansea 0 1 4 2 7 16 9 9 I In the sixteen matches, played, however, England have scorod 28 goals 34 tries to cur I twelve goals twelve tries, whicD" considering the number of matches we lost at the outset, is not so bad, and. in addition, it speaks well for the manner in which we have improved of late years. I suppose, as much as anything, we can attribute the prominent place %lie have of late years taken in Rugby football to the smartness of our three-quarters, who, since they have adopted' the four threc-quarter game, have been given mora opportunities to cultivate their own particular styl3 of play than the backs of any other country have been. England In this respect were for a long time old- fashioned, and seemsd^o cling tenaciously to the old style of three three-quarters. Then they came over to oun way of thinking, and for some years now have been playing four three-quarters. 1 fancy, however it is hot so much because they admire that style as it I is because they found it necessary to fetch the fourth man out of tie scrimmage to stop thn attack of our four three-quarters. Perhaps, in this matter of defence they have been fairly successful, and we have learned a lesson, too, which is that now it is man to man this passing right across the three-quarter line is not sufficient to enable us to score wll:m it IS four men against, fcur men and a full baek thrown in. Consequently, centres have had to develop a little moro and beat, at least, one of the opposing three-quarters before our parsing can be started on anything like a successful basis. However, England themselves have not been particularly sueee. ful with the four three-quarter system, and now they are hankering after the ninth, for- ward again, many of the old school consider- ing that if. with the help of the ninth forward, they could stop the We'sli forwards getting too ball then our th roe-quart era would ba of too ball then our th roe-quart era would ba of little avail, except for defence. In a measnre. I England en:1 now 5'{!m to believe that the c:d t-style of ten forwards wau.c', aLcr all, be as I good as anything. The finst experience we had of tue ten for- J wards was in 1880, when England, after con- stant application on our-.pVt, gave us a fix- .tiire, which took place-a>Bl»olih»Mh«.i-IKe were not doing so fcaclly eitlier in club matches at that day. but,, as even is the case now, the area from which we had to choose was very limited, whilst England, with the number of clubs she had at her command, ( could pick almost as good a fifteen as she can now. In those days we played nine forwards; .jEnglapd played ten. We had a couple of full- backs, two three-quarter backs, and .two halves. The backs in those days, however, did not play the same style of game, and the same amount of importance was not attached to them as is now the case. The halves and three-quarters were a sort of flying men, more after the style of our pressoit-day wing -forward than anything I can imagine.. It was áfight between the forwards and their ten picked men played the "deuce I and all" with cur nine., They fairly ran over us, rushed the scrums, and knocked the Welsh- men about all shapes. Nearly a'l their scoring- was done by tho forward?, and this will be better realised when I state that Burton scored four tries, Vassall three, and Fernandez 'ith'd"Bowley one each. Leonard Sto I I held by th?.. old .school of English footballers, to be the grandest kick England has ever had —placed six out of the eight goals. Hunt kicked one and dropped another, and there were five tries that were not converted. Twelve times England went across our line. Of the 30 players who took part on that occa- sion only a couple are at present taking any active part in present day .fpothall. These are W. D. Phillips, oitthe Welsh side, and E. T. Gurdon on the English side. The teams will be always interesting, I suppose, and so I may be pardoned for once again publishing the names, which are as follow: — Walcs.-Back. C. H. Newman (Newport) and R. H. B. Summers (Haverfordwest); three- quarter backs, E. PeakL. and, J* A. Bevan, captain (Grosmont-h half-backs, E.. d. Lewis (Llandovery) and J. Watkins (Llandaff); forwards, E. J. Purdon (Newport). G. F. Hard- ing and A. Rees (Llandovery), B. E. Girling (Cardiff), B. B. Mann (Cardiff), W. D. Phillips (Cardiff), F. Treharne (Pontypridd), G. Darby- I shire Bangor), and R. G. D. WUliams (Brecon azid-Newport). IEngiand.-Back, T. Fry (Queen's House); I three-quarter backs, L. Stokes, captain (Blaik- heath), and R. Hunt (Manchester); half-backs, H. H. Taylor (Blackheath) and H. T. Twynam Hichmond); forwards, A. P. James (Black- heath), G. W. Burton (Blackheath), C. W. L. Fernandez (Leeds), H. Fowler (Walthamstow), E. T. Gurdon (Richmond), C. Gurdon (Rich- mond), W. Hewitt (Queen's House), H. Vassall (Oxford University), H. T. Rovviey (Manchester), and C. P. Wilson (Cambridge,University). The thrashing we sustained on that occasion I was not the worst part of the matter, as the Englishmen, evidently thinking that such a poor display hardly warranted them again favouring us with a fixture, refused to play us in the following season. In 1882. however, we obtained a fixture with the North of England, and did so well that in 5883 England favoured us with another fixture. the match being then played at Swansea. England then sent down a powerful team, the three-quarters being Bolton, Wade, and Evan-I son. These were giants in those days. I doubt if such a trio of three-quarters has ever, been brought, together since. As might have been expected, we were beaten, but there was such a great improvemant visible that England only won by two goals and four tries—a !!cor big enough, in all conscicnc?, but still dis- tincliy encouraging to those who bad taken! the fearful collapse of 1880 to heart. Besides j this, it war; not by any means the runaway match the score would seem to indicate. Our! forwards did remarkably well on that occasion. We were pressing repeatedly, especially to-1 wards the elose, when the English- forwards appeared to have shot their bolt. The defence was, however, admi- rable, and, although we had several narrow cscape.s, we never had luck enough to score. In 1884 we went to Leeds to try our luck, and. perhaps, it would be interesting to ■ go over the names of the players who toolt. part in" practically the first match in which Wales fairly put her formidable oppo- nents on their mettle. On the English side was Tristram, the Oxonian, pro- bably the best back that ever playzd for Eng- land. Then there were the gigantic* Bolton and Wade, and the Cantab, Chapman, at three-quarter. Rotherham and Twynam were the halves, whilst the forwards were o hot lot. On the Welsh sde C. P. Lewis, of Llandovery, was back. Allen, of Cambridge; Norton, of Cardiff, one of the strongest runners who ever played for Wales; and C. G. Taylor, of Ruabon, the sheet anchor of tho Welsh Com-, mitti-e for many a season, form:d the trio of three-quartets. W. H. Gwynn and Charlie Newman played half. The forwards were Clapp, Phiiiip3. Bob Gould, Lyne, Simpson, G. P. Mor- ris. Fred- Margrave, and Andrews, -as good a pack as ever played for Wales—every man a scrimmager, and equal to any amount cf work in the It was a hard fight, and with a bit. of luck wo should hire won. The Welsh i ba!yci excelled themselves. Newman never let a man p.iss him, and brought Bolton and Watle (i ",vn every time they ar-m-2 near him. Wade wanted Ecme stopping, too—in fact, in the ordinary run of thing?, half n nzsn were t-) 1 Bill Gwyna fairly who ?>• -tnd >t tha hall t to his ihrc.o-quar-.ers • tim? after ti!T", Ar::m -got s'.ne h-nn* p \sses. but he let them slip until ll at last made up Lor the. mis-i takes by scoring a beautiful try, which Lewis converted. England scored a goal and two tries, the Welsh line baing crossed by |T$$therham, Wade, and Twynam. Bolton kick- ing th3 one goal, so the victory was only a narrow one. Bolton played a magnificent game that day, and had it not been for Newman's tackling he must have got over. In 1885 we retrograded; the team was weaker behind and in front, and England won oy a goal and four tries to a goal and one try. Jor- I dan scored both the tries for Wales. Arthur Gould played-full back in the game, and very well he played, too; and, if f, am not mistaken, that was tllo Stcddart's international debut. Two champion three-quarters thus caire out at j somewhere about the same time. Of the thirty I players seen out on that occasion not a single one is in harness now. Arthur Gould was the I last of them. He and Stoddart rose to pro- bit Gould lasted the longer. In 1836 we- miliit, with a bit of luck, have won It Blackheath, for, after Wade and Wil- kinstopc..had .scored tries for England, neither of which was converted, Stadden. who had taken the ball from the line-out, scored after running half cf the field, and Taylor, who was one of the Wekh wing men, was successful with a place kick. It was Stoddart who upset j our apple-cart. For shortly afterwards he kickcd a marvellous goal from the ccntre of the field from a mark made by Elliot. j The game ">at'Llattelly in the following' year was drawn, and tho only facts worthy of men- iti &nnecti3n with. Ih-s- match are that this was Dícky Lockwood's first game against -Wales and that it was the wonderful defensive play of Roberts which saved England from 'defeat, for the Welsh eg hi carried the Eng- lish forwards all over the In 1888 and 1889 there- wer no matches owing to an international dispute, then. in 1890, we met them again, this tunat Dewsbury, and won our first match. Tl; x,ttiie is memo- rable, not only for the fact tiiat we for the ¡ fir-t time beat England, but also that this I was cur initial effort cf the four three-quar- ters system. It w-ts also Bancroft's first ap- pearance, and glnce then he has never failed I to represent his country in their inter- national engagements. Wales played magnifi- cently, and won by a try to nothing. Stadden was agiin the scorer, getting a try right under the nose cf Jimmy Wright, of Bradford—in preference to whom ho^had, in the previous week, been selected by the Yorkshire com- mittee as half-hack for Yorkshire with F. B-or.sor. —- I England had her revenge next year, when at Newport silo defeated its try two geals and one try to one goal, whilst the next year at Black- heath we also had to put np with defeat to I the tune of three goals and one try to nil. There were..however, extenuating incidents in this match. The brothers James w-cre unable to nlay for us at half-back, whilst the passing lof our back line was frightfully erratic.. In addition, all round our tackling was of the most namby-panaby description. Forward, we were playing eight men to England's nine, and were paying .decidedly the h-t-ter _the argu- ment, yet we could never take advantage of the many opportunities they were giving us. The following year at Cardiff was a sensa- tional one in many respects. In our inter- national games with England there is alwaj's a dread aa to the appearance of that dire enemy of footballers, a hard frost. This year it was harder than ever, and it seemed any odds against the game taking place on the Cardiff Arms Park. Swansea wrote down to Eay that their ground was protected, and offered the use of it. The eastern officials, however, determined to make a big effort, and, under the guidance of poor old "Bill" Shep- herd, some hundreds of "devils" Sufficiently roasted the Westgate-street enclosure to allow the match to take place. How many of those who saw the hundreds of "devils" blazing away on the Cardiff Arms Park will ever for- ,get the sight? Dicky Lockwood and Brad- ^shaw could hardly be got. away from them. "Ah, man," said Lock>»eo<5^ who was captain that year, "but it's a gtanff sight." Bradshaw did not say much. Probably he was reserving all his energies for the Aext' day. Goodness knows, thy were not lacking during the match. We shail all fremet-Ilbcr what the English eight did with the WeLsh in the first half. They beat us in scrimmaging, and ran over us in the loose, but in t-hle seebiid half they had shot their bolt, and then we began to have a look in. The veteran Jim Hannan started operations by getting "up to the half- way line. i Herfe 'he handed to A. J. Goutd, and the latter ran in behind the posts with a try. which Bancroft converted. Biggs got the next point, Gould following with a third, but neither of these was converted, and, as Eng- neither of these was converted, and, as Eng- land had also scored a couple of tries. added to the goal and'try they obtained in the first half, we were still left with two* points to the bad. There were only a few minutes to play, when England were penalised just at their 25 on the touchline on the grand-stand side. Arthur Gould wanted to place the ball; [Bancroft persuaded him to Ist drcp, with the result that i3 now a matter of history, for he landed a magnificent goal, which won Wales th3 match, and evoked the wildest scene of enthusiasm. At Eirkenliead Park England got the better of tho frosty ground and gave us a terrible hiding, whilst at Swansea the next year Sammy of tha frosty ground and gave us a terrible hiding, whilst at Swansea the next year Sammy Woods led his pack of forwards-in fine style, ¡ and we caught another hiding. It was not as bad. however, as that which fell to cur lot at Blackheath the following year, whan we had two goals, five tries registered- against us. .At Nsweort in ,1892: Me scored a, veTy. decisive victory, but agaia when- we iitnt to that- fatal Blackheath ground in 1858 we were sent back defeated. Last year we gave Ergland the bigg:-st hid- ing on reiord, for we put on 110 less ttn-n f->nr ing on reiord, for we put on no less ttn-n finr goals, two trie3 against them at Swansea. Their cru,mp:ed up like a pack. of oirds. and the ri-u't was that their backs were never given a chance of any sort. The list cf records I have given with the two tables above, so 1.:13] need .not again be rc-proauced. Sixteen i in all hivs been pia'/od, and of • .iiland h'1O" eleven, Wales four, anil one L drawn. j

WALES. FULL BACK. W. J. BANCROFT (Swansea).—Particulars of Bancroft's career have been so often given to the public that it is almost unnecessary to give them again. He was first. of all connected with Brynymor, a local club, and afterwards joined the Swansea team. His rise was pheno- menal, as in the very next season he was chosen a.s international, and has played for Wale3 ever since without a break in that posi- tion, having already accomplished his twenty- eighth encounter. Ila is æ years of age, 5ft. 6in. in height, and list. 71bs. in weight. Hp is a marvellous kick, as England know to their sorrow. He holds the record of Haviiig played in more Rugby international matches than any other player. His record is as follows: — England, Scotland, and Ireland, 189-, 1831, 1392, 1893, 1894. 1895. 1896; England. 1897; England and Ireland, 1898. and England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1899. so that he has played for his country in every match since 1890. TJIREE-QUARTER BACKS. W. LLEWELLYN (LIwynypia) is 22 years of age, scales lOst. lOlbs., aed is 5ft. 7in. in height. He first gained his cap for Wales against Eng, land at Swansea, and played against Ireland and Scotland the ffime year. He is a fast, dashing right wing, and a deadly tackier. He has played for Glamorganshire in a number of matches, and has always done well. His football career commenced at Christ College. Brecon, in 1833, and he was captain for the college in 1836 and 1897. He holds the record for long jumping at Brccon College, having cleared just over 20ft. in 1896. whilst he is credited with having won the college challenge cup in lOsec. dead. DANNY REES. the Swansea centre, who is playing in Gwyn Nicholls's place, commenced his football career at the Hafod School, Swan- sea, where he as a boy broke Mr. Cadle Davies's precepts, and learnt how to field and kick a ball. He did not play after leaving school for a few years; then he played as wing three- quarter for the Hafod local team, which had an invincible year, and won the Swansea and Dis- < tr:ct Challenge Shield while he was operat- ing with them. They hold this for three years running. He came into the Swansea team, like Trew, in 1897. and was at once recognised as the best of new blood at a time when the team stood sadly in need of it. Danny, if he can stand on his legs, is a most dangerous and re-, sourcefui centre. He picks np well a la Arthur Gould, and often tries that veteran's dodge of making straight for the line between two opponents. He often starts a dangerous bout 1 of passing near the line, and is an adept at throwing to either wing. He is 23 years of age, stands' 5ft. 9n., and scales just list. I GEORGE DAVIES, Swansea's left centre, is a Llandilo boy. Liandilo seems a home of Western football, and several acquisi- tions has Swansea secured from that town. He first played full-back and then left centre for Llandilo. In the season 1895-6 he was invited to play for Swan- sea against Neath as wing three-quarter. Be- fore the game was over he. was shifted to th2 centre owing to an injury to Prescott. the then centre three-quarter. Davies is 24 years old, 5ft. 7iin. high, and list. 21b. in weight. George prides himsslf on the fact that. he is a non- smoker and teetotaler. He has played in five county matches for Glamorgan, and has scored in all one dropped goal and five tries for them. It was George Davies who scored the try against Yorkshire at the beginning of this season, which placed ths Glamorganshire team in the honoured position of having been the first to beat Yorkshire on their own ground. George has worked hard for the honour which is now his; and the combination of the Welsh three quarters is assured, f eeing that he and Danny Rees now occupy the centre positions. George Davie?, the Swallsea. people consider, will be the pivot of the Welsh team from which most of the scoring will emanate. W. J. TREW, Swansea's fleet- and tricky wing three-quarter, who plays on the right in the international team, is celebrated for dodgy runs., Bancroft has oracularly declared that there is no opposing man in the country who can stop him if he gets within Ave yards of the line. "Trewy," as he is knowlt down the line, first. played with the Melbourne and Trinity local teams; then entered the Swansea, third fifteen. So rapidly was his talent aeen that ho only played one match with them and one with the second fifteen before he entered the firsts. This promotion all occurred in the season 1897-8. His place has been secure ever since, and he is almost, if not quite, the most prolific scorer in the team. He is 20 years, ten months old. His height is 5ft. Jin,, and. his weight lOst. 91b. HALF-BACKS. L. A. PHILLIES (Newport) is 22 years of age. stands 5ft. 6in., and weigh? a.bout. list. He is Lloyd's club partner, and that is the principle reason for his being chcsen. He is a strong runner and tackle, well. whilst he works flTldv with his partner. Ho learnt his football with the Newport Second, but has been playing for the Usk'lde First for the last three seasons, LLEWELLYN LLOYD (Newport) played his j flrst international game against Ireland -in j March, 1895. when he tock the place of Se'.wyn r.8' im re-erve. On that occasion Lloyd was hnrd'y so smart as ParStt, but since then thsre is no doubt that he has come on tremen- { iously, and for the last few seasons has been almost invaluable to Newport. He is very tricky, and offers a parti- cularly sound defence, whilst he punts and drops well, having won Newport several matches by securing drop goals. He was play- ing for the Old Leysians for the greater part I of last season, but is now back in Newport, the Cambridge establishment being that at which he received his education. He is 23 years of age, stands just about 5ft. 7in., and scales, roughly stating, list. His international record is: Ireland, 1896; Scotland-and Ireland, 1899. foewAEDs. BRYCE (Aberavon), with Hellings and Blake, ranks as one of the biggest men in the scrim- mage, reaching into space to_ the tune of 5ft. llin., and scaling 13.t. 101b. He is 27 years of age, and is one of the soundest forwards in Glamorganshire to-day. His.chance of fame, undoubtedly, came through the Glanaorgah County games, in nearly all of whicn he has played with marked suceess. He is clever at the line-out and in .he loose, and ill the scrim- mage bundles in with a will. He stays on well. too, and at the end of the game is gene- rally going as, fresh aDd as fast as moat of them. His international record is England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1899. R. HELLINGS (Llwynypia) is the tallest and heaviest of the Welsh pack. He reaches 6ft. lin.. and weighs no less than 14st. 21b. He is a Devonshire man. and, was'bQ^&at'X9Rgh,a,pi 24 years ago. He is one of the long, slingy sort. a rare pusher, and terribly determined in the oose. Near the line he always requires more than one man to stop him. He has assisted the Giamorgan League in all their representa- tive engagements, but has played for Devon- shire in the county games, and was one of the, team that won the County Championship last season. He commenced his football career with Llwynypia, to which town he removed from Devonshire in his infancy. Llwynypia has been the only club with which he has been associated. His international record reads: England. 1897; England and Ireland, 1898; Scot-, land and Ireland, 1899. J. BLAKE (Cardiff) is as well worth his place as any forward in the team. He is 24 years old. 5ft. llin. in height, and scales 13st. 41b. Blackweir and Whitchurch. junior teams in the Cardiff ineighbourhood, had his services for a couple of seasons, and, after playing for the Cardiff Reserves, his transition to the ranks of the first was very rapid. His weight malies him invaluable in the scrimmage, but, in addi- tion, he is fat in following up, dribbles well, and does his share generally in the loose. With all his weight and height, he bring3 off good movements at the line-out, and always pulls down anyone he lays his hands on. He played in all the Welsh international matches last season. ► ■■■>;■ BOB THOMAS, one of the most cheery and dashing spirits ever seen on a football field, and who occasionally is as dangerous at the passing game as the three-quarters, he plays in front of, started playing with the Man- selton Rangers, where the Brothers Samuel, two famous Swansea forwards, also received their initial training. He was in promising company there, and ha? been ever since. Leaving them for the Mynyddbach team, another strong local production of the northern outskirts of Swansea, which, how- ever, broke up. Bob then joined the Morriston ranks, but only played with the former a short time, and the year 1390 saw him in the Swansea, fold, where he has been treasured ever since. After two years' honest scrim- maging in the Seconds he entered the Firsts, and has gone on improving ever since, till he^ is now recognised as a very fast and dangerous forward in any company. He is employed at the Mannesmann Tube Works, Landore. He is aged 27, is 5ft. 8¡n. in height, and weighs 12st. Tib. J. HODGES (Newport) commenced his football career with the Risca Seconds eight years ago, and at that time gave every promise of making a fine forward. Three years later he was drafted into the Risca first team, and was soon I credited with being the best forward in the Western Valleys; indeed, it was his fine judg- ment and great dash that so greatly assisted Risca in winning the old Monmouthshire Cup. He was selected captain of the Risca team, but upon being invited to play for Newport h,) threw in his lot with the Usksiders, for whom he has played with marked success. His age is 22, height 5ft 10in., and he scales 12st. 10lb. He is fairly fast, a rare packer, and dribbles well. He played in all the Welsh inter- national matches last season. G. BOOTS (Niewport).-Twenty-five years of age, rising to within an inch of 6ft., and scaling 13st., he is just the stamp of forward to present a bold front in a hard game. And he is not slow either. He first came out several years ago as centre three-quarter for Aberbeeg, and then joined the Newport Second team, of which he became captain. Boots is extremely active in the loose, and is a capital team, of which he became captain. Boots is extremely active in the loose, and is a capital place-kick. His international record is Eng- land and Ireland 1898 and Ireland 1899. I "BULLER" WILLIAMS (Pontymister) is 25 years of ag3, 5ft. lljin. high, and weighs. 12st. In 1892 Williams made his first appearance in Welsh football, and was included in the Ponty- mister team that won the South Wales Chal- longe Cup that season. He has fcr several seasons now been top scorer for Pontymister, 1 nnd since 1892 he has .scored no less than 8D ¡ trie'—certainly a reeord pcrforhianc3 far a forward. This season ho has already scored eight tries. He is a sterling scrimmager, taek'-Iè:; hard arrc, and is con: id sped all round ere of the best forwards the county has ever prcduccfl. FRED. MILLAR (Mountain Ash) is 23 yoar; of lag:, and hails from I>;rbyslurc. Just over twelve years ago he played with the Derby I Junction Juniors (Association). When he came to Mountain A-h he was the means of raising an Association team in the town, a team that was most successful in the local league matches. z c With the Association team falling through, Millar joined the Mountain Ash Rugby Club in 1894, and two years later he was chosen to represent Wales against Ireland. His height is 6ft. and his weight 14st.. and these facts. combined with pace and ability to dribble, make him especially dangerous.

ENGLAND. # FULL-BACK. HERBERT TEMLETT GAMLIN (Wellington) was born at Wellington, Somerset, in February, 1878. He first played foot- ball under the Association cote, but soon forsook the ditibTMing game for Rugby, and he has appeared as full-back for his native town for the p^st six seasons. He gave promise of such rare ability in the position that he was at once promoted to county honours, and four seasons ago was picked for the Western Coun-' tifes, for whom he played at Moseley. In 1896-7 he did duty for London and the West against the universities. His wonderful powers of kick- ing to touch with either foot, bis pluck in stop- ping forward rushes, alid safety as a tackier have long since Tieen recognised in the We, t He first gained his international cap against Wales last year. Against Ireland he was left out in favour of Byrne. but was again included for the Scotch match, so that to-day will be his third international. His height is 6ft. Oin., and he weighs 14st. 61b. THREE-QUARTERS. A. BRETTARGH has been an improving player for several seasons past, and his selec- tion is a tribute to persistent endeavour on his part to catch the eye of the judges. He is I a native of Manchester, but his football expe- rience has been gained chiefly in Liverpool, He began as a student at the Liverpool Insti- tute, and since those days—1893-4—he has been identified with the Liverpool Old Boys' Foot- ball Club. In cases of emergency Brettargh has proved himself a good substitute at half- back and at full back, but three-quarter is his forte. He is only 21 years of age, his height is 5ft. llin., and he weighs list. 121b. He has played for Lancashire for three seasons past, and he has been tried in the North team four times. SYDNEY FRANK COOPPER has just turned 21 years of age, having been born at Roches- ter, in Kent, on the 8th of October, 1878. Coopper was educated at Shebbear College, Westward Ho, North Devon, where he first became acquainted with football, his introduction being to the "soccer" code. In 1892 he left that I school for a Portsmouth institution, where he I was immediately elected captain of the school team. It was in 1895, when he entered the Royal Naval Engineering College :.t,.Devon))o, that he took to Rugby, and so smart did Tie prove in his play that he obtained a third team cap during his first season. Coopper soon made rapid strides in Rugby, and in 1896 passed through the second and into the first team, where he became a partner to Charley Matters, who represented England against Scotland last year. Coopper started first as a half, but his powerful running induced the college com- mittee to place him on the left lying, and it was as a, three-quarter that he made his repu- tation. Last year he. represented the South in the' Newcastle international trial match. His grand play for Devon County in the championship final at Newcastle greatly surprised the Eng- lish qflicials, and 'this year he was promptly included for the trials. He is sturdily/built, and is said to have done tho-hundred yards, in tefi seqpnfe'dei^ For' his ."cQiigty he ,lia.s, scored in nearly every match, and is con- sidered the best wing they have ever had. H$ is a long way the best of the English wings,- and will prove a. big handful for Trew to-day. GORDON-SMITH, G. (Kent and Blackhe&th).- Another new introduction who, since his return to the game, has earned gblden opifrtftnS. ^Wia. <, very conspicuous both in attack and defence against the North at Birkenhead, and his selec- tion comes as no surprise. Has been seen to much advantage in club football this winter. NICHOLSON, E. T. (Lancashire and Liver- pool), as at Birkenhead, comes into the team as a wing reserve, G. C- Robinson; as then, being unable to turn out. The Lancastrian did net have many opportunities of distin- guishing himself, but he is said to have shown dash and cleverness. His inclusion, however, increases the exceptionally large contingent of "fresh blood," though he should work well with Brettargh as his inside man. HALF-BACKS. R. H. CATTELL, the English captain, is a native of the little towII on the Avon made famous as the birthplace of Shakespeare. He first played for Trinity C vlege, Stratford, where lie <:aptiiinod: tfê fifteen or, wo, at the. same time that R. B. Sweet-,sco,tt and- his brother were playing half-back for Coventry Grammar School. Cattell played centre three-quarter at that time. but on going up to Oxford he was relegated to the position of half-back, in which department he has figured ever since. In his day he was an ex- ceedingly dangerous man behind a winning pack, whilst as a. defensive player he was a, deadly tackier. He is probably getting a bit stale now. however, and in the trial match was not seen to such advantage as Marsden. The last time he played against Wales was at Blackheath in 1896. when England won by two goals five tries to niL I GEORGE MARSDEN, the Morley 'player, hat been making a name for himself for the las4 three seasons, and his fellow-Tykes considet that he well deserves the honour he has now gained. He was nineteen years of age on October 16 last, so that his success is remark- able. He won his county cap as a centre three- quarter in 1897-8. Marsden began to play foot- ball with tiic Wdrley 'fte'd'Kose team. and. after a couple of seasons in that connection, and as one of the Morley Wanderers, he went to the Morley Club. For a while he operated at centre, and he filled a vacancy at half-back early last season so well that he has been retained in that position ever since. On current form he is the best of the Yorkshire half-backs, including H. Myers, the ex-interna- tional. JOBWABIS. R. W. BELL, the Northern forward, is a promising debutante of 22 years of age, who stands 5ft. 11^-in. high, and irfio scales 12at. 121b. He is a Newcastle man, ^io began to play football while studying at Durham School, and who gained his "blue" at Cambridge. He is now associated with both the Old Dunel- mians and the Northern (Newcastle) Club, and he has been a-regular number of the Northum- berland team for the last three Bell is strong, sound, and speedy, and he was pre- viously considered by the selection committee after his service in the North team at New- castle last season. WILLIAM COBBY (Castleford). whose physique may be pictured from the figures -22 years of age, 6ft. Olin., and 12st. 71b.—is the best Yorkshire forward of this season. He hails from near Hull, and has long been actively interested in athletics. When at school-Uppingb,im-lic was the champion in the school sports, and played football there for three years, becoming the captain in the last season. With little exception, he has always played forward. His football career has so far been in connection with Uppingham, Rosslyn Park, Cambridge University (Pembroke Col- lege). Castleford. Yorkshire, and the North. He obtained a place in his college team a, couple of years ago. and is now the captain. Last year he played in nearly every match for the 'Varsity, but he has not yet gained hia, "blue." ARTHUR COCKERHAM, the other new for- ward from Yorkshire, is one of the Olicana players, who sntain the amateur interest in Bradford, and who, with the Castlefordians,, have -almost monopolised the Yorkshire team this season. He is a worthy example of the famous Bradford strain of footballers. He is an inch short of 6ft. in height, scales 13st. 71b., and is 23 years of age. At the line-out and in loose dribbing he is a, very smart player on club and county form, and a sterling scrim- mager always. The chief clubs he has played with 41re Bingley, Shipley, and Olicana. He is a close rival to Cobby in the Yorkshire team. C. T. SCOTT (Cambridge University and Blackheath) could not take part in the recent international trial, being "crocked." but his i nerformances for Alma Mater and club had suf- ficiently established his reputation to entitle i him in the eyes of the authorities to the highest honours: viz.. an international cap. He played a sterling game for Cambridge at the Queen's Club, and has been one of the most useful members of their excellent pack. Was recently "crocked," and is rumoured to be a, doubtful starter. S. REYNOLDS (Richmond) is the only,, Southern forward taking part in fhe recent. m^cji 'whose claims received recognition. He represented London and the South against the 'Varsities last season, but did not receive further favour. At Birkenhead he was. un- doubtedly, one of the most useful players on the losing side, and he has been the mainstay of the Richmond pack this winter. J. BAXTER (Cheshire) only secured his plac& in the Northern fifteen as D. F. Hardie was found to be of Scottish nationality. He, how- ever, worked well in the packs, and thus for the first time secures international honours, la associated with the Birkenhead Park Foot- ball Club. F. J. BELL (Northumberland"and Northern) re-places C. E. Allen,' of Lancashire, who throwa in hfe lot' Ttffth th?e Emerald Isle. He has been one of the backbond of his county team for several seasons, and received especial men. tion after the North v. South match for hit keeness on the ball, in close proximity tc which he was always to be found. ¡., 1; J. W. JARMAN (Gloucestershire and Bristol), ;who takes .1) a r-rocked," re- presented London and the South against the 'Vars'itifis liist season, and alst) did duty for the South at BrhtÖl ill the first North v. South fix- ture. He did uot take part in cither of the international trials this season, but has ren- dered goo-t service for his coaiity, being a .J^ird-werking, cfcver Jorwardi: