The North Wales Express

— niiiUJii II III II —^ THE WEEK'S FOOTBALL.) THE COMBINATION. (Results up to Saturday, December 12th: Goals p. W. L. D. F. A. P. Chester 1- 9 0 3 32 12 21 •Connah's Quav 1-fc 8 o 1, J' Whitchurch .12 7 3 2 33 24 16 Crewe A 14 6 5 3 46 3o lo )4 Welshpool 11 6 3 2 24 16 14 Chirk 12 5 4 3 2o 14 13 Druids 11 6 4 1 & 32 13 Oswestry 11 o 4 2 29 L Saltney" 11 4 3 4 28 17 12 Nantwicli 13 4 6 3 lo IS 11 Wrexham 14 4 7 3 21 29 11 Tranmere R. is 4 2 2 29 13 10 Bangor 11 25 4 11 &> f Middle wich 10 2 7 1 31 (Rhyl 11 2 8 1 11 4f ° Birkenhead 10 1 9 0 10 31 WORTH WALES COAST LSAGUE. (FIRST DIVISION). \Results up to Saturday. December 12th! r Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. P. Carnarvon United 8 o 1 2 32 12 12 EBangor Reserve 7 a 2 0 •; i (Beaumaris 5 4 0 1 18 6 9 Denbigh Town. 5 3 0 2 11 6 8 [Pwllheli Town 5 3 1 1 Holyhead Swifts 6 2 3 1 2o 14 5, Llanrwst Town. 5 1 2 2 o 11 (Llandudno A. 5 2 3 0 4 lo 4 Colwyn Ba.v 5 0 3 2 10 13 2 Conway •••• 6 0 o 1 26 Blaenau Festiniog 5 0 o 0 y J- SECOND DIVISION. [Results up to Saturday, Decemoer 12th:- Goaw. P. W. L. D. F. A. P. Ruthin Town 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 Denbigh C,G. 3 1 1 1 £ f Colwyn Bay R.3 0 2 1 8 Denbigh R. 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

RESULTS AT A GLANCI. LEAQ-TJE—FIRST DIVISION. sEverton 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Bury 2, Liverpool 1. Bradford City 4, Woolwich Arwna. .Nottingham Forest 1, Preston North End 1. Sheffield United 4, Manchester City O. Manchester United 4, Leicester bosoe 2. (Notts County 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Newcastle United 2, Chelsea, 1. Bristol City 2, Sunderland O. IMiddlesborough 3. Aston Villa. U. iLEAGUIE—SECOND DIVISION. Burn-lev 3, Bradford 1. — n Blackpool 3, Gaisnsborough Trinity U. Chesterfield Town 4, Birmingham 2 -Clapton Orient 2, Oldham Athletic 0. Derlay County 2, Grimsby Town 1. Hull City 2, Fulham 0. Leeds Citv 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Stockport County 1, Bolton ^anderere 0. Tottenham Hotspur 4, Burnley 2. West Bromwich Albion 3, Glossop 1. THE COMBINATION. Crewe Alexandra. 3, Chester 3. Saltnev 3, Wrexham 1. Tranmere Rovers 4, Middlewich 1. Connah's Quay 3, Birkenhead 0. iWlÐLSH SENIOR CUP (Second Round). iRliyl 2, Bangor 1. iSantwich 2, Whitchurch. 0. ? Chirk 0, Wellington St. George s 0. n ERoyal Welsh Warehouse 3, Towyn Rovers 2 LIa.nidloes 4, Builth Wells 0. Aberdare 1, Mardy 1- NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE — (Division I.). Bangor 1, Conway 0. Carnarvon United 4, Llanrwst 1. Denbigh 2, Llandudno Amateurs 0. NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE — {Division II.). iRuthin 3, Denbigh Church Guild 0.

NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. COLWYN BAY FAIL TO TURN UP. On Saturday last a large crowd of spec- tators had -assembled on the neld adjoining the ancient Castle at Beaumaris, in order to witness the matoti which was supposed to have been plaved there between the home team and ICo!wv"n Bay. The referee, ^•T Il D. Richards, Bangor, am IBeau- maris full team turned1 out to time as fol- lows:—Fielden, Richards, Wm. Williams, DaVMB, George Williams, Levi Jones. W. o. Humphreys. Die Davies, Dick Hum- phreys, Hugh Thomas, Smedlev. and Pocle. .nd waited patiently for over half an hour, expecting the visitors' team to turn up every Sai-nut-. Shortly before three o'clock a telegram yvtw received by the Beaumaris sec-ret;ty from Penmaenmawr intimating that the, motor car conveying tlue Golwyn Bay tea!>» had broken down at Penmaen- JQawr. This, of coure, was a. great- dis- *Ppointn"%nt to the spectators, not to men- the two members of the fourth estate ?ao had been saved the trouble of writ- 3 an amount cf t he match. The money o|*Tief': 1 '<ed: to the spectators. No doubt B"y will be called to account for

BANGOR v. COXWAY. (BY "tlN AVANT"). There are many things which cause me much annoyance. For example, the, per- sistent spelling of the word "Penguins" (the which is the "nom de pel droed" of Pwll- heli) as Penquins; being run over by the z' Irish Mail before I have had my dinner (afterwards it wouldn't matter much), and, not to multiply instances, all such little things as that. But nothing annoys me so muali as to see a poor game of football (and it is of such a game 1 am now doomed to write). There have been many disquisitions on "fore-knowledge, will, and fate," in the course of the history of this funny world (which, by the way, is the funniest I have ever been in). For example (again), Milton (the Tercentenary of whose birth has just been celebrated) recounts one in his majes- tic "Paradise Lost." (By the way, apropos of EDITORS-caps, please, Mr Comp.a, journalistic joker once copied out, and sent to the editor of The — -wild horses won't drag the name of that paper from me —as his own composition, Milton's "L'AI- legro." The editor read it over and wearily put it in his capacious W.P.B., and, in his "Answers to Correspondents," said, "We have received from our esteemed contribu- tor — — an alleged 'poem,' entitled 'L'Allegro.' It is not worthy of him, and but for the high personal esteem in which we have always held our able fellow-citizen, we would have added that it is an absolute discredit to his admitted poetic abilities." Ths journalist smiled, but he got no lineage for that "pome." Neither, I fancy, did Milton.) However, that merely "en pass- ant." What I was going to say was, that the most flagrant example of "fore-know- ledge" which I have ever came across is that which materialised last Saturday. A few days previously, our EDITOR (gigantic caps, please, Mr Comp.) said to me, ses he, -Its Xmas week next week. 'En Avant,' and ALL reports must be kept short, even yours, IF YOU CAN." I wriggled at the implied appreciation of my fertility of utter- ance—its really the pencil that does it- Rowney's H.B., one penny,—but promised to do my very bestest in the way of con- densation—it doesn't look like it. so far, does it?-but wait a bit. Now it is just here where the fore-knowledge alluded to comes in. I received my Editor's gentle hint last Wednesday morning week. The Bangor Committee had arranged its fixture card some six months (at least) before that. What, then. but fore-knowledge of the most violent character could have induced the Bangor Committee to arrange for last Satur- day-a date closely synchronizing and ap- proximating to the date on which my Editor (double-distilled diamond, small pica, bour- geoise, and minion type, please, Mr Comp.) -a match not worth reporting? I w, k "What?" but the mournful dreary Echo I answers "Phwat?" with great vehemence. But, let Echo answer what it will, it is clear that the Bangor Committee fore-knew j ia) that my Editor would only want a short report this week, and (b) t-liat the Bangor v. j Conway League match would not be worth j a red cent in the way of report. Q. E. D. j Very well then Here is the required Short report. The referee was Mr Richard Hersee. Teams:—Bangorr Ted Owen Jiwfa. and D. J. Thomas Aaron Jones, H. J. Davies and Willie Jones; Hughy Owen, Hugh Hum- phreys, Richie Jones. Edgar Lloyd Jones, and W. H. Jones. Conway: Llew. Parry; Tom Jones and A. Ellis; Arthur Owen, Bob Owen, and T. Thompson; Hy. Rowlands. T. Atherton. William Evans, and S. Parry, and W. Stone. Not possessing a scrap of the "fore-know- iedge" of which I have been writing, I esti- mated the final result at: Bangor, 6; Con- wav. 0. (Twig the subtle compliment to Teddy Owen, Esq.?) Edgar Jones, winning the toss, set Con- wav to play towards the town goal. The wind blew perpendicularly from the clouds to the earth, and so favoured neither side, and a sleety shower laid the dust just before the kick-off, and also rendered the surface treacherously slippery. Conway started as if they held the same views as to the final result "as I did. Bangor. on the other liand, played with the air, and in the spirit of a team which, knowing it had an atrociously soft thing on, did not wish to rub it in too thick. The consequence was that Conway, much to their surprise, found the opposi- tion exerted against their efforts was of the mildest character, and. whether deceived into believing that no stronger could be offered, or determined to take advantage of the home team's lackadaisicalnessuosity (copyrighted in U.S.A., and Llanrwst. by "Hen Havant"), bucked up to a surprising decree, and played havoc with Hwh's efforts at ° defence, though D. J. Thomas kept Teddy Owen pretty clear of allots. The home forwards, too, displayed a brilliant kind of disjointedness as far as combination was concerned, though they got in a con- siderable quantity of shots at Llew. Parry, all of which he repudiated. HALF TIME. Bangor, 0; Conway, 0. Ah, ha: This is a bit of a licker isn't it., What ponderings ruftie the lofty serenity of mv Editor's mind now, at this abrupt con- clusion of mv description of the first half ? (However, 'there is the second half to fall back on, and, besides, I haven t finished with the first half. for I Torgot- to record the fact that D. J. Davies, the home centre half, Wiis turned off the field by the Reieree for some reason which was not official!\ communicated to the Press, represented by mv friends Edwin (not THE Edwin, but another and younger one, though possioiy as good looking), Mr Llew Jones, Esqr., and your humble, as the aristocracy, with whom I greatly associate say, so that for the rest of the game Bangor played only 10 men. Well, what of the second half? -Not much. The style of play which Bangor had compassionately adopted in the first half had now become chronic with them, and they couldn't play any other way. Per contra on the contrary Conway were full of hope and dash. They began to see visions, and, to tell the truth, did their best to materi.il- i.se those visions. Hwfa was deplorable, and over and over again the visitors' right wing z, I got past him, and had it not been that D. J. Thomas was playing a very sound game Teddy Owen would have been tested far oftener than he actually was. Aaron Jones espedally, and Willie Jones "very goot," made excellent efforts to get something done, and each of the home forwards also woke up to the fact that something ought to be done, and did it. But their efforts were severely individualistic, and Tom Jones was proving himself the finest back on the field '(which is not saying much), and not only that, but an extremely fine back, wiiilst the Conway half back line trashed our ragged

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Bangor, 1; Conway, 0. FRIENDLY MATCHES. HOLYHEAD v. OSWESTRY. HARBOURMEN WIN. A DASHING GAME. (BY SWIFT.) The subject of conversation at Holyhead on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday was "The Match." "Who will win?" was the oft asked ques- tion, and the reply invariably was, "Oh, The Combination." No doubt the past his- tory of the team was responsible for this. but. but it should be remembered that the team who did service between 182.0 and 1890 are now no longer donning the jersey. Oswestry, as can be seen, have not won the cup since 1899, although they have, often been in the final. Notwithstanding this, their visit to Holyhead cost the local team £ 10, and I am sine1 the financial benefit will be very small. Saturday was a glorious day for football, Z, but the rain on the previous day had made the field into quite a "pie." Fearing a crush, the local football sup- porters at 2 o'clock commenced wending to- wards the Oval. Fifteen minutes later the Swifts made their appearance. Exactly to the advertised time, the Combination were ready for the contest, and as they crossed- the ropes they were loudly cheered. Every visiter was invited as they entered the gate to attend the meeting of foot- ballers on the following evening (free of charge), and to witness a match between Greenfield and Holyhead next Saturday (usual price). There were but few ladies present, and among the absentees was the man who ;;ays. "I'd yell for all I was worth, and my yells put the local town crier's in the shade." This was a pity, for the Swifts deserved more encouragement from their supporters. Mr E. Lloyd Williams, Bangor. refereed, and. as usual, gave both sides fair play. The teams were :— Holyhead. — Collier; Parry and "Dr" Williams; J. Rowlands. W. T. Jones, and Dick Ellis; W. S. Owen, R. C. Jones, H. O. Jones, J. Jones, and H. Brown. Oswestry.—T. Hamson; E. Evans and J. Williams; Hamson, Roberts, and Roath; J. II. Jones, Yarnall, Heath, R. Jones, and Weaver. In less than a minute from the start. Os- v. ostry, who played with great dash down the slope, scored a goal, but it must be ad- mitted a lucky one. "If it was not for the meeting to-morrow night," said a spectator, "I would bet 10 to 1 011 Oswestry." This was the opinion of many. The Swifts, who were mere boys compared with the visitors, were not in the least daunted, although perhaps for the first few minutes they Buffered from that enemy "nervousness." Warming up a little, they pressed and in -p ie of the safe defence or the men from Shropshire, they succeeded in getting near the goal, only to be sent once more canter- ing down the field to save their own.. Some quick exchanges near the Swift's' foal were seen, and eventually Oswestry forc-ed a corner, which did not benefit them. The leather was again returned to close proxi- mity to the home goal. but like lightning 'Collier, who was in his best form, saved and his effort was followed up until Dick Ellis had an excellent opportunity of equalising. A nice shot lie sent towards the net, but Hamson quite as nicely saevd. Collier, time after time, was pressed, but on each occasion he cleared shots which looked dangerous. A Hclyhead player who attempted some smart play was. often out- witted, and in this way did not assist the team to the extent he could. On the other hand, the Jones Brothers were continually on the ball. From a throw out the Swifts took possession of the ball, and after a bout of passing seldom seen on the Oval R. E. Jones scored for Holyhead. Ctoe«r after cheer was given, and Rowlands the eaptain seemed pleased as an'vone. 1 hrough the effort of Hamson, Roberts" and Jones, the ball was quickly brought in front of the home goal, and when one ex- pected to find it finding -a rest inside the net. W. T. Jones headed out and saved the situation. The ball was kept ffoin* in the right direction for C-aergybi until J Wil Itams with « dash took the ball and trans- ferred to Roath, who centred only to be returned by Collier. This was followed by an exciting bit of play. Hugh Brawn taking a pass baffled his opponent, and transferred to Johnny Jones, the latter sending a direct shot into the hands of H«m6on, who with a mighty kick put the ball in the centre of tne field, Parr.- sent the hell aecross to Hugh Brown, who placed it in front of goai. After a despera^ struggle, R. E. f0,nes again added the second point, for the Har- bourmen. For «ome time after this Oswes- tr, played with much spirit, and Collier had a, musch to do as he possibly could *«<?<* forget himself, and not once did he miss an opportunity h^ave the ball pass between the two pasts. Oswestry onee more forced a corner, with the result of a 0. Holyhead made ,an open- T°f On™ turn to defend. Johnny Jones tried a nLe tl?vinUM by a foot" Until ha" T-T ? tht\oanje ^.increasing in speed, and goaf penalized in Front of Half Time: Holyhead, 2; Oswestry, 1. —— v -SPSSHi ? A short interval having elapsed, tihe game | was restarted, and the playing was of a iitrly even character, both teams making several attempts to add to their total. Johnny Jones, who is not satisfied until he has scored, played practically on his own for a little time, and in this way sent the ball in such a way that it could not be stopped by the visiting goalie. In this W'-iy he put his team three goals in front of Os- westry. Things were not running after this as smooth as I would wish. It was not the Swifts' fault, for they were playing the match of the season, and oftentimes some of them were in danger of being injured. The opposite team evidently had expected an easy time, and not getting it at time-) showe0 that if they could not win in a friendly way they woud do otherwise. The spectators at this time gave great encourage- ment to the "boys," while on the other hand not forgetting the men from up the line. Several times young Salisbury Owen put ball in a favourable position for his col- leagues, but the defence of his opponents was too safe. The last quarter 01 an hour of the game was beyond doubt the mcst in- teresting. Both teams making a detre- niined effort, but Holyhead only being able to score. This goal was again given to the credit of R. E. Jones.

Final: Holyhead, 4; Oswestry, 1. BANGOR FOOTBALL NOTES. (BY EN AVANT.) In Older to enhance the sentiment of ad- miration which one fe-els sure one's readers entertain for his 'a,bility as a writer it is convenient for writers of judicial pro nouncements in the public"press to begin (as I now do) with the words "It is difficult to write on the subject," &c. So I say, it is difficult to write on the subject of the play in the League match between Bangor and Conway, so uninspiring was it. En masse tout .ensemble, the game may be des- cribed is an orgy of wild aimless hurry- z" scurry by 22 men for 40 minutes, and then of 21 men for oO minutes. And if you will exercise a little \of your faculty of mental arithmetic it \will be found that 50 plus 40 equals 90, which is the whole (official) duration of a "Soccer" football m a-te li. Hence, the con elusion is irresistible that the whole period assigned for the playing of the match .inder considieration was used up in more or less futile and unsystematised scampering over a plot of grassy sw,ard which, how ever, it should be stated, besides being grassy, was distinctly slippery, and this, perhaps, to some extent, accounted for the unsys- tematized methods of procedure already hinted at. In this matter, however, the home elven was the worst. The Conway boys did much better than their opponents in the matter of maintaining the perpendicu- hir, and also their footing. There can be no question .as to which theoretically (and, as a matter of fact, actually) was the best team. That un- doubtedly was Bangor. And Bangol knew it, and so did Conway. Hence fellowe-d curious results. This unanimous convic- tion of the superiority of the Bangor team led the latter to open the ball with easy, tolerant play. This, Later on, had become a. habit, a hafbit which the ultimate vinnera found it impossible to throw off. Another result was that the visitors, conscious as they were of their inferiority, soon lealked the laissez faire conduct of the Bangorians, and, acting upon that realization, developed a game a. good' deal better than they would have played had the Bitngorian, taken them seriously from the outset, and played so well that in many respects they were the ouperinr team on the day's play. For example, their play was far more cnn- bined and knitted together than tha of the Bangorians in the outfield. There was far moie unity of effort if not of pur se in their work. WTiere they failed was 11 the last ditch, where their front ra.nk b< ie a concourse of discrete (mind not t int "discreet," dear Mr Comp.) 15, shattered and disunited by the vigo; fensive tactics of the home halts an Thomas, not counting Teddy Owen. they not only did not score, but wer reaily in any danger of scoring. The home forwards on the cc .try, though (barring W. H. Jones' oc< mal runs down to the corner) they seldom rked the ball to shooting range tliemselve were so frequently served up with the ■>all by tlieir half bftcka that they were mcr? often in range than not, and were much mere dan- gerous shootists. and, the fact that ihvy only wcored one goal is not due to any denerit in this respect on their part, but to the ex- cellence of the defence, especially 'hat of Tom Jones and LIew. Parry. Durng the whole course of the game I dare saj LIew. handled the ball, at a low estimate, 30 times. It was only put past him once. Again I dare say that during the whole game Tom Jones headed, kicked, or breast- ed the ball away from goal quite a core of times. He outshone Ellis, though Ellis did good work. Indulging in further compari- sons, I think everybody will agree vith me that the home halfs were better tia.n the Conway halfs, and that Aaron Jones was the best half on the field. Bob Joies and Arthur Owen tied for honours in tie visit- ing half line, the little Bangcrian. though inferior in power, being superior ii; intelli- gent anticipation, which is a highe. grade of half back play than mere strengti. Yet Bob Jones is not deficient in this respect either. It would not be right to siy that Hwfa was "out of the picture." He n>2ver is but on this occasion, his appear;nces in the picture, whilst incessant,, wer? of a wild and most erratic character. IVoral:— Don't begin by playing as if your opponents were not worth serious effort. Thit style will grow on you and be found difioult to shake off. i Well, about the home forwards. Thev really did nothing well, except shoo'. That wais quite good enough for the 6 goas I had dreamed of at the commencement of the match. But there were obstacles, d-which I have already written. So really, what I have to complain of is the utter abience of combined work. There was no siape or form in the whole game. It wa< played anyhow so to speak, and though Iwfa de- serves credit for the solitary goal yhiéh at the last minute won the ma.tch-a credit which he will be glad to share with Teddy and Hughy Owen—yet it was a lu<ky goal, and, to sum up, in the end, the gime was won by luck. I don't want to &e. such a thoroughly unsatisfactory game-f;oln the spectator's point of view-ag¡a.jt1, and. indeed, I doubt if it would be eas; to have a. repetition of it. ENVOI. Though I have given you such short dose this time, you, my dear readtf*3, must not expect to be let off so light'}' next week, for then we have the famoU* Old Druids at Bangor, playing- a Combination match, and I expect to find gcd copy there. So look out for the n-e-it week's "OBSERVER," The current number of the Banoor Friars School Magazine, "The Dominican" con- f n tains an interesting article, the author of which is merely veiled not conceal by the initials "R. D. n. on "Famous Friars Internationals." I have neither tine nor space for a lengthy extract from tf.is article. so I must content myself with giv.ng ,a bare list of old Friars Boys who ha'e become International F ootb, *"I Flavors—Md not merely International r cotball Payers, but famous Interational Football Havers. Here it is: — Mills-Roberts, A. 0. Navies Smart, Arridge, Fred. Jones, Peref Hughes Humphrey Jones, Price F. White. David Lewis, W. P. Owen, R. p. Williams, and Tommy 1 hi mas. Good old Friers! I fancy it wop;¿ not be. easy to fed a list of equal loertt jt 'aMmy public schools.

HOLYHEAD NOTES. (BY "SWIFT"). Bravo, Holyhead! You won, and you deserved to win. You paid well for the opportunity. You had your money's worth, too. Oswestry are not doing well this year, but they oame to Caergybi with a record 6ince 1880. With the exception of T. Hamson, the goalkeeper, they were all Combination players- What is the lesson? » Holyhead yuld be in the Combination. Johnny -lowlands played a crack game. Vv lew at singling out ally of the other 0 players, I can only say it was the best game 0 1 have seen them playing this year. The visitors were impressed with the game. bo they ought to be. iLmong the specto,turt, was Rev Jenkyn Owen. the following evening he addressed foot- bailers. i was pleased to see him present, and he remarked that "it was. an excellent game." I should like to see other ministers follow suit. One incident occurred which I was sorry for. Oswestry dd not play so good a game as one would like. There was nothing to account for it, only that they had rivals in the little "boys" of Holyhead. -Next Saturday Greenficld-old rivals— will pay us a visit. What will be the result? Holyhead, 5; Greenfield, 2. Thanks, Sec. Weeks and committee, for arranging both games. Do this more often and you will get better support. You really deserve an increase of E10 in the subscription

FOOTBALL NOTES. (BY "VETERAN"). Four League games were down for deci- sion on Saturday, but only three were played, Colwyn Bay failing to put in an appearance at Beaumaris. The Bay teaim started their journey in a motor car, but an accident happened on their way, and they wired that they could not reach before four o'clock, so the match was off. Carnarvon gained a brilliant win at Llan- rwst by four goal to one, and on the play they should have scored a few more goals. The feature of the game was the excellent goalkeeping of Tom Gillett, who saved the downfall of the Roosters' goal on several occasions in a masterly style. The Carnar- von forwards will not forget the goalkeeping opposed to them in a hurry. G. H. Jones, in goal for Carnarvon, had a very easy time of it. The backs showed a stubborn defence, and always mastered the attacks of the homesters. The three halves played a safe game, and combined well with their forwards. The combination of the front rank was a treat, and their pretty touches completely baffled the home backs. By their win, Carnarvon are once more leaders of the League, and on their present form, they should keep their position for a few weeks at any rate, if not to the end of the season. Well played, "Canaries." At Denbigh, Llandudno found the home- sters a much stronger combination than last year. Although Denbigh were without the services of J. E. Edwards, tiheir clever centre forward, and Tuckfield, they through- out showed their superiority; and but for the fine defence of Lunt (goal), J. H. Jones and S. Williams (backs), Llandudno would have had to submit to a 6evere defeat. Denbigh, however, managed to keep their unbeaten record in winning by two goals to nil. Conway met Bangor Reserve at the Cathedral City, and a tame game was wit- nessed. Rarely did the Conovians cross the half-way line, whilst Bangor could do any- thing wfth their opponents except score goals. The first half saw no goals scored, and five minutes off time, Bangor managed to rush the leather into the net, and won by the only goal scored. In the Second Division of the League, Ruthin entertained Denbigh Church Guild, and all went in favour of the homesters, who beat the Church Guild by three goals to nil. In the Welsh Senior Cup tie, at Rhyl, Bangor were dismissed by two goals to one. Two penalties were awarded Rhyl against Bangor for trips, one of which was con- verted, and the custodian saved the other. Referee Slater did his work in a capital wav, and soon stopped some of the tactics which were indulged in. At Holyhead, the football supporters were favoured with a fine day, a fine game, and saw the Swifts beat the formidable Oswestry United by four goals to one in a friendly. The proud Salopians were three short of their full Combination team. This Satur- day, another treat awaits the Holyhea.d folks, when Greenfield will be the visitors in another friendly. The Bangor Druids visited Llandegai, and managed to win their first game this season by scoring six goals against the villagers' three. The Pwllheli Club met the University College at Pwllheli. The Collegians were not a full strength, Matthews and D. S. Owen being notable absentees. The Helians won by six goals to one. On Saturday, two League games will be played, the chief one being at Denbigh, where Beaumaris will be the visitors. As both these teams have not yet lost a match, a fine strcggle is sure to be the outcome. Although the "Puffins" have the services of several Wrexham and District players in their ranks, I am under the impression that the "Bow-wows" will be able to repeat last year's performance, as Denbigh are a. strong lot this season. Llanrwst journey to Blaenau Festiniog to play their return game with the quarrymen. Al close game is always played between these teams, and with choice of ground the quarrymen will capture their first points. Carnarvon will have Conway as visitors in the second round of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The "Blues" will, I am sure, make a much bolder bid for victory than when they last visited the Oval in the League. I am

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PWLLHELI PIPINGS. Pwllheli 6, Bangor University 1, is bette,r reading than last weiek's w-ail-cnping; but, unfortunately, it did not really represent the play, auid the Collegians, who were without their captain, had much more of the game than tihe score would indica/te. They a*so had no Sammy Roberts as custodian, or three or four goals would 0 wuld have been stopped. At the earne time, true. win Nvas very acceptable, and will, no doubt, emioaurage the. players. I believe the Amateur Cup has been abandoned, and, for financial reasons, tihe trip to Bailia has been scratched. il think this its bad judgment. It would have given tlic; committee am qpportunity of playing many of our local players, who now, every S'aturclaiy, have to be in the ranks of the unemployed.. Given a win, there would have been a. possibility of another meet- ing with Garn-arvo'.ti, and who knows will ait anight happen on a. neutral ground, and, if a loss, the oommibtete could point it out as a justification for the inclusion of so many J?ortm<a.doc pliayens,. a matter which at pre- sent is not giving entire satisfaction. Tompsion was quite the be* of the halves, while tiro veteran James Ellis turned out in place of WiU Thomas, and the defence was none the worse, while thatt persisting -kicking into, touch was pleasantly albsent. J. Williams, at inside-left, was a grerut improvement, amd he combined well with .his colleagues. Ben Evans, whose knee has kept him out of the team for some weeks, reappeared ait outside-left, but he is no flier at the position. iStill, considering it was his first game since being laid by, he must not be criticised too severely. Now Joaies is getting back to form, while ■Moseley was at tilro top of his form, and his individual efforts haid much to do with the result of the game. Arthur Hughes, at left-full, played safely and consistently, aind the defence altogether wtas good. The Colleigi.,aiiis played weil too, aaid at times their slhort passing and prety combi- natiffli was a treat, .but they found the de- fence too strong, and were seldom really dangerous. A penalty disallowed them early in the gaime wtben James Ellis very palpably harndled in the area no doubt discouraged them a good deal, as it would have meant putting them on terms at the time. Their goalkeeper failed in two caeca most unaceountaJbly, as, after nearly stop- ping two that looked very soft shots, they' rolled out,, of his A big twist on the •balll may hsajve made tli/e*m more difficult tlwn tihey Looiked, but they certainly looked very "soft" affairs. Bangor University had two reams at Pwll- heli on Saturday, the other beiijng t(he. hockey team, which mam,aged. to win by 3 to 1. This is tine first time PwLliheli has mustered a team, aaid the only match tiltey ha.ve as yet played, so the result cannot be con- sidered bad. J. H. Roberts played well, especially t-o- wards tlie end of the game. J. H. Jones ig, individually, cletver, but pLays too mneh on his own. Harcleastie did not show his true form, and can, lam sure-, do better. Walker, who played for the first time, should make a useful player, amd R. A. Jones is a. worker. Wat-kins and Ravenhill were very good at back, while Thoma# a.nd Griffiths at half, who are old players, did good service. Arthur Williams wais quite good between the sticks. On Thursday, the Carnarvon t.e»a.!ii play here. Hardoatstle has been selected as one of the players to represent the West at Drabigh on Saturday. CARNlAlRVON MATCHES. On Saturday afternoon a football match was played on the County School grounds, between teams representing the present and past pupils of the school. The old boys were much stronger than their opponents, but so well did the present boys buck up, that they managed to play them a goaless draw. 0 The same day, at the Morfa, the Carnar- von Amateurs met Groeslon. The result was a win for the Amateurs by 5 goals to 2.

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"EVERLASTINC DARKNESS AT BETHESOA. ELECTRIC L'I<3HT OK GAS. I An adjourned meeting of the Bethesd.t Urban Council was held on Friday night, presided over by Mr WT. J- Parry (chair- man), and the'other members present being (Messrs R. B. Evans, Edward Williams, R. O. Williams, Wm. Owen, Wm. Griffith, Griffith Roberts, John Roberts, and Wm. 'Williams, with the Clerk (Mr D. Griffith Roberts), and the Surveyor (Mr H. H. Davies). THE SEWERAGE FARM. The meeting considered the tenant of the sewerage farm. lVlr Edward W imams stated that the terms of tenancy were al- together unfair, and that was why he had given it up. Mr R. b. Evans thought that each clause of the terms could be taken separately, and considered with Mr Edward Williams. Mr Griffith Roberts pointed out that Mr Edward Williams, being a. member of the Council, it would not be correct to discuss" the terms with him there and then, and suggested that a committee should be ap- pointed to meet him. Mr Edward Williams remarked that he had met a committee previously, and had thev listened to his points they would ha.ve saved considerable loss to the ratepayers. I After further discussion, a. small com- mittee was appointed to confer with Mr Ed- ward Williams. 1 ELECTRIC LIGHT OR GAS. | The Chairman stated that he had made ex- haustive inquiries into the question of sup- plying Caeliwyngrydd and Braichmelyn with electricity. In his opinion the initial cost would be £ 3,000, whilst it would cost £ 1,200 to supply gas to, the district. He did not consider that their financial position quali- fied that expenditure. Mr R. B. Thomas ascked whether Beth- esda was scheduled with the area of the -N-orth Wales Power Company? If so, they in Bethesda" could not establish works in the town. The Clerk replied that he did not think Bethesda was within the area of the com- pany. Mr R. B. Evans: I can assure you that the Ogwen Council have received formal uotice that they are within the area of the company. The Clerk stated that he had written to several of the Welsh Council's inquiring for particulars regarding electricity. iSome of them favoured gas, especially in view of the improvements which had been carried out in the incandescent burners. Mr Wm Griffith moved his notice of motion to the effect that the Council should forthwith take steps to supply Caelhvyn- grydd and Braichmelyn with gas in accord- ance to the promise made to the ratepayers of the district. The Chairman Do you insist upon gas in preference to electricity? Mr Willialn Griffitp; The ratepayers in- sist upon gas and not electricity. Mr William Williams seconded the motion. Mr R. O. Williams asked whether the shopkeepers and the chapels in that district had agreed to purchase gas if the place was supplied. Mr R. B. Evans maintained that the dis- trict wa.s entitled to gas whether the shop- keepers took it or not. Mr Wm. Griffith: Yes, the place if in everlasting darkness. The Chairman: Surely it was not so bad as that (laughter). iMr Wm. Owen moved that the districts be supplied with gas next winter, but that in the meantime if it yvas ascertained that electric light could be supplied cheaper tha.t that should be used. This was seconded by Mr R. 0. Williams a.nd on the voting, four voted for the r amendment, and four for the original pro- posal. By the casting vote of the Chairman, the amendment yyas carried. New shops spring up at Pwllheli like amendment was carried.

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A RAZOR FOR FOURPENCE. AND WHAT BECAME OF IT. At the Bangor Police Court, on Tuesday, before Messrs Wm. Puglie, Harry Chagg, J. Evan Roberts, Thos. Roberts, John Jones, CoLanel Sir Thomais Mursh>all, atnd Captain Stewart, two young men naimed Michael Boyle amdi James McCann, Off no fived abode, were charged with stealing a razor, the property of a youth cllamed James Barnett, Superintendent Harris prosecuted. James Barne.tt (17) gaive evidence that he bought a razor, the previous dwy, from Thomas Harrington, at his Lodgings, 49, Dean street. He gave 4d for it. Mr Titos. Roberts (a magistrate); Have you used it yet?—No, sir (laughter). Proceeding, the witness swid that the two defendant oame to the lodgings, and, when they arrived he had the razor in bis band. Boyle took the razor from his baind, and gave it the other defendant. The two then ran away, and the witness followed them as far as High street. MoCann attempted to strike him. Catherine Williams, 45, Deao street, st,ated that the two defendant's case to her house the nrevious evening. Lewis Janes, 45, Dean street, stated that he lodged at the house of the last witness- The previous night he noiticed the de fendant Boyle rusihing into the housie, and shoving his hand u nde.r a coat, wmdh WBg lying in the back-kitchen. The constable followed him, and arreated him. On going to the back-kitchen, lie found two razors in the place where Boyle plaicedl his hand. P.C. Morris (24) gave evidence that. the last witness gave him two ra-zoare the pre- vious evening. P.C. Evams (60) deposed of receiving in- forintait.i,on from Barnett. He went in search of the defendants. He f-ound th<pm j in James street. !He brought McCann to 1 the Police Station, and had great difficulty in bringing him in, as he very drunk- j dn reply to the change, Boyle had no J answer to make. Witness charged and f cautioned McCann that morning, and j reply he aaid: "I dotn't yvisih to say any- '1 tiling." •! On being formally changed, both d-' 4 fendamts pleaded "Not guilty." 1 The Be,neb senit Boyle U> prison far seveO ] daiys, but diamiased the caisa against Mc | Cann. j

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front rank up all ways. Yet many strong I shots reached Llew Parry, and he' got rid I of all of them, and despite the raggednesa I of the home attack, there was some desper- ate work in the Conway goal. iMany of the Bangor shots were charged down of malice prepense others struck defenders who hap- pened to be in the way; whilst three or four crashed with a splintering smash against either the upright or the cross-bar, and re- bounded into play. The only word that fitly and comprehensively summarises the number of corners that fell to Bangor is the saintly word "galore," and galore it was. But the sands were fast running out as Joseph might say. and visions of a cer- tain draw, and even of a very possible defeat began to take form, and a considerable amount of consistency in the minds of the home spectators, when, five minutes from time, the whole of the Bangor forces, minus j H. J. Davies and Teddy Owen, united in a grand assault on the Conway citadel. A 0 glorious defence was put up, and one of Tom Jones' mighty returns gave the ball to •William Evans in" midfield. William raced away, or started to, but found a real Welsh Dragon in his path, disguised as Teddy Owen, which had the whole of the Bangor half to his little self. Teddy decided to play the goalkeeper-full-back-half-back-ior- ward game, and, picking up the ball with his hands (goal-keeping play), gave William a rough shock (full back play), tackled Sam Parry (half-.back play), and then dribbled up, finally parting with a perfect pass to tiughv Owen (forward play). 'Hughy went away; disdainfully evaded Thompson's rush, and crashed the ball against the cross-bar. Llew Parry shivered in sympathy with the cross-bar at* the awful shot, but. nevertheless, notwithstanding and how- somedever, whateffer, smacked the ball away as it fell. It fell amongst a pack of ravening wolves (iP.lS.—"Wolves" equals Bangorians), and a furious hurly-burly en- sued, into the midst of which, changing his wolverine to a bovine character, Hwfa rushed heading the ball past Llew into the net, amid frantic cheers. Bangor, 1; Conway, 0. After Hwfa had been led down by a line of Bangor players, each gripping his or each otners' hands, and carefully deposited in the right back position, it was found that Teddv Owen, alarmed, at the disastrous re- sult (to Conway) of his "combined" indivi- dual effort had sneaked back between the posts. Tins being the case, the Referee re- started the game, but almost instantly after- wards stopped it, leaving Bangor winners, the FINAL RESULT being .>

— 'LLi f looking forward to the "Canaries" winning) by a good margin. At Bangor, the well-known Druids from Ruabon will be the visitors, and, as is al- ways the case when the "Ancient Britons" visit Bangor, a good game is anticipated. After Saturday's display at Rhyl, I hope the Bangor Executive will draft some new blood into the team. I think Bangor, on their own ground, will, however, just man- age to win by a goal or two. The kick-off is fixed for 2.30. Connah's Quay visit Bangor on Boxing-Day in a Combination fixture.