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NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. BEAUMARIS v. PWLLHELI. | "THE SORROWS OF SATAN." j I (BY "EN AVANT.") Doris last week invited her hockey team to tea. At tea, or, rather, after tea, games were indulged In, and one of the games was that you should either dress yourself so as to wear some articles of dress which should suggest the title of a book. Olga, the charm- ing daughter of my old friend Dr took a double first in Honours, was the top girl in 0 the Kingdom. and was given an extra piece of cake for her Book Title, and I consider she deserved it. and I think my readers will agree with me that the design, so to speak, deserved all the kudos (a Greek word signi- fying Bangor 3, Chester 2) which could be given to her. Her insignia consisted of a photo of a group of the Students of the Bala- Bangor College. What do you think that represented? What book-title, I mean? "THE SORROWS OF SATAN" Wasn't it good? Well, I thought it so good that I decided to go to see the Beaumaris v. Pwll- heli match for the Coast League Champion- ship, instead of going to see the match Bangor v. Holyhead in the same series, and there-by I landed myself into the midst of frightfully agreeable adventures. First of all, I met the Right Honourable and Most Worshipful R. D. Richards, Esq., Limited, actually paying for a ticket at the Pier En- trance — the GRAND ENTRANCE, mind you I could hardly believe my eyes. Still, there he was right enough, and I went with him, and Cledwyn Jones, and his brother, and EDWIN THE YOUNGER. At the pontoon, the stately Corporation barge awaited our arrival, and we stepped gravely into the thwarts, amidships, and amid the excited cries of the sailors and the farewells of the non-existent crowd, vs e slowly pushed off. There swam into the ken of our vision, a lovely young girl, who also wanted to go across with me. When she saw the boat had left, she pretended that she didn't care a pin about crossing with in? or anyone eLse, J and statelily paraded the deserted deck of the pontoon. I commanded the commander of the barge, in a low stern whisper (I was J seated at the stern at the moment), to turn back, and he did, he and his crew labouring heavily at the oare. Then, as we slowly ap- proache-d the shore again, hove in sight an- other lady, with a group of young angels in the form and dresses of children. We took them on board, and once more set sail for the distaftt shores of Mon, Mam Cymra. We landed safely, and having clomb the steep incline found a carriage awaiting us. We entered, still with considerable stateliness, and were driven off to Beaumaris. Arrived there, we were "received" with much cere- mony by Bro. Briercliffe, after which we se- parated and had chats. Suddenly, R. D. left us, and strode with suspicious eagerness to- wards a hotel, at the door of which stood a buxom young lady in white, and with her a lovely damozel in black, blue, or grey,—I forget which. I gazed jealously at him as he chatted gaily with the young ladies re- ferred to, when, suddenly, to my almost un- believable eyes he signalled vigorously to me to come and join him. Need I say what happened? In two thousand strides, I was by his side, and was introduced to the ravishing girls-on whom I had a moment before been gazing so sadly afar off. Then I retired, when, just as I had got back to the other fellows, another, and still more ravishingly beautiful maiden, came out of the hotel, accompanied by the handsomest young fellow I ever saw, whose moustaehoifi extended to each side of his face for the dis- tance of about six inches, in a straight line, from the 'crescent of dark brown hair which formed the centre piece of his comely fea- tures. His eyes were like almonds—not in taste, but in shape, and were a lovely lan- guishing dark brown in colour, and he car- ried- himself like a Prince in his pure white shirt sleeves. I was recalled, and reverently introduced to these two beautiful persons. The man was Tom Hughes, to whose person fand I don't wonder at it) I found afterwards there are always some ladies attached or near adjacent. The lady, oh, the lady I was so confused by her beauty and carriage, and figure that I do not remember her name, but if ever you go to Beaumaris to the hotel, and see a VERY beautiful girl,that is SHE Well, all this was over by 3.20, and the kick-off was fixed for 3.30, and there was no sign of Pwllheli. Rain began to spit at us, and we began to spit angrily at everything, especially at Pwllheli. At 4.20, Pwllheli hove in sight, in a waggonette and a cab, and hastened to their dressing-rooms to get ready for the fray. Their adventures, which caused their late appearance are also worth recounting, but I have no room for doing so here, and so I must en avant to the Ca-st-e Grounds, where, by the beneficence of Bro. Briercliffe, a table and three chairs awaited our convenience. I took up the middle one, Eclwin seized the other, and in the other, Bro. Cledwyn Jones deposited his stately form, and everything was ready, and the rain pelted down steadily on our unpro- tected. table. Would you care to know the names of the players? So you &hall dears. They were as tollow :— lieaumaris: Richards; W. G. Williams and barn Davies; Taylor, Levi Jones, and W. J. Jones (H. O. Sannah !); Dick Hum- phreys, Di Davies, W. O. Humphreys, Smed- ley, and Harry Evans (and tiie greatest of these is Harry). Pwllheli: R. W. Williams; Will Thomas and G. Evans; R. H. Thompson, Bob Ellis, and Bob Jones; R. D. Roberts, Moseiey Jones, Griff. Jones, J. Williams, and Ben. Evans. Tiie whisUe sounded; the driving rain hid the players in a misty shroud, and J. Wil- liams fought strongly against Di Davies, and slew him, and sent to Thompson back- wards, and Thompson sent up to Ben Evans, who, racing with his head down against the driving rain, shot the ball past W. G., and failed to catch it before it went behind. Then Di and Dick battled stoutly, and G. Evans met their final desperate rush, and kicked away, and Bob Ellis swept the ball along the held, forward- and acroes to R. D. h., who, stoutly tackled by Sannah, beat that fine half-back, and slung the ball grand- ly across the Beaumaris goal and behind. Beaumaris swept down the field gaily from the goalkiek, and Will Thomas with stately gravity punted back. Levi got the ball, and put on to Harry Evans, who was beaten by Thompson, who nicely touched on to Mose- iey. At him, with a, keen perception of where danger lay, went Levi, and lo t the ball was not there, neither was Moseley, for both had stepped aside from Levi's rush, and then Moseiey sent up to R. D. R., who again swept the goalmouth with a fierce drive, and Taylor headed away in fine style Beau- maris attacked, and Moseiey was penalised for a slight foul, and Will Thomas, with stern gravity punted Levi's free-kick back into space. Levi returned the compliment, and 'iiaixls against Bob Ellis near the penalty line gave Beaumaris a grand chance. W. 0/passed the ball to Di, who, running in, drew the keeper out of goal, and then shot at the empty goal, but sent miserably wide of the mark. Sannah headed back a fine goalkick, statelily taken by the stern Thomas, and a moment later headed back a tremendous return by Bob Ellis, which Will Thomas without a smile on his saturnine fea- tures, calmly punted back to Moseley Jones, who, instantly and vigorously tackled by Levi and Sannah, beat them both for a while, but was afterwards forced to put into touch. From the throw, Smedley and Harry Evans advanced, but Will Thomas with im- posing majesty punted back a pass intended by Smed. for Harry, and a moment later majestically punted back a. long forward pass by W. O. into touch, and from this Smedley i dropped the ball into the goalmouth, and a goal was imminent when G. Evans jumped into the midst of & crowd of players, and headed away, nearly under the bar. Levi returned mightily, and W. O. touched on to Di. Di touched back to him, daintily, and W. O. touched on to Harry, who promptly shot over. Beaumaris came in stantly from, the goal kick, and Bob Ellis wa» prominent with good work against Di. whom he beat hollow. The home right now put in some desperate work, and forced quite a series of throws, and from the last, of these, Di headed just wide. Moseiey got the goal kick, and was beaten by Levi, but. Moseiey stuck to his man, and beat him in turn, and shot on, but W. G., with IH!1 characteristic graceful long-forward-stretch- ing punt, cleared the danger. Bob Jones returned grandly to Moseiey, who touched on prettily to R. D. R., who ran past Sanah, and flung yi a great shot, which Griff Jones missed in front of goal. He quickly re- covered possession, and shot dead into goal, Richards clearing somewhat clumsily. G. Evans, with a fine kick, placed J. Williams in possession, but Levi stopped him, and shot it forward. W. G. then got it, and running up a bit, dropped into the Pwll- heli goal mouth, where R. W. W. caught and cleared briskly. Beaumaris still pressed, and Levi tried a. pot shot at long range, and sent wide. For some reason which I did not see, a corner was given, and from this, Levi a-gaui v>hot wide. Again Beaumaris attacked, and some loose work by Bob Ellis left Smedley with the ball, amd that dangerous young fellow smacked' it in on the instant, R. W. W. effecting a very smart clearance. The next moment the ball came back into the goal mouth at express speed from Levi, and the whole of the home front rank closed on it, and tried to rush it into the net, out of the ra.in, but R. W. W. dashed in amougst them and fisted away in great style, and the next moment Smed- ley sent it tearing just past the upright on the wrong side. Levi again tried a long shot, and again shot wide. Still Beaumaris pressed eagerly, and Smedley gave the ball to Harry, who had an open goal before him. Harry shot to Evans, who cleared with thank fulness, and Taylor shot wide. A moment after W. O. gave Harry a neat pass, but Harry missed the ball altogether, and Will Thomas turning up sadly, punted the ball sternly to Taylor, who at once made pre- parations to advance. To hie astonishment, however, a sudden rush by Ben Evans dis- possessed him of the leather, and sent to Moseley, who promptly touched on to R. D. R., who, however, taken unawares, could not catch Moseley's swift pass. From the following throw, Moseiey handled, and from the free kick, Dick Humphreys forced a corner, which was superbly placed by Dick, and put clear into the net, striking the side net on the inside. R. W. W. promptly-fisted it out as it fell, but Beau- ma-rig returned instantly, furiously, and shot after shot was sent into the densely packed goal, where men were kicking for dear life, and whence, finally, it was cleared by the concession of yet another corner. Again Dick took the place kick, and again per- fection marked his effort, for the baJl just struck the side of the- upright and rebounded into play, and Levi shot behind. The goal kick was nicely returned by Levi to Dick, who centred grandly, but G. Evans kicked out of goal, but behind. Again a miracu lously perfect corner was placed by Dick, which only a miracle kept out of goal, round which now raged a perfect tornado of shot*, from all parts of the field, ail of which were somehow or other kept out. Beaumaris again swept down on the Pwllheli goal, and Harry Evans sent in a good one, which was cleared at the expense of a corner. Harry placed this well, and W. 0. headed it swiftly in, but with majestic swiftness, Thomas headed far awav to where Sannah was lying waiting in the pouring rain. Sannah dropped in a beauty, which Bob Jones desperately cleared from under the bar with a. fine up-jumping header, and another ehot behind by Levi ended the assault. Then, by way of a change, fhe with a swinging left to right move- ment put in a dangerous raid. W. G. was I

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(BY "EN AVANT"). There are two tilings about which, there can be no two opinions respecting the game at Beaumaris, with Pwllheli, last Saturday, and they are, fiinst-, that the winders thoroughly deserved all the goals they got, aaid second, that there was not quite that difference in the merits of the two teams. This sounds rather paradoxical, but I think that most people who saw the ga-me will admit that it is not aai incor- rect' way of summing up. Each of the Beaumaris goals wad brilliantly got, ajid reflected the highest credit on tiie scorers, and, besides, the winners were superior in the outfield work as well. Yet, there are, so to speak, extenuating circumstances to boo pleaded by the losers in ex-piajiatrLoii of their crushing defeat. In the first piace, they were snort of two. of their regular men, and, probably on that account, iheir play Witts disjointed. But, at times, they .piayed in such a waj as to put the Beau- maris goal in extreme danger, and had they possessed a little more conesaon, and one other quality, wnich I will rdcir to presently, tney might eveoa have won. Still, as all tilings stood, and on the day's pLay, Beaumaris was- quite four goads better than tiie visitors. But, given a line day, and a start at the advertised time, and I think the visitors would have made a much better show. That they were late, aud con- sequently played "iUl a hurry," so to speak, was tneiir own fault, aaid against tnat you luu-e to set the fact that the winners had been knocking about the held in the rann for an hour before the game started. JSow the other tiling 1 said I would refer to was the quality of tackling. The losers were woefully lacking in that essential. They not only allowed them- selves to be hustled off the ball all through the game, but they did little in the hustling line themselves. The result of this was that, when the ball wa<3 sent forward, it was ten to One on a Beaumaris main getting it, simply because the Beau mar Lsdan.s went for it, wliile the others stood watching them get it. Bob Ellis, strangely enough, showed a lot of this sort of -weakness and hesitancy, and often let the dangerous forwards have a cltiar course, wh-e-n a prompt and: judicious tackle would either have robbed them of the ball, or, at any- rate, spoiled their shooting. Of course, it will not be understood that I am advo- cating rough play. Tackling is not the Z, same tilling as rough play at all. The player who caught my eye more frequently tlhaai- any other was WL1 Thomas. He gave me the impression at first that he was- too slow for a. f uneral, but, as, time after time, his apparently slow-moving form went forwards the bali, and invariably (with the exception of about three times through-out tiie game) got it, 1 began to recognise that Wiil Thomas was a back of the first waiter, and I think the Beaumaris forwards began to get an un- easy feeling tha.t he was not to be beaten. There was nothing rough or violent about tVilPs play, aj)d lie dill not hurt anyone. He was hurt once himself; quite acci- dentally, out lie did not hurt aaiyone, but, at the sointe time, he allowed no one to pass him with the ball in his possession, and never allowed the ball to pass him on its own, as it were. Will was, not only the best "back" on the field; ho wa.s the best "man" on the field. Hid calmness was phenomenal, and I hope, he won't think I a,m poking fun at him by my fre- quent references to his calmness. It was iio noticeable throughout the game, in the hottest rushes as well as in mere open work, lung shots- and such- like, that it would be impossible not to make rspeciaA mention of it. William, I take my hat off to. you. But G. Evans was by no means' a bad partner for Will Thomas, and some of his work was excellent. Bob Ellis was easily the best half on the field, with a saving clause as regards Sannah, whose style was quieter. In fact, I am not sure that I must not withdraw what I have said as to Eilis being the best hail" on the field when I come to think of W. J. Jones' splendid but unostentatious work. 1 will withdraw, and say that Bob Ellis' brilliancy matle him equal to W. J. That it no reflection on you, W. J. and it is high praise for you, Bob Ellis. I had heard you were a rough 'un, Bob. I did not see yon do a, dirty trick on Saturday, and I hope, if e-ver you have been in the habit of indulging in such tricks, you will drop them for ever, for your work will be much moire effective if you do. Remember (amd that with pride) the effectiveness of your work on Saturday. Your two goals- were beauties. Bob Jones and Thompson played a. good game, but I fancied Thompson the most. They both played a cleaill game. Of the forwards, I think Griff. Jones was as good, on the day's play, as Moseiey. They were both opportunists, and did not play their best all the time, but by fits and._ starts, as it were, but when they put their shoulders and feet to it, they did well. R. D. Roberts was an incessiant tryer, but lie only got occasiional ahainoes, of which he made the utmost use. His speed is great, and his style taking. Williams and Ben Evans did a few- good tilings, but they were very uneven &«I Sjpasmjodic. This was- due to the la,ck of 'combination" of the whole line, nay, of the whole team. Ilhey had not even as much as Beaumaris, and that is not. much. They will do well to try and aeqruire the art of combination as soofn as possible, or else they will have to submit to tho 1U- dignity of a defeat on tiieflr own ground when Benuma,ris plays the return match with them. I can only speak of the winners, everyone of them, in terms of cordial praise. Of course, some were, better than others, but, apart from that, they ea.ch and all played the gajme, and it was a, clean and pleasant gaane throughout. Now, as to individuals, for it will always have to come to that in any criticism of a team's play. Beginning 'with the goaJlie, I am bound to say that, though he had' not much to do, what he had to do lie did in suc-h a, mainner as to give the enemy occasion to blaspheme, and to give a man who had never seen him play ,before, the idea, that lie. was a, duffer. All on the field were astounded to see him miss Bob Ellis' second goal-scoring shot. He had nearly a. minute to prepare to receive that ball, and he made all the preparations ihe could, and was ready when it came, and yet he missed it, and it went into the net Now, that looks bad, out it looks so bad that it can't be true—true form that is. The fact, is, that Richards had so little to do during the last half that he must have been almost stiff with cold and wet. and that is probably the reason that he missed striking out Bob Ellis' dropping, goal-scor- ing shot at the end of the second half. Adieu, friend Fielden, and better weather next time. Then as to the two home backs. W. G. was again the better of the twu, though he was not up to his be at form, as I have seen him. Yet he did twice as much work as Sa.m Davies, and did what he had to do better, ad a rule, though on one or two occasions Sam outshone him. But, do you know, I often think that a. man may seem to be playing a poor game simply because he is not tested sseverely enough. He has not the opportunity to bhiiie, to show us of his best. That is probably the explanation of W. G.'s ee-emuiig inferiority to his gre,a,t b€^t, as well as Sam s a,ppa,rent inferiority to his usual. You can haive a'ma-ir at ftil best except under the greatest stress. Sannah is my man all the time in the half- back line. There is no show, mere show, about W. J.'s work. It is solid, effective, clean, and unassuming. He guides, the work of his feet with an educated brain, and his body is strong enough, and his legs fast cuough to meet the utmost pressure til] at ma.y be put on his shara of the half-back line. Mens SANA in corpore shiw. He was certainly the best of his line on Saturday. And Levi was not far awav from W. J. Levi plays all over the field, and his style is more showy, prettier to look at, to the getnterai e\ie, than W. J.'s., but it is not all show, for Levi's work is thoroughly sound and usually very effectiv-e. His weakness just now is his fondintetss- for trying to score. That's all right in its proper place, but I think Levi rather over- does it. Re missed in half-a-doSe-n attempts on Saturday, and he would do well to look for a well-placed forward rather tlhan attempt a shot himjsief. Taylor did a lot of good tilings, a lot, but hI" did not quite come up to his best either. Still, he s-ticks to the. Beaumaris style of pla.y, and is now ujndistinguitshatble from the others in that respect. And now let me get to my pets, the for- wards,—to Smedley, Di Davies, W. (). and Dick Humphreys, auid, also, Harry Evans. Harry it3 not the nafme etyiie of player as the others. He is burlier and heavier, and less dainty than any of them in his work. But all who saiw Harry's work on Saturday, especially his placing of cornier kicks, will agree that he deserved his place in the team. Now of Sanedtey; daintiness is a prominent characteristic of his work. The same may be said of Di Dalies. But allied to that daintiness is tremendous forctei for such slight bodies. They shoot- with the power of a 100-ton gun, 00 to "peak I don't know which is the more dangerous of the two near goal. Smedley, I think, bp- ca-iise he is so instantaneous. Yet Di is

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twice called upon, and Sam Davies once, I and from the latter clearance, Bob Ellis I sent the ball tearing just past the corner flag. Then W. 0. got going, but he was beautifully pulled up by Grili Jones, who shot behind. A miskiek by Levi Led to a tremendous attack by the Pwllheli left wing, which was, curiously enough (and that shows how closely the attacK. was pressed home), beaten off by Di Davies, who was fouled as he did so. W. O. dropped the free kick into the goal area, but with im- pressive solemnity Will Thomas punted away. W. O. shot in again instantly, but again with solemn gravity, Thomas punted I away. Then Smedley shot in, but his I dangerous shot was breasted away from the front of the goal by Thompson. But The home lot were dying for a goal, and -the ball came flying back from Taylor, and G. Evans kicked clear, and Harry put behind. Aiter a fine display by Bob Ellis, Beau- maris advanced yet once again, and a grand Evans kicked clear, and Harry put behind. Aiter a fine display by Bob Ellis, Beau- maris advanced yet once again, and a grand I overhead kick by Smedley put the ball at Harry Evans' disposal. Harry shot in, and the silent and grave Will Thotoas mis- headed goalwards, and Harry ran the ball right into the goal, where R. W. W. effected a clearance which might well be put down o u under the category of the miraculous. A I moment later, Bob Ellis stopped a danger- ous shot from Smedley, and from Bob's I clearance Moseiey Jones darted off, and wriggling his way up field, parted to R. D. R., who dodged Sannah'6 instant rush, and fied up field, finishing with a strong shot which Sam Davies charged down, sending the ball to Griff Jones, who was close in goal. Griff prepared to shoot, but he should not have prepared to shoot, he should have shot at once, and while he was preparing, Taylor darted across, but so close was the race, that he could onjy send the ball be- hind. The corner, nicely pla.ced, was nicely cleared, but Griff Jones and Ben Evans hereabouts put in a bit of Pwllheli special work, as a result of which Richards had to kick into touch to clear a hot one from Griff. From the throw Harry Evans broke away and shot forward, but Will Thomas cleared calmly. Then Levi sent well up, and Smedley sent finely forward to W. 0., who passed it on to Di. Di ran in a short way, and then shot with fervour, and Wil- liams falling as he ran for the ball, missed it, and it passed into the net exactly 29 l-8ths of a minute from the start. Beaumaris, 1; Pwllheli, 0. The above is Greenwich time, and so is this, for Pwllheli put in several very warm attacks after this goal had been scored, and in two minutes Bob Ellis ended one of these with a brilliant dropping diagonal shot, at which Richards threw himself, falling fuJ length in the mud, but clean missing the ball, which settled itself snugly in the net, out of the rain. (Beaumaris, 1; Pwllheh, 1. M friend Tom Hughes thoughtfully twirled his beautiful moustachois, and kindly explained to the bevy of fair dames | who attend on him that "if" Ellis had shot J two miles to the right of the goal, and 'if" Richards had hit the ball to Jericho, or even to Poxitmadoc, there would not have been weeping and wailing in the Beaumaris 0 9 Castle Grounds, but, he added philoso- phically, its no use crying over spilled milk, and so the dames were comforted. A mo- ment later, liowevei, Tom was flabbergasted by one of them, who had just seen the stern unbending Thomas kick out of goal a. scorcher from Smedley, exclaiming, "What a sha.me!" "What's to do?" queried Tom. "Wel-I," was the reply, "poor Smedley kicked the ball in with all his might, and it was going into the net when that big fellow ran at it and kicked it away Tom swore a mighty oath, and said with conviction, "That fellow ought to be turned off /the field, whereat his weeping fair one was comforted. However, time was flying, and a& were the Beaumaris forwards, the latter down the field, towards R. W. W. Among the runners wa.s Dick Humphreys, and at him went Bob Ellis on stern business in- tent.. Dick swerved half round with the I violence of Bob's charge, but eve!! as fie spun round as on a, pivot, he lifted the ball- high into the air, and goalwards, and, fly- ing on the wings of fhe wind, it shot swiftly towards the serious and sad faced Thomas. As it fell, he stopped its progress, but be- fore he could clear, there was tempest- uous rush, and W. O. smashed the ball is at half arm so to speak. Thomas coolly and with a sort of resrret cleared, but back it came again from W. 0., with the force and speed of a. 110 ton gun shot, and R. W. W. lying comfortably and snug on the goal line, no opposition was available to stop its entrance into the net, with the result that the score now read:- Beaumaris, 2; Pwllheli, 1. And so, despite several gallant -attacks bv t-ie '.He! kins, the we ore remained at HALF TIME, to wit, Beaumaris, 2; Pwllheli, 1. After coffee h-ad been served cut to the players, the referee, the lin-esimen, and Bro. Briercliffe, who po-'ii'tely declined it. as -lie knew what it was m'ade of, two gigantic me,n (brought three gigantic ci.-ps, and a ■gigantic basket to EN AVANT, and besought HIIS H'IG<HNESS to drink. He and so did EDWIN and CLED- WYN. Then the game was allowed to pro- ceed. •-Beaumaris, wens now abtac-king their favourite scoring goal, and the 'Heliaiis soon xouiid it out, for W. O. imone<liateljv got the ball, and .sent across to Harry, who shot behind in 30^ seconds, "En Avan'o"' time. Another desperate attack swiftly fol- lowed, ajt.d the ball was sevaral times shot in and out of the 'Heli goal, -and at last a corner^ fell to Beaumaris. -Harry Evans pecjijpujjaltedi this with wonderful aceuraev, but Robert Ellis, K.C., M.P., G.C.B., and I centre half, cleared brilliantly, and the visitors raced away in a straggling but desperately ear-nest line, which astonished Levi so -much that he at once kicked .the ball back in a panic, and served up to- W. 0., who ibst the ,chanlce. Two more desperate attacks by the 'Helians followed in quick succession, the last being ended by a fine punt .hy Taylor. W. O. handled in. midfivld in a desperate attempt- to get -past Robert Ellis, and that young man. taking the free kick, dropped it nicely in front of Moseiey, who made a tremendous individual dash, and knocked W. G. down, but )Sam. Davies saved 'the situation iby kicking into touch. A free kick .against Robert Ellis was cleared with severe calmness bv Thomas, and then with unruffled serenity Will stop>ped a headlong rush by Henrv Evans. 'Henry, however, forced the silent one to yield him '3, corneT, and, placing this with perfect accuracy Harry brought his pL opponent int.o "action again, «n-cl this time he gave another corner, liarry was delighted, and placed this corner as well as he had done the other, and again, with admirable composure, Will Thcrnas headed away. Them Dick Hum- phreys tried) the dashing business, but met. a steady rock in Robert Ellio, Esq., who, with a long sweeping cross put his forwards on the attack. This they carried out bv means of ,:¡, series of long crcss passes, finally dropping the ball in the middle of the ground for Griff. Jones to do what he liked with. Levi darted- at the visiting cen- tre, hut was too late, for Griff, with a ter- rific drive nearly knocked W. G. into a cocked, hat. W. G., however, declinid i) be made into a battered example of head- gear, a.nd was ready in a moment for far- ther work, and it was as well he was, for a perfect hurricane of a shot came flying goalwards a moment after his stoppage" of Griff's last, from Ben. Evans, which W. G. cleared into touch near the corner. A foul throw by Thompson gave Beaumaris a free kick, and this Levi dropped into the gccil mouth, where Robert Ellis, jumping up, about f of a mile, headed clear away—a very fine save. Beaumaris still pressed, "and G. Evans headed away a ibeauty from Sannah. This came to" Harry Evans, who forced 'another corner. This he placed grandly, and as the ball dropped in front of the goal mouth, W. O. headed in, giving R. W. W no earthly chance, and the score stood:— Beaumaris, 3; Pwllheli, 1. Ten minutes had been consumed in the a.bove operations, and the ram was a till :aillng magnificently, and we were all en- joying it. Tom's moustaohois however, I nouctd, required frequent waxing, and tills was anxiously attended to .by my PRINCE, and his suite of ladies, after which the ga-me proceeded. R. D. R. was next prominent with forceful work, and very nearly forced a corner off Saimuel (Davies, but W. O. nipped in and put into touch. Thompson threw -the ball against back, and catching the r-clbound, sent the (ball whizzing over the bar, about two miles high. Beau- maris attacked hotly, and Bob Ellis shone in the ensuing struggle, breaking up the home. front line, anct then sending up held, and aifter that grandly heading back a tro- inedous return by L<evi. Then, but in a disjointed fashion, 'Heli attacked, but Levi put into touch with that ease and aplomb wnicn is characteristic of him. At the other end a swift rush and terrific shot by iS'inedloy was kicked out with great promptness by R. W. W. Beaumaris came a-gacn with something tike ferocity, and swept the Tioi'ting haifs headlong into goal, but, like the Sphinx, Will Thomas stood unflurried, and coolly kicked clear the on- ward rushing ball, a.s far -as W. G., .at the other end of the held. W.G., as if to show that he could kick as strongly as the Sphinx, punted back with tremendous force, -and the Hdigoa-l was again the scene of a wild h'ut'iy Duriy. G. Evans stopped this non- sense, but Taylor effected a fine return, which came. to Di 'Davies. Di was fiercely met by Bob Ellis, and tumbled over as he shot for goal..The tbaJl fell dead, but Di sprang up and before anyone else, got the ball again, and this time crashed into the corner of the net, giving R. W. W. not the slightest chance of .stopping it. Beaumaris, 4; Pwllheli, 1. Pwllheli then put in quite a, series of wild assaults, Ibut these were calmly dis- posed of, and then Beaumaris resumed their attacks, and Harry Evans had a pot at goal. The ball hit the Sphinx on the arm, quite accidentally, and A PENALTY KICK -T was given. Then a. curious tiling happened. W. U. took charge of the jpenAli.y, aj]d shot in with tremendous force, evidently trying to get it into -the net widie of R. W. W., as per my instructions. He, however, overdid -it, and the Vjail struck the upright, and re- bounded into play, and at it went R. W. W. and W. o. The iBeaumarisian was the smartest man of the two, and he got the ball -and slammed it into the empty goal, amid ringing cheers, and the referee at once pointed to the centre. He was immediately surrounded by the excited '.Helians, and told of the fact that the ball could not be played twice by the same man in the case of a penalty kick, and at, once remembering the rules, Mr Richards, with gre-art courage, but quite rightly, reversed his decision, and gave u..goal kick. Then the Igfume proceeded. Beaumaris again attacked, and got. a free kick for something. (Sannah took the kick, and ehavedl the upright with a powerful drive. Then Pwllheli advanced with scrambling play, and Bob Ellis shot swiftly- past the post at the other end. They came again, -and a miskiek b Levi gvave them a (corner, but this was ,ba.d:]y placed, a.nd easily cleared, and the hccme forwards swept down the field in a line at a great pace. Thomas the impassible, and, for the most pa.rt impassable, missed the ball, and Di Davies, who was running after the ,ball, swept past him, a.nd getting the ball, scored with a shot that nearly lirted the roof of the net off. Beaumaris, 5; Pwllheli, 1. Thing8 were looking bad for the 'Heiiuns, but, fair play to tnem, they never lost courage, and played up pluckily, despite the triumphant curl on Tom's whiskers, and the unconcealed delight of his lady retinue. After a spell of miaineld play, Sannah got the ball, and ran up with it. Everybody ieli back from him instea.d of tackling him, and lie got well up, and finally sent a scorch- ing shot along the ground, which G. Evans only disposed of in iront of R. W. W., who was very much pleased with G. E., for his feet-l mean feat. A moment later, how- ever, he had to be very smart to catch and clear a roasting shot from Smedley, but he did it all right, and & long shot up field sent the visitors to the other end, where the bail went into touch, and from the throw Bob EiliiS sent in a shot similar to Sannah's, which went tearing along the ground right into goal, when Sam Davies happened to be standing, and he kicked clear at the. last minute. Then Bob Ellis twice in succession returned forward drives by Levi and Tay- lor, and a sudden rush by the visitors car- ried them right in front of the Beaumaris goal, where the defence became flurried. iMoseley shot in hard along the ground, and Richards cleared nervously, and the ball was just going behind, when Ben Evans dashed up, and put it behind, thus by a hasty movement robbing his side of a corner. Griffi. Jones got the goal kick, and with clever manouvreing got an open space, and shot, but W. G. remorslessly drove the ball back, and then Bob Ellis got it and shot .for goal, but again W. G. gracefully punted away. Then Sannah sent far up the held, and Smedley, darting at Cie ball, shot in furiously, dead into goal. G. Evans missed it, but the saturnine Will Thomas had placed himself behind his mate, and sorrowfully, but as in duty botind, cleared, driving the ball viciously at the reporters, who screamed and ran away in all directions, but Cledwyn Jones saved En Avant, and put into touch. Then Levi Jones punted dead into goal, and Will Thomas, with superb calm, kicked at the ball. He merely touched it, and it went to Harry Evans, who, with a scorching drive, shaved the upright. Later on, a. magnificent return by Bob Ellis gave Griff Jones possession, and, ta.king his ca.p off, the visiting cantre put in some good work, ending with a nice pass to Moseiey. Levi and Sam Davies both missed the ball, and Moseiey darted off at once, and after a while passed to R. D. R.. who middled nicely, and Moselev, again darting forward, slipped and fell, as

tittle behind him in any of his qualities* They are almost twin-like in their char- acteristics, ajnd their play on Saturday dis- played those characteristics, to the full They were both at their best. The two brothers Humphreys have also much the came styles and manners as each other. Tremendous impetuosity, and absolute la £ -k of funk (a quality in which they are equal to Di amdSimeldley). and. etrong shooting powers, mark tham both). They are: a bit wilder than their mates, evien yiet, but every game I seem them play &hows, all im- provement in this respect, a;nd aa they are- young enough, they will, I am uure, de- velop into very fine players in a few sea- sons. They, too, g:o¡,r:e us of their best laet Saturday. No, I' Kave-n't forgotten the Pwllheli goalkeeper, hub I nearly did. Hie wton ibeasten six times. Will anyone who saw the goals scored tell me. honestly, that Williams ought to, orfc-oulcl, have stopped! tihem ? I say: he could not ha-ve stopped atny one of them. Not one, and it would have been a very good man indeed who could. have done it. The man who could have kept out those six shots would haw been snapped up by Evierton or Liverpool, or somte other big team, very quickly. still, Williams was very shaky on-ce or twice in his clearances, and his work did not im- presis me as that of a. great goallie. I won- dier how S-ajin Roberts would have done had lie been there? But once, at least, Williams effected a very smart save, and once again, he effected sudli a save as a. really great goalkeeper might have been 'proud of. Th)e last one wan when lie dashed out into the midst of a crowd of players, and fisted away out of thiedr very jaws, as it were when they were within an ace of scoring. That was a. bit of real fine iplay, and Willia-ms may think of tha.t inci- dent for the rest of his life with Batia- 'faction. Mr Richards has done better referee work. But the conditions- were certainly trying, a.nd to run about for an hour and a. half, wiet through, is enough to exeuae for worse slips- than any of the slight laches which marked Mr Richards' work on ftturday. His reversal; of tiie wrong ver- dict, he gave in connection with the penalty- kick I consider as a feather in his cap. 16 is suj>])osed that a re-feree should, not re- versfs alny decision once- given.- I don't agree with that view. If a. refe-ree makes siu'h a mistake, as Mr Richards undoaibt- edlv did on that occasion, it is his duty, rules or no rule*, to put tilings right at once, and Mr Richards did it. "Go dda," R. D. For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. lIlt. 2/9.

he sent a roasting shot along the ground past the far uprigiit. Then Beaumaris at- tacked once more, and Smedley headed a lovely s-elitre from Dick past the upright. They came again with desperation written large upon their feet, and Hie Serene High- ness (Will Thomas, to wit), calmly cleared them out. They came again (it seemed to me as if they wanted more goals), and Bob Ellis, disgusted at them, drove the ball far up the field. Away sped R. D. R., with the ball at his toes. He shot at last, and W. G. punted away. Bob Ellis trapped the ball grandly in front of goal, but before he could get in his shot, W. G. smothered him, and sent up field again. Then a pro- longed man to man struggle, which roused the crowd to fever heat, took place in mid- field, half the men on each side taking part iu it, Levi ending it with a touch into touch. From the throw, G. Evans sent Moseiey and R. D. R. racing down the ground, and they passed all opposition except W. G., who stopped them for an instant, but R. D. R. got possession again, and put in a grand centre, which Bob Jones sent behind. Again Beaumaris attacked, and G. Evans, miskicking, sent the ball curling goalwards. Di. Davies at once sprang at it, but G. Evans recovered, and defeated the dangerous Beaumaris forward just on the line. But in doing so, he gave a comer, and this, splen- didly placed, dropped aibout three yards out of goal, where Smedley running in, headed it past the goalkeeper into the net, five minutes before time. iieaumaris, ö; rwllheii, 1. This was awful from a "iieiian point of view, but even yet we piuc-ky cuap., ciid not give in, and tne blazing smiles on Tom's serapnic countenance had. no effect on them, except to make them try Harder than ever. Aioseiey, in particular at this stage put in an enormous amount of clever \\ork, and It took the home defence all their time time to keep that dangerous man in bound-, and as it was, VVT. U. was gladj to put into toueh to stop one of his dashes. But it was not for ALoseiey to score that day, but he forced the throw which led to the next goal, and this, coming to Bob Ellis, that youth tried a long one, the image of the one with which he scored Pwllheli's first goal, and all the field stood still and silent to see what would happen. The ball soared majestically into the air, and flew goalwards. Richards had it all to himself, and no one meddled with him. IHe gladly welcomed the chance of action, straightening himself up to his full height, slowly put up both arms to meet the soaring ball when it fell. Fall it did, with the velocity of a rocket, and the famous Beaumaris custodian thought one hand would do the trick right enough, and he let one fall to his side, and aimed a mighty blow with the other, while with the other he gazed refleetiv«ly at the silent crowd. Down came the ball, and out flashed Richards' great, net, and, to the ap- palling astonishment of everybody on the field, the ball passed that fatal fist, and plumped cheerfully into the sodden ground within the net, and the score stood, Beaumaris, 6; Pwllheli, 2. There remained only a few minuter to play now, and it was spent in end to end play, but nothing more was scored, and everybody was glad when the whistle sounded the o- CEASE FIRE, the FIXAL RESULT being, Beaumaris, 6; Pwllheli, If. F NOTES.