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ANOTHER DEFEAT. I j!LI?j??I?JrLffATLRa. j r 1 CI n I Why the Swans Lost. DURNIN ORDERED OFF (By "CYGNET.") f f Queen's Park Rangers 2, Swans 0. ? The Swansea Town eleven which tra.-I Lclled up to London on Friday in the )necr charabanc could not have been xpected to give a display with even a iuspicion of exhilaration in it. The iressmen who journeyed with the team, Uter having shared the discomforts with De men, cannot justifiably criticise them )r their display on Saturday afternoon. he Pioneer charabanc is one of the most mfortable road transport vehicles one kculd wish to ride in, but we are all uman, and a journey of 200 odd miles is :mnd to produce stiffness. On the jour- key up, by the way, the Press had a di- ?ilictly iincorifortal)le time, being IMt »ut in the cold, as it were, by thos? re- sponsible for the arrangements. Prob- 11.V this was due not so much to lack of ja irtesy as to the absence of thoughtfnl- pess. TJHSSITANCY. I f A fairly long report of the ?am? w&3 I 't. on the wires from London, but the riter was told before the match that ?ie chances of messages Retting through (te-rre very remote owing to the fact that Jhe telegraph lines were partly held up for Government work in connection with the strike. The Eangers undoubtedly fif-served to win, and, with more luck in the second half. the margin would have been wider. Still-and this is the fly in. li e ointment—the Swans should hare put the issue beyond all doubt in the first fiiteen minutes when, while a continuous pressure was being kept up. hesitancy in rout of goal resulted in glorious oppor- tunities going Swansea went off with a bang after Hewitt had won i-,t- toss, before a crowd of over 12,000. [There was little cohesion between the forwards, and as a general rule the at- tack was engineered by the two Browns. The flank men on a few occasions got ay, and Harris sent in some delight- cenfres, one of which certainly should h.-ne resulted in a score. Hesitancy, how- ever, gave the home backs time to clear. fTarris on one occasion sent in a hot shot from the right, but it just missed the Ivor Brown, too, was only a couple f inches away with his shot, .whilst the cmtre-half, his namesake, tested Merrick twice with low ground shots which the 1 pnolie held- There were other opportu- nities, but the forwards displayed deplor- able hesitancy, and made abundantly clear their painful weakness in front of feroal. ,.No COHESION. I k After the initial quarter of an hour the feungers settled down, and gradually asserted their mastery. Two goals came, lie first after thirty minutes as a result pf clever footwork by Donald, who non- plussed the whole of the visiting left Sank before sending in for Smith to just joeat Denoon. Seven minutes later Birch ilpvit- the ball into an empty goal after Jjonoon had made a really Zcod clearance py rushing out and fisting the ball away. B-efore he could get back to his post, Wiowever, Birch had netted. After this, end more particularly in the second a If, the Swans were all at sea. ¡.They could do nothing right, jVhilst the Rangers, who adopted f;;0rt passing movements, did everything •'er.copt score. Donald and Fox were par- ticularly clever on the flanks, particularly the latter, but it was the Rangers' centre 711ali (Mitchell) who gavo them almost all their chances. Attack is always the best 'defence. The Swans could never, after the first 15 minutes, develop an attack • simply because there was a hopeless lack iof combination. In defence zhis defeat [Was more than apparent. FEATURES. I J When the home supporters sympatheti- cally cheer an opposing player who has been ordered off,, there is something wrong JEcniewhere. On Saturday the referee sent .I)urn-iii back to the dressing-room fcr hit- ting Birch, the home inside right. Tho rreferec himself did not see the incident, but the spectators who did barracked Birch. When the latter complained to the holder of the whistlo, ho in turn con- I ierred with tho linesmen, only one of bom, I understand, supported the com- 1 ¡nt of the Rangers' forward. Durnin's i-ilegation was that Birch had deliberately on several occasions kicked him, and this was also the evidence, of the spectators. Vet Mr. Bailey, of Leicester, decided gainst Durnin. On the whole the rc- ree was not deliberately against Swan- eea, and one must ascribe his weakness either to lack of knowledge of the duties I oi a referee or lack of experience. That :s tho kindest way in which one can put PERSONLIA. I What would have happened to the Swans but for the magnificent display of Hewitt it is impossible to say. He was the one man in tho team who dominated Hery body else. His judgment in clear. ances and in attempting to effect open. ings was masterly, but the failure of th. orwartb severely tried his staying powers. Robson worked hard, but ho doe3 not appear to think before kicking. Tlie result oftentimes is that he balloons tho hall to euit the opposition. Heath. playe<J a far better game than he did on the pre- j vious Saturday, but there is room for much improvement. W. Y. Brown was weak for a big part of the game, but ha improved towards the end, and did really well, especially after Durnin had been ordered off. Durnin was reliable and a Tpal etickor. Harris and Tich Evans had few opportunities, and Ivor Brcwn had most to do and did it host of all the for- wards. Denoon, in goal, was a great fav- ourite with the crowd and in the second C.11 m e in for general cheers for some Teally good saves. He was often tested, and could not bo blamed for the two-goal defeat. HOW THE CLUBS STAND 1 Eontnern JjGagiuv—Division I. I P. NV D. L. F A. it Queen's Pa1* Ean. 9 5 3 i 15 4-13 1 llc,rtE;Mout,h .I 9 6 7. 1 37 -141 Watfvrd S 5 3 1 12 6—?2 Heading 9 3 5 1 10 5-11 Elcter City. 8 3 4 1 9 7-10 Exeter City ? 2 11—10 Brentford. 9   2 1- 11-10 Southend 9 3 4 2 10 7-1& ?i?a.U 9 3 4 Z 14 l?-a Car?ff City 8 3 3 2 1610-9 Costal P?t? 8 2 5 1 M<0-? Southampton. 9 ? 1 4 12 4- 9? T'lymontll ArgTle. 8 3. 2 3 11 Merthyr Town S 2 4 3 13 Ji g Swindon Town 8 3 2 3 13 lz-. 8 .?\orwj,:h City. 6 1 2 11 10- 7 Bristf-t-m ar. 1 Hove 8 2 4 S 12- (j Bristol Rover3 8 1 4 3 Luton Town 9 2 2 5 10 19 6 Gillingham 9 2 2 5 5 14 6 Swansea Town 8 2 1 5 7 11- 5 Northampton 9 1 3 5 13 22— 5 Newport County 9 1 2 6 (j 1a- 4

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