The Cambria Daily Leader

LLANELLY RALLY I  Second Half Rcovery. Clever Scores. I I (By 44 WALLABY.") I Llaneily entered upon their holiday pro- gramme on Saturday, when they enter- tained Bridgend at Stradey, and delighted their supporters by defeating the visitors by four tries to nil. Considerable dis- appointment was felt when it be-came known that Major Nichoi Roderick, the Army forward who created such a great impression in the recent Welsh Trial match, and the Rev. W. T. Ilavard, M.C., now of Oxford, would be unable to play, the former suffering from a pisoned foot. I By their absence the Rev. J. Stephens and Oliver Davies came into the pack. Bryn Evans, M.C., was also unfit owing to an ¡ injury sustained in the match against Penarth, and his place was taken by D. Price, a promising younIT centre, while Hugh Jones turned out at full-back. FIRST MINUTE SCORE. I At half-time Llaneily led by a tQ-.1 which was worel by Albert Jenkins in! the first minute of the game. The score I was the outcome of a great individual I effort quite characteristic of the Lianelly captain. Jenkins received just beyond tho Bridgend twenty-five line, and ran clean through the defence, prpssing the line in the corner, and, running around, he planted the ball right behind the pusts. It was a ten to one chance on the scorer kiking a goal, but thf bull missed its I mark by inches. For fully 15 minntùs I after this Bridgend did all the attacking I LLANELLY IMPROVE. I It was on the change of ends that Llan- elly began to show a decided superiority- The visiting forwards now seemed to tall oS, as their steam was spent, while the Llaneily pack on the other hand were ably to do better in the «cruins. This gave the hoiue backs opportunities to shine, and sullie really brilliant passing was wit- nessed. Indeed, the Outstanding features of the game was the groat recovery of the I Scarlets in the second half. and the spark- ling display (,t"tho three-quarters. Directly on the resumption the home backs were smartly set in motion by T. A. Jones, who is at all time-B striving to open out the play. With machine-like accuracy the ball passed along irom D. Price to Albert Jenkins, and the latter, after a wonder- I ful burst inwards, threw out to Bryn W, il- liams, who finished up a great run by scoring the prettiest try of the match. The home three-quarters were in iinel fettle, their handling being perfect, and i twice Bryn W ifliams was recalled after crossing. J. Stephens scored the third try after a rush, and a fourth followed soon after by Albert Jenkins after a smart follow-up. INDIVIDUALS. I Albert Jenkins and Bryn Williams I showed real international form, and on the three occasions that they got properly go- ing they wera In-æistiLle. D. Price, the I new centre, who, by the way, is a clever boxer, gave mack promise. Twice or three I times he picked up in the loose and opened out the game by passing when many would have kicked. This is a style much I to be admired. Frank Evans, on the wing" j gave one or two flashes of his true- form, I and it is pleasing to note that he is get- j ting back into his stride again. Llaneily I were < Iso well served by T. A. Jones, who was' constantly making- pretty openings, I while among the forwards T. J. Bow en. Rev. J. Stephens, Edgar Morgan, and j Bobbie Evans were often prominent. C. j S. M. Jones was a conspicuous figure on the Bridgend side, but he was prone to I off-side play in his attempts to play the I spoiling gaine.

Albert Hall, Dec. 26-27. "Y Prawf" I (Prooi/. I

"Y Prawf," in 3 acts. Albert Hall, Dec. 26 and 27. ■

HOW THE CLUBS STAND. SOtJTHEHN LEAGUE. lioais. P. V7. D. L. F. A. Pts. ù .QI. ('1 Portsmouth a io 4 o 40. 14 k Watford 19 12 3 4 31 1,5 :7 Reading :210 2 9 3 26 13 25 Crystal Palace 19 8 8 3 52 19 24 Queen's Park R. 19 10 4 5 31 19 24 Cardiff City 18 7 8 3 31 SO 22 Brantford. 19 7 7 5 22 20 21 Swindon Town 20 8 5 7 34 52 21 Norwich City 17 8 4 5 33 23 30. Plymouth Argyle 19 7 6 6 25 14 20 Exeter City. 13 6 7 5 20 18 19 Swansea Town 20 6 7 7 22 21 19 Millwall 19 7 4 8 28 30 18 Southend TJziitc-d 18 5 8 5 Z3 26 18 Mcrthyr Town 20 5 7 8 24 29 17 Bristol Rovers 18 5 i6 7 27 33 1-6 Southampton 20 6 4 10 27 36 16 Luton Town 13 5 4 9 21 32 14 Bri?hton&H&ve-2?)4 5 11 18 28 i'? Newport County 19 5 3 11 16 34 15 Northampton 19 3 6 10 32 48 12 GillinghAm 19 3 3 13 9 41 9 I

I WELSH RUGBY CHAMPION- SHIP. Though there is no official championship competition in connection with Welsh Hugby, the following table, compiled from the results of games played so far thi:- aeason, will be of interest cs showing how I the leading half-dozen Welsh club? stnnd:- Poirite Per- P. W. L. D. F. A. cent-age .Newport 16 15 0 1 275 22 96.S7 Llaneily 16 13 2 1 380 S3 84.37 Polity pool 16 11 4 1 134 69 71.87 Swansea 18 11 5 2 147 73 66.66 Cardiff 18 10 7 1 185 153 58.3:1 Noath 1-7 6 7 4 85 96 47.05

-cC- Imae attraction. Y Prawf," Albert nall,

RECORD INTACT. | Newport too Clever I Behind. JELFad?s?jim?f?at< j WHY SWANSEA I FAILED. I (By PENDRAGON.) Lt hafc been the good fortune of New- port to be able to retain the majority of che men who constituted their side in pre-war days Other Welsh clubs have had to go in for re-construction on a big; scale, and Swansea are practically a new team. One of the lessons to be derived from Saturday's match is that the All Whites are still weak behind the scrummage. They lost to a better bal- anced t.3Îd0. but Newport have still to con- vinco us that they are fit to wsar the mantle of invincibility. There were periods during which it looked as though Swansea were going to win. A little finish behind, during the first half would undoubtedly have led to a couple of score-s. Ben Beynon only failed to cross by inches, and Bowen, with the defence practically beaten had the misfortune to J slip. INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS. I These, of course, were individual efforts I What beat Swansea in the end was com- I binat10U. The Newport try was skilfully engineered by Wetter, an inside-llaii, w11" I seems to have copied the methods of The Bullet," but who is a much bigger man. Wetter exploited the reverse pass and did it well. The bail was swung about in dazzling fashion, and Uzzell, a veteran who is apparently playing as wel! as ever, got over in a position which made con- version simple. The movement was wci. worth the points it gained, but it sounded the death knell to Swansea's hopes. On a couple of other occasions Newport came j perilously near scoring through dropped goals. First it was Hammett; then Jerry Shea, of boxing fame. The latter's kick was the more meritorious, for though taken at long range it only missed the mark by inches. I AN OVER-RATED MAN. I -1.. To my mind Jerry fcti&a is an over-rn;(j man. At any rate he was not so good as Hammett on Saturday, and in no instance did he do anything which was unortho- dox. There was always a good under- standing Minting the Newport backs, born of long association "Pd constant practice together, and this was really the deciding factor. I liked A. Morgan better thau Plummer. The latter has lost some of his dash, and is too prone to run up against the opposition in bull at the gate fashion SOME COMPARISONS. I The inside halves were, perhaps, the I' hardest worked men on the field. Wetter was more disciplined than Bennett. Tho Newportonian gave his transfers method- ¡ ically and exploited the possibilities of I the reverse pass. Tenacious as a bull-cg, Bennett stuck manfully to his ta,k? but he was too prone to attempt t&? much on his own. Some of his passes were badly given, but consideration must be taken of the fact that he was. hurt on several I occasions, and that an injury to the arm I must have made handling painful. He is a glutton for work, but. he must not attempt to play the other side by him- self. It is too big a task for a small man. I BEN BEYNON. I No man on the Swansea side did better all round work than Ben Beynon. He was sometimes hampered by his partner's II disposition to go off on lJii4 own, but he was always versatile, and his effort in the first half, if it had rMcceeded, might have made all the difference between defeat and victory. Waller Martin was pot so much in the picture as usual, but what he did was polished. The Swansea three- quarters did not work in unison. F. C. Palmer on the wing was apt to hesitate. He had a good chance to score in tho second half, hut be was not quick enough. Bowen was speedy and versatile, but his chances on attack were few. Grey, I fancy, ought to go to the wing. The better of the centres was W. J. Jeffreys- SWANSEA'S CLEVER FULL-BACK. I There was no comparison between the I two fullbacks. J&e Bees was in a class by himself, some cf the kicking which he did in the first h:df being equal to any- thing SKn on the ground for vears. ?e?." | port did not have Fred Birt, but Wreford. j who deputised, was sound, if ho was not j showy. H0, however, h-cked the '.p?cd cf Rees, and he could not kick the 1('Dgtl1 It was not the fault of the forwards that I' Swansea lost. They played brilliantly., being good alike in the scrummage and I the open. Tom Williams put up another good performance. He was in the thick of it all the time, and, besides tackling I wen. he made a couple of strong bursts If Wales decide to play a skirmisher against England—and it all depends upon i whether Pillman is included in the Eng- lish team—Wi'l.iams cannot justly be lef1 out. Tom Parker rf:lve one of his best dis plays, and the pack was all the stronger for thp re-inclusion of Ivor Pees. During the last quarter of an hour Swansea were without one ef their hardest workers, A. E. Jenkins. He went off with an injury. to the leg, which may. keep him out of the Fide dnriiv/'the holidays. Other forwards who were hurt were Ivor Epp and Anthony Evans. The Newport forwards dxl not belie their reputation for good, all-round plav. Thev were best served by Attewell and Uzzell- OBSTRUCTION. 1 Before closing I want to refer to tiie way in which Newport players sometimes j obstructed Swansea men when they were following up kicks. There were one or two glaring instances. It was a game in which hard knocks were taken and given without complaint, and Newport are to be congratulated upon their fine record. Thpy have to meet Swansea twice again Then we shall s^e what we shall see I A NEWPORT VIEW. Discussing the game in the Newport Argus," "Dromio" says" For 1 Swansea, Joe Rees played coolly and cleverly at lull-back, and certainly used the touch lino-especially in tho first half, with the wind— bettor than any lather man on the field, but of course he j has the advantage of knowing the ground, which counts for a good deal at Swansea, a-iie threequarters were good, but not quite great. They did a good deal of clever work, and individually a)} I did good things, but they have silit a long way to go before they reach the old Swansea standard. The half-backs were particularly bright and clever-t he I side-half, Bennett, bring verv quick cn ball and man, and showing the greatest I pluck and resolution. lieynon also played a clever game at outside-half, and kicked well in addition to feeding his threequartcrs. Of the forwards, Parker was onco more the outstanding figure, but Tom Williams did a lot very fine saving work. and w is frequently in evidence. Nothing more n^ed be raid. 1, Newport won, and deserved their vic- tory. and that serves.

FROM TRIUMPH TO TRIUMPH. I I Aberavon Beat Neath. I KEEN FORWARD I GAME. (By "ROVER.") I While giving Aberavon all the credit I for their six point victory over Neath, perhaps I may be permitted ,o say that inter-club rivalry marred a spectacular i exhibition of liugby football. With climatic conditions so favourable, and no lack of talent behind both packs, the game should have been full of interest instead of a duel among the forwards: i with an unusual number of &venly-distri- buted penalty kicks by way of variety, The first half was monotonous in a degree, but the second moiety was a little me re spicy, but not sufficient to com- i pensate the spectators that formed a human wali around the ^and-covered j arena. Notwithstanding the keenness -of the struggle, and the sustained excite- ment, it was one of the most plefesantly contested games I have seen, and Aber- avon deserved the verdict. A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT. I Since their visit to the Guoll, Aber- avon have made a wonderful improvement, in all department's, and although one oould not judge the efficiency'of the backs in Saturday's struggle, there is undoubted brilliance behind-brilliance thai: is tap- tamount to a sin to allow to lie dormant And it is in consequence of this that a reference to the loose-head tactics intro- duced early in the game and inaintaine:1- throughout is all the more deplorable. It ic killing Rugby in Wales, and if clubs continue to cultivate such a poisonous weed in the fair garden of national sport. it will, sooner 01 Later, seek to destroy the vital elements of the handling code- DUEL BETWEEN FORWARDS. I: the battle between the opposing for- r wards was absolutely grea/c, and there i was little to choose between them. Neath's slight superiority in the scrums wtts counter-balanced by the fieetfooted for- wards in the ranki of the Aberavon team. The pick 01 the basket was J. Thomas- The turning point came early in the second half, when Flynn, after a little bit of juggling on Neath's line, got over with an unimproved try, and just when Neath were making gallant ehorts to equalise, a forward rush took play to the Neath camp once more, and from a scrum Con Evans worked the dummy I and was over with Aberavon's second try. AVitiim live minutes the two tries were obtained, and Aberavon .iul)-t)or,eis were now a little more sanguine, and did out seem to care whether a dropped goal counted four points or three. DR. GWYN THOMAS. I At back, Dr. Gwyn Thomas gave an ) excellent display, and although both cus- j todianfi round _a,difficulty .i^<S.i%Qoy,siing » the touch-line, the doctor's huge punts I were a constant- worry to the home for- wards, and iiivariabiy gained a largo slice of territory. The Neavn quartet I brought oil some nice passing move- ments, but rare because JLtddie Watkias was handicapped at the base of' the scrum by the loose-head tactics. Charlie Heard, W. H. Evans, and W. Minett made some vigorous attacks, whilst I Uryn Richards and Lieut. Hill were more prominent on the defence. Every man in the Noath pack played well, but their scoring luck was out. Aberavon may find consolation in vic- tory, but they lacked generalship. Had they adopted the open game they coald have won comfortably; they have the talent there, and it would have made the game much more interecsting. THE ABERAVON STANDPOINT ) (By "THE BARD.") I First Llaneily, now Neath, two of the leading teams, have come a cropper he- j fore Aberavon, the team that is not con- ( t-ulered by the critics as good enough to be ranked with the besi half dozen clubs in Wales; and let me hasten to assure the reader that these have not been freak vic- II tories. The meeting between the All lilacis and the Red and .Blacks at Aber- avon on Saturday was under excellent conditions, and Loth teams were at full strength, except that Jim Jones, the Ab- j eravon international, was away on hic, honeymoon, so that it was a real test of skill, and the team won which had the better staying power. The play' of the Aberavon team showed much more cohesion than they have 'I' hitherto shewn, and if they keep this up they are invincible. The forwards alt played a great game, and while it is f hardly fair to individualige it can be, said that W. J. Thomas showed excellent form, and it is surprising, and still not surprising, when we think of the Welsh j Rugby Lnion methods, that this player wa.s not included in the trial team. Meais —who came in at the last moment— played a fearle-ss game. Of the threes, Johnny Ring was the star. The halves worked well together. Dr. Gwyn Thomhs was the outstanding figure for Neath. His graceful play and long punts took the eye of the crowd. Play was ia' gely confined to the fornyardc,, and both sines1 seemed chary of letting the leather in I the air. —

Plasmarl l'layere in Y Prawf." Best yet.

TOWEL THROWN IN1 Tommy Phillips Beaten; at Aberavon. Interesting contests were witnessed at a boxing tournament at the lacing School, Port Talbot, on Saturday nifcht. The chief bout of 15 rounds between Tommy Phillips, of Neath. and Ben Calli- cott, of Plymouth, the featherweight champion of tho West, of England, ended unfortunately in the tenth round, when the towel came in from Phillips's corner. Phillips was much the smarter man, and was leading well on points, but in side- stepping during the twelfth round his ankle, which be injured at football, gave way and he fell. He struggled up before ,jj\.1 full count and started to box, but rs he was obviously in pain, and under great disadvantage, his seconds came to the rescue. John Jones, of Cwmparc, met Victor Hope, of Aberavon, in a ten-round bout, but Hope was disqualified in the fiJ: h round for holding- Tommy locl.-e, of Neath, and Young Allsop, of Tonypandv, I drew over ten rounds. Mr. Will P,,eir.an. Tylorstown, refereed. The Port Talbot Discharged Soldiers' Bond rendered selec- tions between the lights.

RACING PROGRAMME! i Folkestone. i The oonclu.dingdây'e' DropramiBe at Folkestone contains nothing of outstanding merit, and the entries are not very numer. ous. There will be no more racing during the week until Boxing Day and Saturday, when meetings will be held at Kempton I Park and Woheroiampton. To-morrow's* programme:— /^MAIDSTONE SELLING HANDICAP 1.(?- STEEPLECHASE of 100 sove. About three miiM one furlcng. Tirhugh Denmail) Law a 12 7 Mozzel (Capt. G. Morgan) Wbitaker a 12 5 Knight of Scnoil (Maojr C Clarke) Private a 12 1 Frank Aah (Mr Pelham-Clifiton) • Private a. 12 1 Familiar II. (Capt. G. Morgan) Whitaker a 11 12 Suzanne. IL (Lt.-Col. Jicklijig) l'ayne a 11 5 Uallina-goul (M" D Parish.).Private a 11 5 War Duke (Mr M. Biair) Fetherstonhaugh a 11 2 Celerity (Mr J. Powell).R. Gordon a U 1 1 c)n-MODERATE HANDICAP HURDLE .ù RACE of 85 sove. Two miles. Vanitie (Mr O. Carlton)..Pope a 12 7 Chicago (Mr A. Pole) O. Young t 12 3 Lady Alicia (Mr M. Bode).Bandeil 4 12 2 The Settlor (Mr E. HowigyX- J lodd 5 12 0 T-O!1.;lI (ajor D. DaviesH'Clappen* 4 13. Jiondrd (iiir D. Olarke.¡;Göre. a. :t1 1 Quick Thrust (Mr M. Bode) Randell 5 11 8 ilareotrlass (r H. Bradford) Private 4 11 8 frocksplit, (Mr T. Edge) Poole a 11 6 Common Occurrence (Mr Hotblack) Law 4 11 2 < Latch (Mrs H Peel) Escott 11 1 Pa-lmless (Mrs N. Brownlee).Goby 6 11 0 Saintly Maude (Mr Court) Young 5 11 G Paddirm-ton (11r A Preece).Gordon a 10 10 rIs mout h (Mr J. Owen) .Pope 6 10 9 Royal Ruin (Major H. Verechoyle) [ C. Yoongr a 10 4 j R?d Mike (Mr E. Caldicott) Catdioo? 5 10 4 1 NeviNe Holt (Mr Knight).Knight a W 2 ) Tim (Mr R. Gates)..A. NLightingtll- a 10 2 Burneston (Mr H. Curtis) Poole 4 10 0 Herode^Agrippa (Mr Wigram). Poole a 10 0 Kincraig (Mr Satighter). Godfrey 3 10 0 i 2A-OTTERPOOL STEEPLECHASE of 85 •U ? &ove. Two miles. ) Templebar (Lord Dmm:m) W Nig?ingall 5 1 7 Purity (Capt. W. Holland) Hare a 12 3 Simon the Tanner (Mr C. Leveeon-Gower) Walford a 11 12 Red Shield (Sir G. Ab^rcroir.by) Gore 5 J1 9 Retaine (Mr E. Agnew). Payne 5 11 9 Shantoi (Mr W. Richardson).Goby 4 11 1  QA—AMATEUR RIDERS' HADÍCAP 2.30 HURDLE RACE of 100 ?<y\? T?o ] milos. Watergrtiel (Major V. Misa).Escotta 12 8 Shining More (Mrs F. Barrie).Berg 6 31 11 Wild Bey (Mr J. Eccles). Private 6 11 9 Flying Simori (Mr R. Dill) Law 6 11 6 Crom Aboo (Mr P. Whitaker) Whitaker 5 11 5 Mueoova.do (Mr H. Curtis) Poolo 5 11 2 Kirkharle (Mr A. Straker) Hartigan 4 ld 1 Soixante-Quinze (Mr InFram) Poole 4 1C 13 I Gamcbook (Major Straker) F. Hartigan 5 10 12 Royal Ruin (Major H, Verschoyle* C. Young a 10 5 Herod e-Agrrippa (Mr Wigram) Poole a 10 5 j 0Q »U A—DEAL HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE 3.0 of 100 eovs. Two miles. Bell Toll (Mr II. Ohanpell) Dorld a 12 7 Kind's Carold (Capt. G. Morgan) • Whitaker a 11 33 The LMt (Mr H Brown) B-own a 11 3 Spoil Five (Mr F, Ingram).Poolo 6 11 7 Wiseton II. (Mr S'owburn).. Fitton a 11 3 Cooldreon (Mr P. Fox).Bennett a 11 2 Corson (Mr F. Wilmot) Poole a 11 0 Bonnie Charlie (Mr M. Blair) Fftbcrstonhaugh a It0 Fre-jus (Mr H. Gilman).Gwilt a 10 10 Billet (Mr IT. Rich) Gwilt a 10 7 The Admiralty (Sir C. McLeod) It yams 5 10 0 Knight of St. Patrick (Mr E Woods) Bennett 4 10 0 O OASabian (Sir E. Hulton) t F. Hartigan 11 T, Montdidier (Mr E. Caldioott) Caldicott 30 9 I hanjel (Mr D. Clarke) Go re 10 9 i Royal Raider (Mr II. Curtis) Poole 30 9 I Eaton Jetty (Mr H. Hollow).. F Fitton 10 9 Zea. (Mr J. Ledger).Lund 10 9 Zephyros (Major V. Mi. sa) Escott 10 9 Hainton Bello (Mr W. Smith) Pope 10 9 Last Born (Lady Watts).F. Hunt 10 9 Bombproof (Mr O. Carlt-on). Pope 3G 9 Livorno (Mr O. Carlton) Pope 30 9 Flying Buck (Mr Cavalho) Kilalee 10 5 Croix de Guerre (Mr H. Bessentj C. Young 10 5 Girva-Ti (Mr J Greenwood). Godfrey 30 5 Plynlimon (Ma jor D. Davies).Olappen 10 5 I Dorado (Mr G. Harris).Private 10 5 Jaz2 (Mr W. Hopkins) Killalee 10 5 I Dr Niool (Mr A. Ioannou).. Sadler, jun 10 5 Zanzibar (Lieut.-Col. P Ilomer) Private 10 F I St. George (Mr SangsterV..Godfrey 10' 5 Jimmy Wilde (Mr P. Whitaker) Whitater 10 5

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Baycliffe did not proceed to Pontar- dulais on Saturday owing to being un- able to fulfi,! }ïhefi'xte. A.,hJghJyiUl portant meeting in connection with the Baycliffe Rugby Club will be held on Mondav evenincr at 7.30. L. I

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? MUMBLES HOCKEY. 1. Oysternvouth hockey team entertained Court Herbert (Neath) on Saturday. A' splendid game was played, the visiting backs distinguishing themselves on sevepa) > occasions against the vigorous play of tin • homesters. During the ttrst half thtY:' Oystermouth forwards kept th':pláY W" j he visitors' territory most of the.' g&rne, f which resulted in Evans scoring a beanti. ful goal from a pass by C. Allen. In tjjief, second half Beynon also s furt homesters. C Final Score: 177 Oystermouth-2 goals. Court I-lerbert-Nil. ft-m Final Score: -? Oystermouth—1 try. » Gorseinon-I try.

11 I J. P. Waltera ae Shaeki," in "y Pravtf"

I EIILLIARDS. The billiard match between 3Ir. rik Hatcher, of the Lianelly Conservation Club, and Mr. A. Paton, of the Swan" Salisbury Club, which attracted a larg* number of members, resulted in favour Of the former. The game was 750 up Hatcher soon gained a big lead, and even> tually won by 293, the final scores be inst- ilatelier, 750; Paton, 457. The highest Tsreaks were: Hatcher, 113; Paton, 64. The billiard match between represent^; tives of the Lianelly Conservative Clul and Felinfoel Institute resulted in favour If of the former, who won seven out of AU games, with an aggregate of 1,708 po,; jiffa inst 1.359.

-c- I LEASE OF STRADEY. I The Lianelly Rugby Club have, granted a renewal of a lease in tespeet,, the use of Stradey, for ten years. is very tibinfl twvffr ü- tllo site -• w • ideal oue.

SWANS DRAW. I I I  Gillingham Equalise I with Penalty. I t (By "CYGNET.") f Gillingham 1. Swansea T0wn 1.1 For the second week in succession a j goal scored from a penalty has robbed '!( Swansea Town of well-earned victory. There are many people, unfortunately, i "who are only too ready to suggest that the Swans wanted a draw in order to get a good gate at the Vetch Field on Tues- day, when the re-play will be decided. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the few Swanseaites who eaw the en- counter on Saturday at Gillingham will voiucli for that, for the Swans made par- ticularly determined attacks in the se- cond half in their keen desire to forge ahead. As a result of the draw the Welsh- men have now to meet Gillingham on tho I Vetch on Tuesday at two p.m. to decide which shttll compete in the first round proper. I OFFSIDEI I I Approximately 7,000 spectators wit- nessed the encounter, and 90 per cent. of these comiserated with the Swans at the end of the struggle on the very rough I luck they had had. For three parts of the game they had clearly the bettor of the argument, and Gillingham's superiority, spasmodically evidenced, was achieved by reason of adopting bustling and vigorous tactics. In the first five minutes the homesters appeared to have the better of matters, and it was evident that the bwang were not settling down with their usual celerity. There appeared to be a suspicion of nervousness, and one or two players mis-kicked rather badly when tailed to deal with apparently simple I shots. As a result Robson and Walton were soon busily engaged. At iangth, however, the Swansea cohesion .became manifest, and one of the first definite movements saw Ivor Brown zig- zagging his way through the opposition before sending Lloyd going on the left. I Gillingham were soon alive to the dan- ger coming from the two outside men, end immediately resorted to the one-back Kame. And with undeniable success too, for as surely as the Swans' front line would move down the field so. surely would one or other of the players get off- side. Sometimes iil. was practically im- possible to prevent being pulled up, for Buchanan and Leslie were adepts in the art of bringing an opponent under the ban of the referee. There were times, however, when there was really no reason iyby the Gillingham duo should not be outwitted, and had Lloyd on the left been a little more alert in this respect he would not have been pulled up 60 often. For fully thirty minutes before the ¡ change of ends Gillingham played the one I back game, and an account of the game during this period can be summed up by saying that Swansea were continually pressing, but were equ-ally as continually being penalised for off-side play. Cfftt'fNCHAM'S BRI EF ATTACK, I From a spectacular point of new, tuere- fore, the game was not particularly in- teresting. For the greater part of tho second half the Swans did all the attack- ing, but were again pulled up with pain- ful regularity for off-side play. Gilling- ham at one period of this half made a great effort to score the winning goal, and playing typically Cup tie football, gave the visiting defence a gruelling ten •minutes. This was after some thirty minutes of the second half had gone. After twenty-five minutes they had 8p peared to be a spent force, and the Swan- sea supporters had been lulled into what evidently was a false sense of security. Swansea had been attacking- strongly, when Leslie, in clearing, tapped the ball to his halves. The leather went to ItoAd, who set Kelly going on the left. Thp homesters came down the field with a rush, and Robson had to take a Dyi, n, kick to touch to relieve. But the eiege was only temporarily raised, for, on the right this time, Lee and Wood developed danger, and Johnson, in saving, had to i concede a corner. The corner kick Fa w John-son clear again, once more at the ex- j pease of a corner/ and the Gillinsham j prospects appeared rosier. Robson aru • Walton defended sternly, and eventually the home attack was spent, and Siitrist a once more commenced a steasty attack. HOLE EXCELS. What science one saw came from tho Swansea men; the home team play,>,] Üw More typical cup-tie foüthallllnd instilled plenty of vigour into their work. Ucca- ) sionally only were they sucoesslul, how- ever, for the Swansea halves were a per- fcistent trio, and, gencraily speaking, Walton and Robson were given elbOTv loom to clear. The predominating feature of the game, however, was the brilliancy of Billy Hole. He has progressed wonder- fully in recent matches, and, blessed as h £ is with physique, speed, and enthus- iasm, he should go far. And he also has craft. Very rarely indeed did he fail to out-wit and out-pace A. Steel and Le&lie. and his centres were generally well placed. The centre forward kept Hole "well supplied, and W. Y. Brftwn mutit have some of the credit for giving his Tiht wing man so many opportunities. SPLENDID COMBINATION. 11 Swansea certainly excelled in combina- tion. This was evident in every phase of the encounter, and to an advanta- geous degree with W. Y. Brown, Ivor Jones ami Hole, between whom at tiiiIO6 there was some delightful short passing. At times Ivor Brown joined this trio in their concerted movements, but the more often he chose to send the ball out to Lloyd. Not only in attack, but m defence, was the cohesion manifest, and against this armour of combination the vigorous but spasmodic attacks of Gil- lingham were doomed to failure. There was not one really weak link in the Swansea side, and th e ven play of the inside forwards showed them to advan- tage. The halves once more were a tower of strength, and one was especially pleased that Durnin played so magnifi- cently in view of the fact that he had j been chosen to captain the side. Collins and Oglev too were strong. It was n-gainst Ogley that the referee awarded a penalty for hands a minute before half-time. It was a wrong decision, for Ogley did not handle, the ball as a mas- ter of fact bounding off his chest. One will leave it at that as Mr. Curtis is to referee the replay again. Robson and Walton were practically faultless, und vere in particularly fine fettle. John- son, in the little he had to do, was con- fident and dealt cleanly with all the shots that came his way. On form OiUillgham should be trounced at the Vetch to-morrow, when Swansea should gain their record victory.

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