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SECOND DIVISION. ^Results up to Saturday, April 24th :— r< UO MIS. P. W. L. D. F. A. P. J Ruthin Town 6 6 0 0 15 6 12 Denbigh C. G. 6 2 2 2 17 13 6 Colwyn Bay R. 6 1 3 2 6 11 4 Denbigh R.e. 6 0 4 2 7 15 0 2 points deducted for playing ineligible I in an.

WELSH AMATEUR CUP. FINAL TIE. CARNARVON v. OAK ALYN. CBY "EN AVANT"). On GAMP; TWO boots; one pair of STOCKINGS; a "kimoll(J," coat vest and unmentionables, and my best watch (2s 6d;. ■ formed my sartorial equipment, for wit- nessing t'he great. match intituled as above, played in my presence at Colwyn Bay last Saturday. The reason I took so much clothes with me that it rainied (about 2 Tons to the square inch, to put, it accu rately). and Mrs "En Avant" has a strong A objection to my getting wet-. I started for jthe station gloomily pessimistic, and mentally anticipated defeat for the gallant Canaries to the extent of ;>2. The first thing,I beg pardon,—person I saw at the station leaning out of a carriage window, was Johnny Jones, Esq., Limited. I re- garded it as a. portent, for I reason?:! thus:—Johnny is not playing; ergo, Car- narvon will not play (in a winning sense); therefore, the result will be as I fear. I was so upset by these dark forebodings that, all third a.nd second-class carriages being full to the brim, I absent-mindedly stepped into a FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE end fell into a deep reverie on the vanity of all sublunary things. Anticipating Solomon, I cried out. in bitter tonesVANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VAITAS "I beg your pardon?" queried a austere-look- ing kuss reading a book in the other corner of the carriage, ''did. you ask for a iDlateh 1" I ignored the bloke, and went on ruminat- ing in my mind for a. ray of sunshine, and in my pouch for some Amlwch. In finding the latter, I found tiie former, and a deep and inexpressible calm fell on my fevered spirit, and I ventured to indulge in figures like& tli in :— Oak Alyn, 0; Carnarvon, 0. At Llandudno Junction, a common or garden railway porter opened the door of MY first-;clMS carriage, mnd ,pl;ice<l on the ground-floor thereof one (portm-antle, and a. Umabreller. At the same time, in dulcet tons, be said to two men who followed him, keeping a keen eye. on the portmantlc and limbreliler: "I can't, put you in a. third, can 11" to which the cautious gentlemen who followed him ob.-erved "Pray, tell the G-uard. What passed between these three men after, wild horses will not drag from me, but I noticed a. seraphic expression illumined that porter's feaiuros a he flung wider the portal of MY FIRST-CLASS e. CARRIAGE, and with great expressment -motioned his iollowers to enter. Thev entered, and I ga-zed languidly, not to say superciliously, at them. One of them was "a pale young Curate" and he entered, first, VERY RESPECTFULLY, and .said to his burly companion "Why, it's a FIRST- CLASS CAHRIAG E Poor little kuss; I supposo he had never been in a lst-Class Kerridg-e before, and he was evidently de- idghted. But, at the same time, he did not forget his manners, and the respect due to Ibis AUGUST (no, April) surroundings, for he &at tenderly and scantily on the very vergo of tihe seat of that FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE, and conversed with his com- pa,nioll A MAN) in animated but reverent tones, pitched low, so as not to disturb ME, ".EN AVANT." So it wa.s all right. I arrived at Colwyn Bay Station at :25t, and the train (stopped so as to let me get. out. I got out, but nobody seemed to care two pins, and I resumed my MOODINESS, and- strolled into the teeming town, and s after a look round, in pouring rain, started. for tlie ground at 2.40. Behind me, I heard the sound of a multitude, and then the inspiriting vuice of a bugle. Thin de- preened me more than ever, for the multi- tude came from Oak Alyn, and .so did the bugle, and its brazen assurance of victory for Oak Alyn plunged me into the densest abyss of despair, for I reasoned thus:—N> one from Oak Alyn could blow a bugle with that agressive joyou&nes»> unless they KNEW THAT OAK ALYN WOULD WIN, and so, with painful .steps and slow. I wended my way to the 15-miles distant ground. It was raining awfully here. I went into a PAVILION provided for me P,t, once, and sat mvself gloomily on a stool which J took from the field.' Bv my I side seated himself BROTHER PURDV, w om [ jd not, know, but who proved to be a oru-k of the fmst wat.(n, a|Kl sympjl.het],. „L.U, Carnarvon, thongl] he very properly enunciated the that he hoped, the best tea.m would win But he evidently felt sure that the best team was Carnarvon, and by a.nd by my sinking spirits floated -lighter, and I gazed at the falling rain with a much more composed air. After sitting there for about three hours, I discerned through the streams of rain that descended a stalwart figure striding man- ( fully across the sodden field or battle, an 1 us it came nearer, I made out the ILI figure of I FIELD-MARSHALL A. C. SLATER. VON LLANDUDNO. At this sublime spectacle, a worthy and most optimistic Scotchman who stood by WBBBBBB———BPH—Bl ■ exclaimcd: 'T think it will clear up." I myself liave no mean reputation as a false prophet as Tityrus once said, but that Scotchman, whose name I gathered was •\v ondered" (a very appropriate name. too), knocks me into a Scotch mist in that respect, for the rain fell in more, de- lugistieally heavy manner than before, and ) old S-o-nh would have set about building another Ark at onc-e had he been on duty in that field, and the rain never stopped till 1 on.g after the game was over, It was n-ow 3.50, and the game was to start at 4.0 o'clock, and there were (per- haps) three dozen people on the field, all smoking, and all soaking. At 3.5,53a, shoal 4 of people streamed into the ground from somewhere, and, setting a magnificent example to all concerned, Field-Marshall A C Slater marched out of the PAVILION to the centre, and shrilly blew his shrill whisLp. Like the incantantaion of a wizard, this sound brought about him the following men and boys, in equal proportions, though which were men and which were boys I de- cline to state:- I CARNARVON. I A. N. OTHER; Evan Hughes and Albert Griffith Johnny Griffith, MICHAEL HER- BERT, and Jack Williams; R, H. Roberts, Tom Roberts, Walter Jones, Hughy Roberts, and E. R. Jones. OAK ALYN ROVERS. Bob Roberts; Edward Davies and Samuel I Davies; Ivor Jones, Einlyn Jones, and Jim Martin Oswald Lewis, Eddie Jones, Morris Rowlands. Baugh. and Tom Green. NOW THEN! Oak Alyn won the toss, and started to- wards the Mochdre goal. No they didn't; they started the other way about, and de- fended the Moehdre goal, which they were called upon to do in the first minute of the play, for nice passing by the Canaries, and graceful backslides by the Oak backs, and intricate movements (chiefly on his back in the we t) by Tom Roberts, let the ball come to H. H. R., who could not get to it, and it went into touch. From the throw, Edward Davies twice put drives by R. H. R. into touch, and from the last of the following a desperate struggle on the line by R. H. R. nearly forced a corner off the fine back Samuel Davies, but ended in another throw, near the corner flag, and from this Oak Alyn burst away on the right, when, just over the half-way line they were master- fully stopped by Jack Williams, who man-I aged. as he fell full length, to touch the ball on to Herbert, who gave instantly to Walter. Walter patted perfectly to Tom Roberts, but Tom again lay down in the water, and the ball was driven up field by Martin, and, racing after it, Rowlands got it in midfield, and from thence sent it whizzing over the Carnarvon crossbar. Brother Kelly, erst- while frightened, now broke out into jubil- ant rejoicings, which suddenly ceased when Oswald Lewis got the ball, and sent it screaming goalwards. A. N. Other, how- ever, calmly ran out to meet the shot, and cleared at hib ecuie, but Alyn ptill pressed, and Emlyu Jones shot past. A perfect dis- play of passing by Walter, Hughy, Tom and R. H. R. set the latter going, and he fairly battered his way down the touch line, ham- pered strenuously but with perfect fairness by Samuel, and nearly forced another corner. R. H. in fact stood still, thinking the ball wa.> going behind, but seeing Samuel going after it, made a sudden sprint, and got it before Samuel, and banged it against the side net with a force which rattled the whole eaboozle of net and sticks. The goal- kick was placed nicely for Morris Rowlands, w ho prepared to take possession, but flying like a faloon onward Jack Williams suddenly appeared in front of the astonished Morris, and captured the ball and drove for goal. Edward Davie# returned from the goal mouth, but Evan Hughes, imitating Jacky's rush, dashed forward, and headed to Walter, who at once trapped the ball, and then passed onward for E. R., but the excited little fellow shot wide when in a grand posi- tion. Never mind, E. R., you made up for that mis,s before the game was over. Alyn now tried their left wingers, and Johnny Griffith, who, instead of doing what I told him to do last week, namely, going for the men with the ball, looked fearfully, first at them, and then behind him, where he saw another man, and ran dubiously first back and then forward, and missed the men with the ball, and they dashed forward, but Jacky Williams suddenly turned up from the other ¡ side of the ground, and stormily stopped the rush and put into touch. From this Oak Alyn got up, and from the left wing came a j terrible shot, which A. N. Other cleared smartly. Another grand shot from Emlyn j had to .be disposed of by Albert before Car- II narvon broke away, and then Walter, coolly dodging two rushes (read "by two men"), passed grandly to R. H. Roberts, who, how- I ever, could not catch the ball before it went into touch. From the throw, Tom and! Walter put in some exquisite passing, but J both fell, and a foul against Walter stopped a very •cangerous movement. The free-kick was fruitless, but another fould fell to the I Alynites and from this Lewis sent in a ¡ scorching shot, along the ground, which was on the point of entering the net, when, amid ¡ a chorus of "Oh !'s" A. N. Other kicked it clear away, a very fine save indeed. A. N. put a he ball into touch, and from the throw, Oak attacked hotly, and Jacky headed back- wards, and Ev.an Hughes missed. the ball, and A. N. was running out to it when the whistle .sounded, the offside rule having come into operation. This was a distinct bit of good luck for the Canaries, as the defence z, wis all to pieces, with Morris Rowland on the ball. close np. But the invaders were not yet done with, and a free-kick for them in front of goal looked dangerous, but it was cleared somehow, and once again Walter got the ball, and at once initiated a beautiful passing run, which set the Alyn halfs run- ning helplessly from one to the other, in vain. 'Tom Roberts- had the ball, and at him came Martin. Tom was coolness per- sonified, and, waiting till Martin was close on him, he suddenly darted sideways. Mar- till was after him in a flash, but Tom sud- denly beat him to the world with a superb baekheeler which sent the ball as strongly o as with a front kick to R. H. R., who. after, running on a bit, crossed to Walter, who touched on to E. R.. who. running, headed wide. After a fruitless breakaway by the Oak", which ended by Rowlands shooting wide at close quarters, an electric dash by Walter gave the Canaries the signal to get into line, and then with swinging and per- fectly timed passes, they swept through the defence beautifully, the run ending in an- other perfect pass by Walter to Hughy Ro- berts. Hughy, hampered, touched on to E. n., who. darting forward, slipped, but sent t ball slowly, but accurately enough, J mwn—gaH——ptmw

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FOOTBALL NOTES. (BY EN AVANT.) Hogia o'r hen dre', you have surpassed my wildest hopes Glory and fame is your just due. and no one can rob you of it. Aberyst- wyth ma(L a dirty attempt to put a. stop to your conquering career, having twice failed to get the better of yeur on the stricken field, but they failed miserably, disgrace- fully, shamefully. Blow them Well, it i6 here a. literal truth to say "words fail me." That is. in the way of mere jubilation, so I will go on to deal with cold, dry (nay, wet) facts as they happened on the hereinbefore- alluded-to kieken field. The game was played throughout in the friendliest and at the same time the most determined spirit. It was a good game. You had good men op- posed to you, and each and all of them fought hard against you to the very end, and you beat them at all points. Had Oak Alyn been a poor team, there would not have been so much credit to you for beating them. Beaumaris, your great rivals in the League Championship, on the same day that you beat Oak Alyn by 5—1 beat Colwyn Bay by 10—1, but the merit is practically nil, com- pared with your merit in beating Oak Alyn. Let me deal with your share of the game, as a whole, first. The Canaries were the more determined and, mirabile dictu the more confident of the two teams. It is .seldom I find that sort of feeling prevailing in the case of the Carnarvon team. Their imagination as to the other team's prowess is usually so vivid that they are generally suffering from a fit of nerves when they step on the field. It was not so on this occasion. Oak Alyn did not show signs of nervousness either when they took up their positions on the field, but the movements of the Canaries soon put the fear of a licking into them, and then thej, especially their halfs and backs, with the splendid exception of Samuel Da- vies, were in a regular twitter of nerves, and could do nothing coherently. The Carnar- von forwards, every one of them except E. R.. and he is a half, played the right game. They went for goal, and shot at it at once when in shooting range. They did not always score, but. they disorganised their opponents, and gave their backs such a. pile of work to do in the first half that they were not good for much in the second. The Carnarvon halfs, too, except. Johnny Griffith, did exact- ly what I tried to tell them to do in my notes last week. They were on the Alyn forwards at once, wherever they were, if they had the ball, and as a rule it wae the Carnarvon man who got the ball. They did not spare themselves a bit, and worked as if life itself depended on their efforts. The backs and the goalkeeper, too, were strung up to concert pitch, and that glorious dis- play of defensive work seen at Portmadoc against- the uiiep-orstmaiilike Aberystwyth Club's representatives, was reproduced in Ii all its glory. o The general play of the Alyn team was disappointing. Ivor James, Morris Row- lands and Samuel Davies were the outstand- ing players on their side. But the team it- self, as' a whole, became disorganised out of all recognition after experiencing Carnar- von's quality in the passing game, and never shaped like winning. I had never seen them j play before, but they have a very fine record, and I expected a much better show. During the last five minutes they were all over the Carnarvon team, who were cooped up in j front of their own goal for quite a long time, ) and that quite helplessly, for, instead of then playing the game they had been playing all the afternoon, they tried to do what Oak Alyn was then doing for the first time, viz., play the short passing game. Had it not been for Evan Hughes and Albert Griffith's astonishing defensive work, the scores might easily have been levelled up, and extra time played. It was not that Carnarvon were tired. They were as fresh as paint at the end of the game despite the terrible gruell- ing of the work owing to the state of the ground. But, as I have said, they tried to play the short passing game in defence. It was a serious mistake. The short passing game is admirable for attack; it is absolutely useless for defence. As we watched this part of the game, a member of the Welsh Council, standing by me, remarked: "There, Oak Alyn are playing their own game now, and had the day been fine, and the ground dry, Carnarvon would have found out what Oak Alyn could do." And it was clear that. Oak Alyn were adepts at the short passing game, for they played it admirably even on that sodden turf, and after 85 minutes tre- mendous work. But their effort came too late. During the previous 85 minutes they had tried to play the kick and rush game, and they didn't know how to do it. especial- ly after getting a taste of the Carnarvon patssing-Iong swift passing, which put their gear out of working order completely. Car- narvon played the game suitable for the con- ditions to perfection, and thereby won the game and the Cup. Well, now for individualising. Dear friends, my readers, you are all entitled, and are hereby granted liberty to have your own opinion as to who wais the best player on the day on the field. I plump for MIKE HER- BERT all the time, and all the way. He was a wonder, and strangers round me were enthusiastic in his praise. Mike may be slow or appear to be slow. The beauty of him was that. he "got there," every time, last Saturday. He. dashed at the ball all the time. He didn't trouble about the man. It was the ball Mick wanted, and he was not happy till he* got it; but he was happy all the time, for he almost always got it. Morris Rowlands was completely bottled up by Mike, and that meant that Oak Alyn's dan- gerous front rank was also broken up, and the man who, more than any other two men did that, was MIKE HERBERT. Mike put his men on the go scores of times; he stopped the other side from getting going scores of times. He helped the backs as well as the forwards; did his own work per- fectly, and gave a hand or a leg to Johnny Griffith or Jacky Williams when-ever re- quired. Herbert, you were superlatively great on Saturday. Hir oes a llwyddiant i chwi! But all the boys played grandly. Take Walter for example, with his incessant shots at goal (two of which scored), and his beau- tiful footwork in midfield, his splendid lead- ing and knitting together of his front line, and his absolutely reckless dash. Then there was R. H. Roberts, who did not score a single goal, but who smashed up Oak A.lyn's splendid left, back, and made Oak Alyn's left half appear as if he was not there at all, and who "captained" the team like a Charlie Roberts, and cool, wily, crafty, adept, clean playing old Tom Ro- berts, with his unsurpassed command of the ball, his perfect headword, and his im- perturbable acceptance of all the hard knocks of a game. Tom was wonderful last Saturday boys, you talie my word for it. Then there was anwyl little Hughy Roberts, who headed the most brilliant goal of the dav, unless the next that he scored in » minute or two afterwards was the most brilliant, and who was hurt when starting in to do the latter, and must have been in awful pain when he did it and while carry- ing out the preliminary movements. Splen- did, Hughy! Further on was Albert, ALBERT THE GREAT,—dashing, inces- santly hard-working, safe and sure. and fast and strong, playing half, as well as t> back, and covering goal and his fellow back with fine judgment; and Evan Hughes,- determined, not. quite so sure as Albert, but quite as hard working; and always iu- stantly retrieving any miss he made, who also played half and back, and covered goal and his mate when necessary with splendid judgment.. Who do you say was the best man? To tell you the truth, I'm blode if I can t'ny to a certainty. Jacky played bet.t-er than Johnny, espe- cially up to the middle of the first half. Up to that time Johnny was a bundle of nerves. When he .saw an Oak Alyn man on his wing get the ball, Johnny would start forward, then stop, then look back, then start forward again, and finally turn back to the man behind him, to meet the pass which he .expected from the man who actually had the ball. Johnny bach, there's where you made your mistake. That is not what I asked you to do last week. What you ought to have done was to have gone to the man with the ball, but you should have gone to him when the ball was on it way to him, and been there when the ball ar- rived, and then what chance would he have had with you? But it is a.11 right, Johnny. You "chucked" that after a bit, and played your own old game, which smashed up the Oak Alyn left wing completely during the last half of the first half, and during the whole of the second half. Your only fault was that you were a little late in tumbling into the right game, and I know exactly what was the cause of it, and that was. nervousness. After getting over that you played quite as well as Jacky, and both of you played a. grand game. Well, E. R., a.re you going to be left out in the cold? Not much. You did grand, little 'un. You were in a strange position, but there was not a pluckier man on the field than E. R. Jones. Evan sent in two perfect long range 2 z, shoto, both of which staggered Bob Roberto in his tracks, and if he had done nothing else than place the corner from which Hughy Roberts scored his first goal, Evan would be entitled to high praise. A. N. Other in goal, played under difficulties, but he did his work splendidly, and could not be blamed for failing to stop the ball wh;ch tore its way through his hands, for the ball was like a greased cannon ball. Had he pla.ced his body in front of it as he knelt on the ground to receive it, he would have stopped it surely, but it is doubtful if he could have got up and disposed of it before the Alyn forwards were on the top of him, and if it is asked why lie did not place his body in front of it, the answer is that it was moving diagonally as well as swiftly, and the least error of judgment would make a big difference in the matter of position. 'No, A. N. Other, you played all right. On the whole, I think Carnarvon played the best game they have done this season, or ever, not even excepting that wonderful game against Bangor in the same competi- tion, and the bea.uty of it was its united- ness; each man doing the best for the team. and not for himself. 'They deserved the victorv, and ;)-1 by no means represents their true superiority. Of the losers, it is difficult to say sepa- rately. As a team, they were broken up into a concourse of individuals in the first few minutes, and only towards the end of the match, when it had been irretrievably lost, did they become united once again, and then their play was effective, for the Carnarvon lialfs could not hold them, and it was only by the fact that it w.as massed by force of circumstances in front of goal, that the Carnarvon defence, fine as it was in itself, succeeded in keeping the losers out. iSamuel Davies was easily the best man on the losing side, and Morris Row- lands next, with Oswald Lewis and Ivor Jones next. Bob Roberts effected two rea.l good saves besides hie brilliant save at the cost of a corner from Walter's lightning shot. The other players were mediocre, and need not be specially mentioned, except to say that they all tried hard, all the time, and never gave up, and took their defeat ;n excellent spirit. The fact is they were up against an unknown quantity, and have evi- dently not been accustomed to play against the Carnarvon 6tyle of'play. It may not be p such good play as they have been accus- tomed to, considered from a strictly scien- tific point of view, but it was too good for them, an3 it beat them all to pieces. It only remains to add that the refereeing was excellent, and will probably lead to promotion for Mr Slater, which he cer- tainly earned that day. Also that Mr un- nerly's little speech in presenting the Cup was in the best of tR6te, and sound and manly in tone. Credit is due to Mr Ber- L keley for the excellence of the arrange menus for the game, and everyone is sorry that the climate conditions were so wretched. Better luck next time. I am writing, of course, before the re- sult-s of the Beauma.ris and Bangor League matches have been reached, nevertheless, I have no hesitation in congratulating the Carnarvon team, town, and committee, on an achievement which puts into the shade anything the town has previously done in the history of the game. And all the more because it has been done with a keen eye to the proprieties. The members of the Carnarvon football team are decent fellows the committee won't have any other sort, and the town of Carnarvon may well be proud of its sons. Good luck to you, bovtt, both for Wednesday and Thursday, and for all time.

NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. COLWYN BAY v. BEAUMARIS. THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPION- SHIP. (BY SALKYBO). On Saturday, a match which had great bearing on the decision of the champion- ship of the North Wales Coaót League, came off at Beaumaris, when they were visited by Colwyn Bay. Up to Saturday the teams in the running for the championship, namely. Carnarvon and Beaumaris, were level as far as points are concerned, but BearumariB headed on goal average. Both teams had played the same number of games, namely, 18, and had 28 points each to their credit. Beaumaris had, however, to their advantage, 62 goals "for," against Carnarvon 57 "for." In view of this last Saturday's match came as a deciding factor to the championship of the League, as. this game was one of the two that Beaumaris had to win in order to secure the championship. Carnarvon, oil the other hand, have two games to play— both away, the first at Beaumaris yester- day (Wednesday), and the other to-day (Thursday) a.t Bangor. Saturday's game at Beaumaris secured for them the couple of points out the four necessary to gain the championship. Carnarvon, have, therefore, a. difficult task before them. When the teams lined up at Beaumaris, it rained as though the "floodgates of heaven" had been opened, and continued throughout the match. In view of the im- portance attached to the match, Beaumaris insisted on playing full time so as to secure a good goal average. the following were the teams:—Beau- maris Richards, W. G. Williams, Sam Davies, Don Rowlands, Llew Jones, and W. J. Jones; R. Humphreys. Die Davies, W. O. Humphreys, Smedlev, and Poole. Colwyn Bav: Joe Brock, Dick Rowlands, and Will Clutton Xed Griffiths, Hallwood, and Howell Prite-hard; Moss Jones, W. H. Hughes, Jack Owen, Kay, aud J. Ll. Owen. I-Air E. Lloyd Williams, Bangor, had the game well in hand throughout. From the outset Beaumaris asserted their supremacy, and in five minutes after starting W. O. Humphreys had secured for them the lead, After twenty minutes' play Die Davies had

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VETERAN'S NOTES. Carnarvon United have, by winning the Welsh Amateur Cup, accomplished a very fine performance. The United are to be heartily congratulated on their fine victory of & goals to 1 over Oak Alyn, and I am in- formed that they were decidedly the better team, and fully deserved their victory. By the time these notes will appear in the press, the championship of the Coast League will, no doubt, have been settled. Carnar- von journey to Beaumaris, and to make the championship safe, a win must be scored by one team or the other. I fancy, as I said last week, that the points will be divided, and then Carnarvon will have to win at Bangor on Thursday to make a certainty. The Bangor Executive have selected a very .strong team, which will be as follows, to meet the United:—Ted Owen, goal; D. S. Owen, Hwfa Williams, backs Arthur Owen, A. Jones, H. L. Brock, halves; Hughie Owen, Arnold Dargie, Richie Jones, E. Lloyd Jones, and W. H. Jones, forwards. Kick off 6.15 p.m. Four Coast League games were played last Saturday, three home teams and one visiting team won. Beaumaris at home had Colwyn Bay as visitors with the exception of Taylor, the "Beaus." were at full strength, whilst the Bayites were short of six of their usual play- ers. The game was always in favour of the "Reds," who simply "toyed" with their op- ponents. The game had not long been started ere the homesters were four goals up, and then the visitors broke away and forced a corner. which was converted. At this juncture. Booth, the Bay goalkeeper, was injured, and retired; Hallwood, who was playing half- back. went into goal, and his work between the uprights was magnificent. Before the in- terval the Reds added two further points, and crossed over with a lead of six goals to one. Restarting, the Bayites were no match for the Reds, who were playing for all they were worth, and only Hallwood's fine goalkeeping prevented the Reds from running up a huge score. The homesters were able to add four further goals, besides having three disal- lowed, and retired winners of a one-sided game by ten goals to one. Festiniog at home entertained Denbigh Town, and a close game ended in the Quarrymen winning by three goals to two. At Pwllheli, Llanrwst, with a weak team, were beaten by two clear goals. Ellis, the home centre-half, came under the bann of the referee, and has been reported to the association. Llandudno Amateurs were the visitors to Conway, and gave the homesters a good beating. The Amateurs throughout were masters of the situation, and in the end were returned comforta-ble winners by three goals to nil. Bangor Combination team, on Saturday, brought, their programme to a close, when they visited Connah's Quay. Both teams were at full strength. In the first portion of the game, the Quay scored three goals to Bangor's one, and on restarting the home- sters added a fourth. Bangor afterwards proved themselves the superior side, and with a little more accu- rate .shooting, they should have scored several goals. However, before time the Bangorians equalised, and a fagt game ended in a draw of four goals each. Hughie Davies scored all the four goals for Bangor, who- now occupy a fine position in the Combina- tion chart.

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-1-P ■ r goalwards. At this, out of a huddled group of defenders, darted Edward Davies, but he miskicked, and in an instant, Kelly's raucous voice led the crowd in vociferous cheers to celebrate the fact that, 13 minutes from the start, Carnarvon had scored. Carnarvon, 1; Oak Alyn Rovers, 0. In less than two minutes after this, Walter dropped in a magnificent shot, which Ro- berts bungled badly, and before he could get the ba.11 away, H. R. was on him, and he had to give a corner. This was cleared at the cost of a second corner, but E. R. placed this behind. Oak Alyn broke away, but shot wide, and at the other end, a superb pass by Walter to H. R. found His Highness off- side. Hereabouts, the crowd became aware that Herbert was playing a most magnificent 1) game, and one of his fine efforts gave the ball to Walter, who .gave E. R. yet another chance. E. R. promptly returned to R. H. R., who had been cleverly placed offside by the tactics of the Alynite backs. Then Her- bert magnificently stopped another desperate attempt by Rowlands to get away, and gave to Walter, who drove past at terrific speed. Carnarvon, 2; Oak Alyn, 0. But I must condense. The game pro- I eeeded at tremendous speed, tho men slip- ping and falling in all directions, flat on their backs into the wet grass, and rising again instantly. Both sides strove hard for mastery, and Albert., Evan, a.nd Herbert were supreme for a. long time in defence. Suddenly, Alyn broke away, and Morris Rowlands beat both Herbert and Albert, and gave to Eddie Jones, who, darting gladly at the chance drove in with tremen- dous power right along the ground, the water spurting up along the track of the ball as it flashed goalwards. A. N. Other saw it coming, and reverently knelt down to re- ceive it. He received it all right, but such was the force behind it, and so slippery WM it, that he could not hold it, and it forced its way through his hands into the net, and the score stood,— Carnarvon, 2: Oak Alyn, 1. HALF-TIME was called soon afterwards, with the score still reading:— Carnarvon, 2; Oak Alyn, I. I The score did not quite accurately repre- sent Carnarvon's superiority in the lirst half, for Roberta eitected several grand saves, but, taking it all round it was good enough, though tne narrowness of the mar- gin left the friends of the Carnaries a little anxious as to the final result. However, after a short interval, they were at it again, and Roberta had to run out in the first 30 seconds to kick clear a grounder from Hughy Roberts. Oak Alyn retaliated, but were beaten by Jacky Williams in magnifi- cent style, and Jacky giving to E. R., the little 'un dropped in the ball with a. flop into Roberta's hands, who cleared promptly. Then E. R. united with Walter in a beauti- ful ibit of work, which left Walter in a grand position, when he was tripped. Emlyn strongly returned the free kick, but Evan wa", even mightier with his ponderous punt, and Walter and R. H. R. took up the run- ning, and after beautiful hard work shot be- hind. Oak Alyn now made a desperate and special effort, but Johnny Griffiths, Albert, and Evan were a safe as houses, and broke up all their attempts. But a. free kick to Oak Alyn let them in again, and Ivor Jones drove in a. beauty, but Evan Hughes headed away. Alyn returned with energy, but off- side stopped them when in a good position. I Next, Walter got away and parted at the right moment to R. H. R., who running, was masterfully tackled by Samuel, who forced i him to try a left-foot kick, which landed the ball wide. Tom Roberts jumped at the goal j k:ek, and parted with a dainty back-heeler to Walter, who drove in on the nstant, but I was wide of the mark. Afater .hi5 we saw Oak Alyn flying down the right wing, but J at them came headlong., Evan Hughes, who j stopped them at the cost of a throw, from | which Eddie shot wide. Tom Roberts got | hold of the goal kick, and gave it to Walter, who touched on to Hughy Roberts, who banged in, and in an instant the whole of the Carnarvon front rank swept down on Robert, who had the ball in his hands, but he was fouled, and the referee gave the Alynites a free kick. This led to nothing, and Walter and Tom Roberts went for the ball, and got it, and were gaily sailing away when they were fouled by Martin. Herbert dropped the free kick well up, and Walter glanced it at lightning speed wide of the mark. Then Herbert came out on top after a, desperate struggle with the Oak forwards, but they got a free kick for something, and this was kicked out of goal by Albert Grif- fiths in fine style. Still Oak Alyn attacked desperately, and thrice Jack Williams »toppc\d' (rattling goialiw&rd shots), but his opponents, broke tnrough on the left, and Evan Hughes could only stop them by kick- ing into touch. Then Carnarvon got a throw, and this coming to Walter, he tried a long, one, which dropped over the bar, and on to the umbrella, of an inoffensive young woman, and smashed it amid the loud laugh- ter of the amused spectators. Walter got the goal kick, and forced a corner, but the referee after .consulting the linesman, gave a goal kick. Following this up, Oak dashed away so strongly that Herbert had to pass to Evan who put into touch, and from the throw Tom Roberts passed beautifully to Walter, who passed forward to Hughy Ro- berts, who was wrongfully given offside. The place kick was, instantly returned, and Tom Roberts tried his luck, but sent wide. Carnarvon were now all over the Alynites. and the game had practically resolved itself into a goal-shooting practice for Carnarvon. A deliciously cool header by Tom Roberto put Walter in possesvsion. Walter let fly for goal i-nata,ntlv with deadly precision, and Ro- bertfj stopped the ball wth one hand, punch- ing it over the bar, a magnificent 4bot and an equally magnificent save! The comer was entrusted to E. R., and he dropped it so close to the bar that you could not have put a sixpenny piece between it and the cross bar, if vou happened to have one, and wanted to. Hughy Roberts hadn't got one. and didn't want, to try the experi- ment. so he jumped up and headed the ball into the net. Carnarvon, 3; Oak Alyn, 1. Ten men got hold of Kelly, but it was all "they could do to hold him still, but. when Sergeant Norris stepped calmly up, and quietly asked him wot he was making a noice about, Kelly subsided, and the game pro- ceeded. But only for two minutes, when Kelly broke out again, in the most outrag- eous fashion, and to such an extent thai the boat expres.4 train which was passing at the moment stopped in terror, thinking that there was a railway accident further on. But lest you should think Kelly had no justi- fication for his warwhoops, let me tell you what happened in those two minutes. After some tip-taps here and there. Walter got the ball again, and at once shot straight for goal. Unfortunately for hi« side, Samuel was right in the track of the ball, a.nd off his "front" it rebounded towards- Walter, and then curled back towards the goal. Then, detaching himself from the crowd of Canaries waiting for something to turn up. Hughy Roberts cTartcd at the ball like a young greyhound. His speed was anioTiishing. and lie reached1 the bn.11 before Samuel or amy of tiie other Oak ifeloiws could g?t near it, and- at once darted off for goal. Suddenlv, he slowed down. bl'Jt strll kept going, and I put down in my notes. ''Keep'rig his head with wonderful coolness under exciting circumstances, lliitfhv moved slowly goalwards." Bob Roberts stooped, paralv.sed, gazing with low outspread arms waiting for the sligt whiich he knew must soon come. And come it {h:1. and sending the ball wide c,f Bob, Hughy .scored a rea.lly beautiful goal, and then, to the horror of the crowd, reeled a little to one side. of the goal mouth, and fell groaning on the ground. Several of his mates at once ran to him, and after a while ILL J (<&>■ I < carried him off to MY PAVILION, still groaning pitifully. I have not been to find out wha/t ha,ppen.ad to Hughy, but I saw no one or anything touch him, so I sup- posed. lie must have sprained his leg when making that splendid sprint for goal. But somebody said that the ball in rebounding off Samuel, struck Hughy in the same way. Anyhow, whatever happened, he must have been hurt before he scored the goal, and it is therefore all the more to his credit that he persevered with his run, and scored, for he must have been in mortal pain at the time, and that it was which accounts for his sudden slowing down, a. fact which I erroneously attributed wholly to extra- ordinary" coolness and self-possession. GO DID A, HUGHY bach M AWR Anyhow, the effect on* the score sheet was as follows Carnarvon, 4; Oak Alyn, 1. Kelly, by the untited efforts of all the spectators on the ground, and within a radius of 10 miles round having at last been siubdued, the Boat train was authorised to 'proceed, and the giame al&o proceeded. And algain I must condense, for I have said a lot, and I have a lot more to say which must be said even if I have to fill the "Observer" with acclamations. So I will jinvt say that up to five minutes from time Carnarvon monopolised the play, and the Oak AhlJ goal had many narrow ^shaves. Then a change came over the scene, and my old friend KELLY was as silent as death. Alyn attacked, and with overwhleming power drcve the Canaries into their goal mouth, where they penned them in perfect- ly. They could not get out a yard, and the whole crowd was raging round A. N. Other. But the ball never reached him. Albert and Evan, and MICK HERBERT, were playing the game of their lives, and, besides, the. Alynites (no relation to Aima- lekiies) shot badly. Time was flying as usual, and so, was the ball, end always at the Carnarvon goal, and A. N. Other was jumipinig about from one side to the other in terrible anxiety. So strongly was the attack being pressed, that nearly all the Carnarvon forwards were in the goal mouth, trying to s-tave off a defeat, and it was, thus that little E. R. became, as it turned out. the saviour of his side, for he caught the ball (which had at last evaded Herbert and Evan and Albert) sneaking into the goal, while A. N. tiuncy was at wie ouier sine, absolutely unsighted, and kicked' it far up the field. A heartfelt sob of thankfulness broke from Bro. Kelly's overcharged heart, and: this turned1 into a frant-ic wailing cheer -i el when he saw Walter fasten on the ball in niiidlfield. At Walter dashed the almost im- prgnable S'amuel. Walter shot the ball at him. Samuel, in a sudden frenzy tried to kick it away, but clean missed lit, and then, with '>•* blbod curdling yell from Kelly ring- ing in his ears, and with absolutely electric speed, Walter dashed after the ball, and running close in drove iit with stunning force into the goal mouth. Bob made a tj*allanfc effort to stop its progress, but the drive wa-i too powerful, and' it forced its way through his hands into the not. Carnarvon, 5; Oak Alyn, 1. Three minutes more of frantic defence on the part of tha Cairnarvon men successfully prevented the Alynites scoring, and then the whistle sounded for the last time on that gretat day, the FINAL RESULT being. Carnarvon, 5; Oak Alyn, 1. THE PRESENTATION. The momenit the game ended both teams, and the crowd, including Bro. Kelly, all drippong wet, and many of rthem covered with mud, dashed to the Pavilion, where, smiling like a 40-ton gun, sat EN AVANT, and Mr Nunnerly, Financial Secretary to the Welsh Association, Mr Berkeley, General Secretatrv, and others. En Avant received the VICTORS graciously, and even i shook hands with several of them. Johnny Griffith vigorously rubbed his hand together before lie ventured to shake- En Avant's if anion's hand, as they were covered with the mud of the field, but EN AVANT, who has no false pride about him geni ally shouted, "Never mind the moid, Johnny; it's not dirt!" at which cryptic saying Johnny, blushing with pleasure, shook hands with EN A V AXT, and' wad happy. Mr Nunnerly, sipe-aking through the broken window of MY PAVILION, said :— I have to apologise for the absence of the president, who could not come here to-day. but has asked me to act in his stead. I am exceedingly sorry that it has been such miseraible weather, but I aim pleased to have seen the very sportsmanlike manner in which you have all "played the g.ame" {applause). That is the spirit which the Association wants to encourage and de- velope (hear, hear), and to see the game played free from dirty underhand work, as you boys have played it to-day (applause). I congratulate Carnarvon upon their vic- tory, especially as, I understand, this, is the first timia tJhey have entered for this cup, and I hope I shall b, doing no injury to the other clubs if I say that I hope this will not be the last time. you will win it (cheers). I am sure all your svmipathies will go out to -your defeated rivals. A defeat of 5—I looks to be a. somewhat severei one, but I aim sure Oak Alyn will take it in a sports- manlike way (applause). I have now great pleasure in presenting the cup to the captain of the Carnarvon team (loud cheers, Bro. Kelly being dominant). R. H. R., after thanking Mr Nunnerly, and salnttung, called for three good rousing cheats for Oak Alyn. these 'being given with hearty good will. EN AVANT, rising, gave the signal that hostilities were over, and for the departure of the whole- par'tiicipants to their various homes, ktindlv allowing each of them to go there any way they liked, which they did. and probably would have done whether he had givey the permission" or not. Then EN AVANT moved slowly towards die door, a.nd there met CHAIRMAN HARRIS. Bro. Harris tried to look indifferent, but his pale face, and his tightly set lips told of the hurricane of jov which was raging in his manly bosom. /En Avant tried to put him at his ease by slapping him on the back with a, mighty net. and shaking hands, .adding Bro. Harris could no speak, but shook hands like a vice might do the same thing, and E A V AT WEPT BITTERLY.

increased their score by adding three goals. A break away on Coiwyn Bay's right gave them a good opening, but Owen missed a grand opportunity on the goal line, but he kicked over the bar. From a corner kick, W. G. Williams. cleared. Beaumaris had no difficulty in working up, and the next moment Die Davies had netted the fifth. Colwyn Bay ran down and forced a corner. This was beautifully placed, and W. H. Hughes sent the ball well into the net. From this Beaumaris again pressed, and after several attacks on the visitors' goal, Booth, their custodian, wa,s injured, and he had to reture from the field. Hallwood took his place, and played a magnificent game between the sticks. Die Davies, how- ever,. had no difficulty in increasing, and when half-time arrived, Beaumaris led by 6 goals to one. On resuming, Colwyn Bav were all on their defence, and it must be admitted that their backs played a. good game. Hallwood being in brilliant form, and save some marvellous shots. Die Davies scored the seventh for Beaumaris. Sam Poole the eighth, Clutton (who placed it through his own goal) the ninth, and Sam Poole the tenth. Time wa.s called, when the game stood at Beaumaris, 10; Colwyn Bay. 1.