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North Wales Football. SENIOR LEAGUE TABLE. DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. For Ag st. Pts. Llandudno 4 3 0 1 12 7 7 Bangor. 5 3 2 o ..11 .10 6 Colwyn Bay, 3 2 1 o ..11 3 4 Penmaenmawr 4 2 2 0 8 7 4 Holyhead 3 1 1 I 8 10 3 Portmadoc 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 Llanrwst 5 I 3 I ..11 14 •• 3 Festiniog.s I 4 0 4 15 2 JUNIOR LEAGUE TABLE. DIVISION II. Goals. P. W. L. D. F^T^A^st. Pts. Rhyl Victoria. 4 3 I 0 20 8 6 Rhyl Ch. Guild.. 3 I 0 2 7 3 4 Prestatyn 3 I I 1 7 6 3 Abergele 5 1 3 I 14 16 3 Ruthin I I 0 0 5 I 2 Denbigh 2 0 0 2 I I 2 Llandudno.<3 1 2 0 7 10 2 Colwyn Bay. 3 1 2 0 3 19 2 LAST SATURDAY'S RESULTS League-(Division 1.)- Bangor, 4; *Festiniog, 1. *Colwyn Bay, 7 Holyhead, 1. Llandudno. 4; *Penmaenmawr, 2. League (Division II.)- *Rhyl Victoria, 10 Colwyn Bay Reserve, 3. Fixtures for Saturday next: — League-Division II. *Aberge!e v. Denbigh, *Colwyn Bay v. Rhyl Church Guild. League-Division I. *Bangorv. Colwyn Bay, Llandudno v. Holyhead, *Llanrwst v. Penmaenmawr, Christmas Day.—*Portmadoc v. Festiniog. Boxing Day.Portmadoc v. Penmaenmawr, *Llanrwst v. Colwyn Bay. Denotes home ground. NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. LLANDUDNO v. PENMAENMAWR. TUDNOITES VICTORIOUS. The weather being unusually mild and' fine, there was a good attendance of spectators at Groesffordd when this event was played off. As a result of the Festiniog affair, there were some very noticeable changes in the composition of the home side. The absence of W. Edwards and Scott Jones, who have been suspended for the rest of the season., undoubtedly had a most debilitating effect. • » The team, nevertheless, was on. the whole well balanced, and the presence of O. Ellis stood Pen in good stead: when defensive tactics had to be resorted to. The visitors were well repre- sented, amongst others in the ranks being several old stagers such as Lunt, George Davies and Jacob Williams. The teams were as follows Llandudno:—goal, J. Williams; backs, Charles Roberts and Jack Lunt; halves,, Jacob Williams, George Davies and W. Roberts; for- wards, David Griffiths, Hugh Owen Roberts, John Williams, Will Owen and Brookes Evans. Penmaenmawr: goal, Coverley; backs, O. Ellis and1 Trevor Roberts; halves, William Edward Hughes, David Price and Thompson; forwards, Edward Williams, Lewis Hugh Rob- erts, H. Evans, Hugh Roberts, and B. Owen. The referee was Mr John Roberts, Bangor. < Playing up the slope during the first half, the homesters quickly carried; hostilities to the enemy's quarter, and the furious, onslaughts of the forwards for some time kept the visitors strictly on the defence. Breaking away on the right, Llandudno a few minutes: later seemed likely to. score, but the hot shots of Griffiths and Roberts were beautifully intercepted by the op- posing backs. A run on the Llanduno left, in which Owen and Evans were conspicuous, met with exactly the same fate. • After several bouts in mid-field. Pen succeed- ed in breaking the barrier, Lewis Hugh netting the leather in grand, style. In the play that en- sued, the Llandudno backs defended thetir posi- tion with great determination, but the home halves were feeding their forwards with excel- lent judgment, the attacks being frequent and of the most formidable character. Llandudno equalised with a smart bit of footwork by Brookes Evans, who found his way through under difficult circumstances). Between now and the half-play interval Pen succeeded in again otbaining a lead, the second score being again obtaining a lead, the second score being Roberts brought oC a most timelv kick. » < The resumpticnt of play found the Tudnoites pressing, the forwards being well supported: by Williams, Davies,and1 Roberts, in the half-back line. Time after time the ball was in the home quarter, and spectators of some experience could see that the visitors had, a reserve of en- ergy which had not yet been spent. After some o tine, play down the middle of the field, John Williams put in the equalising goal. Pen defended well, but the attacks grew m frequency and force, and before many minutes had gone Jacob Williams, and Brookes Evans had added1 two more goals. Having obtained this comfortable lead, the visitors played more or less on the defence, for the last ten minutes, so that during this time nothing very conspicu- ous was done on either side. A highly interest- ing game A in a victory for the visitors bv 4 goals, to i COLWYN BAY v. HOLYHEAD. CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE VISITORS. This fixture was played at Colwyn Bay on Saturday, in fine weather, the ground being in splendid condition. The home team turned out as selected, with the exception of R. Owen, a substitute being found' in the person of H. Hughes. A start was made at 3.45 before a good gate, Mr Beech being the appointed referee. In the spin of the coin the Bayites proved successful, and .elected to defend the Penrhos goal, the respective teams lining up in the following order: Holyhead: goal, W. Collier; backs, E. Evans and R. Ellis; halves., W. Taylor, W. Jones and C. Dodson; forwards, H. Roberts, W. Brown, 0. B. Edwards, W. G. Edwards and H. Brown. Colwyn Bay goal, W. E. Hughes backs, H. Hughes.and T. Jones; halves, E. Griffiths, O. E. Williams and R. Campbell; forwards, T. WeIlings, W. T. Jones, T. McCamn, W. Jones and J. LI. Owen. The homesters opened well, quickly carrying the ball to the Holyhead end, Collier being called upon to handle twice in as many minutes, which he did in: masterly fashion. The attack was brought to a close through J. LI. Owen getting offside when, placed in a nice position. The free kick changed the venue, but the visit- ors were met by a very strong defence, the backs and half backsi defending splendidly. Nice combination was now seen by the left wingers, the custodian again being called upon to handle. The pressure was kept up* for a time. J. LI. Owen, when getting along the wing nicely, was very neatly robbed by Evans, the full back. The visitors came again, making strenuous efforts to lower the Colwyn Bay col- ours, the defence again bringing themselves into prominence. H. Hughes eventually took the ball from: one of the opposing forwards' foot, smartly clearing the danger. This set McCann off, who nicely sent out to Wel'ings, the ball travelling like the shot out of a gun into the net from the boot of the last-named player, giving Collier not the slightest chance" of saving. The centre kick did not bring much relief to the visitors. Weillings, when nicely going, was brought to grass. The ensuing free kick brought great pressue on the Holyhead goal; the defence holding out averted disaster. Not to be denied, the Bayites came again, McCann, receiving, sent nicely into the centre, W. Jones (3) meeting the pass with his- head placed the ball safely in the net for a second time. From the centre kick the visiting outside left made a splendid run along the wing, nicely tricking H. Hughes, but with his shot for goal Hughes, the custodian, had no difficulty. The homesters were now showing as nice form as has. been witnessed this season. J. LI. Owen again got going, forcing a corner. Wel- lings, receiving the pass, made no mistake in scoring number three, the interval arriving shortly afterwards, with the score Colwyn Bay, 3; Holyhead, o. » < From the re-start Colwyn Bay lot swarmed down on the Holyhead citadel. A nice pass by Wellings off the goal line was met by McCann, who with a .splendid attempt had very hard lines in not scoring. Keeping up the pressure, O. E. Williams pounced on the ball, and, driv- ing in with all his might, had' the satisfaction to see the visiting back head the ball into his own net. The visitors began again to pull themselves together, a foul against E. Griffiths helping them, but try as they would they could make but little impression on the strong defence put up against them. At this juncture one of the Holyhead players got winded, which necessi- tated a short delay, but on resuming the Bay again took up the attack, nice play by McCann and Wellings looking dangerous for their op- ponents, a corner being forced, which proved fruitless. Fallowing the flag kick very few min- utes elapsed ere the home team had further in- creased their lead through McCann breasting the ball out of the custodian's hands into the net, scoring a fifth. The Bayites were now fairly running around :heir opponents. The only thing to break the nonotony was an occasional breakaway by the

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GOLF. Sidney Ball, the: professional of the Rhos-on- Sea Golf Club, Colwyn Bay, by remarkably brilliant play at a critical state of the game se- cured the victory for his side in the recent pro- flessional four baH match. The match was for a stake of £ 20 a side, and the competitors were lade up of Sidney Ball (Rhos-on-Sea), Tom Ball (West Lancashire), Sidney Wingate (Olton), and Charles Wingate (South Stafford). The first 36 holes, were played at Olton, near Birming- ham, where the Winigateisi were at one period 6 up, but at the finish of the first half of the match were only one up. The final 36 holes were play- ed1 at Blundtellsands, on the West Lancashire Golf Links, and created a great deal of atten- tion, a large crowd of members and visitors watching the play. Mr A. J. Taylor, of the West Lancashire Golf Club, acted as umpire, and gave the greatest satisfaction: by the way he perform- ed his rather difficult duties. All four players showed in turn remarkably good play, promis- ing well for their future chances in the open championship. Tom Ball, in the morning, was well on his drive, outdistancing all the others. Sidney Wingate was deadly on his putting. In the afternoon Sidney Ball went ahead in great form, and made the winning stroke, with abril. liant bit of putting, and won the match by 3 up and' i. The approximate round for the first half, taking the best ball on each side, was Ball's 78; Wingate's 81 the last 17 holes. were done in ap- proximately 73 all round. Sidney Ball's bril- liant golf is proving a great attraction to the members and visitors, at the Rhos-on-Sea Golf Links, and bringing many fine golfers to the links to play with him.

Old Colwyn Girls' College. ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The annual prize distribution, in connection, with the Girls' College, Old Colwyn, was held on Thursday. The Rev. John Griffiths, Vicar of Old Colwyn, presided over a large gathering of parents, relatives, and friends, the presentation ceremony being performed by Mrs Lloyd, Tany- coed. In. addition to Mrs Lloyd:, the Chairman was supported by .the Lady Principal, Miss Mel- lor, and the, Rev E. Pownall Owen, Rector of Llaneliaill. Situated, as it is in such a beautiful spot over- looking the open sea, it is little wonder that this institution has become: so popular in such a very short time. It is not very many years since the school was first startled in Penmaenmawr. Gra- dually increasing in dimensions, it was soon found that a more, convenient centre would have to be found.. After a year or two had been spent in considering the. matter, Old Colwyn was de- cided upon as the most convenient locality to be found. But actual convenience was not the only attraction.. The pure air, the charming walks, and the beautiful scenery of the district all found their way into, the calculation. The ex- perience of twelve months! under these new cir- cumstances has more than justified the steps taken, and Thursday's function, might almost be considered as marking the dawn of a new era of well deserved prosperity. A feature of the. proceedings this year was the perforamnce: by the pupils of Dr. Rogers's well- known cantata entitled "The Garden," and the principal classroom was. decorated with a pleas- ing variety of crysanthemums, with a view to intensifying the effect. After a pianoforte duet, which was. ably rendered by the Misses: Margaret Horsfall and Gwen Samuels, the, Rev John Griffiths introduced Mrs Lloyd, who distributed the prizes as follows — Form V.-is,t prize, Minnie Davies; 2nd prize, Maggie Clarke. Form IV.-rst prize, Muriel Jones; 2nd prize, Olive Barata. Form IIT.-ist prize, Gwen Hughes; 2nd prize, Lily Hughes. Form II.-Peggrile Skilbeck. Language prize.—Mignonne Bruce. Conduct prire.Gwen Samuels. The prizes consisted of handsomely bound volumes by standard authors. After this very pleasing ceremony had taken place, the Lady Principal, in fitting terms, thanked those present for their kindness in at- tending. The Chairman, in .addressing the girls, dwelt upon the value and importance of taking a de- light in school work. He had no sooner become acquainted with Gorphwysfa, than he at once discovered that a great deal of good work would be done there. The certificates won, during the past year amply proved that his prophesy was true. He begged warmly to congratulate Miss Mellor upon the excellent progress that had on all hands been made. (Applause.) As to Mrs Lloyd1, all knew her on account of her gener- osity and! good work in the parish. Her kind- ness and goodness' were well nigh unparalleled. (Applause.) The cantata was given under the conductor- ship of Dr. Roland Rogers himself. The music, like the rest of Dr. Rogers's compositions, is extremely captivating, while the libretto, which is said to. be the work of a girl not out of her teens', leaves very little to be desired. The story is that of Brian, Violet and Cyril. Violet is the only child of Brian, an artist, and she spends her time with flowers, while her father devotes himself to art. Cyril lingers: near them, hoping to win the love of Violet, but though she returns his affections, her father seems to have the first claims upon her sympathies. The artist, know- ing that death is at his dloor, gently urges his devoted daughter to wed Cyril, and the betrothal takes place, amidst the rejoicings of the. villagers in the garden surrounding the, ancient hall. After Brian's death, Violet and Cyril are united for life. Miss. Nellie Dixon took the part of Brian, Miss Gladys Sanderson that of Violet, and Miss M. HorsfaH impersonated, Cyril. Each of these' three performers went through her solos: with distinct credit, Miss Sanderson being the possessor of a very powerful and pleas- ing voice. The' choruses were attacked with great spirit, and with that confidence which comes of careful training. The intermezzo, was played by Miss Hewitt, of Bangor, who treated the audience to a most effective rendering of the part on her beautifully toned violin. After the performance was over the Chairman, on behalf of Mrs Lloyd, once, more congratulated Miss Mellor on the success of the afternoon,. On the, proposition, of the Lady Principal, sec- onded by the Vicar, Mrs Lloyd was warmly thanked for her kind services during the after- noon. The girls brought the day to a close with a dance.

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A Week-end Run to Birmingham. [BY ONE OF THE TRIPPERS.] A week-end trip to Birmingham, which had been, arranged for by a party of Bangorites, con- sisting mainly of members of the local corps of Artillery Volunteers, took place last Friday. And it IS saying but little that not a single member regretted the decision which prompted him to form one of the. party, which was organised by the genial and! popular Instructor (Sergt.-Major Parker), to, whom great praise is due for the splendid arrangements he had made for the wel- fare and enjoyment' of the party, and who, on the occasion, more than ever, proved himself the "hail-fel,low well met" that he always is. I am sure that the hearty manner in which one and all enjoyed themselves was a sufficient re- ward to the organiser for the pains he had taken to carry the undertaking through success- fully. The programme, roughly, was as follows, On Friday night, the party proceeded to Ho'lyhead, by the 12.38 train (this being a con- cession which the L. & N.W. Railway Co. very kindly afforded them, to ensure a better train service, as they were thus enabled to travel by the Irish Mail from Holyhead, which has a run to Crewe without a stop). The party had arranged for a spacious saloon to be in readiness at Holyhead, which arrangement proved an invaluable boon to the travellers. On arrival at Birmingham, at 6.5 a.m., the trip- pers proceeded to the Stork Hotel (Corporation Street), where arrangements had been made for their accommodation and after the necessary "wash and brush up" the programme was com- menced, visits being made to the Wholesale Meat and Fruit Markets, where the party were forcibly reminded of the proximity of Christ- mas, by the extensive display of "good things" which are generally predominant at that time of the year. A return, was made to the Stork Hotel for breakfast, which was, successfully and heartily negotiated by the party, and the tour of inspection was recommenced. Visits were paid to the chief fire brigade station, where the visitors were, through the kindness, of the in- spector, shown over the building, and had the pleasure of witnessing an exhibition of man- ning the. engines' and running up the escapes, work of rescue, &c., which had been specially ar- ranged for their benefit. They also had the pleasure of seeing a very interesting collection of old helmets and uniforms of firemen, dating back several hundreds of years. The next object of interest to be visited! was the Law Courts, where the excursionists, through the courtesy of an Inspector, were con- ducted through the assize, civil, and criminal courts, and ,also to the "cells" ;—and it was very amusing to see the "keenness" with which some of the party seemed to make a "mental note" of the construction of the building, with its many, honeycombed passages, in this par- ticular part (probably some of the party thought the knowledge might prove useful in an antici- pated attempt at escaping should any of them be compelled to make more "intimate acquain- tance" with the place before their return to Bangor was ensured). Other places of interest visited were the Art Gallery, Town Hall, Council House, and pub- lic libraries. The morning's programme was completed by a visit to the historic hotel, "Ye Olde Royal," where the party were "right royally" welcomed by the proprietor (Mr Burt), who conducted them throughout the entire building, with its scores of spacious, rooms:, the hotel being now one of the most up to date provincial hostelries in the country. The party here had the pleasure of visiting the room which the late Queen Victoria occupied when, as child, she paid a visit to Birmingham, which event is commemorated by a brass tablet fixed in the room. The party after luncheon drove to Perry Barr Football Ground to witness the match "Aston Villa v. Sheffield United," where the visitors made themselves heard by divided cries of "Play-up, Villa," and "Play-up, United," ac- cording to their individual fancy. Returning from the football match, the party sat down to an excellent dinner served at the Stork Hotel by Mrs Shepherd, the proprietoress, who, by the way, is herself a Welsh lady, and who did all in her power to make her country- men's recollection, of their visit to' Birmingham a lasting and pleasing one. After dinner the party broke up into little groups and visited the different theatres and places of amusements, according as their in- clinations guided them. The experience of one group, who visited the Arcades, and resolved to be faithful to their native tongue (yr hen iaith Gymreig), in all the small purchases they made, was certainly one they will remember for a long time, and the look of blank astonishment and utter dismay on the part of those "behind the counters" at being unable to fathom the "mysterious strang- ers" was certainly a thing that can better be im- agined than described. Sunday was passed in fitting fashion, the jgfarty leaving Birmingham at 10 p.m., and after z pleasant run down, arrived in Bangor at 4.30 a.m., on Monday morning, each vieing with the other as to the extent he had enjoyed him- self. The party are under a debt of obligation to the Birmingham friends of Sergeant-Mai or Parker, whose courtesy and assista^ rf in- valuable.

visitors. During a bully in goal W. T. Jones added a sixth, a seventh coming quickly after- wards from the foot of W. Jones (3). The visi- tors again rallied themselves for a last dying effort, and were at last crowned with the hon- our of scoring a goal in the last ten minutes of the game, the whistle blowing with Holyhead soundly thrashed by seven goals to one. COMMENTS. On the 'home sidte it would be useless to criti- cise the players, as they have not been seen in such form this season, and there is not the slightest doubt that they thoroughly deserved the handsome win they gained. On the visit- ing side Collier cannot be blamed for the large margin between the teams.. The backs and half-backs played well against the pressure which was brought upon them. The forwards were not given the least scope, and did well to score one, goal against the defence which they had' to face. Re-played Cup Tie. LLANDUDNO AMATEURS v. BANGOR SWIFTS. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,-In your last issue I notice a letter sign- ed by "Home Linesman," demanding a with- drawal from the reporter of the above match. I may at once assure "Linesman" that I fail to see anything lin the report calling for a with- drawal. I shall endèavour to explain how it was that I referred to the penalty incident. The notes were written from a spectator's point of view, and I shall leave it to your readers to judge. When the breach of rules was com- mitted, the referee blew his whistle, and it was at once noticed that something had taken place very near the visitors' goal. The home players could be heard demanding a penalty, the visi- tors, on the other hand, protesting. It was at this stage, when the referee was surrounded by some of the home and visiting players, that the home linesman approached the referee. The point in dispute being a penalty, what conclu- sion could a spectator come to but that the linesman was confirming the point in dispute? Again, if the visiting linesman had gone on the field, what conclusion could a spectator come to but that he was disputing the point? In his letter he states that when the kick was about to be taken, he pointed out that one of the Bangor backs was inside the penalty line. In the first place, he had no right to approach in the field. I have witnessed cases, before this, when the referee was seen to order a linesman off the field of play. He could signal, and the man of the whistle would inquire the reason. And, sec- ondly, I will ask linesmen what is the first and anly thing a referee is bound to' do after the ball has been put on the penalty :spot? He has only to see that all the players are. behind, or on, the line, and then he whistles. The referee and the players are on the eighteen yards line, the linesman on the touch line. Who could judge best, the referee, who was on the line, or the linesman, who was some yards. off? I leave to your readers to decide. In conclusion, I trust this explanation will satisfy "Linesman," that the comments were written in good spirit and, in my opinion, were fair criticism.—I am, sir, yours truly, THE REPORTER. WALES V. "ALL BLACKS." Taffy was a Welshman From gallant little Wales; Valiants from Maori land Tried him in the scales. They trampled on the Shamrock. The Thistle and the Rose, But ate the leek at Cardiff, As every body knows. D. W. H.