The North Wales Weekly News

Carnarvon United v. Llandudno Junction—Con. NOTES. ) This was Carnarvon's first home League game. In the first place, the Junction are to be congra- tulated on their victory, especially as this is the ) first home defeat in League warfare that I Carnarvon have sustained since October, 1908. The visitors quite deserved their win, as on the day's play they were the better team. The Junction team are a well-balanced lot, and as I their players are not novices at the game, they should go well in the League tourney. In Gillett, they have a first rate man, and he quite lived up to his reputation. Jones and Ellis I make a fine pair. The former especially played a sound game, his clearances being perfect. The halves are a bustling and vigorous lot. They do not, however, feed their forwards well, but go in for the long punting shots. The for- wards individually were good, but as a line they did not combine well. Possibly a few more games together will improve them in this respect. The outstanding man was Lunt, and both his I goals were the result of his own individual efforts. Coming to the losers, Carnarvon are to be sympathised with in not being able to turn out their best team. The forwards worked well, and for anv team to score three goals against a defence of the Junction calibre would, under ordinary circumstances, mean success, but. un- fortunately, the home defence were palpably weak and were quite unable to stem the kick and rush tactics of their opponents. G. H. Jones in joal, had an off dav. His tendency of run- ning out of goal should be dropped. Mick Her- bert was a trier, while the new man J. P. Roberts, put in some telling shots. E. R. Jones has been seen to better advantage. One more word to the forwards is this, that they should be a little less selfish in front of goal, and part with the ball to the one in the best position for scoring.

-]II8IID. LLANBERIS v. PWLLHELI. TIIF. SWALLOWS CHOP OF GOALS: í By" BLUF Sr",rE. The Swallows have at length obtained victory in the League. The Pwllheli Penguins were the victims. The following were the sicies Llanberis J. Dtni-el O. Morris and M. Jones; |. I ones, W. Pritchard and Dan Ro- berts Hugh Lloyd, John Evans, Buck, W. R. Williams, and W. IC Thomas. Pwllheli Bob Williams T. J. Owen and Griffith Kvans D. Hughes, Saunders Williams and W. Smalley; W. O. Hughes, W. Griffith, B. Evans, J. Williams and R. Griffith Referee, Mr. E. Ll. Williams. It was blowing a gale at the Llanberis ground at the time of the kick-off. The Pwllheli goal keeper, before the start in prac- tice, jumped on the crossbar, and broke it in the middle. That delayed the start 10 minutes or so. To play good football was out of the question, the wind playing havoc with everybody. The gam" opened before a fairly good gate. Llanberis won the toss, and started with the wind at their backs. W. R. Thomas on the left ran down and gave a centre, II. Lloyd scoring a beauty, the goalkeeper having no chance. G Evans, Pwllheli, did'nt clear quick enough, and W. R. Williams robbed him and scored another for Llanberis. The wind was very bad at this time, many miskicks being seen on both sides, and at this stage the specta- tors were very unruly, shouting till they were hoarse, because some of the decisions were not, as they thought, clea.- water H. Lloyd gave a huge kick from the middle of the field, and it sailed towards goal the keeper came out, tried to kick -,t, failed, and the result was another goal for Llanberis. Bob Griffith, of Pwllheli, made a run along the "line and gave a pass towards the Llanberis goal. At this stage the Llanberis goalkeeper was down on the ground, and the ball traveled slowly. The Pwllheli players had a shie at the goal but the fourth player netted, so time arrived with Llanberis leading 3-1. Two minutes after the restart Llanberis scored through H. Lloyd. The wind now was not so strong. Pwllheli made a rush towards Llan- beris goal. Daniels was hard pressed, and dropped on the ball, and all the players were round him like bees. There was a penalty kick against Llanberis, but Daniels caught the ball and cleared. You could hear the spectators shouting from Conway. Pwllheli gained a corner through Buck kicking out, and IN- Griffith scored from the corner kick. Llanberis had two corners in succession, and they scored No. 6 through WT. R. Pritchard. W. O. Hughes was hurt and was carried from the field to the hotel soon after it was time up. linil Llanberis, 6 Pwllheli, 2.

COAST JUNIOR LEAGUE. PENMAENMAWR v. BANGOR JUNIORS. A HARD STRUGGLE. (By" PETER.") On Saturday, on the Penmaentnawr ground, before a good crowd of spectators, the Bangor Juniors faced Pennvmore in a league match. The teams lined up as follows, before Mr. G. R. O. Shaw, of Chester :—Bangor Juniors Tynan D. J. Thomas and R. J. Lewis; J. Owen, A. Owen and Patterson Hughes, B. Walker, H. R. Lewis, T. Griffiths and Furpher. Penmaen- mawr: [. Jones; W. E. Hughes and II. Jones; Trevor Jones, Caleb Williams and Tom Jones J. W. Lunt, Archie Jones, R. Morris, LIew. Ro- berts and Charlie Sloane Bangor Juniors won the toss, and chose play- ing against the wind. Morris set the ball going and ere long Archie Jones tried to put the ball in the net, it just touched the bar when Sloane smartly netted it. There was good play on both sides, though Penmaenmawr forwards ought to have pressed more. Several fouls were made by both teams. Scores at half time were Penmaenmawr, i Bangor Juniors, o. < At the beginning of the second half it seemed as if the visitors were going to give the Penny- mores a good licking but try as they would, the home defence was too strong for them. Before long, however, the homesters got the better of their opponents, and Sloane again scored. The referee had whistled off-side against Pen but he decided to give them the goal. Shortly after, Griffiths scored the first for the visitors. Then the back of Bangor touled, and Archie netted the ball. The referee at first pointed that the ball should be centred, but later awarded the homesters a penalty which Morris failed to convert. About two minutes before time Morris fouled and the visitors were awarded a penalty which Lewis neatly put in. Thus at the end, after a good game the homesters made a draw with a score of Penmaenmawr, 2 Bangor Juniors, 2. NOTES. This was not the team which Bangor Juniors had to face Glasinfryn a fortnight ago. The Bangorians played a good game and so did the homester. Morris was quite off-colour, but it was Caleb's day out. Placed as he was, as centre half, he .'ould not have done better. Will Edwards, as u-ual, played with head and foot, and showed himself off well. Lunt and Archie are the right men in the right position, and so is ( harlie Sloane. The referee gave someone a bad impression by changing his decision. Considering the state of affairs it was a very good game, but fair and square it ought to have been a victory for the homesters.

LLANDUDNO JUNC1ION RESERVE v. I MENAI BRIDGE. THE PETRELS WIN. (BY ROBIN HOOD.") This match took place at Llandudno Junction on Saturday, on Woodland's field, before a fair attendance in fine weather. Menai Bridge kicked off to time, and at once made it felt that they were a team to be reckoned with. A pretty combined movement by the home forwards brought a marvellous save from Jones the visit- ing goalkeeper. A spell of midfield play took place, in which the visiting half backs defended the positions well, and also fed their forwards. The visiting light had a run through and eluding Jones and Hughes, the home backs, LI. Parry was defeated with a grand shot which curled into the corner of the nett. The home forwards livened themselves through the frantic shouts of some of the home supporters, and at last David Parry, the home centre, opened the game out a little more and fed the right wing, in which Hayes sent across to the left wing, and Jones quickly trapping the ball sent it well out to Chesters, who by a neat run drew the oppos- ing back out, and passing neatly to his partner E. Tones, the latter shot well and made no mis- take, defeating the visiting goalkeeper who had absolutely no chance with the shot. The game afterwards was of a ding-dong character. Half time arrived with the score Llandudno Junction, i Menai Bridge, I. < Menai Bridge had the advantage of the wind in the second half, and at once they had the backs penned in defending stubbornly the home goalkeeper, but a huge punt by W. E. Jones brought the home forwards on the move, in which Craven and Hayes were busy on the right wing. The home left wing were smart on the ball. Evan Jones play a good game, but was rather selfish. The game was very fast, the ball going continually from one end to the other, and a burst through by the visiting right wing saw W. E. Tones beaten and the outside man had no one facing him but Llew Parry. He shot hard for the far corner of the net, Llew Parry being powerless to stop the splendid and well got goal. This roused the home team, but, try, as they would, they could not defeat Tones, the visiting goalkeeper. Just before time a most un- fortunate accident happened to the home skipper (Will Evans, Bangor House), in tackling the visiting centre Evans fell and J. Hughes fell on Evans who in the fall had his leg broken and had to be carried off the field. I am sure Evans will have the sympathy of all who know how he loved the game and always played well.

II LLANDUDNO AMATEURS RESERVES v. HOLYHEAD RESERVES. THE CORMORANTS DEFEATED. (BY FIDELIS "). The Llandudno Reserves played their first home match on Saturday, and had for opponents a very powerful eleven from Holyhead. The visitors were more than a match for the home- sters, and seemed to stay better, as towards the end they were complete masters of the game. The first half was well contested, and several times each goal had narrow escapes. Meredith played a great game, and it was really disappoint- ing to see some of his fine centres going begging. I-I. O. Jones had hard lines in not scoring for the visitors early in the game, and his colleagues were miserably weak in front of goal, several chances being literally thrown away through faulty shooting. After F. Roberts had tested Collier with a grand shot, the visit- ors got through, and H. Williams opened the visitors' account with a fast drive into the corner of the net. The homesters responded in fine style, and J. M. Davies sent in a real beauty which beat Collier all the way. The homesters now played a splendid game, and had a little more care been exercised in front of goal, they would have soon added to their score. The visitors then took up the attack, and Wallace sent in a couple of shots just wide of the mark, J. Jones on the left was having matters all his own way, as the Rev. Cybi Jones was completely off his game. The latter, who was playing right half, made most feeble attempts to stop his opponent, with the result that a lot of work was thrown on to the backs. W. Owen (" Settle ") missed two fine openings through being too impulsive. On one occasion T feel sure that had he taken his time, he would have scored without the slightest difficulty. Meredith at this stage was the shining light, and after a grand sprint he sent in a terrific shot just over the bar. Half time score 1-1. On resuming the visitors forced the pace, and the home defence was given a lively time. H. Davies was very prominent in staying the pro- gress of H. Brown, and great credit must be given to him for the way he held his powerful opponent. For some time the visitors forced matters, and J. Jones in being allowed so much rope, was continually getting in his centres, but the home backs played well, and prevented the attacks being driven home. A scramble was now seen in the homesters goal mouth. This was only partly cleared, and T. Higham rushed up and hit the under side of the bar. The home custodian at once snapped, up the ball, and kicked away, but the referee blew his whistle. There appeared to be some doubt as to whether the ball had gone over the line, and after con- sulting the linesmen—" one of whom by the way was much nearer the other goal "-he allowed the noint. The homesters were now a beaten team, and failed to make the slightest headway against the visitors' defence. J. Jones then treat- ed us to a fine solo run, and after neatly round- ing the defence, went close in and drove a terrific shot into the top of the net. There could be no doubt about the superiority of the visitors, the half backs in particular backing their forwards up, with the result that they were able to drive the attack home. The homesters were very weak in this respect, and II. Davies was easily the pick. The homesters were stronger at back, and T cannot give too much praise to Williams and Davies for their fine display. Result: Holyhead, 3 Llandudno, 1.

COLWYN BAY CELTS v. LLANFAIRFECHAN. (BY ENTHUSIAST.) The opening- home match of the Colwyn Bay Celts took place on the Athletic Ground on Saturday. The weather was fine and there was a good muster of spectators. Referee, E. T. Williams lined up the teams at 3.15 p.m. The Celts lost the toss and the visitors decided to kick towards the Colwyn Bay goal with the wind in their favour. Directly from the kick off Llanfairfechan became dangerous, but the pressure was relieved by E. Parry, Colwyn Bay. The visitors came again and Atherton shot from 25 yards range, the ball entering the net close to the post. The goal keeper was deceived by the flight of the ball and made no attempt to stop it. This early success greatly enlivened the game, and good combination by the homesters brought them into close proximity to the visitors goal E. jones, Mochdre, was fouled in the penalty area, and from the result- ant kick T. Lunt opened the homesters account. The game was contested vigorously, the Celts quite holding their own, and half time arrived with the scores one each ? The second half opened briskly, and soon the Celts were hovering tound the visitors' goal.

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Football Chips. (By" VIGILANT.) That the first round for the Coast Junior Cup takes place on Saturday. That there is some new blood in the contest, and many matches will prove of more than ordinary interest. That Division I teams have some ground to cover to meet. lhat Barmouth, who always make a grim struggle, have to journey to Pwllheli. Pen- guins, look out! 1 hat the Llanberis Swallows have to make a circuitous route to Dolgelley. A lengthy flight. 0 J That Cwmyglo and Carnarvon look on at the fight in this round. Lucky teams. That a great Derby will be seen in Division 2, when Penmaenmawr and Llanfair- fechan meet at the first-named town. Who said" \\hiskers "? Keep cool, boys Some- one will be looking for Kelly! That the smart Glasinfrymtes meet the classic Bangor 'Varsity on the heights of Flriddoedd. A great struggle, to be sure. That a battle royal will be seen at Bangor, when the Homers entertain the Sealarks of Holyhead. A good gate and a good game, I hope. What say you, Percy? That Menai Bridge journey to Llanllechid. That the new Junction team meet Bettwsy- coed, the latter being to me an unknown quantity. The Wrens may spring a surprise on us. That Llandudno's task with Colwyn Bay Celts on the Council Field, Llandudo, appears easy. That in this round" Doll-with-Ellen and Blaenau Festingo" look on at the fight from the Vale of Conway heights. That Bagillt entertain St. Asaph in Division 4, whilst Denbigh Church Guild have a bye. That Bagillt, as holders, ought to easily em- erge from the first round. Clever Chemicals! That the draw for the next round will be awaited with interest. That the Llandudno Amateurs Reserves have a clergyman playing in the ranks. Bravo! Who will emulate? That a correspondent in a weekly journal re- cently called football enthusiasts fanatics, and entered into a heavy onslaught upon them. That he calls the football enthusiast choice and brilliantly illuminated names, such as "the most intensely interesting product of mathe- matical science." That the species is propagated with a fer- tility that is positively alarming." That he is not what nature meant him to be but the artificial bye-product of ill-spent Saturday afternoons." How beautiful and pic- turesque. That, further, the enthusiast is weedy and hollow-chested, stunted and unintelligent. He cannot fight, he cannot run, except the sprint he makes after the football boy selling editions of athleticism. He cannot ride anything but a tramcar, nor swim anything bigger than a bath taken hot with Condy's fluid. He can- not wrestle with anything stronger than an Argentine steak he is nothing that is sports- manlike and manly. A positive insult to British manhood. This is thick. That the description of the enthusiast hur- rying to the match is inspiriting:—"You rush home from work at noon, knock the children over in your haste to dress yourself in your best clothes. You haven't a word for your wife, or sisters, except expletives because your dinner is not on the table. At the match you will nurse your hollow chest and squirt tobacco juice over your neighbour's shoulder, and be a sport at any cost." That his peroration is a glowing one. Read, You are the sort of soft jelly-fish left by the active tides of human movement on the weedy beach." What a harangue, evidently composed for its naughtiness and untruth. That it is refreshing to turn to a recent speech of the Lord Bishop of Liverpool (Dr. Chavasse), at a meeting of the Liverpool and District Society of Association Referees, where the Lord Mayor presided, in which the Bishop says football has now become the national game, and it was good for the nation that it had become so." That the way in which it was played would tell, and did tell on the national life and charac- ter." That" it had become a real factor in the his- tory of our development as a people." That he was sure it conferred great bene- fits, physically and morally, upon those who played it." That it made for health, it created a sound mind in a sound body, and helped to strengthen the human frame." That it was an outlet for energy, and helped through the body to foster purity, soberness, openheartedness and generosity of spirit." That" it developed nerve and courage." That, of course, the game has its abuses. What game has not? I would sooner pin mv faith to the sage words of the Bishop than to a foolish twaddler such as I have referred to. That the heartiest of congratulations are due to the Llandudno Junction Rooks for their fine victory over the Canaries at Carnarvon on Saturday. That it was a well-deserved victory, and manv another team may look to its laurels, Llandudno I am told in particular. That it will be a Derby Day when thev meet at Woodlands on December jrd. Jack Finney is confident of success. He is an old sport and knows a thing or two. That the Junction's win would add to Mr. Wynnes' pleasure on hLs holidays. That the Junction executive took their win away and defeat at home like true sportsmen. That I am very glad success is showing its gifts upon the Junction's venture, and good gates are bound to be the result. That it is very few teams that can take the Canaries down on their own ground, but methinks the Yellow ones are not what thev were. Their League record is one point out of a possible six, whilst the Junction have four se- cured out of a similar number. That everyone will sincerely regret the verv unfortunate accident which befell the Captain of the Junction Reserves on Saturday, when Wm. Evans had his leg injured quite accidentally. 7 That everyone will wish him a speedy re- covery. That Menai Bridge were full value for the two points gained at the Junction. That Llandudno Reserves have vet to win their first Second Division match. That the Holyhead Reserves managed to beat them at Llandudno. That such names as C oilier, the brothers Brown, J. Walter Jones and others appear in the Juniors." That Menai Bridge were more powerful than the Junction Reserves, and some critics thought thev ought to be in Division I. That the Petrels forwards combined well, but were a little erratic in shooting. The backs, half backs, and goalkeeper plaved a good game. That Liew Parry for the Rooks defended well. That W. E. Jones was the best back. That J. Hughes was weak in his clearances and tackling. That the halves were a very good line. The the skipper, IVill Evans, was a worrier and very smart in his clearance, and was al- ways on the go. That it was A. Dutton s first appearance as right half; he cleared his hnes well and judic- iously fed his forwards. Bravo! Dutton! That David Parry as a centre forward was good, but should open the game by playing out to his wings. That Craven and Hayes, the new comer, were the right wing and played well. That Chesters and Evan Jones were the best wing. That Chesters centres were treats. That his partner Jones should play to him more. That Jones dribbles well, but holds on too long. Dribbling is a relic of bygone days. That sometimes it comes off, but more often otherwise. That Bangor Cormorants achieved a great success home on Saturday by defeating Chester. That Denbigh is still pursuing the even tenour of its unsuccess. Poor Thrushes. Don't you wish you were once more a light in the League instead of the faded star you are in the Com- bination? Again, I say, Ddinbich Bach, 'rwyt ddim yn iach! That Rhyl are in the next round of the Coast Amateur Cup after their victory over Holywell. That the game was of the roughest character. That Holywell had hard lines to be ousted, I understand. That Llandudno Amateurs have three succes- sive Saturdays away shortly in Cup-ties—twice at Rhyl and once in Colwyn Bay. That the struggles will be tough ones, for the 'Chers are a hard rut to crack, and I should not be surprised were they victorious at both places. Why not ? That Llanberis made a very decisive win in a gale of wind on Saturday at home, when the Pwllheli Penguins were thoroughly beaten. That Dicky Goat was glad, and so was Moss Ingham and Mr. Davies, the secretary. That the success was long-looked for and well deserved. Bravo! Swallows!

Rhyl Football Rays. (BY "WANPERER"). On Saturday I wandered to the Belie Vue ground to witness the struggle between the Rhyl Reserves and Holywell. That I was astounded at the amount of "dirty" play that was in vogue, the visitors being very much inclined that way. That there were frequent stops owing to broken heads, bleedings noses, and bruised toes That neither team can boast the honour of having drawn the first blood That the wind very much interfered with the shooting. That all the spectators were muffled up, owing to the keenness of the breeze. That Bertie was in rattling form. He swooped down on the visitors' defence like a hawk. That Williams and Parry form a sound defence. That the ball banged against the Veteran's foot and neatly rebounded into the net. That the spectators were very appieciative- That most of Mr. Postle decisions were not favourable to them. That Mark was badly hurt. It was ten minutes before any feeling could be rubbed into him, his ribs being badly scraped. That the homesters- missed many good chances through hesitancy. That the visitors had a better idea of coro- bination than the homesters, some of their movements being well organised. t That the goal keeper let in one of the simple goals imaginable. That he seemed to be dazed. That they should have found the net on three occasions during the second half. That the latter part of the game was th*j same, and spectators were leaving the wholesale.

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but their efforts were not so well combined as in the first haif. A high dropping shot from the outside left just topped the bar. Directly afterwards, Lunt fastened on the ball and with no one except the goal keeper to beat, scored amid applause, the goalkeeper falling in his attempt to save. Directly from the kick off the visitors came again and from a melee in front of the home goal the visitors a.gain equalised- matters. The game continued to be vigorously contested, and the persistent efforts of the visit- ors was at last crowned with success. Jones in kicking out hitting an opponent, and the ball rebounded into the net. The Celts made strenuous efforts to draw level, but the whistle blew with Llanfairfechan leading by three goals to two. NOTES. There is no doubt that the better team won, but the Celts need not be disheartened, for at times they showed very pretty combination. Parry at back, Hughes and Llew Jones at half back, and Lunt and R. Jones in the forwards were very prominent and did some good work. Jones in goal played well, though he might have stopped the first goal—a goalkeeper should never leave anything to chance. For the visit- ors W. j. Jones, Bangor University, was a host in himseif and time after time he frustrated the efforts of the Celts. Forwards, the outside right and left were also very prominent. Lunt and Parry are quite good enough for a senior team. When Parry learns to use his head to better advantage, he will be and ideal player. He is fearless, quick and kicks well up the field. PI iv up, the two Teddies, for you have both the makings of good players, one to score goals and the other to defend them.