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North Wales Coast League. WELSH AMATEUR CUP.—THIRD ROUND. Portmadoc 8 Colwyn Bay 1 FIXTURES FOR BOXING DAY. Portmadoc v. Penmaenmawr Llanrwst v. Colwyn Bav Llanberis v. Llanfair P.G.

Conway 1st Team v. Reserves. The Conway lads have had no serious en- "gagemen t since they returned diefelated from Llaniberis three weeks ago, but in the1 fortih- coinin,g encounter wiitb Bartaadoc—wtadh is thsir nest League fixture^—'they centre the live- Heat interest. Nome1 OIf those Who took part in taist year's struggle on the PioI,tmen"s,tJerDitovy have forgotten the admirable-iwa>nn<e:r in which they were treated by their hbsihs, .and, more the encouragement Hhey_ received! ait the hands of the spectators. This year' they 'h, Ope to warfant a still waimer re'caginiltiion, and # witth this end in view tihie boys are keeping themselves in fettle. On Saturday they faced their reserves in. an HP enjoyable, little 'bout on th!e M'oonfa. The re- suilt, which was a wSn for the premiers by six Seals to two, was a secondary consi'derattion. To rulb off the nuisrt that hais been allowed to gafther in the leaguetitst' condStion. of late was' more iimv Pctftantt. The game servedl a,n,olther admirable Pmpioise, biolwever, arudi peJfuiaps, this was; the ostt imjporitianft of alll—.?t afforded! the setedton Z, ^omimiititeei an e.tcel'.ent oppiortuniiiiiy off adding "0 tfhleiix- list oif "eligibl'es." Amongst the resetnves the¡re a lie three, if not four, men who are un- ^oub'teldly well able iodio full justicei to, their PI)aces, with the "first sitiiin'g." First and! fore- most cames "E!bby" Turner. Tit wlOuiMl be iti- Vtlidfiiolus: to m'ake camipari'sonis, ibultthe sooner -the> biettter this man is, imported into 'the senior forward, rank, and if the ■com;mittee falil to pro- vi'dlei hilm: with a place for .tihie Piorjfimadoc fixture they will, to say the least of it, have done him am. injustice. Then thera comes the, claim of )V .0. IIiu,ghes. NVillie, gave a splendiid! exhib- of d'ashinla back play. He has a splendid kick, plenfty of pludk, and wiijch: the: cultivation of a little, rrrctfe re^auriceifulniess he will make a ;ill really oabable memibler df the rear di,,iiisii,on. Ait 'haM-badk DiCk Jones pinavedt himself all buit ^quail to the 'best of the six men on t!he field, 'an,d, While Dicky is free to give a helping hand, Olf. tftaoit, to 'be moTie correct, Conway need noit be shiottt,of .a tiu^s'dWonthy miarn in the second line. f'Wb oif the old haridis had retiurned to the fold ^'iitlh. the seniors, and they ware heartfiily wel- comed by tihie speotaitors. They were Tom J°neis .a'rtdi Torn Farrington. The fonmer hats. Jugt leij. Penmaenmawir and rejoined his first ovie.. p,or rfhe nonce, however, he backed uip the cau'se o!f tihe reserves—^and tliis he1 did in ■phjaracteriistiic fashion. lit is somie yeiars since ^;axirin,gton turned, icid-L for Conway, andi, tlb,ou,-b 11ler game, hia's not nlorw the: fatsidiniit'i.otn for him :hlch he fofflmierly had, it i.s quite eviMient thait Ile has; forgotten none1 of ills trijcks. The Captain" aliso atpp>eared .after his enforced rrtonithls' ho lid ;a.y.

Rhuddlan v. Ruthin. line first meeting elf these' teams took place at *hui&dlan last S-atuirti'ay, in glorious footballl ^■arther. TH^ home team tried1 a few reserves, no proved a su-ocests; and a neiw player wais "PRF11 att centre-forward; in tfhe person q{ T. A.. "^°aes> *who is on. ht:s holidays from Bangor Undvaraiity Oallege. The Rhulddhvn c,a, itaiii 1-1 p won the toss, and decided to. kick dlown, hill. The following were the Rihuddlan eleven Goal, Simons backs, P. Evans and H. Parry; halves-, Barnetit, Jim Jones, and C. Joniets1; (forwards, Sooner, Wynne, T. A. Jones, Cl131d. Roiberts, and Twi^t. From the kick-off the homesters made tracks for the Ruthin, gciail, and! soon bombarded the cuis'todiian from all quarters, "llhis was relieved by Thamas cleaniinig with a huge ki'ck, and Morrar. ran up to try his luck .at 'goal-gelt'tin.g, buit Siimon. w'als alett, and cleared ih,:s change easily. T. A. J'ones, geittiing the baJlil, driilbbled dowr4 the field, and passed to !Soone,r, who shOlt into this goalkeeper'^ hand, (bu;t as he only cleared feelbly, tihe Un.iversiity mlan. put the finiishling touch 0.11 the leaither. From the centre, Ruthin tried; to equalise, but itry as they would ithere was no breaking through the home defence, Evans playing a fine game. A nun. on the homleldters' night led to a hot alt- taclk ,on the visitors' goal for a few minutes, but Wynne shot a few inches wide. of the mark. Frami the gaai kick, Sooner gcit the leather, and passing to Jones, he scored the second' 'goal, leaving .the result at ba'ltfJtiime .two goals to nil. During the second! half the visitors managed 10 score, and had to return home beaten by two 'goals to one.

CHIPS. The goal sdored again sit Simon s was an easy sfhcit. He made too certain of his kick, but he Mtuirribled. Parry, at back, Was rather weak. tie wan.ts a loit of training to aocuipy that position. Barnatit is a vary promising pllalyer at half- iback. He tackles and kicks well. Jones, from Biangior, was far alhead: of the dfiher players on Satutdiay, and the committee wish to see him1 figurei in the Chrisiomas m'atlcihes. iSooner comes nexlt in. hono-uirs if he would •beep his hand's down a little. He will figure wOtlhi Janes on the wing in the Chmstmas miatches.

Rhyl Football Notes. (By "CRITIC.") Rhyl Again Vanquished. The Rhyl organisation appears to be under the 'spall df defeats from, home, for on Satur- day last they were 'again dectisiively belaten, by it,h,ree goals to. nil at Niantwicih. Unfortunately for the visiting, team, they were mtinus the services o'f T. Roberts, T. Williams, and Jenkins, and substitute's were requisitioned. The; Che<ih:ire leam were well represented, and When that is stated! all-viisiting teams must ex- pect a wanm encounter at that town. In faidt, there are very few tetams which leave the Nantwiidhi g,10¡J,a; victorious, and some elevens of far greater meuiifc 'hemselves have uniuickiffy fallen a. prey to the rnidky work of the 'Niantwiiidh' forwards. twieh require a;11 the points they can pcorfiibly secure in the Combination, and- on Saturday Jftst tlhey were dieltermiined to take two at tin Ise, of Rhyl. The; visiiltons opened vs-ry 1 ■ «• ■' played a godd glaime for the first twenty mat -ies, when excellent Ohiances <o"f saorirg were missed by the ;sh:btft):tutes. Afiter this Niantwi'dh pressed severely, and i|i was evidenft thiat .their opponents hadl "shtat their bollt." Alt tfhe interval the homesters had to their credit two goals to nil, -and the score wa,s increased by one in the second half. RhiyP.'S deifen.ee was oon^protsoas throughout ithe game, and had it not b,ien for (tihe sterling qujaMiiaieiS' of the: hadks the sciore would have been heJavuer. The team., as a whole, were hardly to be compared to that oIf Nantwich, who played a Ihand winning game. The quesision is being freely asked, 'When will Rhyl win. a miatch from' horn e. The second 'team were visited by the Can- naih's Quay eleven, in the Chester and District Leaiguie, on. Saturday afternoon, and the game, which possessed' 11,0 pantiicuiar feialcures, was' goalless.

Football Chips (By "VIGILANT.") That the secretary of the North Wales Coast TA:ague, Mr D. LI. Hughes, of lortmiadoc, offers some explanation regarding the Llan- dudno Amateurs. That he misinterprets my meaning, at which I am not surprised. That the "giiie at home" I mean, was the fixture with L.ianfair P.G. at L'la.ndudno. Thait the Amateurs were dressed on that oc- casion awaiting their opponents. That red-tapdism and personal feeling lock as though tihev were the cause of that. That Llandudno owed "necessary fees" when- ■they spent pounds T0 journey to Po.rtimadoc. Thlat the eoimnninicatxini respeatiing the Llamwat teair, journeying to Llandudno was an instance of good secretaryship. (?) Thait Llandudno, • when, they met iJianrwst, still owed the "necessary fees." Stl :i\ t'hev were allowed to play. Thiait Portmiadoc's interesJtis were capitally studied on that, occasion, at the extpense of the young Llandudno club, who have. 1itible gates, -and no monied-supponters, guidh as vice- presidents, etc. Thiat Colwyn Bay's defeat by the Pcmtmen was an "eye-opener" and a "siaaggerer." That it was an ignomnnons wind'-up to Amiateur Cup hunting. That the best foot must be put forward with lcihe el1.counter with Knighton. That for the sake of the Coasters, I trust the Bayiites will rise to the occasion, and win. That havinig the Knigihtonians at the Bay in the round means something. That the Bayites have been ousted out of two cup üompeÜtions. Truat the Llandiudno Amateurs did the firSt trick at Llandudno for the Coast Junior Cup, and Portmadoc in the Amateur Cup. That the Bayites have still two more to "go" for, Niiz. The Soames Charity and the Welsh Senior. Thalt the Roosters were "matchless" on Sat- urday. That they canoo with a perch rest after re- cent displays. That it its hoped1 the new year will bring, forth a new order of things for the poultry. That the diet of the birds has been very indi- gestible, draohms of foreign talent having been imported, and found wanting. Thalfc PeiiNmDres, Conway, and Llandudno were without engagements on. Saturday also. That the Green Linnatis of Betltwsyioced jour- neyed to Bangor, and were decisively beaten. That I never expected they would win. That it would be well to know the name of the team that has won there this season. That the deffeat of six none -was no disgrace to the Linnets. That the rulbbing up against Biangor will be useful to them in vjetw of the 9th January. That all Llanrwst will prolbalbly be there on. that day-wea;th,er, etc., permitting. That Colwyn Bay meet Lianrwslt on Boxing Day at the market town. That the struggle will be a keen one. That whatever the result, the return match is on New Year's Day. That last year the Roosters beat "Cihe Bayites on their own ground. Thaft they had a very superior team then to now. • That I wish all my football friends a Merry Christmas. —,— »

Carnarvon Education Committee. A New Concordat. THE Carnarvon Eduicaltiion Coimmiitlitee at their meeting on Thunsdiay afternoon haid under con- siderati-on, a new concordat prepared by Mr Xssiard Daviets in the following form.:—"That all non-provided' schools where the miiniislteirs; at Free Churches or their nominees are admitted to give religions instruction to those children) whose parents desire it at he specified time for the usual religions instruction, or where the master appointed is a memlber df the: Free Churches, shall be treated fiinancialOy as on aa-i equality wilth the provided! schools and in. aicoordance: with the pro visions of the' Act." Many of the members olpenly sympathised: wiith tihe proposer's, aims, but the Ohaimman Mr D. P. W'lilliiams thought ithie scheme would1 be unworkable in practice. It was sltateJd that the Teachers' Association for the county had unanimously deoi-ded against the right of entry, and Pirofieiss!or Morris Jones argued that if adopted the. plan wonld not solve (tihe difficulty. The result was thiat, whiille Mr Davias's objects were warmly ciammendied as weilllas the spirit in, which he had stated them, his proposal itself was rejected by twelve votes against six. Even these items eto rjot exhaust the public, interest in the subject or the difficulties arising in cotinedlion with religious instruction. All Bofnitnewydid, in Carnarvonshire, 96 out of 170 children have been withdrawn from rialiigiouis MUSiBruction, and. tihe school arrangements have to be recast in consequence In Miontg^caiaeaiysihire', as a result of the refusal of the Ford e n Board of Guardians t o levy educa- tion rate, the County Council on Friday decidiad to inform the Guardians that unlelss they colledt the rate precepts Will ibe issued1 to (the over- seers and 10 per cent aiddield for collection. As to the. proposed concordat for Montgom- eryshire, the public reference to the majntea: this week by the chairman, of the Central Welsh Board appears to have been partly nxsunder- stoiad.

It ret 'it_d that an' earthquake shock has precipitated the- sicuth-eastem peak of MteWmit Raines, in the Rocky Mountain range, into the vaA'ey 'beiLow. The first car to be; registered under the new regulations in 'the county of Londoni's Earl Russell''? Napier, whidh will bear the identiification mark "A I."

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| Combination. I RESULTS UP TO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. Ev r -'U' I P. W. L. D. F. A. P. I* Chester 12 8. 3 1 37 16 17 V fcroushton 11. 7. 2. 2 27 12 16 > Oswestry 10 8 2 0 25 15 16 I Birkenhead 10 7 2 1 19 14 15 Wrexham 12 7 5 0 31 20 H Bangor 11 3 5 1 32 29 11 Nantwich 7 4 2 1 19 11 9 Witton Albion 12 2 5 5 19 26 9 Tranmere Rovers 8 3 4 1 18 22 7 Chirk 11 2 6 3 21 37 7 Traiirnere itovers 8 3 4 1 18 22 7 Chirk 11 2 6 3 21 37 7 Ithyl 10 3 7 0 16 29 6 Winsford 13 2 9 2 16 33 6 Middlewich Athletic 11 1 7 3 12 27 5 RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S GAMES. Nantwich 3 Rhyl 0 Chirk 1 Middlewich 0 „ Winsfsrd United 1 Witton Albion 1 Wrexham 4 Birkenhead 0 ||r Tranmere Rovers 4 Bangor

Chester and District Senior Cup. Hawarden Bridge. 2 Flint U.A.C 1 Rhyl Reserve 0 Connah's Quay. U

Flintshire League. Mold Amateurs 3 Gwersyllt 2

Llanfair v. Llanberis. (North Wales Coast League). (BY "Cymro.") f Llaxfair had hitherto occupied the position o wooden-spoonists in the above League, having played only four matches, one at home with Ban- gor, and three away with Colwyn Bay, Bangor, and Portmadoc, respectively. All these games were lost, but it speaks well of the Llanfair defence that in all four games with the above-mentioned League giants, 13 goals only were registered against this young team. This being so, the pre- sent encounter was eagerly looked forward to as an opportunity for capturing the first points of the season. That expectations were fulfilled is a source of gratification to the supporters of this organisation. The teams were as follows Llanfair Goal, D. J. Williams backs, R. Ellis and W. Evans half-backs, C. Ollosson, W. Space, and G. Thompson forwards, H. Pretty, R. Evans, W. H. Pritchard, 0. Jones, and E. Hughes. Llan- beris Goal, G. Henry Jones backs, Robt. LI. Hughes and Bob Edwards half-backs, W. J. Williams, R. Roberts, and W. Jones; forwards, W. Thomas, Rhys Jones, Ellis Parry, R. D. Evans, and E. Ll, Hughes. Referee: Sergt.-Instruclor Hunt, Conway. Llanfair won the toss and elected to play up the slope, commencing hostilities with ten men, Pritchard not turning up to time. The Llanberis men immediately made their presence felt in front of the home goal. From a drive by D. Ellis, 0. Jones got possession, and by means of some neat passing the home forwards made some progress. E. Lloyd Hughes, the visiting outside-left, obtained possession and made tracks for the Llanfair goal, finishing up with a sjiot which few goal-keepers could have stopped. Thus the visitors were one up. From the restart the Llanfair left wing were conspicuous, the ball however going into touch. Hereabouts Pritchard put in an appearance and things began to liven somewhat. The efforts of the homesters became much more determined in character, the forwards especially shewing up well, and causing the visitors' defence a deal of trouble. End to end play followed, both teams exhibiting at times some very pretty football. Pritchard, from a pass by E. Hughes, eluded all opposition and finishing with a telling shot, put both teams level amid much cheering. The interval came shortly after, and the team once more lined up, the visitors now having their turn up the slope. From the restart the home right worked the ball well up, H. Pretty finishing with a good attempt, which went wide. From the goal-kick the visitors got possession, and worked well up into the home halt. A miskick enabled them to get through, and a goal: seemed imminent, but C. Ollosson managed a very ser- viceable clearance. After some end to end play, the home forwards commenced to exert pressure on the defence, causing the backs to repeatedly kick into touch, which tactics the spectators characterised as Bangor Style," why, I fail to understand, because all teams indulge in it when hard pressed, whether rightly or wrongly. Several corners were conceded to the home lot which, however, were non-productive. After a brief visit on the visitors' part to the home half, W.H. and his men again got moving, and Pritchard seeing an opening worked the ball almost up to the right corner flag, from which point he centred finely, 0. Jones having no difficulty in heading in, thus put- ting his side ahead, and giving the visiting custodian no chance. The game now attained its most interesting point, the visitors seeming deter- mined to draw level, and the home lot quite as eagar to increase the lead. Nothing however re- sulted, and a good game ended in favour of the homesters by 2 goals to I. +