The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

..l. FOOTBALL. ENGLISH CUP. (FIRST ROUND.) For the first time during the preeeait season League football had to give way to the English Cup competition, last Saturday. There were 32 ties to 00 played, and the results were as follows:— Evertcn 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Liverpool 4, Derby County 2. • Nott,g County 2, Middlesbo-rough 0. Leicester Fosse 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Glossop 0, Manchester City 0. Plymouth Argyle 1, Barnedey 0. Swindon 0, Sheffield United 0. Stoke 5, Lincoln City 0. Carlisle United 2, Brentford 2. Manchester United 3, Blackpool 1. West Bromwich Albion 1, Birmingham 1. Bristol City 0, Grimsby Town 0. Bury 2, Millwall 1. Aston Villa 3, Stockport County 0. New Brompton 3, Sunderland 1. 'Norwich City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Newcastle United 2, Nottingham Forest (L Bradford City 1, Wolverhampton W. 1. Brighton and Hove 1, Preston N.E. 1. Bolton Wanderers 5, Woking 0. Gainsboro' Trinity 1, Watford 0. Queen's Park Rangers 1, Reading 0. Woolwioh Arsenal 0, Hull City 0. Oldham Athletic 2, Leeds City 1. INVeet Hani United 1, Rotherham T. 0. Ghesteu&eJd 4, Stockton 0. Southampton 2, Burnley 1. Chelsea 9, Workshop 1. Bristol Rovers 1, Northampton 0. Fuiham 8, Luton 3. Crystal Palace 4, Coventry City 2. Portsmouth 1, Hasting and St. Len. 0.

THE COMBINATION. Results up to Saturday, January 11th:- Hnn P. W. L. D. F-A Pta. Tranmere R. 13 11 1 1 45 14 23 Connah's Quay 17 10 4 3 37 35 23 Chester 14 10 3 1 49 18 21 Whitchurch 13 9 3 1 52 23 19 'Crewe Alex- 15 8 5 2 36 28 18 ldswestry U. 12 7 2 3 33 14 17 'Ohirk 13 7 6 0 26 22 1.4 Druids 14 6 7 1 35 37 16 Nantwich 13 4 6 3 32 35 11 Bangor 14 5 8 1 24 42 11 Wrexham 16 4 10 2 31 46 10 Rhyl 12 4 7 1 23 33 9 Birkenhead 16 1 13 2 15 44 4 Welshpool 12 0 11 1 15 53 1

SATURDAY'S MATCH Orewe Alexandria 1. Birkenhead 1.

NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION- (II North Wales Chronicle" Challenge Cuo.) Results up to Saturday, January 11th Goals. P. W. L. D. F- A. Pte- Holyhead 11 8 3 0 43 12 16 Carnarvon U. 12 7 4 1 33 25 15 Beaumaris 11 7 3 1 30 21 15 Bangor Res. 10 6 2 2 37 19 14 Rhyl Ree. 10 4 4 2 29 20 10 Llandudno A. 9 4 4 1 10 14 9 Colwyn Bay 10 4 6 0 19 23 8 Llanrwst 11 3 6 2 14 31 8 Denbigh 9 3 5 1 14 23 7 Conway 12 3 9 0 25 45 6 Biaenau Fes. 7 2 5 0 14 35 4 SATURDAY'S? BATCHES* Holyhead 3, Rhyl Res. 2. Llanrwst 0, Llandudno 0. Bangor Res. 5, Denbigh 0. Carnarvon 1, Conway 0. Beaumaris 3, C'olwyn Bay

BANGOR pcSERVE v. DENBJGH- TOCll SHOOTING BY DENBIGH- (By "Recorder-") These teams met at Bangor on Saturday in a North Waien Coast League encounter. TlhiP Tt» turned out as follows: iingor: 1«j <w«u xatnu^er- son; W. Parry, H. J. Da vies, and W. Jons; H Owen, C. Burnt;, D. Jones, Edgar LI- Jones and Joe Williams- Denbigh: Sum Griffith; LJ. Rees and T. A- Davies; D. G. Williams, LutheT Evans (capt-), and Tom Davies; R. Morria Evans, E- E. Da- vies, R- Williams, H- Randies, and D. B, Da- vies- Mr Jones, Llanrwst, officiated with the whistle Denbigh -won the tees, and elected to kick towards High-street. From the oembre the home forwards worked the spin ere within shoot- ing range, and E<%ar Lloyd Jones scored within the first minute- Despite the efforts of the visitors' defence the homes: era were immediate- ly back again, Hughie Owen and Burrns smartly passing tfueir opponents- Owen shot in, and his partner repeated the attempt, but to no avail, and the movement was brought to a premature conclusion thr-ough Dick Jones get- ting offside- E. E. Davies ga.ve a neat dis- play, but was brought to book before having a ohanoo to shoot, and Jce, Williams and Edgar Jones obtained possession, and with a bib of pretty passing worked the sphere into the hos- tile territory, but a misunderstanding arose, and! each leaving the baJJ to the other gave the Denbigh back a chance of which he was not slow to avail himself. The visitors weire very much in evidence in front of the home goal for game time, but ill-luck dogged them, and every off oat to open the account proved fruitless- The homesters attempted to break away, but Ran- dies with clever play returnd the leather and loroed a corner. D. B. Davies then made an attempt, but D. Smith was too smart- E. E. Davies managed to get through, however, and Bent in a shot which landed just outside. The home right wing, however, retaliated, and the Denbigh custodian was called upon to dear a teaser- Play then reverted to the visitors' left, e,md D. B. Davids seait in a stinging dhot, but Toddy saved splendidly. The Denbighites con- tinued to press, and st-rugg'ted hard to find! the biiiebt, but all their efforts were frustra by the home defence- After a short run by the Juniors' frotit rajnik, M. Evans returned, but D. Smith, alter mialtioking, quickly recovered and cleared in good style. However, the Red and Blacks were not to be denied, and with a wedl executed movement opened, up a very vig- orous attack on the home goal, and Teddy was obliged to. cleax, which he did at full Length- Dick Jones was soon in the opposing parties' quarters, but was neatly robbed, and a series of headers hrouight the globe back into the homo half, but Dick was soon in evidence again, and after a smart display sent in a beautifully placed shot, but Joe Williams got offside- The home inside left, however, was not toffiv before he again tested Sam- Griffiths, who broug'ht off acouple of smart saves- A oorner was forced by Hughie Owen, from which Pa,rry ehot wide. A

A CLEVER SOLO RUN. very smart run by. Owens then ensued- Ob- tainig possession in rnidtkld Hughie very cleverly dribbled through and scored a beauti- ful goal- For a little while Denbigh assumed tilie aggressive, but were ur-imule to pierce the hoime defence, and play reverting to the visi- tors' territory, their defence was busily engaged and performed very creditably, at last enabling Randies and' E. E. Davieo to get off. The lat- ter, however, failed, when in a fins position, to ht. A dual run by Dick Jones and Hughie Owen then occurred, but Owen landed the ball just outside the post- Denbigh hod chances, but failed in shooting—their kicking lacked sting- E. E. Davies, however, made an excellent try from a pass by Randies, but without result. At the opposite end Hughie forced a corner, and Burns landed' the leather in the net. From tftie centre Denbigh got away, and Morris Evan* drove in a stinging shot, but Owen saved smartly- The visitors' right wing then made a hot attack, which finished in a Bomg shot from PRaadles, just prior to the half-time whistle. The home right wing opened the second half -in grreat style, but Denbigh soon broke away, and Henderson was kept busy for some time, but Joe Williams obtained possession, and sent across to Burns, who, however, failed to screw in. The visitors were aggressive again, but the homesters were too quick on the ball for them, and a movement on the part of the Juniors' f,ront rank ended) in Dick putting juBt outside the post- The visitors' right wing worked down a.nd Randies serut in a fine shot, but Teddy again saved splendidly- Joe Williams broke off with a clever run and shot. The custodian struck the leather out, but Hughie Owen returned it into the met. A very smart movement on the part of the home forwards was spoiled through dallying with the ball instead of shooting, but a corner was gained1, from which, however, the visitors got away, only to bo broken up by D. Smith. The visitors' right, however, looked dangerous, but tihe home defence repelled the attack- Another att.empt by the visiting for- wards ended in Randies shooting over. Tne home forwards were a.gain in evidence, and Edgar Jonco3 tested, but Griffiths kicked clear, the custodian afterwards bringing off a series of irt saves, and enabled his forwards to break off, but Henderson repelled the attack. D. B. Davies madb an attempt that looked dangerous, but Henderson stuck to him and spoiled his dhance- Edgar Jones was conspicuous—making a good attack, but without result- This was followed by a beautiful run by Hug-hie Owen- After working the ball half the length of the field he drove in a shot with which the cus- -todian> had no earthly chance. A long shot by Luther Evans failed to do the trick, for 'Denbigh, who were destined to go back without a solitary goal, for although they had a fair amount of the play they could not turn their chances to account. Final: Bangor 5, Denbigh 0-

BEAUMARIS v. COLWYN BAY. A WIN FOR BEAUMARIS. This game was played at Bea-untarls in weatder which, though fine, was bitterly cold. Much in- terest was taken in the fixture, and there was a good "gate." The teams lined up under Referee Brown Jones as under. Colwyn Bay: Goal, HaIIwood; backig. H. Hughes and O. E Williams; halves, WeliingS, Ned Griffith and Dick Rowlands; forwards, Moss Jones. W. Hughes, Tom McCann, Stanley Hughes, and J. Lloyd Owen. Beaumaris: Goal, O. R. Jones; backs, Geo. Williams and Davies; halves, H. Rowlands, Levf Jones and Griffith Davies; forwards, Bellwood, R. Humphreys. W. Humphreys, J. R. Owen and S. Focle. The opening movements were pretty even, but the home lot gradually gained the upper hand, and made a determined dash for the visitors goal, and had very hard lines in failing to effect its capture, as Hallwood fell with two or three men on top of him. From the goal kick, Colwyn COUNT rt GO tow* AT IUitt runn'hg, and McCann put in ^•y-rtTh shot, which "O.R." cleared splendidly. Hereabouts, Davice was prominent with splendid headwork. On the other side, McCann took a Hereabouts, Davice was prominent with splendid headwork. On the other side, McCann took a fine pass by Mess Jones, but fell on the slippery ground before he oould utilise it. The Beau- marisians then again advanced in battle array, and showed splendid work on the left wing, till Bellwood fell on the ball. The ground was be- tween a frost and a tliaw, and falls of this kind at critical moments were numerous. Coming again, the home left wing got round the defence, had closed in on thegoal, Humphreys fifially lifting the 14eather over the heads of a orowd of players into the gimlinouth. Hallwood tried to A FINE GOAL. clear, but missed the ball, and Bellwood dashing in scored a very fine goal. From the centre the visitors made a capital run, J. LI. Owen being prominent. The leather was suddenly croast-d over to IvieCann, who shot hard and straight right into "O.R's." hands, who sivod beautifully. At the other end the home left wing ran tht) ball over the line, but the next score was from the visitors. McCann equalising. With matters on a level again the pace became faster than ever, but the homo lot were always a shade the more dangerous, and Bellwood, with A terrific shot, scored a second goal for Be-aii- maris. By 'he way. Hall woe d caught the ball Hhis osaasion, and tfirov it clear, but the referee decided that it had passed under the bar, and unhesitatingly pointed to the centre. Beau- .maris tiad the best of matters up to half-time, but neither side oould again find the net, and the interval arrived with the scoreBeaumaris, 2; Colwyn Bay, 1. In the second half the Bayites roused them- selves to some purpose, and the major part of the ssoond half was spent in the attack and de- fence of the home goal. Bath attack and defence were wild, but the Bay halves were splendid, its they continually broke up the advances of the home forwards, wliic'n wore of a very spas- modic and ragged character, and dropping the ball continually in the home goal section, where, as before indicated, the Bay forwards made a bash of most of their opportunities. Wellings had to come to their assistance, and he scored a very fine goal. On tihe other hand, the h(m: :lot forced a corner, which was cleared. but keeping" up the pressure, Levi Jones, from a twenty yards' range, shot into the net at the top corner, giving Hallwood no chance. Neither side scored again, but the garre ended in a win for Beaumaris by 3 goals to 2.

LLANRWST v. LLANDUDNO. HONOURS EASY. (By "Custodian.") Altihouigh the clouded sky threatened a corcu- plete change in the weather, the Gwydr ground was as hard as adamant on Saturday. Refefree Beech limd tihe teams as follows: Llanurwet: Goal, Gillett; full backs, W. Owen and W. Trevor Jones; half-backs, Jim Jones, R. D. Ridhaxds, F. Williams ;forwards, Ohis- holme, Kenrig EJias, Humphrey Roberts, A. Richards, and Ned Griffiths- Llandudno: Goal, Bob Lunt; full backs, J. H. Jones and J. Limit; half-backs Jacob Wil- liams, G. Davies, and Pearson; forwards, J. Williams, J. Brown, J. E- Williams, Brookes- Evans, and J. Williams. litartrwot having won the toss elected to face the Castle- Williams having set the ball going, Kenrigi by a tricky move, gained possession, and neatly passed to Chishoiine. who madle ground along the right until J. Lunt intervened a.nd swung the leather to J. Williams, who raced along tOO wing, finishing with an absurdly wide shot- Tho homesters again attacked, but Ro- berts, when in a favourable position, was pulled un. being palpably offside. But the pressure was continued, especially by the home right wing. A series of throws in the visitors' terri- tory proved barren, Brookes-Evans breaking away, made ground along the left but fell a vic- tim to the attentions of R. D. Richards- By now it was evidletnt that the ground was in a very slippery condition, both 6d finding it difficult at times to keep perpendicular. At last the home" right wing found an opening, Elias sending in a shot which was calmly gather- ed up by Bob Lunt. The Roosters continued tc press, several I throws being conceded dangerous- ly toecur Lunit's charge, until his brother, with a mighty and lofty kick removed the sphere in the direction of the Castle goal- The stripes raced after the bounding leather, J. Williams, the outside right, sending in a dangerous oblique shot,, which was deflected from its course by the ever ready foot of the veteran Trevor—a narrow escape- A hvely scrimmage in front of Gillett caused the spectators to hold their breath, while Mr Hughes, the genial se- cretary of the Roosters, gasped with apprehen- sion- However, the period of anxiety was at iast relieved by Trevor, who broke away, a.nd appeared benit on performing a solo ruin of his own, but suddenly changed his mind and cen- tred to Roberts, who failed to pass the wily Jacob. The stripes again attacked, but. the home hals-backB proved to be an unpenetrable barrie*. barrie*.

HOME FORWARDS IN FORM. .A. well conceived attack by the home for- wacde appea,red! exceedingly dangerous, A. Rich- aarda concluding the movement with a header, which sent the ball rasping along the upright, this was quickly followed by a welL-directed phot from Ned Griffiths. Lunt kicked out to Evans, who dashed along the eft at great speed. At last., parting to his outside partner, who sent in a beauty, the ball being welll fielded by Gillett- A. Riohards was next in evidence, clashing along the left, and eluding Jacob easily, but in attempting to pass J, H. Jones, the ball ran out of play. As the result of the ensuing throw, F. \YllJiajns sent Lunt a hand- ful. A fine solo run by A. Richards along the left brought him near the Llandudno goal, when he centred accurately. F. Williams first pounced mpon the ball and shot it against J- H- Jones s From the rebound J. E. Williams, being well fed by his wings, made good progress. The move terminated with a fine cross shot by Brookes-Evans, which was fisted1 out by Gillett- The centre man met the rebound, and sent in a 6coroher, Gillett saving by falling his whole length on the hard ground—a sp Lend id clear- ance. The home forwards making ground along the right, scorn made their presence known, but were successfully repulsed by J. Lunt. An at- tack by the Seaeiders culminated in a free kiok just outside the penalty line- J- H. Jones sent m a curlier, but the "wily Gillett was not deceived and cleared! easily- The Tudnoites once more pressed, forcing a corner off Trevor. A few anxious moments ensued, but just as Brookes- Evans had headed out otf play, the whistle sound- ed with no score to record for either side. Play having been resumed, the visitors im- mediately pressed, Gillett being called upon to save twice in as many seconds- Subsequently, he saved a scorcher from J. E. Williams by fall- ing his whole length. An infringement of the rules by the "Recife" just outside their penalty line looked ominous, but Trevor deflected the shot. Chisholme secured, and made a brilliant solo run along the whole length of the field, but stuck rather too long to the ball, Lunt being in position to hustle him just as he was in posi- tion for a certain goal. The Stripes now handled on the edge of the penalty line- Jim Jones took charge of the leather, and passed it quietly to Chisholmio, who Act wild- The homesters at this period had to sustain a heavy pressure, the Stripes doing tiheir utmost to open the score, but in vain- At last Chisholme emerged) from tho ruck, and dashed along the right, and centred beautifully to Kenrick, who missed a grandi opportunity to score. The Sea- sides were again soon swarming in front of Gillett, a.nd were awardied a free kick just on the penalty line, Lunt lifting the ball into the home goalie's arms- Gillett in a few minutes had to clear a scorcher from Brookes-Evans. The Roosters then had an innings, Chishobne send- ing in a. beauty, which was gathered up by Bobbie. An attack by Llandudno culminated ill a penalty against tihe Roosters. J. E- W illiams toovk charge of the kick, and sent the ball against the crossbar and over it went into safe- iby to the delight of the home supporters- At last, when the whistle was sounded, both teams had failed to isoctro and stood at "honours easy-" Final result; Llanrwst nil, Llandudno nit.

CONWAY v. CABHARVGN NARROW FOR i^rrt-TED. NARROW FOR i^rrt-TED. (By "Ohsefw-rf-) For the iinst saw Garnarvcji playing on Saturday en the Conway Morfa, where they buocg* in capturing a couple of points from tine "Blues." They impressed me as a very I" strong side; in fact, I oould almost fancy I was watching the Holyhead team, if it were not for tihe absence of familiar faCea and forms. However, it was no credit to them to beat the Blues last Saturday, as the latter team took the field minues the services of tome of tiheir ibest players. Their stalwart ekipper amd right full back, Tom Jontcs, was down with influenza, aaxl the club have lost tihe cervices of tiheir t best forward in Tommy Athcrton, who has taken his departure for South Wales. BTeeee was also unable to put in an appearance, and his position was filled by Evans. At the last moment L.R. Roberts, who skippered the "Blues" at the commencement of the present season, turned out to fill the position of inside right. Lewis has for a considerable time given up foot- ball, and therefore it was no surprising matter to find him out of form. C With their forces thus weakened, the o-nly wonder is that they made as plucky a fight as they did, for they made the "Canaries" go all the way to beat them. On the other hand, I understand that the visitors had the strongest eleven they can at present muster, their only aibsemtee being Hugh Rjoboirtte. T!he teams turned out as follows:— Carnarvon: G. H. Jones; J. T. Williams, Wil- liam Thomas; J. Griffiths (Captain), R. Herbert, J. Williams R. Roberts, E. Hughes, W. Jones, Tom Roberts, and J. Jones. Oonway: Joe Hughes; R. T. Williams, 0. Ellis; Shem Jones, T. Edwards, W. J. Joines; Tom Craven, L. H. Roberts, W. J. Jones, Sam Hughes., and Sam Parry. Referee: Mr R. Hersee, Llandudno. Ilhero waa only a moderate gate, when Con- wa.y, having lost the toss, kicked off against a slight wind. The opening exchanges certainly augured favourably for Conway. With a dash a.nd quickness that was irresistible, they at once invaded the visiters' territory, and forced a corner on the right, which resulted in Shem testing the Carnarvon custodian, only to find him safe. The leather came into play again, and L. H. Roberts was about to put in another shot, when he was grassed. This put tho visit- mg forwards in pof^cei^ion, a.nd tfhev were not slew to seize the opportunity thus offered. A visiting half trapped the ball, and eent across to his right wing, who were off and away in a trice. The movement finished up in a swift oblique shot from the foot of R. Roberts, which, however, went behind. Sam Hughes received a pass from the ensuing goal kick, and at once fed his wing, but the Carnarvon defence roused a little hcoting among tihe onlookers by kicking into touch. Follow- ing this a foul against the visitors looked like boing dangerous, but Edwards eipoiled the movement by handling the sphere. The free kick put the visitors in motion, and Jce was called upon to save a hot shot, but he re- sponded gallantly. Carnarvon were now preæ. ing, but a bad miss-kick in front of an open goal settled the movement, for the bail was put over the line. The Blues were the next to attack, but wcro ruled offside, thus spoiling a good movement. Carnarvon failed to get away, and Sam Parry forced a corner on the left, but put the baJJ (behind. The homesters aoriitinued to press, and again and again the Carnarvon backs had to kick out. At length the visitors broke away, and paid Joe a visit, only to find him safe. A series of fouls against Carnarvon, enabled the Con-wayiteis to test G. H. Jones, and the Car. narvon custodian brought off some fine saves. AN ORPHAN GOAL. The orghan goal of the ma.tch was steered by the Carnarvon centre forward, Walter Jones, with a long pot. The goal seemed very simple one, and many of the spectators were inclined to think that Joe should ha.ve paved it. How- ever, it was my impression that he did niot eee the ball properly, as there were a number of homeplayers between him and Jones.. The shot was also an awkward one to deal with, passing the homo custodian's leg about a foot or more from the ground. For the remainder cf the first half play was fairly even. The Carnarvon custodian had to rush out once to clear from Evans. Half-time: Carnarvon, 1; Conway, 0. The Conwayites were fairly confident of victory at the opening of the second half, for they now had the wind in their favour. They were at once aggresaive, and the Carnarvon defence had a. busy time of it. The whole cf the second half was a tale of ha.rd limes and missed opportunities on the part of the '"Blues." They forced four corners in success, one from the left and three from the right, and yet they failed to find the net. They could do every- thing but score, a.nd slowly, but surely, the second half slipped away without the "Blues" having equalised. W. J. Jones put in an ex- cellent slhot which just skimmed the cross-bar. The effort deserved better success. Another' corner was forced, but although forwards a.nd halves worked like Trojans, it was all without avail, and the Carnarvon citadel remained im- ipregnaible. The Conwayitea should have won by at least four goals to one, but I am not going go far as to eav that Carnarvon did not deserve to win. With all due credit to the Conway for- wards for the pluck and dash they displayed I must my that the defending tactics adopted by the visitors in the last stages of the game might have been much more vigorous. They kept the ball in play as much as they pcasdbly could without placing their own goal in jeopardy, and that cannot be said of all teams in the Goast League. The whistle wcmt aU too soon for the homesters, who hoped to have scored in a few minutes. Final: Carnarvon, 1; Conway, 0.

The funeral of Mr George Thomas, who as a guard, had charge of the first passenger traiin that waa run. oo the Cambrian Railways in I860, took place at Oswestry last week.

HOLYHEAD v. RHYL RESERVE. A DISAPPOINTING GAME. (By "Cybi.") The above ma/toh was played at the Oval, Holy- head, on Saturday. It is some years since these teams have met under the auspices of the League, and this being so the local enthusiasts turned out in large numbers to see their peta would faie. The ground hardly conduced to good football, and this to a great extent accounted for the cdsappointing game. Rhyl put on the field eleven excellent players, some of whom will bo depeated, as it was stated that they were Dot eligible for Coast League matches. Holyhead, on the other hand, were not up to their usual standard of playing, and unfortunate- ly lad to play for twp-nty minutes with one man short. The teams were-- Holyhead: W. Collier, goal; T. Conlan (capt.) and W. R. Parry, full backs; W. T. Jones, R. Ellis, and H. Roberts, half-tacks; Rowlands, O. B. Edwaids, R. C. Jones, and H. Brown, for- wards. Rhyl: Birch, goal; Roberts and T. W. Ellis, lull backs, W. Williams, J. W. Ellis, and Robert Hughes, half-backs; J. Hughes, D. Hughes, W. J. Hughes, T. Harrison, and G. Bennett, for- wards. Mr Slater, of Llandudno, acted as referee. The local players won the toss, and decided to play with a stiff wind. In a f&w moments, after the start., Holyhead pressed, and several wide shots we>r-e sent in. This had the effect of infus- ing more life into the visitors, and for several minutes the game was a fairly evon one, none of the playera making any particularly bright efforts However, Hugh Roberts, after retain- ing the ball for fome time, centred, but he mi^e-d I £ »toi,Ietky inches. When things looked favour- able for Holyhead a foul was given against W. Jones, and play wa>3 resumed in midfield. Aftor several exchanges the local forwards gave a nice exhibition of passing, and the visiting goal- keeper had a busy time of it,. Birch, however, kept a cool heed, and although the rushes were often he invariably sent the tall out of danger. Rhyl wera labouring under a disadvantage by playing up ihe field and against the wind, and this could, ,no doubt, accounted for the first goal the homesters scored. With one to their credit the spectators loudly cheered the local contin- gent, who, with great determination, made a rush HOLYHEAD TWO UP. on the Rhyl goal, and John Rowlands, receiving a nice pass, scored a goal. With tne score standing at two to nil Rhyl commenced to press hard, and Collier had every opportunity of show- ing his capabilities as a custodian, which he did as usual, O. B. Edwards was fairly conspicuous throughout, but had no opportunity of scoring. Both teams wore now playing better than at any stage. In the second half Holyhead appeared to be done up. Rhyl lost no chances, and Collier was taxed to a great extent. Parry, also, on more than one ocoasion, saved what would have been certain goals. After several attempts Rhyl scored their first goal, and in a few minutes a second was added through Collier kicking against Parry, with the reuult that the ball rebou.nded into the net- Rhyl after this pressed hard, al- though the latter part of the game waa not at kit interesting. Final: Holyhead 3, Rhyl 2.

-e NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. SECOND DIVISION- Results up to Saturday, January 11th:— Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Denbigh Ch. G. 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 Denbigh Res. 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 Rhuddlan Con. 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 Rut.hin 2 1 1 0 2 5 2 Corwen Res. 2 0 2 0 2 5 0

NORTH WALES COAST JUNIOR CUP. 3rd ROUND-RE-PLA YED TIE. PWLLHELI RESERVE v BARMOUTH BARMOUTH ENTER THE SEMI-FINAL. (By Meirion). The above teams met on Saturday at Pwllheli, to re-play their third round of the Junior Cup, .which on the first occasion was played at Bax-, mc-uth, and resulted in a draw of two goals each. Th-) visitors ware fully represented, whilst the homesters were much weakened by the absence of theii goalkeeper and their outside left. Pwllheli won the tosis. a,ad took advantage of a stiff wind behind them. Barmouth set the hall rolling, but the home defence kept them out. At the other end the visiting oaptain was very conspicuous for fne back play. Time arter time the homo forwards were in the Barmouth ternl tory, but all their efforts were futile. Midfielu play was now witnessed,but the ball was soon in :the Barmouth goal, where Whitehead, the custodian, brought on a marvellous save from t.;e home left. The "Clarets" now took up he running, and from a free kick cJooo in, whie.'i ^as w-Il placed,' the home goal was in danger, but the visiting centre handled, and iberef cre, deprived his side of a good opening. Barmouth once more attacked, but could not penetrate the home defence. A run on the home right almost proved disastrous for the "Clarets." White- head ran out of goal to clear, and before ho oould ieturn the home right half sent in a fine 6wift shot, which struck the inside of one of the uprights, and bounced into play-very hard lines for Pwllheli. Pwllheli were now having the best of exchanges, but their forwards made poor attempts at scoring. The interval arrived with- out either team having scored. Re-starting, and aided by the breeze, the Bar- mouth forwards soon s^ctled down, and gave the home backs a few anxious moments. Pwll- heli, on the other hand, tried hard to force mat- ters, but they oould do nothing against the fine Barmouth defence. A capital move by the tBarmouth forwards gave the outside right an ppening, and seven minutes after the re-start Barmouth had scored, the home custodian being tdefea-ted with a fine shot which gave him no earthly chance. From ,now to the end Barmouth were the more aggressive, but oould not add to Lbeir score. T. e game ended in a win for Barmouth by one goal to nil. Mr E. Lloyd Williams, of Bangor, again offici- ated as referee.

WELSH SENIOR CUP. (THIRD ROUND.) SATURDAY'S MATCHES. Wrexham 5, Bangor 0. Oswestry United 3, Chirk 0. Druids 1, Whitchurch 1. Ccminah's Quay 3, Wellington Town 2. Tranmere Rove-rs 1, Chester 1. Aberystwyth 4, Llanidloes United 0. Tompentre 1, Milford United 0. Troharris 5, Merthyr Yale 0.

WREXHAM v. BANGOR. The Bangor team journeyed to Wnexfoam on Saturday to p!ay in the tihird ro-und of the Welsh Senior Cup. A small attendance lined the ropes at Nv-rex-liam Racecourse. For the home team, Stockton partnered 13orry on the right wiwg. Bangor became dangerous, and from a free kick they had a rare dhance of scoring, H. Davies making a feeiblo effort, and Percival cleared. "Wrexham became aggretisdvo, and Smith and Myatt took sho-ts, but failed to get the correct antgle. A little later W. Daviee, in trying to intercept a gjhfot by Huffa- d,ino, all but" lifted into his own goal. Wrex- ham • were now very persistent, and taxed Lamgar's defence to the, utmost. Myatt and Berry put in hard drives, at the visitorquarters, and Arthur Hughes would have scored had not Pxyberts be-em in tbe way. Two corners encouraged Wrexham, to per- severe, a.nd Jack Hughes, from a rather long range, missed the target by inches.. Bangor now rarely got beyond, t:11e half-way line, and tSWx goal was subjected to a. desultory gesrt of fire. Williams saved cleverly frcim Smith. Otnce the Bangor forwards eaudod Blew and Hughes, and Percival getting alarmed', some- what indiscreetly oame far out to clear. He failed in his object, but danger, fortunately for Wrexham, was averted. Later on Blew twice .hrülm up hostile movements by the visiting for- wards. Anothler time, from a. free kiok, Smith mssued a glorious chanoo in goal mouitih. Hughes shot in weql, but too high. Bangor's goal bad a narrow escape. Slew Davies mado an excellent but fruitless effort. D. T. Davies essayfed a. goal with a well-aimed shot, whidh Peroival saved well. Half-time: No score. Final: Wrexham 5, Bangor 0.

NORTH WALES WEDNESDAY LEAGUE. Results up to> Wednesday, January gth:- Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. P'ta. Bangor Wed 3 3 0 0 7 1 6 Llandudno Celts 5 2 2 1 10 6 5 T landudno Cor 4 2 1 1 12 9 5 Colwyn Bay 4 1 3 0 5 10 ? Penmaenmawr 4 1 3 0 6 14 2

LLANDUDNO AND CONWAY WRINKLES. The Amateurs were rather lucky in keeping the acario donv-n to zero at Llanrwst Qn Satur- day. • Tihey failed to repeat the performance of tbe Dlu who beat the Roosters by 2 goals to one i, on 4beir own ground- TtOO Amateurs now have nine League poante- < They axe three better off than their neigh- bours across the river. Llandudno Ailbions were successful on Satur- day w defeating Colwyn Bay Juniors by 6 goéJe to 3. • • • • Tho Ajtbions were tho stronger eleven, mopt of the forwards being of heavier built tffi>an the Juniors- Vivian Chaplin the Bay skipper, a good game, am* °PCn^ 600'r0 Ikrffb teams Ibave entered for the Russell i Charity Cap, # □Sue Y.M-C-A. are also sending in an eleven. < Poor old Celts! It was hard look dt Bangor, but then the Bangor Wedrocsdays are a tough handful to tackle- At present, their prospects of carrying off both tine Duncan trophy and the League cfciam- tpionshap euro roseate. « Llandudno Corinthians have to be reckoned with yet, itfhough. < They axe a classy team, with a way of doting some surprising things. They had a friendly fixture with Flint A.F.C. on Wetlineeday. » Poor dJd Blues, on the old tack once more, and after turning over a new leaf, too- Two points dropped to the Carnarvonites. It really should never have happened. t « Four corners in succession, and then failing to find the net. Too bad # » The score should have been, and would have been if Atherton bad been. in evidence, at least 4-1 in favour off the Blues. » The loss of Atherton will be severely felt by the Conwayites. » # # R. T. Williams proved a good un.dlcrstudy, to Tom Jones. < < He is a young player, who pro-mfces to devo- lic'P into a useful defender, but he was not qUItCl experienced enough to deal with such old hands as the Casrnarvottites. Joe played well! between the posts. Several of the Conway Committee men have eniteired into an argument on the rule which states that a player who is being transferred from one club to another is not eligible to play unites the form has been in the hands of tho League secretary seven olear days, and the no- tice am tihe hands of the club secretary for the same period- The argument is likely to pronto interesting.

HOLYHEAD WHISPERS. Holyhead defeated the Rhyl Reserves on Saturday. The local oaptain played a sterling game, as also did Collier, who is, no doubt, one of tihe beet goalkeepers in the Coast League. « » » ■ It is four or five seasons since Holyhead have been visited by Rhyl in a League match, and it was no wonder bha.t the game, on Saturday, was looked forward to with so much interest. < < Holyhead in the second half played a dis- appointing game. This is generally the case when they are certain of a win. » The forwards, with the exception of Rowlands,, were not in their usual form, and an ocbaadonal practice would do no harm. Hugh. Roberts missed several excellent oppec tunitiea. » # If Holyhead wish to retain the cup thoy nrasf liven up. » Rhyl is the strongest team that has appeared at Holyhead for the last two seasons.

COLWYN BAY GOLF CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR. The annual meeting of the Colwyn Bay a Ckib was held at the Mecropole Hotel, Colwyn Bay, on Fxiday evening- Dr. W. M. Vemablea Williams (president) preside over a fair attend- ance- In the unavoidable absence of the eecretarji (Mr E. A. Walters), who has left the dwfcriot,. Mr P. N. G. Holmes, who has deputised him for some time with praiseworthy energy, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were con- firmed- A letter regretting his inability to be present was read from Mr F. Nunn- SECRETARY'S FAVOURABLE REPORT. In his report, th i>«cre;tary stated that the, year had been a -vooird oce financially- Thd, .imipraveirttent^^ffected on the course undier the captain's aaprvjsion would no doubt be much; appreciated, and give general satisfaction- AM very necessary alteration had been mado to thja otaib house, in the erection of the new wing. t The addition of ladies' and mens' dressing roonoa, had proved a popular undertaking, and the7 extra accommodation had! permitted the fixing.! »f sua adequate supply of lookers. An improwmeort which would meet with their ap- proval was the levelling and beautifying of that!: one time wildemeos. the garden attach eel to theL dub house. Probably, the expenditure of 251, whidh. the greens had involved might appear ve e. be Heavy; nevertheless, it had to be faced. Ttiqc committee in all matters connected with tfcoj ctlub invariably studied economy, but they hadi firmly refused to subordinate efficiency to eco- nomy (hear, hear). With reference to thegreena they had decided that if t,hey were worth doings they were worth doing well—a patching up jwlicvf would but land the club into an additional ex- pemsa at a future date. Taking No. 9 green foe, mgtance, it was essential that this should be nuadei as near perfect as possible- This was the' owe whidh intending new memuers saw, and what-, ewer opinion they formed upon that naturaUyJ reflected' upon the whole course..He was surel that the -Its would more than justify the outlay, and at the next goneral meeting they- would be prepared to oongratulatetlheir 190%] oommnttee on their enterprise and foresigial (hear, hear). The membership of the club was-J rapidly increasing, the total having now reachecli 140 (hear, hear)- Of these 40 were new merrv beirs- The spring and summer meetings were, most successful- The Porter Cup for tihe first'; time for many years, had been won by a raoa-O member, Mr Slack, of Manchester. The White:1 n^d.Bowl, which this year had been restricted, at Mr Whitehead's request, to members of tho, club, had been won by Mr Peacock, with tiw fine score of 143 net, the lowest were that owg4 won the bow-1 (applause). GOOD ATTENDANCE THE FEATURE. A feature ot Ln-e geasan was tho attendance, aind interest taken in the "At Home" day acr kindly given by the President and NL-s Venableq Williams- Their president had been no mere figure head, and they had to thank Dr. Vonabifej Williams for taking such an interest in tfogK club (applause)- Ihe vice-presidents had also* accorded the club their hearty support. Two*! vice-presidents, long connected with the club. had intimated early in January last their desire" to resign as the cluib was in such a fiouriahiwgj-i condition- When it was pointed out how the] club would deplore parting with 6uoh sfcauiiidb j friends who had stood bv- in the dark days, they}' withdrew their resignations mudli to the satis- faction of the committee- The monthly mixec.t i foursomes were attractive featiwee, and there, were numerous entries- Thanhs were due tp < Muss Morris, tho ladies' secretary, for vrij valuable assistance in arranging these ocmpeti- tions- The club would sadly miss the former, captain of the ladiea, but whilst deploring their lose they could but. offer their hoearty oongra.tuJa:: teons to M Baylies, who, he was glad to say, still continued to be a member of the club. rDh be thanks of the club were due to the following^: lames and gentlemen for kindly presenting prizes:—Mrs Yenables Williams, Mrs Mrs Brock, M:r9 Greig, Mrs Robertson, Dr.' Venables Williams, Mr Wm. Jones, and Mr, Holmes, also to tiie ladies who kmdly gaVe teaa amd to the Pwlllycr4ocban HoW Company. Fur- their thanks were due to Mr and Mrs RobertaoxK or presenting linoleum for the rooms compris- ing the new wing of the cuub house, and for de- frayrng the costfc of framing copies- of local rules; exiMLbated in the various rooms of the club. During the year the club had playell, six matches, which had resulted in four wins an<J two losses- The latter were the first that the' daub niad experienced- In conclusion he ivis". to thank the committee for the kind assistance ain,d consideration extended to him during his term of office, and to make assurance that I&! was with fceSngs of much regret That he severed i nas conmeotian With, the club- Mr C. E. Harting proposed that the report be adopted. Mr J. Crompton seconded, and the motion was cainrned unanimouslv. TREASURER'S REPORT. M,r Wni. Jones, the hon. treasurer, at the out. Bet, stated thai the balance sheet had as yet not properly been drawn out, owing to various Iittlo. tanding items. The balance from seaeon 1906 was 1;75 3s lOd. The total receipts for the; yerur were £370, making a total of (-445. Thai, expenditure aim-ounet-ed to L400, thus leaving a balance in hand of J345 (applause). This had eeu-taisily been the beat year they had had. Mr P. N- G. Holmes proposed the adoption of the accounts. Mr D. Peacock seconded, and the motion was carried. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ^tfeall proposed the re-election of Dr., W. M. Venables Williams as president, and said" foey all felt highly honoured to have had hinx as president. It was a good ti-tiing to have at tho1 ,head one who piayd and took such an intere*fti. an the club as tlie Dr. did. Mr Wm. Jones seconded, and mm-arked that the Dir. required no reoommeirndation, because tihey knew what he had done, and that he waa hamselif a player. The motion was carried with acclamation- Dr. Williams returned thanks, and said that thougill he certainly took a great interest in the club, he did not tthink he had done anything1 ,t 3-r to deserve his re-election as president* lhe following were chosen vice-preaidents:— Dr. Lord, Messrs Dd. Gamble, T- G Osbctfn f R. Tomhnson, W. Whitehead, .1. Brock. F. Å Dew, E. E. Wcoller, J. Greig, G. H. Mould, J. Crom-ptori, amd Stancliffe- On the proposition of Mr P. N. G. Holmes, seconded by Mr J. Faulkner, Mr H. F. Ashby was eflocted captain. Mr Wm. Jones proposed, and Mr C. E. Hand- ing seconded, the appointment of Mr D. Peacock as secretairy, and the mooting unani- mously agreed- The Chairman said they were very grateful to Mr Walters, the former secretary, for th;a.1 interest he had taken in the club, and they waj all very sorry to lose him. lihey, hoped to 800 him again. On the proposition of Mrs Venahles Williams, seconded by Mr T. E- Purdy, M* Wm. Jones was re-elected t-rooeumr. Tho following were dhceen on the committee:] Messrs J. Faulkner, C. E. Harding, J. M. Por- ter, J. Robertson, T. E. Purdy and P. N. G. Holmes- Mr Holmes, retiring captain, explained thai) the new greens had not been finished owing toil the weather, but their completion was anticipa- bed in tihe course of ft few dayst Mr J. Orompton proposed that their bestf thanks. be given to their worthy president for,, occupying the ol-iiir. Mr T- E. Purdy seconded, atvj tho Dr. ro-, sponded briefly- Before departing, these present were invited to partake of light refreshments at the inviteuj tion of fee President and Mrs Venables Wil,,] Kams-

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FRIENDLY MATCHES. DENBIGH CHURCH GUILD v. RUTHIN. (By "Clwydian.") The Denbigh Church Guild played a friendly game with Ruthin at Denbigh, on Saturday. The Denbighites had been defeated by Ruthin (at Ruthin) on the previous Saturday by fivo goals to two. The Rev. W. H. Humphreys ^turned for the first time for the homesters, and the betams were as follows:— Denbigh Church Giuild: W. E. Hugihee, goal; D. Bugihes, J. S. Williams, backs; Rev. W. H. Humphreys, James Hefeby, Ed. Hughes, halves; Fred Lloyd, E. Baraett Jones, W. Pwwwn Hughes, J. Parry Evans, George Lewis (o&ptain)- forwards. Rluithin: J. Roberts, goal; D- J. Tho- mas, backs; J. Williams, «. Rowlands, H- Humphreys, E- W. R-. Jrlaiyinea, Dick Thomas (captain), F. Griffiths, for- WMr9*J<33in Morn's was the referee. Tihe homesters charted well, and F. Lloyd, raced a Jon" the wing, and centred. Thomas s partly cihut Hel&by netted. This was folk*1 another goal from Eid. Hughes, ain4 yet another from the same individual. The tors rallied, and C. Haynes was making things hot at the other end when Williams put in a timely clearance. Lewis and Evans initiated a pretty combined movements, which ended in E. Barnett Jones again netting for homesters. The visitors eeemed to lose heart after this, and the home centre was the means of E. Bamett Jones again scoring, making ffie fi-fbh. After this t'here waa no score till the interval. On changing ends the Ruthin rallied splendid- ly. Haynes got on the move, and from a re- !bound off the goalie's hands, Royles o-pened the visitors' sioore. Ruthin continued to press, and Dick Thomias gave to Baynee, who again beat W. E. Hughes. The homesters made attempts after attempts to penetrate the Ruthin goal, whic/h they found was now sound. On the other hand the visitors could not find an opening, and finally the whistle blew with the Ecorc, Denbigh Church Guild, 5; Ruthin Town, 2.

LLANDEGAI RES. V. BANGOR AMATEURS. Played at Llandegai, on Saturday. The first moiety was evenly contested, the homesters lead- ing at half-time by one goal to nil. The second half was in favour of the Amateurs, who com- plettly outclassed the villagers, and nan out winners by six goals to one. Next Saturday the Amateurs joursey to Vay- nol.

BANGOR RAILWAY INSTITUTE BOY S CORPS v. BANGOR RANGERS. This match was played on the ground of the former club, in beautiful weather, on Saturday last). The visitom, who were assisted by players from tho Red Stars and Bangor Celts, proved too st.rong for the Boys' Corps, who were not fully represented. Result: Rangers 6, Boys' Corps 2. DEI THOMAS, Vice-oaptain of the Llanrwst team.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By "Criticus-") BEAUMARIS AND DISTRICT. Taking the game all round, in the Colwyn Bay fixture on Saturday, the score about represents the merits of the opposing team, though during the second half Colwyn Bay ought to have equalised, and even won. But their forwards were too excited, and fell on or ove.rrran the ball when tihey had the goal at their mercy: Their backs, on the other hand, were excellent during the latter part of the game, and their work alone ought to have resulted in a tie or a win. 1 1. Hallwood could hardly be blamed for the de- fea,t, neither could the backs. The shots which scored were too good for any goalkeeper, and they came from distances which rendered the backs helpless. As for the winners, I was very much disap- pointed with them as a team. They each and all worked hard, and many times were individu- ally brilliant. But of combination, backing up the forwards by ti e halves, and other elements of sound united play there was very little. They have to thank the ludicrous wildness of the op- posing forwards in front of goal that they were not soundly beaten, especially in the second half, when the home defence was as scraggy as any- thing I have ever seen in this department. » The great "O.R." was infected by the excite- ment of the opposing' forwards and of his own £ \acks, and some of his clearances were very clumsy.

VALE OF CONWAY- » In the League fixture on Saturday between Lfoiud idno and Llanrwst, there is no doubt bat that Gillett, the Reds' accomplished goalie, was the hero of the day. Time after time the home backs were b-mtcn, yeit Gillett, with commendable coolness, kept his charge intact, hurling back shots of every description, and from all direc- tions. There is no doubt he is a valuable assist to the Rooster team • » Trevor was rot quite as safe as usual, yet he di-3 good work, and was well supported by hfs partner. Of the half-back trio, Richards showed OO;} tackling -iowers, and often broke up dan- gerous combinations, while F. Williams and Jim Jones worked hard and effectively. » » • Of the quintette, Ohisholm on the right and Richards on the left showed to better advantage ,'than the othe -s, and were a yoitroo of gf^at anxiety to Bobbie Lunt. The other men won< ea hard but were rather slow in pouncing upon he leather. The Llandudno men worked with grpat energy. The goalie kept IT'S charge intact, but had not the rame opportunities to shine that Giilett had. Jofisw, the right full back, is too fond of skying the ball, with the result, that after a mighty kick -it has made no progress in the direction it ghould go. Lunt was safer in this respect. # •> Tbe half-backs worked hard, Jacob Williams probably being? tho best man. The forwards to & man played with great energy and dash, but at times lacked combination. Owing to the slippery state of the field through the frost, both teams wore somewhat handi- capped, and many a well-conceived movement lpa:oved futile, owing to the inability of the players to control the actions of their foot on the frozen soil. < < If the home forwards showed more activity in pouncing upon the ball, and not wait for each other so much, their attacks would undoubtedly prove far more prolific. Time after time, fine opportunities were lost owing to the lack of ini- tiative. » « However, the gaiiio was evenly contested. Whether one of the Llandudno players' prophecy at the completion of the game that the Reds would be "licked to pieces" when they visit 'Ilandudno remains to Be soon-but" there's many a slip, etc."

COLWYN BAY SPARKS. Stili the search for points away from home continues, but without success- As the game went at Beaumaris on Saturday everything pointed to the "breaking of the ice," but ill-luck once more intervened, and the poor unfortunate Reds had to retire beaten by the odd goal. This was after having three-quarters of the xanyo, and having a doubtful goal registered against them. A question nowadays is "How many are the team short uf?" On Saturday they proved to be -tnvo,-Sk-eJsey and Willi. Jones- It is dis- ooiumgifug to see a team starting for its a,way mtatdhes minus, one, two, three, and even four of its regular players. < « Returning to the play and players, Hallwood was in good form, and made but one mistake,. which was when he failld to hold the first goal. An exceptional mistake for Charlie. » Hughie is returning to bis old form- He mwe an excellent partner to "O.E. who continues on has best behaviour. Yo w A welcome return was that of Tommy WTel- lings. Ilo is always a favourite with everyone, particularly with the players. He heralded his return by scoring a "spanking" goal. » » » » "Neddy" and J. Williams were up to con- cert pitch, and gave the opposition very little latitude, w w < < "Moss" did noib have the opportunity to shine until the second half, and greatly missed Skel- sey on the wing- W. H. Hugibes, who was pick- ed up to complete the team, made a fair debut into League football, but was not fast enough far Moss. McCann in the centre was at his best, and kept his wings together in thus beist style. He also got in a lot of his inkilp-pendent, play, and had to be cairefully watched- Hughes and Owen on the left, played a good' hard game. They are rrcrving a most capable wing. » Owing to the early start necessary to go by train, tihe journey was made by motor cfhiara- banc- The> players voted the drive the finest "outing" which they have had. » » Under the capable driving of Chauffeur Fry. who has not inaptly bean dubbed "tihe fineeti driver in Wales," the journey was made with- out a hitoh, » 0. E. Williams made an efxoeFlent "seoon.d in charge-" Want another whistle. M06a » The visit to Beaumaris proved interesting in- asmuch. that the Bayites have never been on a field where girls are 80 numerous. # » » Whenever an attack was made by the Reds the shouts from these fair suppoirtem were ear splitting. There is only one thing that the players are mow waiting for. That is the return match, when they promise to "make matters even," » • • » On Saturday, thie Reds journey to Rlhyl, to play the return match with the Rhyl Reserves in the League tournament- i" it The following team has been ohoeen:-C. Hallwood, goal; W. Jones. 0. E. Williams, backs; E. Griffiths, T.-Wellings, J. Williams, halves; Moss Jones, D. H. Skelsey, T, McCann (capt.), Stanley Hughes, and J. Ll. Owen, for- wards. « Players mreeting at the station 1 o'clock to journey by the 1.12 train. Cheap tickets will be issued to supporters.