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----._--FOOTBALL GOSSIP.
FOOTBALL GOSSIP. BY B. BENNFSON. (Illustrated by Jack Dodworth). When a. crowd of oo-ni-e 60,000 people be jor-skelter to scoe a League match as they (did at Stamford liridge, where C!:els<3a rind Tor.teuh".rn Hotspur plrrod a week ago, one is profoundly impressed by the drit-Triatic leaip i,o popularity the g'iune has made in London. I ■doubt whet,her t ho re have been ar,v seen'? exactly like thoeo one eaw at die great rendez- vous in the West End of the metropolis in the ihi-AOiy of the Lsa-gns. To tho student of char- acter t-bero was mere lifo and colour, more thrill in the mighty congregation of folic titan in any period of the match- lixeent at the Cup Final, •which is more of a happy holiday than a serious enooui>ter to the majority of the oijlookera, there coald be nothing like tt The crowd wiofc up on the great banks of earth were as four human walls; the ti--h,t at,lealed irresistibly to the inw^ination- Here were people tightly wedged in the mcot wonderful of all club grounds, with little or no thought of anything but a possible victory of their favourites;, one felt that real loot-ball counted nothing to them— they wero out because of promised fury;; every rran was steeped in local prejudice LON00141S FOOTBALL DERBY. But there was something' more than the wild CTLtbusiatsnj ot this and ia1:IIt club's follower; Bcuriethiug more than the faot that one was pre- sent at a London football Derby. One saw, as pile ha j seen boforo, iliat if London pctro f»l a team as clever, say, as the Aston Villa of old. or an Evcrton, a Newcastle, a Manchester I :t:Jnilüd team, or the Sunderland eleven of year.; ^o, there would probably not be a grourd—not rove-n tha.t of CheLsea, which cotriec, near being the last word in grounds—big enomgh to accom- modate the public. And I wonder whether Lon- don folk will continue their patronage so lavishly as they have done, and now 00, if the eame dead level of mediocrity is maintained; in- dilrerCIJit; or ordinary football rruust sooner or later make th0 public indifferent. The Lon- tktTit-r. and the Southerner generally. knows better what high-cla,^ football ia than lie did seven or eight je-ard ago- Neither (JheLsea. cor Tottenham, nor Wool- wich are proving «or thy of tho public backing they receive. Perhaps Chelsea. will soon im- prove; it is only liero and tJlcro they need Strengthening-, The Portsmouth amateur Wil- liams promises to 00 a decided acquisition to the forwards, and when Woodward returns—I was very glad that ho did not turn out. agn/nst his okfekib; sentiment is not yet quite dead in mo- dern football—Chelsea should really have about one of the best forward lines of any dub in the kingdom.. But, Like Tottenham, the defence b in need of additional strength. Tottenham arc sv,oise off than Chelsea, and now Bolton Wan- flererj, who in A damson, late of Everton, have acquired a very good player, have commenced to win, they will find it tremendously hard to avoid relegation. They would, at all over. 13, not. be foolish to coddle themselves with the belief that their present team is g:ood enough to avert- the threatened disaster. (SEN WARREN'S ILLNESS. All loot-bailers will be very E1OIT' to hear that JBen Warren has been seriously ill. and that he will pmbably be out of the gaane some time. I do not know of a better half-back thaIl the Old Derby Coun'ty player. Warren.at his best is very old-fasliionod; and one 1 ikes him bast be- cause he belongs to the old school, he plays so hard. It is his hardneas, the telling ehouldcr- mrge, his manifest joy in being strong that w %I I I .1 i I 1 /1 \js4,ur %N ou'r e has always commended Kim to me. I like the player who is virile. Nicholas John Uo-s was a hard fighter; it was always woe betide the man who could not return charg'o for chargo when he ran up against the old Preyton North End naan. I suppose that some people nowadays would hold such another player as Nick Roes to be too vigorous, if not exactly rough; they ouJd look dowt their nosee if a modern .Walters came to. life, but there are very few people who are able to discriminate between rough and hard play- Certainly many referees do not I have ,.};)n a back floor a forward who has threatened to score in a perfectly legitimate w-ay-tha.t is. by means of a stout fehoulder- charge—have a penalty kick given aguinst him whan, if he had not made the most of his strength he would have been sad!y lacking in his duty. Really, sooiethimes one may be pardoned for doubting whether it were wise for a player to resort to the old-fashioned charge. At any rate, tho amount of hacking and trippin.g is on the increase. In these times what is known as "ankle rapping" ie a fine art, and it should be put down with a bold hand- I have referred to rough play because tho Football Association, bv a recent aotion, have shown that they will not tolerate it. at all What the precise facts laid pefore them in connection with a game between <Jroat Yarmouth Town and the Krrkiey club were I do not know. but they have suspended .:tho goalkeeper of the Utter team 6ine die. which means for football purposes, "syapended for Ide." One is very sorry that euch a sentence fehould have been passed; it hits the game too hard; but no measure can be too drastic when it. is proved, as I suppose it was in this case, that a player had broken down ail the canons of fair play. The oaveraty of the punishment cannot nojp out ha ve a whoiesome effect. THE LEAGUE LEADER'S. There has been no violent change in the posi- tions of the various League clubs as the result of Saturday's fame, but it may be noted that in tin First Division Newcastle came an awful orop^w at Bramall-iagje; thai Manchester JJiutod have returned to '.1 winning form; that Aston 'Villa won well against Liverpool; that Notts County came near being a paraxon ;of consistency, and that Bradford Citv areviv- ing up to the reputation of being one of the most .i.mproved teams in the country. In the Second League the raoo -foT. top pLtoe remans is exoiting as ever; one little slip by Gloseop, uid they will lose the leadership: it sa still >ouch and-go But I oay, wltat a faiiing-off there UG been in the play of Leicester Fosse.
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7 FOOTBALL. LEAGUE-FIRST DIVISION. Results up to Saturday, December 18th — —Goals— P W. I, D. K A. P Blackburn Pv. 17 11 3 3 40 19 25 Sheffield U. 18 10 3 b 33 19 25 Bradford City 17 10 4 3 32 13 23 20 9 b 5 33 29 23 Liverpool 17 10 b 2 35 29 22 Aston 17 9 5 5 32 20 21 M&nch-Mter U. 17 9 b 3 23 26 21 19 10 ti 1 31 30 21 Notts Forest IB 8 6 4 28 27 20 Sunderland 17 8 6 3 33 25 19 E verio 11 18 8 7 3 26 25 19 Sheffield W. 17 5 b 6 23 34 16 Bristol City 13 4 8 6 21 31 14 ChcLiea 18 0 10 2 24 37 14 Bury 18 5 10 3 30 37 1-3 Woolwich A- .18 5 10 3 21 45 13 Middlesbrough 17 G 10 2 25 29 12 Pre icon N.K .18 5 11 2 25 34 12 Tottenham 11 17 4 10 3 20 33 11 j: Bolton W 13 4 12 2 22 33 10 LEAGUE-SECOND DIVISION. I flctsults lip to Saturday. December 18th -hoaj,S- p- W. 1. n v. A P G loEI()¡; 17 11 2 4 34 18 26 Darby County 17 11 3 3 43 19 25 Manchester City 17 10 3 4 42 21 d4 Hull City, 19 10 5 4 36 21 24 Fulharn 18 8 4 b 26 15 22 Leicester Fo:i-)o 17 11 6 0 36 25 22 Blackpool 19 7 5 7 21 21 21 Barmiley 16 8 5 3 36 19 19 Wait lirorn. A. 18 9 9 0 ZO 27 13 Waiver'ton W. 19 8 9 2 35 40 18 Burnley 17 7 7 3 24 25 17 Stockport C. 18 5 7 6 19 20 15 Oldham A. 15 0 b 3 16 19 15 Bradford ..1. 17 6 9 2 25 30 14 Clapton Orient 18 5 10 3 19 29 13 Gairsboro T. 18 5 10 3 20 lb 13 Gairsboro T. 18 5 10 3 20 lb 13 Birmingham 17 3 9 5 22 38 11 City 17 4 11 2 20 42 10 I Lincoln Öity. 15 2 7 6 14 30 10 Griimsby Town 17 3 12 2 15 38 8
THE COMBINATION.
THE COMBINATION. BANGOR V. CHIRK. OOMESTflilS SCORE WITII NINE MEN. .4: MOtt-r, POINTS FOR BANGOR. *:1 (By "Recorder.") $. & — What wdbld ofterwfce have been a most at- tractive fixture at-Bangor on Saturday, was spoilt by a heavy fall of enow a few lour-i Ijetfore the match,"witfe the Result that tlte ground an4 the "gate" suffier-ed.. it will bo remembered t.hat at Chirk Bangor^'wero leading by several goals twenty minutes before the finish, when in DOITJ03 mysterious manner the defence oollapse-d and Chirk scored the finning goal in the fafit minute. II. Owen was included in the home forward lin-e vice Dick Jones; The teams wore: — BANGOft: W- Jones; J. and ITwfa Williams; J. Jones, A. Thomas, and Arthur Owen; Dick Humphreys, LI. Owen, Dargic, il. Davies, and Oliver. CHIRK: Jonea; J. n. Williams and 0. Ro- berts; J. Jones, Condw and Phillips; C. Wynn, l). Owen, T. Conde. T. Harris, and J. Love. Re-ferae: Mr Slater. Bangor started with nine men, Jack Jones and Jimmy Jones being" the absentees, still | they held their own and Dargia and II. Owen worked tho ball up to the Chirk goal where the captain neatly pa.-yed to Owen, who quickly dammed tho bail into the net. Tho visitors th-en 6ailed down the field and a splendid chance was presented K. J. Lovo who, however, shot execrably. The missing home planers now ar-, rived on the field and Jimmy Jones parted to' the Bangor left wing' who rushed up the liekl, but J. K Williams intercepted a (.-iuss and clearer* BANGOR TWO GOALS AHEAD. But the "homesters wore not to be denied, and Dargie, after doing some pretty things^ drove the ball ahead in such a way that only the and liugnio could rcacil it.. Only one reached it, however, and that. was Owen,who,in the twinkling of an eye.had the ball between the noGts: with a shot similar to the cnc which scored the first goal.' The visiting for- wards were by no means idle, but their mark- ma'ish.p in front-of goal was erratic in the ex- treme. The Bangor laft wing seemed anxious to score, and indeed they deserved a goal, which would h a ve Lieen forthconrng but for a lucky in- tervention. The Bangor backs were by no means safe, and J. Jones, by a bad miskick, let in Wynn, who at once made tracks for tho home goal, hotly pursued by the Bangor back, who managed to catch him up, and spoilt him. A slackness came over the homeslers, and what- with the def-anco anything but safe, the Chirk for- wards looked like scoring, and T. Conde nearly did the trick. Several long distance shots were aimed at W. Jones, the home custodian, who, however, was quite safe, though a cross shot b, J Jon-es gave liim an anxious moment or two- Arthur Owen put in soriio telling work which looked like eventuating in. a goal, when he wm badly fouled. "Mustard football-" wa. conspi- cuous by its absence duo obviously to the state of the turf. A CLEVE, R SAVE. A clever aavo by W Jones, the homo goal- keeper, was loudly cli/eered. Wynn whipped acrose a. swift 'un from the corner post, and the custodian stopped the ball with one hand and cooly pu-nchod it away with the other. A penalty was awarded against J. Jones for handling, and in vain he showed tho refroo whore the ball had struck him on the face. Wynn opeBcdChirk's scoro from t.he penalty, and aitcr this came a pressure on the home goal. Half-time: Baagor 2, Chirk 1. Bangor. forced a corner, but scoring from corners is something new for them. Still they kept up a hot attack on the Chirk goal gnly to find the defenders in rare good form- The crowd were aroused from their despondency by II. Davies, who, whom a difficult angle, sent in a teaser, and in a short time afterwards he scored the third point for Bangor, talcing advantage of the temporary absenoo of the custodian, who was paying attention to Dargie at the time. This goal seemed to put new life in the home- sters, who pressed for all they were worth, and OHver deserved a goal, and so did Dargie with a header. J. Jones and Wynn had several tussles, the Chirk man showing rare gcod form. For about five minutes the Chirk men did what they liked with Bangor, and MATTERS LOOKED OMINOUS, and had not W. Jones been extra sharp they would have scored. When to aJT appear- ances the ball was going behind Dargie got his toe to it, and electrified the crowd wihh a terrific shot, which must have made the Chirk custodian's hands tingle, and directlv afterwards the home skipper had to quit the field with something wrong with his foot. The best goal of the afternoon was scored by Dick Humphreys, who met a cross pass, and without a moment's deJay let fly, the Chirk custodian making a futile effort to check the career of the ball. The Chirk goal was cow hotly assailed, and it ex- perienced a ecriea of wonderful escapes. Dargie, who still limped, cannoning the ball against the cross-bar from a corner kick. REFEREE'S MISTAKE. The referee here whistled for tame-up, and the platers started leaving the field, when it was pointed" out to Mr Slater that there remained five fninut-es in which to play. He discovered his mistake, and called the players back again. During the last five minutes Chirk wore a's -busy. M,.bees in the neighbour- hood of the Bangor goal, but though they had several good trice they failed to score. Final :s -Bangor 4; Chirk, 1..
.oTls ON THE GAME.
.oTls ON THE GAME. AVetljie feiliember the sad turn of events at Chirk, and the result has oft been re- peated with paifli Saturday was looked upon as a day of eweet revfuyc, and it goes without saying that the homesters were bent tu do or die. There were one or two important changes in the home company. Dargie took Richie's place at centre, and llughie Owen was in- cluded in the front rank. » • Arridgc was also an absentee, and his stand was taken up by young Arthur Owen, who invariably plavs like a ma:1." » Bangor started with nine men, and had the satisfaction of netting, Hughie Owen being the successful shot. • • « The missing links seen trod the green, and the music continued. From a lovely pass by Dargie II ughic Owen put up No. 2. • After this reverse Chirk fairly had a good innings, and Jack Jones and ilwfa had to have their wits about them to clear out the invaders. « « ff Wynne was a pcrfect terror to the home- sters, and was more than once just within an ace. • • • • One of his Fivers fairly made Willie quake, and he brought o(T a line "save," and the cheers were fully merited. It it 0 Chirk were now in the best of condition, and at lost they were rewarded. • » • Jack Jones was brought up within the I penalty area, and Wynne converted with ease. • » The curtain soon fell with Uangor leading by 2-1. • The initial half was of no great conse- quence, and on the whole the performance of the Bangor crew was not up to concert pitch. • « It • The first item of interest after coffee tinre was a corner, and although this was per- fectly placed by Humphreys nothing resulted The home team appeared disorganised, and the exhibition was disappointing. Chances galore were presented, but nothing tangible occurred. • • • • At last Hughie Davies got going, and one of his patent livers just missed the upright. < < t t This put new life into the shooting rank, and Oliver was the next man on the scene, and well he did his work. His final effort was the initial step to Bangor's third. • » Keeping close in the home quintette cap- tured a goal kick, and Humphreys did the most of it. By parting to Hughie Davies that player had the satisfaction of register- ing the third—a well and careful got point. » 8 • Oliver in the same minute had a glorious chance to augment, but the leather would not travel into a "gaping" goal. if # Chirk then followed with one of their best efforts, and that consistent player, Wynne, gave Jones a teaser, which he handled and cleared in firsc rate style. « it • The visitors continued to cause the home- sters many anxious moments, and a hot attack was ended by Conde shooting over. Jones had another from Conde, and he managed to keep the slate clean. • Chirk were at last cleared out, and Dargie sailed merrily away, and from long range shot in a beauty of the first water. « Dargie soon after sustained an accident, and limped off, and the homesters were thus a man short IS minutes off time. II # • Dargie soon returned, but not in the best of condition- and it was evident that he was labouring in pain. It After a weak display by the homesters, a welcome change took place, and all went well. • • • • Oliver, with his "very own," sent over to Humphreys, and the latter scored the best goal of the afternoon. 8 It It Four and a half minutes to go, and off went Slater's whistle. The crowd-yelled, and Slater soon found out his mistake, and the game was resumed. The best makes a mistake at limes. « t It « Chirk were well beaten, and the homesters deserved their victory, although it was idom that they were brilliant.
RHYL DHAW WITH MIDDLEWICH,
RHYL DHAW WITH MIDDLEWICH, Rhyl 2 Middlewich ,< 2 Rhyl had a. vinit from MicWlewich on Satur- day, and a capital game was witiieescd on a very heavy g'round Owing to the unfavourable weather there was not a large a-ttendanoa. Middlewich were late in arriving, and it was 3 o'clock bcifore Mr Jones, Holywell, the referee, was able to get the. teanie lined up. Ithy 1 was without Frost, in the centre, this player being still on the sick list alter the matah of tlie pre- vious Saturday, but the team had (Jie advantage of a new player in the perfon of Schofk-ld. who formerly played for Manchester United. The full teams were as RJIYL: Smith; It. E. Roberta. A. Roberts; W. Williams, Carter, G. Morris; Sohoficld, D Hugbos J. H. Harrison, O. Roberts, and B. Jones. MIDDLEWICH Ravenseroft; Palmer, Crop- per; T Moisu, Latham, I/owrider; Haylc, D. Moss, Saunders. Dale, and FiJton. Tlie visitors won the toss and put Rhyl to play a,gainst a fre-sh wind. Alter a nice bit of play, Harrison, from a pass by D. Hug-hes. made an attempt to score and a oorner resulted, but the ball was cleared by the goalkeeper, who threw out to Fiiton, who raced down the field He was well s'rpjjorted by Dale, and a corner resulted This was easily cleaned, anl feeding the right wing, Rollyl had a look in, Ciopper siaved, but Schofield getting possession, he placed a splendid, pass to Harrison, who opened too score for Khvl. After tlhis tlie visitors pressed, and Rhyl were put on the defensive for a time, but R. E. Roberts cleared well and as. sisted the forwards splendidly, n'hen they did break away. Keeping tip the pressure, Saun- ders. well supported by Latham, Dale, and Fiiton showed fine play and gave Rhyl a eevore tkne of it. Saunders sent in a long shot, which Smith cleared by running out. Schofield plaoed a corner splendidly, but it waa sent behind. From the goal-kid?, Latiiam and Saundens took the ball well down the field. An attack from the visitors' left followed put Lownder was robbed of the ball by Schofield, who sent it on to Harrison, arid this player got within g-ood shooting distance, but the bail travelled wide. For Q, few minutes pta.y waa very erven, but Cropper g"ettin^ possession, passed to Fufton, who had a tussle with Schofieki, which ended in the visitors' outside left sending Che 'balJ just over the crossbar. Harriscm beat Saunders who, to save his goal, kicked out. Transferring -the plav to the other end, Da.le made a fine attack RHYL, PRESSED. At this stage it seemed as if Rhyl would be beaten, Williams, instead of clearing the ball, kicked it right to the feett of Saunders, who 90Ilt in a firJØ shot, and Snath saved bt handling. R. E- Roberts was badly fouled at this stage, and had to leave the field for a time. The VTKI- tore took full advantage of his absence, and Hayle sent & splendid shot right tie mouth of the goal Smith cleared, but from the return, Saunders levelled the snores. Cheered on by the spectators, Rhyl rallied, but ther were not to break through. D- Hug'hco put in good work, and bed hard luck. The visitors fed D. Saundero, Dale, and Fifton, who played fine corn-baKBtion game, but Smith was J --è than a match for them- A Ptrt>ertE sez% the 4 ball on to G. Morris, who pii; in good work and gave B. Jones a chance for goal, but Ravcne- cnoft cleared by handling. Palmer peswxs- cion and p&seed on to Latham, who. in turn flirted to Saunders. A comer resulted from tins attack, and Saunders, receiving tho La.! 1. tent in a fino ahoj from his head. Smith punohed out, and B. Joaes not only cleared, but took the ball right down the field. lie as not well si/pjXirted, and the ball quickly returned cn the loft wing- Schofield got po.:session, and centred to D. Iiughse, but S-aundete scnt i.t on to llaylo. Finding- that he. was closely presec-d, this plajer parted with it to T. MOM, who add-ju nika Lvr two for the visitors. llaif-time: Middlewich 2, Rhyl 1. In the second half the-re was little to chooeo between the teams and the play was very even. Rhyl, at the beginning, prassod for some trine, but after tlvat the visitors had a- look in, and Smith had plenty to do. Schofield sent in. some very fine clicts, one just miaing the corner of the not after going right in. front of tho jpalmoudi. After twenty minutes in the second half, Gal Morrin took time to play the ball, and then with a well-judged shot, he sent i.t to D Hughes, fiid that player placed it in the not, thereby drawing level for Rhyl. Exciting play fcDowicd to the end and the reeult was in doubt i-g-h-t to tho finish, tho game resulting: in a draw of 2--2 NOTES. Both teams are to bo cong'rt,ubt.cd on their fine play. It \1.1 on-3 of the fastest and best played matches this Koason. In the fWt half, the Rhyl players retained tlie ball too long and did not clear scon enough. » It was practically use lees to indulge in short kicks owing to the heavy ground. Rhyl would have don;) better had they lilkd the b-. -Ilr,-) -t-. Middlowioh icalieed this and were quick with the ball, and Aei-v smart iu their footwork. » For the vUsitcar. Saunders, Dale, and Fifton a %cry powerful combination, while oil dlû home side, Harrison, D. Ilughea, Gal Morris, and Scnofield were the pick. There was too little fording of tha left willig to give B. Jonca or T. Roberts many chances. "Feed the right," voore i,h.o paas words and every chance was given to Schofield, who lost no opportunity with the ball and played grand football. j # If there, was any choice between teams, preference should go to tlie visitors, who could give the home side points in many tilings.
THE COMBINATION.
THE COMBINATION. Res'ulto up to Saturday, December 18th: -Goals,- P W. k D. F. A P Wrexha.m .]6 10 3 3 43 30 23 Crowe A 12 11 2 0 49 15 22 Chester 15 8 5 2 45 26 18 Bangor 14 8 5 1 44 36 17 Whitchurch 9 7 0 2 27 11 16 10 6 2 2 39 16 14 Oswestry 10 4 3 3 17 16 11 fthyl 12 3 5 4 25 34 10 Saltnev 8 4 3 1 12 14 9 fjon nail's Quay 12 4 7 1 22 27 9 Middlewich 11 3 6 2 17 24 8 N antviah 10 3 5 2 16 29 8 Chirk 12 3 7 2 25 38 8 Denbigh 10 3 6 1 22 29 7 Druid-t 12 1 10 1 17 37 3 Birkenhead 10 0 9 1 10 39 1
I N.W. COAST LEAGUE
I N.W. COAST LEAGUE (Division I.) r I UNIVERSITY COLLEGE v. LLANBERI3- "Varsitfy g Llanberis 1 I Jhe avo tea,rm mci on Saturday afternoon at t'lnddoedd. Bang'or, in a return League fixture On tlus occasion the wind, which, upon theFfri-dd- oedd ground, is most inconvenient, was kind enough to absent itself. The rain, however, made its appearance, and this naturally had some efTect upon the play. Referee Caleb Thomas lined out. the teams in the following order: LLANBERIS: O. Owens; Bob Lloyd and W. Pntchard; Daniel Jones, Buck, and W. R- Tho- mas; W. R. Williams, W. H. Williams, E. LI. Hughes, R. D. Evans, and Daniel Roberts. 'VARSITY Daniels; D. S. Owen and ('. H. Jones; A. Williams, Don Rowlands, and Brcck; T. E- Jones, Matthews, Wright, Smedley, and C3aude Davies. The 'Varsity won the tosa, and Llanberis had to play up the slope. A fine combination between Matthews and Wright resulted in the latter notching the first goal. A fine movement by the 'Varsity forwards was spoiled by off- side. A corner for the 'Varsity resulted in Claudo Davies placing over the bat. Try as they would, Llanberis cOllXl not pierce the de- fence of C. H. Jones and D. S. Owen, the hitter's clearances being a treat. A eontre by T. E. Jones resulted in Claude Davies sending against the upright- Owen, the Llanberis cus- todian, saved a fine shot from Smedley. Directly afterwards Brock skimmed the crossbar with a magnificent shot. Llanberis at this moment startad pressing, but their combination was spoilt by D.S., his long clearances being a treat. Llanberis were playing a good game considering the circum- stances. A fine bit of combination by the 'Varsity forwards was spoiled by off-side. Smedley notched the second goal for the 'Varaity by a sma.rt bit of work. A corner for Llanberis came to naught. For carrying, Daniels was penalised, but the free kick was cleared. 'Varsity were by far the better side. A corner for Llanberis was well placed by 0. R. Williams, but the centre forward shot over the bar. From a free kick E. Lloyd, for Llanberis, had hard lines, his shot striking the cross-bar. Considering Llan- beris were two goals in arrears they were not at all downhearted. Mat-hews scored the third goal for 'Varsity. Nothing of any interest followed up to lialf-timo when the third goal for 'Varsity. Nothing of any interest followed up to lialf-timo when the score was: Half-time: 'Varsity, 3; Llanberis, 0. Upon resuming the 'Vareity were the aggres- sors, Claude Davies placing over the bar. A fine combination by the Llanberis forwards re- s-uited in Don Rowlands ihaving hard lines- Wright, for the 'Varsity, scored the fourth goal, Buck was penalised, but the goalkeeper effected a brilliant save, and partly cleared. D. S. rushed up and scored the fifth goal for the 'Var- sity. Roberts was the pick of the forwards, his centres being a treat. A good movement by E. Lloyd Hushes resulted in him placing over tho ba.r. p Llanberis at this stage were playing the oue- back game, the result being that the combina- tion of the 'Varsity forwards waa spoilt by off- side. A good shot by J. E. Jonea resulted in him scoring the sixth goal. A fine movement by the LJanberis forwards was spoilt by D. S., whose defenoo was solid- Matthews scored the seventh goal. Somethling must be said about E. H. Jones, the 'Varsity ceintre-thalf, his clear- ances being magnificent* Smedley also worked like a Trojan. At this stage Bob Lloyd put through his own goal, thus increasing the soore to 8. Aftej a fine pieoo of combination between tho Uan4eris forward line, W. H. Williams toored the first and only goal for the visitors. Final: 'Varsity 8, Lhmberia 1.
LuufawsT BEAT FESTINIOG.
LuufawsT BEAT FESTINIOG. (By "Doiydd.") iLlanrwHfc 3 I Festinjog • 1 Blaeoau Ftstimoj met the Llanrwst eleven at Gwydr Park on Saturday. Saow fell at intervals, and as the ground was wet already the turf was slippery. The game, however, was an exceptionally clean one. Re- teree W. J. Parry, Colwyn Bay, lined up the teams at 2.30 p.m., as follows:— LLAXRWST: Gillett; J. P. Williams, W. Trefor Jones; Humphrey Roberta, R. D. Richards, Francis Williame; Ohisholm. Owen Jones, Cleve, A. Richards, and Dermis Rogers Jones. FESTIKIOQ WhrttaKar; T. Hughes and W. E. Mor- ris; A. Williams, W. Jones, and W. H. Williams; Jaok Jones, J. 0. Hughes, Meirion Jones, W. R. Owen, etad to. Lioyifc I The spin of t.he coin favoured the Roosters, who elfvte-l to face the river in the opening hail. Tho opening exchanges culminated in a run by A. Richards liking the left will, Cievs, who was running along the centre in a parallel line with liim, received a fine ventre, and shot at close quariets. Whittaker, howcv2r, brought off a rn,\g¡¡iL(,J1t clearance, and threw the Gait almost up to the centre of the lieid. 0.\ en Jones im- mediately snapped it up, and raced along the centre, but when on the paint of shooting, Whiit;1ker leapt out and picked the leather from off his tce. The ItooKters continued the pressure for several minutes. Morris, however, relieved the pressure and punted to Meinon, who passed on to Lleytl, who ran up the l'>ft whig, and centred to his pivot. Cut Trevor was first 011 the spot, and punted up the field. Will .J0¡¡:i. with a running Lick from mid'iiel.j, drove right into expectant arras. The goalie threw out to A. Richards, who made a tricky solo run along th left, finishing oil by crossing the- leather to Chisholm, who skimmed the upright. Another combined rush by the "St.ri;x, forced Whittakor to concede a corner to Clcve. As a result of the latter R. D. Richards drove the leather with great velocity i nv»rds tl.e right .spot, but Whittaker again intervened successfully. A fine run by the "Reus" was spoiled by Meirion, who placed hiintic-lf o.Tjkie. The visitors' right wing, however, re- turned with great dash, but Jack Jones shot. just too high. The Roosters retaliated, but Ov.cn Jones, badly hurtled, failed to get his toc.s properly to the leather, and sent it behind. Dcuis and Arthur Richards nest worked their way up the loft. wing, Richards finishing the inive with a hot shot. Whittaker was only able to tap tho leather a few feet away, whereupon Chis- h&lin dashed up and safely directed it into the net. The Quarrymen from midtiekl, moved in a line towards t'Lic lz,iiie goal, but Trevor, with a punt t-o Dfnis. C, eare,-d his lines, 'the outside left galloped away at great speed, and finished off with a beautiful shot right across the goalmouth* The pressure ell the visitors' goal at his perioJ was severe, and Whittaker brought off a clever clearance from Owen Jonas .A fine drive by Trevor from midiield, went right ijito Whittaker's arms. Then Chisholm secured, and centred. Denis dashed in irom somewhere to moot it, and he success- fully "otiestcd" the ball into the net amidst great; re- joicings. A line run by the visitors' left wing spelled disaster, but Trevor g-yt into W. R. Owen's way, and gave Gillot an opportunity to c'ettr. But J. O. Hugfcea was tjoon oil the run again, finishing off with a lofty fruitless effort. A persistent attack by the Roosters culminated in one of the visitors handling right in front of Whittaker. Denis, who took charge of the penalty kick, sent the leather clean through the net ajnidst a roar of exultant applause. The Reds rallied cou.-agoou.Siy, and attacked determinedly. Lioyd failed after a splendid attempt, but the pressure was sustained until W. R. Owen receiving a centre [rom Meirion, light in front of the goal, opened the score for Fcstiniog. Llatir-ost then swarmed in front of Whit- taker for several minutes, R. D. Richards receiving a pass from Ohisholm, drove the ball with great speed towards the visitois' goalie, wha, however, was on the watch. At half-time the Roosters led by 3 goals to 1. On resuming', Llanrwst inuueJii:t-0iy attacked, but. Torn ildghes nullified the attempt. A temporary in- vasion by the visitors resulted in a wide shot from Meirion. At the other end, A. Richards came within an ace of scoring, Whittaker saving well. The visitors put in some good work, but at length the pressure was relieved, and a corner conceded to the Roosters, was ncariy turned to account by Cleve. A combined attack by the quarrymeu resulted in Giiletst running cut, and fielding the lull, he was, however, surrounded by the Reds and could not with safety dispossess himself of the ball, and was hauled up for carrying. The referee threw up close to the home goal, Trevor, however, get his tee to the leather and punt-cd it up the field. From this period to the end, the gam was of a ding- dong character, both sidæ being unable to score. The result tf-as as follows: Lhnrwst 3, Festiniog 1,
COLWYN BAY v. CARNARVON.
COLWYN BAY v. CARNARVON. I Carnarvon 2 j Colwyn Kay 1 j Tb;) teams mot at Colwyn Rayon Saturday afternoon in a League fixture. Owing to the wet weather there was only a handful of specta- tors, and they looked cold and miserable under the inliuence of a raw cold wind. The. Ic.aiirjj we ro OULWYN BAY: II a 11 wood; H. P. Evans, T. Wyii" E"L'h; Ked Griffiths, W. E. Robertss, O. E. Williams; Lewis, Stanley Hughes. WLVon Southern, R. W. Kay, and IIowel Prit- chard. ( ARNARVON: G- H. Jones; Evan Ifunlres. Albert Griffiths; J. Griffiths Mick Herbert, J. Will i.ams; R- 11. Robc-rLs, R. Trevor Roberts, ] Walter Jones, Hughie Roberto, and Johnny Jonce. Referee, Mr R. D. Richards, Ranger. Carnarvon faced the wind in tie first half, but they assumed the aggressive immediately. t Wa,!ter Jones got possession, and through faulty play by the home backs, who were keep- ing too far down the field, he was eiiable-d to secure a clear course. lie easily out-distanced every ono and sent in a shot which gave IIa.lI- wcod absolutely no chance. 'I ho ball entered the far corner of the net amid cheers from the handful. A corner was gained. Southern head- ing over the bar. About five minutes from the interval Stanley Hughes equalised for Cohvyn Bay with a ranping- ground shot which travelled at tremendous speed. At half-time the soore was one each. On resuming, the visitors were again agre.gs.ive and &everal times the home defence were attacked. R. H. Roberts at length gave Carnarvon the lead with a beautiful shot- Then the homesters replied but they were unable to increase their lead. G. H. Jones the Carnarvon custodian, saved well time after time. In the last minute Colwyn Bay forced two corners in quick succession, but failed to improve their jfosition. Throughout, Carnarvon had the best of the game and they deservedly -on a hard- fought game. i- inal Carnarvon 2, Colwyn Bay 1.
NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE.
NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. DIVISION [. Results up to Saturday, December ]3th:- —Lroals— p- W. L D F A. P Llanrwst Town. 7 6 1 0 18 4 12 Bangor Rojerve 7 6 1 0 31 12 12 University CoIL 8 5 1 2 33 13 12 Carnarvon U 7 5 1 1 22 7 11 Conway 8 2 4 2 14 20 6 *L!andudno A.. 7 3 3 1 15 10 6 Colwyn Bay 8 2 5 1 17 37 5 Holyhead Swifts 5 1 2 2 8 11 4 Pwllheli Town 3 1 1 1 9 7 3 Bl. Festiniog 7 1 6 0 14 23 2 Llanberis 9 0 7 2 12 49 2 "Two points deducted for playing ineligible man-
I N.W. COAST LEAGUE.
N.W. COAST LEAGUE. (Division II.) MENAI BRIDGE v, LLANGEFNI. Menai Bridge 5 Llarvgtefni 2 Tlie re was a fast and exciting game with Llan- gefni at Menai Bridge on Saturday afternoon. In fact, play at times degenerated into some- thing other than football, and eventually the centre forward for Menai Bridge and the right full back for Llangefni were ordered off the field for rough play. At half-time each side had scored one goal eaoh. Walter Hughes, the left haJf, scored the first goal ror Llan- gefni. In the second half the game became fast and furious, and Menai Bridge scored, no less than five goals to the visitors' two. The goal getters were Arthur Hughes (2). Hughie Roberts (2), and Morgan Jones (1). Mr Burkey (Holyhead) was the referee. Final Menai Bridge 5, Llangefni 2. Z" (Continued on next Tage-)
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