The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

Colwyn Bay v. Llaniwst. (BY "THE ODDMAN.") ,.vr ■ hath rharms," and so it was tha,t -on J \ears Day I to the bands a0ul with Welsh airs, and g for the ben^fit of my very home at 2 p.m., wne a;tincT me a dinner material appetite, I J.O u.pe,n .prepared -on the which evid^Hy xny^l.f American quick lunch >st 1 disposed on being a §00^trench'e^orAirmysdf against of the viands and w *0 W^ter .0 £ ex- the wintry cold, which fields, perience on the bleak ree.qUarters of -am And' thus it first half hour afterof action aea-riy o^ced a good assembly o' Arriving, there, I n0^cec^ Dlrceintage: shomed spectators, of whom a .air P;ors encouragement and advice-. tc^ There was precious litt:Le ■v«md, ana J ers had started long sm^le guit j managed mixed' up. as^miuch as p Croydon and' Owen focNvUU,™ fcr*. ga,ne had been fairly even, but very tame. But it soon began S get lively, for Owen, the Bay back, after puliLin,|Cr< up his opponent, kicked at him ver^ viciously, and it looked as if patois and coffee would be required, but it calmed down, and the interval came with no score to either b^e_ Resuming, the Roosters had more of the game *an the Bayites. but their shooung was bad They only put in abault a couple of decent shots this half, one of .which Croydon, rather luckily got away, whife his backs were gen6"n> §°°,d .enough for the -.remainder. On 'the othei the homesters, on the few occasions they did set a'way, were dangerous, their shootuvg beting much better than their opponents bUft the Llan- rwst goalkeeper was "in form," and cleared everything that, came his way. Half way through this, McCann and Owen changed places, and Wellings worked hard to get his forwards coins, butt all to no purpose, for iJlannwst de- fended stubbornly, and kicked into touch on f. the slightest pretext. Tfrhe team had evidently come wiltlh ithe .intention of drawing rather than of winning. McCann once tried ,a fine in- d'ividua! effort, beating several men, and only iust shot outside. Feelings got warm again, I and Owen, the Bay forward, and one of the Llanrwst men gOt across each other, but they were Separated before ai\y m'ischref was done. Towards the end, Owen, the bay back, took a runinin1?1 jump 1 at the opposing outside right in- side the penalty area, but the referee gave a free z, Wick against Llanrwst, a peculiar decision, ana a lucky let off for the Bay. In. the last few minutes, the homesters forced a corner, which was weill placed, and an exciting scramble en- sued in fronlt of the visitors' goal, but eventu- ally Ithe goalkeeper dleared, and the end was a draw—no gfta.13 scored'. Notes on the Game. Being unfortunately absent from the first half, 0 I cannot say anything about it, but if the second was a guiide, then the result was but a fair reflex of the play. In the second half, the Llanrwsit men showed s-omewhat better combination than the home lot, bult the Bay backs rudely shattered, hallf their plans, and for the rest-well, their minds must have been, filled with celestial than terrestial ideas. The moon may be the 'de-sired 'haven for the ball, according to the Llanrwst way of thinking, but it does not tally with the Coast League s idea of scoring goals, and consequently points. If thev had done this in the maitch under notice, they would have rejoiced in the posses- sion of two points at the .end of the game, for they had more of the game than the Baylies. However, to judge from their delight, when the final whistle went, they seeme.d satisfied with one. From the wav in which they kicked out, they were determined to have one point, a whole, point, and nothing but one point; they seemed to make serious efforts to win On the other hand, whenever the Bayites got Yi z, an. opportunity, they made far better use of it than the Roosters did of theirs, for the shooting' was' far better directed. This is all that can be :said of the home for- wards, there being no cohesion amongst them. They did mot work at all well together; .-an- eíralJly speaking, forwards were weak, while the backs were generally reliable. Croydon, in goal, had Ililttle, to' do, but he fumbled one .shot -badly, and' if either of the ,opposing right wing forwards. 'had been spry, a goal must have resuD/ted, for the ball rolled) almost to their feet. Owen and Williams did well at bâck, the former being the 'best, butt he musit keep his temper and not indulge in sly kicks and' jump- ing alt his opponents; a player of his ability oiight 'to be above such manners. But for the shortsightedness of ithe .referee, he would pro- bably have let hlis side down last Friday. The halves did good work, who were here, 'there, and everywhere to s'ome purpose, being he best. Of the forwards, McCann stood head and ,shoulders above the others, with vVilihe Jones, outside left, second; Jones' namesake on the in- slide 'w'a!S practically a spectator, he might have been off the field for all the good he was on it. Reckless would be a good 'man for the re- serves, lif Friday's pilay is to be taken for a criterion of this general game. Owen pilayed niüely: but should not hesitate, be ready to come to blows at the least provoca- tion. ConcernÜlg the, Llarurwst .team, the outside right forward was to the fore, with some runs down the wing; while the right half, I think, but am not sure, it was who repeatedly stoppedl the Jones-' wing of the Bay, .and seat the ball up the field, an exception to the general Llanrwsft policy of kicking out, while: further behind1, the full backs were ge,ne,rally reliable, and, if any- thing, got beyond them,ijt was welil attended to by their goalkeeper, who had more to do than his vis-ia-vis. He had to deal with some ticklish shots, but all came alike to him, and he played in a. very creditable manner, with the tresulit that no goals were chalked up against him. lit is worth noting that the Bay, when playing on their own ground, are rarely seen at their best, when playing against the Roosters.

Llanberis v. Penmaenmawr. SEASIDERS WIN A CAPITAL GAME. In a League match these teams met at Pen- maenmawr on Saturday. The encounter was anticipated with a considerable amount of inter- est, and.'there was a tolerable crowd to witness it. Penmaenmawr were xepres-ented, by the fol- lowing: J. S. Jones, goal; G. T. Phillips and TrevoT Roberts, backs; Jarvis, Colman, and Hughes, halves; Foulkes, Llew. Roberts, R. Williams (centta:.e)j A. Roberts, and D. Roberts, forwards. Mr Hersee, Llandudno, was the referee. The homesters at once got inlro their swing, and the visiting backs -experienced a warm initial attack. Then they were forced on the defensive. Eventually, a long, .shot was directed towards J.S., and the latter ran out to meelt it- a weakness of his which should be remedied. He tried to clear with a flying kick, -bui £ his foot skipped over the ball, which ran into the net. The seasider-si immediately retaliated with a severe onslaught, which was withstood for some time, and s-ome- miidfield work followed. Indue -course, Llew. Roberts, after a pretty run, beat the visiting custodian with a "teaser." With the- scores one about, both sides putt in all they knew to gain a lead again, but the home- sters repeatedly got the. better of matters. At length, D. Roberts s,cored .a second point with a beautiful shot. Half-time arrived with itihe home side leading by two goals to one. The Second Haif. The second half was more evenly contested, the visitors, if anything, securing 'the advantage. 0 After ten minutes' play, Richie Williams scored the t'hird goal in a manner which gave the Llanberis keeper no chance. The visitors made gallant efforts to. retrieve lost ground;, but were unsuccessful, Penmaenmawr ,eventually running out ttihe victors, aHera capital game, with a score in their favour of 3-1. Next Saturday the seasiders meet Bangor in a cup-tie bout, and they express themse'lves- well- prepared to record1 another success. "Melus m-oes e!to."

Bangor v. Conway. CITY BOYS VICTORIOUS. (North Wales Coast League.) Conway were at home to Bangor in a return League fixture on Saturday. When the two sides met -on the city ground ten weeks ago, the "Blues" gav,e s-uch. a creditable account of themselves that they escaped with. a defeat of two goals only-a, feat which few, if any, other teams have succeeded in emulating this season. That the relturnenoaunicer 'at home was watched with keen interest was therefore but natural. A cuttbng ,nor'(JaSlDerly wind prevailed, but this did not deter a record crowd from putting in am appearance on the Morfa. The visitors turned out at full strength, but there were a few changes amongst the "Blues' In the front line Turner (took Wilson's place on the wing, the latter takinlgl his stand in Ben 'Evans'is old, placei in the half-back division. Bob Jonies .partnered Ellis at back.. The Conway te'am were thus Llew. Parry, goal; Boh Jones amd Owen ElLis, backs Wlilson, Bob Owen, and Sham1 Jones', halves; Turner, Walter Parry (capt.), Ernest Parry :( centre), L. H. Roberts', and J. R. Jones, forwards. Mr Llowelyn. Jones, Llanrwst, -was the The Game. Mr R. A. Nay-loir, the Unionist candi-dlat-e for thie Carnarvon b|or-ouigh.s, kicked off tffor the homesters, shortly after 2.30. At the outset the homesters appeared to have secured an ad- vantageous position, the visitors hieing penalised for a foul. Bob Owen took the free laick, andt a rattling attempt just missed the net, by a foot. Then iByrme broke away, and, with one; of his favourite cork-screw runs, he eluded- all in his way until well within range, but he was too1 hotly pressed to take a precise aim, and the leather went behind. -From the goal kick Bob Owen sent well down his opponents' territory, but the kick was re,- turnedi with interest, and before the -on-way lads had -time to- realise where they were- the ball was rushed through at close, quarters by the visiting couple on the left wing. During, the next few minutes the Blu-es appeared flabber- gasted at the incident, and nothing- -seemed to roinse them. The halves worked smartly, but the forwards were- quite incapable of taking adl- vantage of the excellent manner in which they were served, whiLe the backs were certainly anything but safe. Bangor soon found them- selves again, well placed. A rush,aindi Byrne beat Llew. -easily with point No. 2. The; gamel was yet but ten minutes old, and the prospects were decdedly bad, as far as the homesters wtere concerned. Again the crowd called for brisker action, and this 'hme' thei "boys" seemed to shape, themselves- into some- thing like a business-like front. There was a short, sharp bout between rhie Conway left wing and their opponents- on the other side. Ernest Parry eventually got through, but the visitors' defence was -excellent. At length, the, home- sters forced! a corner. "J.R." -sent in a lovely oentre, -and the home captain experienced) the worse possible luck in his failure to head the leather through. Bob Owen was giving a really splendiid exhi- bition of half-back play, his efforts being time and again heartily cheer-edi by the spectators. Turner was -disappointing -on the wing. His display was far inferior to that which he gave in the friendly bout of two weeks ago. In. due course, the 'Bangor right again got into swing, and a beautiful bit -of combined pellaY re- sulted in Byrne putting through a lovely shot, which evidently surprised! Conway's custodialn. This third goal iseemed to infuse them with that gen-mine vim, for which we had been waiting so long. In a twinkle the right wing got through at. the far end., -and1 Walter Parry tried a splendid shot, which unfortunately- skimmed the cross- bar -on the- wrong .side. Ernest immediately fol- lowed with another—equally fruitless, however. For som-e minutes Conway kept up the attack, but they failed to break down the defence. Jusrt: before half-time was annoUinced (Bangor worked up again, and the homesters were, penalised in a dangerous position, but Llew. fisted1 clear prettily. At half-time the score- stood Bangor, 3 Conway, o. The Second Half. Conway opened tin spirited fashion. "J.R." iniitiated two, splendid! openings, but his col- leagues :in the front line failed! on both occa- sions to come up in iu'me> as the- ball whistled acrass the goalmouth. Bangor defended bravely, and after a keiein attack of ,some ten minutes' dtiration, Ev,a;ns got away at a rare turn of speed, but 'Bob Jones nipped up aJL the proper time. Bob Owen, who was. still working like' a war horse, rushed through the viMtors once more, and sent -up, to Wilson. The latter cen-

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d ,'IJP tred beautifully, andl^Parry, junx., -worked m t j first point for 'his side in a way which gave j Bangor keeper no chance at all. ■Conway -were now having the best of ^he ga indeed, they appeared to have run their op, j ents clean off their legs. Towards the the game-, Bob Owen beat the defending with one of his lightning kicks. Conway kept on the aggressive, but their -best e-ffof'S get through, the Bangor dtefen.ee were |S- The final' score was thus: Bangor, 2 2>° Conway, 2 goals.

Rhyl Football Notes. (.BY "CRITIC."), d Hhyl, it would appear, are again experiefl^" reverses; -and no one more regrets it "Critic." There were- confident « pressed: a few -weeks- ago that the homesters J were exhibiting -dashing play, and sc°re+!j1eif couple of victories, would still maintain1 victorious career. Buic the star has enters descending sphere again; and) .-if the dub,es | cially the piayecs, are not to be dubbed j woo-dera sp-oonists of the Combination, je. thing -of a .drastic measure will need to sorted to immediately. e They are, to all intents and purposes* door to the last rung of the Combip-a/tion l,a > and; this certainly should not be -the case. 0. however, are the committee to do with a g3 ber of amateurs? Why, there's almost juS much trouble with the amateur exponents1 'od with the highly-paid players. One c. Sol is always paramount in regard to the latter c of players, belonging to any dubtne clubs. i a vigorous hold and discipline over the pIabar& Last Saturday found the co j:t-tci. pr.e-ssed: for players, owing, i|t is said, to—^ position. Perhaps it -was excusable. rnas aftermath, probably When players view the welfare of their club and desire to prominently in the football world, one have thought the festive .season would' played second- fiddle. Sweet are. the uses j adversity, but no defects. It was the return Combination Bangor on the la'tter's ground, and seeing tha Bangorians -in the Welsh Cup com-petiitioA ;{ pulverised them to the tune of six goals- was necessary that a strong eleven should been despatched last Saturday. Lo an.¿'behO'es the following comprised; the 'team-:—'M- J j (goal); Ogilvie and J. Jones (backs); p, Roberts, Clapton, and Brooks (halves) a W. Jones, T. W. Ellis, E. Hughes, T. illiq and' R. Hughes (forwards). There were, t'. ib-0 fo.re, four r,sierv,e, men in the: forwards, of fieserve goalkeeper. That'was not all. I<0^ | the players were missing at the opening of t, game. For the first ten minutes during whiic# j. four men were absent,the- Rhyl players- held t ( awn, and in one or two good rushes, the- goal was nearly captured,. The Bang01^ pressed, and when the pressure was at its he?be the remainder of the Rhyl team, appeared- game was of a ding-dong order, a.nd Brooks ing Owen in 'the penalty area a penalty kicii awarded. Jones made -a splendid save the shot 'but the ball struck his k,nee> e> which it 'bounded i-nto (the net. iHalftim-e-^ nothing. 11" The Rhyl- .substitutes combined v-ery wew> fe, t with their excellent -defence-, the Bang-ox reF' sentatives were not luckly enough to score c than another goal, which was only secured 3 to on time. Rhyl retired1 defeated two g0'- ot t iiil; and under all the circumstances it cS: be said they were dlisgraced.. In the first J11-.el¡ i Ile ing at Rhyl, the Bangor team were beaten y oc by three goals to nil. Ir: the remaining :materg of the Combinationi it is h-o-ped the ho^e will "buck up," and endeavour to i111? their position in the table. -I-C) The Re.serves were also defeated at nit Saturday by four goals to -pil. "Critic" is informed that the committee resolved upon strengthening the team, lave sible, for the forthcoming matches. They j,, secured.the services of.Skelsey and- T. Jl,c right wing forwards of -Colwyn Bay, as^v6h W. J-ones, a left winger of the Bayites' du, '^e This week the match at home will be vvi^- | Wrexham eleven in the Combination; the Rhyl men have defeated the apparent C A p-;o,ns, it is perhaps only reasonable to eEa¡¡J that they will next be defeated by the WreS men. ;Fy « C"

Colwyn Bay Football Reports. (To the Editor of the Pioneer.) j; SIR,—On Boxing Day the Colwyn Bay f00^ team met the Llanrwst team at Llanrwst, it) to N.W.C. League match, and won by four gOtlrarÝ. nil. There duly appeared in your contempt of to-day's date a report of the game by Soc together with what one would like to believe fjr his own comments on the play, and not extracts from newspaper accounts of o13 played miles away. The following extracts 3 significant interest "^TITYBUS'S" notes on SOCKEB'S notes the Manchester City v. Llanrwstr. Coli^L^ Everton match (vide match (vide the' ■/ the Athletic Neios," Nevs," Jan. i> •* „-niK Dec. 28, 1903:— There is no es u There is no escaping from the conclusKLj from the conclusion that the Bayites play^c^ Everton-pl&yedi the cooler, cooler, the more ieS-nte$' the more resourceful, and ful, and the more v the more intelligent gent game. game. There was a stamp of talent at> ^$ stamp of talent about winners, who weI jW the winners, who were more concerted 111 # far more concerted in manoeuvres thtill «etÐ their manoeuvres than the 'R?tsters. TheY !J9'1 City. They were quicker quicker on on the ball, cleverer with cleverer with 1[ve^0,, it, and beyond compare beyond compare 31Fj:,# superior in attack to the in attack to th 4 Mancunians. The Everton the upper reac^eSpaiiiK vanguard were fast, I Conn-ay. The ■ftfy thrusting, and full of vanguard weref0ll vitality and marksman- thrusting, and gCj9^; ship. Booth kept the vitality and ball in the middle, and ship. Owen and tPj by giving it to Settle, kept the ball Ljug' allowed the centre to dis- middle, and by S ^$ pose of it to the wings, a to Reckless, all°^ f jt policy which was con- centre to dispose tinually gaining ground his wings, a polic ill io and bothering the home was continually backs, who were quite ground and h° unable to cope with the the home baïksfo coPj un swift swoops of the op- were quite unable pg position." with the swift sVl the opposition." ¡11e$ Thus, by substituting Colwyn Bay and tbe {o[ of their players, for Everton, and LIanrV Manchester City, it will be seen that Socke seized upon the Athletic iMews' notes o itfc* ticular match, and presented them to the P his own description of the Bay v-. Llanrws .4 Further comment is needless.—Yours, &C-, Colwyn Bay, Jan. I. sac ?