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League.—Division I. ■RESULTS TTP TO QATIT'RDAY. JANTTARY 9. _n ^-Groals- P. W. L. D. F. A. P Sheffield United 21 12 4 5 46 31 29 Sheffield Wednesday 20 11 3. 6 28 15 28 Aston Villa 21 12 5 4 47 31 28 Manchester City 21 12 5 4 43 32 28 Everton 20 11 6 3 38 22 25 Sunderland 21 11 7 3 40 32 25 Newcastle United 22 lu 8 4 82 34 24 Wolverhampton W.. 21 10 7 4 30 40 24 Blackburn Hovers 23 9 9. 5 33 33 23 No ts County 2ii 9 .11 2 24 40 20 Nottingham Forest. 22 6 9 7 38 40 19 Middlesbrough. 20 6 8. 6 31 28 16 3ury 21 4 7. 10 32 33 18 Stoke 22 7 12 3 42 41 17 Derby County 6 10 5 39 39 17 West Bromwich Alb. 21 4 11 6 17 35 14 Small Heath 20 4 12 4^. 20 38 12 riverpool 21. 4. 14. 3- 29 45 11

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16. Newcastle United v Everton Bury v. Sheffield Wednesday Middlesborough v. West Bromwich Albion Liverpool v. Sunderland Aston Villa v. Small Heath Wolverhampton W. v. Manchester City Notts County v. Derby County Sheffield United v. Stoke

The Welsh Cup. Druids 4 Broughton United 2 Oswestry United 2 Bangor 1 Knighton 2 ColwjnBay 1 Aberdare 3 Chirk 1

Chester Senior Cup (Semi=Final). RE1,-PLAYED TIE. Flint U.A.C 4 Rhyl 4 2

Colwyn Bay v. Knighton. This match was played in !C,o,lwyn, Bay, on Sa'cuTday. The; weather was favourable, but the muddy'slat'e of .the ground g-re,aitl3, interfered with the play. A fair number of spectatOTs viewed the arrie, and it was universally ac- knowedlged that '[he match, was very well-con- tested, and that the play was, good and. credita- ble to both teams. The teams were Colwyn Bay: Goal, Croydon; backs, J. Owen and J. Wi'lIÜams';ha,lves, K. Griffiths, T. Wellings (capt.), and: A. N. O'cher; forward's, D. H. SkeQsey, T. McCann, E. Reckless, W. Jones, and O. E. Williams. Knighton1: GO'al, W. Coleman backs, J. Cooper (capt.) and P. Turnell, halves, 1< Turner, J. Andlersom, and C. Watkins; forwards, W. lYi.ce, W. Davies, A. Preece, W. Evans, and) F. Cooper. The referee was Mr Postle, Ru-ahon. WellfingS' having won the toiss, the Knighton team kicked off. A rush, was immediately made, with the Tesul't 'chat the visitors scored a goal within fixe first few .minutes, A Preece being the man who "done it!" The Bay team struggled hard to retaliate, but the Knighton men, elated! by their easy success at the start, were very troublesome, and pressed hard. J. Owen saved', the situation more than once. A rush down the field brought the Bay team towardls the' opposite igoal, and MoCanm centred nicely, but Skelsey, through hard luck, failed' to make, the best of the opportunity. Knighton again, at- tacked, but J. Owen ,-Iea-redi in good style. A foul was giiven against Knighton at this juncture. After .an offside against O. E. Williams, the Bay team pressed, and Reckless, was easily robbed, iwhen in a good) position. A foul throw was given for the Bay, but the free-kick was not successfully negotiated. Weliliings made; a good try, but the ball just 'went over. Reckless ran the ball down :in excellent style, and passed to O. E. Williams, who cnily missed by a few inches. Aif te-r a foul against Knighton, McCann made a splendid1 shot, which the goal- keeper only just cleared. McCanm centred well later on, Welling just putting out. The Knighton team became- aggressive: once more, but J. 'Owen proved a good defender. The Bay team pmssed up the field, but with no good, ■result. "After .a vigorous attack by the Knighton team, the Bay -ran up once more. A penalty kick against E. Griffith for kp'ckin', an. opponenlt resulted in Knighton scoring a second goal, which was kicked by T. Tu.rnialil. 'After the kick off, Wellings made a good try for goal, but the custodian saved well. Reckless fouled in penalty area. McCann took the kick, but failled. 'to score. After a foul throw against the Bay, the home team's left wing pair had good opportunities, but failed to take advantage. Griffiths put out close to goal. O. E. Williams shot well. The 'Bay team, had hard lines re- peatedly. They pressed hard, and the Knighton goalkeeper had a hot time. Success crowned their efforts at last, when, McCann put in one of his "old uns." Half-time score Knighton, 2; Colwyn Bay, 1. In the second hallf, the Bay'team worked wel.l, andi pressed their opponents hard'. But the Knighton outside left got down, and made a good try, which was saved by Croydon. After guodl .midfield play, McCann was proclaimed off- side. A rushidown took the Knighton, team well forward, but Price shot badly. Davies, a Knighton player, was .rather badily hurt, and had to leave. Skelsey was just ge'ct.ing m one of his famous runs, when he was fouled. McCann afterwards scored an offside goal. The Knighton back cleared over the line. After a foul against Knighton, J. Owen shot out, and 'McCann, received, but put the ball behind' Good play follo wed', but noticing of note, ensued, until J. Owen, with a splendid shot, only missed a goal by an inch or two, the ball justskimmin,g the^ bar. The balill was kept continually in the Knighton ground. W. Jones nearly scored, the ball this time 'hitting the cross-bar. After exciting second half play, the iscore re- mained as before Knighton, 2; Colwyn' Bay, i.

botes on the Game. Considering that the 'Bayitesi pressed conltinu*- ally for three-fourths of the game, and played football of a superior style to that of their opponents, it was a distinct disappointment that they lost. The home forwards, even on muddy ground, played good football, and at times. showed com- bination of quite a "clarsy" type; here they were streets ahead, of the Knigh'ton. quintette, and with the backs on their good! behaviour, onie finds, it a trifle hard1 to account for the Bayi'tes' defeat. They played arousiJllrg game, a.nd in the secondl half ran the opposing backs off their legs. What, then, was the cause of their defeat? Well, primarily, Griffiths must be held responsi- ble by foolishly giving away a penalty kick. There was no reason for it, for the ball had been well cleared,, and was in touch, beforre he brought his man down. In the next place the team palpably failed to make the, most of their chances. They had! plenty (to say nothing of McCann's "Penalty"), and forced numerous corners, all of which, wifth the ,exception of two (from one of which came th'eir only goal), wer.; placed outside. The forwards were out of place several times, and there was a glaring instan'ce of this in the srecond half, when, iMcCann, who, had* been put off a shot by the goa,lkeerper,placedl the ball slowly across, and if either of the left wing had been .in position,a goal was a certainty. They were so-me distance oft, and this enabled the other side, to clear. This' was in distinct contrast to the way .in which Knighton, got their first goal, when the outside left was up, waiting for the pass. On the other hand, the Knighton forwards, although their opportunities were few, turned them- to better account than the: Bayites didt of theirs. The visiting forwards, did not shine after the first few minutes of the game, and in the second haH they simply packed their goal, and all acted on the defensive. The Bayites. were certainy unlucky, but their misfortune simply amounts to it his, that, while at times they shot splendidly they d'id not, throughout the game, shoot well and straight enough to get sufficient goals to beat their .op- ponents. Some local enthusiasts may growl about foul- ing, but it was no,t all confined to the one side, and,, moreover, the Bayites have won. several matches with the aid of a certain. player's' vigor- ous, tactics, so they must not growl if. in a cup tie, their favourites suffer from the use of the same methods which they have successfully used on other clubs in other matches.. To sum up, the best team won, and while the Bay were tne better-balanced and more consistent team, the effectiveness of the Knighton backs and goal- keeper was such that it made up for the defici- encies of their forward's, and enabled them. to' win the match for their side. Turning to in- dividual criticism, Croydon, in goal, had very little 'to do, and should Inot be blamed: for either goal scored against his side. Many people thought, the first a "soft" affair, but it was one of those really good things, .whlchi are seem- ingly simple. He should remember the two steps, rule. We. regret that want of space this week has .prevented us inserting our correspondent's. criticism of 'indlivid'ual players.

Conway v. Llandudno. CUP-TIE ENCC.UNTER RESULTS IN A DRAW. A capital attendance witnessed the Junior Cup' tie fixture played between Llandudno and Con- way on the latter's, venue on Saturday. The following were the participants,:—Con- way: Llew Parry, goal; O wen Ellis and Ted Evans, backs; Shern Jones,, Bob Owen, and Walter Parry ,(capt.), halves; Wilson, Ben Evans, Ernest Parry, L. H. Roberts, and J. R. Jojiffs, forwards. Llandudno Llew Dav-ies, J. Lu.nt and! George Davies, backs Jacob Williams, S. '\iV'ilhams, and Willie Owen, halves; D. Griffiths, Alder-son, J. E. Williams (capt.), Tedf Carter, and J. Roberts, forwards. Referee: <Mr Lloyd William's, (Bang,or. The Game. Mr R. A. Saylor again kicked off for the homesters. The Stripes at once went into action, and a vtigorous attack upon the Blue defence re- sultedl in Griffiths: testing Parry >w.i.t'h a swift left-footer. L. H. Roberts directed a beauty in the ci.rec- tion of 'Davies, but Lun.t interevned, clearing IleH-footer.. 'prettily with, his head. From a free-kick awarded the Blues from a-foul, Parry senior ex- perienced. bad luck, a splendidl shot going be- hind. Shortly afterwards George Davies tried a skier' from mid-field, the leather going well over the net. Up to this point the game had1 been brimful of -interest, and the pace kept up' was remarkable. "Comway eventually set up, a keen attack. The next 'bit of work worthy of note was a splendid run by Wilson, which carried opera- tions at once from his, own end to well within ,shooting distance of the other. His shot was, not a. success, however. A goal kick then found J. Roberts tin possession, and Ted Evans again fumbledl his kick. Roberts immediately took advantage of the opportunity and drew first blood for his side. A minulte ,la'ter Conway were1 penalised for a, foul within the restricted area, and Johnnie Williams majorised easily. Roberts once more sho-t off at a spanking pace, diddled Shem smartly, andl transferred, to Alderson, who rapped home the: third 'goal in splendid style. The foulth point came from Lunt. The visitors had forced a corner andl Lunt was given the flag kick. The ball was nicely directed against Alderson, from whose, hack it rebounded to Lunt, w'ho levelled i't over the. defenders' he-adts in a truly sk'ilful manner. The Stripes kept up the pressure, and yet another goal came from J. Roberts. At this juncture the visitors were leading by five to nothing. With a rush 'the Blue1 front line swept down to the other end of the field, and there was every appearance that they meant business. George cleared with a, long kick which reached the touch-line within. 20 yards of the; boundary. Here Wilson came up with a rush, against Roberts. iBothi 'tried', for the leather al[ the same time. Wilson, fell and it was observed he was I in considerable pain. After a little while hie was gently conveyed off the field, 'Jt being as- sumed that the poor little chap had, sustained a fractured leg—^a.n assumption which, u.nfortu- nately, was eventually fully confirmed by Dr Jos. R. Williams. With five goals against them and playing a man short the outlook was de- cidedly gloomy for the Blues. Nevertheless, the unexpected happened. The boys plucked up courage gallantly and "J.R." commenced to give trouble to the visiting backs. A beautiful shot was levelled by hilry) at Llew Davies, and George rushed up to check -its course, bu,[ "J.R." with characteristic dash followed the leather up smartly, and before George could realise what had been done the ball had slid off his' body into the net. A minute later Walter Parry beat Davies with a beautiful "grounder," which wormed its, way between the feet of half-a-dozen I ■visitors. Half-ltime then sounded with, the scores s'can,din,g -I,la,ridu.dno, 5; Conway, 2. Directly on re-starting Conway forcedl a corner, and Parry senior improved upon Ben E'vans's flaIg-kick very prettily. The Blues played up 6piritedly thereafter, and repeatedly the visiting backs, kicked: out in self-defence. The fact that the homesters' had! been forceds— owing to Wilson's, absence—to play the one-back came was undoubtedilv a factor which tended to owing to Wilson's, absence—to play the one-back ame wasundoubltedilv a factor which tended to the upsetting of the visitors' plan of attack, but i't was surpr.sing to a degree to find: the visiting captain adopting one-back tactics at this point- especially having regard' to the immense, advan- tages which his side already held. Under the cir- cumstances jit was anything but a sportsmanlike action. The natural resullt was that the game resolved itself into a series of off-side breaches. That the referee manag,edi to "keep his head" so well was a maltiter of congratulation a less able man would.1 'ha've been hopelessly muddled. In the tactics, such, as they were, the homesters proved the .more masterful. Ten minutes had elapsed when the Blues put in a hot attack as a result.of which Ben, Evans landed the fourth point for Conway off a pass by Ellis. The visitors at once retaliated, Alderson .scoring ;r.e sixth for his side after a pretty bit of passing be- tween the front line. Again Conway assumed the upper hand, and L. H. Roberts scored,1 the fifth with a beautiful shot. A few seconds later "J.R." balanced the scores at dose quarters, after missing one a short time previously in a very unaccountable fashion. The final score was thus :—Llandudno, 6; Conway, 6. The game will probably be re-played at Llan- dudno on Saturday.

Rhyi Football Notes. (BY "CRITIC.") Rhyl v. Wrexham. ANOTHER VICTORY. The meeting of these teamis on Saturday last at home possessed considerable ;ntere> and attraction to football, enthusiasts, inasmuch as the homesters are at present occupying an, un- enviable posiitioni in. the Combination, whilst their opponents, are fighting' strenuously for champion honours. History, however, repeated itself, as in the case of the visit of the Chester team. It is re- freshing, no witness :the "change -of front" adopt- ed by the members of the Rhyl team when they are encountering formidable opponents at home, and it proves .beyond dioubt that the duh pos- sesses .all the elemental forces of a splendid team if those forces could, be. welll developed. The opinion expressed ,in these notes last week that as the homesters had Iniiicted defeat upon- that as the homesters had Iniiicted defeat upon the C,estrians 'there was no valid rea-slon to en- rertam the view they would be defeated, by the Wrexhamites' .was justified! by the rebuilt. It was a pronounced. victory, an achievement which the tie,am and the committee are to be congratulated upon. The two -additional points in the table werie sorely needed'. "Critic" ha's, since Saturday's display, formed the IbeJIJief that 'if the team can only be victorious in several other matches at home they will not, at the end of the season, The regarded as the "wooden .spoo,nists." c;1 And the victory of Saturday was secured by what could, not bel considered a "full" team. T. Jones, the reserve custodian, rQlid duty; ain-d iD. W. Jones, a former p.layer of the, club, but has lrecently figured with the Rhuddlan eleven, partnered Thomas on the right wing. As to the Wrexham representatives,• it is bellueved they were not at full .strength, owing to alterations and! difficulties which .th:at duh nas had to con- tend with of late, in placing the-r best possible availab.e players on the field. Wrexham opened the play, and [he teams s'e't about their work in splendid fashion. If any- thing, the homesters: were the more .aggressive with die term:med .indivi.dual work. Fouls were pretty frequent. Ogilvieanidr his partner were al- most impassable, and.' Claptoni was a tower of strength at centre-half. 'I"he; Wrexham, forwards repeatedly initiated nice, runs, which, were only frustrated by theexceLence of the defence. At last, the persistent efforts, of the home for,wards found, success. Jenkms passed judiciously, tc) Tommy Williams, who sent in a rasping shot, the: bail rebounding -off the upright and. obliquely into the net. It 'was a goal which would have beaten the most expert custodian. This reverse, did not daunt the visiters, who were continually hovering round the home goal, several fuLileshols being witnessed. Jones punted away a few of the shots In grand style. Then came a "flash, in the pan." Tommy Gordon (an old Chester plaj-er), who was 'a't outside right, racing off, eluded the hacks, and put in a splendidly-judged shot from the line. The ball curled beautifully towards the goal, but Jones just managed to avert disaster. With only one goal to their credit, matters did not look very rosy at the interval for the home- sters, seeing the visitors' method of play. It was thought by some that .the homesters' front rank had spent their powder, but to the pleasing sur- prise. of the spectators, they were equal to all emergencies. Gordon, went centre-forward for the visitors, but he was well-watched by Clap- ton, who was a verifiable thorn Iili- his side. liner defence of either team stood' out prominently, and while the citadels were frequently .within an ace of capture they remained intact, so Rhyl won by one goal to nil. The result must have been galling for the Wrexhamites, who fully expected', to secure, a victory, or at lea'st to gain, one point. The work of the Rhyl players was a complete revelation, as it has been to other prominent clubs on their visil¡ here. The shooting by both vanguards was erratic, and the Wrexham attempts were lamentable and half-hearted' in the latter portion of the game. Ogilvie and Jones were safe at back, and the halves did admirably. Weight tells its, t'aile, andl what Claptoni lacked in judici- ous passing he shone in breaking up the move- ments of the forwards. Williams and Roberts were the shining lights of the forwards, and Jenkins, fed his forwards well when he was hard pressed. There is, un- doubtedly, .too much individual work by some' of the forwardis, and: at is. useless to attempt to repeatedly avoid being sandwiched by the op- posing backs. Jenkins shot feebly, besides spoiling the chances of other forwards scoring, by his seJliish play. "Critic" attributes this individual play to over-anxiety to witness his team victorious. D. W. Jones, who was said to have distinguished himself at BangoT the previ- ous Saturday, was a decided', failure. He re- I quires, more: practice, and! training before meet- ing the seasoned, men. of other teams,, Or, he requires a burly inside right tO' keep off the attacks. No -extreme wiing player can always expect such assistance to toe forthcoming. But a better passing movement might obviate the a better passing movement might obviate the difficulty. "Critic," an a spirit of fair-play being ex- tended .-to the home and visiting teams, offers a word of warning to some enthusiastic spectators, whose faces are seen on, the stand at the matches. Referees, it might be remembered, u are mortal. They suffer the rebuffs of many, but display's of partisanship, such as those which found outbursts on Saturday last, are sUlbverslive to the in.te,rests, of a home olub, and unsportsmanlike. Com.mitteemen, or club offi- cialls, cannot always bridle the, tongues of some, persons at exciting moments. Commonsense, however, should be a prevailing factor. It was easaly within the province of the referee on Saturday to have temporarily suspended the game, and lectured, .some of the Voo-offensive and C, demonstrative upon the sit and. In the re-played- tie of the Chester and District Amateur Cup Competition, on Saturday, Rhyl were diefeatedby the Flint U.A.C., at Sho'tton,, by four goals to two goals, after a good game. It was a semi-final], Hard lines on the re- serves

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RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S GAMES. Derby County 2 Manchester City 3 Sunderland .3 Middlesborough 1 Small Heath 3 Newcastle United 0 SheffieldWednesday 2 Liverpool 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Bury 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 Wolverhamaton W 1 Stoke 0 Notts Comity 2 Everton 2 Sheffield United 0 West Bromwich A 1 Aston Villa. 3 Played on the ground of the first-named club.

Combination. RESULTS UP TO SATURDAY, JANUARY 9. ^Gloals-^ P. W. L. D. F. A. P. Chester H. 10. 3 1. 43 19 21 Oswestry 13 10 3 0 30 19 20 Wrexham 15 8 6 1 36 25 17 Birkenhead 12 7 3 2 21 17 16 ItSroughton It 6. 4 2 26 19 14 Nantwich 9 6 2 I 29 12 13 Bangor 12 6 5 1 32 32 13 Witton Albion 15 3. 6 6 24 31 12 Chirk 14 3 7 4 30 43 10 Tranmere Rovers 11 4 6 1 20 28 9 Rhyl 11 4. 7 0 17 25 8 Middlewich Athletic 14 2. 9 3 15 35 7 Winsford 14 2 10 2 16 34 6 Rhyl 1 Wrexham 0 Witton Albion ITranmere Rovers 0