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AROUND THE CLUBS Cardiff and District Rugby Union JUNIOR LEAGUES: SCHOOL BOY INTERESTS. Cardiff League CJubs in Indignant Mood. Llandovery College fared badly at Swansea, on Saturday, when they tried to break the Seconds' "invincible" record. A little matter of five goa!s three tries to one try pioves that the College's present Rugby talent is not euperaljundant. Llandovery were badly over- weighted by the heavier Swansea forwards. In fact their halves never had a chance of securing possession. Jenkins scored a trio of tries, Williams, Aubrey, and Stan. Davies a pair each, and E. Davies added one. Ehys Roes was bound to have a hand in the Hcoring, so converted one of the tries. Hill converted three. L. Jones's try for Llan- dovery was got in a clever way by a strong individual burst. James and Newton did well for the eollege, whilst their full-back, Evans, p)ayed a great game. Newport Extras had the best of the luck against Penarth "A" on Saturday, when they won by a goal and a try to nil. In the open- ing half. aided by ths novverfal wind the Usk- aiders did all their scoring. l; uroi-tUllataly young Stan Smith, the captain of Penaith Thistles, who wa.'I playing at half for the Penarth "A," was badly injured in this half. Handicapped by ioeinpr his services in the second moiety Penavth failed to score, although they came near to it on several occasions. utul Smith been in the field their efforts would probably have been more suc- cessful. Foley's non-selection in the Welsh trial teams ia found fault with at Maestes and Brynmawr. A correspondent writes etating that if Foley wa.3 not so clever and speedy in the open he would get hi3 cap this seamen. "He suffers by being too great a forward." Llewellyn Thomas, who reprefknted Wales in 1S94 and 1296, and Played on the wing for Newport, is now a clergyman, and is curate- in-charge of a church near the Mumbles. Trocdyrhiw's record is a very fine one. Up to date they have played eight matches and won all. scoring 64 points against only nine, notched by their opponents. Five league matches have been got through victoriously. On Saturday week Troedyrhiw meet Merthyr at home in a I-acrue tuesle. Tho contest should prove a. great one, as the clube are keen, but friendly rival*, and Merthyr, with only one league defeat, is going particularly strong. Swansea Parochial are doing well. They have played five ieagne matches, and won the lot. On Saturday they met the strong Llanelly Harbonrlights. A fme even forward game was witnessed. Neither side succeeded in scoring. Batli Excelsiors (Swanseat played a fine game against St. Alton's a-L the Morriston ground on Saturil. The game was a grand one. and the scoreExcelsiors, two tries: Saints, one try, exactly ?ivca the comparative "nerita of the two teams on the day's play. St. Aiban's lost their unbeaten record. Irlt)- to to-day's match against Cardiff, the Swan-sea trv-getters are as follows :-F. Jowett. 13: Dan Rees. 11: Willie Trew, 10: Willi" Arnold. 7; D. Thomas, 3; F. Serine, 3; R. Jones. 2; W. Parker. 2: awl R. M. Owen, Bapaev, 1_ Gordon, and Hopkins one each. Trew lvv> converted eisrhteen tries and kicked orie penalty. Owen ha converted three tries a.nd dropped a goal. It. Jones has converted one try, and George Davies has kicked a penalty goal. The total is 216 points. Caerphilly v. Feiiylan resulted in another blank scoring-fheet. 'Despite the fact that Penylan were on the scene in good time, the kick off V.-U, half an hour or so late. Pro- tably the big match at Cardiff was the cause of the failure of the cheei,- men getting out thoir usual fifteen. Although Penvlan faced the strong wind in Aithono:11 Penvlan faced the i!tr0;:t wind in the second half, they were continually on the attack. It was only during the last few moment*, thanks to a big kick !»> Sam Evans, t'nat Cserphilly invaded the tardiJ men's half. play was more even in the.accord half, rood plav by Kiug wag specially noticeable. Penylan, none but the moat unreasonable pel)vlan, no i e 1-?ut t l- partisan will deny, had hard luck 111. not wiBnins*. The irrepressible Cullimore agisted Penylan. Greedy CrumUn," writes a correspnnder-t. i IIti]] hunger after points. On Saturday the Viadv.rt men entertained Victoria The ■visitors e^!»ected defeat, and, iiatnrally, the host.. with their we!l-l.npwn.undn? and consideration, dill not thmk it _ebt to ?let them w homft dxRap^.ointed. Thsy, tnere- fore, ran round the v:('S to the tune of two goals, four tries, to pit. D. up his fame as a scorcr by scoring twice in succession. Grimths- sorint when he scored was grsat. H, Jones, in doing ditto, wore a benevolent smile, which was copied by yv, Hall and W. Jones as they da'hed over with \r.L oJ. l 1. Strand Jones acsisted his old friends, I.arnpeter College, in their inter-collegiate match with Aberystwyth College, played Rt Lampeter on Saturday. Strand soon made his presence felt. He had a hand in all the scoring. A strong run almost the length of the ground resulted in the old Welsh full back scoring the first try, and a grand open- ing by the same player allowed Lewis to score the second. Lampeter won by two tries to nil. Troedyrhiw gained another brace of league points by vanquishing Mountain Ash I nited. Tne game was watched witn con- siderable interest by the other league teams, and the expectation of a close ga,me was well founded. It was give and take from start to finish. First, Ted Jenkins, after a fine run, obtained an unconverted try for Troedyrhiw. The shouting was hardly over when Rogers 2qualised the scoring by obtainiag a try, alter some downright clever back play by the United s quartette. When a drawn game seemed likely Jenkins smartly fielded and scored a brilliant try. thus giving Troedy- rhiw a. win by two tries to one. Mackintosh made a game fight at Whit- church, and only retired defeated by a penalty goal and a try to a try. The Cardiff men wera slow in starting, and although they had the advantage of a stiff wind in the first half. the breather arrived with no After the change of end's Boh Power, Jim Evans, Davies, a.n Chard did some good aggressive work. Liewehyn taking a penalty in a favourable position placed the Villagers three points ahead. A magnificent run by Keating resulted in a try for the Macks., and level scores. The hatH now waged after this at a brisk pace, both sides attacking in turn. Some fine half-back play by Power and Davies etlW the old Roath half cross just before the finish. Tiie extra, points were not added. Whitchurch retired victors of a splendidly contested game. Cardiff Rerervee badly missed Harrieon and Litchfield, although T resize was a success (writes a Newport correspondent;, iivana, at half, was an out-and-out failure. Excuoe may be made t.hat the carptain was out of his position, and. only played at half through the absence of Bence. W infield kicked finely, and cannot be blamed for tho defeat. Among the thre-s-quarters, Williams and W. A. Jones were the most successful. The forwards were moderate, but not as good as usual, Maclean, Jepnings, Rnmheiow, and aummerhayes being-th.3 best iour. Frank Huggett dropped a beautiful goal with his left foot in the first hat!. It was one of those really fine eiforti which deserve the four points. Lionel Thomas showed surprising speed when he dutheu up ancr Martin had made an ineffectual attempt to secure a drop goal. He took the ball finely, and the try w-t- thoroughly well earned. Jenning-a and Williams were the penalty goal scorers. Few teams have so greatly improved sincc the opening of the season as the Newport Seconds. Starting badly, it appeared that they were likely to do even worse than in pa3t seasons. However, a couple of weeks ago they surprised even their best friends by dewing with the unbeaten Swansea 4CI)ndR. On Saturday they oce.eded. aft*?r many fruitless attempt, in I)utting "paid" to the account of the Cardiff .putting after In the previous match at Cardiff th* second string of the blue and blaeks was considerably the better side, but on Satur- day at Newport the Usksidera retrieved their failure at Cardiff by winning by ten points to three. Newport "A fully deserved their victory. Strangely, a-6 iu the match between the premiers, two penalty goals were kicked, but in this case a penalty figured in the score of each side. A double record went at Barry on Saturday. Barry United secured their first league win and St. Teiio's iheh- first league defeat. As the United only turned out half their nsua: strength against their formidable rivals, the victory was wholly unexpected. A single point divided the teams at the finish. Captain Shier obtained the winning -•••core for the' borne men,, and it was an unusual one. The ball camo out quickly from a scrimmage, and Shier, without handling it. nut plenty of force behind his kick. The leather, to everyone's surprise, sailed beauti- fully over the cross-bar, and a real fieJd" goal was scored. St. Teilo's fought bravely to win, but their luck was dead out.. Barry, well knowing their weakness, very sensibly kept the ball close. When it did get cut among the Saiats' backs the homesters tackled with euch effectiveness: that St. Teilo's only succeeded in obtaining one try through Hampton. litis defeat oon- ( I aiderably affects the second division league table. The official referee failed to appear in the league match between Riiydfelan and Llan- bradacb, and the clubs decided to play a friendly. Play was not of a very high order, and for some unexplained reason the acting whistler phortened the period of play. The Usk team is maintaining its run of successes. Maindee, their victims on Satur- day, went down at Usk to the tune of two triea to nil. Some grand forward play by the Usk octave was the feature of the match. Protheroe and F. Davies excelled themselves in attack. I Last week I called attention to the indif- .crent form ahown by this season's Brecon College team. I an], therefore, very pleasdd now to be able to chronicle a big win by the collegians. Playing against- Swansea Casuals -h-trdi.v a. strong organisation-the College on Saturday piled up a little matter of four goals eight tries to iiij. Evidently, the (loings of Willie Llewellyn and Teddy Morgan whilst at the college are being emulated by the pre- sent players. The remarks relatisg to Brynmawr which appeared in this column last week were penned before the Hillmen lost their record. The prediction that unless they improved their forwards speedy defeat would follow were verified to the letter at Blaenavon. Brynmawr suffered their first defeat, and Blaenavon secured their first victory in the Monmouthshire League. The record was shattered by only a try, but it was enough. Blaenavon fully deserved their victory, and had they obtained a few more points the score would then have been a- reflex of the game. To be defeated by their nearest and kenest rivals, Blaenavon— the team at the bottom of the league-wa.s, t2 Brynmawr, the uakindest cut of all." Brynmawr, I am afraid, will not do too well in the remaining league matches unleae they strengthen their forward line. They should insist upon making their eight for- wards scrimmage. They have, to my know- ledge. at present two absolute passengers, who, useless in the tight, are of little value in the loose. It is a great pity to see clever backs like Brynma.wr at present possess, idle, because their forwards give the halves the ball only on very rare occasions. Several of the matches played under the am pi ess of the Monmouthshire League on Saturday ended in big surprises. Blaenavon's win over Brynmawr results in Pontypool being top sawyers of the league table. Even Pontypool lost a. point by drawing with Abertillery at the latter town. Abertillerv, just now, is going well, and if their form is maintained the present fifteen will gather in some more league scalps. Abercarn is weekly on the up-grade, and no one will grudge them their success. Cwm- bran, who did so well the previous week at Brynmawr, went down before them. The game was a forward Qne. and in this depart- ment Abercarn were better than Skipper Tamplin's men. Pontwewydd's win over Blaina was another mil(t surprise. Previously the only check the Blaina. men had received was at Pontypool. where they lost their record. Pontnewydd have lately been overhauling their team— strengthening it where required. This work has been done so well that 9D Saturday the re-modelled fifteen won by six points to three. Francis, the veteran half, induced to play at the earnest, request of the committee, covered himself with glory by scoring a clever try. "Warrior" play up to his reputt- t.ion, which is saying much. Jack Evans, who figures in the list of Possible forwards in the Welsh trial match, scored B.laina's try by speedily following up. Evans this season is an improved player. A strong wind smiled the match between Cardiff Romilly and Bridgead. Last season. when Mr. Schofield's men were in the dumps, the Roms. defeated them on the QuareUii Ground. Bridgend, therefore, had ?ometbini to clean off the elate. Considering their scoring abilities this season, however, their win by one goal one try to nil is not a great one Probably the wind hampered them. but it must have also affected the Romilly team. Nekrews* great speed resulted in one of the scores and smart fieldirsr by Will Hopkins in the other. Dtirwan converted one of the tries with a. magnificent kick from a yard or so out of touch. Merthvr suffered defeat in the "Glamorgan Times" League on Saturday. Their conquerors —Treherbert Stars—only had one real chance throughout the game." L. Jones took it, and scored a really brilliant try which spelt vic- tory to the Stars. Merthyr's attack was very faulty, or they would have won. Roath had another excursion out of town on Saturd-ay. when they went in the same direction as Mr. Ohamherlain. Pill Harriers entertained them. and dumped a, dropped goal and sir tries on Roath'e inglorious "away record." It was ohiefly a. forward game. Pill were not as accurate in passing as usual. or the score would have been larger. Both sides were -poorlyirepresented. Ta.vba-ch arrived late at Ogmore Vale, much to the annoyance of ,t large "gate." Only fifteen minutes each half was possible for play. The gale resulted in the game being almost devoid of incidents. Alcwyn Jones, who played for the Valians, was the finest back on the ground. Although Ogmore for- warclo did well, he had very few chances ot attack. In defence be repeatedly shone. The Brothers Chilcott. with Lloyd and Darby, were ever to the fore. Neither s'de succeeded in scoring in the unduly-shortened contest Dinas United fought a drawn battle with the smart Llwynypia Juniors at Llwynypia. The scores at "time" were one try eatih. Musselwaithe scored for the homesters from forward rMh, and Hemer for the Peny- graig lads Tredr. the Mene of the Welsh Union trial m?teh on 8)Mnrday uxt. hm a. rw.Uy excellent football field. It is one of the best in Wales. The club also has every accommo- dation in the shape of baths for the players. The dressing-rooms are quite close to the field. Pontywa-in is another good side. They visited and beat Pontypool Reserves on Saturday by eight points to 'nil. All the scoring was done in the first half. Cullis, Bacon, and Edmunds were very prominent for the winners. Cowbridge is in a happy mood this week. The team of the ancient borough on Satur- day succeeded in defeating Lla.n.twit Major by a try to nil. The match earlier in the season resulted in a draw. A Cowbridge man would sooner s-ee his team vanquish t.;¡.e Llantwit team than gain renown by beating a stronger organisation. A try brougnt ory to Cowbridge, and vows of revenge from the inhabitants of the rival "town." Some determined play is expected at the next meeting of the rivals. Cross Keys, last season's winners of the local league, were in a scoring mood when they met Pontymister, fudging by their ecore of eighteen points tcthree. The Cross Keys team is a soun-d oiie, and contains many players of promise. Un to date. Cross Kevs are undefeated. The team has scored 104 points against six. This is a very meritorious record. It was a great pity that the match between Cilfynydd and Pontypridd on Monday was robbed of much of it3 interest by reason of the number of absentees from each team. The Albion team have for a long time lwen anxious to measure their prowess against their nearest n-,i-ghboi-irs-Pontypri(ld. T iie score made bv Ponty was well earned, and decervcd by the run of the play. Bryncethin are pursuing the path of victory which they entered upon by obtaining a victory on the first Saturday in October. Their record up to this morning reads:- Eleven matches played, seven won, three lost, and one drawn. The fifteen have scored S3 points, against 46 by opponents. On Saturcfay. against Abergwynfi. the Bryn lads were in great form, and, althougn a fine defence shown by the losers, Bryn- cethia won by fourteen points to nil. Sam Ramsey has been resurrected," and has again f:-und favour with the Welsh Union Match Committee. The Treorky for- ward is this season playing better than ever. He obtained his international cap in 18%- seven years ago—against England. It would not be much of a surprire if gaiii runs close for national honours this season again. Penygraigitesi cannot understand the non- selection of SIlt/gar for the Welsh trial match. Lately he has been playing a great game. He scrimmages hard, and has plenty of dash and spaed, with undoubted football ability. Ebbw Vale West End Football Club is keep- ing the game alive in what was once a strong- hold of Hugger. The Weit Ender3 have a good- side, but lately have failed to ti-,rn (>ul in full strength. Tom Edwnrds, their, best forwq. is to seek retirement, but the club will hav none of it. Tom's services cannot be spare just now. His guidance is required to lie the raw material into shape. Edwards ana Irwin, the club'a halves, are now very nippy The Swansea District League are deter- mined to-put down "talk" during the pro grees of their matches. A month's rewt for tbe offence is certain to act as a warning to others. The committee deserve praise for the!r action in suspending offending playera. I am afraid the Cardiff Union will have to copy Swansea's example, from what I hear. Noyember 39! Monday next! Just a remin- der t'hat alf club subscriptions to the Car- diff Union mu?t be iMid by ?tat date. Ma,nv organisations have alreRdy't^lubbed" Many orgamea'.ioM have alre?dy?dubbed" uMp any

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t CARDIFF: "SAME OLD ENEMY, SAME KtbULi. I Cardiff team down the line have gone, On St, Helen's Ground you'll find taiem. They knuw they have no ''soft thing on," And theiir pluck they've left behind them? Swansea show a determined front- See our cartoonist's picter." How will Cardiff withstand the brunt? How can they prove the victor? Fate eo far has upon them sat- Dire are their rewlleetit)no. Swansea, Mt 'em, knocked 'em flat, And toe&ed 'em infill directions. So to-day, as it was before, HiBtory keeps repeating. Swansea, crowd raise a hearty roar At the vanquished foe retreating. lDRIS.

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ASSOCIATION CODE I One morning this week the following little communication cajae to hand, and apart. from the fact that the sender is an old friend of my own playing days, the contributiun itself is fully worthy of a place in this column. I will give his letter in full. It deserves it. It starts:—"I don't know whether you suffer from too much or too little stuff for the manufacture of you.r m tea. «, Whatever the position. I am sending aiong a little raw material (dumped; for your use. t abuse, or neither. I have refereed so far in five matches—second division league and cup. (1) Bail. In no less than three the playing ball was either (a) locfeo roan the girth oi-,b) in bad condition. Now. stepping on a flabby ball is apt to result in broken limbs. But what i.1 a referee to do if there is only one ball jirov ded. and the nearest pump and shop are mile away? (2) The throw-up. Sug.est-i-m for new law. No player to approach within f six yards of the ball when thrown up (the ball. not the player). Reasons obvious. (3) Redistribution of league. Tirae has come when the second division of the South Wales < Le-ague should be divided into at leaat two divisions. To fulfil a league match one team (Xantymoe) was compelled to arrive at Brid- gend on the return at ten p.m., with a ten mile valk in front of the players then. A sacticn of the league (at least ten teams) could be organised round Bridzend alone. (4) Benefit of the league funds. Why not a, nine-a-side tournament? Say at Porth. Money in the idea." I here thank my corres- pondent for his original letter, and hopo that I shall hear from him again shortly. I shall use his points as starting places for some paragraphs of my own one of these fine Saturdays. It is tho ability to adapt style of play to the varied conditions which obtain week by week through a season which brings out the superiority of this or that team. But last Saturday's conditions were i3(t,Lmewhct excep- tional. An ordinary breeze can be tolerated. but a gale, such as swept over South Waica last week. w" as no end of trouble to most players. The wind had the upper hand. There was no knowing what tjle ball was going to do. It. bothered both d^'enders and attackers. Matches were chiefty goal-kicking and coner. kicking practice. In spite ,of this drawback some good games were witnessed by the spec- tators. Young T. D. Jones was in good shooting form on Saturday, and of Aberdare's four goals three of them were scored by thiB young marksman. Simmond.s' made his first appear- ance for Aberaman. a-i^l will doubtless do well anc, lor Aber, iiian. Li, for his new club. As a goalkeeper, he ia one ] of the very best in South Wales, and although "marvellous" is a strong word, it is about the most suitable ona to use when talking about some of his displays in the past. The Mil- ford Haven men. after their experience last season in the nuat for the cup at Nelson against the Albion, will probably agree with me. Aberdare made better use of the wind than did Aberaman, and had the comfortable lead of four goals to one when the referee had to stop the game through failing light. Away from the success of D. Jones as a. goal-swrer-which, after all, is the great eseiitial—the strength of Aberdare lay in the half-backs, although at times they might have kept the ball a little nearer the ground. Aberaman require to play together a few more times, and then they will want some beating. Probably the Soccer followers in Aberdare are gratified at the success which is attend- iug Hughes, their ]nte half-back, in Liver- pool's league team. From all accounts Hughes ilil doing remarkably well, and had the honour in lrust Moil-day's of two specially big para-graphs on the first page, and of his picture" elsewhere in the issue. But his success is no more than good judges were expecting. Even last reason he was easily one of the finest Soccer half-backs in this district. He was not given to skying the ball as much as the majority of halves, and that in itseif was enough to mark him out. There are more unlikely things than Hughes being honoured by the international selection committee. The cup-tie between Pontlottyn and Rhymney was, on the whole, an excellent one, and full of exciting bits. and I am one, told by the referee that it was the mœt am pleasant match at which he had ever oSi- i ciated. Pontlottyn took advantage of the gale, and at half-time were in pretty g&.??d i humour. 'Cos why? Because Referee Evans had made three big marks with his blunt pencil in his official record book to represent. j goals scored. Aiter the change of ends Pont- .? lottyn, not to be outdone in generosity, allowed Rhymney to equalise matters. Referee Evans duly booked these, and then sharpened his pencil and cleaned out his whistle in anticipation that one or other of the teams would get four marks. That extra, mark would have meant promotion to the next class, but it could not be got. The nets hummed and whistled and throbbed and filld for the ball to come to their em- braces just once more, but the ball either had a fit of the sulks or it had lest its way. The old rivals finished up three all. I should like to point out to junior clubs that there is still an opportunity for them to enter for the junior medal competition of the South Wales Association. Any club desi- rous of learning more of the competition should drop a post-card to Mr. Axtell, Caer- leon. who will be pleased to send all neces- sary particulars. The competition is restricted to those teams whose players aro under seventeen years of age on September 1st, and is played OIl the cup-tie principle. i The winners receive a pretty medal as a, I memento of their venture. The entrance fes is the low figure of half-a-crown. Now, y^>a junior clubs, just consider the matter at your next meetings, and instruct your secretaries to write for particulars. The Bevan Shield competition—a handsome trophy, presented by Mr. Bevan, of Cardiff- is also open for entries, and the secretary of this is Mr. Tucker, 27. Court-road. Barry Dock. Entries are due at once, as the list of this is soon to-be closed. This competition is an annual one in connection with the Carditf District League, and is generally very popu- lar. Speaking of the District League reminds me tfliat this season there seems to be an increase in the grumblings and complaiats against refereee-one of the worst signs of poor sportsmanship. The poor referee may give the utmost satisfaction for 89J minutes cut of the 90, but, in the opinion of s;me par- B tisans, may make a s ip in the other half I minute. At once the 894 minutes' work is Jj forgotten and ignored, and the unsatisfactory J (to them) half minute's action becom s imme- diately supreme! A nrotest is lodged, and the committee's time l'i taken up with rrnch ridiculous items. A better spirit of fair play is required. When will it come? This little criticism is worth including, even if other matter has to stand over- Nelson v. Penarth Parish Church. But for the high wind a splendid open game. Th a game gave the lie to those who say cap-ties must necessarily result in rough play and bad temper. Every decision accepted cheer- fully. No shouting on the field of play, and no intentional kicking out, notwithstanding the windy temptation. Teams who play with the spirit of Penarth Parish Church do a grea.t deal towards establishing Soccer as a real sport. The aeaeiders lost by one goal to nothing. j Kernels. 1 Powell again in great form.- Had a part in the three goals. Huxtable must not be forgotten. Intending referees most hurry up. Another exam, in a, fortnight at Cardiff. This will be the final one of the season. Plenty of draws last wk in junior cup. Next ?turday senior cup second round. Ebbw Yale v. Rogerstone like old times. Aberdare v. Porth another. Oardiff Corinthians visit Treharris. } el Why oan't clubs see that players are eligible? a Such a simple matter. Should like to crack some more. But the printer is getting irritable. 1 I don't blame him. J

I Mr. Harry Bowen has gone to Scotland I with the Newport team, and in Monday's Express will discuss to-day's match at Edinburgh. -I

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case of protests, it is a moot point whether defaulting clubs can defend, as if the rule be strictly taken-incf it is likely to be by more than one organisation—the defaulters are no longer members of the Union. Who said that after that date an entrance fee would be required;, The moral Ú5. strictly obey the rule and Pa*. The Cardiff Union are in want of a 10 additional referees. Will old players williug to officiate in the lcjigue contests kindly communicate with the Union secretary. Mr. R. W. John. inrnediafEIY *I I I add that the Union referees simply obtain bare out-of-pocket expenses. The fin ances do not admit of more generous treatment. Fitzgerald, who learnt his football in the ranks of the Cardiff Mackintosh, is now one of the best full-baoKS in Wales. Treherbert appreciate his value, and think he should have been one of the reserves for the ?ouid trial match. Caerphilly is not doing as well as many of the club's friends desire. There is more tha.n a. suspicion that the forwards are not all workers. The halves are good, but do not hit it off together like the Nortons did. A little practice, however, will make Francis and Fv a useful p?ir. The quarto ar? al? &ood. but they have this season had few chances of showing their attacking powers. Stoyle. who plays for Cilfynydd at centre three-quarter, is an old Cardiff Romilly player. Size alone is against him, but even his laek of weight does not prevent him from being not only a fine aggressive player, but a resolute tackier. George Davies, the Swansea custodian, has represented Wales on six occasions as a three-quarter. He played in all the matches in the eeaeon 1899.1900. and 1900-1. The Davies family is a. famous one with West Wales Rugby cluba. The two brothers of George Da-vies. J. and L., play in the centre for Llanelly. Cwmbran lost a splendid half when Davies transferred to their nearest and keenest rivals, Pontnewydd. I Cardiff and District Union. In the whole history of the union indigna- tion has never before been expressed in such a unanimous and determined manner as it 1 was at Tuesday's meeting. The indignation waa against the com- mittee of the Cardiff Club, who. apparently have grievously offended certain of the local clubs. Their comrades from the other clubs naturally resented the alleged treatment meted out to the sufferers, and gave ve-nt to their opinions in no uncertain manner. The trouble has been brewing for some time, and signs of discontent have not been lacking. The officials of the Union, however, were not prepared for the discussion which took place on Tuesday. It originated with c'nbs which have always been most pronounced in their loyalty to the premier and second strings of the Cardiff Club. Mackintosh has ever been ready to render •my assistanc-s possible to the blae-an-u- b'.acks. This club has trained many a man who has shone-and some of them a.re shining now-in the ranlm of the two teams of the town club.. Mackintosh led the attack, and complained that. as last season's league winners they had played their game with the Cardiff Reserves on October 31. Naturally, they expected a cheqne from the Cardiff Club for a. couple of guineas for fulfilling the engagement. Instead of a cheque tJlley were informed that as noprofit was made no grant could be made to them for the matoh-takings or funds of the club. l Mackintosh maintain that the annual ?-t' -?. wae granted with a view of honouring the l-gue winners and also financially ai&ng the.. The financial aid panned ont thi-s time nil. Whether the match resulted in a. gain or loss to Cardiff is beside the mark. Mackintosh played it, and few can grumble at their expectation of a cheque. Had Cardiff Reserves played an outside club a guarantee would have been given or the expense of undertaking a return match met. Why should a club in the town, which loyally supports the Cardiff committee in every "wav possible, be treated worse than an outside club, which renders no help in train- ing players? La-st season the Macks were invited after the match to tea with the Reserves. This season the Macks were not. Grange Star also had a grievance. They, by virtue of winning the Mallett Cap laet •jeascn, played the Reserves in September. They got their two gnineaa. but no tea. Their complaint was on another score. When they arrived at the Grand Hotel (according to the club's representative) they were informed by an official that they must find another dressing-room. The hospitality of the Cardiff Club did not run to carrying out the usual custom of pro- viding a for the Grange team. At the last moment the players were left in Westgate-street, and had to run about to find a. room to change in; in fact, the players held a meeting in the street, and it was only decided by a. small majority to field, so acutely did they feel the treatment. An official informed us that the Cardiff Club only provided a free dressing-room for England certain other clubs. Thus stated the Grange secretary. The facto set forth are,not mine,, but those of the clubs, made deliberately, with a, view of publicity being given to them. rnereiore, I cannot, unfortunately, doubt them. Consistency is absent. Grange got two guineas but no dressing-room or tm Mack. intosh got no cheque or tea, but were allowed to change at the club's headquarters. Some of the loca.1 clubs, too, complain that, through forming their teams rather late, they have not received the uual donations from the Cardi<f mob. Victoria United and St, Patrick's are a couple. The usual donations to Canton Reserves, Penarth United. Penarth Thistles, Barry United, Caerphilly United. &c., have been refused, although they were granted la3t season. Some of these clubs, it is true, are not in the town, but they are members of the Union, and, therefore, are bound to obey Rule 4 in the Union handbook, which states:— The Ordiff F.n. shaH havo the right of asking any member of a. Union club play for them." I have endeavoured to fairly give the sub- stance of the complaints, leaving out the remarks madd in criticising the club com- mittee, and the strong views eo unanimously expressed. I can assure my readers that it took me some time. as chairman of the meeting, to cool the turbulent feeling, and- to get the clubs to agree to lay their complaints and grievances before the Cardiff committee. I had to preach peace and use every wile before I could end the orations of-denuncia- tion. Somethi"!r's wrong. I cannot believe that the Cardiff committee have intentionally committed all the sins laid to their charge. This I told the complainers, and, eventually, after a very strong appeal. I induced the clubs to apnoint Messrs. R. W. John, r. Wil- liams ("Macks"), J. H. Evans (Gr-jngs). and C. R. Stephens (Canton), a. deputation to lay the matter before the Cardiff committee. At the deeire of the Union committee, my name was also added. Let there be an end of th-e discontent. The I clubs of the town and district apd the Car- diff committee ought to work in perfect harmony. I trust that at the MM<ated con. ference all matters will be satisfactorily cleared up. and that the Union and club com- mittee will work in unity with the sole object of fostering the game locally and in still in. creasing the success of the Cardiff First and Second Fifteens. Other matters at the weekly meeting were overshadowed by the big discussion referred to above. Morgan, who last season donned St. David's war-naint, has been granted permission to assist St. Teilo's in case his services are not required by any senior club. Morgan is a three-quarter, and is ready to nlay in the senior league if either of the clubs require his aid. Jim Bat-stone's transfer from Roath to Grange Sta.rs occasioned general surprise a week or so ago. Batetone, sturdy and veteran scrimmager as he is. cannot be happy away from his old club, and is now being granted permission to return to Roath's fold. S. Williams was anxious to leave the Roms. for Canton. Providing tl,- latter club con- sents, the Union has decided to sanction the change. I Barry's first win in the league at the expense of St. Teilo's caused trouble, and Referee Tom Rich had to ta-ke the drastic step of ordering Hampton, of St. Teilo's, and Slater, of Barry. off the field for mieoondact. the first-named, in the estimation of the referee, was the aggressor, whilst htR-r defended iirmself. The players were each leniently treated by boins sentenced to a week's sus- pension. The proceedings after the match, however. were ha^dlv- creditable to thf Or.rd:ff t"am. With this I am surprised, for St. Teilo's have hitherto corne an excellent reputation. For the sake of the game I will not enter into details concerning the matter. St. Saviour's did not forward the age certi- ficate of their skipper, which the previous week was ordered to be produced on a pro- test lodged by St. Mftrv'e. The 8nlott team have been granted until next Tuesday to pro- duce Llte ofneial paper. If they do not come up to "scratch" then, Bt. Mary's will be a couple of league points richer. The Cardiff v. Newport match, probably. was responsible for the non-appearance of the Ba^».rians at Penarth to fulfil their I.e.qeu.e Twitch with Penarth Uni^d. The latter club, therefore, claimed the league points. Secretary O'Neil was absent, making orations to the Grange electors, and instruct- ing them in the way to Tote. it was whispered. Under these circumstances, the claim for the points was adjourned to give the Barbarrians an opportunity of giving an explanation. Joe Ward has suddenly leaped into football fame. Joe has this season been playing for St. Teilo's. He has had the very praiseworthy- ambition ito try his luck in senior football, "110 wliii-t earn in? wiorv for the Rain-ts has I been waiting longingly for a, place in the Mackintosh team. Joe's chance came last The M.,clq p^Ved hiTri, and on Satur- day he played for them. His old club, how- ever, complained that the Macks had played him without a transfer. The impeachment was not completely accepted by the Macks' representative. He that he had the prerious week informed St. Teilo's representative at the Union meeting that Ward's services had been accepted by his club. To make a. long story short the committee held that Ward ia eligible to play for Mackintosh. The appeal of the Etonin-as ixaingt Olive Thistles waa dismissed. The Thistles proved that the players alleged to. be over age were well within the age-limit. Local clubs are keenly interested in the movement to obtain a cyole track and athletic ground for Cardiff. Prior to the Union meeting on Tuesday the matter was discussed bv a number of club repres-snta- t'ves, nnd they were unanimously of opinion that the Tanyard-road site is by far the most suitable and that district the most get-at-able from all parts of the town. From St. Mary-street there are two services of trams which run near the ground. The Grangetown Station affords an easy way for Bunrorters of athletics from Barry and Penarth. in addition to those who journey down from the Rhonrtda Valley by Taff trains, to reach the Tanyard-road. Through the, electric tram service every part of Cardiff is in connection with the dis- trict. It is central for Canton, Grange, Riverside, &c. The opponents of the site state thai the land would require considerable draining, and that the Cardiff Corporation would Those who know the site argue, very correctlv. that the land simply needs raising, and that the Oaardiff Corpora ton would readily tip enough ashes to do this work free of cost. Referees are only mortal, and it Ae. there- fore, not srtmrising that a few of them last Saturday could not withstand the attractions of a Cardiff v. Newport match, and were, therefore, absent from the matches they were appointed to whistle in. Canton v. Grange Stars, for this reason, wae only a friendly." Canton won the game by couple of tries. Similarly, Roath Hornets v. Canton Reserves does not rank as a point-hunting contest. The game was not a great one. The Hornets won by a dropped goal and two tries to one try. Barry United netted their first League points by defeating St. Teilo's by a point. The Barbarians did not materialise against Penarth United, and the Seasiders are claim- ing the League points. The Whitchurch Nomads journeyed to Roath Park on the look out for league notches. St. Peter's were ready for a similar errand, but Mr. Referee was a.way. The clubs played a friendly, and at the call of time each had scored a try. St. James defeated the Etonians by four tries to two. This was also a fnendiy. Penarth. Thistle Reserves v. Clive Thistles was exceedingly even.-and as there was no Bcore. the clubs take one league point each. The Hiberians obtained a notable victory over Splott Crusaders by a try. The Crusa- ders are at the top of the league. The Sons of Erin are evidently determined to make their rivals go all the way in the remaining matches. The Splott men were surprised. Canton Rovers defeated St. Barnabas by the large score of two goals two tries to nit. The Saints held a social tea after the match. and probably their thoughts were more with the after-proceedings than with the league contest. The meeting of St. Mary's and Wells Unit ed a.t the Sophia. Gardens was spoilt by the boisterous wind which prevailed. The nia,tch was in connection wit t  evaile?siip. oilt by match was in connection with the third divi- sion of the league. The game was fought out in the very best of spirit, and it was a pit £ that the weather was not of the beet. Several fine bits of oaswng were brought off now and again, but the ground was usually lost owing to the strong wind. Williams and Collins scored two well-earned tries for the Saints, the former's being con. verted with a gpod kick. Wells United tried hard to score, and they were eventually awarded a dropped goal, Cpombe getting the tajl. aud doing the trick in fine fashion. St. Mary's, on the day's -play. deserved their four points' victory, thanks to tm plendid play of their forwards, who rushed in nne style. Cardiff League Table. j DIVISION I. Points L'ge P. W. D. L. For Ag. Pts. Ko&th 3 1 2 0 5 0 4 Mvxkintosh 4 1 2 1 6 18 4 Canton 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 Grange Stars 4 2 0 2 21 16 4 St. Agrees 3 1 1 1 10 14 3 Romilly 2 1 1 0 5 0 3 i,landaff Yard 3 0 0 5 6 10 0 Old Monktostans and Dinas Powis exempt. DIVISION II. Points L'ge P. >f. D. L. For Air. 1", a. RAatb Hornets 4 3 1 0 21 3 7 fit. Teilo's 5 3 1 1 20 9 7 Penarth United 3 3 0 0 i3 0 6 Barbarians 3 1 0 2 3 14 2 Canton Reserves 5 1 0 4 li 26 2 Barry United 4 1 0 3 7 20 2 Victoria United 2 0 0 2 3 16 0 DIVISION Ill. Points L'ge P. ?. n. I.. F(?r A?. Pis. Penarth Thistles 4 3 0 1 32 10 6 St. Mary's. 4 2 0 2 27 13 4 Whitchurch Crescents.. 3 111 6 6 3 Wells United 5 1 1 3 4 57 3 St. Scour's 2 1 0 1 11 14 2 DIVISION IV. Points 1.'1\'1'1 Points L'ge P. D. L. For Atr. Pi". Splott Crusaders 7 5 0 2 54 17 19 Canton Rovers 6 4 1 1 46 8 9 Whitchurch Nomads.. 5 4 0 1 19 16 8 Hibernians 5 3 ?. 1 23 10 8 Penarth Thtotles A. 7 2 3 2 IS 20 7 St. Peter's. 5 3 0 2 17 16 6 ht. James's 7 2 2 3 12 33 K EtonIaas T l 2 4 11 3S 4 Cltva Thietles 5 1 2 2 6 14 4 8t. Barubat 5 1 0 4 tr f2 2 ft. Patrick's 0 A 4 » M • J Spokeless. Brynmawr's unbeaten record is gone. Blaenavon did the trick. Pontypool still unbeaten. They had a narraw speak at Abertillery. Saved the game in the last minute! Ba-rryq United at last has started collecting league points. Too much talk in the match between Romilly and Bridgend. Is Swansea Reserves record gone? Cross Keys score heavily. Cowbridge defeated their old foemen Llantwit Major. Cardiff v. Newport a big attraction for referees. Couple, as usual, failed to turn out in the Cardiff League games. Canton has a Christmas tour in Devon. Romilly tour in Somersetshire at Yule- tdde. Llandaff Yard meet their keenest rivals, Whitchurch, to-day. Whitchurch won the previous struggle. Only one prophecy from "Young Judge" this season. Cardiff Union "subs" now due. Hope there will be no defaulters. Martell, the Usk "find," is barely eighteen years of age. He has the makings of a class forward. Abertillery has been unlucky this season. Mr. T. D. Schofield's smile has returned. He has forgotten Maes teg's goal. Bridgend play a charity match to-day. I P'av Macsteg next Saturday. Will Hopkin will be away; he is first reserve in the trial match. Will the smile continae? Secretary Deane opines "not." Llewellyn, the ex-captain of Bargoed Lilies, has returned to the fold. There is joy in the camp. Rowlands, the Monmouth centre, is the main-stay of the third line. When will George Evans, of Abcrtillery, retire ? His slervices at half cannot be spared just yet. Brynmawr want3 a few forwards of the statnp of Alf. Rodway. Tinims is certainly not a wing. Cardiff does not seem like solving the half- back troubi-s. Bargoed Stars halves are rather slow. Roberts is the choice of the Usk quartette. He tackles safely and attacks pluckily. Freddy Lewis, of Pontypridd, appears to be one of the speediest three-quarters playing. Blaenavon players don't take kindly to training. W. J. Jenkins, tho Merthyr half, is playing at the top of bis form. J. Cooper, of the Aberbargoed Rovers, is a promising three-quarter. Ilolman, who played for Roath and Grange Star, is said to be assisting the Aberbargoed Rovers. Aberavon's gates" are not so good this season as in previous ones. Football supporters liko to see their clubs successful. Cilfynydd received their weekly defeat on Saturday, and an extra one on Monday. Pluck is not absent from the Albion lads. They play up until the last minute. Everyone would gladly see them successful. Rumour? of a split in the camp not correct. Players, committee, and supporters mean to prove their mettle by unity. Llwynypia has a good reserve full-baek in Griffiths. Ted Lewis has made a welcome re-appear- ance for Llwynypia Juniors. Plenty of forward talefct available for Wales this season. Barry, of Merthyr, is one of the cleverest full-backs I have seen. Bert, la-ylor. the old Cardiff forward, is whistling again. So is Ben Tiiey, of Mountain Ash. Trehame is a. big lcxfss to Mertayr and a great gain to Penygraig. Tirpbil Star have a rattling pair of halves. Williams and Jones are the brace. J. Morris, of Troedyrhiw, invariably finds touch.. ilughes and Geen are clever wings who rarely fail to utilise the least chance. Swansea Excelsiors disappointed on Satur- day. Neath Excelsiors disappointed them at last moment. Ammanford and Brynaman resulted in a draw. Each side scored three tries. Excitement waa great. Tenby defeated. Their record is gone. Llangcnnech the conquerors by fourteen points. Seven Swansea men in the trial match. Llangemnech's record still exists. Aboravon folk don't like that Bridgend defeat." 'Bravon had hard lines, but they do not count. í The winning try was,obtained by Edwards. Ward Hopkin? made the opening. Both are old Abp-ravon players. Bynea. defeated Burry Port by a goal to a try. The triumnli of Mr. Harry Bowen's town team was deserved. Pontypool and Swansea are undefeated. Pontypool's line has been crossed five times, Swansea's only once. fllnv+ynn of Pedwas, is a convert from the Association code. Rooney, of Dinas Powis. intends playing for Penarth. Maesycymmer's pack is a lieht one. Yet tlie eight are ravely beaten. Dai Jones is hot likely to play agftin this season. Wales win miss him. School Unions. I The inter-town matches are at hand. and the lada in the various towns are striving their utmost to "catch the eyes" of the selectors Newport and pontrypridd foave already played their first town, match, and are now preparing for next Saturday's second meet- ing at Pontypridd. In some omrt^rs it was thouzht +,hat New- port, in thedr first season, would not be no )9,-Id P ve'rv for'-id-sVe tift!}. },nt their match with "Ponty" proved that they have as smart a fifteen lads -as have ever | rrlayed. Cardiff and the other towns will have to look to their laurels. Mr. Arthur Gould on1 v n few dovrj niro, epeaking of the game referred to, said, "The plav of the lads, t'beir smartnees, and clever paing would put to shame many a leading club." Recently chatting to Mr. W. E. Summers on football matters ^ensrally. I congratulated the chairman of the Pontypridd Schoo] Lea-sue on. the improvement 'iu ,.3 doings of the Pontypridd senior club tiiit3 season. "Ah!" isa-id friend Summers, with a twinkle in his eye. "the adults are a good team this season. The improvement in their nlay has been brought, about through several of the players turning up at the ecbool games to roiok un hints from the boys." But there. Mr. Summers was a, humorist ever, and dearly loves a, joke. The honour of originating lectures by prominent past and present players for the benefit of the lads in tlie school unions who are just entering upon their football educa- tion rests with Mr. A. Fred S. Griffiths, the bon. secretary of the N^owport Schools League. The thing is excellently carried out at New- port. and should be copied by the other leagues. I am sure Mr. Griffiths, who han thoroughly norked out the scheme, would be only too hfmpy to eive details to the officials of other school unions. Much of the success of the game among the lads at Newport is. undoubtedly, due to the lectures inaugurated by Mr. Griffiths. English critics are paying wonderful atten- tion to the school-boy movement in Wales. Line-out," in the London Evening News," sa,vs: Down in Wales they are doing wonders—aided by the prospecting and almost nrodieal Welsh Union—with school football. The Welsh governing body does nothing that is not done well. Their's are no firinicking methods. Spades are called spades, but pro- gress is a watchword, and a grant here, and a grant there, wise discretion ever at work have helped on the good cause till Welsh football is the envy of the sister kingdoms, and, likewise, her mistress." "I hear of the splendid idea. of lectures they have so commend-ably established at Newport. Nothing is done by halves* in the great Welsh centre, and they have illustrated lectures for school boys on the points of Rufrbv Arthur fiouH one of the lecturers, and his subject is 'Three-quarter Play.' He also is equipped to instruct-no living man more so—and enterprise was never rewarded if this move is not. productive of superb rising results." It is a. very good thing that our old friend, the Newport Schools Rugby Union hon. aecre- ta,ry. Mr. A. F. S. Griffiths, is incapable of having the disease more or less known among the learned as expanded head." SWANSEA AND MORRISTON. Soccer held the field in the Swansea district on Saturday. The old Morriston football field is now in possession of Alderman David Jenkins. This gentleman has announced his intention of prosecuting .all trespassing on the field with- out permission. There is, however, every prospect that the genial alderman will readily grant the use of the ground for the school games. Unfortunately, a hitch occurred last Satur- day. Two games were down to be decided on the crround in connection with the league. The first contest was between the Plasmarl and pc.)trepo-eth schools. Mr. T. R. Williams held the whistle. Just after the kick off Holloway scored an unconverted try for Plas- marl. Before half-time the game was stopped, owinar to the fact that the Bath Execlsiora had been granted the custody of the ground for the day, and had not been authorised to allow the school games to take place. The second match, between Tirdenaw and Morriston, was abandoned for the same reason. Arrangements have been made to prevent a recurrence of the trouble in future. The lads are eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming inter-town matches, and compe- tition for places in the town team against Llanelly will be unusually keen. I NEWPORT. League matches were again in full swing on Saturday last (writes my excellent New- port correspondent). All were quite satisfied with the result of the interjtown match. Lad« and supporters are lookiiig forward to December 5. when the return is played, when they hope to put paid" again to the Pontypridd aocount. ) A trial match again before the selection cf th-c team on December 1. Our boys had a hearty laugh when tbev read in the "Evening Express," "Cardiff expects to have an il-asy victcory over New- port and Pontypridd." Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. il:.y they. The statement did not appear in this column, as '"Spokes" knows a bit about Newport's strength. Boys and officials of both teams were highly delighted with the refereeing of Spokes" in the match. Sorry he could not attend the luncheon and tea. It was a sight to ploase the gods to watch those lads "tucking it under" at the luncheon and tea. It was really a case of planting it dtep." Spring Gardens had an off day lat Satur- day. Two of the Saints in the League have at last lost their cyphers. It only remains for St. Michael's to lose thoirs, and then Cor- poration-road will have the unenviable posi- tion of being at the bottom of the list. Alexandra, put paid to the account of Durham-road, nine pointa to three being the final. It was a hotly contested game Although Alexand.ra. were much smaller in statute, they made rings around their bigger opponents. It was a meritorious vic- tory. R( ferep Pollock. W.F.U., splendid official in the above match. Kept the boys tfudtr splendid command. Crindau could not do better than draw with St. Mary's. This is Crindau's second draw. By the way, Crindau have not yet 10.4 a match. Maindei scored rather heavily against Bar- nard Town. Three goals (one dropped) to nil n?«ds some explaining, considering that the. latter have one of the town halves play- ing behind the pack, and also being a good all round team. Eveswell scored two dropped goals one try to one try against St. Michael's. Rather an unusual number of dropped ones for a boys match, and -particularly so as the same boy dropped both. St. Michael's is a much im- proved team, and I hope that they will con- tinue. Corporation-road and St. Woolos was rather a scrappy game. A great deal too much talking 0 n indulged iii. The teams ought to have hau in mind what Mr. Gould told them on the previous Tuesday. None but the cap- tain's voice should be heard, and that at ritre intervals. Xo doubt St. Woolcs were the better team, and won by a try, Ball scoring. For Corporation-road' Mock played well. Stow Hill, two tries; Bolt-street, one goal, was th.r final. Splendid game, and quite up to their usual high standard of excellence Bolt-street Was the better team, and were Cleverer in all departments of the game than the winners, except at full-bacn. He was a novice; took a. flying kick, high wind. btow Hill over-this explains all. Phe Bo.u-ctreat lads were excc-ecfingly clever, their backs being especially noticeable for strong runs and dodging." They were extremely un- lucky in iosiijg. baMckr" Percy ]?n,illips disrour,-ed on "Half- bac?" p!av on TI1dav evening to a crowd of boys numbering over 200. A really fine lecture, fine tips given, and much appreciated by boys. PONTYPRIDD. Mill-street v. County School. Referee, Mr. A. Arnott. The above match proved one oi the keenest and mOQt interesting T ot played! at Ynysyngharad. The County boys were heavier and bigger than their opponents, but vor* not of the same skill and cleverness. Mill-street, by smart forward niav on tr,e part "f Bolton, scored one try in the first half. PAying against the wind in the tfc-corid half. Mill-street atUi proved Snpcrior, and Traatt scored a smart try, which was converted by Lovering. The Coun. boys were dangerous on many occa- sions, dnd only the determined tackling of Noah Lewis, the full-back, prevented them from scoring. Res-ult: Mill-street, one goal, on.e try; County School, nil. Graig v. Cocidpeiim-.ion.-These teams were very evenly matched, and, after a. good forward game, resulted in a. win for Coed- T'?nma'en by two tries to nno. Th)? is th? r.tii-naen by for Coedreumaen, who are undoubtedly improving every week. Mr. C. Whiles, the Pontypridd forward, kindly referred in this match. Cilfynydd v. Lan Wood.—The Cilfynydd boys proved too smart for their smaller opponents, and won easily by one goal five tries to one goal. Emrys Davies and Fred. Thomas were the chief scorers. Lan Woed are to be commended fo rtheir plucky d's- piay. Hawthorn v. Treforest.—Theae rivals met at Hawthorn, and a most exciting game resulted in a draw of one try each. Both teams played 2,. hard game, the tackling of both sides being good. Owen, of Treforest, scored a very smart try. The teachers take great interest in the league, and many, with a little more practice, will becf.ce excellent knights of the whistle. PONTYPRIDD SCHOOLS LEAGUE TABLE. Points L'ge P. W. D. L. For Ag. Pts. Mill-street 4 4 0 0 70 0 8 C'tfvnyM 3 3 0 0 62 5 6 Hawthorn 4 2 1 1 33 6 5 Hopkinstov.-n 4 2 1 1 9 21 5 Treforest. 4 2 1 1. 9 25 5 Coedpenmaen 3 1 1 1 6 12 3 1 nr. 4 1 'I ] 8 44 3 Pontrhonorton 4 0 3 1 0 15 1 "County School. ? 0 2 0 14 11 0 Gra.Ig 4 0 4 0 3 82 0 *Two points deducted. CARDIFF. A splendidly contested same was witnessed at t:) Jubiiee l"trk betwen Matzl-street. and Wood-street. The Metals have evidently returned to their old form, and their win by two points should Inspirit, their and their win by t,,3 pto?"r- -ts winning tr?,, and Cl??e players. Roberts notchNi the winnIng try, and Clode won the game by kicking a really fine goal. AVood- str,et did not plav up to their umr1 standard, Llewellyn, for th Metals, gave a '.nd,rfut display at fun back. Utneh,t ws the best of the forwards, with Clod* a. Sk'OH,' c St. David's, who ars top sawyers in th? league tab'p with the Coi-rts, had to go all the way to beat Kcath Park. Ceughlin's try- for the Saints was the total scoring done. It sufficed to give the victory and league points. Crwys-road apparently arc not so strong as they were a few weeks ago. Grangetown rubbed it in to the tune of fourteen points to nil. Referee Mallett was an ideal whistler. St. Peter's, by their defeat of St. Mary's National at Roath Park, are installed well ahead of any other school in the second divlskm. The game was a finely conte?ted one, hoing very even throughout. A po;'iTii- lees draw would have been a better ending to the morning's play, instead of a try win for St. Peter's. Several fine bouts of passing were brought off by both sides. From cue of the Murphy was the last to receive, and, after a fine burst, he scored the winning three points for the Catholic school in the first half. The defence of both sides in the sacond raoicty was unbeatable. Eleanor-street Board kept up their unbeaten record in splendid style by defeating their near neighbours. South Church-street Board. at tho Sophia Gardens. The call of time found the Eleanors leading by enghteen points The latter held the upper hand throughout, and the score would have been much larger if they had kept up their exertions. Three tries were scored in each half, Fish, Halel, and Smith crossing in the first half, and Fish, George, and Churchill, in the second portion of the game. Plucky little Collis was again the mainstay of the South Church-street lads, whilst Kimher was the pick of their forwards. Each man oa the Eleanor-street side had a hand in the victory. Tredegarville National secured their Crst victory by defeating their new rivals, Adamsdown, at Roath Park. A try divided the teams when the final whistle went. The National fads played a good deal above their usual form, whilst thp Board players did not keep up their previous good form. Jones securing the ball managed to cross the Adamsdown line, and so secured the victory for Tredegarville, which was very enthusiastically received. St. John's National, the remaining school in the second division, had a bye, whilst Court-road had the same privilege in the first division. It was decided not to keep the lads idle, and so a frame was arranged between the two schools. The Courts proved that they have a very smart team, and won by seven tries to nil. Chapman, tiie Court full back, again brought off a "Stnnd Jones rin. and scored. Mount Stuart-square National made no mistake about maintaining their unbeaten record. At Sophia Gardens St. Mary's Roman Catholic went down beforo them to the tune of ten points to nil. St. Maiy's had a strong wind in their favour in the first half. Wet, notwithstand- ing thii, the Stuart, lads had the best of the game. The play of Cleverley at forward was the feature of the game all the scoring being done by that player. He gave Mount Stewart-square the lead in the Brst half by scoring a grand try, after a fine run; whilst ill the second portion he added two goals, one from a mark, and the other a penalty. Driscoll was the shining light on the Saint's side, and his defence at full back stopped many a core. At. the Barracks Field. St. Monica's National went down before St. Alban's by a try to nil. Mr. Swash's lads, thanks to the strong wind, had the best of the first half. They never managed to score, however. I althongh they had very hard lines on several occasions. St. Monica's showed a very sturdy defence, and a draw would have been a better result. As 1. was, the winning point was scored in the last few minutes of the game. Shee receiving a pass got over underneath the postp. The easy place kick failed. Ely added two more league points. This time at tho erpense of St. Cuthbert's. which school they defeated by five tries to nil at Ely. The homesters have shown greatly improved form from that shown in their awav matches. The victory was expected, es the Saints are hard hit owing to the paucity of numbers to select from, and, as a result, they have failed to win a match yet. St. Paul's National obtained two points in the league bv a victory over St. Patrick's Roman Catholic at Grange Fields. The final tootle found the English lads leading by a try to nil. St. Patrick's were not over-strongly represented. St. Paul's had to play against the wind in the first half. which was very evenly contested, no points being scored. St. Paul's had the best of the second portion of the game but they could only croes once, Caveil) getting over for them after some good passing. Taylor failed to convert. Although defeated by the small score of a try, the Irish boys were not disgraced, and they played a well- spirited game throughout. Taylor. Caveill, Phillips, and Jones played well for the winners. The second teams of Wood-street and Grangetown schools met arfter the Metal-street v. Wood-street match on the Jubilee Park. After an interesting game, which proved that toth s'des have good wrve material to draw from. Wood-street proved victorious by two tried to one try. Cardiff Schools League. DIVISION I. Pyd. Won. Drn. Lost. Pts. Court-road 5 3 2 0 9 St. David's .?. 5 4 0 1 Grange 5 2 2 1 6 Metal-street. 5 2 1 2 5 Wood-street. 6 1 3 2 5 Roath Park, 5 0 3 2 3 Crwys-road 5 0 1 4 1 DIVISION II. Pyd. Won. Drn. Lost. Pts. St. Peter's 6 5 1 0 11 Elennor-street 5 3 2 0 8 St. Mary's National 5 3 1 1 7 Adamsdown. 5 1 1 3 3 Tredegarví\1e 5 1 1 3 3 St. John's 5 0 2 3 2 South Church-stmat 5 0 2 3 2 DIVISION III. Pyd. Won. Drn. Lost. Pts. Mount Stuart. 6 5 1 0 11 St. Alban's. 6 4 1 1 9 E)y.? 6 3 2 1 8 E. Paul's 5 K ] 6 St. Pa.thck'a. 6 12 3 4 St. Monica's 6 2 0 4 4 St. Mary's R.C. 6 1 2 3 4 St. Cuthbert's 5 0 0 S 0 I LLANELLY. Schoolboy Ruggcr is tiourishing in the tin-plate town. The financial assistance given through the Welsh School Union has had a wonderful effect in strengthen- ing the popularity of the game among the schools. Eleven schools are now affiliated to the town league. The contests under the auspices of that body startod on Saturday last. Some fine play was witnessed, and >wport, Swansea, and Cardiff can make up their minds that Llanelly will not be far behind in the inter-town contests. Llanelly meet Swansea on New Year's Day, at Swansea. -LCA'" The winners of the league are to be presented with me4ole. After the league ma,cbee are over a school- boy cup competition wUl be hdhfura, OB< h:ll r- k f School Itpms. I Cardiff v. Pontypridd boys on Boxing Day. .Swansea v. Llanelly at Swansea on New Year's DW. January 30th, return match between Cardiff aIId Pontypridd. Next Saturday Pontypridd entertain the NewpgR boys. Llewellyn, of Metal-street, Cardiff, played a ZselUes* game against Wood-street. Found touch on occasion. Known as the junior H. B. Winfield. Hus Lis style exactly. Always cool, gets out of tight comers in unaztBff style. The first half of the Cardiff leagne games is conclude to-day. League warfare will be suspended until January 1ML St. David's and Court-road are running strongly tar j the championship. jj Answers to Correspondents. f D. J. Evans (Troedyrhiw).—Will do so. Send ihof f.| pars. If L. C. Rooney (Dlnns Powis).—Apply to your otab for 8t transfer if you intend playiag for Penarth. Mj* union can only sanction transfers after the cMfe-' has granted thorn-not before. Third (On-rd:fr) -Tne rule is emphatic, and the oemmittee eanuol grant permission to the player to assist you without breaking it. H. Edwards ICardIID.-The league table ?ppe?rs tMt w,?ei?. It. was not given ]st week, as no ??dditio" matches from the pr,ious week bad bsen played. Poltlons of the We!sh clubs al?° apppM above. Am delighted to receive" gromble3" about omissioL It shows that the feturea are of interest. Ferplexed (C,.rdff)-Yoi refer to the matCB between Wales zjid Irelwid which took place at Liver- pool in 1587. Wales won bv one goal to three tries. Tn those days scoring by points was not in vogue, tH a goal beat anr number of tries. A. F. S. Griffiths (?ec. Newport Leaguc-).-Thanks tar' suggestion. Am referring it to the Editor.