Evening Express

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS WRENTMORE, Aberaman's custodian, is a player with a future. T. LLOYD, Troedyrh.iw a outside right, was in great form against Dowlais. BRADY (Abertysswg) tried hard ag-ainst Brithdiir, but received very little support. SURRIDGE and SIMONS, Dowlais, offered a stubborn defence at back against Troedy- rhiw. WOOTON, for Merthyr, scored a lovely goal last Saturday tat Cwmparc. He is a refined, player. W. KEEFE. the Blaenavon inside half, is quite a box of tricks at the base of the BCrum. COLE. the Namitymoel wing, is now in grand form, hie four tries against Bridgend being- bea.uties. PARRY, M-Ymney Seconds, was the etfaal cf any of his first team confreres at =171- bargoed. FRED JOHNSON played a splendid game for Blaenavon at Tredegar, and Charlie Bmom is a fine hooker. OSOM WILLIAMS, Brithdir, scored a magnifi- cent goal against Abertysswg after a dribble of 50 yards. AUSTIN, Ebbw Vale, is improving in every match, and a great future is predicted for him by his admirers. MAYNARD EVANS, Dowlais, although only a midget, plays a plucky and resourceful game at half for Xronopolis. IT IS UNFORTUNATE for the Blaemavo-n Club that their fleet wing Mynham had broken a small bone in his leg. ALF. CROSS, Rhynxney, played a. sterling forward game at Aberbargoed, and fully merits his mter-leagae selection. HARRISON and HOOK were Troedrhiw- fuweh's shining lights in the match aga.iiiet Seng-henydd last Saturday. TEDDIE GRIFFITH, the Cynon. Old Bo^ full-back, did not play up to the com- mittee's expectations last Saturday. PARKER, the Penyian skipper, played a magnificent game against Pontlottyn last Saturday. He scored two clever tries. JIM SHIELDS, late of Treharris and Mer- thyr, made his detouit for New Tredegar against Owm, and played a gx>od game. PQNTING, Senghen-.yWs left back, played a clinking game laist Saturday. He is a strong candidate for inter-league honours. IVOR DAV"XES> (Blaina) is a splendid for- ward. He plays a remarkably good game in the open, and does Jus "whack" in the scrum. PtirnCAN. the old Sweet Uardar forward, and later of Caerieon, now figures in the Ebbw Vale rante, and scored against Aber- tiUery. GARN ON was very weak In defence on the Bryn left wing against Pontypool. but in attack he was good. He geem-i to be a. bit anxious to avoid heavy work- fll'VICAR amd HARRY BENJAMIN are un- ? Jo-uhtedly the best centres in the league. Yet the committee ignore tbei-r ckximas to a place ion the iotetr-Ieague team. psmr EVANS. Brymnawr, played a good game < against Ids old otab, Pontypool. Ben uses tee judgment, but be aeeuM to stumble SBDWAKDS, BteSsnnE^Antnffle right, was one of i the kxral players who went to Ynysddu. t Ttoder ttae adverse eircummstanoes, he did tctendMaar. ■SIXaT^BSS, Abertymwg'e foil back, played a I mumt tgBane acdart Brithdir last Saturday. Be vw, undoubtedly, the means-of keeping fjtbm moanj dowm. a ¡;;so: H. r^Aq'H.AfW, of Treharris, excels gsl-u, L penelty tocokex. Be made no mistake in í pootm-g botai to good account aguinst abecdale teat S-atrfurday-. RICGC CMMJOCITT, c?ptajn of the ?a-ntynM?I f ?.o<ty F?-th" CtMt? turned out in a new !To:l:e MaSaUnfty. ]U-e played centze to | } Cbhm He Proved hM woi? tlx by dropping two goate and aconBc a try. (DAI DA VIMS (Coedwr), the rigltt win-g cf the i Fennriale SoveffB, was in fine form against A^bercynon last Saturday. His try was th& most notable event in the game. ROVERS have now found atr ex- cellent inside half in Dai Williams, one of their forwards, who proved, himself a. thorn in the aide of Abgrcyomom last Saturday. GW.LAM. CJCKBIE, the Cynon left wing three-quarter, was in ftne form last Satux- day, and made several brilliant aittempts to orose the line. lie has a. fine turn of speed. LATHAM, the new TreJiajris centre forward (formerly of Bristol), played his first home match last Saturday. He gave a very fine display, and is undoubtedly an acquisition, to the team. TV ILL HODGES, the Abertiltery inside half, is of the dogged, hard-working stamp. He can stand a great deal of knocking about, and generally up smiling- after very hard buimps. P.O. WOOD, who has played for Tyforstown and Llwynypia. is now stationed at Port Talbot, and will probably be given a trial I "before the season is overfor Abemvon. He scales 14st. 21b. EDGAR EDMUNDS, the Cynon ineide half, was in tip-top form last Saturday. He fairly nbii-pl-umed the oppoexng hialf-baok by his quick and timely passes. His nippy bursts were also a treat. ENOCH DAVIES is Trndbaifttedly one of the fastest forwards playing in the Monmouth- shire League to-day. The Blaenayon sup- porters would like to see Ehooh given a trial in a county match. CONGRATULATIONS to D. TL Edwards amd D. Ga:lloway, of Treherbert, upon gaining ■positiona in the Welsh team to oppoee the Kangaroos. Both can be trusted to give a good account of themselves. JF. BLACKWELL (Blaioa) milade bi-, debut in the scrimmage for the first fifteen last Saturday. Previous to that he played for the seconds. BlackweU is a raire forward, aad shoudd db well for the firsts. OtHBNMLL by his speed saved a. certain try for Biryam wr on Monday ag-sinst Ponty- pool A try saved is as good as a try igaaned, but the Brynmaw r speotatora would bts to see Oomlxill on the atttack. Moaescr MORGAN, the landiordi of the Imtei irhero PonttMtiyn Bagbr team meet. looted tbe part oi a gwd a*MMtnt?n in Steodtn? pan^ to «m«r an..injured. ??t?StJM?a ?BoSm?r ?to eot?By a?.?ia j aa'?d-? V WILL LEWIS ;s a promising forward in the 'Tillery ranks. He ha. a great liking for the gime, is yc-ung, well built, and full of dash, wliile re r"»sse £ ?es a. good football head. iiore si.d be heard of him in the future. GEORGE SUTHERLAND, wbo plays at left centra for the Abercynon Old Boys. is without a doubt. the best centre in the Old Boys' League. His play last Saturday was an eye-openes.' to the spectators. ABE EVANS figured with Treherbert last Saturday as a transferred player from Dewsbury for the first time this season. Evans failed to show his old form, but no doubt further association, with the Tre- herbert team will improve his play. TREDFiEA is proving a most useful wing for Blaina. He is a young recruit from the Seconds, a;nd since gaining his place in the firsts he has not played a bad game. He has plenty cf speed and a great amount of dash. I JACK CHILCOTT, captain of the Nantymoel Rugoy Football Club, is regarded by mamy as being one of the finest, forwards in I JACK CHULCOTT. < Wales. He is 6ft. in height. and weighs 14st. He is very speedy, and uses his weight to advantage in the scrums. ALP EVANS, the Blaina captain, turned out against Cross Keys, after a long rest. He played as custodian, and did moderately. It is suggested that he will henceforth play wing, in which, position he should be quite a suooese. NfiD BEARD, who deputised Fitzgerald against Barry, played a daring game for Treherbert, and covered large slices of ground before kicking. His one fault, how- ever, was allowing the bail to dap before g-oinsr for it. JOHNNY WTLLTAMS. who has again gained a permr-nent position as inside half for Treherbert, has vastly improved .n his play. He now whips the ball out quickly, and with the return of Francis this posi- tion should be &trong. ftH.I L DAVXES Ss at present playing in fipe form for Deri Juniors, and is a front- ranker of the right stamp. He has plenty of speed and dash, and works like a. Trojan in the scram. He aliso has a keen, concep- tion of the loose-head game. Though never having come very prominently before the public on the field of play, there are few who have worked more strenuously in and out of season in the committee-room than. Steve. A native of Rhymney, lie has always devoted a considerable portion, of his leisure hOfUrs iu endeavouring to STEVE MORGAN, Rhymney Fa-rmer Lilies. J advance the Rugby gume in the towil, and the chi-b have shown their appreciation, of hisefforts in electing Mm to represent them on the Rhynmey Valley League Committee, he does net fail to make himself heurd. His dearest ambition this seaton is to see his olnb win the leagne championship, anil he hopes ere long- to see Rhymney 3. I laitoous in Rugby circles as in the world of SOTlg. STAN THOMAS ("Carpet") is doing excep- tionally well at outside right for East Cardiff hockey team this season, his dashing run down the touch-line being greaitly admired, especially by the members vf the fair sex who visit "Llandaff Field3 on Saturday afternoons. EVAN WILLIAMS, the crack centre three- quarter of the Deri Juniors, is fast dteve- loping into a classy player. "Ianto," as he is popularly known, plays a good game .at outside half when emergency arises, and often equity himself a. la Bueb, style. X fc c,r _u_- BARRY N.U. TEAM sprang a surprise on Treherbert by drawing with them. Tre- herbert were by far the superior team, and should have easily put on 20 points, but loose play and blundering not only lost them tries, but gave five points to their opponents. E. FHILLIPS (Blaina Seconds) made his debut for the first fifteen lacit Saturday. His display, on the whole, was very satis- factory, but he had not much work to do, and should be given another ohance to prove his qualities in attack. His defence was keen. JACK WEBB is one of the most useful men in the Afcertillery team. He is a splendid forward, and has played when occasion required in every position, behind the scrum. Webb has a useful turn of speed, and is a splendid kick, so that altogether he is a. man well worth having. DERI JUNIOfRS are still leading in the Rhymney Valley Junior League, and are confident of winning the- medals this season. They have only two more league matches to play, viz., Abertridwr and Bedwas. Both these teams hold a good record in the league. There is no more ardent follower of the Association game than Fred Herbert.. Born and bred in that hotbed of the Soccer code, Hereford City, he soon found his way FRED HERBERT, Rhynmey Thursdays. into the schools team, and figured with dis- tinction in several positions. After leaving school he migrated to Monmouth, where he soon qualified for a place in the local eleven. Being of a roving nature. Fred shortly afterwards removed to Abertysswg, and was largely instrumental in organising a Soccer team in that thriving colliery village. Later he removed to Rbymney, and, together with other leading lights, formed a strong Th/ursday team. which he ca-ptain,ed wi-th consipicuous success last season, his side only undergoing defeat on one occasion. This season he has not played so frequently, but still remains a hard-working committee member. PHIL GEORGE, the Blaina veteran forward, played against Cross Keys, and was as good as any forward present, being always to the fore. His dribbling was a feature of the game. Phil is now trainer of the Blaina team, previous to which he acted in the same capacity for Abertillery. AARON LLOYD. who played for Merthyr Town against Ton-Pent.re a couple of weeks ago, sustained an injury which at the time was not discovered. He very badly -damaged his ribs. However, it is pleasing to note that the popular Aaron is making satisfactory progress towards recovery. DICK THOMAS, Deri Juniors, who is 24 years of age, and turnoa the scale at 12et., is one of the most consiatent players in the team, and always plays a hard, gruelling game. He is also conspicuous in the open. DICK THOMAS. Deri Juniors. and dribbles with rare skill. Dick, previous to joining the Deri Oitub, asaiated the Anglo- Canadian Club, and was instrumen.tal in promoting the Rugby code, and assisted materially in the fostering of amateur football in Gana-da. He is a staunch tee- totaler and a. non-smoker, and is always in good fettle. The Brothers BOB and GRAHAM IILES. who now assist Cwmparc, are two splendid athletes. They have ifigr.red in the ranks of staple Hill and Bath City—the first- named as a full-back, .and Graham as a, for- ward. (4-ra-ba- is the best scoring forward Cwmparc have had this season. W. H. GUNS'PONE (Penarth) was a little over-aealous in the game against Peny- graig. He was last to receive after a nice booit of passing, and had got the better of the opposition, but when trying to round the posits the -ball slipped from his grasp, and a certain try aa-Aizue, lost. Batter luok next time, W. H. t .> — TREHARRIS had another fine victory over Aberdare last Saturday in tbe Western League, therefore taking four points from their rivale, and placing themselves third in tho league. In the Rhymney Valley League they are still undefeated, having lost only two points through drawn games. MUOn DISSATISFACTION was felt at Taly- wain upon the decision of the league COIll- mittee with regard to the mcdal.s for last year's championship of the Monmouthshire Junior League. It is stated that Mr. RE'gi- i:ald Watkins has been successful in his appeal against their decision, and that Gwmcarn will now have to play Talywain for the medals. DAX CECIL, one of the leading players in the Talywain pack, who has shown fills form thia season, was married on Wednes- day at the Tabernacle Church. Pontypool, to Miss Minnie Treharne, daughter of the late Mr. Treharne Treharne, landlord of the Commercial Hotel. Talywa.in. Mre. Cecil is a loyal supporter of the club. May happiness be theirs. JIM EVANS, Garn, is about the best forward I in the Pontlottyn pack. He is 23 years of age, stands 51t. 10in., and turns the scale at 12st. 51b. He has nlayed fo'r several leading teams, including Tredegar. He JIM EVANS, Garn. threw in his lot with Pontlottyn at the commencement of the season. Jim is a hard worker both in the loose and in the scrum, is a splendid kicker, a fine sprinter, and a fearless tackier. He has been selected first reserve forward in the pick of Rhymney Valley League v. Cardiff and District League in a match to take !place at Pontlottyn in a fortnight's time, and full well he deserves the honour. JOHNXY THOMAS and RANDALL DAVIES. the Penarth halves, are inseparable pals, and their names must, therefore, be coupled. Randall is par excellence in get- ting the I e,th,r out to Johnny, who gets away beautifully to make the openings necessary for the threes. Are they a pair of good halves? Ask Newport, Penygraig. &c. Mr. ALBERT WILLIAMS, the ever-popular sport of the Deri Juniors' Team, is one of the most enthusiastic supporters they have. and takes a keen interest in the welfare of the club. Besides being vice-president of the Deri Club, he is also vice-president of the league, and takes an active interest in the fostering of amateur football in the n. ALBERT WILLIAMS, Deri. [Photo, Williams and Williams. district. Alb, as he is popularly known, is of fine build, turning the scale at 15st. 31b. He is also a member of the Deri Prize Br-nss Band, and manipulates the trombone in- strument with great skill, being their chief solo trombonist. In addition, he is a great bird fancier, and has carried off several prizes in local and first-class exhibitions. He has a fine collection of birds, and his aviary is worth a. visit. DONALD DUNCAN has resigned his place in the Cardiff Reserves in consequence of some dissatisfaction which exists between com- mitteemen and players. The co-molaint has been pretty frequent of late, and more so since Bob Shepherd and Duncan were asked to stand down for the two firstnteamcrp on the day Canton Wanderers scored such a Botable victory over e reserves. Duncan will proba,bly have a game with Penarth. TED HILLTER, the Blaina centre, was the hero of the Cross Keys match. The scores were equal, and Blaina had not much time •left to win. when young Hillier secured in his own 25 and scored a brilliant try, after running about eighty years and beating half a dozen opponents. He won the match. and on the day's form was the best man on the field. He and Jim Williams are two very capable youngsters, and the suggestion that they should continue to play together is a wise one. I CHARLIE BEAT, who is one of the most popular and best known of Wednesday footballers, has thrown over the Rugger code for Soccer, and will probably be seen in the ranks of the Cardiff Thistle. He is one of the very few who can shine eqnally as much a-t one game as the other. Ruilt on sturdy lines, he is an aggressive player' of the first water,' and has a knack of always being on hand to assist his backs in a tight corner. He cam boast of having oaptained a record number of Wednesday teams, besides ha-v-ing assisted in the Press games. MERTHYR SOOCERITE3 are pleased with Mr. George Mercer's criticism of the Mer- thyr team. Coming, as it did, from an unbiassed source, it was a great tribute to the players. There is certainly a future for Soccer in Merthyr, and, although only in its infancy, the club is expected to bring the coveted cup to Ironopolis this season. True, Treharris beat Merthyr by 4 goals to 1 last Saturday, but it must be remembered that Merthyr were not nearly at full strength. Mr. D. L. EVANS, of Cardiff, the popular Welsh Union, referee, had his first un- pleasant experience at Blaenavon last Saturday, when at the close of the game he was loudly hooted and had to be pro- tected from the field by police and players. It arose in this way. Right at the finish Blaenavon were given a free. but some of their players got in front of the ball, and, of course, a scrimmage was ordered. A moment later there was a scrimmage right on the Pill line, but so eager was the Blaenavon inside half that he gathered the ball whilst it was still amongst the second rank of his forwards. He was rightly penalised, and Pill cleared. Nettled at being deprived of victory when it seemed within their grasrp, the Blaensvon spec- tators vented their spite on one of the fairest and most capable referees in South Wales. Fortunately, the only hurt. suf- fered by Mr. Evans was a blow on the face with a piece of orange. JOE CONNORS, as he is familiarly known in the Rhtfhdda in Association circles, held a good record when he was found by the Ton-Pentre Club Committee. He commenced his football career at West Bromwich as a junior, and, attracting attention, was placed on the reserve for this champion teamwith Bassett in 1899. Since then he I JOE CONNORS. I has played for Bristol City and Woolwich Arsenal, Fulham. and Small Heath (Bir- mingham). He holds the cap for inter- national matches 1902-34 for Ireland, and has the South Wales League medals. Although transferred by competition five times, he has found a home in the RhonddH. Valleys, where his services are well appre- ciated. T. J. WILLIAMS, known as Twm Pride, this season's recruit- for the Fern dale Rovers, was in excellent form against the Bwl Boys last Saturday. This is Pride's first foot- ball season, and he deserves praise for his consistent scrimmaging. He is cool and hardy. Tom ia 5ft. lOin. in height, and weighs 12st. 41b. He is only 21 years of age. FRANK WATKINS, the Blaina inside half, is now playing a very good game. He scored a. good try last Saturday. His capa- bilities in attack are pronounced, but he has the fault at sticking to the ball too lone, a miataike which, he must, remedy. -.ct. t' i

STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. WALE* v. IRELAND. SELECTION OF THE \YL\Sll TEAM. j selection committee the Welsh and selected the following team to p'ay aga -ST Trehiml at .Hwar.-o;; next Saturday: :t {'1  .J. n1nr4lft \Ya1J.fa} ihrev-qTtartor bucks; Tro.v < £ ;vuniea- J. I\ .Jones* (Newport;. ■ 1T.1 r"~i 11. Williams (Cardiff). T'nil Hopkins ifcwansea). IÃ' .Cr,t Half-backs; w a i,. I. Jones (Swansea). Forwards; Travers 'Pil! Harrier?), Torn Evans ••L'anelly). P. Waller (Newport). E. Thomas (Nr-wportl, i .<Ui1ÍI •Tames Watts (Llunelly;, Ifhys Thomas ^Pontypool). l\or Morgan (Swaiw?. It. J. VVeob, AbertiJery. I .'t8i..I.

I 1, AMRAVON. iu was a gcoa, oia-iasmoncd, solid game last Saturday between- Aberavon and tLianelly, in which the arlets Iwere lucky to cotne out on top by a dropped goal and a try. It was a rare tussle between the for- wards, in which honours were about easy. On the general run of play, a dra.w would have about represented the respective merits of the sides, as the Afonites experienced hard ilnes on several occasions. There was hesitancy and lack of smart co-operation on the part of Jestyn Thomas, the outside half. He does not seem to have accomplished the art of opening out the game, and he must certainly improve if ihe desires to retain his place. The outstanding exponent on the Aberavon side was W. J. Ree6. wtho played at three- quarter. It is a peculiar fact that whenever "Pandy" iturns out on the Stradey ground ha plays a remarka-b-ly. fine game. Willie Thomas and Alby Davies also did well among the three-quarters. At full-back young Dick Hughes fully main- tained the high reputation he has made, and he is certain to develop into the very first rank of custodians. Tom Thomas did well at half, but he was indifferently supported by his partner. Among a. good pack, Will' James, W. Gregory, W. J. Davies, Ivor Jones, and ITor Thomas were the most conspicuous. E. Pugh was also very prominent in the open. By their victory Llanelly ha-ve won two out of the three games played, the other one being a draw. The concluding fixture will be ,pla-yed at. Aberavon on April J. After the Maesteg matoh to-day the 'Afonitee 'have only two home fixtures, but they hope to arrange an extra fixture with Swansea, to supplement the financial dis- appointment of having to play the two fixtures on the Swansea ground. On. April 8 the team starts on tour in Ireland, ?layin? Queen s CoUB.,e Cork, on Irela.ud, play ??7rk constltut1an on April 12.

A IERTILLERY. I Things are not going at all well with the of late, and especially with regard 'Tilleryit,es "f It?,'? hire Le. ,ague, of which they to the Monmouthshire League of which they are the present champ-ions. They are not a point better off than they were on December 5 last. Since then they have played only two league matches, and lost both. The sea,son is drawing to its close, and 'Tilleryites must strain every nerve from I now on if the championship is again to be won.

I BLAENAVON. I In nearly every instance this season foot- ball critics have given Blaenavon forwards the best name for both their superiority in the scrimmages and their clever footwork in the loose. Yet such men as Frank Dibble, Enoch Davies. W. Powell, Gnarlie Brown, a.nd Fred Davies are dimply ignored by the Mon- moutih County Selection. Committee.

BLAINA. I I I There was a disrincj, improvement in Blaina's form last Saturday, when they beat Cross Keys by 2 tries to 1. The forwards I were great, whilst the recruits at three- quarter proved a success. There was, how- ever, something wrong with the half-backs.

BRYNMAWR. TL_ I It was very untonmiaio ior mjumawr that tllev had to cancel Saturday's match with Abertillery At the same time, the fid,ancial loss will be partly made up by Abertillery visiting Brynmuwr on March 15. The. Pontypool-Brynmawr game was a splendid exhibition of football. Though "Ponty" won by a try, a draw would have been a result more in keeping with the state of play. The home forwards were in grand form. Foley led them well, and he had most sup- port from Green and Lew Davies.

CARDIFF. I Dr. BustalIlid Percy Boaih are organising a chari-ty match on a big scale for the Oar- diff Arms Park on Easter Wednesday. The promoters hOlJe that there will be a la.rge attendance at the coming military tattoo to be held on the Cardiff Arms Park on the evening Jof Friday, March 26. That popular ex-amateur, W. O'Neill, haa returned to Cardiff to. reside, but goes uip to the north every week-end to play for Warrington. Edgar Thomari is likely to be out of the field many weeks as the reauit of his broken ankle, su?tajn?ed at Bordeaux. ?nCkal?e, di<T? form agan?t Bristol ?a?t week was not satisfactory, and the backs were especially off colour. Not one of the seven of them really did himself justice, and vet each ano of them occasionaJly d,id something brilliant. Jack Powell is playing remarkably well just now, and is really very little short of the form which won him his Welsh cap three years ago. The charge cannot be brought against the Cardiff Reserves committee of not giving a fair trial,to the players of the district union. No fewer than 70 players have been tried with the Reserves this season. In spite of the counter attraction of too international match at Swansea, next Satur- day's game on the Cardiff Arms Park and the Marathon race from BBinry, will flndah there, are expected to or aw a large crowd to the park.

A WINNER OF PRIZE AFTER PRIZE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO OVAL-KICKERS. I Louis M. Dyke. I By PERCY F. BUSH. i I My Dear "Longhoat .It seems iges, since last I saw you, and yet 'tis but an hour agonc that I was with you and | watching you perform great deeds against the doughty J. P. Jones. Such deeds as these are the ones which will some day land you in the Welsh team, my Louis, unless you are very careful. But I am advancing too rapidly, so bideawee, as they say in China and other countries of great purity. It will probably come as somewhat of a blow to you to remember that you first faced this cold and heartless world in that old-world place, Llangorse, in j the heart of Breconshirc. Your debut was made not far from the bke—in fact, quite within easy distance of it, so that it is more of a wonder than ever that you are with us now. The happening took place in the Jubilee year of Queen torin. would jubilee-ve it, and the ranie of the house wherein it \,&S consum-! mated was Trebinshwn. It is on record that this was the first word you ever lipsed, and it was not your tiny fault that your fond parents thought you were trying to tell them that "she pinched me"; "she" being nursie. The banks of the great Jake were quitted while still you were in swaddling clothes, and you were transported to Penarth, that resort of fine villas and bracing ocean breezes. I Eight years passed o'er your raven locks, and then, your boyish raving being no longer tolerable, you were carted off to Brecon Coll., although your heart was well-nigh Brecon at the prospect. (No applause, please!) It was not long before you became acquainted at Chrisb College with Teddy Morgan, J. F. Wil- liams, and H. T. Mad-docks, so it would have boen passing strange had you not taken to Rugby in tho apt way you have. You became popular with your fellows in a somewhat peculiar way, peculiar mat is for such a dainty beast as a Rugger man, for you engaged in one of the most sanguinary battles ever fou..t within the precincts of the coll. with a boy nearly twice your size. It is true that he made you a present of a couple of beautiful black eyes, but when he came out of the school infirmary a fortnight later you freely forgave him. It may be said with a certain amount of truth that you did not neglect the health part of your education, by which I mean the sports part, and this, not- withstanding the dolorous croakings of narrow-minded, narrow-chested old mis- anthropes, whose continual cry is, "Too much sport "Too little work!" repeated ad nauseam. I Winner of Prizes. At the first school sports at which you eonmeted you created a decided sensa- tion by winning prize after prize, until you had six "firsts" to your credit, in- cluding tho mile fiat, which you covered in 4min. 52.scc. This all happened when you were but a boy of fourteen years, so the credit to you is all the greater. This same year ycxt won your way into the footer first "fifteen after a terrific struggle. You were tried at full-back, wing. half, and then centre, and the committee decided that centre was your proper position. Accordingly, they got your concentre try you there, and you i had no less a personage as your co-centre than the great Jack Jones. (In case "concentre'' worries anybody who reads this. I am open to pay the doctor's bill). After having brought off a great per- formance in the most important of your cricket matches, to which I shall refer later, you left Brecon Coll., leaving the old place none the worse for your temporary habitation there, and returned to Penarth. You football powers were not allowed to lie fallow for long after your return home, and you shortly obtained your place for the Seasiders, for whom you brought off many fine performances. The match which you, perhaps, remember best of the many excunig games you played for Penarth "was that- one on the Belle Vue grounds against my old team, Penygraig. It was fortunate for you that you were such an expert swimmer, for there was a regular sheet of fairly deep wateu on the ground, but by virtue of your natatory po'.ve.rs you were ,able to pull Penarth through in fine style. Just at the«»c!ose of this season you had the extreme misfortune to break your arm, so that next season you kept out. of footer, forsaking it for sake of the hockey :t,pa:-n of Penarth, where your versatility was by no means wasted. The arm got quite sound again, so you once more took lip the simple life, and playc-d football again in pla-ce of hotkey. Down at Llanelly during this season you sent a thrill through the spectators by dropping a marvellous goal from about eight yards further from the goal than the spot from which I dropped one a. few weeks ago at Stradey. By the way, you captained Penarth that day, and that's perhaps why you forgot yourself like that. But you didn't bring a "Sospan" back with you, all the same, did you, "Longboat," my buck? I can't take the trouble just now to explain your nickname, but I daresay you will be charmed to answer any inquiries on the subject. Let it suffice to say that even Jack Brown has got to take a back seat when you are about. This same season you went to play with Glamorgan in Paris, but you were most sedate, as usual, on this occasion perhaps all the more so because you had Leonard Thomas under your wing, and so had to be very careful. Cardiff owes you a debt of grati- tude for that, for Leonard lived after- wards to save our record at Leicester in 1905-6. I A Great Try. l remember seeing you score a -,reit I try at Cardiff last season for Penarth. Cardiif had started gassing on the half- way line, and there seemed quite a good chance of a score, but all of a sudden l a little black head bobbed up from some- where, the owner of it annexed the spheroid. and went off with it like a ra.bbit off to its burrow. The greyhounds failed to catch him up. and the rabbit ate lots of lettuce behind the Cardiff line without disturbance. It was a cheeky try, and I think you felt a Sit ashamed of yourself as well as glad. I think you "hopped it" on this occasion nearly ?s fast as you did when the sweet ladies came after you and Leonard T. that I time in Paris; you shouldn't be so attrac- tive-looking, you know. But of all the I games you have taken part in not one ever gave you half so much pleasure as that against the Australians for Cardiff back in December. For by this time, as everybody knows, you had joined the j Cardiff ranks on the recommendation of i that versatile spotter of budding athletes, I Mr. W. M. i io gaiiie you .plaved against the Wallabiea placed the J hall-mark of real 21-oarat on your skill, for you were here, there, and everywhere; all through the game. It. is just this prol pensity which makes you such a- valuable asset to any team, for you are always ()Il the spot when you are wanted, seeming to divine, with the born footballer intuition, what your opponents are going to do next. Just to touch for a moment on the cricket match I mentioned a little before- Of course, it is every true Breconian9 ambition to represent his coll. in the great "Welsh 'Varsity'' match, although 1 have never been able to discover why these encounters between Brecon ana Llandovery Colls, are so-oalled while Cardiff and Aberystwyth ColIs. exiet-- You attained your ambition just before you finished at Brecon, and it was, indeed, a proud moment when your cal)- tain tossed you the ball, and told yotf to open the bowling. You proved simply unplayable, and very rarely has such bowling been seen in this series of matches. Wicket after wicket fell to you, until, at the end of the innings it waS found that you had bundled out six of the Llandoverians for a paltry fifteen runs. That night you were a prouder boy than ever. and with just cause It only remains to be added that yotS are a first-class swimmer, and have gained much honour in that useful branch of sport, and that in your saner moments you indulge largely in photography, also that you are sueha. jolly, decent, right- minded little chap that no one can help liking you, even if they wanted not toy and I have done with you. With every hope that you will prove a9 useful to Wales in the future, as you ara to Cardiff in the present, Permit me to subscribe myself, Very sincerely yours,

I NORTHERN UNION INTERNATIONAL. I SIX OF THE SELECTED WELSH PLAYERS. t I D. B. Davies (Merthyr). Unddiok CBroug'M-on). J. Foley (Eibbw Vale). I I Beit Jenkins (Wigun). Dai Thomas (Halifax). J. Thomas (Wagon).

I WALES V. KANGAROOS This matob., which had been arranged to be played at Eibbw Vale to-day, was post- pomed. owin? to the bad state of the weather. Hereunder we give biographies cf a few cif tihe Welshmen selected for the match. The selection of F. NORMS, of the Mid- Rhondda Northern Union, for international F. NORIUvS. [Fhato, h Ladd, T-onypaiidy. honours, did not come as a surprise. This I brilliant forward has from his youth given promise of developing into a leading player. He-commenced his football with the Clyda ch Vale Ranger team. His play attracted the attention of the Penygraig club ofiClals, and he flg-ured in their team last season. He joined the Mid-Rhondd-a team at itri inauguration, and has played a consistent] y good game all through. Of fine physique. aged 21, standing- 6ft., he turns the scale at list. 71b. 6t-i-rdirig 6it., turns the seale at D. H. EDWARDS, Trehcrbert's other repre- ii,ent-ative in the Welsh team against the Kangaroos to-day, only joined the ranks of Treherbert tnis season. Prior to this he had figured often in the Swansea. nft<i. He is a ceiitro of fine qualifications, being about 5ft. lOin. in height and nearly 12st. in weight. lie is wry oIPLed,Y, a;>d jsas a fine knack of doubling his opponent. He is the most consistent player on the Tre- herbert side. The Kangaroos have cause to remember him. as in their matoh \VÍth Treherbert he went Pa.% the whole team amd scored a fine try. This was one of his best games.

MERTHYR (N.U.) Merthyr's uninterrupted vii:ij of p.uccessea for several months pa.st almost went bv the board in the encounter with the Australian tourists. On the run of the play it would have been distinctly hard lines for the lio.me side to have suffered defeat, but poor place kicking and lack of lasting power almost proved their undoing. When the whistle touted time the Kangaroos were going the stronger and fighting desperately all out for a win, and Merthyr welcomed th<* cessa- tion of hostilities. Ilhere was not much to choose between the respective teams. The packs were fairly matched, but Harris and Harrison were I-ootte.r mated at half. Cowmeadow and Bolewski, in the three-quarter division, took chief honours, .and Wyatt Reed, who is doing well in his new position, and Hedley proved themselves to be gtont defenders in the last line. b. GALLOWAY, Treherbart, who figured in the Welsh team against the Kangaroos to- day, stands 6ft. hig'b, and weighs 14st., and is only 23 years oi age. These character- istics fix him as the right stamp of player for a representative match. During his amateur status he has fiig-ured in the inter- national trial match and fourteen county matches, lie uses his weight- to the I fullest advantage in the ecrums, and is D. GALLOWAY. [Photo, Williams and Williams. also great in the open. He is a good goal- kicker from a long range. The three Ebbw Vale representatives in the Wel?h team against Australia, io-day are payers !ho have already made high repu- ta.t)OM in amateur and professional foot- CIIICK" JENKINS, who was to appear on the wing is one of the moat popular player III Wales. He 1' a native of Cwm, near h ifcw Vale, where he now works in the cohery. He formerly played for Cwin, I Lrutalin, and Abertillery. He was captured by the Hull Northern Union Club, and ? played wi?th c?neMderable distinction for that Mty. and was looked upon as one of the city, full backs u? North. He left Hull b&iore the Ebbw Vale -Ncrthern Union Club was formed, and was one of the first players to SIGN on ICT THE 'V-alians. For two seasons he has been Nle backbone of the team. He played for Wales a-gainat the New Zea landers at Aberdare, and gave a great display. He is a strong runner and a, sure tackier. "Chick" stands about 5ft. 9in., and turns the scale at 12st. OLIVER BUR GUAM, a native of Cinder- ford, made hi3 first acquaintance with Welnh football at Alberti-tlery, where he was looked upon as one of the best of the pack, and, I no doubt, had he remained in amateur foot- ball he woud have had a. trial for inter- national honours. The Ebbw Vale "pros." considered that they made a valuable caip- ture when they obtained his signature. Ho is aduira.bly united for the fast, op-en. play of the Northern game. He is a sturdy scrimm-ager and swift tackier. He is 5ft. lOMn. in height,, and weighs nearly 13st. JACK FOLEY, the other Ebbw Vale for- ward, learned his football at Brynrnawr, and frequently represent,ed Monmouthshire County and representative league teams. Great disappointment was felt for years that Foley did not find a place in the Welsh team. It was well-known that he was the greatest forward in Monmouthshire in hi.s day. Exceptionally fast, he cauld take and give passes equal to the best three-quarter, but he could never catch the eye of the selectors, and Welsh team were the poorer in conse- quence.

Welshmen Up North. I Merthyr made a pood performance in beat- ing t,he Kangaroos, who may be said to be a moderate let without Messenger. The gpate off 4,000 suggests that the Northern Union game has caught on at Merthyr. in 6Ipoirte <5f the opposition the promoters have had to face. The Welsh team against the Kaoigarooe could be greatly improved, but it seems it is the idea of the Welsh League to play as many as possible, of the Welsh home playere. with three of the most prominent Northern Union players to steady the side. It ie to be hoped the Kangaroos will get a good paite, as their financial affairs are deoidedly poor. One of the most popular secretaries in Northern Union football is Arthur Ricket-ts, the old Cardiff tllPee-quarter. Since he has taken the reina of the Ha-lifax Club the club has never looked back, and under his guidance tb.eo team has won more honotire than any other club in the Northern Union. His judgment of a player's abilities cannot be questioned, and to this may be accounted the sniccess of the Thrum Hall team, as generally the men he has bought for the club have come out tip-toppers. There is no keener judge of the Northern Union game, and he has worked ha.rd to* attain the success his I club has attained. Mid-Ehondda proved no match for Ilunslet jj at Parkside, but it must be remembered the Hunslet team are a very good side in cup-tie warfare. Howell Rees a.t half played a good game for the Weigh team, but the backs I a whole were lacking- in speed to cope with such men as Batten, who scored four tries against them. Speed plays a big part in the Northern Union game. Jim Davies made a welcome appearance for Huddemfield at Fartown last Saturday, J after his kn?e injury, and helped his side to 1 gain a fine victory over Wid:nœ.  Claude James was in fine form for Ij BrO'uhton Rang-ers a.gaimt Bramlm andi

HOPKINSTOWN ALL BLACKS. I FIVE TO REPRESENT PONTYPIfTDD DISTRICT OLD BOYS IN INTER-LEAGUE MATCIIL PONTYPRIDD DISTRICT V. RHONDPA DISTRICT. H. JENKINS. "JAOKO" WILLIAMS. G, AILNVIID. J. WOODS. BEN WILLIAMS. Photo by Ruth. Pontyprid-4.

NEA1H RUGBY GOSSIP The game with Lydaey last Saturday "'1- one of the pleasamte&t seen on the Go? ground this season. The visitors Pat uP real sportsmanlike game, but they wer dcfeaited by a superior side. Rarely ?"? Neath played such a fine open game. eel The forwards in the second moiety heel out cleanly, and the halves were not Slow to take full advantage of their many ovvorl tunities. "Shon" Evans was brllliaiii. &DU' he was well suppartcd by BTennan. That try of "iihonV' was a rei1 beanity. He gathered briskly from the base of a scrum, and the defence was expecting mw to pass out. but instead he dashed ngn through and scored quite on his own. Following this there was a nice tit-bit  Brennan. Dydney tried to pass just ÏDB. their own 25, but Brennan snapped the boll up, and was over in the twinkling of first one. It was a typical Welsh 'un. Tlol halves opened the game out, and the b wenJt along the line like a flash, Tom Ps-lieo eventually scoring.' Gwilym Jones played a really Arte warne in the centre, and many of his dashes for tn line were worthy of tangible result. Truly* he and Frank Rees are a couple of centre-6 of whom any club might be proud. Flavk was also in fine form. The Neath forwards in the match undet notice did better than they had for weedd Pullman and the Rev. A. E. C. Morgan did remarkably well. The flrpt named is about the best forward in the Neath team.

SWANSEA. 1V, Newport aar to have oerm&YK??' taken a seat behind SwELnwa. The win tbef got by a drcp goal early in the season W'A the only one they have had since 1905, auS Swansea last Saturday beat th?o for third time this season, and in a most 00 vinoing manner. At Swansea peare looking forward considerable interest to the internatioJl1 ma?ch a?aimst iMlantL ?o be p]ayed "e%inl Saturday week on t.h? 8t. Hclea e Grouo?.  g?ite of the fact that IreIaHd does not to have as good a chancc of victory as The ground is being got ready, and a D™'j 6 crowd is expected. 4f It is hoped that besides Trew, Owen, ?' JoDM, Swansea will hav" Phil Hop?'M pl in? in this ma:ch, whilst H?nt. on bis PrefOll't form a? a dribb!?T. deserves cOIl.idera.U for a place in the frt rank. „ Has Swansea. altogether loet the po??? at ?chend oi the Welsh ChampioP?JLfc ?ta.M.o by th.a? unlucky game ?04 1-ic-ter, when their principaL men VFO away? It is not surprising, perhaps (. Etdenn? the freat ch??rs which wer jged at Cardiff Armf Park after the deP?ter<)t. Swansea Fifteen were beaten by ter), that Swansea people would be imnien .jg pleased to Cod Newport crowing over ca to-day.

PONTLOTTYN. PontJattyn were at home to Pen^la^1, although minus aeverat of their rle gular playam, made a creditable show. e __jj tors were not long in taking the !ea? ?d a fine kick by Lewis, and after some ".nd work in the loose Parker get ovva,Y, A'rid scored a clever try. This was soon follow by another. Within fifteen minutM of tb4 final Crabtree was carried off the field o"?;? injured. Roberts added another, thu' do feM,ing the homŒ.eNt by 9 points to niL —4 Pontlottyn are now third in the  table, and have ptay?d mt of thlir a' vr-al engagements. Taking into confHd<??.?, that they are only a new)y-formed <'o'? tion, they have done well. They llav'e jlo*i two or three important home whi.1 will benefit them financially.

PQNTARDAWB. Pontardawe vetted Llwynypia. ft,? defeated by a converted joal to nil. Aj/tno -d by a coii they were not at full strength, the d eat °:), the Swansea. Valley champions came a? surp.ri. Three of the v?itors. T, I?al-le6- G. Williams, and G. Smith, were unfortun*te enoug-h to get injured. Pont&rd?wB Seconds gave a mosS ?ia?P' pointing display against Skowen a- >rl<js, whilet Yatalyfera only manned to de ^Hamdlton (Swansea) by & dropped --L

scored a try and kicked two g?ale. His i swerving runs nonplussed' 'the Bromley M?n. and they found him a difficult man to tackle. Ruddick was ever to the fore, and eliowed what a hard-working forward he is. Dai Thomas and Tommy Grey were in fine form for Halifax against St. Helens last I Saturday. Thomas scored his usual try by ( a sprint from half-way, and made anot-hcr ) by a swerving run. Tommy Grey showed j that in short, side work he is most clever. Reg Jones and Frank Young played a large part in Leeds victory over Warrington at., Wilderspool. Ret. Jones with a tricky run started the movement which resulted in the' Leeds try, and Frank Young, although hard pressed in the first portion of the game, never faltered in his fielding-, and can be safely aid to have carried off chit-f honours on the Leeds side. Neil and Thomas played well in the forwards for Warrington, and Jenkins made some openings, only to see them bung-led by tbe three-quarters, who were greatly weakened by the absence of Fish. Brooks, and Dickcnson. Hull Kingston Rovers made a, great fight with Oldham a.t the Vv atersheddings. Dai Beynon scored for the red and whites, and Sandham, the Neath product, for the Rovers. It is I generally the rule now for Sandham to score. He has only missed scoring in one matoh, which speaks well for his smartness. H-uighee also dropped a ntat goal for the Rovers, and often troubled the Oldham defenders. Bairry and Spackman were in fine form, and their efforts deserved better results. Johns played another good game for Sa-lford, and is quite an export in get tin? his tlid-e out of tight corners by his trickineeS. ) His play aguinst Dewsbury was full of, resource and confidence. WH;tie Da.vies played a great game for Batley against Leigh at Mather-lane, and was by far the be&t player on his side, aHhoug'h Will Davies scored a try by a fine run from mid-field. Wattie is the backbone of the Batley team, and in a his match he rarely ¡ fails to show his fine form. Batley missed Oakland at bn-lf-back, as the Veteran half's judgment is of great value. One of the surprises of the day was the defeat of R)?w Vale by Beverl Parry &cored a good try for York against j Wigan at Central Park. Strange to say, the York team had the upper hapd for the major part of the game, and the score of 20 points • to 7 dees not represent the play. Bert Jenkins did not do so well, and the same j may be said of his countryman, Johnny 1 Thomas. t