THE CHINA MAIL,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934.
64 CLUBS TO BATTLE IN THE F.A. CUP THIRD ROUND TO-MORROW
TOTTENHAM SHOULD
BEAT EVERTON
WILL LUTON BE WALSALL TO ARSENAL?
ASTON VILLA'S BIG TASK
(By RANGER)
TISTORY IS LIKELY TO REPEAT ITSELF IN THE THIRD
TOMORROW WHEN
CUP HOLDERS, VISIT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AT WHITE HART LANE LAST SEASON NEWCASTLE UNITED, HOLDERS, WERE ELIMINATED IN THEIR FIRST ROUND, AND ALL INDI- CATIONS POINTS TO A DEFEAT FOR THE GOODISON PARK MEN TO-MORROW.
SPECIAL CUP FORECAST
(Exclusive to "China Mail").
These fine football teams are far from being strangers in Cup- Üghts, and the classic ring about the names, coupled with the splen-Plymouth did feats of the 'Spurs this season, will probably make the Tottenham ground only about half as big as the officials would like it to be for this gripping contest.
The Arsenal, eliminated last year visit Luton, who beat the Spurs in the beaten by Everton in the sixth round.
B
RIGGS will be between the
sticks for Swindon in their Away Cup tie at Brighton to-
morrow.
The Transfer System
NO ROOM FOR A REVISION.
PLAYER NO FAWN
the
by Walsall in their first round, fourth round and were only
V HUDDERSFIELD
PALACE Aldershot CRYSTAL
Manchester U. v Portsmouth Workington v. GATESHEAD SOUTHAMPTON v Northampton Bristol City
CHELSEA
Rotherham Chariton
v West Bromwich Y DERBY
WEDNESDAY Port
ort Vale
F.I.
Chelsea, too, have First Division) NOTTS FOREST ▾ QUford
opponents and recent holders of Hull
STOKE the trophy in West Bromwich Al- STU
READING blon, and unless there in a very Birmingham great change for the better in Chel- BRIGHTON sen's football soon, this match will Chesterfield {look a "good thing" for West Brom. LEEDS
GRIMSBY wich, in spite of their rather in- TRANMERE consistent from this season.
Much the same has to be said
BOLTON SUNDERLAND MILLWALL
V
V
v Sheffield United v Swindon
V
Y ASTON VILLA
v Preston
y Orient
▾ Southend
V
Halifax
y Middlesbrough
▾ Accrington
▾ NEWCASTLE
♥ BLACKPOOL
and Manchester C.
of Millwall's chances, even against Wolves Accrington, fer Millwall have been Cheltenham playing without confidence, their position at the bottom of the Second Division table will be sure
to cause them a good deal of worry, and may even compel the club to
(runners-up) LIVERPOOL Luton SWANSEA LEICESTER TOTTENHAM
pay more attention to its League WEST HAM position than to any hope of pro- BURNLEY Kressing far in the Cup.
BUC-
▾ Blackburn
Y ARSENAL
v Fulham
v Notts County
v Lincoln
▾ Everton (holders)
v Bradford City v Bury
The Goal Scorers
There are solid grounds for be- lieving that West Ham will
against Bradford ceed at home City, of their own Division of the League; and also every hope for Bawers (Derby C.)
Camsell (Midd.)
DIVISION L
Charlton, who will be receiving English (Liverpool)
Aldershot.
This tie will bring Ints opposi tion the managerial wits of the
brothers Seed, for Jimmy manages Charlton Athletic and Angus is in charge of Aldershot.
Strangely enough these two brothers were thrown into opposition in the Cup last season, but in rather different circumsatnces. A year ago. Jimmy Seed's team, Clapton Orient. was knocked out at home in the Brat round (hefore the big clubs starte pinying) by Angus's team, Aldershot, at Len Bridge.
clubs
Turning to the London drawn to play away, there is sure to be heaps of discussion whether the Arsenal. who must play at Luton, have drawn another Wal- wall.
the busy market place of professional football they are shaking their heads over the latest attempt to investigate - and, apparently, improve
Last season Lulon surprised every- modern transfer system.
ne in foothill by goining a fine vie Brown, theory at home in the fourth round of Mr. C. Wreford former Corinthian half back, is the Cup over Tottenham Hotspur n I am frostbound ground, and there are sure to press for an inquiry, afraid his resolution, to be tabled to be visions of the Arsenal at the next meeting of the F. Atreated similarly by Luton. Council, will secure a cold recep
tion.
(Continued on Page 11).
McLean (Huddersfield) Gurney (Bunderland) Hydes (Leeds) Dunne (Arsenal) Hunt (Spura) Richardson (W.B.A.)
DIVISION II Glover (Grimsby T), Watson (Wast
Ham Blackmore (Bradford) Drake (S'hampton) Hampson (Blackpool) Kalliday (Brentford)
nokron topkins ( Nolan (Port Vale) MeNaughton (Hu}}}
DIVISION III. (8.)
Pearce (Charlton) Simpson (Palace) Boarton (Coventry) Vinall (Norwich)
R.)
Lake (Coventry)... McKay Warnes (Norwich) Newton (Reading)
DIVISION II. (N.)
Lythgoe (Stockport) Wesley (Gateshead) Bamford (Wrexham} Cook (Chesterfield) Hewitt (Hartlepools) Be Blight Barnsley) six | Bell (Tranmere)
Robinson (Barrow)
being Alsop (Walse/f
Bradford City have signed Fenner. For look at it how you may, the Notts County inside right. there seems to be little room for ioined the County from Wigan
a revision of the present scheme years ago,
of things.
The Money "Taint,” Bat----
SNOOPING AROUND ||
SPURS ARE
FAVOURED
FOR LEAGUE
Wealth Of Reserve Talent.
HUDDERSFIELD'S CHANCE
H. Smith, the veteran Hud-
W. H. Smith, but deteft, has a
nice sense of humour.
They gave him his fourth bene- fit cheque for £650 recently and this is what he said in reply to Mr. John McKenna, the Football League pre- sident.
"I have been playing for Hud- dersfield for 20 years, and when I have done another 20 1 shall be ready to go over to the other wing.”
Seriously, though, Smith quite expects to earn a fifth benelit. He is still playing great football and staying the course with, the youngest. Smith has won all the honours the game can offer-international cape, League championship medals, and Cup Final madals. He has been three times in the Final.
It would be a glorious year for
him if this season
Huddersfield
again carried off the champtonship. They have a great chance because their side is largely youthful andj Hkely to go on improving.
But my own fancy is for the 'Spars, whose players also have their good years in front of them.
Tottenham probably have the
F
RANK 800, the
only Chinese player in English professional football, will be playing at Inside left for Stoke against Bradford in the Cup to-morrow
AMATEUR CUP
Holders Win Narrowly Against Wycombe,
OXFORD CITY BEATEN
London, Dec. 10. THE eyes of the Amateur fool-
strongest set of reserve players in this week towards the 32 matches the game and all young. They in the first round of the
R.A.:
are at the head of the London Com-Amateur Cup competition, which bination table with a clear lead and were played yesterday. matches in hand.
This strength in reserve is bound to tell later on.
OLDEST CLUB IN DIFFICULTIES
Sheffield United's Future Not Very Bright.
DREW UP FIRST RULES
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30
THE
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THE oldest football club in the world, the Sheffield F.C., finds Itself face to face with certain 19 difficulties, following the death of 14its mainstay, Mr. H. B. Willey, who was president and hon. secretary 12 for about half a century.
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12
In almost every instance, the
ground was frozen hard and the light ball, bouncing high and wild- ly on a concrete-like surface, was extremely dimeule to control. Hence there were many unexpect led results.
Only four of the thirteen Iath- mian clubs managed to gel through. the holders of the Cup, Kingstonian, just defeating Wycombe Wanderers by a solitary goal.
Here is a full list of the te. sulta:
1 *Whitehall
Printeries 0
Northern Nomads 3 Evenwood Town 3 Ferryhill Ath.
Marine South Bank Bishop Auckland
"Moor Green
Apsley
The club le anxious to get into touch with as many of its old mem-Enfield bera as possible. It hopes that those who have not travelled too far from home will be able to at-
*Wimbledon
•Lond.
I tend a meeting which has been call-Kingstonian.
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ed for the night of December 6, at the King's Head Hotel, Sherheld.
*The Casuala Formed in 1855, the club has Metro, Police
11 had
2 Cockfield 2 Guiseley 8 Willington
FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE
Comprehensive Table Showing Form of Clubs at A Glance
A
comprehensive guide to the form of all the major English Fool.
assist in comparing the teams, details of how they have fared in their last five matches are given. The letters W, L and D in-. dicate matches won, lost or drawn, respectively. Games played at home are shown in capital letters and away games in small type, The figures in brackets denote the position held by that team al the conclusion of last season. The asterisk indicales a promoted. team and the sword signifies a relegated team.
The League positional tables give home and away detalls and include all matches played to date.
HOME
Goals
FIRST DIVISION.
P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu Arsenal (1) wWD..24 12 8 0 4 27 7:20 Derby (5) IWWwl....2 11 8 0 3 29 9 19 Hud'Beld (6) DwWdW.21 13 9 1 3 25 11 21 "Tottenham (LIWI 25 12 8 3 1 30 18 17 Man'ter C. (16) WALD 25 13 7 3 3 21 19 17 W. Brom. (4) DDWI 25 11 7 1 3 28 11 17 Middlesbro (17)
Blackburn (15)
DIW Wednesday (3) W&DWd Portsmouth (8)
.24 12 10 2 0 27 15 20
25 13 10 0 3 87 16 23
3 3 20 15 15 .......24 12 6
Daw WWI
20 12 6 2415 8 18 Wolves
(18) WIDD 24 13 8 3 2 34 21 18 Newcastle (5) Lwiww 25 15 5 1 7 30 17 17 Sunderland (12)
Everton (11) wLdLW 24 12
29 10 18
A. Villa (2) Widdl..25 12 7 0 29 25 14 Leeds (9) LIW!
-24 31 7 2 2 25 11 Birham (13) 1WDI.24 11 3 3 6 14 8 11 Liverpos] (14) Dild 25 12 3 3 4 25 20 14 Leicester (20) LIWDd 23 12 44 18 17 12 "Stoke (-) LWW Sheffield U. (10)
WIIDD
12 5 3 4 15 14 14
AWAY
TU Goals Pis P. W. L. D. F. A, Pla 12 6 3 3 15 14 15 33 13 5 5 3 18 16 13° 22 11 3 3 5 21 23 11 37 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 30 12 3 4 5 11 22 11 28 3 7 4 17 27 10 27
12 3 8 1 9 39 7 IT
12 1 10 1 8 35 3 20
12
4
6 2 17 26 10 25
12 3 6 14 20 9 25 11 1 5 5 11 29
26
12 *
7 8 1 18 29
24
1 9 3 14 30 6
13 2 6 5 12 17 9 20
13 2 9 2 19 26 6 13 19 7
11
2
1 7 3 11 31 5 19
.....25 13 B Chelsea (19) DWWdd 24 12 5
SECOND DIVISION.
5 20 17 15
0 14 BD
2.17
BOME
2 21 19 12
Goals
0
9
3 10 29 3 15
AWAY
TIL Gosla Pts. P. P. W. L D, F. A. Pt P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu Grimsby (13) LwWIw
..26 13 10 3 0 37 18 20 11 7 4 0 24 11 24 34 Preston (9) WwWWI 24 12 9 1 2 31 9 20 12 36 15 22 9 Blackpool LwDIW ..24 12 7 2 3 23 15 17 12 4 3 15 16 11 Port V. (16) WDW 24 11 8 1 2 21 9 18 13 4 7 2 15 22 10 28 Bradford (8) LWwwW 24 13 10 2 1 35 15 21 P'mouth (14) DWww 2 12 7 1 4. 3817.16
16 12 6 3 20 25 9 27 Bury (4) ddWDW.26 14 5 4 6 18 16 15 12 4 5 8 15 25 11 26
11 3 8 0 10 29
0 10 20 6. 27 Brentford (LLiwi 24 12 7 3 2 30 20 16 12 4 6 1Bolton (-) WLdi
25 12 8 4 0 23 14 16 15
13 4 W. Ham (10) WDW 24 12 8 2 2 33 16 18.12 Felham (3) dWi .24 12 9 1 *Hull (-) lawan .....24 12 Bradford C. (11)
WIDDI
24 11 Oldham (19) DwWL! 24 12
Burnley (17) WLW 24 12 7 Notte F. (5) WIWIL .24 13 7 S'hampton (12) wd) 24 12 9 Notts C. (15) LIDN 25 12 5 Milwal!
(7) dwWWI 24 Manchester U. (5)
DLILI
Swansen (10) daƊd 24 12 Linenin (19) »WHw THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
+
2 21 24 10 26 21 27 10 26 14 27 8 28
12 2
14 24
11
11 21
12 1
| 15 31
6 2 16 31
12 1 8 3 10 30
12
44 13 11 12 HOME
12 3 8 1 16 27 7 19 12 0 939 24 3 19 12 2 8 19 24 3 17
AWAY
Ti.
Goals
Pla.
Goals P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts P. W. L. D. F. A. Piz
10 5 2 16 17 12 31 11335 20 15 11 30 10 2 5 3 16 19 7 30 17 6 5 217 19 12 28
Queen's P.R. (16)
IWwWL
22 12 8 1 34 14 19 2 Coventry (6) WWdwW 22 11 9 1.1 41 15 19 Norwich (3) wdWIW..22 12 11 0 1 29 7 23 †Charlton (-) LwWwW 22 10 8 2 8 34 17 16 Reading (4) WWW 22 11 10 8 1 36 5 21 Bristol R. WWW.
.22 10 8 2 0 27 12 16
2
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18 10
25
1 Yahiro
Amateurs 1 2 "Oxford City ! 3 *SL Albans
City 0 2 Woking
Caledonians 2 Leytonstone
1
Luton (14) HDWw.. 24 12
0
Exeter (2) WWIWI
..20 12
1 "Wycomb
Aldershot (18)
Wand.
0
*Barking
1 Tufnell Park
1
Swindon (22) IWDI
Crystal P. (5) DLIDI
1 Ilford
2 Gorleston
2 Finchley
2 Clapton
1
0
2 Boscall Heath 1
*Int Batt. D'ham
LI. 6 Whitby Utd.
1
4 16
(L'pool) I
35 3 16
Shamrocka 1 Stockton Rawmerch W'fare 5 *Nether Edge
1
Ama, 2
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) HOME
10 0
AWAY
Goals
Pts.
P. P. W. L. D. E. A. Pia ›P.. W. L., D. P. A. Pla +Chesterf'd (-) LAWW 24° 13 11 2 0 38 10 22
11 7 2 2 20 11.16 28
Leaverden
a continuous existence, al-Dulwich Hamlet though, as every fit member joined the forces, no matches were played 17 during the war.
The minute books for 1856-7 are
17
Walthamstow Av. 4 *Sloughs Leyton
still in existence, and in the posses-*. Hefton Colliery 2 W.D.U.
alon of the acting han. secretary, *Portrack
18 Mr. J. S. Lycett, of 242, Fulwood-
11
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SPORT TWIE money taint in sport may be THE song of to-morrows' Cup-figh- Constantine's contribution in
tera: "It's a Long Way to Tipper-body-line bowling battle seems to yield Tregrettable, but a professary-and Further
alonal football cash is the life-
4
the
▾
*
blood of the clubs, great and small,
"
transfer of The timely
Players in the Australian Test Complaints are increasing in Bugby trial at Melbourne declined an in- football about the persistent posching
of players,
player at a fat fee has saved vitation to see a moving' picture of more than one soccer Cinderella. Larwood in action.
In fact the majority of the Third Division
clubs
would
go out of existence were the trans- fer system'not in operation.
Transfer Rests With Player
[UCH foolish talk is beard from
As bad as being asked to watch close-up of your own funerall
·
•
Players are egged on by hard-boiled
scouts.
•
No official steps have been taken to atop the importation of South African footballers into this coun"
Britannia waïves the rules,
amateur John de Forest,
golf champion of 1982, has taken over try. the management of a London. Res-
taurant,
He knows quite a number of good
Mme to time that transfers courses, anyway.
are nothing abort of "bartering in fesh and blood.". No such thing. The facts are: A player cannot be, transferred against, his will-
•
Hargey has been described, an having the crave of a ballet deneer
Petersen probably thought him a
no matter the size of the cheque Ballet nuisance. dangled, as balt before the eyes of bis club The player is the chief
The man caught picking pockets man in transfer negotiations. Heat an Aberdeen football match is is no pawn, moyad willy-billy by hard-headed football financiers, now an inmate of an asylum;
On him alone rests the dual de
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road, Sheffield. The club drew up its own rules of the game, some of which formed the basis of the pre-*Badney Rangers 1 R.A.F. (C'well) 0 sent rules,
*St. Neots & Dist 1 (Northampton) 1 "Keynsham Portland USA.
Mount Pleasant
1 Frome Town
THE NEW STYLE OF 'mouth Gasworks & Weston-
BARRACKING
Millwall And Cardiff Directors Criticised.
OFFICIAL BOX RUSHED
football
BARRACKS Gems to be taking
new turn, They have started on the directors now!
At Millwall the crowd kept up a| running Are of criticism of the These Hospital Rugby XV's are very team who are now at the bottom of hot, says a man who has played the Second Division, but the most against one of them.
Medical students ought to know how Angry outburst was reserved for disable you to the best advantaged the directors,
• *
N
Maidenhand
*Barnet "Sutton Utd.
Hitchin Town Horsham
* home team
2 *Poole Town
supper-Mare 0 2 Morris Motors
(Cowley)
N'ampton (7) DdW
Brighton (12) inta
Malford (11) WLW
JIDWI
Newport (21) di Clapton (20) Southend B'ra'mth (18)
WDILI Torquay (9) IWIL
WTW&D 22
Bristol C. (15) NDIW 22 12 Gillingham (8) LIWLI 22 10 Cardiff - (19) LIDWI ..22 10
(13)
10 45 1:10 16 9 30 18:47
23 84 10 29
Stockport (10) TWdwW 22 12 10 0 2 49 12 22 10 4.42 12 12 10. 32 Waisali (5) wwDWw..22 12 10 1 1.31 8. 21 Barnsley (8) WWIWw 23 16 90 1 Halifax (15) WIWII.2 11 8 '1 Gintrow
(9) diWWD .23 12 5
(11).
TradD
1 porter (6) WIDIW 28
4 Ipswich Town. I
3 Erith &
Belvedere
0 Chesham UtA. 2. Great
Yarmonth T. O
RANGER'S
FORECAST
English League.
+
Doncaster
Hartlepools (14)
LIWW
Acer'ion (13) ILWWI 24 128 Cheater (4) DwwIL, 28 12 5. Gateshead (7) DWW1.22 16 8 Carlisle (9) UDIW
Wrexham (2) ILwwa" Routhport (12) DMDDI York (20) LNAL Rotherham (17) #WLH Crewe (10) DWLI
N.
12 6
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21 4
9
11
12:2.7
28
1.1. 10 18:
12 2 1
20 vs 10 12 14 15 13 00 OT DE
**A*** ** KARARAAPZZ * ***
Brickton
(21)
ILDO
.22 21
Darlington (22)
!
WDDADES.
'4 2 18 17 12. / 11 -1; 6. 4-0 23 8 4 23 18 12
131 #
617
1119. 128 3 17
12
16
Goals Pis.
Mochdale (18).JindW 22 11 6 3.2 18 11 14 Mansfield (14) WLDID 28 IT
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
P. P. W.
HOME
Goals D. F. A. Pi
Mothwell (2) Lewel F " " I DA
P. W. I.. D. P. A. Pla
PRAHA 12 8 2 2 36 14 18 42 12:35 20 19 11 35
Hangers (1) WdDw 25 13 11 0 2 49.11.24 Hearts (2) WDWW,27 15 10 14 47 18 24 Aberdeen (5) WAW 28 13 9 2 2 41 9.20 13 5 5 3 23 23 13 23 KI'mock (4) ►WIWL 27 11 7 4 2.81 22′ 18
3 22 75 15 31 15 5 3 22 25
6, 1.26, 30.11.14 9:
14 7 4 2 28 16. 17-
-
Air Utd. (16) LALIW 27 14 7 3 4 10 25 18 194
Queen O'S WLwk.28.12. 3.
*Johnstone: (4) JLWLW Falkirk (11)-1WAI,w Hamilton (8) w££Ww Celtic (4) Lw]TW/ ((13) ▼WIWI
DIVISION (North) tend of the match about BARNSLEY (0) Carl
Mansfield (1) STOCKPORT (2) Fielding in the slipa on Australian 200 spectators waited round the Rochdale (2) DONCASTER (3) players entrance for the directors, SOUTHPORT (1) v New Brighton (1) "Grade" cricketer caught seven to cross the field from the stand WREXHAM (7) v Crowe (0) batamen out,
Darlington (1) \) V. WALSALL (1) and follow the teams in. No alipa.
The remarks that were shouted to an a
AGE THIRD DIVISION (South) at them must have made their ears Watford (1) Norwich (2) Molnenley, of the Ollawa los burn, but what earthly good can
Scottish League. kap, hockey team, has water on the knee demonstrations of this kind dot Just like being at home," as the follows a fell in practice,
2: At Cardiff Too boxer sald after he had had two teethy
FIRST DIVISION. knocked out.
My young thing wants to know!
MIERE was a similar happening | ABRIDEEN (1) ♥ Third Lanark (0). why he doesn't wipe it offi 1. at Cardif. When the nowe CLAUDEN Dundee (18) WIDIL
81. Mirren (7) g What gives English football de came through that Cardiff had lost FALKIRK (1) Partick (2) 35 af
HAMILTON (8) ▼ Ayz: (0) Plange Into the tragafer mar They fared disastrously,
at Brightoni 4-0 the crowd" who Hearts ket does not necessarily mean After one bad match a hawker brass character sales a foreigner had been watching a reserve game KILMARNK (-) Hibernians (-) ebat successful bidder can gather was selling photographs of the If way before around the ground, made rush for the dirton box OIKEATS PECO Y SE Mirren (1)
JAC outside Goodf
They remained thun for some QUEEN'S 15) Dandeno minutes, aboutlog and demonstrat sz. JOHN {ing and demanding new players. | STONE (1) -
cision
£26,000 Team For Twopence
690 on wages and transfer. Teas
together an itincible team. Everton side
Take the case of Everton, who, soh Park "All the Everton the 1926-7) sesson, upent* £25,- "team for twopence," he walled.
for football spectators
Clubs getting cold feet?
Aledria (0)
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