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"Strenuous But Successful"
ALL PLAYERS FIT
Londen, March 29. "Strenuous but very successful" was the summing-up of the M.C.C. tour in India by Major E. W. Ric- ketts, the manager, when he and ten of the players arrived in Eng- land yesterday.
Trigent Orch.
Bohemians.
HARE WINS AGAIN AT TENNIS
Will Practice With Davis Cup Team.
London. Mar. 29.
C. E. Hare, the 18-year-old Bir-
The cricketers who disembark-mingham player, had a narrow en- ed from the s.s. Rawalpindi af cape from defent yesterday against Plymouth were C. F. Waltera, C. SL Sham In the Hampstead Hard Marriott, W. H. V. Levett, Bake-
well Clark, Elliott, Mitchell, Court tournament at Belsize Park.
THE CHINA MAIL.
POMPEY TO WIN CUP FINAL FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE
THRUST AT FORWARD AND COOL DEFENCE
MANCHESTER
CITY'S
SUCCESSIVE BID
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
O'
QUEEN OF SOUTH HELD TO DRAW.
Comprehensive Tables Showing Form
of Clubs At A Glance
comprehensive guide to the form of all the major English Foot.
ball League clubs will be found in the tables given below. Te 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 at the conclusion of last season. The asterisk indicates a promoted
The League positional tables give home and away details and include all matches played to date,
Airdrie Share Two Goals team and the sword significs a relegated team.
In Away Game.
--
London, To-day.
VER 100,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING ROYALTY, ARE EX-
PECTED TO SEE THE F.A. CUP FINAL BETWEEN Queen of the South, who are PORTSMOUTH AND MANCHESTER CITY AT WEMBLEY TO-MORROW, WHILE NEARLY HALF A MILLION, WILL third to the Rangers and Mother- BE TUNING IN TO THE RUNNING COMMENTARY ON THE well in the Scottish soccer league sustained a check at home yes- EPIC STRUGGLE.
terday when Airdrie held them] Last year Manchester City, battled their way to the Final only draw, each side scoring to sustain a crushing defeat the hands of Everton. This year they once. - have created a record by eliminating such redoubtable opponents as Queen of the South made their Aston Villa by 6 goals to I in the semi-final. Only once previously, debut in the premier division this
accompained by since 1900, has a Club made two consecutive appearances in the sea,
Hibernians. that occasion Sheffield United. won the trophy at their second venture. Will history repeat itself to-morrow?
Final, and on
Reuter.
Pompey have not met such strong opponents as the Villa in their path to the Final, but they have the scalp of Bolton Wan-STOCKPORT derers at their belt and that in itself is exceptionally promising. In the preliminary trial game-a league encounter-Pompey beat the City at Fratton Park.
CENTRE HEADS
Goals
AWAT
FIRST DIVISION.. HOME
ты Goals Pts P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu
Hudfield (6) LIWIW 40 20 15 2 3 38 16 23 20 6 7 34 40 19 52 Arsenal (1) dwWwW 40 20 14 2 4 42 19 32 20 10 6 4 28 26 24 56
Totham (WWI..41 20 13 4 3 47 22 29 21 7 10 4 28 32 18 Derby (5) NILWID ...40 22 2 8 45 22 30 19 Blackb'n (15) dDWW 41 21 16 0 5 | Man'ter C. (18) WINW 40 20 13 3
Sund'd (12) WWW.41 20 15 1 W. Brom. (4) IWD=W 41 20 11 5 Wed'day (3) wIWIL...39
39 18 9 6 the Portsm'th (8) WWI .40 20 10 5 Leeds (9) WID .40. 20 12 3 ...40 19 10 4 *Stoke (-) DW Everion (11) WDIDI 40 20 9 & Midabro (17) WDIW 40 20 13 5 Leicester (20) dDiW) 39 19 2 4 A. Villa (2) DWdDd 39 19 9 6 Wolves (18) DiddWi 41 21 12 4 i Liverpl (14) WwdLw, 41 20 10 5 6 Birham (13) IWLW 40 20 8 6 5
Newcastle (5) IDIW 42 21 9 7 6 31 Shef'd U. (10) HILd.41 20 10 5 5 36
9
GOAL SCORERS Chelsea (19) wWw..10 20 12 6 2.
THE THRUST OF WEDDLE, JACK SMITH AND EASSON, AND THEIR COOL DEFENCE SHOULD SEE PORTSMOUTH' CARRY OFF THE TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE Derby Marksman Leads
HISTORY OF THE CLUB.
SCOTTISH SOCCER
TEAM ROUTED
Premier Division.
#
The City's one success was re- corded in the 1903-4 season when DRAKE FOURTH IN LIST they beat Bolton by a lone goal.
With 42 goals to his credit, Lythgoe Twenty-two seasons later they lost has a big lead in the goal-scoring list BY ENGLISH In the Final to the same team and to March 27. The Stockport centre forward has scored 10 goals in his last three seasons after that Bolton three matches. beat Pompey by two goals in the latter Club's one and only Final. Bowers (Derby) A queer coincidence,
Three Goals Scored Without Reply.
QUICK TACKLING HOLDS UP THE FORWARDS
London, Apr. 14. At Wembley, England de- feated Scotland at Soccer by 3-0.
Scotland forced the pace, the de- forwards instigating many lightful movements. After Gal- lacher, repeatedly had tested Moss, retaliated, the English forwards Bastin, Crook, and Brook giving Scotland plenty of trouble, causing - McGonagle and Miller toj clear hurriedly anywhere Jackson | saved a point-blank shot from Bas-. tin.
and
Quicker tackling by the Eng. ¡lish halves prevented many at- tacks. Bastin and Brook engaged in some brilliant cross-passing, which ended with Bastin scoring. England 1, Scotland nil.
Scotland rallied brilliantly and gave England a hectic time. Stevenson and Gallacher continually tested Moss.
49
10
3 23 24
16
2 14 55
SECOND DIVISION. HOME
40 .41
20 13
AWAY
Goals P. F. W. L. D. F. A. Pis P. W. L. D. F. A. Pis” Grimsby (13) WwwW! 40 20 14 3 3 55 28 31 20 12 6 2 40 26 26 Preston (9) WWwLw. 40 20 14 4 2 45 20 30 20 8 8
Bradford (8) WIW]w 40 20 16 2 2 62 23 34
Bolton (-) Wadwa
20 13 5 2 40 22 28 5 2 45 26 28
TIL
Goals
Pts.
67
25 30 20 GO
20 7 12
19 40 18
20
6 8
6 30 34 18
21 T 10
31 36 19
20 13
34 36 18 30.
20 5 12
21 41 13
20.3 10
13'ford (-) WLWWI Part V. (10) DIW .40
8 7 35 26 27 24 44 26 30
40 20 10 6 32 21 Zb
26
20 & 13
5 23 30 15
Blackpool DwL 40 20 10 Brad'd C. (11) IWDID 40 20 13 Bury (4) WWD ....
20 6 11 3 24 32 15 41 Plymouth (14) DWW1 40 20 11 2 7 42 20 29 20 3 11 6 25 48 12 41 W. Ham (20) WWILD 11 20 12 5 3 48
8 28 27
20 3 9 8 25 42 34 Oldham (19) Duwa.. .40 20 11 4 4 5 41 27 27 20 4 11 6 22 50 13 Burnley (17) WNW 40 20 14 4 2 38 27 30 20 3:13 4 19. 43 10 40
Hull (-) WEIL
20 2 10 8 19 ....40 20 11 5 4 34 19 26
41 12 38 S'hampton kww! ..40 21 15 4 2 34 20 32 20 1 15 4 21 47 6 38 Fulham (3) WIL...40 20 13 4 3 43 18-29
20 1 13 6 12 35 6 37 Notts C. (15) WILID 41 223
22 9 5 8 26 20 2
20 19 3 12 4 23 3
39 10 36 Notis F. (5) LDIWw 40 20 11 4 49 25 20 20 2 13
13.5 20 43 15
9 Millwall (7) IWIW..39 20 10 4 6 30 23 26 19:1 13 5 19 52 7 7 33 Swansea (10) ¿WWID 40 20 9 2 9 36 18 27
155 14 405 32 Man'ter U. (5) Widwd 40 20 9 9 2 28 32 20
14 3 27 52 11 31 Lincoln (19) WILIW .41 20 7 7 6 26 27 23
HOME 17 THIRD DIVISION. (SOUTH)
Goals
P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pụ Norwich (3) awww 39 20 17 0 3 49 23 37 Qu's P.R. (16) WLwIW 40 20 15 3 2 43 17 32 Reading (4) WwWD 40 20 16 304 37 12 Coventry (8) dWww 39 19 16 2
20
20
21 3 17 1 13 47 7 30
AWAY
TIL Pis.
+ Goals P. W. L.D. F. À, Pů
19.76 8.42 29 20 07 20 8 8 3 28 30 21 20 4 8 8 21 39 16 2078 30 30 18
20 7
DIVISION I
Boyd (Shef. Utd.) Hunt (Tottenham) Drake (Arsenal)
20 25
Camsell (Middsbro)
ROAD TO FINAL
Portsmouth
Astley (Aston Villa)
Richardson (W.G.) (W.B. Albion) 21 Gurney (Sunderland)
McLean (Huddersfield)
English (Liverpool)
18
Harper (Blackburn)
17
Manchester U. (a)
1-1
Wright (EV) Liverpool)
Manchester U. (b)
4-1
|Hodgson (Liverpool)
17
Grimsby (1)
3=』
Hydes (Leeds)
16
Swanson (a)
12.0
Luke (Huddersfield)
15
Bolton (a) Leicester
DIVISION II.
15
Glover (Grimsby)
37.
Manchester C.
Blackmore (Bradford)
2 Luton (14) wLWdw ..40 20 13 4
26
Cookson (Plymouth)
Bristol R. dwWWI ..39 19 13
24
Blackburn (b)
3-1
Milsom (Balton)
Swindon (22) ddWdL .29 20 12
22
Hull (a) Hull (1)
2-2
Holiday (Brentford)
Crystal P. (5) wILIW 40 20 10
4--1
Watson (V.) (W.H.)
Brighton (12) wWwdW 40 20 11
21
Wednesday (a)
2-2
Spence (Brad. City)
20
Wednesday (1) Stoke (h) Aston Villa
Dent (Notthm. F.)
19
Clapton (20) wlWdL 40
Exeter (2) DD....40
20 12 3
(Bolton) (Brentford)
Aldershot (18) ILAM 40
20 14 9 20
18
Walford (11) WWID# 40
17
17
20-7
Craven (Grimsby]
10
Hallows (Brad, City)
16
Charlton (-) IwDwW 39 N'amption (7) DLW so Southend (13) wDİLI
40
10
Vernon (Bury)
Gngh'm (8) LwWD! 40
15
Torquay (9) WTW] ..40
Bristol C. (15) LAL! .40 Newport (20) NLIW ..40 19 56 9 33 23 18
20 10 20
20 11 19 11-3 20 9 5 20 9 6 5 32 20 A 57 46 39 23 6 4 32 27 24 068 28 21 20
5 35 64 11
18 2 10
8 24 45 12 31
15
B'ur'mth (18) HINDI ..39 19 7 5 6 40 35 21 20 2 16 Cardiff (19) diLwL....40 20 6 10 4 82 39 16 THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
2 18 65 6 27
20 3 15 2 25 60 8 24
HOME
42
TIL Pls.
Pompey have a slightly inferior league record to their opponents.
Smith (Burnley) Reid (Oldham) McNaughton (Hull) Nolan (Port Valej
having secured 40 points from
DIVISION III. (Nord)) their 40 games, as against the Lythgoe (Stockport) The Scols combined beauti- fully, but Мокк
City's 42 points. Recently, how-Bamford (Wrexham) played the
Alsop (Walsall) game of his life, while the English ever. Portsmouth have shown a ro- Bell (Tranmere}
Shankly (Barrow)
England's second goal
.
defenders covered eleverly, Hap turn to form, including among Blight (Barnsley) good especially playing excellent-their victims none other than the Cook (Chesterfield) jly.
Slinger (Carlisle) Arsenal at Fration Park. came through Bastin being fouled a yard
оп Last year the City relied Wesley outside the penalty area. Brook Langford; Cann and Dale; Busby, Robinson (Barrow) scored off the goalpost. Bowers
Mantle (Chester) scored the third goal a few minu-Cowan, and Bray; Toseland, Mar-Johnson (Mansfield) tes later on a pass from Brook-shall, Herd, McMullan and E. Tunstall (Halifax) Reuter.
Brook.
RANGER'S WEEK-END
SOCCER FORECAST
Nichols, Townsend and Verity. Shafi led by 4-2 and 5-3 In the PORTSMOUTH v Manchester C..
V
F. A. CUP FINAL
"We are all fit and well, and third set, but Hare recovered well
FIRST DIVISIÓN ASTON VILLA v West Brom. have had a very successful tour,"
Shaffi was always the more Chelsea
* ARSENAL Bald Major Ricketta. "We have
Blackburn done well. Our form was well up vigorous, but Hare showed much HUD'FIELD
LEICESTER ▾ Birmingham to expectation, but we were sur better judgment. It is understood SHEFFIELD U. v
Derby Stroke
NEWCASTLE prised to see the big Improvement that Hare will be given facilities
|SUNDERLAND in the standard of cricket in In- for practice with our. Davis, Cup TOTTENHAM din.. Most of the Indian players
team. His backhand in are young, but I believe when they rather cramped, but this is nothing BOLTON have gained experience they will
unusual for a left-hander. be extremely useful.
We
"The tour was one of the best
have experienced. Everything was conducted in the best aporting spirit, and the players on both sides in..
(
V
still
• LEEDS. RECOND DIVISION
v Millwall BRADFORD ✦ v Southampton BRENTFORD Lincoln Linesin To-day he was serving well and
BURNLEY
v Bury driving on the forehand with GRIMSBY v Blackpool much power and accuracy. It was MANC'STER U.. Swansea Hare who beat Fred Perry in the NOTTS T v Bradford C.
OLDHAM
▼ Jull Inter-County Championship on PLYMOUTH Friday.
Wolver
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Noils C
PRESTON v Fulham
THIRD DIVISION (Bouth)
the Test matches were the firm.
MR. BARRETT'S. APPOINTMENT WEST
ST HAM v Port Vale est of friends.”
The Lawn Tennis Association ha' } Major Ricketts further stated; sunsunced that Bir. H. Roper Barrels | BOURNEMOUTH v Aldershot Bodyline' bowling was not ex-the non-playing captain of the British BRISTOL R. ploited in India. The Indians may Davis Cap team, had been appointed CARDIFF. not have known anything about it, chairman of the team selection com- CHARLTON
mittee.
COVENTRY but we certainly never found it
Mr. Barrett played for England on
Crystal necessary to try it. We played several occasions, and in 1981 he was EXETER kricket, and that, I think, accounts captain of the Britisk Davis Cup team Cillingham that won six matche ; and, after beats READING for the excellent feeling that pre-ing Amaica, met France in the thal-Southend vailed, in all our matches." Inpre round.
WATFORD
v Newport
Luton
Brighton Bristol C. QUEENS P. E. Northampton Torquay
v Clapton
Y. NORWICH' -Swindon
THIRD DIVISION (North)
ACCRINGTON
BARNSLEY
v Darrow. v Crewe CHESTERFIELD y Carlisle. Darlington v CRESTER Gateshead Hartlepools MANSFIELD Rochdale TRANMERE Wrexham
V DONCASTER v Rotherham
New Brighton V STOCKPORT v Halifax ✓ Walsall
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
ABERDEEN. Airdrieoniana Clyde DUNDEE FALKIRK HEARTS MOTHERWELL
RANGERS
* Queen'sTM Pk
♥ QUEENS 08.
v. Hibernians
Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone. Cowdenbeath
Hamilton
St. Mirren CELTIC THIRD LANARKY
Partick
Chambers
20 3 2018 20 3 12
3 26 2 21 62-8
20 6. 7 549 42 21 58
AWAY Goals
Goals P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pis P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu †Ches'feld (-) WWJDI 41 21 18 2 1 54 18 37 -20 B 66 30 20 23 60 Barnsley (8) WW«W# 40 2017 259 16 37 Stockp't (10) Iwiwa 40 20 18 02 88 23 38 Walsall (5) Www ..39 20 17 1 2 57 19 36 Doncanter (6) dwWW 40 20 16 3155 Wxham (2) WWWw 40 30 19 6 j Traum'e (11) WID .40 21 15 3 3
20 0 7 7 30 27 19 5T 19 69 6 38 35 15 51 7. 9 24 35 17 -50 8 8 4.83 46 20 46
24 37 11
41
40 47 16 43 31 68 12 42
38 65 11 38
47 11 X8
Dodd (x)
Barrow (9) IWLwW.40 20 11
20
12
18
18
N. B'ght'a (21))
Halifax (15) LWID .40 20 14 Chester (1) WWW.40 20 10 York (20) HWwD41 20 11 46 Hartlep's (14) WIWI .40 20 13 4 ...40 20 10 4
3
1
16
(Hartlepools) Diamond (Southport) Ashton (Barnsley) Best (Darlington)
Brighton) Davis (N. Dando (York) Meek (Gateshead) Pedwell (Hartlepools)
DIVISION III. (South) Pearce (Charlton) Simpson (C. Pal Warnes (Norwich) McCambridge
(B.R). Vinall (Norwich) Blackman (Q.P.R.) Newion (Reading) Stevens (Southend) Lake (Coventry) Bacon (Coventry) Bennic (Suton) Barnett (Watford) Bourton (Coventry) Henson (N'ampton) McGough (Reading) Armstrong (Swandon) MeNestry (Brist, R.)
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Division I'
Smith (Rangers) Macfadyen (Motherwell) M'Gibbon (Ayr United) Maxwell (Kilmarnock)
Milla (Aberdeen) Barkam (Falkirk)
Wilson
M'Parf
Academicals)
M'Gowan (Qucon of the South) FH, Dodds
(Queen's Park) Moore (Aberdeen)
Cumming (Quorn of the South) White Heart of Midlothian)... M'Grory (Celtic)
|Calder (St. Johnstons)
Davidson (81. Johnstone) M'Cultoeli Third
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18 Carlisle (9) WWTW 40 20 13 4
Gateshead (7) LILIL 141–20 10 7 17 Delon (22) IWWdd...38
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25 84 9 32
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25
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
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AWAY
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TIL
Pis
29 18 5
18 5 8 5 31 36.15
17 "Queen O'S WIWWD 36: 19 11 6 2 44 96 24 17 10 6 1 20 36 21 45 17 Herria (3) IWDILW...37 19 12 3
17 Celtic (4) WoldW.87 19 12 2:5 45 20 29 18
17 Aberdeen (8) WwIDL 27 18 12 8 3 33
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Jackie Brown" is the fatest puncher
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Ho
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