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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935
HOME FOOTBALL
HUDDERSFIELD
MAKE UP FOR
Boninemouth. Tranmere
Aston Villa
**LOST GROUND Bolton
Barrow Scunthorpe
FIRST, DIVISION
Brentford Derby
Leicester's Lapse May Everton
Prove Costly
ABERDEEN INCREASE GAP
Huddersfield
Bid boro Portsmouth Preston Wednesday Wolves
1 Arsenal
3 West Brom
1 Liverpool.
Grimsby
0 Leeds
- 1 Sunderland · 0
0 Furmingham 2
$ Blackburn
-Chelses
0 Stoke City
Kowlands, above, the Fusiliers”
CLASSICAL KNOCK BY ALEC PEARCE
GILLESPIE DEFINITE
ACQUISITION
LATE DECLARATION COSTS CLUB MAJOR POINTS
(By L.B.W)
mistake on Saturday in the Senior TT is not very often that a captain wins the toss
when he allowed * earner kick from W. Knox to pass over his head into the net.
4 Mchester C. S)
brilliant cestndian, made a costly
SECOND
DIVISION
3. Leicester
S
Shield match against Kowloon
2 Sheffield U.
1
1 Bury
2 West Ham (
1 Doncaster
3 Swansea ·
-4 Southampton 1)
London, Saturday. Huddersfield made up for lost ground in the premier soccer Barsley league to-day when they beat Bradford C. Sunderland. potential champions. Burnley by the only goal of the game. Chariton
In the Second Division LeicesFulham ter faltered and are now shams Hall the leadership with the spurs and
Manchester U Doncaster. In the southern Newcastle section Luton and Coventry came Plymouth on level texas with Reading Port Vale
while in the Scottish League Tottenham Aberdeen are leading Celtic by RD three points as the result of the
Accrington latter's defeat at Dunfermline.
Detailed scores, as cabled by Reuter, were as follow
N. Brighton Rochdale Stockport
5 Notts F.
2 Bradford
2 Blackpool
2. Norwich
DIVISION (North)
0-Wrexham
S. Carlisle
5 Gateshead 6-fanzfeld
THIRD DIVISION (South)
F. A. CUP-2nd Round Workington -5 Kidderminster 1) Laton. Stalybudge CL40 Darlington
Notts C.
1}Northampton
0
31 Airdrie
3. Torquay
Chester
3 Reading
Halifax
.1 Hartlepools
2 Ayr
Folkestone Crewe
1 Clapton
2 Gillingham
5 Burton
Southend
Chesterfield
Oldham
Dartford
Rotherham
Southall
Margate Scarborough
0 Walsall
- 1 Bristol R
Clyde
1 Bristol C.
2 Coventry
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Dunfermline
Hamilton
0 Hearts
1Motherwell
4 Gainsboro' T.0] Rangers
1 Watford
1St. Johnstone
8 Newport (Isle T. Lansri
of Wight) 0
3 Crystal P. · 1 1-Brightom
3 Hibernians
◊ A broath
1 Queen's Pk
1 Celtic
2 Aberdeen
NOHONA
:
Tables To Date
FIRST-DIVESION
Goals
PWLD FAP
Sunderland 19 13 42 58 275 Hderfield 1.19 19 4
Derby
Arsensi
19:10 4
(0 Birmingham 19·8 6 3 29
1. Lende
{Liverpool
Stoke
87.4 37 28
M'chester C. 18 9
4 Middlesboro 19 S
Bolton.
2 Wolres
2 Chelsea....
3
Wednesday
-Blackbern-
0W. Bwick 19
3Partsmouth 18
2. Queen O'S
0
Preston
Everton ..19
3
Grimsby...15 €
5 Partick
5 Albion
◊ Nilmaznock- 2-Dundee
Beater.
1 Brentford ..17 4 9
21
(No correction had been recetv- led up to 3.30 a.m.-24.)
BURLEIGH CIGARETTES
Aston Villa 19
4 71
SECOND DIVISION
CHAR
Goals
PWL D FAP Leicester 19 11 5 3 39 26 25 Tottenham 19 11 5 3 44 29 25 Doncaster...19 11 5 3 30
Charlton ...19 9 4 6 35 23 Blackpool ..20 9 6 5 62 Newcastle 18 10 6 2 43. Shampton .19 7.6 6
Fulham 29 6 5
M'chester U. 19 9
Swansea...19 6 8
and sends the other side in to bat, but strangely enough we had two instances like that on Saturday while one of the teams lost, the other only narrowly averted defeat
the Club-Army and IRC-Navy matche the captains of the Services teams elected to field after calling right in the spin.
The Club-Army match, which was drawn, was featured by. a polished innings for 107 not out by Alec Pearce who showed in- no uncertain manner that, despite his indifferent form during Interport week, he is still the Colony's best batsman. His cover drives were a treat to watch, but the most striking feature of his innings was that, although he was Scoring at a very good rate, he never allowed himself to be hurted by the bowlers.
AH Madar also batted well for the Indians against the Navy, but perhaps the most delightful innings of the afternoon (from a "brighter cricket" point of view) was It M. K Branwell's- 62 against the IRC when he hit 9 fours and two sixes. As result of their win, however, the Indians are now very favourably placed in the race for championship-honours
Dealing with the Club-Army
game, Capt. Walch called right in
the spin and to the surprise of KOWLOON'S
everybody he sent the Club in
A. W. Hayward opened the innings with E R. Duckitt, the bowling being in the hands of Lt a. C. Garthwaite (Supreme Court End) and Cpl. Ballard. For a time it looked as though Capt Walch's policy was going to bear fruit, for, after hitting Garthwaite beautifully through the covers for la four, the Club, skipper was howl- over tossed one in
Sheffield C. 19 7 8 4 33:29: 18ed by an Plymouth 18 8 3 312319 mediately after when he tried to Bury 19 5 6 8 29 29 18 repeat the same shot. Notts F
540 41 17 Alec Pearce opened very canti-
Bradford
Norwich ...19
West Ham 18
Euraley Barnsley
Bradford C.
Hall
Port Vale..19
24 31 17
MERITORIOUS
SOCCER VICTORY
Great Improvement Apparent
SOCCER PROGRAZIE -OVER-CROWBED
"By "REFEREE") The cold weather over Saturday
and yesterday has given a real "Cup tie atmosphere to
the Senior and Junior. Shield soccer
that anything might happen in
30 34 16 ously, especially to Ballard, whomes and the results show 16 was bowling steadily without be these series, a glaring example be
3
THIRD DIVISION (South)
15 in impressive. Runs came slowing provided du Saturday, when a
15
completelyn: Panised.
as the ball was coming up, awkwardly at both ends, but al though Pearce did not open his won a deserving victory over
the Fusilie account for the first few minutes. be appeared to be very confident, dis
D. Kace, who formerly played Goals
on the left-wing, but whe“ was PWLD FAPts giving the ball the full face of
the bat everytime.ql
moved to the centre forward Luton
18 114 3:32 15 25
Dackin's Queer. Dismissal berth, has at last found his true Reading Coventry 18 10 3.5 52 21 35 When he had scored only two position, and on his "display": "of Queen's PR. 17955 3 40 223 Duckitt lost his wicket through Saturday he looks like being a
B'mouth
Crystal P.
Torquay
Millwall
Notts C
Gillingham
Watford Clapton
Swindon Bristol C
Brickton .....15
Cardiff
Southend ..17.
Bristol R....17
Newport
Exeter
4 7 19
23918 being over eager Garthwaite sent permanent fixture there for the
18; down a thoroughly bad ball-it rest of the season.
hit the ground only about seven
yards from the bowler and look-
ed like a wide-and the batsman
(Continued on Page 3)
in reaching out to it only managed FINAL CIVILIAN
to pull it on to his own wicket!
(Continued on Page 11).
"T*** LADIES BEAT RECREIO LADIES IN SEVEN A SIDE
HOCKEY TRIAL IS
VERY HELPFUL.
BURLEIGH
CIGARETTES
make the better
Christmas Gift
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