THE CHINÀ MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1938.
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FOR THE SOCCER SELECTORS
YOUNGSTER ATTAINING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
(By "OLD HAND”)
Glasgow, December 4.
other season over his head, D. F. M'Clure, of Hearts, will be in the forefront. This ex-Troon man has
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F. A. CUP SURPRISES
ARSENAL BEATEN AT HIGHBURY
GALLANT YORK AGAIN
London, Saturday.
football matches played
made unexpected improvement. The following are the results of This is natural, however, when we Home consider that the whole team have last Saturday. shown signs of settling into a game where man gets an opportunity to York
· F.A. CUP. (FIFTH ROUND)
INTERNATIONAL football is making big de- develop his style in the right way. Laton
Arsenal
mands on the ingenuity of the men of all coun-With first-class colleague a young Charlton tries who are appointed selectors of the teams to player could be written down as unintelligent were he to fail to im- do duty. This remark applies particularly to those prove in every way, and in parti- Sunderland of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Time was when,cular in positional tactics, M'Clure Brentford year after year, certain players "picked themsel-hind him, Anderson alongside him, has a great chance with Waugh be-
ves," so to speak.
1 Middlesbrough 0 1 Manchester C. 3 1 Aston Villa 1
Preston
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Bradford Manchester U. 0
Liverpool 0 Huddersfield 1 Chesterfield 2 Tottenham 2 SCOTTISH CUP (SECOND ROUND)
St. Bernards.
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5 St. J'stone 1 1 King's Park 1 1 Cowdenbeath 0 Lambert
Amateurs 2 Morton
3 Stenhousemuir 1 Motherwell 1 East Fife 5 Dundee
United Celtic
5 Nithsdale
and Miller in front of him.
In the same category is A. Win- IT WAS FAIRLY SAFE TO WAGER THAT YOU COULD[ning, of Rangers. Dawson behind, Aberdeen CHOOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, EIGHT OF THE PLAYERS WHO Gray alongside, and George Brown WOULD WEAR SCOTLAND'S COLOURS IN MOST OF THE SEA-in front-what more can a young Partick SON'S REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. AT PRESENT IT fellow want? WOULD SEEM THAT IT IS MORE EASY TO CHOOSE EIGHT ANOTHER RANGER HALF STAR PLAYERS WHO WILL NOT WEAR THE COLOURS.
Possibly another Rangers' half will be next in line for a cap-.. It is not stretching matters too far to say that our selectors ap- either J. M'Killop or R. Ross. These pear to have an umbrage against many fine players who operate at lade can play the real football. But home here. Or should I say that the selectors acquire an amazing neither is a better man than J. Raith liking for players in England who only a short time before being Laurie, the Lanarkshire boy, who transferred were regarded as not at all likely to get a cap when their has taken Guthrie's place in the respective Scots clubs.
Dundee team-and has done so well that Dundee the other day sent a cheque for $10 to his junior club, Hamilton Newarthill, in
Ross County appreciation Laurie's services!
Kilmarnock, bye. For left-half we have F. Dunlop, Chelsea and this will come W. Rice, of of Aberdeen, G. Paterson, of Celtic, Derby Hibernians, Quite a long time now. Grimsby since Hibernians gave a play-Leicester
I could instance many such from Kirkintilloch Rob Roy well players. One will suffice-Robert over a season ago. Ancell, who when with St. Mirren Let's have a look around now in was surely seldom mentioned in an effort to find other players who an international connection, yet have either attained to who was chosen for Scotland but tional standard here, or who, being interna- a short time after joining New-young, will be of that standard in a castle United,
very few years,
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FIRST DIVISION
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Portsmouth
Leeds
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West Brom. Bolton
SECOND DIVISION.
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4 Birmingham 0
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THE ANGLO ANGLE
er to international football, Rice SOME GOOD NAMES Assuming that a completely new Should Jerry Dawson be unable but he naturally has a good way to Burnley
may be the first to break the run, Bury team had to be chosen for Scotland, to play at any time, Peter and that the following eleven hadthur, of Motherwell; Bert
Coventry been a season or so with the Eng-stone,
CENTRE FORWARD CHOICES Southampton of Partick Thistle; lish clubs I have linked with their Brown, of Clyde, could step in. And
For right wing there are Ogilvie, Swansea names, would not, I seriously ask jwe mustn't forget G. Jenkins, Daw-
of Motherwell, D. Christie, of West Ham 1 Wednesday you, almost all of them be chosen | son's deputy at Ibrox, or the young
Queen's Park, and J. Fiddes, of Ran- THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) for even as important that against England:-
a game as fellows, G. M'Kie, of Falkirk, and gers. At inside-right, M. M'Donald, Bournemouth 5 Walsall
R. Henderson, Partick Thistle. I do of Celtic, must be in the honours Brighton Waugh (Derby County); Carabine believe that when Dawson does list. Centre-forward is very often Bristol C. (Sunderland) and
R. G. D. Gordon finish with international football the most debated position. But sure Clapton O. (Chelsea); Geatons (Arsenal),
(Everton) Dykes which may not be for a long timely from Keyes, of Falkirk, Martin, Exeter and A. Miller (Preston, North End); M'Spadyen (Liverpool), either Henderson or M'Kie will be of Queen's Park, and G. Wilson, Gillingham M'Kennan (Liverpool), Keyes (Brent his natural successor. By that time of Clyde, we could pick one nippy Newport ford). Black (Arsenal), and M'Caskie they will be right on top.
enough to finish off the work of a Notts C. Bolton Wanderers)?
really good front rank. short time, I reckon, W. J. Finne-Southend
And in a Queen's F.R.
Rangers, will be catching the eye. gan, of Hibs, and W. Thornton, of Watford
THIRD
For right back there is a young team than Greenock Morton, would fellow who, in a less unfortunate
even now be catching the eye of ahead more than a few months-M. who has revealed extraordinary, ver- selectors who contrive
In addition to Black for inside-Accrington to look left we have Christie, of Queen's, Carlisle Chester Maley. Here is a coming player, one satility by developing into the best About
Crewe ent of full-back play. Not tall, yet with the gifts of a natural expon- powerful, and quick in the tackle An excellent placer, too. Maley is a
ONCE IN HEADLINES One season in the glare of the English limelight, in the headlines of the English papers, in the, in some cases, easily acquired public popularity and your. place in a Scottish team is assured! the only player of my acquaintance who has always been in the public eye and in the complimentary Press notices, and who has failed to catch the attention of our selectors is little Sammy Black, who joined Plymouth Argyle as a left winger
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worry us, Gillies, of Clyde, M'Nee, of Hamilton, Kinnear, of Rangers,
Wrexham and Caskie, of St. Johnstone-all Rotherham
Rochdale SCOTTISH LEAGUE excellent-lads. And, coming-es
FIRST DIVISION”“”“ rapidly, is John Deakin, of St. Mir-Kilmarnock *3 Hearts
SECOND DIVISION
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If we can't build a team out of Airdrie that material—well, I'll count my-Montrose self a bad judge!
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