THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1933.
THE "TELEGRAPH'S" PAGE ABOUT HOME
ARSENAL'S BIG CHANCE
TO AGAIN FORGE AHEAD IN
LEADERSHIP RACE
SPURS CONFRONTED WITH SEVERE OBSTACLE
(By "The Pilgrim")
THE advance of Tottenham to within a point
of Arsenal' will only be temporary I think,| as the Highbury men should go ahead again on Saturday at the expense of their unfortunate fellow-citizens of Stamford Bridge, whilst the 'Spurs will meet with tough opposition at Hills- borough,
IN fact, I am inclined to give Wednesday_the vordict in this match if they can reproduce the form which enabled them to beat Aston Villa away last weck.
Chelsea goal bad a narrow escape from this Derby County attack at Stamford Bridge. But Woodley, the Pensioners' custodian came to the ras cae and punched clsar ai the plature shows. (Planet
New).
IF the climate in which Chelsea have their
being is an enervating one, as some too-kind CLUBHOUSE CHATTER BY
critics have suggested for them, it is certain that the Derby Rams are feeling the benefit of the Peak atmosphere.
MR. Jobey's eleven will no doubt account for the
Sheffield United club at the Baseball Ground and will then present a strong challenge to the Southern leaders.
I hope, and think, that the remarkable improvement shown by
Middlesbro' will not be checked by their one-goal defeat at Huddersfield last week. If they can get through the Pompey defence one or twice and then sit tight they will be half way up the League ladder instead of on the bottom rung they occupied such a short time ago.
IN
view of Sunderland's recent performances 1 am inclined to favour their chances on their trip to the Everton ground. Sunder- land with Huddersfield, aro the most prolific scorera in the First Division though their total of 44 is equalled by Grimsby and Norwich, and is beaten by Chester- fleld with, 45.
and
two safe forecasts in
this section.
NOME difficult nuts are up
SOM
the
for cracking in the Second Division. Black-
Grimsby, pool and two leading clubs, meet on the former's ground, and though a draw would be equally feasible, I give the seasiders the benefit of the extra confidence inspired by their own supporters and expect them to win.
MULHAM have come on
Fwell enough to justify a
win at Craven Cottage. They are entertaining Pres- ton North End, whose early season exploits have not quito borne out the promise they gave.
This is what happened when Ports- mouth visited Highbury to engage the Arsenal in league match last month. Moss, the Arisaal goal- keeper is sean effecting a remarkabla Ave after a scrimmage near the goal (Planet News).
INCOLN, whose play rather suggests a return to the Northern section in 1934, have to meet the Brentford combination which. I think will be too strong for them.
SWANSEA have suffered a sort of physical inertia
lately which the visiting Manchester United men will not be slow to turn to their own advantage,
CHARLTON'S visit to Brighton may prove th
turning point of the Londoner's success but I imagine they will carry off this match and bring back a brace. I fear Northampton at home will be too strong for Exeter and Reading, who have to journey to Clapton Orient's ground, are the only other away club whose chances I fancy,
CREWE Alexander, still successfully struggling to
maintain their neutral position, never seem to show any other ambition than to remain where they are. Barnsley are trying to retrieve their place among the first three and are not far behind. They expect to not both points at Crewe, de
TORWICH have a comparatively easy day at home NORWICH have a windot, who are also on their own ground, have a not-so-easy fixture with Watford. HESTERFIELD are due for a visit to Carlisle and there C
is no obvious reason why it should not be a profitable day for them. The Salter Lane aido has scored seven more goals ¡than any other team in the Section and has had four less goals
registered against them.....
THERE are several tempting engagements in the
Scottish Senior League if one wishes to take a chance on away clubs. Motherwell and Rangers should both win and Aberdeen have a good chance of increasing their total at Hamilton. Kilmarnock are at home to Falkirk and Queen o’South are set for a big scoring game against Clyde
Mo
"THE PILGRIM"
MOTHERWELL, after 21 matches are still the proud holders of this season's record for joint calice- ting. They have not lost a singlo match and have only conceded three out of a possible 42 points.
MIDDLESBRO', "Grimsby, Chester- M field, and Queen O'South have all
TO BEAT THE BOOK
to draw their first match and Chel- nea need two more points to galnį HOME- double figures and five to catch up with their closest "rivals."
is worth departing from senior League football a moment to point out that Brentford Reserves have not lost a home point since November 7, 43 successivo 1031, and have won games at Griffin Park.
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UTSIDE right Tom Glidden has boon with West Bromwich Albione, his one and only professional club, for a dozen years.
HIS younger brother Sidney, who
used to be with him at The Haw thorns, has since played for ten clubs, the latest being Blyth Spartans. Yet
he won't be twenty-five until the end DRAWS of January!
FARQUHARSON, the Cardiff goal-
responsible for the
was alteration in the penalty-kick rule which compels_goalkeepers_to_stand still under the bar.
(By "Robin")
Arsenal Derby..
Port Vale
Norwich Walsall
Luton Stockport Notts County Chester
Cottic Swindon
Manchester City
Newcastle
Northampton Millwall
OUR FORECAST
SATURDAY'S LIKELY RESULTS
(By "The Pilgrim")
on
FOOTBALL
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated lengue table records of all the clubs in the English League and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.
Arsenal... Tottenham
Blackburn
Everton
Birmingham
Aston Villa Middlesbro' Leicoster Newcastle Wednesday
- ENGLISH LEAGUE ·
ANUAOGNÓ DÍ
20 10 44 24
32
31
34 40 16
29
FIRST DIVISION. Total
Home
Away
Goals
W. D. L.
W. D. L. W. D. L.
F.. A.
Pta
18 10 3
8 3
0.
4 2.3
33
18
18 10 4 4
€
1
2
4 3 2
12 17
24
Derby County
17 9 6 3 5
30-
4 2 3
82 19
Huddersfield
18
9 5 4
7 2 1
2 3 3
44 31
Manchester C.
-18
8 0 4
G 2 2
3 4 2
Sunderland .. 18
9 3
Weat Bromwich. 18
18
Portsmouth
18
Wolverhampton
18
Leeds United
17
Liverpool
18.
17
8 09
18
G 8
3 3
20
18
4 7 7
8
'26 36
10 3.2 4
3 0
G
28 35
B
6
18 30
14
10
22 -45
32 13
8
22
44
SECOND DIVISION. Total Home
P.
W. D. L.
W. D. L.
Grimsby Blackpool
18
13 0 5
8 0 2
Away W. D. L. 5 0 $
Goals F. A. 44 19
Pts. 21
18
9 5
4
$ 2
3 3 3
30 18
23
18 11 i G
7 0
34 27
Port Vale
18
10 2
28 21
Brentford
18
40 90
Preston N.E.
16
32 24
Plymouth
West Ham U.
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
Stoke City Shoffeld U. Chelsea
Bolton
Below
are given fixtures in
Bradford English and Scottish Football Notts County.. League with the results of their Manchester U.. meetings last season and an in- Notts Forest dication of the probable result of Southampton
Bradford City Saturday-Oldham their encounters Names printed in heavy type are Fulham the clubs expected to earn full Hull City points and where no indication is Burnley given a ddraw is the most likely Bury
Swanger decision.
Lincoln Millwall
- ENGLISH LEAGUE.'
FIRST DIVISION.
JACK-Tinn, the Portsmouth-mana- MANCHESTER C.__ Liverpool (1)
0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
18
18
18
8
4 1 4
3
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).·
60 1
2 3 3
29 36
24 20
20 20
31 31
21 '30
28 36
36
26 42
20
43 26 35 20 31 24 36 22
20
10
3 G 10
3 5 10
AWAY
Reading
Manchester U. Brentford
ARSENAL (4) • Chelsea (1) BIRMINGHAM (0) ▼ BLACKBURN (4) ▼
Total
Home Away
Goals
P.
W. D. L.
W. D. L. W. D. L
F. A..
Leleester (4) Norwich
EG
11 2 3
8 0.1
3 2 2
44
24
Queen's Park
10
9 3
4
8 1 0
1 2 4
30 17
Huddersfield (2) Coventry
10
8 4
4
G 1 1
30 22
DERBY (3) Everton (6) Leeds (2)
V
Sheffield U. (0)
Charlton SUNDERLAND (1) Crystal Palace v Wolves (0)
16
-92 D
17
8 4 5
5 2
Exeter
18
8 4 6
Reading
16
8
Bristol Rovers
16
R
Luton Swindon
18 7
10
7
Clapton Orient
16
17
16
16
16
16
G
16 5
་
10 4
16
6 2
16
3.6 7
16
4 3 9 2 2 4
16 3
2 8
3 4
ger, has been watching many out- MIDDLESBRO' (5) ▼
Portsmouth (4) Farquharson conceived the ingeni-side lefts this season. The latest to
his attention B Sim, Newcastle (~) Stoke (~~) ous idea of standing at the back of focus the not, and rushing forward as the Arthurlic. hall was kicked.
IA GOAL averages to-day tell a story death of Harry, Wake, about to retiro
the leaders, NOTE that, although
Spurs and Arsenal, aro well be hind the prolific Huddersfield and Sunderland in goals "for," their, de- fensive records are impressive,
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ET me point out that the 'Spurs, with 17 against, have conceded Tower goals than any team in the First and Second Divisions and the Southern section of the Third Divi- xion. Only Chesterfeld, with 45 goals against 14, have a better defensive record.
WHO is going to challenge this Worth London supremacy? At the moment Derby are the only im- pressive competitor.
there is Huddersfield Of course
whoso ne inetics are paying-Ave forwarde who are really forwarda, aupported by wing halves who attack at every opportunity, leaving the cen- tro-half and the full backs to bear the brunt of the opposition.
TN criticising the Arsenal, it should| be remembered that their palley of concentrating on defonce with ocea sional lightning raids whom their op ponents' goal is not well guarded- Days.
-J.
Y
Grimsby
WEDNESDAY (—) v
Brighton Tottenham (--)
Aldershot flag was once flown at half-mast
Aston Villa (3) Bournemouth because of the false rumour of the WEST BROM. (2)
Gillingham SECOND DIVISION.
Torquay from Seaton. Delaval (Northumber.· land).
Northampton BLACKPOOL (—) ↑
Notta F. (2) Watford
Cardif Burnley (3) + Now that Jack Elkes has lost his BRADFORD C. (2) ▼
place at centre half, Watford BURY (5) should try him in the forward line, FULHAM (1)
Preston N. E. (0) Newport Southend v. Oldham (-) where he played some fine games for Hull (~~) ·
Lincoln () v the 'Spurs,
BRENTFORD (Bristol City Millwall (-) BOLTON (~~)
HAR
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JARFORD, the Luken gyalkeeper, Notts C. (4)
Y Plymouth (1) out of a job at the beginning of ORT VALE (4) v West Ham (0)
SHAMPTON (2) v. Bradford (0)
Chesterfield Swansen (2)
Stockport MANCHESTER U. (1)Halifax
and Bastin one in a game that was unusually rapid rise to prominente, ( brilliant success) to get two goals centre-forward. He has enjoyed an the great thriller. It was expected to
be.
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the season, is now back in the first team, playing better than ever,
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THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
ALDERSHOT (1) v
Tranmere R., Walsall
Barnsloy
Bournemouth (1) Barrow CHARLTON (-) Doncaster
ONINDENONG E
Ž ANUNU KO NO GO
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Total
19
-29--21-
37 34
18
2 4
26 30
18
2 6
21 23
16
28 26
15
*. 16 22
16
Goals
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P.
3 5 7 0
Home Away W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 16 14 0 2 7 0 1 7 0 1 16 30 3 3 7 2 0
U 13 16 9 2 5 6 1 1 16 8
FA A.
Pts.
45 14
88 21
3 1 4 1 3 4
31
16 9 16
8 D
16 8.3
16
76
31
Clapton 0.
Brighton (-) w BRISTOL C. (5) v Coventry (3)
↑ READING (6)
16
7 4
Hartlepools
16
7 4
B2
LUTON (8)
Newport (3)
✓ Cardiff (1).
Y
Crewe A. Carlisle
17
Gateshead
Accrington
17
N'HAMPTON (5) ▼ NORWICH (1) Y QUEENS P. R (2) v
York City
Y
Crystal Pal. (1) New Brighton SWINDON (1) Watford (2) TORQUAY (1) • Gillingham (2)
Wrexham Chester
16
Rochdale..
16
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Mansfield
Southport
16 2
Rotherhamn
-15
Darlington
Bristol R. (1)
Exeter (3) Southend (0)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). BARROW (5) • Accrington (0) Carlisle (-)
CHESTERFIELD' (→) TT paid at Villa Park where the home
CHESTER (5) ▾ Darlington (2) forwards and half-backs were cons Aldershot's Intel capture là C. Crewe (2)
BARNSLEY (2) Gateshead (1) stantly swarming round the Arsenal Traganowan (above), the formar DONCASTER (3) ▼
Tranmere (1) defence, leaving the way open for the Truro City and Cornwall County Halifax (4)
NEW BRIGHTON (1) ▼
Motherwell sudden passes that enabled Danne
Manabeld (0) Rangers Rotherham (1) ♥
Aberdeen Hartlepools (1) ' Rochdale (3) Ayr
Hearts STOCKPORT (2) ▼ WALBALL (2) r. Wroxham (8)
Kilmarnock Southport (1) York (0).
St. Johnstone SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
Falkirk Queen o'South FIRST DIVISION.
Celtic Dundee Airdrie (2) AYR (4)
Hamilton Bt, Mirren (0) CELTIC (0)
Hibernians Cowdenbeath (1).
MOTHERWELL (4) Clyde
RANGERS (4)acon's Park Hamilton (2) Hibernians (-) ▼ Dundee (~) PRADFORD Cily suffered two grior-KILMARNOCK (1) Falkirk (1) Partick
Third Tanark (2) Third Lanark pas disappointments when Black. PARTICK (2) pool, whapped up Bussey from Stoke Deena Park (4) ▼ ABERDEEN (0) Airdria and Stake signed on Cartis, the North- QUEEN DRTH. (--) Clyde (m) St. Mirron
ST. JOHNSTONE (2) ▼ Hearts (1) Cowdenbeath
FTER the 'Spurs" recent per
formancen I think they aro en- titled to say:They are not a first JACK Hedge, the young St. Austell outside right Plymouth Argyle half team only; they are just as effec. tivo in the mud as they were on hard havo secured on amateur forms, locks ground; their defence is as good as like being the club's best capture out of Cornwall zinco Raymond Bowden,
any.
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MY affection for West Ham is some. PLYMOUTH are still trying to get
Moulson, the Linelon pivot. what diminished by their recent performances.
FULHAM are doing better now that Lambert has settled down in a team whose tactics are not the Ar
Eastern League player.
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SCOTTISH - LEAGUE,"
FIRST.DIVISION
Total
Home
Away
W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 18 8 0 10 10
20 10 2 2 10 10 21 11 4 6 7 2 2 21 10 6 6 6 3 1 06. 47. 3. 1 31 4.
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20 9 6 G 21 10 38 20
100, 10
28
31
20 26
40 39
21 89
26
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Goals
F.A. Pts.
8 2 .0
52
18
89
0 1 2
04 20 34
4 2 4
52/30
4 8 4
54 59
2
3.3
43.-24
5 3 8
46 38
2.4
38 20
46. 43
38 56
13 G
30.31
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