THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
1034.
ENGLAND & SCOTLAND RETURN TO LEAGUE SOCCER
DERBY'S OPPORTUNITY
TO CONSOLIDATE
ARSENAL AND HUDDERSFIELD MAY BE TAKEN FOR RIDE
MOTHERWELL TO VISIT CELTIC
(By" "The Pilgrim")
Freed for'n brief span from the Bront ord have been lagging be car and tussle of Cupar döiband and now find themselves clubs in the Soption aneth Bogoral rivals for the second English Leagues mochain laco: The fight to keep clear of their ordinary ongaments o Saturday.
Duroy have a grent chance of Fonsolidating their top-of-the- Hable advantage, for, they sitqu.. casily account for West Bromwic on their present form, and by th aama token Arsenal and Hudders Held will find it dificult to add t
their total
arc The Shefeld United club making a great spurt and unless Stoke can recapture some of the early acason form they will find themselves paired with Chelsen na the bottom.
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Middlesbro have suffered alignt decline but their supporters are expecting great things of them ingainst the Arsenal.
bottom wilmore keen than
ho strugglean end of the able In this son,
Perhaps the must:Intense rivalry
s to be found in the Southeri
ction where several clubs who re worthy of Second -DRGWör tatus aro finding their Anket no equal to span out,
and Reading ar Coventry pposed this week-end and havi aken long shot in giving full points to the visitors.
Chesterfield meet the strongest apposition they have had in the eague so far when they travel o Barnsley. Many home wina re indicated in this section and I m afraid Walsall will find their lashing pace checked at Stock- port.
Spurs have a chance of gaining
Motherwell hnve not fount full points at Chelsea's expense, but a local Derby la always far their shooting boots yet, and iplay for fortune's favours and the Celtic will probably accountle White Hart Lane citadel lina'bgen them, as Queen o'South shou}{}
adly shaken of late.
account for their visitors, Aber Grimsby continue to show Ideen. lazzling form and if they can hold Rangers form has been too Fit for a little longer they are 7ood to Inst and after the huge practically assured of promotion. scores they have been compiling They will be fully extended at recently I am taking a chance on Notts Forest and a tiring weeknding them tle tired at the
Hearts of Midlothian ground, will not add to their chances.
WHY SPURS ARE WHERE THEY ARE
OBSERVER REVEALS SECRETS OF TEAM BUILDING
VALUE OF KENT LEAGUE NURSERY
The remarkablò rise of Tottenham Hotspurs has confounded those critics of the early season who forecast an early fall-though as things now are with half the fixtures played it seems that White Hart Lane Club is at last feel'ng the high atrain of playing on top of their capabilities in the fastest and cloverest football of the world.
An article on the composition and brought along on the right lines until growth of the team which has ap- they are ready to go down to Nor peared in a Homeside daily is of Acot, the Tottenham nursery North- special Interest just now and we reflect have at their head--Mr. J. Br print it in full below:
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"White clubs are prepared to scour the earth for ready-made players, what
is to become of embroyonic home talent?"
This pertinent question was asked recently, and the answer la, I think, supplied by the experience of such clubs an Tottenham Hotspur and Was Bromwich Albion, says G. Wagstaffe Simmons, a director of the Spurs, in the Sporting Life
Lingham who has spent many thou- sands of pounds on football, and whose work for Kent and beyond its borders is tremendous. He is a fine judge of a player, and when Totten- ham send youngsters down to him he qulekly sizes them up.
now re-
do not say that every player who goes to Northiest is a „potenting League player, but many have passed through that club who are
or Combination the Longue gularly in the For that reason I propose to side. The cost to the Spurs is a few the publie behind the scenes at White hundreds of pounds per year but it is Hart Lane in the hopo that it may money well spent. When the players encourago others to follow our go to Northfleet they know that, i example.
they develop it is only a question of ime before they are transferred to Tottenham.
It is public property that after Tottenham were relegated to the Second Division in 1928 they spen largo sums in the purchase of playere to assist them to regain upper circle some good status. They found
players but they could not get exactly
the
team they wondered over
the
The directors situation, and decided to go in for youth, to take raw material of promise, mould it, and use it when it was, tips for League football.
It took the Spurs four years t bull up the side they now have, and everybody will agres who has reon it on the id that it is a team worthy of the best traditions of the club, and a credit to the game.
NO FEES PAID.
Of the Spurs team which played Loods United to a draw at Leeds fast Saturday, dovch of the players had not cost the clubs penny for transfer. were Nicholls (goal- (loft, bnek), Tom and And the the ando Chilagham and W. Evans (for-
four players for whom transfer fees were paid were Felton (right back and cnotain), who was hitelmad from Manchester City: McCormick
Chesterla (outside right) froln
Hant (contre-forward), from Chester: fold; and Itall (inside-left), from Notts County.
Fortunately for Tottenham they have in Bon Ives, a member of then ata, one of the shrewdat, jud
the country of raw material. He does not come before the pum, baue the potter" behind the scenes, and
heils always, on the lookout.
dictum is "catch them young."
NORTHFLEET NURSERY.
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A goodly proportion of recom: mendations that come to hand con clementars corn the older boys in bchools teams. These are watched, and if show promise they are novor allowed to run loose when their school dave are over.
They have a suitable team found! for them in the district and they have
EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.
When the Arsenal entertained Sheffield Wednesday ni Highbury, they wore black armleta us a mark of respect for the late Mr. Herbert Chapman, the Club's secretary manager. This picture shows Beasley of the Arsenal shooting, with Dunns diese by, both wearing the armlets. (Photo Planet News).
TO BEAT THE BOOK
(By "Robin")
HQME-
AWAY
Derby Spurs Plymouth Bolton Reading Norwich
Cardiff
Crewe Stockport Partick
Airdrie Queen's Park
Arsenal Chesterfield Rangers
DRAWS.—
Villa
Celtic
Fulham
Our Forecast
SPORTING CHATTER BY "THE PILGRIM"
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE VARIOUS CAMPS
ASTON Villa were one of the cluss
had an interest in Arlour Loads, the young centre forward Leroy County recruited from St. Roch, Glasgow.
WHILE Blackpool, go all over the British isles for their players Oldham Athletic frequently go next door to Blackpool. They have tour payers from Fleetwood on books.
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MANAGER Peter McWilliam, the Middlesbrough manager, still aticks to his recruiting haunis in Scot land. He has been over the border several times recently.
ANDREW Young, à son of "Bob" Young, a former "Wilf," made a auccessful debut at centre half in the Wolverhampton Central League side.
DEARCE, Charlton's top scorer, who played against his old club yes- erday, started his career as an out- sido right for Newport County re- serves three years ago,
the ex-Aston Villa and England half-back. missed three penalties for Rhyl Athletic in the North Wales Coast League match against Bethesda,›
FRANK Barson,
PORTSMOUTTH VISIT RAMSGATE Press Wanderers, the
VILLA
CELTIC TO BEAT MOTHERWELL
(By "The Pligrim")
Below will be found the special Telegraph forecast of English and Scottish league football matche for Saturday. Where teams Brz marked in heavy type thov ar
where ne expected to win, and
West Bromwich Albion, when they were faced with a similar situation to that of Tottenham, decided not to re into the market to bid for high-uch indication is given, a draw priced players. They made up their is anticipated.
First Division mind, to built up a team that would a-establish the club in its old posi- lan, It took the club five years tr
VILLA (4) arry its plan into effect, but they Blackburn (1) rained promotion and won the Cur ERBY
Everton (3) That in a oferable plan te LEEDS(1) scouring the United Kingdom foeletr.(4) ployors accured at inflated prices, or noying the Colonies by tempting their best players to become Leagui professionals.
in the same season.
AQUATIC RECORDS. Times For Men And Women Swimmers In Canton.
THE OFFICIAL FIGURES: The following are the highest swim- ming records of athletes compiled by the Kwangtung Provincial Athletic Committee:
G0 metres, free atyle: 30.2 seconds; 100 metres, frees style; 1 min
8.2 seconds;
100 metros, back stroke: 1 min.
27.6 seconds:
MIDDL’BRO (3) NEWCASTLE (3)
haff, Tied (1) SPURS (-) WOLVES (-)
✓ Chelsea (~)
y Portsm'th (1):
v Manch'tr C (0)
West Brom (2) ▾ Liverpl (1)
Birm'ehm (1) v Sundrind (2) ▼ Arsenal (4) ▼ Wednesday (1) ♥ Buddha, Q
✓ Stoke (-) Second Division BLACKPL (-) Millwall (~)
v Burnley ( ROLTON() BRADED C (1) v Rwansea (1) Fulham (9)
♥ RUBY CAN Hell (~) ✔ BRENTFORD (-) MANCHTRU (2) v (lham (1)
GRIMSBY (2) Notts F. (2) Plymith (5) v Preston (0) TRT VALE (4) ▼ Notts C (0) STHMPTN (4) ▼ 1necin (0)
Bradford (1) WEST HAM (2)
Third Division Bouth 'nremth (3) CRYSTAL PAL (2)] Bristol C (6) Cardin (1)
200 metres, breast stroke: 3 min. CHARLTON (-)
11 seconds;
CLAPTON (2) NEWPORT (3) 400 metres,free style: 0 min. NORWICH (2)
18.0 secondes
QUEEN'S P (1) The above are for mon only-andelig (3) for women the highest records are. A WINDON (5) tollows:
WATFORD (2) 50 mores, free style: 48.0 seconds! 100 metres, free stylo; 1 min. 41.4
seconds;
▼
▾ LUTON (2)
av Gillebm (0)
▾ Aldershot (3)
▼ Dristol-R (-)
y Torquay. (. N'thmpta (0)
▼ Fxeter (9)
▾ COVENTRY (3)| ▼ Brichten (1) Southend (2)
Third Division North
100 metres, back stroke: 1 min. | Barnsley (-)...!
52.4 cconda:
ZAPRAWY (78%.
200 metres, breast stroke: 4 min. RAPIJELE (5)
4.2 seconds.
Canton Gazette,
CREWE (4) DONGBTR (2).
y Chestrid (-)
Chester (3) York (1) YN. Reighton (0)
Southport (1)"
only unbeaten side in any profes- sional League In the country, have
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league 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...
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION,
Home Away
W. D. L...W. D. L. W. D. L.
0.4.0 6 3. G
Derby County
Laddersfield
Tottenham .. 28 14 4 10
West Bromwich 28
8 1 4 6 3 G
9833 5.4
Total
Goals FA Pla
27 16 7 6
65 27
27 14 768
4.-2 G 3 4
46.28
27 13 9 6 10 8,1 36.4
60 40
35
61 83
32
Manchester City 27 Blackburn
12 87
42:44
12
28 18
A 11
11 8.0
21 11
49
30
11
7 10
7
7
47 48
29
Wednesday
27 11 6 10
7
43 41
28
Cortsmouth
20 10 8 8
7
6
38 80
28
'Middlesbro'
20
13 2 11
10
48 60
28
Sunderland
27
10 7 10
8
20
69 89
27
Newcastle
28
9 9 10
6: 7.
8.
53 511
27
Everton..
20
9 8 9
42 42
26
Wolverhampton . 26
9 8 9
8 2.3
1. 6.6
52 69
26
27
9 6 12
2 3.9
43 44
24
27
10 4 13
0 5
8
53 56
24
26
8 7. 10
3 G
86 36
28
86 14
10
49 01
22
Birmingham
27.
5 11 11
28 31
Stoke City
27
7 7 18
31 63
21
Jheffield. U. Chelsea
28
7 6 16
12
27
73
20
25
G 5 14
0 2
5
36 48
17
Leeds United
Aston Villa
.eicester Liverpool
Grimsby,
MANAGER Billy McDevitt has not rentford
yet given up hope that Exelerort Vale ay may Le topping the bill at the Salton end tine sensu, no tie has again Plymouth been running the tape over somó 01 Jury
Preston N.E. the Plymouth Argyio "spares."
Blackpool SEVERAL clubs have been inquiring Bradford
recently about Ted Critchley, the Fulham Everton winger. It was said the les West Ham
Now Critchley is pre Bradford City was $4,000.
Oldhom ferred at outside right to Geldard,
PART-TIME Professional centre Notts County
Burney
Stabb, who keeps put- ting 'em in for Torquay, is a "hope" Hull City
Southampton Notts Forest of Leeds United.
RIMSBY'S Midland League side is Swansea
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Lincoln considered to be almost good en- Millwall ough to be chosen en bloe for Second Manchester U. Division duty. TORTSMOUTH and New Brighton | had each been awarded three! penalty kicks up to yesterday, and failed with all of them.
Norwich DLYMOUTH Argyle is now the Coventry PLY
only Second Division club with
Reading four centurians-Cookson 195 goals, Queen's Park Sam Black 143, Frank Leslie 133,
Exeter and George Briggs 100.
Charlton Bristol R Luton
IVERPOOL are following Everton
Chambers, on the track of
Halifax Town.
of Aldershot
Swindon Crystal Pal.
BLACKPOOL have made overtures Northampton applied to change their name to Putler, Mansfield's oft. aina. Clapton O. Ramsgate F.C.
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JOT long ago. Liverpool were look- NOT
ing for a centre. forward, but now they have English, the Irish Interna tional, Jack Roberts, the former Bush a amateur international, and strapping Shropshire lad.
eenfre-half.
Brighton
Torquay DOLTON Wanderers have cast Watford D. Time for Monty Wilkinson, the Southend Chariton Athletic winger.
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Gillingham Bournemouth
HIS is the tenth season in succes- Newport THIS
kion in which Vieter Watson has Bristol City EVERTON are interested in Chris-reached a double-fieure total of Ica- Cardiff
topher Greene, the Southport cen- que goals for West Ham United. tre half. He is an Irishman whe thinks he could play oven better at inalde right.
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SOUTHPORT want four figures for Robert Grinth; their speedy winger. He is sald to be the fastest man in Northern Section football.
ENGLISH League scouts have
bren descending pron. Llanall following the announcement that the Welsh club is in serious Ananela' straits
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BOB Kelly, of Preston North End.
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Doncaster
SECOND. DIVISION.
Total
W. D. L. 27 20 0.7
AGROKOTONG
Home W. D. L. W. D. L.
Away
Gonla F. A
9 0 4
4 8 G
62 44
5
2.7
89 832
6 2 7
60 4232
11 0 3 27 14 5 8 10 2 2 9 22 27 14 4. 9. 27 14 2 11 9 0 4
27 11 8.8.9 4 1 2 4 7 28
8 3 11 8 9 28 12 6 9
20 11 7 8
27 13 1 13 10
27 11 6 11 10
26 9 8 D
8 2 2
8 2 3
7 4 3
6 4 8 8 2.4
27 11 3:18 26 9 7 10 27 9 6 12 27.10 4 13 26 8 8 10 26 10 5.11.10
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48 36 29
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52 55
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6 71
20
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5 6' 3
27
9 3 16
5 2 0
4
1 9
42 64
7 14
6 4 5
1 1 9
28 87
P.
27
3 19 25 39
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Total
Homo
Away!
Goals
224
W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. F. A: Pla
16.6 5 10 2 1 6 4 4 27 14 7 6 10 2 2 26 16 5 6 11 1 1 26 13 7 6 11 2 0 27 14 4 9 11 1 2 25 14 88 9 1 1 25-19-6-7-10-0-2 27 12 6 9 8 3 3 26 9 10 7 26 135 10 20
61 38'33
4 5 1
65 86
96
4.4 5
49 81
35
256 3.3 7 54 85 G5 36 5.2 7
56 33
28
32
21
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31
4.3 G
G6 47
6 5 3
5 A
53.33
28
8 3 2
37 42
97 10
0 5 2
8
41 44
25
9 6 10
49 49
27
9
12
10
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27
8 5 14
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26
7 7 12
1 8
81 40
26
70 13
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28
8 4 14
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2 2.10
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26
4 11 11
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19
24
4 9 11
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13
8
84
20 7 8 16
2. 0 12
37
GOBUBONGONOSDODDS
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Total
Home
66
Goals
Away W. D. L. W. D. L. W..D..L... F. A. 27
5 20.2
12 0 2 8 2 8 26 15 7 4 11 2 0 46 4 'G 2 7 27 10 4 7 10 2 0 27 16 3 8 12 1 1 4 2 7 26 13 6 7 10 1 2 8 4
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Accrington . Hartlepools Park City
28
10. 5 13
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10 4 12
58 GG
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29
8 7 14
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20
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2 4
148
83
27
8 0 18
652 2 1 11
30 48
27.
10 12
41.
66
23.
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a First D'vijon player
nt partner, Syd Chesterfield balden his Rawlings, was born,
Stockport 3:insley MARCROFT, Cardiff City's outside Walsall 1 right. hos pulled a thigh muscle. Franmere and may be kept out of the team for Halifax » couple of weeks.
Barrow SWANSEA Town have discovered Wrexham
another good full-back in T. Gateshead Davies, ho mede h's English Leagu* Southport "ARDIFF City and Swansea Towrahut atairat Bradford. Davies was
wern disappointed to learn that George Clarke, the, prolific goalscor ing forward c: Aberavon Scaalde Athletic, had signed for Aberaman..ANTERBURY Waverley, the Kent Crowe A.
Toni eiro. are completine nego- | Darungton
Brighton Carlisle ALDERT Phoenix of Sandbach Ram-Mansfield
blers formerly assisted Bleming-Rotherham -m. Antón Villa. Barnsley, Exeter, Rochdale "Vivan Roro:Bath. Torquay, Mans-
eld, and Racing Club de Paris.
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DEXTER, Truco City's centre for
junior nt Briton Ferry.
Iptions to sien on a well-known Eng- Chester has scored 36 goals fr" League player. fourteen matches this season, a ro cord for Carnish senior football.
THROUGHOUT the rest of the sea-
son Watford will be greeted" no: they ston on the field for all home matches with the tune, "Wear a prent hie smile" played by the Watfor Military Band.
HALIFAX (2) Hartlarla:(2)
Rotherham (2) GATESH (2) MANSELD'O "Acergin (3) "TOCRIT (5) Wall (0). TRANMERK (2) ▼ Neckdale (1) WREXHAM (3) ♥ Darlġtn (1)",
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STIRENE (1)
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KINDLY hint. 'Jack Lambert.
now of Fulham, works as tire- Motherwell: lessly no any centra forward, but Rangers be had more helpful passes at Hearta Highbury,
Aberdeen Kilmarnock JARRY Lowe, the Watford inside Ayr
forward is making a name for 3t. Johnstono himself at right half-back in the ro-Queen 'South
Falkirk Býrves. **
Celtic
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PLYMOUTH Argyle players claim Hamilton
Kit (RBEK- new record:' to have Hibernians twenty-six fran-kicks given agaleht | Clyde. them for aide in one match at Queen's Park Hull recenfly,
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