THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
1934.
PROMOTION & RELEGATION STRUGGLE INCREASES
DERBY'S TASK
IS TO
CONSOLIDATE
IMPORTANT ENCOUNTER FACES ARSENAL
NEEDLE MATCH IN SOUTHERN SECTION OF THIRD DIV.
ARE GLASGOW RANGERS flagging IN THE RACE?
(By "The Pilgrim")
For all but eight clubs the glamour and dash, the worry and excitement of cup-tic football are over for a season and the more important if less entorprising matter of League matches claim their attention.
Derby are again presented with an oppor-!. tunity to make margin though I doubt whether they will have an easy task in overcoming Wed- The nesday in view of their recent progress. Baseball ground where the Rams play will be overcrowded by fans of both clubs,
FURNISH HASTINGSI
WHITBRE
CUP TIE AT CRAVEN COTTAGE-A huge crowd attended the English Cup match between Ful- ham and Liverpool at Craven Cottage, and here is illustrated one of the many exciting Incidents of the gama, Srott, the Liverpool custodian is seen cleverly saving a header from Lambert. (Planet News.)
KOSZÍNMON
TO BEAT THE BOOK
I do not think Arsenal will do better than force a division at Newcastle, whilst Huddersfield who go to Leicester, will be fully extended if they intend to make | HOME. a serious challenge for supremacy.
With Portsmouth still taking a lively interest in the Cup, it is not likely that they will run undue risk of injuries, and because of this the Spurs may not receive such stern opposition from the Fratton Park team. It is quite reasonable to anticipate a win for Tottenham.
Difficult For The Prophet
(By."Rabin")
West Ham Aston Villa
Stockport *Brentford
Blackburn Bradford C. Bristol. City Port Vale Mansfield Halifax
Ayr United Swindon
Birmingham Reading Bristol Rovers
Many home wins are indicated by the fixture list, AWAY. though if there are last week's crop of surprises to con- found the prophet, forecasters will soon be out of busi- ness. I think the end of the season makes the calculation of results even more difficult as there are DRAWS- more new factors to reckon with after two or three months of intensive play.
Grimaby will be hard put-to-it-to-maintain their fine-record. at Plymouth, and Lincoln can expect little good from their engagement at Bradford City. Norwich are at home and they should increase their margin of points by defeating their closest rivals-Queen's Park Rangers.
In the third division I. can only back Chesterfield for a win away though I am not sure that Walsall will not get the better
WHITE HART LANE THRILLS Everton put up a magnificent dis- play when they visited White Hart Lane in the English Cup, but were beaten by the Spura. This picture shows Nicholls, the Tottenham' goal- Scomper, clearing from a hot Everton attack.' (Planet News).
of Crewe. However in view of the latter's performance last week I have thrown in lot with them.
my
Rangers are only three points behind the leaders now but I wonder if they are not flagging in the race?
Against this it is time for a Motherwell revival of the early season spirit when they held a splendid record of successive wins.
man
Middesbrough
Southampton
Newport
OUR
出
FORECAST
Home Teams Favoured To Win
(By "The Pilgrim")
END OF THE SEASON
DRAWING NEAR
SOME REFLECTIONS: INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE VARIOUS CLUBHOUSES
(By "The Pilgrim")
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league table records of all the clubs in ho English League and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.
Dorby County Arsenal
Luddersfield Tottenham Blackburn
lanchester C. West Bromwich Wednesday Portsmouth
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.
Total
P. W. D. L..
28 15 8 5 28 15 7 G
Home ----Away":
9 6 0 9.42
28 14 9 5- 10. 3
20 15 4:10
20 14 4 11
29 12 8 9 30 12 8 10 29 12 7 19
1
9 1 4
12 3 0 9 3.3 8 3 3
7 4
6 3 5
7 3
4 G
36856888=88888888888
Goals
W. D. L. W. D. L
A. Pta..
64
42 49
28 10 10
8
៥០ 44 46 43 35 32
Everton
29 10 10 9.
45 48
Middlesbro' Sunderland
29
13 3 13
10
51 56
28
10 8 10
8
59 39
Newenstle
20
10 10-
5
Aston Villa
20
11 5:13
8
60 61 GB 57
Wolverhampton . 29
0 9 11
8
64
Leeds United
28
10 6 12
B
44
Leicester
26
8 8 10
35 36
29
8
7 14
6
4 4
3. 10
GI
28
8 7 13
G 1
2 3 9
53
Birmingham
28
11 12
3
G 4
2 G
8
Shefeld Utd.
20
G 16
5
4
1 12
28 32 38 77
Chelsen
27
5 16
6 2 G
3 11
52
Liverpool
Stoke City
Grimsby Brentford Bolton Port Vale Blackpool Preston N.E.
Bury Bradford Plymouth Fulham Oldham Bradford C. Southampton West Ham
Hull City
THERE are less than a dozen ATS football," said Andy Notts County
Cunningham philosophically Burnley
matches to go before the close of the 1933-34 season and tready after a maten recently in Wach Millwall
Anish-up Melnray and Betton the Newcastle Notts Forest point to some startling changes goni-keeper nad. centra half were Swansea.... irom last May,
the indications of the
ARSENAL may or may not--pro-
injured.
THE Portsmouth manager sym-
ÄseengproÛCÓD¤¤LADO,*__
SECOND DIVISION.'.
Home Away
W. D. L. W. D. L.
29 11 9 9 9 5
29
12 6 11 29 11 7 11 29 12 4 13 28 11 5 12 29 9 9.11
-878888899428338*398NCE -
Total
P.
W. D. L.
Conis E. A.
Pis.
29 20 1
8
11 1 3
9 0
70 41
41
29
16
G
9
10.2 2
5. 3 7
64 47
3
28 16 2 11
10 0 4
0 2 7
57 44
34
28
14 G 9 20 12 9 8 28 13 6 9
9 3
2
30 33
33
8 1 2
46 89
33
10
61
32
30 12 8 10-
9
1
GO 55 32
20
16 1 13
11
57 56
*31
66 53
31
11 3 1
4 10
36 43
30
7.4
4
4 3 7
45 46
20
2 10
51
49
28
11
69
37 34
27
.7
54.55 27
29
9
9 11
37: 45
30 10
7 13
7
10
44 48
29 11
4 14
44 52
28
8 8 12
28 42
20
9
6.14
3. 10
47 40
28
6 10 12
G
311
34
Manchester U.
28
9 3 16
5
41
44
67
Lincoln
29
7 6 10
6. 5
1. 11
31 44
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Home
P
Totni W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L..F.. "A. Pts. 42 7 29 18 6 5 11 2 1 28 17 G G 13 1 1 4 4.5
*Goals Away
4. 4
66 · 39
53
32 39
29
4 5 G 36 7 7 11 2 2
67 37
28 14 8 6 12 2
2 6 6.58 34.
36
27 15 3 9 10
2 8
67 38
33
27 14 5 8 11
4:56 35 38
20 14 5 10 11
56 .39
33
29 13 7 9
58 47
88
28 12 G 10
~40-44
90
28 10 8 10
G
28
9 10 9
45 47 86 44
2B
28
29
10 6 13
3 11
47
is almost phenomenal compared with their collapse after October. MCINROY after
Northampton Brighton his mishap Torquay pluckily continued to keep
26
9 6 11
2 2 8
28
7 10 11
38 43
28. 9.5 14
33 68
Gillingham
28 87.18
2 10
54 67
28 8 7 13
3.9
33-48
Watford
20
9 6 16
11
47
50
28
8 & 16
42
26
6·10 11
39' 56
28
4 12 12
G
29:48
28
7 3 18
0 18-
40 69
bably not-finish at the top again, but they certainly will no collect the 58 points they reached Just season.
pathised with him. "It's tough to get your team messed up right in front of the cup-ties, replied Andy.
•
•
"
Norwich
UNLESS Chelsen buck up tre-WWE had the game bad luck last Queen's Park mendously they also will not year when we were trying to Coventry
them retain the cup. The same day last Reading total the 35 which saved
year we lost two players through Charlton injury and four went down with Bristol R.
Exeter flu," he added,
*
•
from relegation. VILLA_are_making a last minute push and we.may yet see them among the first three or four.
HE rise of Wednesday during
THE
BETTON was carried off
∙Luton
at Swindon Portsmouth with a severe leg Crystal Palace injury, and Melnroy, it is feared, Aldershot
the last six weeks when they has suffered a fracture of the col-Clapton O. have been under new management, lar bone:
SCARCELY one of the lower goal with one arm hanging at his Southend
half placings in the 1932-33 side. He suffered every time he
Bristol C. season have shown much improve- jumped. But he was just as philo. Bournemouth
Newport ment and the Spurs who finished sophie as the manager.
Cardiff second to the lenders in the Second
Division, have ploughed their way to one of the top positions. The special Telegraph forecast QIMILARLY Brentford have risen for Saturday's programme in the from second place in the English and Scottish Leaguea is Southern Section to a similar high under. Where teams are marked place in the next division. in capitals, they are expected to win, and where no such indiention Is given, a draw is antlelpated.
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.
VILLA (-)
y Stake (---).... Everton (1)
v Wed-day (0)
BLACKBURN (3) ► DERBY (2) Leeds (2) Lele'tr (3) LIVRIL (0)
•
·
BLACKPOOL and Bolton, the two relegated clubs from the senior division are holding their own but Manchester United con- tinue on the downward path.
CHESTERFIELD are almost as
"WE goalkeepers go on longer than the other boys," he said, "so We musta't complain when we get hurt." Mclnroy is the oldest member of the New- Castle team, but though he has Chesterfield had a long innings be still hus Stockport years of football ahead.
Barnsley Walsall
BRADFORD City have been un-Doncaster
fortunate in losing Parker, Tranmorg their goalkeeper, at least tempor- Halifax arily, through a ricked neck.
Wroxham Barrow
NEWPORT County have had five Hartlepools
successive draws this season. Crewe Alex. sured of going back to the second division after an absence They are not such a good "draw" HUDD'FLD (1) of only one season and although however, as Southport, who have they have dropped off slightly 13 to their credit!' their great form of a few weeks
v Manchli C. (1)
v. Sundrind (0)
MIDD'BR (2) Newcastle (2) SHEFF U. (0) SPURS (-)
❤
Chelsea (1)
*
Arsenal, (1)
♥
Wolves (0)
Portsm-th (-)
A
WEST-DROM (1) ▼ Birm*ghm (0)
SECOND DIVISION.
V
BLACKP'L (—) r BOLTON (-): BRADI C. (1). ⋅▼ BRENTFD (~~) FULHAM (2)
Manelite V. (2)
NOTTS C. (1)
v
Plymth (4)
PORT V. (2) STHMPTN (-) ▼ WEST HAM (4) ▼
Bury (~~) Preston (-) Lincoln. (1) Oldham () Burnley (1)
BRADFRD (1)
Swansea (2) Grimsby (0) Millwil(0) Hall (~~). Notta F, (3)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). tl'nem'th (4) BRIGHTN (0) BRISTL C. (2) Cardif (4) CHARLTN (~~) CLAPTON (2) EXETER (1)Y NORWICH (3) Swindon, (1)
(1),
Bouthend (0) Aldraht (2) Torquay (0) Bristl R. (3) Corntry (-): Northmpin (2) Crystal 1. (1); Q Park (2) Luton (1).
*READO (1)
V
GILLGHM (2)
Newport (0)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
|BARNSLEY (2) ▼ Tranmere (1) „Barrow. (4):
Darlgin (0)
6 6.2
4.0
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)..
52 26
49 51
24
24
Total Home Away" Goals W. D. L. W. D. I W. D. L. F. A.
18 0 2 8. 2 4 21 2 6 28 10 8 4 12 0 2 29 18 4 7 12 2 0 29 17 3 9 13 1 1
14 5 10 12 .0 27 14. 6 8 11
29
15 2 12
27 13 4 10
Pts.
4 1 8
45 81
40 46 478 34
40 78 47 6 2 7
61 38 37
44
2 5 7
47 61
83
4 6
55 29
33
50 62
32 30
J
55 44 74 68;
29 10
9 10
28 11 6 12
65 62.
29 11
5 13
·2 10
68 67
Gateshend
28 ១
8 11
5. 8
57 59
·28
Accrington
30
10.6 14
1 10
42: 71:
26
York City
30 10 0 14
3 10
61 64 26
the swing of fortune's pendu um. They may go on to great
Carlisle ... Southport Darlington
29
9 7:16
2:11
42 51. 25
20
6 13 10
2 5 8
46.02 25
31
9 7.15
8 4 41
3 11
58 75 26
New Brighton
20
9 6 14
4 1 4 10
37 01:
24
Chester
28
9 G 14
28
206.10 13
4 10 48 69
28
7
6 15
3
1 8
37
59
20
29
7 8 18
G
2 2 7
11
36 64
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
ago should enable them to finish THE 'Spurs are in the middle of up strongly.
יי.
no revert to other things 1 things or they may remain having Mansfield To
Rotherham should mention that Port-achieved a noble record. mouth are making splendle fight against the adversity of the
draw.
CARLISLE (0) CREWE (2) HALIFAX (2)
Harllpls -)→
MANSFLD (4)
Donetr (2) Walasll (i) · Yrak (0)
▼
THEIR amazing home defeat by
Leicester recently was the be- ginning of a loan time, and it was andro surprising because it was at Loicestar that they gained their. first away win this season.
Rochdale
Motherwell Rangers'
CHESTRELDW EVANS has become known as Hearts
Rochdale (1) Rothrhm (2) Gatenhd (1) Chestr. (6) WREXUM (1)"'"' ▼ Acergin (0)
N. BRIGHTN (5) v S'thport (4) STOCKPRT (8) i.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE'
FIRST DIVISION,
Airdrie (5) AYR (4) CELTIC (3) Cowdabth (4) Dundee (1) Hibernnn MOTHRWLL (3). Partick:(1) R..Alirren (2) T. Lanark (2)
v. CLYDE (2).
.T
‚'{{). Park (3).
Aberdn (0)
FALKIRK (3) Hamilton (5)
0.0'S
Kilmerk (3) HEARTS (2) Rangers (a)
8. J'STONE (2)
the penalty king of White | Abardeon Hart Lane and when he occasional-Ayr.
ly misses, some enthusiastic spec- St. Johnstono tator behind the goal generally { Queen o’South gets Fald out.
Kilmarnock Falkirk
IN view of Injuries to Cooper. Coltle
Barker, Groves, Ramage, and Hamilton: Hutchieson, Derby County have Hiberniana done well to hold their position | Clydo ............. at the top.
Dundco Queen's Park
STATISTICS of Chelsors amaz- St., Mirren ing win over Sheffield United Partick are now to hand. By winning 5-0 | Third, Lanark the club scored a sixth of their Airdrie
Continued on Page 01) Cowdenbeath
FIRST DIVISION.
Total
P. W. D. L.
2 0 10 GO GO
Home Away!! Goals W. D. L. W. D. L. 29 28 3.3 12 12 11 2.1. 27 21
9.2 2 4 2 12 20 28 14:06 10
4 1 29 10 5 8 11, 2 2 30 18 0.8 8 4 3. 30 14 6 10
29 16 2.11
30 14 -6.10
8.3
29 18 6 11 10 2
2 10 7 8 7 4 1
27 10 6 11
70 29
31
72 35
5 G 74 -40
454
55 5
3659: 40
15 69 · 63
88
60
53
69 64
49.37
48
60626.
28 10 3 157 25 3 1.10 42 5123
2879 12.3.
29108 109
28 10 2 16 28 7 8 18
287 4 17. 27 6 7 15 28 6 4 18. 129, 344 21:
627
26475 240 67 28
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