THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH
1934
FASCINATING DUEL FOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
CAN ARSENAL WARD
OFF CHALLENGE?
DERBY ARE STILL FORMIDABLE RIVALS
SPURS ALSO RETURN STRONGLY TO THE RUNNING
"(By The Pilgrim") ..
THE indications of a close finish in several divisions of the League are getting stronger
as the last weeks of the season progress.
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Arsenal are at the moment in the satisfac- tory position of having a match in hand and an equal total of points with Huddersfield.
By
superiority of goal average the London Club still heads the League but they will have to play on top of their form to overcome the Midland challenge.
Derby are next in the list but their opportunity of getting higher has been rather dashed by the strong clubs they have had recently to encounter. Perhaps Ports- mouth will deal leniently with them in view of their own interest in the Cup.
By the way, I fancy the 'Spurs have got their second wind and with the miniature Hunt netting from force of habit they will be in at the kill. They have sbaken off the Blackburn and Sunderland group and are only four points in arrears of the leaders,
Whatever the final placings are, the English public will unanimously accord the present season its due praise as being one of the most closely fought campaigns for some years.
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The promoted clubs in the first and second divisions. have covered themselves in glory except in the case of Hull who, nevertheless, have managed to hold their own.
Taking the divisions in the order of First, Second, Southern, Northern, and Scottish First I see the points collected by the leaders are as follows:-41, 44, 46, 48 and 51.
Motherwell with 23 wins to their credit top that department of the game, Chesterfield with 14 have won most home games, and Motherwell with 11 head the list of away winners. Grimsby are the only English club to reach double figures in this section but Rangers and Queen o'South have won 10 times away from home. The latter have thus registered only seven of their seventeen wins before thir own supporters.
Rangers are the only club in the Scottish Leaguo who with 28 matches played, have yet to lose at home but Derby, Blackburn, Reading, Stockport, and Barnsley share that distinction in the four English divisions.
Incidentally my forecast gives Blackburn to lose their share this wook at the hands of Liverpool!
Even The Best Of Us Fall Down
HOMESIDE PROPHET GOES ASTRAY
CUP TIE PROGNOSTIGATIONS
:
Harford, shown here clearing vigorously over the heads of the Arsenal forwarde, was one of the redoubtable defenders who nearly stopped the Londoner's in the third round of the F.A. Cup:
FIVE MINUTES FOOTBALL
"DO IT QUICKLY"
GOLDEN ADVICE TO THE, YOUNG FOOTBALLER
"Do it quickly." This golden advice which is offered to every young footballer applies to almost every phase of the game and it often accounts for the cry which goes up "Get rid of it," through spectators seeing the danger or mistake of delaying a pass or kick.
(By "Saracon”),
TO BEAT THE BOOK
HOME/-
Nowcastlo Wednesday Everton Hull City Norwich
Brighton Bristol City Queen's P. R. Stockport Airdrie... Celtic Kilmarnock
DRAWS-
AWAY-
Portsmouth Coventry Brentford
Chesterfield Charlton Rangers
OUR FORECAST
FULL ENGLISH & SCOTTISH PROGRAMME
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.
Arsonal Huddersfield
Derby County Tottenham
Allddlesbro Seeds United Wolverhampton Nowcastle Leicester Aston Villa Stoke City Liverpool Birmingham
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.....
Total
P. W. D. L.
30
་་
17 7 6
31 10 9 0 31 15 9 7
32.14 5:13
Homo *Awny W. D. L. W. D. L.
10
12
4.2
3 1
9 0 0
10 2 4
10 10
754
6 9 7
7. -21 18
4 0
Goale
F.
A. Pts.
5029
41
46 5
69 40
41
68 $3
30
32 10 6 11
50 · 40
87
Blackburn
64 02:
33
Sunderland
31
12
9 10
32
40
West Bromwich
31
12
8.
51
Wednesday
42
12
48 Gi
Manchester C... 30
43 52
Evorton
81
∙10 11
46 47
Portsmouth
10 11
38 37
31 1 4 14
55
64
DV
30 12 0 12
81
10 9 12
31
9·10 12
54
28 10 8 10
41 39
31. 11
16
58 61
30
10 7 13
9 38 64
$2
9 8 15
50 60
31
7 11 18
1
.32 36
Sheffield U.. Cheisen
32
9 6 17
13
46 82.
B. 6 16
4 11
44 64
SECOND DIVISION,
Total.
Home
Away
Goals.
P. W. D. L
W. D. L. W. D. L
F.
A. Pts
11
74 43
44
67 50
4 3 8
56 40
53 8
40
40
31 13 0 9 0 4 2
4 5 7
49
42
30 16 2 121.10
46
81 16 2 13 11
10
G3
58
31
12
9 10 10
69 65
31
18 7 11 11
10
39. 46
32
5 8
51 59
31
48 48
30 13
10
54 49
31
57 67
32
4 10
47. 51
31 12
2 3 10
47 54
30
0 Б 10
30. 37
30
9 10
38 46
T
Oldham (0)
Nott's Forest
100
3 11
Manchte U. (-) Bolten (---)
Swansea
31
11 13
◊ 4 12
41 47
Millwall
30
9 13
3 10
30-48
Manchester U.
31
10 3 18
4 1 10
48 76
Lincoln
31 7 018
1
1 13
81 50
(By "The Pligrim")
Villa (0) Stoke (—)
ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.
ARSENAL (5) DIRMGHM) Blackburn (2) BERBY (2) EVERTN (6) Leeds (2) MANCHTR C. (6) Middlbro () Newcastle (2) WEDNESDY (2)
V LIVRPL (2)
Portsm'th (0) f.cleair (3) Bundrind (3)
Shelf. U. (2)
F
v
Chelsea (0) SPURS (
Wolves (0)
West Brom (2) v Huddroid (1)
SECOND DIVISION.
v Plym'th (1)
v
West Ham (0)
Recently I pointed out to a team fact and his plans uro all prepared BLACKP'L (-) v Burnley (-) manager the improvement which before the ball reaches him. This Brad, C. (3). had taken place in the form of a Is an enormous saving of time Bury (2 wing half-back. "Yes" he replied, and it often means that the ball FULHAM (-)
Lincoln (6) "he is coming on hicely. At the can be pushed through to a col- FULL (-). present time he is trying to do too league before he is covered by an MILLWALL (1) Noits F. (1) NOTTS C. (1) v Bradford (4) much with the ball; he is not opponent. using it quickly enough."
Dolay is fatal on the part of a PORT VALE (0) v. Preston (1) One likes to sce a player half back in a position to feed the SOUTHMPTN (-) Brentfrd (-) manoeuvre with the ball and I attack. By waiting he simply (SWANSEA (1)`♥ Grimsby (0)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH), have no patience with those who plays into the hands of the opposi complain of inen indulging in tion. At the same time it often what they call "too much foot pays to hold the ball for the de- Aldraht (1) bull. But it la very true that finite purpose of drawing a rival BRIGHTN (1)
In this way a BRISTI, C. (1) effort is wasted if a player settles out of position.
* Rending (1) on the ball and dribbles when a half compels a man to come and CLAPTON (4)
"THALIEN ~(3)~~~~Watford-(0)- pass would gain more ground-at-a challenge him and hs. takes off a TON (1)
cover thus giving one of his own| MARWICHI (0) faster pace.
Exeter (0) I think the trouble in such aaido a better chance.
QUEEN'S P. (3) ▼ D'mm'th (1)
Brist R. (1) caso is that the player in posses- But it is no use holding the ball winden (1) alon has not a clear idea of what for any other purpose. If a man | NEWPORT (4) v Carilie (2)
be fed he TORQUAY (—) v Charlin (~ he hopes to do with the ball when is waiting ready to
Gilghm (1) Cryint P. (1)
Grimsby Brentford.
Preston N.E. Port Vale Blackpool Bolton Bradford
Plymouth Fulham Bury... Oldham' Bradford City West Ham Notts County Burney Southampton
Hull City
Reading
Bristol Rovers Charlton
Luton
Exeter
Swindon Crystal Palace
31 21 2 8
2 3 10 0 5 2 3
31 10 6.10 11 30 16 6 9 11 3 1 31 16 6 10 10 3 2
THIRD DIVISIÓN (SOUTH).
P. W. D..L. W. D. L. W. D. L.
Total
Home Away
29 16 4 9 11 2 1 31-14-7-10-03-3
62 63
Goals
F. A.
Norwich
31
20. G
8 4 4
68 39
• COUNTRY (1)
Y
Southed (3)
Queen's Park... Coventry
30.17 G 8. 13
4 4 7
54 80
31 1678 12 2
6
40 30
30
16 8 7 13 2
7
61 38
30 15 7 8 11 2 2
64 39
&
60-.39
31 14
3 6 11 11 2 3 30 13 G 11 9 4 2 30 11 8 11. 7 G
4 3 ,31 11 7 18
67 42
44 49
10 3
по
9 10 11
6
30 10 7 13
21 4 11
3 9
40 54.05 39. 50
30
8 10 12
80
9 8 18
41 50 48 64 61
29
8 10 11
:8
46 57
31 10 6 10
49 51
80
10 6 16
80
8 7 15
56 72
30.
5 13 12
Bournemouth Cardiff
30
8 5 17
30 8
3 19
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
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Wrexham (1)
Southport (0)
"
Monsild (2)
Y
Acergin (1)
Clapton Orient
:
Aldershot Southend
Brighton
Northampton Bristol City Watford Torquay Gillingham
The real football genius antici-Nearly all the support that is pates the ball coming and at once viven forwards to-day comes from forms a mental picture of the field the wing halves and as I have with the positions of all the pointed out they are bound to fall, IN players. In fact, he instantly unless they give a fast service of
makes up his mind how he must the ball.
he gets it. First of all he has to should be given the ball instantly bring it under control and then because the saving of even a few when it is nicely at his feet he has seconds may enable him to get RARROW (1)
| CARLISLE (D) to look up to take in the situation.clear.
CHESTER (5) Crewe (3)
* Hartlepia (1) oneste (4)
v. Gatrahd (0) HALIFAX (1) ROTHRIM (2) ▼ Rochdle (0) STOCKPRT (5) v Dorigin (1) N. Bright (-) CHESTRFLD (→) Newport
WAL SLL (3) V Tranmere (2) YORK. (3)
To change the subject slightly propose quoting a Homesida writer whose misfortune in Cup tie prophecies will serve to ex- cuse local forecasters who sometimes, go astray.
After correctly predicting 11 of the 16 clubs who survived the fourth round, the writer goes on to forecast the entire semi- finaliata incorrectly,
He says:
I say frankly, however, that they Before discussing the ties, I will have to adopt very different want to say that I have four fan- methods from those so persistently cles for the Cup. Those are Darby carried out at Rotherham. County, Huddersfield, Tottenham As my old trainer, Freddy Miles, Hotspur, and Sheffield Wednesday. the former Aston Villn back, used Derby County are a team of real to say before a Cup game, "Now, Inds, you have only one chance, and footballers and they are specially that is to-day; next week will be endowed with all the qualifications
no good." which I bollove the knock-out game
CLUBHOUSE CHATTER BY "PILGRIM”
INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT TEAMS
AND PLAYERS
♥ Barnsley (2) SCOTTISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISIÓN.
Airdrie (1) CELTIC (4) Cowdrhth (4) HAMILTN (1 Hearts (1) Kilmmek (5) PARTICI (7) Queen's (1)
Lanark (2)
y Mathrwll (1)
DUNDEE (1) Clyde (1) RANGERS (0)
V
▼ J'STONE (4)
*
Ayr (0)
Falkirk (3)
AU O'STI (—)
v
Aberd'n (—)
Hibern'na (~~)
JACK Keenan and Arthur Ton-beath £3,000, in now playing a Mirren (-)
aur, of West Ham, wero to- well as ever for Burton Town. ether in the same junior team in Glasgow and the same school
Iteam.
•
• reserva ecutre forward,
was another north-east winner for
Chesterfield
Stockport
Barnsley Walsall
Doncaster. Halifax :
Tranmere Wrexham Barrow Hartlepoola York City Gateshead Crewe Alex.
New Brighton
N Haywood, Watford's young M. Clem Stephenson picked up Accrington WILLIAM Dodgin and George the star at a recent dance in Huddersfield in Craig, the seven- Carlisle
Mathison, the Lincoln City Watford, when he gave an exhibi- teen-year-old right back of Edon Southport
Colliery.
Darlington domanda. There is both bito and 1 offer thila advice to all teams. half-backs, have been placed on tion of Scottish "regla."
Mansfield One mistake and you are probably the transfer at at their own out, and it is a case of waiting for request. next season. It is no use blaining bad luck.
stendiuess in their defence, and there are match winnors in the front line.
The club have probably the best
culbs, Bexleyheath and Well. pair of wing forwards in Crooks and Duncan in the game, and luck. Often the troubles of clubs ing, may have to retire from the wingers to-day play an enormously are attributed to this cause, but, Kent League unless better support
while it may lead to the loss of is forthcoming. important part in the scoring.
one match or oven two, a run of Huddersfield are a team of much failuro, in my experience, can only Thoy bo set down either to bad play, a
the same progressivo typo,
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have a vòry shrewd mari bohind the lack of method, or an absence of/47ER O'Brian, the Queen's Park Morecambe, is a leading scorer, in ('&ture sustained by Moinroy, the Motharwell:
scenes in: Mr. Clem Stephenson. | team spirit. My old colleaguo, Ciem, in fact, lows every move in the game,
Rangers manager, played for sixteen different clubs during his career. At one time he was
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THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
Total
Home Away
P. W. D. L. W. D. 1. W. D. L.
23 2
9 2.4 6 14 0 2
5 8 4 80 18 8 4 13 2 0
31 19 5 7 13 3 0
31
18 21 15
4 9 13
610 12
31 10 3 12 12
44
37
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Goals
F A.
Pts.
71 33 86. 26
7984 49
66 40
8 58
G7
61.74
29 14 6.10
29 14 5 10
31 12 9 10
31 12 6 13
10
32 11 0 15
782 4.9 66 11 53
30 9 0 12
31 11 6 16
32 10 7 15
11
45 75
31 10 7.14
1 10
41
31 10 7 14
·3 2.11
21 6 14 11
2 5 8
·48 06
31 20
0 7 17 17:10 14
1 3 12
10
10
44. 63
6 G 4 14 10 53
4 2 0 12
7
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION. Total
D. L
Home W. D. L. W. D. L
How is this for a record? Mr. ALTHOUGH the holiday "gates" Ch
Rotherham Owen Evane, chairman of ensed the pressure, Darlington There is too much talk about baNE of Kent's leading amateur Swansea Town, has not missed a
are still in a serious financial Rochdale tors had to pay the players' wagon Cup Final for forty years. He position. A week ago the direc-
out of their own pockets. hopes to atload many more. CHARLIE Tracey, with Watford
three seasons ago, now with THE suspected collar-bone frac the Lancashire Combination.
Nowcastle United goalkeeper, In Rangers the Portsmouth game has turned Aberdeen out to be nothing more serious Hearts
St. Johonstone BILLY, Hart, Wolverhampton than a severe wrench.
80 o'South Wanderers contre forward, in
Qucon the proprietor of a women's hatr During my fifteen years at
drossing shop.
To help the club's depleted Falkirk
finances the Scarborough Kilmarnock Villa Park the club had never
(Midland League) players agreed Hamilton
Coltlo any fear of being relegated to MOST clubs have refused players
to return part of their wages dur who have become famous, but TACK Martin, Middlesbrough's the Second Divisjon, and I altri-
Dundeo left half, has seven brothersing January. at Blackburn's record: bate this to the fact that we hoy turned down Jim Hampeon who have never seen him play for
Queen's Park word never satisfied, Blackpool), Jimmy Stein (Ever the 'Boro.
bornians In regard to our own boys; Our constant endeavour was to ton), and George Kitchie (Leices (Wednesday), they have the idea | improve. We tried to strongthen ter.
that this is to be their year, and our strong points and to eliminato
There is perhaps not quite the samo Impressive stability about Tottenham Hotspur, but their paco a really remarkable, and their post- tional play masterly. With any 'fuck I think they are sure to go
far.
Teams find themselves going to assistant groundsman to Durham lower division through this allly City. Ho ones owned a farm and
later a tobacconist'a shop.
talk.
look
Ayr ia
FOOTBALL scouts are still Clyde
watching Jes Dexter, the Truro St. Mirren. WALSALL are going to be even
hotter stuff! They have Olty centro forward, who has Partick: ORERT Middleton, the Scottish signed W. P. Pappor, a railway beaten west-country records by Airdrie good enough to go on to Wem-1 ber a single occasion when a com- International goalkeeper, for porter, from Irchester, as pro- netting his Bftleth goal recently in Th. Lanark
Cowdenbeath plaint was made about bad luck. whom Sunderland pald
archarity cup, somi-final, den- fessional.");
I am convinced that they are our weaknesson. I cannot remem-.
Bley,
ROP
81 13.9. 81 15
29798888888888
Away Goals
F. A. Pts.
80. 241-3
13. 1 2 11 2 12 20.
G1
28 22 4 2
12 2 0 10 2 297 12 48
30 16 6 8 11 2 2
5 4
76
42
38
20:14 96
14 9 6 10 41
56
74-.42
37
31-15 0 10
G 63
41
61 63
60 78
OG 65
36
61 08. 750 02
20
61.89
28
10
6468
26
80 11 2.17.
30 10 3 17
297 0 18
8
20
7 8 14
30
9.4 17
17
38 10,
20
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