THE HONGKONG-TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH
1934
MOTHERWELL & RANGERS FOR SCOTTISH CUP FINAL
FEATURES OF EASTER PROGRAMME
BIG EFFECT ON PROMOTION & RELEGATION STRUGGLES
FASCINATING DUEL FOR FIRST DIVISION. CHAMPIONSHIP
(By "The Pilgrim")
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The premier event during the week-end in Scottish football is the semi-final staged for Saturday when Rangers will no doubt qualify for the final round against Motherwell.
This is rather an obvious estimate shaken only by 'the comparative poor form of Motherwell and the rise
of St. Mirren.
Great little fighters as the latter must be to come so far in the cup over the heads of the Celtic Club, I fear that they are lacking in strategy and experience to get the advantage of the Motherwell combination.
Rangers are old and tried exponents of cup-ties and their form indicates that they will again have little difficulty in getting through to the final.
WITH THE ENGLISH LEAGUERS
The task of the prophet is Indeed a dificult one when confronted with such an extensive list of fixtures ns will be played off on the Home fields during Easter week-end.
As at Christmas-time this is a golden opportunity for Clubs to garner the few points which will put them on top or save them from the fear of relegation which
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6 ready beginning to cast its des- pondent cloud an some of last season's favourites.
Indeed with three or four matches before them in the apace of a week, this is really the last chance that these clubs will get but there are factors which make
an adequate forecast of the re- aults Impossible.
The most interesting feature of the football Easter egg Is the struggle at the top of the First Divison and Northern Section, where several clubs are in the running for honours,
Stockport and Chesterfield are separated by but two points and the greedy appetite that the Stock- port men are displaying in the goul-getting department means that Chesterfield will have to think of goal averagon an well as points.
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Huddersfield and Arsenal, Jevel on points, will have
titanic fight in, which Derby and Spurs are closely concerned.
CUP-TIE FERVOUR1-London streamed in ita thavands to Highbury for the great cup-tle between the Arsenal and Aston Villa, as the above picture vividly illustratos. The Villa won a sensational game.
FOUR DAYS FOOTBALL FORECAST
SCOTTISH CUP AND LEAGUE: ENGLISH SENIOR PROGRAMME UP TO NEXT TUESDAY
(By "The Pilgrim")
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To-day we give the special Telegraph forecast for Home football for four days, including the Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Monday and Tuesday programmes. As usual, where teams are in heavy type they are expected to win, and where no such indication is given, a drew is anticipated.
GOOD FRIDAY.
FIRST DIVISION,
V
Arsenal (3) LEEDS (1) Liverpool (2) NEWCASTLE (5) v PORTSMTH (2) ▼ SUNDRLND (3) ▼
I think it may be a ease of one destroying the other with Spurs in at the finish. Somehow Hud-SPURS (- derafleld do not seem to bear the hall mark of consistency and tho Rams are another disappointing jeleven in this respect.
Injuries in one of the frat games, Bay those on Good Friday may affect adversely the remainder of the engagements, whilst the cup
The Scottish League offers at prospects of Portsmouth and Man- chester City who need not worry tractions of a similar nature for unduly about their League states, Motherwell will make a great may have a bearing on their play, effort to move Rangers from the Burnley I soo are pulling an un-redestal they had come to regard expected spurt to get well clear as their own. of the mire in which they stayed for such a long time but it will require more than a flash In the pan to save Lincoln for the Second Division next season.
FIVE MINUTES FOOTBALL.
Celtic are collapsing strangely for a team with auch a famous re- cord and with last week's defeat un their own ground they havo fallen considerably in the League.
A Lesson-To-Be Learnt From
Wing Play?
(By "Saracen")
Recently I saw Duncan, of Derby County, who by many is considered to be the best outside left in the game, and his display, varying considerably in important matters in each half, was a lesson for students of the game.
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V Derby (3)
Everton (0) HUDORFLD (2)| Middlesbr (1) Chelsea (0) Blackbn (1) Stoke (-)
Y
Southmin (-) Notts F. ()
SECOND DIVISION.
BLACKPL (-) ▼
·BOLTON (—) BURNLEY (2) Fulham (1)
RIMSBY (~~) LINCOLN (2) Manchir U. (1) Afiliwall (2) Notts C. (2). Oldham (0) PORT V. (-)
CHARLTN (-) ▼ Ready (-)
EASTER MONDAY.
BRADFD (2)
.
Fulham (0)
Millwall (0)
PRESTON (2)
Y
Oldham (2)
Southptn (-)
Blackp'l (-)
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league table records of all the clubs in the English Longue and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches..
ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.
Total
Home
Away
Goals
P. W. D. L.
W. D. L.
W. D. L.
I
Huddersfield
33 18 0 6
12,3 1
6 6 5
73
46
Arsenal
33 19 7 7
12
4 2
7 2 5
67
Derby County
34
10 10 8
10
7
1
G3 7
50
Tottenham
35
186 11
7 4 7 02 43
Manchester City 4
14 10 10 11
6 7
62 56
Blackburn
35
10 6 14 1
1 14
03 68
Wednesday
25 14 8 13
4 7
52 54
Portsmouth
6 7
42 41
Sunderland
34 12 10 12
68 40
33 14 6 13
10
58 49
33 11 12 10
8 5
51 48
36 13 8 14
5 9
61 GO
34 13 7 14
47 59
46 44
18 10
64 75
3 3 11
Leous Everton
West Bromwich Stoke Leicester Wolverhampton Middlesbro Aston Villa Newcastle Liverpool Birmingham Shefeld Utd. Chelsen
Grímsby Brentford Bolton Preston N.E. Bradford Port Vale Blackpool Bradford City Bury Fulham
31 12 11 10
81 11 9 11 34 11 9 14 34 13 5 16 34 12 0 10 36 9 12 14 35 10 8 17
10
8 2. G
ย 4
B 0 4
4 4 19
4 3 10
67
62 65
57 64
2 3 13
62
34 8 11 15 35 10 6 19
6 0 5
3 5 10
36
4
1 1 16
61
8 7 18
8 2 0
DG 12
40
SECOND DIVISION.
Total
Home Away
P. W. D. L.' W. D. L W. D. L. 34 22 4 8 12 2 3 10 2 6 34 17 6 11 12 2 3 6 4 8 34 18 4 12 11 15
34 17 6 11 12
33 18 2 13
34 16 G 12
34 13 11
34 16 4 14
7
6 39 0.30
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Total
Home Away
P. W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L.
34 22 7 5 13 9
34
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6 4 1 67 37
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16 10 8 13 3 0
66 44
08
54
Chesterfield Tranmere Chelsea
Sunderland
WEST BROM (4) v Manchte C. (0) WOLVES (1) V Lele'tr (1)
SECOND DIVISION.
Y GRIMSBY (—)
Brentfd (-) HULL (—) NOTTS F. (~~) v PLYMTH (D)
y Port V. (—)
Bolton (-)
SWANSEA (3) v Lincoln (1) WEST HAM (3) v Manchir U. (1)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Hull City Southampton
Notts Forest
Norwich Queen's Park Coventry ... Bristol Rovers
| Rending
Luton Chariton Exeter
Swindon Clapton Orient Brighton Crystal Palace Northampton Southend Aldershot
Bristol City Watford
Newport-
38 19 6 8 14
34 16 10 8 12 33
16 8 9 11
34 16 8 10 11
15 7 11
34 108 10
33 11
33 10 10 13
B'nem'th (3)
Y
Coventry (1)
BRISTL C. (2)
Queen's (3)
Bristi R. (0) Palace (0)
V
▼
Brights (0)
Swindon (0) Newprt (1)
Charitn (-)
Cardin (2)
Clapton (1)
V
Aldraht (0)
Bolton
Liverpool Notts Forest Gateshead
Bristol C. Norwich Carliste
Exeter (1)
GILLGHM (2) LUTON (0) NORTHMTN (G) NORWICH (3) READG (-)
SOUTHD (2)
| TORQUAY (1) WATFRD (2)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
BARNSLY (6) v Mònsfld (2)
32
32
17 5 10
34 16 7 12
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FIRST DIVISION.
36
14 8 13 34 14 7 13
G4
12
4 11
42 60
VILLA (3) BLACKBN (1) CHELSEA (4)
V
*
Sheff U. (0) Sundelnd (3)
V
Portamth (4)
DERBY (2)
3
Arsenal (2)
(By "Rebin")
HOME
· EVERTN (0) MIDDLESE (2) Stoke.(-)
Leeds (1)
West Ham Oldham Plymouth Burnley
34
12 10 12 10.
7 в
02 60
34
13 8 13
9
65
34
12 10 12
10
10
34 14 0 14
11
3 4 10
64 67
V
Newcastle (3)
34
11 12 11 10
4 3
1 8 8
48
61
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SPURS (-)
33
12 7 14
12 2 3
0 & 11
40
19
31
Bradford
Notts County
34
10 10 14
7 0 3
3 4 11
48
54 30
34 11 7 16
10
4
1 4 12
59
Brentford
Crimsby
V
Coventry
Y
Bradfri (0)
Watford
Swansea Millwall Manchester U. Lincoln
34
7 12 16.
7 8 2
0
4 18
44
33
8 10 15
5 7 4
3 3 11
54
34 11 3 20 34 7 7 20
7 2 8
4 1 12
50
80
G
G
1 1 14
36
61
Y
Bradfd C. (0)
Brentfrd (-)
Swansea (0)
V
West Ham (2) PLYMTH (0)
♥
Bury (2)
Oldham
V
THIRD DIVISION
Aldersht (2) Brighin (2) BRISTL R. (1)
PRESTN (2) Hull (~)
(SOUTH).
Exeter
DRAW:-
V
Watfrd (1)
V
Luton (0)
Y
Exeter (0)
CARDIFF (2)
V
Southnd. (0)
CLAPTON (1) Palace (5)
v-Torquay ·(4) ·
AWAY!-
V
Gillinghm (1)
QUEEN'S (1) * SWINDN (2) Newport (3)
Bristi C. (1)
V
Northmin (1)
V
Norwich (4)
УТОСКРТ (4)
CARLISLE (5) v CHESTRFLD (-) Crewe (0) DONCSTR (5) Hartip's (2) Manalid (0) Rochdle (3)
WALSALL (1)
**
V
Gateahd (3)
Southprt (-) CHESTR (1) Halifax (1)
TRANMERE (3)
BARNSLY (1)
"
* N. Brights (0)
EASTER SATURDAY.
FIRST DIVISION,
V
Y
▼
Blackbn (0) West Brom (2)
Maneluir C. (0)
V
Newcastle (3)
V
DERBY (1)
Portsm'th (3)
Y
SHEFF. U. (2)
WEDNBDY (0)
V
Middlesbr (0)
Stoke (—)
V
Arsenal (~~)
SUNDRED (1) SPURS (~)
*
Biraghm (0)
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Leeds (~)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Duncan is exceedingly clever. ¡to cover.. bo commands most of the tricks of The mulch stressed the import- footwork to bent an opponent and ance of time and even went to prove | York (3) he has a most deceptive body that it is the secret of success, in When he started on this attack, It is often complained that awerve, occasion he scomed to have only dribbling is a lost art in modern one idea. This was to take the ball | football, but it is the demand for straight up to the opposing back speed which has almost eliminated CHELSEA (1)
VILLA (4) and
| try | to beat him. But the intterit from the game. "Let the ball do HUDDRSFLD (1) was an experienced player and he," is now the instruction and it Leiestr (0)
the tactics whilch Bdopt for Duncan
it made
is undoubtedly true that more head: Liverp1 (6) to succeed. way can be gained in a shorter time That is to say he did
not dual Into a tackle. That was what the beans of a well placed pass than
by dribbling. wingman wanted. Instead the back stood off and at the same thny mado sure that the forward could not double inside. He could take the ball na far as he liked down the aido line even to the corner flag, for there was no danger there.
BORDERERS' SPORTS
TROPHY WON BY
FOUR POINTS
Keen competition featured the re- gimental sports of the 1st Battalion, the South Wales Borderers at Seokun- poo yesterday when "C" Company carried off the Company Trophy with an aggregate of 89 points.
They were closely challenged by "D" Company who were only four behind.
The final placlogs wore.
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WREXUM (1)
Barrow (1)
Itothram (0)
WOLVES (4) y Everton (2)
SECOND DIVISION.
BOLTON (-) v Bradfd C. (-)
BRADFD (6)
v Lincoln (0)
Port V. (~)
Y Notts C. (1)
BRENTFD (-) ▼ Burnley (2) GRIMSBY (1) Manchir U. (~) v NOTTS F. (-) OLDHAM (0)
*
Bury (0)
V
Blackp'l (-) Hull (~)
V Swansea (0)
✔
v
Southmta (1) Millwall (1) Fulham (1)
(SOUTH),
PLYMTU (1) PRESTON (0) WEST HAM (1) v
Y
Y
V
Brial (1) Luton ( CLAPTŃ (1)
THIRD DIVISION B'nmouth (G) BRISTL R. (0) Cardiff (6) Charita (-) COVENTRY (G) PALACE (3) EXETK (5) Glignhm (2)
The result of all this finessing gave Duncan no advantage and his tactics were a positive handleap to his side. Hia calleagues were left to wonder what he was going to do and the attack was not only fatally slowed down but all the opposing defenders had been allowed to take yp their positions in front of goal. I imagine that during the In terval the error which Duncan had fallen into were pointed out to him und in the second half ho played in an entirely different style. In fact ho at once became effective and dangorous. Instead of holding on the ball in order to take it past the back ho used both his inside
part-
L/C. Farmery lived up to his locol Ready (3) nera and the wing half behind to reputation by winning the open mila SOUTHD (1) asalat him. As soon as he made a race in fine style. Not the least in- WATERD (3) pass he was free to run into any teresting events of the day were the position to receive a return and in special races for chlidren. this way tho attack was kept mar- Mra. Ralken, wife of Col. G. T.
forward.
| Nalken, Ofleer Commanding the (1) ▼ WALSALL (3) I think it will be easy to linagine Battalion, Presented: the prizes and BARNBLEY (3) too the differences this change made a Siven a great evation by the mus. CHERTEFLD)
During the afternoon the band of DARLGTN (2)
to
"C" Coy, 89 points
2, "D" Coy, 65 points.
3, "A" Coy, 50 points.
4, "B" Coy 40% points.
G, "II. Q30% points.
Norwch (-)
v Torquay (0) Aldersht (0) Swinda (0) Bright (0) Queen's (1)
Y
N'thmptn (0)
✔
Newport (2)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
to the opposing defence. In the the 1st Battalion. the Lincolnshire Gatexhd (1) first place they were kept on the run Regiment, played a delightful and Hartinis (1) and when Duncan gave the ball to varied programme conducted by MANSFLU (1) ́n colleague there was another man | Bandmaster C. 8. Trowt,
Rochdle (2)
Barrow (U) York ()
N. Belgia (1)
▾ STOCKPRT (1)
ROTHRM (1)
▼ Caffiale (3)
✓ CHESTR (0)
*
V St. Johnstone
10 11 12
28.0
3 2 11
4748
10
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84 11 7 16
3
11
33
9 11 13
G
R
Barrow (0)
Y
STOCKPT (3)
0 11 12
3 0
CHESTR (3)
34 11 8 17
5 12
*
Crewe (1)
| DARLGTN (2)
T
Acergia (2)
34
6 10 12
28
| GATESHD (1)
Carlisle (0)
Torquay
13
10 0 17
26
Doncstr (0)
Gillingham
33
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4
2 3 12
25
WALSALL (1)
Bournemouth Cardif
32
8 0 19
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4 G 2 3 13
33
8 4 21 & 3
7 2 1 14 46 82
Total
Home Away
Goala
A.
Pts.
Bothrhm (4)
HALIFAX (0)
N. BRIGHTN (0) v York (1)
**
Southprt (-) Y CHESTRFLD (~, TRANMERE (3) v Hartip'la (3) WREXHAM (4) v Rochdale (1)
EASTER TUESDAY,
v. WOLVES (2)
Chesterfield Stockport
Walsall Doncaster
Wrexham
103 40
91
G 49
3 7 7
6 4 7
4 8
SOUTHPRT (3) ▼ TRANMERE (3) v Wrexhm (5)
Crewe (1) Doncair (2)
Halifax (2)
SCOTTISH CUP.
SEMI-FINAL
MOTHERWELL y St. Mirren RANGERS
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.'
FIRST DIVISION.
HEARTS (1)
1 AYR (1)
Queen's 1, (2) Airdrie (-)
Clyde (0) Dundeo (1) HAMILTON. (3) r HIDN'NS (—) Kilmnek (~~) PARTICK (4) LANARK (0)
* QU S’TH (-) ✓ Cowdabth (1)
Celtle (
FIRST DIVISION, Birmghm (2) Y WEDNESDAY (1) Barnsley HUDORFLD (3) v Liverpl (1) Leic❜tr (2)
SECOND DIVISION. BRADFRD (0) V Burnies (4)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). COVENTRY (3) v B'nem'th (0)
Barrow Halifax Tranmere,
Hartlepools
York City Gateshead Carlisle
New Brighton
| Crewe Alex.'"
Accrington Southport
Darlington Chester Mansfield
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
P. W. D..L W. D. L. W. D. L.' F. 34 24.4 15. 0 2 G
9 4 4 76 36 52 33 21 8 4 15 2 0 6 6 4 34 20 7 7 14 3 0 G 4.7 36 19 6 10 14 2 1 34 10 8 10 93 10 5 12 34 14-9 11 34 17 3
32 15 5
14
34 13 6 16
11 9 13
34 11 8 1
13 1 3
34 11 8 15 10
34 12 5 17
12
35
12 7 7 16
33
16
36 11 7 17
BG
7 15 13
30
11 7 18
33 10 G 17
34 7 12 15
Rotherham
Rochdale
34 34
10 G 18
8
5 21
C
4
Rangers Motherwell
Aberdeen Queen o'South Ayr
Hearts.... St. Johnstone Falkirk
Kilmarnock Hamilton
Celtic
Dundeo
Partick Queen's Park Clyde
St. Mirron
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SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
P. W. D. I
33 19 2 12
31 15 0 10
13
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6 9
3
13
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G 11
68 68
1 11
48
70
1 14
41
13 18 2 2
12 2 2 G. 47-
10 10 10
9 4
33 15 9 19 10 4
34 16 6 12 10
33 10
FIRST DIVISION.
Total
Home Away
Goals
W. D. L W. D. L
F
A.
Pls.
33
26 6 2
15
3 0 11 2 2.107
67
34 26
88
65
32 17 09
81
40
68 69
40
G & G
79
30
79
39
07
38
08
37
64 00
54. 65
5643
10
02
23 12 4 17
10
61
33 11
4 1 11
47-60
10
58 78
710
2.4 10
48
42 02
13
13
104
34 16
·12 13
12
12
12
20 12 8 9
34 135 16
31 11
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