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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
1934.
ENGLISH FOOTBALL CLUBS REPORT ON PROSPECTS
MAJORITY EXPECT
TO
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Chelsea Refuse To Heed
A Warning
WEST BROMWICH
Albions Tried And Trusted Brigade
West Bromwich Albion have signed
on a few now players, but it is un Ukoly that any of them will displace the old and tried men who constituted tho side last season.
The club have now back in J. Screen, of Smethwick Highfield; a
OUR FORECAST
THE HOME TEAMS
FAVOURED
The following is the Telegraph.
new half in E. Humpley, of Easington forecast for Saturday's matches In English Football League. Colliery; and thres fresh forwards the
In G. Spencer, of Nantwich; J. Single- Where teams are in capital letters,
Nearly all of the clubs competing in first class, foot-ton of Cleaton Moor; and C. Gros- they are expected to win, and
ball in England have reported improvements for the cur- rent season which has just started. Below will be found prospects of some of the leading clubs, including those of the Arsenal.
It is evident that Arsenal do not ntend to surrender easily the title of League champlone. Thiring the ummer months, they have added to heir staff three players, Crayston, Copping and Dr. Marshall, at a cost ofs approximately £20,000, with, the
Intention of emulating the por Fortance of Huddersfield Town by vinning the League three tiden. tunning..
NOTTS COUNTY
Ideas Manager Jones
Has Introduced
Notts County have decided upon a Last sonson, there was much shaking new polley both with regard to train- theads over the wing half-back post-ing and management. legs and the rotirement of David Jack. Now there can be no mis
ivings, for Crayston and Copping two of the finget half-backs in ootball to-day, while Marshall has been secured to fill the vacancy left by Jack,
In this instance it is not certain! hat Marshall will fill the bill. He vill require time to settle down in Suglish football and he may not have he pace necessary to fit in with the ulck-moving Highbury attack. Yet Arsenal need have
cause for con- ern, for there is Howder to fall back pon. It is certain that Bowden, vhan ho has learned to part with he ball accurately, will make the in- ide-right position his own.
They have placed Charlle Jones, of the Arsenal, in charge, and his first move was to improve the dressing room accommodation for us he said: "Here is where the work has to be done."
That completed he is introducing football, tennis, and an Indoor ball- practice room, and another feature will be an instructional school,
venor, of Vono Sports (a local club). where no such indication is given,
The last named is brother to Tom & draw is anticipated.”
Grosvenor, Birmingham's Internation-
al, and is well spoken of. Spencer
gave a very stimulating ebow when
FIRST DIVISION.
he played in a charity match at the ARSENAL' back-end of last season for a picked ASTON VILLA Cheshire alde against the Albion STOKE Reserves.
BLACKBURN
Liverpool v Derby C.
Birmingham Leeds!
v Leicester
v. Preston
Portsmouth
Half a dozen old players have been Chelsea
H. EVERTON allowed to go elsewhero. P. Griffiths has gone to Cardiff, J. II. Grimsby Turner to Boscombe, T. Maged and HUDDERSFIELD · G. Handley to Crystal Palaco, A Titley to Port Vale, and S. Horrocks MIDDLESBRO
Manchester to Swindon. The registered players Wolves
are:
Goal: H. F. Pearson, E. Crowe, J.
Adams.
v Tottenham
West Bromwich,
WEDNESDAY
v Sunderland
SECOND DIVISION.
Port Vale Hull
v Bradford
y' Swanses,
v Brentford
v. Bornley
Backs: G. E. Shaw, H. F. Trentham, BARNSLEY A. R. Finch, H. E. Foulkes, J. Swin- BLACKPOOL den J. Screen (Smothwick High Plymouth field-backs: W.
Bradford C. Edwards, J. Murphy. B. Trevis. J. Notts C
Richardson, J. NEWCASTLE Rix, J. Sankey. G. Thompson, A. BOLTON
▾ Bury Ridyard, J. Kirton, E.. Humpley NORWICH v Fulham
Easington Colliery) Glidden, J. H. WEST HAM
SHEFFIELD Uv Manchester U. Forwards: T.
v-Notts Forest Carter, W. G. Richardren, E. Sand-Oldham
▾ Southampton ford,
3. Wood, H. Raw, W. Boyes,
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). T. Gale, W. W. Robbins, T. Green,
CHARLTON NEWPORT
"I intend to carry on training on L. Coen, M. Wilson, II. J. Jones, J. A. coaching lines more than it has ever been practised before, he said in an Hickman, J. Singleton (Cleaton Moor), QUEEN'S P.R. interview "and I have brought with C. Grosvenor (Vono Sparta), G. Bournemouth me for this purpose Seddon, an ox- Spencer (Nantwich), Arsenal player, who will be trainer." So far only three new players have joined the staff, Poskett, a goal- keeper, from Lincoln, McGrathi an
outside-right, from Port Vale, and Rankin, an inside-right, from Chelsea. It is the intention to play what is known as the third-back formation, and Manager Jones feels that he will aucceed in at least Improving the quality of football.
MANY CENTRE FORWARDS. It is difficult to visualise any team busting Arsenal from their place at the top of the table. The champions tart off with practically the same fde the same highly-developed team- work and under a manager who will bay great attention to their physical Several ground improvements have comforts. G. F. Allison is not ex-been effected during the close season, pected to repeat the mistakes made including the re-roofing of one of the ast year when the Longue title was stands, the fitting of tip-up chairs in nearly thrown away by a lack of pinco of forms in the centre stand
orgght.
and the erection of a new board room.
Incidentally, we wonder what the Arsonal will do with their over- bupdanes of centre-forwards. At resent they have Drake, Danne, Coleman, Cox, the Sussex cricketer, and Carr from the North-East. Which of them will shake the dust of Highbury from his foot when the season is well under way?
CHELSEA HOPES
WARNING REMAINS
UNHEEDED
你
Last season Chelsea escaped relega- ion by the narrow margin of two points. Yet the management has not aken heed of the warning. The club vill begin the coming campaign_with practically the same team and the same reserve talent.
Indeed, the only newcomers are mith, a big, strong inside forward rom Birmingham, and Deacon, a Ittle outside-Joft from West. Ham. it seems that Chelsea are content to et matters stand and hope for the
bost,
No doubt the argument is that the bloyers who took the team to safety
THIS TIME READING
Will Promotion Evade
Them This Term?
▾ Aldershot
COVENTRY Brighton
▾ Bristol C
Bristol R.
v Luton
F
| NORTHAMPTON
SOUTHEND
READING Watford TORQUAY
v Cardiff
▾ Orient
v Exeter
y Gillingham?!
MILLWALL
y Swindon
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
For the past few seasons Reading have had promotion simost within their grasp and have mitzed it by one, two or three points only. Last torm CHESTER injuries played a big part in the club BARROW failing to gain promotion.
CARLISLE Nineteen of Inat acason's players CHESTERFIELD have been retained and newcomers include well experienced players in Hartlepools J. L. McGann, who for several aca-
New Brighton- nons bas' been on the books of Stock- Doncaster port County: W. Robson, a back from SOUTHPORT West Ham; and Hugh McMahon, an York
| MANSFIELD afde-forward from Southond. wonderful performance, seeing that Other players signed include two ROCHDALE Chelsea had only eight points at cal amateurs in G. M. Darvill, a Christman, but the players are a year back from Wycombe Wanderers, and older and will reveal the same weak-Bellridoforward 1.0580s. Chelsea. will have trouble on cricketer, an inside-forward, who had the wings and a tendency to be ultra- clever in attack rather than effective.
in the second half of last season aro quite good enough for the task in hand. Admittedly they accomplished
LUCK MAY CHANGE.
It is understood that Chelsen can- not afford to buy new players. Yet it would be cheaper to the club in the "Thong “run," If they speculated now be-
fore the trouble arrives. Perhaps Chelsea start promisingly and have two or three good home gates they will strengthen their playing tro sources. -
v Accrington
Halifax
v Wrexham
✓ Walsall
▾ Crowe
♥ DARLINGTON
* Stockport
v Gateshead
▾ LINCOLN'
y Rotherham
v Tranmere
wickshire NEWPORT
season last year with West Brom- wich colts, and on a month's trial are Fitzgerald, left-half, from Dennby (Midland League), Clark, of Dawdon Colliery, inside-left; Lawson, Spenny- moor United, centre-forward and Falmer, an ex-Army left-half who has played for Dundee...
Last season's players who have fixed up with other clubs are Richard son (Bascombe), farston (Bristol City), Foster (Cimpton Orient) and Ridley (Queen's Park Rangers).
Half-Backs:
COUNTY
BEST SIDE FOR SEVERAL SEASONS
the Nowport side on paper is the Mannger Jimmy Hindmarsh says strongest the club have had for
several seasons.
Much attention has been given to
This line will be the steadier for the ness in many matches last season. Inclusion of Fred McKenzie, who returns to his former club after six seasons with Plymouth Argyle.
Chelsea's main hopes rest in im- *** Whittaker, McGannį the half-back lac, an evident weak- munity from injuries and the infusion | Backs: Rowe, Morris, Boyle, Dar- of team-work and the will-to-winville (Wycombe Wanderers), Robson spirit. Last year Chelsea were sadly (West Ham). handicapped by the loss of Law and
Johnson, Hayhurst, Priestley (who has not yet re-signed) Wright, Townsend, Telling. Dutton at critical stages. It is to be hoped (Darwen). that their luck will change in this respect, and also that they will play throughout the season with the same dash and determination as in those hectic closing months.
COME UP AND SEE US SOMETIME!
Champs at digging up
gold... Chumps with gold diggers. They
weren't safe from sirens
even at 40 fathoms... and were they gladl
EDMUND LOWE
VICTOR McLAGLEN
swearing off women
and at each other in
Forwards: Gregory, Liddle. Butler, McGough, Samuel, Newton, Chandler. Oxberry, Barley, Fielding, McMahon Southend), Dollary (West Bromwich Colta).
NO MORE WOMEN
with
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Another noteworthy addition to the half-back line is G. W. Odell, trans- forred from Northampton to Wigan Borough at a big fee. He is regarded by those in the know as Newport's "star" capture. Then John Howard Davies, of Merthyr, right-half, comes to the club with a big reputation. The enly half-back retained is White- house, a local lad, ***
From Plymouth Argyle comes Anthony Bird, who, with Litherland, a former Everton player will share the leadership of the attack,
Great things are expected in de- fence from Erie. James Cook, who plaved for Tottenham Hotspur last: season. A full-back, he is equally at home on either flank,,
SPORT ADVTS.
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
fumbers are reminded that the Annual Generat, Mosting willk tako place TO-DAY at the Club, House, North Point at 5.65 p.m.
-R. J. VERNALI”
Hon: Secretary: Hongkong, 20th August, 1934,
for brass, copper and all metals,
use
BRASSO
-the
polish that
gives a lasting.shine
TOTTENHAM MAKE A POOR START
NOT YET SHAPING LIKE A
CHAMPION TEAM
VARIABLE FORM FEATURES
OPENING MATCHES
The first few days of the Homeside football season have, as usual, supplied a number of surprising results. It is still far too early to form definite opinions, but there has been a lot of significant material in the results of the matches to date.
Tottenham Hotspur have been hope of winning. Very slow off the mark, and one
With so very little form ns
A
point from two home matches guide, one must give the fullest certainly does not invite confid-value to the advantage of home ence in the idea that they will ground in making any forcenst. figure prominently in the cham-
| plonship struggle.
3. On the other hand the flying start made by Preston North End is one of the big features, Already. Preston have shown they are going to be one of the most difficult teams in the coun- try to beat. The Arsenal have. started quietly. To capture a point at Fratton Park-was quite a good performance, and they wore only denied the whole of the reward by an equalising goal. In the last minute.
The mid week games revealed a variance in form, which is to be expected at this time of the season, und it is for wiser to refrain from coming to conclusions from this first series of matches.
This Saturday's programme in- dicates wholesale victories for home teams. The Arsenal are be-) fore thir own supporters, as are Chelsea, but Spura visit Hudders field and cannot hold out much
Yesterday's Upsets In The Leagues
TEAMS BEATEN
AT HOME
London, Aug. 28, Three matches in the English Football League were played to- day.
Grimsby performed quite well at home to hold Sunderland to a goalless draw.
DERBY COUNTY
Acquisition of New Player
It may well prove the Derby County's astutest move was the acquisition on a free transfer of Udail, from Leicester City, a player with
Bome
Bace experience at both right cull-
and
outside-right
He is thus in a position to deputisa for two Internationals in Cooper and Crooks. Foes have been paid only for Bell, n half-back from Newcastle, and Bird,
an outside-left from Torquay, I their cases, also, they may be regant- with Bird facing a wonderful oppor od as reserves to international players, tunity for Derby will have to start, the season without Duncan, Scotland' ontalde-loft, who is recuperating after an. operation for appendicitis..
A FORWARD PROBLEM,
If the management agreed with sup porters that last season there was an inside-forward problem, that bro- blem still remains and koncom petition will exist between Groves and Wileman one experienced yot lack- ing weight to withstand buffeting and the other dashing and plucky without a great deal of guile.
It had been thought that Blore, as a young goalkeeper of promise might supplant Kirby, but there is more than a possibility of the club accept- ing an offer for this reserve as the staff is numerically well supplied for the last line of defence.
Of these who will not again appear in the first team, Beatt, a half-back, has gone to Brentford; Hutchison an inside-forward, to Hull; Alderman to Burnley,
Goalkeeper: Blore, Kirby, Pearson Welfare). (Shirebrook), Webster (Easington
Backs: Carr, Cooper, Collin, Reid,
Wobb, Udall (Leicester City).
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In the Northern section of the Half-backs: Barker, Hague, Hann, Third Division, Rochdale sustained Hannah, Jessop, Keen, Nicholas, an unexpected reverse before their Tebingon, Lowe, Wright (Easington own supporters, losing to Barrow Welfare), Bull (Newcastle United). by the only goal scored.
Forwards: Bowers, Bowden, Crooks, Southport too found their own philbin, Ramago, Randall, Roberts, Dobbe, Duncan, Groves, Halford, pastures of no, advantage againat Rafferty, Wileman, Bird (Toray Doncaster, and were defeated by United), Nicholson (Ensington, Wel the odd goal in three-Reuter, Se fare).
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