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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1933.
THE CHINA MAIL.
AGE SPORT PAGEER
ARSENAL
MAY LOSE AT
SUNDERLAND
Wednesday And Villa
Should Win,
TOTTENHAM ▾ STOKE THE TIT-BIT.
Scottish Leaders Safe.·
ARSENAL'S defeat at the hands
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of the Wednesday at Hills- borough suggests the first signs of a relapse on the pari of the High- hary team. They have performed brilliantly after shaky start, collecting 37 points out of a pos-' sible 18. Aston Villa, West Brom- wich Albion (twice) and the Wed nesday have been the only sides to lower the colours of flerbert Chap- To-morrow, man's wonder team. however, the London team have a long journey ahead of them and a stiff hurdle in Sunderland. It will ben North v. South encounter, and I am inclined to support the north-
rnera.
THE
THE following Clubs have retained their unbenten home records over the holiday football programme: Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham apur, Bury, Brentford, North- ampton Town, Cardiff City, caster Rovers, Walsall, and Glasgow Rangers.
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Home And Away Soccer Tables to Date
Arsenal (2) Wednesday (3) Aston Villa (5) Newcastle U. (11) *Leeds U. (-) West Bromwich (6) Derby C.
C. (15) Sunderland (13) Everton (1) Huddersfield (4) Blackburn R. (16) Sheffield U. (7) Bolion W. (17)
Liverpool (10)
Portsmouth (8) Blackpool (20) Manchester C. (14) Chelsea (12) Birmingham (9) *Wolves (1).... Leicester C. (19) Middlesbro (18)
FIRST DIVISION,
HOME
AWAY
Goalx
Goals
P. W. L. D. F
A. Pts.
P. W. L. D.
E. A. Pis. Pis.
Total
9 21 45 13 11 0 2 33 040
18 19
8 2 2
14 24
14 22
GOAL
SCORERS
Bowers Leads First Division.
MANSFIELD PLAYER AT SAME TOTAL.
The following are the leading
goal-scorers in the English Foot-
29 19 18 37 ball League up to and including:
F
REEDOM of movement is well displayed in this picture of
Polytechnic and Civil Service athletes in a three-mile cross Country Race at Wimbledon. Un deterred by hampering skirts they cheerfully negotiate the muddy ground.
Arsenal Floodlighting Satisfactory
24
23
10 34
18 17 12 32 December 5:--
19 13 13
5
12 16 11 28
DIVISION 1.
8
28 Bowers (Derby County)
18
Ball (Sheffield Wed.)
17
6
24 Brown (Aston Villa)
16
7
10 24 Coleman (Arsenal)
14
10
Bastia (Arsenal)
13
Dunne (Sheffield Utd.)
12
8 21 Hampson (Blackpool)
12
6 21 Hartill (Wolverhampton)
12
5
Jack (Arsenal)
12
4
&
Duncan (Derby County)
11
417 Hodgson (Liverpool)
11
4 13 Dean (Everton)
10
2 12
11
DIVISION IL
Harper (Preston N.E.)
17
Hunt (Tottenham H.)
18
Evans W. (Tottenham H.)
15
AWAY
Goala Total
Newton (Fulham)
15
P. W. L. D. F.
A. Pts Pts. Hall (Lincoln City)
131
16
12
12
11
25 22 11 30
30
8 28
2Mawson (Stoke)
11
FREE KICK IN PENALTY AREA
26 Johnson (Stoke)
10
DIVISION III (SOUTH),
Dawes, A. (Northampton)
17
Holliday (Brentford) Palethorpe (Rending)'
17
A
SECOND DIVISION.
HOME
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pte.
12 7 3 2 19
0 6 29
Hot-
Stoke C. (3) Bradford C. (7) Bary (5)
12
THE Wednesday are at home to Derby
Courty and should maintain their
BOYD
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the
fend over Villa who are
Bolton.
V tho
Cup holders,
visiting
Liverpool,
but
if Boyd con- tinues to show his magnificent form the Unit
ed should just
bring
off
Everton, the Champions, Are visitors to Bir- mingham, and
it will cause no sensation if they leave St. Andrew's with both points.
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THE following teams have
yet to record an away. victory: Birmingham, Lefcester City, West Ham United, North- ampton Town, Cardiff City, Clapton Orient, Southport, Mansfield Town, Walsall, Rot- herham United, Darlington. Hartlepools and Airdrieonians.
THE
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*
duel between Tottenham and Stoke will be the tit-bit on the programme. The Spurs are moking a definite bid for re-instate- ment into the premier division and only one point now separates them from Stoke and Bradford City who ure at present at the head of the table. They will have the big ad- vantage of playing at White Hart Lane, and, should they win, they may take the lead, as Chesterfield, who advanced five places in the table over the week-end, may hold the City to a draw at Bradford. It looks very much like a triumph for the Spurs.
THE
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HE Airdrieonians are the only team in the five League divisions who have failed to register a single away point.
THE
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NHE Scottish leaders have com- paratively easy tasks to-mor- row, the Hearts being the only team to cause any anxiety with a home fixture against St. Mirren. Mother. well should boat Clyde, and the Rangers, after three consecutive draws, will probably improve their goal average at the expense of the lowly-placed Airdrieonians.
SOCCER GAME POSTPONED.
Owing to the Triangular Tourna- ment Rugby match, between the Club and Army being played on the Club ground tomorrow, the First Division League football game be tween the Chinese Athletic and the South Wales Borderers, bas"- been postponed" and will be played "on Sunday on the Club ground at 4 p.mi.
CHINESE TEAMS CLASH The postponed First Division Soccer Bxture between South China and the Chinese Athletic, which should have been played on Novem ber 26, will be played at Caroline Hill 'on' Sunday at 4 p.m.
Tottenham (8) Swansea (15) *Fulham (-) Manchester U. (12) 11 Millwall (9) Notta F. (11) Notta C. (16)
Plympton (14)
A. (4)
•Lincoln. C. (~) Bradford Oldham (6) Chesterfield (17)
Port Vale (20)
+West Ham U. (-)
Grimsby T. (-)
7.3
3 28
Preston N. E. (13) 11 4 6 1
Burnley (19)
.11 3
3
ม
17
Charlton A. (16)..11 3 6 2 15
2 3 19 12 15 31 Suggett (Bradford)
3 4 17 14 12 31 Watson (West Ham)
5 1 14 16 11 Alexander (Bradford C.)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Brentford ́(5) "Reading (2) Norwich C. (10) Exeter C. (7) Crystal P. (4) Southend U. (3) Bristol R. (18) Brighton (8) Watford (11) Coventr
C. (12) "Aldershot (-) Bournemouth (15) ' Northampton (14) Gangham (21)
T. (6)
Luton U. (19)
Torquay
HOME
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.
9 0 1 20 6 19
7 1 3 36 16
17
10 17:
10 13
2 24 24 16
6 2 4 26 16 16 8 2 1 27 17 17 21 27 17 17 6 1 3 15 15 24. 15. 16 16
2 0 39 11 16
2 4 21 16
AWAY
Goats
Bourton (Coventry)
Burditt (Norwich)
W. V. Gibbins (Bristol R.)
7 18 McCambridge (Cardiff)
Jackson (Bristol R.)
3 19 Tait (Luton)
817 Ritchie (Reading)
G 17
5 13
DIVISION II. (NORTH)..
Johnson (Mansfield)
McNaughton (Hull)
Total
Griffiths (Stockport) Wainscoat (Hull)
P. W. L. D. F. A. Fts. Pts.
11 7 3 1 23 15.15 34 Alsop (Walsall)
10 4 2 4 18 14 12 29 Baines (York)
13 17 28 Bell (Tranmere) -10 3 2 5 20
$15 3 3 15 19 13
20 10 11 3 4 4 17 20 10 2 5 3 1 25 1125 10 16 10 3 6
10 2
2 2 19 8 16
7 0 3 30
A
7 3 1 24
73 124
12
12
TA
12
16
12
1023 31
i 14
1
11
3 6 1
+Bristol C.
.10 5
12
Clapton 0. (16)
11 3 3 5 15 19 11
11
2
.12 6 4 2 26 22 14 23 24 5
18 13 14 12 7
9
11 1
16 39
1 9
3 12 38
Queen's P.R. (13) 11 4 4 8 22 23
Cardiff C. (9) Swindon T. (17) ....10
Newport C. (...
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
HOME
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pta. 13 B 1 4 33 15 20 11 9 1 1 28 11 19
Chester (3) *Gateshead (2) Huli C. (8) +Barnsley (-) Wrexham (10) Barrow (6) Accrington S. (14) "Crewe A. (6) Stockport C. (12) Rochdale (21)
Rochitas Doncaster (15) *Southport (7) Mansfield T. Walsall (16) Tranmere (4) Rotherham V., (19) Carlisle U. (18) ...12 Halifax T. (17)
York C. (9) Darlington (11).
New Brighton (20) 11 Hartlepools: (13)
7 0 3 30 8
AWAY
76
Johnson (Darlington)
Waterston (Doncaster)
RANGER'S
Continental Rules Introduced
In Highbury
·
BAMBER JOINS STOKE CITY FOR £300.
Gibson Now With Middlesbrough.
For a fee of £300, the Fleet- wood club has transferred John Bamber, their 'centre half-back, to Stoke City.
Eight Football League clubs have recently been interested in Bamber, and a week before the present transfer Was an- nounced, three of thein, ins cluding a London First Divi- sion club, bid for his services. Bamber, who is only twenty, went to Fleetwood from Preston North End early last
SAREON.
F. Gibson, Hull City's 26- year-old goalkeeper, was trans- ferred to Middlesbrough.
STARTING TIMES FOR FANLING
SUNDAY'S PAIRINGS.
The following are the starting times of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling on Sunday:
Old Course.
0.20-9.24
--Not to be booked by travellers on 8.37 train,
9.28 a.m. A. E Lissaman, D. S.
Edward.
1.82 P. W. J. Planner,
力
R.
Hampton,
9.96
a1
H. N.
Holmes.
E. Sandstrom, K. K.
IT IS POPULAR.
gamies played under artificial light NYONE who has an idea that To use his own words:
"There were
9.40 no shadows, the will improve anything in con- 15nection with Association football glare of the lamps did not affect
+1
9.44
1
3.48
H
after 9,52
.
0.56
10.00
12 is certain of a patient hearing at the players, and the white ball 12 Highbury. The latest installation could be followed from the stand 11 in the gymnasium is the Vita Gym-more easily than some of the play
that in England on a winter's 11 ao Frame, a contraption
11 makes possible 21 exercises that do noor."
10 not ordinary come in the category I hear that temporary standarda
10 of a footballer's training-the cart- have already been erected for flood- 10.04
wheel, backward and forward salto, lighting Arsenal's practice pitch. cradle, figure eight, somersault,
Rounds,
Williamson, L B
A. P. Hall-Thompson, J. P. Warren.
G. H. Wilson, G. B. §. Thomson.
R. C. Webb, A. MacFarlane. 9. T. Butlin, F. Lebel,
H. R. Sturt, H. Davenport Brown.
G. B.
Webster.
Robertson,
E.
T. A. Pearce, H. U. Ireland.
10.08 10.12 10.10
W. A. Stewart, J. P. Sherry..
THEN the Arsenal trainer 10.20
Mycock. WWhittaker was preparing to
J. MacKnight, L. C. Grover. A. D. Humphreys,
10.24
T
A. C. I. Bowkar, R. K. Valentine.
18 lateral, ventral, and dorsal spin, REFEREE WHITTAKER. 15 spiral, circle, roll, and a lot of 14 other bewildering moves.
player whirls himself about as a referee the floodlight trial at High-
11
'The
10.32
12
10 would-be air pilot is whirled about bury he related the story of an- 10.28 10 in examination--and is afterwards other occasion when he took charge 10 lucky if he can walk along the of a. match between coloured 10 white line without staggering. A playera at Johannesburg, South 10.86 10 popular innovation, I understand. [Africa.
FORECAST |minent amateur clubs will be in-out of breath. blowing the whistle
FIRST DIVISIÓN
Birmingham
16 Bolton
12 Chelsea
LEEDS LEICESTER
V. Everton
V.
V. ASTON VILLA HUDDERS-
FIELD
v. Blackburn
v. Wolves
v. NEWCASTLE Goals Total Liverpool
MIDDLESBRO v. Manchester C. P. W. L. D. F A. Pts. Pig
9 6 3 0 17 5 12 32 PORTSMOUTH
WEDNESDAY 21 11 12 4 5 3 19 21
30 17 16 12 29 Sunderland
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
HOME
Goala
W. L. D. F. A. Pts. 12 9 2 1 44 18.5 19
Motherwell (1) Rangers (2) Hearts (8) Celtie (8) Aberdeen (7)
St. Johnstone ( Hamilton A. (10) Partick T. (6) St. Mirren (5) Third Lanark (4) Clyda (13)
Falkirk (18) Queen's Park (16) Cowdenbeath (12). Dundee, (11) ¡Ayr U," (17))
12 63
Marton
((18) Airdrieonians (14) 13. 5. 7
Kilmarnock
134
0.4 42 11 22 11. 32 8 21
2,36 11:20
22
13110, 21
Sheffold U.
v. Derby.
Y. Arsenal
9 26 W. BROMWICH v. Blackpool
SECOND DIVISION.
13 33 5 23 BURNLEY
19 20 11 3 GRIMSBY
Chesterfield
FF
15
"
11.00
11.10
#
10
Major J. Wren, Dr. D. J,
Valentine
Lt. C. Gould, J. K. Macfarlan.
H. Spicer, E. M. Bryden. G. W. Reeve, Wallington.
J. W. Jeffrios, W. Pitten. dreigh
A. F. Fenn. V. R. Gordon.
C. Blaker, W. H. 8. Dont.
L. Goldman, E. Grimble. R. M. Henderson, G. W. Sewell,
G. F. Hole, F. A. Redmond, H. H. Mundy, W. S. Hillier. Dr. C. H. Burton, A. Ritchie, G. R. M. Robertson, R. M. Giddy.
H. Owen Hughes, F. Symo Thomson.
10.40 "Some of them played in their
studded 10.44 NEW AMATEUR LEAGUE bare feet; others, with proposal to form a Second boots, had no hesitation in jumping 10.48 A Proposal to at an opponent feet frat, sometimes 10.68 I was 10.56 in which a number of pro-landing on a player's chest. vited to compete with professional for infringements, gave three 11.04 teams, is now being discussed in penalties, and, generally speaking, 11.08 must have apoiled the gaine for the 11.12 London.
Several amateur clubs have shown thousands of coloured spectators, interest in the proposition, which, who seemed to be thoroughly en-11.20
much joying themselves only when if. adopted, will cover greater area than any of the axist-'fight' was fiercest." ing amateur leagues. Among the
ARSENAL FLOODLIGHTING. clubs interested are Great. Yar-! mouth, Lowestoft Town, HarwichHE Arsenal F. C. have given a and Parkeston, Chelmsford, Toating demonstration of the possi- have decided not to reserve any and Mitcham, Grays Athletic, Dabilities of food-lighted football on starting times after 11.30 am. genham Town and Jurgens (Pur their practice ground. Notable Only the names of those who draw fleat).
players such as Parker, Compton, times up to 11.30 will appear in Lambert and Thompson, together the above list. with some of the most promising in-youngsters in the Highbury fold,
SUBSTITUTE FIELDED. CONTINENTAL ideas were
tween the Arsenal and the Racing 23 MANCHESTER v.
Southampton
2.20 59
3 19
3 19 28
7 26
2 11
12 25
9 25 BRADFORD C. 4,
v. Bradford
v. Charlton
Y.
BURY
West Ham
Notts F... Lincoln
v. PLYMOUTH,
v. Fulham
Stoke
9
8.23 Millwall
3.21
183/ 20 OLDHAM
7 16 819.30
7. 0 7 19
2/20
PORT VALE
2 20
9 20 Preston
1 10 SWANSEA
718 TOTTENHAMV.
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
7 17
4 18
8 2 11 30
2 13 ACCRINGTON
1 6 30
5. 13 CREWE
AWAY
... Goals
2 12 Gateshead
Total
P. W. L. D. FA. Pts. Pis
New Brighton.
v. Darlington
V. HULL
Mansßeld
V. BARROW ROCHDALE
York Rotherham CHESTER SOUTHPORT Carlisle. STOCKPORT V. Doncaster TRANMEREV. · Halifax
v. Barnsley
Hartlepools
Walsall WREXHAM
2 3 35 20 19 38 THIRD "DIVISION (SOUTH) 63 424 12 14 26
Crystal P.
62 27 22 14 8 ALDERSHOT 4418 15 14 31 BOURNEMOUTH v. Clapton 7-0 18 23 10 12 Brighton
2.10
1.11
12. 0 12
6 19 28 10 31 BRISTOL R.
EXETER A
1 81 28 11 2LUTON
12 28
[The figures in brackets denote the position occupied by the Club at
the conclusion, of last; season.]
promoted Clab,
1 relegated Cigờ,
Newport
NORWICH
Queen's P.R READING
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the
11.24
11.28
G May, M. N. Cochrane. R. J. Shrigley, A. I Landsbert.
11.32
L. A. Calcraft, A. Mc- Eachrane.
Note: The General Committee
..
New Course,
9.28 a.m. Mrs. Perrin, Miss. Munro. 9.30 Mrs. W. Clark, Mrs. A. E
Farrell
12
Mrs. 9.44
Illumination was provided from Club de Paris zoven minutes aftor 22 pylons that skirted, alther side
The 9.62 the start. Phoenix, the visitor's of a sanded playing pitch. right back, was Injured when tack night was more than suspiciously 10.00 Ing Bastin and was carried off the foggy, and it was cold, scarcely a
10.08 field, Immediately the linesman night to be out of doors from took his place, in accordance with choice. But the conditions allow 10.16- Continental rules which permit ed a perfect view of all that hap-10.24 substitutes, and for a few minutes pened. There was no difficulty in 10.82 Mr. Herbert Chapman, the Arsenal following the players; there were manager was forced to take the no mocking shadows; and I gather 10.49 line. Phoenix when examined ined that no member of the make-be- the dressing room, was found to love teams was incommoded by have broken his leg.
glitter or dazzle.
33.
R. S. Trail
Syme Thomson,
A. B. Purves. E. des Voeux
A Rodgers,
R.
Voeux
Stellingwort
Mrs. Sherry, W. G. Robert-
вол
Mr. Raduers, Miss Grahain. Wentworth, Mias
Mina
Thomas.
Mrs. Webb, Mrs. A. Mac- Farlane,
Mrs. E. D. Matthews, Mrs. Jaffrios.
blatant showmanship, would be White balls, of which there was foreign to the meaning of sport. a liberal stock, were employed, Tom That floodlighted gamba as a per Whittaker, prince of trainers, was manent Institution would kill the TN the same match, which was referee, and the occasion made both menace of the dogs I cannot be.
REFEREE'S DECISION
witnessed by only 10,000 me for novelty and enjoyment. compared with 80,000. In: Paris last October, the referee, a Frenchman,
gave an amazing, décision. Bastin *WATFORD
v. Gillingham
Coventry
v. NORTHAMP VOLTON v. Cardiff
Southend
v. Swindon Torquay+BRENTFORD
SCOTTISH LEAGUE,
18 ABERDEEN Y
Clyde MOTHERWELL FALKIRK
Third Lanark HAMILTON v. Partick
Cowdenbeath
KILMARNOCK VON CELTICS?
11 HEARTS th St. Mirren
Morton A QUEEN'S PK V. E. Stirling BANGERS v. Airdrie ST. JOHNSTONE V. Dundoé
DIVISION OF OPINION
leve. And as practical propost. tion its soundness, may be doubled. Few clubs could afford to carry dach overhead charges as the new- angledness would necessarily en. toll.
was obviously fouled in the penalty TF, as I take it, the purpose of the Arsenal was to give practical area. The referee's whistle duly sounded, but all he did was to drop proof that football by foodlight It lighted football were latro the ball in the penalty area. The can be followed and understood, duced as a nightly feature and as Arsenal, however, won by three they may be said to have succeeded. an added attraction to an already clear goals despite the fact that Whether it is wanted, whether overloaded fixture list playing they were playing five reserves. universally adopted it would be to staffs would have to be increased The game merely serred as shoot, the game's good and conform to enormously. The Arsenal, with the real meaning of sport is a their immense resources, could, Do ing practice for their forwards.
qudation upon which there must doubt, afford to employ sovarel FLOODLIGHT ENTHUSIAST inevitably be a wide division of teams; but, largely, they are a club apart. Although ways and menns M. Herbert Chapman, the Ar opinion.
are of paramount importance I do senal manager, seems very enthu siastic about the future of flood- SHOWMANSHIP - not consider that there is an, ur-
following Y own personal reaction is gent or despairing
Hght football in Bagland, found pel M that football dependent for its would take mains call for that
gium. He there saw two first-class life upon artificially smacking of fled shopkeeping.
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