1933-03-31 — Page 9

FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933,

THE CHINA MAI

BALESporting Page D

ASTON VILLA'S VISIT

TO HIGHBURY

TRANSFER POLICEMAN

SYSTEM

New Talent Available At The Moment.

ARSENAL SECURE A POINT URGE FOR STANDARDISED

FROM FOUR GAMES

CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES JEOPARDISED

(By Ranger.)

THE

TRANSFER FEES

THE transfer season is now in full swing. Small clubs that have hitherto withheld their players from the market because they still required their services for the Cup- ties have practically retired from

ASKED IF A

PLAYER NETS Argentine Offers Look Tempting.

FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE SHOWING FORM

OF CLUBS AT A GLANCE.

China Mail Sports Diary.

TO-DAY. Hockey-Friendly Match. Radio Sports Club arch

Kong Hockey Club · "A"

(Caroline Hill, 5.15 p.m.) "Weight-Lifting.

SATURDAY. Cricket-Second Division.

COMPREHENSIVE guide to the form of all the Football Hong League and Scottish League clubs will be found in the tables given below. To assist in comparing the teams, details of how they Entries close for Annual Competitions. have fared in the last five League matches are given. The letters W L and D indicate matches won, lost or drawn respectively. Indian R.C. Queen's College (F). Games played at home are shown in capital letters and away games (F) In smaller type. The figures in brackets denote the position held by that team at the conclusion of last season. The asterisk denotes a promoted team and the sword signifies a relegated team.

The League positional tables give home and away details and Radio Sports, Recreio,

GIBSON'S ARRIVAL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE.

Costa Rica's Entry.

By ROVER Ball Through Net HERE was an unusual incident THERE Fane Vetween Sunder the Throstles and the the competition.

This means that the big clubs land and the Wednesday at Roker: are losing no time to secure the Park. The shot from Hooper, of include all matches played to date. Wolves have lowered the colours of Herbert Chapman's wonder team at Highbury this season, players they require and their the Wednesday, which won the "scouts" are scouring the country match went clean through the goal | so that it would come as no surprise if the Villa car for the ready-made footballers and net. The Sunderland players pro- ried off the spoils in the biggest game on to-others who show promise with detested, and the referee did not al-

TWO midland clubs

morrow's Home Football programme.

velopment.

Once again the old cry against the transfer system rings out.

··FIRST DIVISION.

HOME

9 5.4 G. 3. 8

P. W:D. L 35 1152 4

AWAY W. D. L.

GOALS

F. A. Pix

97 50 47

49 50 44

83 14

78 67 44

33 13

60 45 42

32

-32 13

68

62 45 37.

Arsenal (2) WLALI Sheffield Wednesday (3) WIWI. 33 Aston Villa (5) NDIW Newcastle. Utd. (11) WDWW W. Brom. Albion (6) dWlWw Huddersfield Town (4) DLWD "Leeds Utd. (-) LIAWI

County (15) DiddL

(13) LALDI

their the goal was called upon to give (8) W▼DIW

low the goal until he had made sure by finding the hole! I saw a similar incident in an important Chelsea-Cardiff Cup-tie at Ninian The Arsenal, who have now only a lead of three

There is no doubt that those who Park some years ago, and in this points over the Wednesday and the Villa have ex-deplore the present auction system case a policeman standing behind perienced an unhappy period during the last month have sound arguments on

side. In principle it cannot be evidence by the referee! when they lost to Liverpool, at Highbury, drew good for the game that its players

so xion. The net was loose at 'the' with Leicester and then lost to the Wolves on their may be bought and sold like

much cattle. It is also pointed out bottom and the ball-a ground shot own ground and to Newcastle at St. James Park, that the system is unfair because--had passed under it. The referee The Wednesday and the Villa have two games in the big clube have practically the accepted the evidence of the Crown hand so that the Arsenal cannot afford another monopoly of the list of avaliable witness. lapse if London is again to hold the championship, that have the money to secure the

THE

MOUTH

(-) Aldershot (2) Cardiff

(-) v Gillingham (2) v Southend (5) y Watford (3) *

Norwich (3) v Brighton (-) v Bristol R.

players for they are the only ones

material they require.

On the other hand, the transfer system provides the small clubs.

There was no hole on this occa

Sheffield Utd. (7) WWWW' Blackburn R. (16) IWIWA Everton (4) IWW

Birmingham (8) WWdDd Liverpool City (D) www

(10) LiwDID

34

34

82.10 07

Bolton Wanderers (17) DIDID Blackpool (20) LIWI Middlesborough (18) WDwdW Chelsen (12) WAL Leicester City (19) IDIWW

W. () IDDEL 36

Battles Fit Again..

MCALLISTER the Partick

*Wolverhampton J. Male STER half-back, tick

题

with opportunities to straighten made a good recovery after his

they operation for the removal of (3) out their finances which

would not be able to do unless knee cartilage and it is expected (0) granted facilities for selling their that he will shortly be able to (players. That is true but whether resume training. (2) auch clubs are of real une Įgame is problematical.

THIRD DIVISION (South) HE duel between, Bury and!

Notts Forest in the Second BOURNE- Division should prove interesting. BRENTFORD

BRISTOL C. The Forest are a point behind their i

Clapton rivals, but their away record is so COVENTRY

EXETER good that a win would not in the UTON least flatter them. The Hammers, Newport

NORTHAMP- who are desperately in need of points to avoid relegation, may do Swindon Torquey

(1) v Reading THIRD DIVISION (North) their neighbours, the Spurs, a good

(-) ▼ Barrow tura by sending Stoke away point-BARNSLEY

Darlington (v Accrington DONCASTER (2) NewBrighton (1) they do not require Jess

CATESHEAD () Mansfield

(4) York HALIFAX.- HARTLE

THE

*

*

HE game at St. James' Park between Exeter, and Norwich

(5) ▼ Crystal P.

(1) ▼ Queen's P.R.

(2)

(0)

Carlisle Chester Rotherham Crewe

(2) Southport

POOLS HULL should provide good football. Nor-STOCKPORT wich are at the top of the League TRANMERE (4) at the moment, but in Exeter they WALSALL will meet worthy opponents who WREXHAM

would surprise if they lost.

*

•

*

TTULL And Chester will stage

Hi the

"big" match in the

(4) Rochdale

RECREIO SOCCER TEAM

(-)

(0)

to the

Another welcome piece of news,

6 4 7

7 3.7+

32

34 6 8 *

1 2 14

4:01 12

SECOND DIVISION. ·

Stoke City (3) IwLwW Tottenham (8) DAWAW. (6) WWIL Bury

Notta Forest (11) wWLwD

*Fulham (DWwww

An

Notts County (16) WwWl Millwall (9) WWILW

has

Plymouth Argyle (WWWIL

Bradford City (7) ILiwa

Manchester United (12) Wi

this time from the Hearts, is that The real argument in favour of Barney Battles is fit again. (2) the transfer system is that it per-operation to his knee has been (4)mits clubs which are fortunate to entirely satisfactory, and he

have several first-class players for started training again. (one position to transfer men which

(-)

(0

The benefits resulting to players

#

Argentine Lure.

there are still a surpris

ATE

is obvious. It means that insteading number of players in all (2) of a good player spending his time C2) in a reserve team because his club grades of football in the British willing to Join happens to have a man who they Isles who consider better for his, position-foreign clubs is proved by the fact he is allowed to join another club that no fewer than 40 applications on payment of a fee for his seri have so far been received by the vices. In principle this is a sound British agent for the Platense Club The South argument but in practice it often in the Argentine.

American offer is £ a week "and Ja job which would bring the total works out differently.

earnings to £10. There is a pas sage money allowance of £20 to the Argentine. Some of the players who have applied say they would he willing to act as player-coach.

The following will represent the Reireio against South de northern section. The latter side Club will be all out to enlarge on their China in their First Division RoC-

at Caroline Hill slight advantage over Hull, their cer game most dangerous rivals, but I fancy p.m. on Sunday :---

W. Lawrence;

at 4

Oliviera, M.

V.

Ꭲ .

the chances of the home team. Marques; G. & Guterres (captain). though a draw would not be out C. Figueiredo, W. Mackintosh; of the question. Wrexham have an Castilho, J. Gomes, N. Delgado, J. easy home game and should still Gonsalves and F. Santos.

Reserve: R. Laurel, remain in the race for the cham- plonship.

•

*

A wealth of talent for one position is very often used as an excuse for money-grabbing by the fortunate club who put prohibitive transfer figures on the heads of the players open

to transfer.

*

Gibson For Chelsea. Large three figure sums are de manded in many cases for playersTHE Bolton Wanderers inside Forward, George Bennett Glo that have played regularly in the Buch measures at the present time reserve team. To combat this un- when money is so tight that very satisfactory state of affairs there son, has been transferred to Chei- Ohundred goals this season--to pay big transfer fees.

NLY two teams have scored a few managera have any available have been agitations from time to sea at a very substantial fee. time that the League Management Gibson, who scored; Are Wanderers' Glasgow Rangers and Motherwell. If the critics of the transfer Committee should hold & watching equalising goal against Chelsea fu -while Cowdenbeath have conced-market in footbhil are to be silene-brief over the transfer market. ed 103 goals. The record aggreed there must be a tightening up

→ Indeed it is urged that the League itself should fix the gate for a season is 128, set up by of the League rules in relation to Aston Villa two seasons ago. The the system otherwise its one great] transfer fees of those players who have been placed on the Arsenal have scored 97 to date and asset, that of easy interchange of

unwanted list." would have to average nearly four players, will remain as it is now

a, need, for Certainly there. Is goals a match in their remaining in some cases, for the encourage-

(Continued in preceding column.) zine games. The Rangers bave ment of sharp finance, four games to play, and require 26

goals, while Motherwell require 27| in five games, The record aggre- gate credited against a club was witnessed in the 1898-9 season when Darwen conceded 141 goals

The record aggre Alex Jackson Leaves

Ashton Club for Good

the previous League encounter, joined the Wanderers from Hamil ton Academicals in March 1927, and since then has scored 76 League goals in 285 games Hel was in the Bolton team that won the Cup in 1929, beating Ports month at Wembley.

He is 29 years of age, and be- fore playing for Hamilton was with Kirkintilloch, Rob Roy and Dance. He is 5ft 8in. in height, weighs 11st 81b, and is an accomplished footballer. The Wanderers, who

in 84 games in the Second Division. LEC JACKSON, the Scottish in In these times of trade depression paid the Academicals £4,100 for Of recent years. Leith Athletic's A

ternational optside right, has seems unlikely that any club will his services, were reluctant to part 187 in the 1981-2: Scottish League left Ashton National, the club he join-be prepared to pay such a gure to with so clever a footballer, but for ed at the beginning of the season, for sign on the player and unless it is re-some time it has been realised that is the next worst,

ducef Jackson will be out of job the Bolton crowd had made a dead good,

There is one alternative. Chelset against him, and

Forecast To-morrow.

FIRE DIVISION

(3)

It will be recalled that Jackson went to Ashton following on, a break with his former club, Chelsea, arising out of an incident at Manchester where his club was engaged against the City Loward the end of last season,

E

Unwelcome Visitors, INGLISH clubs are fighting shy of matches with Continental football teams. There were losses over the vialt of First Vienna, and

see are fighting desperately to avoid relegation to the recand divis sion at the end of the present sea son and ander these circumstances Arsenal (1) ▼ Aston Villa

they may be prepared to recon- BIRMING

sider their predious avowal that The reason given for his "departure (1) Shefield U. HAM BLACKBURN (6) ▼ Leicester (0) from Ashton is that the directors of Jackson should not be seen out in

are unable to meet out of gate their colours again. Blackpool (0) Bolton the cla DERRY

(1) Liverpool (2) receipts the salary they agreed to pay Time is a great healer and necessity little progress has been made to-

It is reported that the lat EVERTON

Middlesboro (1) Jackson.

<ier voluntarily agreed to release his may wall bread forgiveness in this wards a tour by the Hungarians. LEEDS

Portsmouth. NEW

club from their

of his wage relenting on the part of Chelsea Mr. CASTLE

Manchester,

WEDNES

DAY (2) v. Chelsea"

BUNDERL

LAND

WEST BROM-

Wolves,

club

of

Swansex Town (15) ILILI Preston Nr. End (13) WeWei Southampton (14) WDILI Port Vale (26) LZDWA Bradford (6) LTW

HOME

P. W. D. L.

34 10 8 4 33 18 4.0 25 116

AWAY

Civil Service v. Diocesan Boys School"

Football-Firat

Irat Division.

St. Joseph's Chaniees Athletic. Navy Club.

South Wales Borderers v. Kowloon. Police v Royal Artillery.

Third Division.

Royal Engineers v, University, Royal Air Force v. South China. RAS.C. v. South Wi

Racing

Third Extra Rach Meeting

Borderers.

(Happy Valley).

Tackting

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Conr.

solation and Special Race

winners.

for

514635 STARTING TIMES FOR

6 52 36

64 62 36

58. 69 84

58 69 84

64 69 34

64 68

70. 84 38

61 31

46 45 30

FANLING

Sunday's Pairings.

65 22 30 The following are the starting- 58 57 29 times of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club for Fanling on Sunday:

Old Court

59 73

65

49 61

42 61 26

IL C. Hopkini.

8.28 8.m. O.; Planner, H

53 75 20 8.32 色

66 38 24

Hampton.

P.

9.30

9.

9.40

61 29 459.44

1. Dodwell, A. · D.

Humphreys.

A. IL Penn, A 0. I

Bowker.

W.

Booker.

Stewart, C. W. E.];

KK Rounds, E

Babenek

GOALS

10-3

W. D. L.

5.

F. A. Ft.

86444

6 19

72:50

42

9.48

31

K.

30 41 41

60- 53 39 9.50

*

56 47.

10.00

#

5

8

45 36 10.04

10.08

49 50 33 10,12-

63

64 83 10.16

46 53 31.10.20

31

67 31 10.24

12

57

59 30/10,28

7

5 10

47

69 23

1 12

K&

28 10.32

9 6 2

03 13

62

1.5 11

58 70

10.96

34

8 4 8

1 4 12

47 72

10.40

55 68

49 72 21 10,44

10.48

Oldham Athletic (6) WWWL 34 tWest Ham Utd. (-) DIWID Grimsby Town (-) UDwW "Lincoln City (-) LILAD Chesterfield (17) IWILI Burnley (19) UWwb

Charlton Athletic (16) Ww]L

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH),

IWW1

Norwich City (10)_dwWwW°, Brentford (5) WILD Reading (2) Iwan

City (12) Exeter City (7) dwawa

Coventry Crystal Palace (4) WIWID Brighton & Hove (8) [Wdwd Bristol Rovers (18) WddWD- Northampton (14) WDWW Southend United (3) DILIW Walford (11) WADID Gegham (21) DIDW Torquay United (19) ¿Wawi Bournemouth (15)_DLIÐI "Aldershot (-) DLWLD +Bristol City (-) Daw Queen's Pk. R. (13). DIDIW Luton Town (6) diddi Cardin (9) WIw wh Swindon Town DLIDW Clapton Orient (16) LWILI *Newport. (-). IWILI

ПОМЕ

P. W. D. L. 34 193 1 32 12 1 2 33 13 12 32 12 4

AWAY: W. D. L. 6.8 3 8.5 4

6754

211

10.56

GOALS 10.52 P. A. Pt. 11.00 76 43 49 68 37 48 74 38

46 11.04

48.51 44 68

93 65 37 63 57 38 51 53, 24 53.47 36 68

0.40

C. H. Bradley, D. Ellis.

6. A. Sleap, W. A. Weight. N. K. Littlejohn, T

Monaghan,

L Goldman, A. D. Coppin. A. E. Lissaman, D. 8. Robb.

» C. Thwaites, P. B. Grant

M. Hanlon, G. W. Tolmie. W. G. Fischer, G. T. May.

Dykes, E. S. Ferry

H

+

J. S.

W. Waddington, C. M

Preshaw.

Comdr. Robertson,

McBean

Comdr

A. K. Mackenzie, R.. Young RA. Rodgers, J. W Mayhew

1. Geare, H. C. Law.

G. H Wilson, W. Johnson.

A. G. Denn, J. B. Swales.

G. C. Worrall, B. C. Webb, H. N. Williamson, G. H

Bond.

G. A. Milne, A. C.

New Course,

Young.

9.32 a.m. T. A. Martin, J. L. Adaris. Martin, Mrs. Adams.

and · Mra. Perrin.”

9,48 9,50 10.04 23 37 11 34 10.12 55 56 33

54 50 32

58 60 ST

51 71 20

10,20

10.28

82-60.30 10.36

72.75 30

57 59.

50 80 24 53 89 28

4 2 10

52 79.

14 12 1-14

3 14

AWAY

www.D.

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).

Cheater (2) ¿WWW Hall City (8) WWIWI Wrexham (10) WWIWI Barrow (5) WIWIW Walsall (18) WWW. Gateshead (2) Crewe Alex.

Barnsley (-) IW Doncaster B. (16) Wdwaw Accrington 8. (14) UWID

(12) dwdww Bouthport (1) LWIWTW Rotherham U. (19) UWIW- Stockport C Hartlepools (18) IWIWI

(4) Halifax T. (17)

Tranmere B

Carlisle U. (18) "Mansfield T. (5 Rochdale (21) DILIDA Darlington (11) WWILF New Brighton (20) : {LUWW.

HOME P.-W. D. L. 84 18.4 33 13 1-0 32 15.11

6 3 7 2411

35:1522 21.12

4.10.

24.11

34..-11. 35

96 214. 1:2/14

8.13

* 29.8

0415

49:12

1212

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Motherwell (1) LIWWW Rangers (2) WwDww Celtic (0) wil

(1) BBW that the motions. We instance, i Already there is sign Greenock Morton, however, a fourts" (8))}w/WI

(2) had become a burden to them, David Calderhead, secretary of the definitely interested, but it will be

Since the news' leaked out, Jackson Club, when" interviewed recently kald "necessary to fix up beveral games Hamilton Aca. PoWIEŻ

"No negotiations have been opan

(-) has been besieged by various“

elabaariso are anxious to upol wat idea what "viny, happen in the England?

WICH (1) ▼ Huddersfield (2) ervices, but the mailer of his

Yosts with

BECOND DIVISION BRADFORD O. () w. Grimsby,

TENHAM

MILLWALL (0) Bradford

Chesterfield (= (4) ► FULHAM

LINCOLN

Prestop

PORT TALE (1)▼ Burnl

SOUTHAMP:

TON SWANSEA WEST HAM

outh

ment to a new c club

The Boottish, International has a Costa

B, John

Johnstaur Aberdeen (7) Queen's Park (14) DWw St Mirren (6) LIDWAK Partick Thistlar (6)

ed with Jackson-I have not the alight the Continentals are to vielt

Invitation.

ther country Visit from

Cowd

"einh" and it seems quita likely that. ayer will be back at Stamford

Bridge before long and en

HALL PENDI land are hoping the agreement [mk

The London club paid a big fee when randy stated, kis desire to play for his they socured him from Huddersfield and in all matters relating to football under the jurisdiction of the league he is the

property of Chelsea, JARREAL The The latter will hardly be prepare Ked to allow the player to take her (3) bag and walk, nd, somewhere, ole and indeed it la common know ades that a transler Lee somewhere in the region of 185,00

placed on ble kaad.

Thabisome

Alse Jackson and Chalves, for that as the player har anverál years of football life before, him would be a pity if ka undoubted

were lost to the gar

Falkirk (18) WLwbw Third Lasari:((3) 31/WU Clyde (11) DWWW.** Kilmarnne

HOMEN

P. W. D. L

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GOALS

"

Miss Laing, Miss Coppin Mrs. Penn, Miss Thomas," Mrs. Thomson, Mra. Atkins. G. B. B. Thomson, V. J. Atkins.

Mrs. Preshaw,

Waddington,

MT6.

LL-Col and Mrs. Matthews.

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OXFORD BLADE WORK CRITICISED

(Continued from Page 8:)

rhythm-an unhappy rhythm born. not of the joy of rowing, but of F.A. Pls. trial and tribulation.” 80 44-46

It seems likely that Nickalls, has 78 27 45

struck on the chief fault and If 47 43

this is the case it should not difficult one to eradicate...

92

78:

1#

Lack Of Confidence.

The poor record of the Univer 61 37sity in recent races against Can 60 52 35 bridge may have prompted a cer

tain lack of confidence among its

76 47

70 82.20 Towing men. It is possible, that 71 96 29 they believe the lack of spccess of 57-19 29 the Oxford crews is due to some 54.57 basic fault common to all recent

78 28

GOALS

·101: 50

crews. As a natural consequence the 1998 eight are determined to follow to the letter the advice of the various cosches sin the hope that they may become a stronger combination than those of recent

This would make for the labour ed rhythm and lack of variety in stroke which at present is prevent-- ing Oxford from falflling early promise. If this assumption - correct matters must be set right. Immediately k

The crew must be sent but long-spells with the

coach rather than

centrated on his

should be

stroke by up again without

should and "mjab