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LOCAL FOOTBALL
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|colns, League Leaders, in their re- turn First Division game, and will
The following is my forecast:--
THE CHINA MAIL.
Bigger Gates For Home CURTIS NOW
BACK AGAIN AT Soccer Clubs
Where Big Crowds Gather
THE average gates this season of every Club in the four divisions of the English League have established the fact that gate receipts are show- log « definite increase as compared with last verson,
The following in the complete list:-
Arsenal
Tottenham
Everton
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Liverpool
Portsmouth Sunderland Derby Blackburn
Wednesday Hadders eld Sheffield U. Middlesbrough
22,700
FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE
NINIAN PARK Comprehensive Table Showing Form
of Clubs at A Glance
Brown Unable To Make Villa First Team.
CAMSELL'S COMEBACK
(By ROVER)
A
comprehensive guide to the form of all the major English Fool ball League' clubs will be found in the tables given below. To assist in comparing the teams, details of how they have fared In their last five matches are given. The letters W, L and D In dicate matches won, lost or drawn, respectively. Games played at home are shown in capital letters and away games in small type. The figures in brackets denote the position. held by that team at the conclusion of last season. The asterisk indicates a promoted
TRANSE
ANSFERRED to Birmingham the rear after he helped Cardiff City to defeat the Arsenal in the 1927 Cup team and the sword signifies a relegated Leam. final, E. R. Curtis has now re-signed || The League positional tables give home and away details and for the Welsh club, “
include all matches played to date, Curtis, who was discovered in Cardif 21,800 schools football, figured at outside-
"FIRST:"` DIVISION. SE
HOME-
AWAY the tam which took the F.A..
for the first time in the Arsenal (1) Ww!WD .23 11 8 4 3 26 0 19 120 3
** P.-F. W. L. D. F. A. Pts P. W. L. D.
19.508
13,589
16,800
10.000 right
Cup to Wales history of soccer. el pun
Derby (7) diWW.23 11 8 0 3 29 9 19 12 5
What changes, Curtis will use at Hud'Bald (6) dDwWd .28 12 6 1 3 21 11 19 11 3
16,500
Ninian Park! In a few years Cardiff Tottenham ( 14,500 have alid from the First Division to 18,5 the Third Southern.
- 10,700.
Vagaries of Soccer 12,700EORGE BROWN, the Aston Villa 11,600 centre-forward, must often pon- 11,500 der on the vagaries of soccer. Little 11,900
more than a year ago he was thought| 10.700 League games-than be 10.600
|the "Villa" side. 9,659
W
10 to be finished with the burly barly of Wed. D W
came back
Do
fa
8 3 1 30 16 17.
(16)
12.
26 1272 2 23 18 16
14 7 13 28 11 17
12 6 2:4 15 8 14
2 0 24 15 18
126 3. 3 20 15 15
12 1' 4 29 10 18 .12 8
JLW W. Bromwich LIDD W Portsmouth (3) ID4WW Middlesbro ·(17)
wdWi
(3)
He completed 300
300 appearances
Bunderland "(19) 9.309
League football- mostly, hower Wolves 220 with Huddersfield scored his 200th
(18) WWD Blackbara (15) 7,70 League goal, and was again chosen,
after an interval of dve years, to lead Newcastle (5) WLwIW 24 17 4 1
IDIIW 6,000 the England attack. 8,500 Now, with the recovery of Tom War. A. Vila (2) Wwidd.24 11 44 7,600 ing, Brown cannot get his place in the feeds (9) dŁAW!
Everton (11) IwLdL ..2
11 5 & Villa team, although he is playing Birmingham (13)
11. 7 2 7,008 grand football with their reserves.
LEAGUE I.
41,900
Leicester
41,700
Newcastle
35,200
33,108
32.200
Manchester
· Birmingham,
Wolverhampton
21,500
28,500
West Brom.
26,500
Stoke
27,106
LEAGUE II.
West Ham
$3,500
Hall
Millwall
22,100
Bradford
Plymouth
20,500
Burnley
Fulhara
20,100
Mackpool
Grimsby
20,200
Manchester U.
19,600
Bery
Southampton
Brentford
18,800
Nottm. P.
Preston
15,300
Port Vale
Nolia
14,700
Swanse
Bolton
14,600
Oldham
Bradford C.
12,500
Lincoln
LEAGUE UII (SOUTH)
Corcatry
15,100
Watford
Cardiff
13,400
Luton
Bristol R
13,200
Northampton
Crystal Palace
124on
12,400
Southend
Norwich
12,200
Charlton
Newport
10,700
Bournemouth
6,809
Queen's P. R.
9,800
Gillingham
Swindon
9,700
Aldershot
Reading
8,409
Exeter
9,200
Brighten
9,200
Torquay
LEAGUE. III. (NORTH)
11,200
Stockport
Wrexham
9,400
Rochdale
Halifax
7,500
Barrow
Barnsley
7.100
Carlisle
Tranmere
7,000
Crewe
Mansfield
7,000
Gateshead
4804 | covered.
Walsall
6,800
New Brighton
Chester
6,200
Southport
York
6.200
Accrington
5,800
Hartlepools
5.700
Derlington
Bristol C.
Clapton
Chenierfield
Rotherham Doncaster
RANGER'S
FORECAST
English League.
FIRST DIVISION
ARSENAL (4) ASTON V. (-) Blackburn (3) EVERTON (4) HUD'FIELD (2) MANCHES
TER C. (4) Middleabro (3) Newcastle (5) SHEFF'D U. (0) STOKE (-) WOLVES (3)
v Wednesday (2) Y Tottenham (-) v Derby (8) v Birmingham (1) v Portsmouth (2)
v Leicester (1) v W. Bromwich (1) v Leeda (1) v Liverpool (2) v Sunderland (-) v Chelsea (1)
SECOND DIVISION
BLACKPOOL (-) v Bradford C, (-)
Bradford (2)· Bury (8) FULHAM (3) GRIMSBY (5) HULL (-) Lincoln (3) NOTTHE F. (1) Plymouth (-) Southampton (2) W. HAM (-)
✓ PRESTON (0)
♥ Millwall (0)
v Notts C. (0)
v Oldham (1)
* Swansea (-)
♥
Burnley (1)
v MANTER U. (2)
v Bolton (-)
v Port Vale (2)
v Brentford ()
THIRD DIVISION (South) BRISTOL C. (2) Clapion O, (0) CHARLTON v Cardiff (-) COVENTRY (6) ▼ Crystal P. (2)
6.400 Orient's Goal Bearer 6.200
12
.
1 33 20 17
Goals Pla
A. Pu 14 15 34
11 11: 28
12 3 4 5 11 22 11 27
12 3 6 4 17 24:10
11 3.5 3 14 16 9 25
12 3 8 19 28.7 25.
114 116.159,-26
11 2 7 2 16 29 · 8 · 24 11.
3 35 15 21 12
55 11 29 7: 34
28 20 14
7 28 17 16 17 3
18
4. 20
3 14.
21 20 1112
2 23 11 16 12" 1.
5.14 8 71
4 25 20 14 4.18 17 12 12 14 12
Goals
Liverpool (14) LDİDİ 24 Lelcenter (20) LLIWD 22 6.000 MENTION of Brown reminds me of "Stoke (-)dLWI 3.700 the way in which Morris, the Sheffield U: (16) 5,000 Clapton Orient centre-forward, keep? Chelsea (19) IDWWd 23 12 8 5 2.21 19 12
LWIID
3:24 12 5 24 18 15 14 on bobbing up into the news.
Last season he was not retained by SECOND DIVISION, HOME 6,700 Swindon. They thought he was in the 5.600 veteran stage. But though long Grimsby - (13)
P. P. W. L. D.F. A.Pt 5,200 football-he has been a professional B.100 since 1919-Morris has lost none
WLW WI of
28 120 3 0 35 17 18 Blackpool dLwDI Bolton (~) LIWLd..2 "hat trick" recently Brentford (-) wLLIw 23 12
5.100 his enthusiasm, as Orient have dis-Fron (9) WWW 23 +12 9 1.2 81 9 20
He obtained
12
12
5 12 15 B 17 24.
102 6.2 14-18 11173 11 21 5 17
12 1 11 0 14 50 2 16 II 0 9 29 28 14 KAWAY ANG TUL
Goals Pla
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pie
11740 24 11 14:32 IL 3 5 3 14 20 9 29
23 11 5 2 3 20 18 15:12 4:53 15 16 11:26 4 0 23 14 16 17 442 21-21 10:26
· 2 30 20 16
11:45 2 1921 10:26
23 11
1 2 21 9 18:
12
372 11 218 25
1 4:30.17 16 11 3.8.3 20 28 025 113 8:10 29 6.25
4,400 for the Orient, and now needs only to Port Vale (16) 4,300 score nine more times to obtain__ his] 4.209 300th League goal. Including Cup P'mouth (14) IDWIw 23 11
DILW 4,000 ties, Morris has something like 350 Bradford (8) ILWww.25 12 9 2 1 33 14 19
goals; and he looks good for many Bary (4) WddWD 1.25
W.. Has (20) dwDdi 23 11 7 Bradford
W.WID
DIXIE DEAN LOST TO EVERTON.
Second Operation Forces Retirement.
London, Dec. 12. Supporters of Everton in Hong Kong will be sorry to hear that Dixie Dean, the famous International forward, who was operated upon about two months ago for the re moval of two places of bone from his left ankle, has been forced to undergo another operation.
more.
Camsell Recalled
FATE plays queer tricks in football.
Take the case of Camsell, recall ed to lead the England attack against France, after an indifferent spell.
+ 4.5 13 15-13 12 4 5 7 2 2 30 14 16
27.10417
11. 24
·∙12 15.67 $24 C. (1) 11 7 2 24 15 16 12.08 -8117217 Hall (-) Wild W.25 11 222 21 14 16 11 185 11 251 Fulham (1) WdWld.23 11 8 1 2-18 8 13 12 0758 185 Noth F. (5) IWIWI 23 12 7 2 Oldham (18) dDwWL 23:21 11 14 thehampton (12) WIlwd 23 most-boomed man in the game. Cant Not
Nolis C. (15) ILIDI inga spell ever goalkeepers, he scor- Millwall (7) Wdwww.23 12 6 3 ed 40 goals to put Middlesbrough back Buraler (17) dwLIW 22 1 in the First Division
Manchester U. (8)
His First Cap
Four years ago, Camaell was
*
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18
23 11 15
14.22 B21
2 12 24 4 20
24
12 5.5 Bwanses (10) WADD 23 12
5 1.4 21 Lincoln (19) LWWII.2 11 3 44 8.10.19. 12. 2 9:19 24 8 15 his league form, England
EVE THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) HOME Camsell his first capit
AWAY TEL against 'France in Parial
Goula Camsell
P..P. W. L. D. F. A, Pù P. W. L. D. gradually faded out of the internis Queen's F.R. (16) tional picture,
DIWW
.21 11 9 32 10 10 10 Now, with 16 goals so far this sea- Coventry (6) dWWdw 21 10 8 11 36 14 17 son, he has staged a come-back; and Norwich (8) WwdWl 21
11 - 3 5° 20.15, 11 again comes recognition in
11 10 0 1 26 5 21 10 2 match Charlton (-) ILWWW 21 22 32:17 14 12 8 52 174 11:13 with France!
Exeter (2) [WWIWC 12 21 31-12-19 - 11 26 8.14 21726 Reading (4) WdW 21 10 8 8 1 145 19:11
Wales Remembers
Bristol. R. WWW...21 10 8 20 27 12 1511353-16 16:9 25 TN 1897, Caesar Jenkyna played the Swindon (22) WWD 21 117 31 11 17 10 2 6 2.11-24,
Luton (14) BW28 12 7 23 33 16 17 11 26 3.14 25.7 24 last of his eight games for the Great P. (0) WLUD 24 113 1129 13.14 received his first International cap. Welsh Soccer alde. Last month, he Aldershot (16)
D WD
When Jenkyns captained Walow, his B
On Wednesday he had a cartilage of his left knee re- moved, it now doubtful whether the Merseyside club will be able to avail themselves of his services for the remain- der of the season .........country's F.A, was too poor to caps; he did not complain--but carried on.
Recently, Mr. E. Robbins Clapton (20) HDW the secretary of the Welsh F.A.
pecial cap made for the old player. It was presented to him by Mr. Bassett, the West Bromwich Albion chairman and a former opponent
OXFORD WIN AT
SOCCER.
Outplayed, Cambridge Lose 3 To 9.
Rive
of
3.4 14 10 14 #2 3
(1) **
•22 11 6
15 14
Brighton (12) widDL. 22, 11 Ben'mth (16) ¿WDIE 21 10
(9) w}WH
15/8 22
1511 18-2721 4. 19 12 11
8. A 35 4 18 Southend (13) JW 21: 1044 13 13 13.18 11 282 21 7 17 Watford (11) WWII 21 10 4 24 17-1 12 13 21 19 30 8 17 GitUaxkam (8) ILIWL 21 10 5 2 1 25 21 13.11 19 LKR LIS The presentation, made on the Cargli (11) LLIDW 4.21 10 4 8 19.1 11 Albion ground, is one of these grace-Beista! Č. (15) DIDI 11 11 23.6-13 15 10 10 17 314 34-4-14
· 2 · 9 · 0 13 35; 4) 15 ful gestures which enriches sport.
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)⠀⠀⠀⠀ * HOME
the old Welsh skipper.
*
Goals
· Goala Pts.
L. B. F.. A. Pis
N'AMPTON (4) y Barnemouth (0) easily beating Cambridge at soccer TV best Third Division' sides and Stockport (10) WIWdw 21 11 0 0 2 36 12 29 10 24V10 174RT
NEWPORT (5) ▾ Brighton NORWICH (6)
v Swindon (2)
v Gillingham (0)
QUEENS P.R. (2) v Aldershot (2) READING (4) Southend (2) TORQUAY (3) WATFORD (0)
BARNSLEY (2)
▾ Bristol R. (2)
v. Luton (1)
Exeter (0)
London, Dec. 14. At Stamford Bridge Oxford fol Goalkeeper with Umbrella
PP. W. L. D.F. A lowed up their Rugby success by WITH the meeting of some of the
Chesterfeld ()
WLdi was 12 10 2 0 17 10 25 I by 3 goals to nil.
minor clubs in the Cup, we got some Walsall WWWDW 21 12 10 1 1 11.8 21 Johnson, the outside right, scor- high scoring. But we did not Barnsley (8) WWW!W 224 1-12, 8′ 17′′ ed the first goal after 15 minutes anything like the tally of goals as was Halifax, (15) WWTW!.
play and Shuttleworth, inside run up in Scottish Cup-tie 45 years Barrow (Léiwwa.22:11 8. 3-3.3 27 11 right, the second with a great 25- |yards drive,
On that
famous occasion, Arbroath Accrington Page 10 best Bon Accord by 36--If John Petrie, In the 18th minutes of the A: 13 Bf thers goals.
the Arbroath outside-right, secured
cond half Charlton, centre forward, played in heavy rain, and the Arbroath
Naw Brighton (1) converted a high-dropping centre. goalkeeper had so little work to do Chester (1)
THIRD DIVISION (North)
Southport (0)
Y
▼ CREWE (4)
Accrington () Rotherham (0)
South China, who present a very be out to reverse the former result strong challenge, meet the Artillery while the Borderera encounter the BARROW-(2) at Caroline Hill where they should Athletic at Sookunpoo. win, while the Lincolns, who are the strongest challengers in the Shield, meet Pn improved Kow- loon eleven on the Railway ground, Kowloon.
"To-morrow.
FIRST. DIVISION.
ROYAL NAVY
• The Lincolns will, however, have the services of both their Second! KOWLOON
and Third Division teams and should secure a fairly comfortable victory.
The game between the Borderern and the Young Indians should pro-
Recreio
Police
JUNIOR
vide the best encounter, an I really think the Young, Indians will 8. CHINA
emerge victorious. Shield football, NAVY like Cup-tie football, usually pro
duces many surprises. (par
Borderers
Air Force May Surprise South China "B" meet the Air
B.A.P.
Force, a well balanced team: The Kowloon
v Club (Bookumpoo, 4 p.m.).
Artillery
Carlisle (2) CHESTER (1) CHESTERF D (-) DONCASTER (1) Mansfeld (0)... Rochdale (1) Stockport (6)
Tranmere (3)
(Kowloon, 4 p.m.) YORK (1)
ST. JOSEPH'S
(King's Park 4 pm,)
▾ RAST LANCS
(Caroline Hill, 4 g,m.) SHIELD-2.19 p.M.
Artillery
v Athletic
v Walsall (0)
▼ Wrexham (0)'
V. Gateshead (0)
HALIFAX (0) DAR ▼LINGTON
v Hartlepool (2)
Scottish League.
Airdrie (1)
FIRST DIVISION
(Carolina HAYR (3)
CELTIC (0) ⠀⠀ Bookinpoo) Cowdenbeath (2) Y. INDIANS DUNDEE (3)
BAN (Military) HIBERNIANS (-)
CHINA
MOTH WELL (-)
(Chatham Road) Partlek (1) LINCOLNB St Mirren (2)
Bouthport (12) DDDD Wrens
There was a small crowd present, that he put up an umbrella and never Gateshead (7) AIDWW under freezing weather conditions, had to take it down.. |with the ground as hard as rock-Man pro
Reuter,
Cash in BocERS:
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· 24 25 14′′
|*193, 27.23.15/ 12:8-16 16-13 11 432 17 19 14-11
(17) IwWLI 21 11:46 1-16 22
Last year Cambridge won 3-1. finishing one season with £30,000 Carlisle (D) DIDI **
TN football, we find the Arsenal Crews (10) WL Since, the series started Oxford balances. Yet under Football Associa (1) have won 25 to Cambridge's 2, con rulings, they can pay their playars
with 8 drawn games.
▾ QUEENS P. (1)
v Clyde (1)*
y Kilmarnock ·(0)
RANGERS (8)
v Falldrk (0)2
▼ Hamilton (-)
▼ Queen Ofs (-)
ABERDEEN (2)
St. Johnstone-(9) (Kowloon) Third, Lanark (2) v HEARTS (1 DIVISION PRZEZ K
LINCOLNE (Happy Valley,pm
Airmen are capable of better
things than they have given us I
THIRD
should not be a bit surprised if
*
they enter the Second Round
In the Third Division the Lin- B.A.SC.
colns should maintain their present
brilliant 100 per cent. record with
Sunday,
a win over the Medical Corps while
Athletic, 1 9,1.)
HK.C.C. JUNIOR TEAM
#the followi.
HOCKEY
(Continued from Page :)
"hat-trick" and "Tara Singh scor
|N. Brighton:
(21)
(22)
bonus for a win and 81 for a
Still, there are leading players with Mansfield (16) IWL times-figure incomes, Apart from his Rockdale (18), ILADA football Alex James manages to keep The wolf from the door by acting, ma
| sports adviser to a London-stores, and
by his newspaper articles wer The Bad Old Days GEN
5-19 16.12.
-72 23 24 10.77
5852×14 23. 10/12
115 4 2 18 1
18 17 12 101 4 2 4 20 5 17
SCOTTISH LEAGUE HOM
Moch'well (1) LwW 2 1811 1 4 27 12 21 11 11 18 27
Hearts (1) ¿WDWW1 25 15 10 1 Aberdown" (5) dwu
ing the ifth. GA Singh scored a 10-DAY, the professional footballer KiFmock (14))) OR KIIN!
sixth midway through this half,
is a plutocrat compared with the AT. Utd. ((16) )
and shortly afterwards C. 8. Trowt old-time playe For instancs," the
reduced the Lincolns arrears,
Just before the final whitle |however, G; Singh registered
botal wage-list Albion's Cup-
West Bromwich | -winning team," in 1888 **w IL #I
"minute" book of the Bury “Besolved, that George.
Clyde (13)
the R.E. should have the baltor of the Service Corph.2
On Sunday: South China, League Champlona meet the Lin-
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