1934-01-12 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL,

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934.

64 CLUBS TO BATTLE IN THE F.A. CUP THIRD ROUND TO-MORROW

TOTTENHAM SHOULD

BEAT EVERTON

WILL LUTON BE WALSALL TO ARSENAL?

ASTON VILLA'S BIG TASK

(By RANGER)

TISTORY IS LIKELY TO REPEAT ITSELF IN THE THIRD

TOMORROW WHEN

CUP HOLDERS, VISIT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AT WHITE HART LANE LAST SEASON NEWCASTLE UNITED, HOLDERS, WERE ELIMINATED IN THEIR FIRST ROUND, AND ALL INDI- CATIONS POINTS TO A DEFEAT FOR THE GOODISON PARK MEN TO-MORROW.

SPECIAL CUP FORECAST

(Exclusive to "China Mail").

These fine football teams are far from being strangers in Cup- Üghts, and the classic ring about the names, coupled with the splen-Plymouth did feats of the 'Spurs this season, will probably make the Tottenham ground only about half as big as the officials would like it to be for this gripping contest.

The Arsenal, eliminated last year visit Luton, who beat the Spurs in the beaten by Everton in the sixth round.

B

RIGGS will be between the

sticks for Swindon in their Away Cup tie at Brighton to-

morrow.

The Transfer System

NO ROOM FOR A REVISION.

PLAYER NO FAWN

the

by Walsall in their first round, fourth round and were only

V HUDDERSFIELD

PALACE Aldershot CRYSTAL

Manchester U. v Portsmouth Workington v. GATESHEAD SOUTHAMPTON v Northampton Bristol City

CHELSEA

Rotherham Chariton

v West Bromwich Y DERBY

WEDNESDAY Port

ort Vale

F.I.

Chelsea, too, have First Division) NOTTS FOREST ▾ QUford

opponents and recent holders of Hull

STOKE the trophy in West Bromwich Al- STU

READING blon, and unless there in a very Birmingham great change for the better in Chel- BRIGHTON sen's football soon, this match will Chesterfield {look a "good thing" for West Brom. LEEDS

GRIMSBY wich, in spite of their rather in- TRANMERE consistent from this season.

Much the same has to be said

BOLTON SUNDERLAND MILLWALL

V

V

v Sheffield United v Swindon

V

Y ASTON VILLA

v Preston

y Orient

▾ Southend

V

Halifax

y Middlesbrough

▾ Accrington

▾ NEWCASTLE

♥ BLACKPOOL

and Manchester C.

of Millwall's chances, even against Wolves Accrington, fer Millwall have been Cheltenham playing without confidence, their position at the bottom of the Second Division table will be sure

to cause them a good deal of worry, and may even compel the club to

(runners-up) LIVERPOOL Luton SWANSEA LEICESTER TOTTENHAM

pay more attention to its League WEST HAM position than to any hope of pro- BURNLEY Kressing far in the Cup.

BUC-

▾ Blackburn

Y ARSENAL

v Fulham

v Notts County

v Lincoln

▾ Everton (holders)

v Bradford City v Bury

The Goal Scorers

There are solid grounds for be- lieving that West Ham will

against Bradford ceed at home City, of their own Division of the League; and also every hope for Bawers (Derby C.)

Camsell (Midd.)

DIVISION L

Charlton, who will be receiving English (Liverpool)

Aldershot.

This tie will bring Ints opposi tion the managerial wits of the

brothers Seed, for Jimmy manages Charlton Athletic and Angus is in charge of Aldershot.

Strangely enough these two brothers were thrown into opposition in the Cup last season, but in rather different circumsatnces. A year ago. Jimmy Seed's team, Clapton Orient. was knocked out at home in the Brat round (hefore the big clubs starte pinying) by Angus's team, Aldershot, at Len Bridge.

clubs

Turning to the London drawn to play away, there is sure to be heaps of discussion whether the Arsenal. who must play at Luton, have drawn another Wal- wall.

the busy market place of professional football they are shaking their heads over the latest attempt to investigate - and, apparently, improve

Last season Lulon surprised every- modern transfer system.

ne in foothill by goining a fine vie Brown, theory at home in the fourth round of Mr. C. Wreford former Corinthian half back, is the Cup over Tottenham Hotspur n I am frostbound ground, and there are sure to press for an inquiry, afraid his resolution, to be tabled to be visions of the Arsenal at the next meeting of the F. Atreated similarly by Luton. Council, will secure a cold recep

tion.

(Continued on Page 11).

McLean (Huddersfield) Gurney (Bunderland) Hydes (Leeds) Dunne (Arsenal) Hunt (Spura) Richardson (W.B.A.)

DIVISION II Glover (Grimsby T), Watson (Wast

Ham Blackmore (Bradford) Drake (S'hampton) Hampson (Blackpool) Kalliday (Brentford)

nokron topkins ( Nolan (Port Vale) MeNaughton (Hu}}}

DIVISION III. (8.)

Pearce (Charlton) Simpson (Palace) Boarton (Coventry) Vinall (Norwich)

R.)

Lake (Coventry)... McKay Warnes (Norwich) Newton (Reading)

DIVISION II. (N.)

Lythgoe (Stockport) Wesley (Gateshead) Bamford (Wrexham} Cook (Chesterfield) Hewitt (Hartlepools) Be Blight Barnsley) six | Bell (Tranmere)

Robinson (Barrow)

being Alsop (Walse/f

Bradford City have signed Fenner. For look at it how you may, the Notts County inside right. there seems to be little room for ioined the County from Wigan

a revision of the present scheme years ago,

of things.

The Money "Taint,” Bat----

SNOOPING AROUND ||

SPURS ARE

FAVOURED

FOR LEAGUE

Wealth Of Reserve Talent.

HUDDERSFIELD'S CHANCE

H. Smith, the veteran Hud-

W. H. Smith, but deteft, has a

nice sense of humour.

They gave him his fourth bene- fit cheque for £650 recently and this is what he said in reply to Mr. John McKenna, the Football League pre- sident.

"I have been playing for Hud- dersfield for 20 years, and when I have done another 20 1 shall be ready to go over to the other wing.”

Seriously, though, Smith quite expects to earn a fifth benelit. He is still playing great football and staying the course with, the youngest. Smith has won all the honours the game can offer-international cape, League championship medals, and Cup Final madals. He has been three times in the Final.

It would be a glorious year for

him if this season

Huddersfield

again carried off the champtonship. They have a great chance because their side is largely youthful andj Hkely to go on improving.

But my own fancy is for the 'Spars, whose players also have their good years in front of them.

Tottenham probably have the

F

RANK 800, the

only Chinese player in English professional football, will be playing at Inside left for Stoke against Bradford in the Cup to-morrow

AMATEUR CUP

Holders Win Narrowly Against Wycombe,

OXFORD CITY BEATEN

London, Dec. 10. THE eyes of the Amateur fool-

strongest set of reserve players in this week towards the 32 matches the game and all young. They in the first round of the

R.A.:

are at the head of the London Com-Amateur Cup competition, which bination table with a clear lead and were played yesterday. matches in hand.

This strength in reserve is bound to tell later on.

OLDEST CLUB IN DIFFICULTIES

Sheffield United's Future Not Very Bright.

DREW UP FIRST RULES

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THE

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THE oldest football club in the world, the Sheffield F.C., finds Itself face to face with certain 19 difficulties, following the death of 14its mainstay, Mr. H. B. Willey, who was president and hon. secretary 12 for about half a century.

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12

In almost every instance, the

ground was frozen hard and the light ball, bouncing high and wild- ly on a concrete-like surface, was extremely dimeule to control. Hence there were many unexpect led results.

Only four of the thirteen Iath- mian clubs managed to gel through. the holders of the Cup, Kingstonian, just defeating Wycombe Wanderers by a solitary goal.

Here is a full list of the te. sulta:

1 *Whitehall

Printeries 0

Northern Nomads 3 Evenwood Town 3 Ferryhill Ath.

Marine South Bank Bishop Auckland

"Moor Green

Apsley

The club le anxious to get into touch with as many of its old mem-Enfield bera as possible. It hopes that those who have not travelled too far from home will be able to at-

*Wimbledon

•Lond.

I tend a meeting which has been call-Kingstonian.

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ed for the night of December 6, at the King's Head Hotel, Sherheld.

*The Casuala Formed in 1855, the club has Metro, Police

11 had

2 Cockfield 2 Guiseley 8 Willington

FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE

Comprehensive Table Showing Form of Clubs at A Glance

A

comprehensive guide to the form of all the major English Fool.

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 al the conclusion of last season. The asterisk indicales a promoted. team and the sword signifies a relegated team.

The League positional tables give home and away detalls and include all matches played to date.

HOME

Goals

FIRST DIVISION.

P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu Arsenal (1) wWD..24 12 8 0 4 27 7:20 Derby (5) IWWwl....2 11 8 0 3 29 9 19 Hud'Beld (6) DwWdW.21 13 9 1 3 25 11 21 "Tottenham (LIWI 25 12 8 3 1 30 18 17 Man'ter C. (16) WALD 25 13 7 3 3 21 19 17 W. Brom. (4) DDWI 25 11 7 1 3 28 11 17 Middlesbro (17)

Blackburn (15)

DIW Wednesday (3) W&DWd Portsmouth (8)

.24 12 10 2 0 27 15 20

25 13 10 0 3 87 16 23

3 3 20 15 15 .......24 12 6

Daw WWI

20 12 6 2415 8 18 Wolves

(18) WIDD 24 13 8 3 2 34 21 18 Newcastle (5) Lwiww 25 15 5 1 7 30 17 17 Sunderland (12)

Everton (11) wLdLW 24 12

29 10 18

A. Villa (2) Widdl..25 12 7 0 29 25 14 Leeds (9) LIW!

-24 31 7 2 2 25 11 Birham (13) 1WDI.24 11 3 3 6 14 8 11 Liverpos] (14) Dild 25 12 3 3 4 25 20 14 Leicester (20) LIWDd 23 12 44 18 17 12 "Stoke (-) LWW Sheffield U. (10)

WIIDD

12 5 3 4 15 14 14

AWAY

TU Goals Pis P. W. L. D. F. A, Pla 12 6 3 3 15 14 15 33 13 5 5 3 18 16 13° 22 11 3 3 5 21 23 11 37 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 30 12 3 4 5 11 22 11 28 3 7 4 17 27 10 27

12 3 8 1 9 39 7 IT

12 1 10 1 8 35 3 20

12

4

6 2 17 26 10 25

12 3 6 14 20 9 25 11 1 5 5 11 29

26

12 *

7 8 1 18 29

24

1 9 3 14 30 6

13 2 6 5 12 17 9 20

13 2 9 2 19 26 6 13 19 7

11

2

1 7 3 11 31 5 19

.....25 13 B Chelsea (19) DWWdd 24 12 5

SECOND DIVISION.

5 20 17 15

0 14 BD

2.17

BOME

2 21 19 12

Goals

0

9

3 10 29 3 15

AWAY

TIL Gosla Pts. P. P. W. L D, F. A. Pt P. W. L. D. F. A. Pu Grimsby (13) LwWIw

..26 13 10 3 0 37 18 20 11 7 4 0 24 11 24 34 Preston (9) WwWWI 24 12 9 1 2 31 9 20 12 36 15 22 9 Blackpool LwDIW ..24 12 7 2 3 23 15 17 12 4 3 15 16 11 Port V. (16) WDW 24 11 8 1 2 21 9 18 13 4 7 2 15 22 10 28 Bradford (8) LWwwW 24 13 10 2 1 35 15 21 P'mouth (14) DWww 2 12 7 1 4. 3817.16

16 12 6 3 20 25 9 27 Bury (4) ddWDW.26 14 5 4 6 18 16 15 12 4 5 8 15 25 11 26

11 3 8 0 10 29

0 10 20 6. 27 Brentford (LLiwi 24 12 7 3 2 30 20 16 12 4 6 1Bolton (-) WLdi

25 12 8 4 0 23 14 16 15

13 4 W. Ham (10) WDW 24 12 8 2 2 33 16 18.12 Felham (3) dWi .24 12 9 1 *Hull (-) lawan .....24 12 Bradford C. (11)

WIDDI

24 11 Oldham (19) DwWL! 24 12

Burnley (17) WLW 24 12 7 Notte F. (5) WIWIL .24 13 7 S'hampton (12) wd) 24 12 9 Notts C. (15) LIDN 25 12 5 Milwal!

(7) dwWWI 24 Manchester U. (5)

DLILI

Swansen (10) daƊd 24 12 Linenin (19) »WHw THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

+

2 21 24 10 26 21 27 10 26 14 27 8 28

12 2

14 24

11

11 21

12 1

| 15 31

6 2 16 31

12 1 8 3 10 30

12

44 13 11 12 HOME

12 3 8 1 16 27 7 19 12 0 939 24 3 19 12 2 8 19 24 3 17

AWAY

Ti.

Goals

Pla.

Goals P. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts P. W. L. D. F. A. Piz

10 5 2 16 17 12 31 11335 20 15 11 30 10 2 5 3 16 19 7 30 17 6 5 217 19 12 28

Queen's P.R. (16)

IWwWL

22 12 8 1 34 14 19 2 Coventry (6) WWdwW 22 11 9 1.1 41 15 19 Norwich (3) wdWIW..22 12 11 0 1 29 7 23 †Charlton (-) LwWwW 22 10 8 2 8 34 17 16 Reading (4) WWW 22 11 10 8 1 36 5 21 Bristol R. WWW.

.22 10 8 2 0 27 12 16

2

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18 10

25

1 Yahiro

Amateurs 1 2 "Oxford City ! 3 *SL Albans

City 0 2 Woking

Caledonians 2 Leytonstone

1

Luton (14) HDWw.. 24 12

0

Exeter (2) WWIWI

..20 12

1 "Wycomb

Aldershot (18)

Wand.

0

*Barking

1 Tufnell Park

1

Swindon (22) IWDI

Crystal P. (5) DLIDI

1 Ilford

2 Gorleston

2 Finchley

2 Clapton

1

0

2 Boscall Heath 1

*Int Batt. D'ham

LI. 6 Whitby Utd.

1

4 16

(L'pool) I

35 3 16

Shamrocka 1 Stockton Rawmerch W'fare 5 *Nether Edge

1

Ama, 2

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) HOME

10 0

AWAY

Goals

Pts.

P. P. W. L. D. E. A. Pia ›P.. W. L., D. P. A. Pla +Chesterf'd (-) LAWW 24° 13 11 2 0 38 10 22

11 7 2 2 20 11.16 28

Leaverden

a continuous existence, al-Dulwich Hamlet though, as every fit member joined the forces, no matches were played 17 during the war.

The minute books for 1856-7 are

17

Walthamstow Av. 4 *Sloughs Leyton

still in existence, and in the posses-*. Hefton Colliery 2 W.D.U.

alon of the acting han. secretary, *Portrack

18 Mr. J. S. Lycett, of 242, Fulwood-

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SPORT TWIE money taint in sport may be THE song of to-morrows' Cup-figh- Constantine's contribution in

tera: "It's a Long Way to Tipper-body-line bowling battle seems to yield Tregrettable, but a professary-and Further

alonal football cash is the life-

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the

▾

*

blood of the clubs, great and small,

"

transfer of The timely

Players in the Australian Test Complaints are increasing in Bugby trial at Melbourne declined an in- football about the persistent posching

of players,

player at a fat fee has saved vitation to see a moving' picture of more than one soccer Cinderella. Larwood in action.

In fact the majority of the Third Division

clubs

would

go out of existence were the trans- fer system'not in operation.

Transfer Rests With Player

[UCH foolish talk is beard from

As bad as being asked to watch close-up of your own funerall

·

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Players are egged on by hard-boiled

scouts.

•

No official steps have been taken to atop the importation of South African footballers into this coun"

Britannia waïves the rules,

amateur John de Forest,

golf champion of 1982, has taken over try. the management of a London. Res-

taurant,

He knows quite a number of good

Mme to time that transfers courses, anyway.

are nothing abort of "bartering in fesh and blood.". No such thing. The facts are: A player cannot be, transferred against, his will-

•

Hargey has been described, an having the crave of a ballet deneer

Petersen probably thought him a

no matter the size of the cheque Ballet nuisance. dangled, as balt before the eyes of bis club The player is the chief

The man caught picking pockets man in transfer negotiations. Heat an Aberdeen football match is is no pawn, moyad willy-billy by hard-headed football financiers, now an inmate of an asylum;

On him alone rests the dual de

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road, Sheffield. The club drew up its own rules of the game, some of which formed the basis of the pre-*Badney Rangers 1 R.A.F. (C'well) 0 sent rules,

*St. Neots & Dist 1 (Northampton) 1 "Keynsham Portland USA.

Mount Pleasant

1 Frome Town

THE NEW STYLE OF 'mouth Gasworks & Weston-

BARRACKING

Millwall And Cardiff Directors Criticised.

OFFICIAL BOX RUSHED

football

BARRACKS Gems to be taking

new turn, They have started on the directors now!

At Millwall the crowd kept up a| running Are of criticism of the These Hospital Rugby XV's are very team who are now at the bottom of hot, says a man who has played the Second Division, but the most against one of them.

Medical students ought to know how Angry outburst was reserved for disable you to the best advantaged the directors,

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N

Maidenhand

*Barnet "Sutton Utd.

Hitchin Town Horsham

* home team

2 *Poole Town

supper-Mare 0 2 Morris Motors

(Cowley)

N'ampton (7) DdW

Brighton (12) inta

Malford (11) WLW

JIDWI

Newport (21) di Clapton (20) Southend B'ra'mth (18)

WDILI Torquay (9) IWIL

WTW&D 22

Bristol C. (15) NDIW 22 12 Gillingham (8) LIWLI 22 10 Cardiff - (19) LIDWI ..22 10

(13)

10 45 1:10 16 9 30 18:47

23 84 10 29

Stockport (10) TWdwW 22 12 10 0 2 49 12 22 10 4.42 12 12 10. 32 Waisali (5) wwDWw..22 12 10 1 1.31 8. 21 Barnsley (8) WWIWw 23 16 90 1 Halifax (15) WIWII.2 11 8 '1 Gintrow

(9) diWWD .23 12 5

(11).

TradD

1 porter (6) WIDIW 28

4 Ipswich Town. I

3 Erith &

Belvedere

0 Chesham UtA. 2. Great

Yarmonth T. O

RANGER'S

FORECAST

English League.

+

Doncaster

Hartlepools (14)

LIWW

Acer'ion (13) ILWWI 24 128 Cheater (4) DwwIL, 28 12 5. Gateshead (7) DWW1.22 16 8 Carlisle (9) UDIW

Wrexham (2) ILwwa" Routhport (12) DMDDI York (20) LNAL Rotherham (17) #WLH Crewe (10) DWLI

N.

12 6

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21 4

9

11

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1.1. 10 18:

12 2 1

20 vs 10 12 14 15 13 00 OT DE

**A*** ** KARARAAPZZ * ***

Brickton

(21)

ILDO

.22 21

Darlington (22)

!

WDDADES.

'4 2 18 17 12. / 11 -1; 6. 4-0 23 8 4 23 18 12

131 #

617

1119. 128 3 17

12

16

Goals Pis.

Mochdale (18).JindW 22 11 6 3.2 18 11 14 Mansfield (14) WLDID 28 IT

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

P. P. W.

HOME

Goals D. F. A. Pi

Mothwell (2) Lewel F " " I DA

P. W. I.. D. P. A. Pla

PRAHA 12 8 2 2 36 14 18 42 12:35 20 19 11 35

Hangers (1) WdDw 25 13 11 0 2 49.11.24 Hearts (2) WDWW,27 15 10 14 47 18 24 Aberdeen (5) WAW 28 13 9 2 2 41 9.20 13 5 5 3 23 23 13 23 KI'mock (4) ►WIWL 27 11 7 4 2.81 22′ 18

3 22 75 15 31 15 5 3 22 25

6, 1.26, 30.11.14 9:

14 7 4 2 28 16. 17-

-

Air Utd. (16) LALIW 27 14 7 3 4 10 25 18 194

Queen O'S WLwk.28.12. 3.

*Johnstone: (4) JLWLW Falkirk (11)-1WAI,w Hamilton (8) w££Ww Celtic (4) Lw]TW/ ((13) ▼WIWI

DIVISION (North) tend of the match about BARNSLEY (0) Carl

Mansfield (1) STOCKPORT (2) Fielding in the slipa on Australian 200 spectators waited round the Rochdale (2) DONCASTER (3) players entrance for the directors, SOUTHPORT (1) v New Brighton (1) "Grade" cricketer caught seven to cross the field from the stand WREXHAM (7) v Crowe (0) batamen out,

Darlington (1) \) V. WALSALL (1) and follow the teams in. No alipa.

The remarks that were shouted to an a

AGE THIRD DIVISION (South) at them must have made their ears Watford (1) Norwich (2) Molnenley, of the Ollawa los burn, but what earthly good can

Scottish League. kap, hockey team, has water on the knee demonstrations of this kind dot Just like being at home," as the follows a fell in practice,

2: At Cardiff Too boxer sald after he had had two teethy

FIRST DIVISION. knocked out.

My young thing wants to know!

MIERE was a similar happening | ABRIDEEN (1) ♥ Third Lanark (0). why he doesn't wipe it offi 1. at Cardif. When the nowe CLAUDEN Dundee (18) WIDIL

81. Mirren (7) g What gives English football de came through that Cardiff had lost FALKIRK (1) Partick (2) 35 af

HAMILTON (8) ▼ Ayz: (0) Plange Into the tragafer mar They fared disastrously,

at Brightoni 4-0 the crowd" who Hearts ket does not necessarily mean After one bad match a hawker brass character sales a foreigner had been watching a reserve game KILMARNK (-) Hibernians (-) ebat successful bidder can gather was selling photographs of the If way before around the ground, made rush for the dirton box OIKEATS PECO Y SE Mirren (1)

JAC outside Goodf

They remained thun for some QUEEN'S 15) Dandeno minutes, aboutlog and demonstrat sz. JOHN {ing and demanding new players. | STONE (1) -

cision

£26,000 Team For Twopence

690 on wages and transfer. Teas

together an itincible team. Everton side

Take the case of Everton, who, soh Park "All the Everton the 1926-7) sesson, upent* £25,- "team for twopence," he walled.

for football spectators

Clubs getting cold feet?

Aledria (0)

Girde

WILWL

¿Third, Lonurk (18)

Airde (16) HDC

12 52

Cond'bouth (17) LALALA:25 14 415

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