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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935

HOME FOOTBALL

HUDDERSFIELD

MAKE UP FOR

Boninemouth. Tranmere

Aston Villa

**LOST GROUND Bolton

Barrow Scunthorpe

FIRST, DIVISION

Brentford Derby

Leicester's Lapse May Everton

Prove Costly

ABERDEEN INCREASE GAP

Huddersfield

Bid boro Portsmouth Preston Wednesday Wolves

1 Arsenal

3 West Brom

1 Liverpool.

Grimsby

0 Leeds

- 1 Sunderland · 0

0 Furmingham 2

$ Blackburn

-Chelses

0 Stoke City

Kowlands, above, the Fusiliers”

CLASSICAL KNOCK BY ALEC PEARCE

GILLESPIE DEFINITE

ACQUISITION

LATE DECLARATION COSTS CLUB MAJOR POINTS

(By L.B.W)

mistake on Saturday in the Senior TT is not very often that a captain wins the toss

when he allowed * earner kick from W. Knox to pass over his head into the net.

4 Mchester C. S)

brilliant cestndian, made a costly

SECOND

DIVISION

3. Leicester

S

Shield match against Kowloon

2 Sheffield U.

1

1 Bury

2 West Ham (

1 Doncaster

3 Swansea ·

-4 Southampton 1)

London, Saturday. Huddersfield made up for lost ground in the premier soccer Barsley league to-day when they beat Bradford C. Sunderland. potential champions. Burnley by the only goal of the game. Chariton

In the Second Division LeicesFulham ter faltered and are now shams Hall the leadership with the spurs and

Manchester U Doncaster. In the southern Newcastle section Luton and Coventry came Plymouth on level texas with Reading Port Vale

while in the Scottish League Tottenham Aberdeen are leading Celtic by RD three points as the result of the

Accrington latter's defeat at Dunfermline.

Detailed scores, as cabled by Reuter, were as follow

N. Brighton Rochdale Stockport

5 Notts F.

2 Bradford

2 Blackpool

2. Norwich

DIVISION (North)

0-Wrexham

S. Carlisle

5 Gateshead 6-fanzfeld

THIRD DIVISION (South)

F. A. CUP-2nd Round Workington -5 Kidderminster 1) Laton. Stalybudge CL40 Darlington

Notts C.

1}Northampton

0

31 Airdrie

3. Torquay

Chester

3 Reading

Halifax

.1 Hartlepools

2 Ayr

Folkestone Crewe

1 Clapton

2 Gillingham

5 Burton

Southend

Chesterfield

Oldham

Dartford

Rotherham

Southall

Margate Scarborough

0 Walsall

- 1 Bristol R

Clyde

1 Bristol C.

2 Coventry

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Dunfermline

Hamilton

0 Hearts

1Motherwell

4 Gainsboro' T.0] Rangers

1 Watford

1St. Johnstone

8 Newport (Isle T. Lansri

of Wight) 0

3 Crystal P. · 1 1-Brightom

3 Hibernians

◊ A broath

1 Queen's Pk

1 Celtic

2 Aberdeen

NOHONA

:

Tables To Date

FIRST-DIVESION

Goals

PWLD FAP

Sunderland 19 13 42 58 275 Hderfield 1.19 19 4

Derby

Arsensi

19:10 4

(0 Birmingham 19·8 6 3 29

1. Lende

{Liverpool

Stoke

87.4 37 28

M'chester C. 18 9

4 Middlesboro 19 S

Bolton.

2 Wolres

2 Chelsea....

3

Wednesday

-Blackbern-

0W. Bwick 19

3Partsmouth 18

2. Queen O'S

0

Preston

Everton ..19

3

Grimsby...15 €

5 Partick

5 Albion

◊ Nilmaznock- 2-Dundee

Beater.

1 Brentford ..17 4 9

21

(No correction had been recetv- led up to 3.30 a.m.-24.)

BURLEIGH CIGARETTES

Aston Villa 19

4 71

SECOND DIVISION

CHAR

Goals

PWL D FAP Leicester 19 11 5 3 39 26 25 Tottenham 19 11 5 3 44 29 25 Doncaster...19 11 5 3 30

Charlton ...19 9 4 6 35 23 Blackpool ..20 9 6 5 62 Newcastle 18 10 6 2 43. Shampton .19 7.6 6

Fulham 29 6 5

M'chester U. 19 9

Swansea...19 6 8

and sends the other side in to bat, but strangely enough we had two instances like that on Saturday while one of the teams lost, the other only narrowly averted defeat

the Club-Army and IRC-Navy matche the captains of the Services teams elected to field after calling right in the spin.

The Club-Army match, which was drawn, was featured by. a polished innings for 107 not out by Alec Pearce who showed in- no uncertain manner that, despite his indifferent form during Interport week, he is still the Colony's best batsman. His cover drives were a treat to watch, but the most striking feature of his innings was that, although he was Scoring at a very good rate, he never allowed himself to be hurted by the bowlers.

AH Madar also batted well for the Indians against the Navy, but perhaps the most delightful innings of the afternoon (from a "brighter cricket" point of view) was It M. K Branwell's- 62 against the IRC when he hit 9 fours and two sixes. As result of their win, however, the Indians are now very favourably placed in the race for championship-honours

Dealing with the Club-Army

game, Capt. Walch called right in

the spin and to the surprise of KOWLOON'S

everybody he sent the Club in

A. W. Hayward opened the innings with E R. Duckitt, the bowling being in the hands of Lt a. C. Garthwaite (Supreme Court End) and Cpl. Ballard. For a time it looked as though Capt Walch's policy was going to bear fruit, for, after hitting Garthwaite beautifully through the covers for la four, the Club, skipper was howl- over tossed one in

Sheffield C. 19 7 8 4 33:29: 18ed by an Plymouth 18 8 3 312319 mediately after when he tried to Bury 19 5 6 8 29 29 18 repeat the same shot. Notts F

540 41 17 Alec Pearce opened very canti-

Bradford

Norwich ...19

West Ham 18

Euraley Barnsley

Bradford C.

Hall

Port Vale..19

24 31 17

MERITORIOUS

SOCCER VICTORY

Great Improvement Apparent

SOCCER PROGRAZIE -OVER-CROWBED

"By "REFEREE") The cold weather over Saturday

and yesterday has given a real "Cup tie atmosphere to

the Senior and Junior. Shield soccer

that anything might happen in

30 34 16 ously, especially to Ballard, whomes and the results show 16 was bowling steadily without be these series, a glaring example be

3

THIRD DIVISION (South)

15 in impressive. Runs came slowing provided du Saturday, when a

15

completelyn: Panised.

as the ball was coming up, awkwardly at both ends, but al though Pearce did not open his won a deserving victory over

the Fusilie account for the first few minutes. be appeared to be very confident, dis

D. Kace, who formerly played Goals

on the left-wing, but whe“ was PWLD FAPts giving the ball the full face of

the bat everytime.ql

moved to the centre forward Luton

18 114 3:32 15 25

Dackin's Queer. Dismissal berth, has at last found his true Reading Coventry 18 10 3.5 52 21 35 When he had scored only two position, and on his "display": "of Queen's PR. 17955 3 40 223 Duckitt lost his wicket through Saturday he looks like being a

B'mouth

Crystal P.

Torquay

Millwall

Notts C

Gillingham

Watford Clapton

Swindon Bristol C

Brickton .....15

Cardiff

Southend ..17.

Bristol R....17

Newport

Exeter

4 7 19

23918 being over eager Garthwaite sent permanent fixture there for the

18; down a thoroughly bad ball-it rest of the season.

hit the ground only about seven

yards from the bowler and look-

ed like a wide-and the batsman

(Continued on Page 3)

in reaching out to it only managed FINAL CIVILIAN

to pull it on to his own wicket!

(Continued on Page 11).

"T*** LADIES BEAT RECREIO LADIES IN SEVEN A SIDE

HOCKEY TRIAL IS

VERY HELPFUL.

BURLEIGH

CIGARETTES

make the better

Christmas Gift

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Miss Tonge alt worked hard in the away, he centred b Chester .19 8 4 7 36 19

having drawn the

Lincoln

Walsall

Stockport

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Southport 17

345.35 22 21 forward line.

33 22 21 Although Mrs. Read and Miss Dever realy got going and 35 24 21 Bradbury were always to the fore, verse-stick efforts were 33-20 19 nine times out of ten caught them nipped in the bod

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29 23 19 good movement

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