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HOME FOOTBALL NORTHEAST WEST SOUTH

From All Points Of The Compass

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Peter O'Rourke has terminated; earning money at the game, Blyth his term of office as manager of Spartans valued him at 10s, per

week. Lianelly B.0.

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Hugh Turner, Huddersfield's 13 st goalkeeper, has not missed a game for four seasons.

travel for Bob Byme may not when he leaves Manchester City. 18 not exactly Bury's interest casual.

Carlisle, "who have been doing a spot of scouting among the Set- tish, juniors, may make a bid for McLeod, smart young Kello Rovers half-back.

Knox, the St. Mirren winger, who] reappeared in the first eleven last week after a lengthy absence, is having the rule run, aver him by Chelsea,

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Harkus, the right-back, who was seven years captain of Southamp ton, has thrown in his lot with Boston, who are members of the Midland League.

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South Bank and Whitby United have become known as "The Good Companions of the North Riding, Due to the incidence of various Cup-ties they will play together at least six times this season.

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"Notts County, who have run the cule over almost every centre for ia Scotland, are ward of note focusing their attention at present on Lowe, of the junior olub. Lark hall Thistle.

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The most persive-tongued manager will get Fulwood, the Selby Town back; and when they have done knocking out better

will well fancied teams, Halifax Brown, thoir forward, to Bolton, Bury or Burnley,

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Three offers and all from London clubs were made to Walsall for Leslie, their centre-half, following their Cup replay with Clapton Orient, Fulham are the favouri- tea

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Yuill, the Millwall goalkeeper, has a young brother starring with the Glasgow junior club, Parkhead, The youngster has just turned down a trial offer from Newry, the Irish club, but a similar offer from "The Den" may be more favourably con sidered,

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OUR COCKNEY HUMOUR

£2 2s. For A Joke

Londoners All; And visitors to London! You have heard from gem of time to time many a

of wit the little bit Cockney

to the "back-chat" that bubbles lips of those true Cockneys, often in the humblest walks of life, who just cannot help raising a smile wherever they go.

have You

laughed lests, repeated tehm friends, stored them up for telling at a dinner party or some other do when everything's merry and bright.

At

to

these your

You know those big barges that go up and down the Thames with the tide, manipulated by one solitary waterman with a very big suspect par? You would hardly

One day them of going to sea

Cockney leaning over London'

· Away · down below. Bridge spied one of these struggling without a moment's pause he cup- ped his mouth in his hands and yelled: "Bring us back a parrot. sller!"

chaps

A Cockney bookmaker, "broke": to the wide, was trying to raise an honest penny at Epsom on one of the hottest days of the past summer.. He had bought a white it with le- enamel bath, filed

monade, and was selling it: "Here" y are a luvverly drink! As cold as ice and colder, Tuppence As luck would have it, a gloss."

turned a bookie's clerk nearby

ice

Turned Down. Devlin, the old Cowdenbeath and Birmingham forward, could have had almost Manager Page, of Yeovil and any team he desired a year or so Petters, says he has two more ago, but times have changed. An youngsters just as good as Evans, offer of his services to Glentoran, and very thoughtlessly sharpen- who is now at Bury. They are the Irish League club, has beened his copying-ink penell right Cook, an eighteen-year-old inside turned down. The Belfast team over the lemonade, which slowly left, and Savage, seventeen-years-are looking for a centre-forward in began to change colour......

"As 'cold as England. old inside-right

and colder." chorused the "salesman"-when SEVEN AND SIGNED.-Re-a customer drew his attention to markable, secner were witnessed in the colour of the lemonade in 4 Liverpool junior oip-tie between the glass he'd just bought. Miranda and Linacre Casworks & week ago. Five players were sent off, one of whom refused to go and the referee was about to abandon The cold spell has nothing what-the game when, a player of the

go off also.. The conductor of a London bus ever to do with Manchester Unit- other side agreed to

won, 10-1 and Robert Icoked as miserable as if he'd a ed's liking for the Leeds Furness; Miranda

their centre-forward, nagging wife and thirteen chli- also it will take a pretty penny to Walton,

A passenger. taking a "thaw the Yorkshiremen should scored seven times. This made his dren. the question of transfer he brought total 29 for the season. A number twopenny fare, handed him two of clubs had "scouts" present, and pennies bright and shining from Walton is now & Southport player. the Mint. "There you are-two

new ones for you."

McNab, the Sunderland right- half, who so completely subdued the James-Bastin combination last week, was a grocer's boy in Glas- gow before joining Pollok, who transferred him to Roker Park.

up.

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CHANGING A LETTER. — While Manchester City are willing to part with Halliday, it is belier ed they are ready to take on Holli. day, of Brentford. A Maine Road- director was an interested specta- Lar at a recent Brentford match.

GOING UP SOON.-It should not be long before Mobby, of Gainsborough, is a step higher than Young, Midland league football. who keeps goal for Scunthorpe. Gainsborough's Midland League neighbours, is also it the happy position of being watched by big

ger clubs.

Liverpool are giving a trial to C. Kirk, Traedyrhiw's amateur goalkeeper,

Jarvis, the Middlesbrough reser- ve left back, is said to have at- tracted the attention of Chelsea

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"Well, what d'ye expect? so cold it's turning blue!" came the innocent" and instant retort.

Quick as thought came the re- ply: "Where did you make 'em.

•guvnor? · Go on, tell us put yer away."

won't

The Cockney doesn't always need words to point his humour. After much senuting over the bor-Often a whistle will do. der, Middlesbrough have at last One day the works overseer, landed an outside-left-Brown, of seeing a rush job through, had his St. Bernards,

been barking his loudest in best sergeant-major manner. Bark, bark, bark, shout, shout, shout bark, "bark, bark

Cardiff have had five different ontside-lefts in their Jast four matches namely Henderson, Hill, Hutchinson, Perks and Jones."

Sheffield United's queste for WILL LEICESTER BITE

Alsop, the Walsall winger, are now Hyde United are thinking in four-said to have wered in the direction figure sums

regarding Liggins, of Lee, the outside left. ther centre-forward, and when he

Newcastle's latest Scottish fancy does go, probably to Leicester, it is said to be McPhall, the inside- will not be for much less. Liggins left of Dunblane Rovers and • has almost made it a habit this cidentally a relation of the famous

Rangers forward

season of scoring four goals per match.

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. Cope, left balf, and Carwood. centre-forward, of Lianely, each BILLY WALKER'S TEA PAE had their own particular shadow TY. It was a happy little thought at Bath during the week. Emissar un someone's part to hold a little fos of West Ham were particularly

welcome "tea party" to

Billy busy Walker as manager at Hillsborough. Everyone vied in putting the ex- Villa "star at perfect ease and one of the most pleasing interludes was the speech by Ernie Blenkin- eap the Wednesday skipper, in which he promised the utmost sup- port and loyally of the boys,

GOING BACK HOME-It is

PASSENGER LIST

Arrivals

As the tumult came to an end and abrupt silence fell, theże came from a little Cockney in a dark corner the sound of a mar whistling a dog.....

No more barking after that:

There was the bus passenger, peering into the pouring rain in Maida Vale, who asked "Is this the canal bridge "

"Yes, dy," said the conductor. Then turning to his inside pas- senger he asked before ringing

fer bell: "Any more

the his canal? Anybody else want. ter drahn 'isself?"..

There was the driver of the baby car, finding himself: per- B big sistently hemmed in by lorry, who shouted. "You're a fine driver, aren't you?" to the Cock- nes at the wheel.

"Why don't you take it on the pavement, guv'nor-on a string?" came the prompt and crushing" rejoinder

The following passengers arrived by the P. & O. ss. "Ranpurs" - Mr. & Mrs. Allen, Mr. F. Baker, more than likely that two of the Mr. & Mrs. Billing, Miss Billing, Dr. Davies, Mr. W. Gowans, Col. forwards. signed by Distillery on trial will return home at the end & Mrs. Gage, Mr. Phelao (Valet), of their month's probation. They Mr. & Mrs. HUL, Mr. & Mrs. Hill- are Morrison, the former Huddersyer & infants, Mr. Harper Miss

You could almost fill a book field and Cork City player, now & Master, Mr.W, A. Harding, under, club suspension, and Stevens, Miss J. Looker, Col. J. H. Morrin, with the Cockney back-chat of the ex-Bournemouth outside-lefte. Mr. C. W. Priday, Mrs Priday & the football field.

A famous London Glentoran havo allowed Hodder, children, Mr. F. Rogers, Mr. T.

footballer,

the Welshman, and Phillips, bro R. Rowell, Mr. W. Ruxton, Mr. very well-known for his singing ther of the Wolves forward; who ET. Winterton, Mr. & Mrs. abilities, one Saturday afternoon were ca trial, to seek other quar-Clarke, Mrs & Miss Naylor, Mr.

Lers,

B. Lyson, Mr. M. Fitzpatrick, Mr. B. T. Quinnell, Mr. A, W. Symons, ROTHERMÁN BOTHER EM: Mr. C. Wilderspin, Mr. & Mrs Meet people have probably over- Lowick 2 infante & Nurse, Mr. F. looked the merit of Rotherham's J. McGugan, Mr. W. Gerrard, Cup victory over Coventry but it Mr. J. J. Tongy Mrs. KA V. was really one of the feats of the Wilkins, Mr. WE Bart, Mr. & day. Just lock at this: Rotherham Mrs Hawkins, Miss Meyers, Mr. are at the foot of the Northern Mr. & Mi Doig, Mr. & Mr Section, Coventry came with a Bennett, Mr. & Mrs. Innes, Mr wonderful record of undefest (this & Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Briggs, Mr. was their first in a dozen games): Mrs Jaing Child & Amah, Mr. and, to crown all, the Yorkshire L. McDonald. Mr. & Mrs. Cole & men had Raynor and Turner in child, Mrs, Harvey, Mr, & Miro. jured and useless for the greater Tong Hao, Mrs, Beck Shong part of the game,

children & infant,

Cardiff have had four captains in two seasons. Curtis in the Intest skipper of the Ninian Park team.

The following have arrived on board the Tatyo Maru:

Herrmann N..Holde, Mrs H N. Miss Mary M. Damon, Mr.

missed an open goal.pn

In the bush that followed 'came the Voice from the Terraces, heard all over the ground: "Lum- me. Bill, sing us a song.""

"The bookie was counting out, oh so unwillingly. Afty-one pound notes to the sailor-looking back- er of a 50-to-1 winher

"FORTY-SIX, forty-seventie This'll last you a bit sight.

forty-

On the Olympic, are yer? forty-nine, afty afty-one. Well, I wish you was on the ruddy Titante.

The Victoria Home and Or- Holde, Mr. Irwin Roth, Mrs. D. Lphanage held their annual prize Four more games to go and Hugh Baker, Miss L L Baker, Mish P. day yesterday when a large number Dixon, Darlington's consistent de A. Baker, Mr AJ Bran, Mr. 3 of people including the Rt Rey) feader, brings his tally to 400 ap-V Brag, Mr. EP Janzen, Mr. Bishop Hall and Min Hall were Minoma Fukuoka, Mr. Teutako present. Mrs. W. C. Clark E Fukuoka, Master Hajime Fukuoka, telbuted the prizes and during the When Clem Stephenson, Bud Meter True Turke Mr course of the afternoon tea and

refreshments were Krved. dersfield's manager- first started Mredonald.

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