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SOCCER GOSSIP

Manchester City may well be the envy of many football clubs. Few get the consistently good support they do.

SEQUEL TO SUSPENSION OF PORT VALE CENTRE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

CHARITY FOOTBALL

In Aid Of Cheero

Club

A football match has been ar- ranged for the afternoon of Febr- uary 18, 1934, between a Combined Chinese Team versus The Rest of the Colony.

The twenty-eight days' suspen- sion of T. Nolan, the Port Vale centre-forward, which arose out of Rarely have they a crowd of less an incident in the match with than 20,000, and the attendances Lincoln City at Hanley on Boxing at their last two games at Maine-Day, has had a surprising sequel.

The Hong Kong Football Club rond have, totalled (13,800, with The day before the club's Cup-ground has been loaned for the gate receipts amounting to £8,904.

tle with Charlton Athletic in Lon- occasion and the kick off will be There were 54,336 spectators at don last Saturday, Port Vale re-

at 4 o'clock. Prices of admission their Cup-tle with Blackburn celved a letter from Sir Frederick Rovers a week ago, when the tak-Wall, secretary of the F.A. stating inga were £3,415, and at the that Nolan had been suspended. League match with the. Arsenal un When the players arrived in Saturday the attendance, apart London, officials tried to com- from season ticket holders, was municate with the F.A., but were 59,464, "and the receipts £3,489, unsuccessful. Mr. T. Flint, vice- Happy City

chairman of Port Vale, said yester SUNDERLAND'S HAPPY GROUND day that later Sir Frederick Wall agreed that a mistake had been made. Sir Frederick gave the

50 to the stands are 82, 81 and cents. The gate money will be de- voted to the funds of the Cheero

Club.

The football to be used in the match. kindly donated by the Hong Kong Football Club, will be rated at the finish of the game. Tickets at 10 cents each will be on sale on the ground.

It is hoped that the public will attend in large numbers, thereby benefitting, the Funds of the above

It is quite safe to say that no away ground has yielded such a big percentage of wins for Sunder-Vale permission to play Nolan on land as that of Middlesbrough. Saturday, his suspension to date

'Over 50 years have elapsed since from January 15. Sunderland began their "sequence

Nolan, who was in Manchester. | Club. of wins on Tees-side, and during could not get through by train in the long-stretch, they have almost time for the match, while a con- invariably left there unbeaten templated aeroplane trip was put Curiously enough, Middlesbrough, | off owing to bad weather. have generally returned the com- Port Vale directors, who com- pliment by doing well at Roker Park

HARD TIMES" AT GATESHEAD

When South Shields changed their 'none and removeď to Gates-

.ex-

head three seasons ago, they had their reford crowd of just over 18,000, Since then, their periences have been very much up and down, with the "down" pre- dominating.

At the moment the outlook is somewhat.. gloomy, rock-bottom in the matter of attendances being Leached in the match with Walsall when the turnstile recorded 1,041.

"I will

plained to the 'F.A. that an injus- tice had been done, meet to-day to consider whether they shall take any further action.

LIVERPOOL LOSE BY ODD Held

GOAL

The Liverpool-Aston Villa game is always one of the tit-bits of the Anfield season.

Yesterday's match proved "no exception and the 40,000 specta- tors who turned up in the expecta tion of seeing a display above any that has been given at the ground in recent weeks were not disap- pointed.

FIRST DIVISION

Arsenal Bingham • Derby Chelsea u. L'pool Everton. Mbrough

v. Aston Villa Man, C. *. Newcastle Pmouth Wednesday v. Stoke Sland

LOCAL GOLF

Starting Time For Fanling

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1934

3.1.

Old Course -

9.26 V. R. Gordon, A. H. Penti 9:32 M. N. Cochrane, A. C. Young 9.38 R. R. Davies, W. E. Hunt

A. B. Purves, A. D. Hum- phreys

9.40

"

JĮ

FEBRUARY 14, 1934.

LADIES NOT WANTED

Men Prefer To Swap Stories!

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Singapore's Ex-Service men are now getting too old to be good! company for ladies at their annual dliner. They are more inclined to sit around and rake up old memories than to entertain ladies and dance. This opinion was expressed at the annual meeting of the Singapore Branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya

Dr. R. B. Hawes (Vice-president) presided and the report and ac- counts were adopted.

9.44 E. des Voeux, D. H. Blake 9.48 C. W. Jeffries, T. 8. Whyte when the old question whether

Smith.

ladies should be admitted to the 9.52 W. A Butterfield, W. J. Ro-annual Armistice Night Dinner

berts

was discussed. 9.58 8. H and L. G. 5. Dodwell- 10.00 J. MacKnight, H. C. Hopkins 10.04 J. Wakler, R. Young 10.06 M. N. Cootes, H. B. Day" 10.12 J. B. MacDonald, R. C. Webb 10.16 C. H. Bradley. A. E. Wood 1024 W. A. Stewart. D. S. Robb 10.20 K.-S. Morrison, P. S. Cassidy 10.28

A. McKellar, N. K. Littlejohn 10.32 HL N. Williamson, W. W. C.

Shewan

Mr. W. T. Houghton sald that for the past two years it. had been difficult to get members to attend?

opinion that attendances at the the dinner in sufficient numbers. Many of them had expressed the Armistice Dinner would be more successful if members could bring their wives and sweethearts. In 10.36 W. S. Hilller. H. Hampton

other parts of Malaya, he added. 10.40 E. M. Bryden, J. Coulthartladies were admitted to the dinner. 10.44 Major Eastwick Field, Capt.

Michell Comdr. Hole, L. R. Andrewes D. J. Mackie." G. W. Tolmie T. H. A. McCarthy, A. E. Thompson

11.00 J, N. Grant, F. C. Barry 11.04 H. G. Sheldon, I. H. Geare 11.08 A. D. Lowson, J. W. Mayhew 11.12 A. É Lissaman, K. S. Ro-

bertson

B'burn.

Results," 1930 19 1938 3-8 4-0 8-1 1-2 1-1 3-3 2.2 2.0 0-0 B100 1-5 1-1 0-0 3-0 6-1 1-2 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 2-0

10.48 10.52 10.56

v. Sheffield U.

T. Totham

v. Wolves

2-1

:

SECOND DIVISION

W. Brom

Notts C. Oldham Preaton Swansea

v. L'eicester

Leeds

11.18 A. S. Adamson. D. J. Shan-

nou

4-1 11:20 L ̊C. Grover, O. Gordon

New Course

"v. Plymouth 7-1 2-0 1-0

→ Brentford

S'hampton 1-0 3-0 1-0

a.in.

932 G. White, J. Forbes -9.40 A C. I. Bowker, J. P. Wär-

.... ren

9.48 J. T. Smith. Col. Matthews 9.58 Mis. Lissaman, Mrs. Robert

In consequence of the slump there has been talk of Gateshead not being able to carry on, but I have the authority of the chair-

There was hardly a dull moment, man. Mr. W. R. Tulip, for stating and while the football could not that

:. the engagements for, the be said to be brilliant it was full season will be fulfilled.

of interest and thrills

Liverpool, probably encouraged guarantee that," he said.

by their Cup win last Wednesday their Arst victory in 13 games- gave an improved display. Their

seemed faster cleverer than for some time, while there was greater decision about the play of the half-backs and the full-backs who made no mistakes. That is, with the exception of a

PRESTON'S FIFTH CENTRE

and

Bradford Burnley Bury Grimsby. | Bull

Lincoln. Millwall

v. W. Ham "Fulham

4-0 2-1,2-1

v. Blackpool

v. Bradford C.

1-1 6-1 3-3

son

v. Notts F

v. Bolton

Man. U.

2.8 2-4

0-0 3-3

10.04 10.12 10.20

Miss Curtin, D. S. Edward Mrs. Walker. Miss Thomas R. A. Rodgers, H. F. Som-

» P. Vale

2-1 2-3 2-0

mers

10.28

10.36

0-2 5.0 7-1

+

2-3 0-1 1-0

+0-0 0-11-1 4-3 4-0 4-4

Mrs. Syme Thomson, W. M. Barton

Mr. E. P. Hargraves said the last dinner was quite successful. The ladies caine afterwards and enjoyed themselves.

Mr. Amon said that the Somme dinner was a great success, He knew that the point of view of i several of the ladies was the Ex-! Service men were getting older kid showed a greater inclination' each year to sit in corners and rake up the past instead of dancing.

The question was put to the vote and by a big majority it was de- cided not to dimilt ladies to the dinner.

LOCAL ESTATES

New York Resident Leaves

$3.200

Fong Wie or (Wal), retired mer- chant, late of No. 43 Tak Ku-lirig Road, Kowlood City, who died on

Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Shan-February 4, 1933, left focal estate

sworn under $11,300.

Probate has been granted to

non

41 40 11.00 A. Mackenzie, D. E. C. Fong Ng-shf, widow.

J. T. Palethorpe, who made his debut with Preston North End on

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Saturday, is the fifth centre-for-forwards ward the

club have tried this season. His acquisition from Stoke

Acer'tone. Har'pool

7. Carlise City during the week ended long

Chester Ches'field v. Mansfield search by Preston, in which they

Darton

*. S'port have approached at least;a' dozen

D'caster League clubs, including

bad patch by Done who, miskick-Gateshead . Wrexham Aston Villa, Manchester, Sheffield Wed-ing, nearly conceded a goal. "

N. Brighton v. Trantere -1-3 1-1 1-1 nesday, Blackpool and Bury.

R'dale being Rham They Walsall

York

IRISH TEAM FOR FRANCE The Irish League selectors will soon be choosing their team to meet the Parisien League at Paris on April 23.

It will be necessary "to select at least 16 players. for passports have to be obtained, and it would be extremely awkward if, at the tast

moment a player was injured and

could not travel.

Aston Villa's display was a typi- cai one-a spild defence allled to a clever attack. were perhaps the better side, but à draw would have been a more fair result, for verpool, starting the second half a goal down were right on top, and might easily have snatched victory.

-

v. Barrow

Marton

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15

1. Barnsley

-2-3 t. Crewe 3-2 0-2 0-0 *. Halifax -494-0 Stockport 1-2 1-0 2-2

a.m.

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Aldershot Brighton Dix opened the scoring for the Bristol R Villa. In- 14 minutes, but Roberts Coventry equalised six minutes later. The Crystal P: credit for this goal, however, goes | Gil'ham to Nleuenhuys, who received from Luton POOR DISPLAY BY CLUB' the centre of the field and beat N'hapton

several men befote being tackled Queen's P. by the goalkeeper. The latter. Southend could only deflect the ball towards Torquay · from an awkward angle. Roberts who netted a brilliant goal

a

BACKS

Wareing restored the Villa's lead in fürther five minutes». Four- Done from a free kick a foot aäf- teen minutes after the restart

The London Scottish completed notable double by defeating Blackheath, for the second time this season, by three goals and three tries to a try. The Scottish forwards, well led by Druitt, start side ed off in such irresistible form that they demoralised the admittedly Nobody in the home team could Lope with the determined running of Thom He and Matthewson and Haswell were the speat-head of the affáčk Assisted by slow Blackheath heeling. they con- tinually smothered Pope and got among the three-quarters.

weak Blackheath side..

With the exception of Phillips the "club", backs had a bad day and gave away at least three tries by dropping passes and failing to recover. The Scottish outsides had

do very little constructive for a long time. They must, however, be giyen credit for the speed with which they got on to the ball to make full use of their opponents mistakes, and, för tehir hard, straight running.

*. Swindon *. Reading

0-1 2-0 5-3 . Bour'mouth 2-6 4-1 3-0 v. Watford 2-2 5-0 1-3

. Cardiff

~50 41

3-5 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-8 4-1 2-1

v. 'Exeter *. Clapton

v. Bristol C.

Newport, 7-1- 6-1 *. Charlton v. Norwich

Forecast

Old Course

928 C. H. Bradley, A. E Wood 8.32 C. B. Matthews, R. F. Clark 9.38 .. Pathick, I. H. Geare 9.40 S. 8. Perry, E. des Voeux 9.44 A. Ritchie, E. M. Bryden 9:48 D. Forbes, R. Young 9.52 M. N. Cochrane, W. A. Mac-

Kinley

9.58 C. W. Jefries, J. Coulthärt 10.00 J. M. Gray, J., E. Dovey 10.04 T. H. A. McCarthy, A.E.

Thompson

-

2-0 2-4 2-2

3.m.

FIRST DIVISION.

through a crowd of players past

the penalty arca, drovė Sheffield Wed Morton, but for the third time the Birmingham visitors went ahead when Warint Preston, N. E.! beat Scott minute from the Liverpool

Stoks

end. +

SUNDERLAND GET THE DRAW HABIT

Thrils in plenty were provided

Swassen Arsenal

Tottenham

Evitan

at Roker Park, where Sunderland West Brom played the fifth home draw in successive games.

Bradford

Bazy

1. Madsbester C. 7. Leicester

*. Northampton

. Bolton

v. Cholzen

v. Portsmouth v. Derby Co. v. Aston Villa Middlesbro

T. Wolves

SECOND DIVISION.

v. Plymouth

Y. Brentford

v: Houthampton *. Wort Hain

. Falmo

v. Blackpool v. Bradford C.

Nolls Forest

DIVISION (NORTH)

. Hartlepools

Y.. Carlisle "*. Mansfield

Y. Southport

Burzow

obviously feel- Sunderland were oliyfous their task made much easier by the ing the effects of the Cubtiere magnificent work of their for-play in mid-week, and although Burnley wards, but even they were able to they had far more of the play they were two goals down at half-time, Phillips having scored in the first ritashy

Goddard - after 35 HD minute and minutes.

Lincolb Sunderland, however, had had Milwell the ball twice in the net. but were

Notte Co. refused goals because of off-side. They had only themselves to, blame COSTLY ERRORS After Thom had paved the way for being behind, for the wasted

THIRD for Grant to score an unconvert numerous chances because they ed try in the corner, dropped were very slow to front of goal Accrington passes by the Blackheath centres They soon made amends on the Chester

and allowed Arst Hunter and then resumption, when Gürdey

Chesterfield Turn to score. tries,, which, Kerr Carter got quick goals.

Then the Wolves got a "gift." Darlington converted. Blackheath should have scored when Rention broke Shaw in putting the ball back to Donosster through, but Pratten, knocked on Middleton lifted it over the goal- with the line, at his mercy. Then keeper's head. Middleton manag- Palilips, picking up near the halfed to put it against the crossbar, New Brighton way-lhe, with very little room to but Goddard dashed in to score. Rochdale barkin, beat three men, before Connor equalised for Bunderland eytting inside and scoring near again from a free kick for carry- the posts. Martin failed to con- vert.

Another dropped pans and away went Henderson, with Dunn In close attendance, to score under the posta, Then at last the Scot tish three-quarters made a try for themselves, Grant, finding his way The Sunderland forwards geder- barred on the left, threw a long ally were poor, the best work Bristol Rovers pass back to Dunn on the right coming from Davis and Conner on Coventry. He cut in cleverly and was well the wings. backed up by Haswell, who-stored.

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ing by Wildman.

For a long time Sunderland "Yok

game, but their dominated the lack of finishing told against them. Gurney again found, the net, bat was adjudged to have handled the bab.

Wrozham Traniéro

..

Bravés

THIRD Aldershot .. Brighton

*. Stcosport

DIVISION (SOUTH)

Birdon

7. Boading

Y. Bournemouth

v. Watford

The defence also was very hest Crystal Pal

7. Cardif

JV. Enter

v. Clapton O

v. Newport

v. Charlton

v. Norwich

A good dribble by Gordon then tant and caused a lot of trouble Gillingham

Luton enabled Hunter to cross, but Kerr for itself.

The Wolves were well represent- could convert only one of these. Radclife, at full-back, was quite ed by Goddard and Phillips in at Queen P.L the best man on the Blackheath tack, and Hollingworth and Shaw Southéad side, and was in no way, to blame defended well. for their heavy defeat.

was 13,000.

The attendance

Torquay

New Course

9.32 A. R. McEachran, J. E. Lan-

yon

9.40. Mrs.

McEachran,

Lanyon

Mrs.

9.48 R. A. Rodgers, C. Gordon

KOWLOON GOLF

President v. Captain's Match to Morrow

A President y. Captain's match will be played over the Kowloon Course to-day when the following teams will play singles in the morning and fourball matches in the afternoon.

Starting times are as folows. Presidents Team Captain's Team 9.00 A. T. Braley 7. H. H. Mundy

T. J. McKelvie

9.05 AJ. Derinis

7. P. W. Parks V. J. Malaggan v. L D. Purves Y. J.G. Charlton -Y. H Mills

9.10 8. Macnider 915 G. Castle... 9.20 H. T. Buxton 9.25 W. Stoker 19.30 C.B. Rosen 9.35 C.E. Terry

V. F. W. Dunhill 19.40 G. C. Moss . W. J. Geall 9.50 W. J. Woolley, v. L J. Caye 9.45 W.C. Simpson y. D. N. Parsons 9.55 D.C. Wlison V. W. M. Groves

Scottish League

Queen O' South Caltie Hibernisa Rangers

. Cowdenbeath *. Falkirk

Y. Aberdeen

Y. Hearte

Teams underline are tipped to win,

·LOCAL FOOTBALL

St. Joseph's V. Lingnam

The following will represent, St. dseph's, v. Lingnam University on Thursday, 15th instant at 4 p.m. at Caroline H11:—

Marques-Bouza and Marques; Lawrence Costs and Fernandes; Elms, Ward, Gomes, Rocha (Capt.) and Sabrian.

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