1933-09-20 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1933.

SURVEY OF HOME FOOTBALL FROM ALL ANGLES

ASTONISHING RESULTS

LAST WEEK

HIGH TIME TEAMS BEGAN TO SETTLE DOWN

INSIDE INFORMATION WHICH SHOULD PROVE VALUABLE

(By "The Pilgrim").

keen duel with chance awaits the thoughtful prophet Saturday's First

forked into Fiest Division football at

Auch an important time.

So the Wednesday, when it was necessary that they should be at their innst, fell away a little and finished Divi-ing another big and successful effort sion matches in Eng-even though they have to depend al land football.

third on the list. But they are mak-

most entirely on last season's playera. The Wednesday, however, are very Tortunate in having so many young There is scarcely a result players on the fringe of first-class football. Some of them, in fact, can, which can be forecast with any

As we have occasionally seen, now go degree of certainty in this sec into the League side and

Tully justify tion and if clubs run true to themselves. Beeson seems to be es- tablished as Blenkinsop's partner, form there should be a glut of and if there were any suggestion that draws. There were numerous the transfer of Catlin might be ab matches last week where the tained, I think there would be a queue

of applicants outside the offices, points were divided and there

Another young player who is almost also wero many

away wins.ready for promotion Is Burrows, the think he is going to be The latter applied chiefly to wing half.. the Northern Section of the extremely good.

Once or twice thought the Third Division where I expect Wednesday did not obtain the same an equal number of home wins service as formerly from the wing this week.

forwards, Hooper and Rimmer, but this may have been because the in- side men, Burgess and Starling, kept the play too close.

Hudderßeld have justfied the expectations of their manage mont and at the moment of writing hold the head of the Senior competition.

Towards the end of last season it was not easy to recognise the Iud- dersfield team owing to the many new layars it embraced, and the form khown WEA a fine surprise. Indeed, one neemed justified in deciding that Clear Stephenson had solved the pro-

The long cross pass from one wing to the ather, which used to be such a marked feature of Wednesday foot- fall, wes not exploited very often. In fact the tendency was for the insides

to take the ball to their partners, and Hooper and Rimmer did not get much room in which to manoeuvre.

CLASSIC STYLE. Portsmouth have established their blom of Binding the young player. own style and I hope they will not Attention has been drawn to the ex-be persuaded to depart from it. It coodingly clever way in which the is one of the few remaining links with team has been recast, and it appears the past when wing half-bucks went as if the time has now arrived when up and worked in triangular forma- there will be an abundant reward.

tion with the forwards.

An experienced player in Bottrill, the Wolverhampton Wanderers inside forward, was signed on to ensure, premme, steadiness in the attack.

FAITH IN YOUTH.

McLean remains, but I think the

club will for the most part be content

to put their faith in their young champlona.

Once or twice last season there was

The Australian Rugby League' team the Kangaroos, who have ar- rived in England to play ́s serion of matches practicing at Wombloy Stadium, London. (Planet News).

WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S Fixtures and

WHAT

Pithy Pars Cleaned From a Number of Headquarters

(By "The Pilgrim").

Southampton and Swansea

Town we have two more good "homers." In fact the Second Division seems comprised of teams which do not come up to "home" standards when playing away.

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YOUNGSTERS come and go at Y Fratton Park, but there aro

not likely to be any material chan ges in the senior side, at any rate at the commencement of the sen- Nineteen of the players who u tendency to get away from this son. style, and when attention was drawn wore with Portsmouth last season to the change it was said "clever have been re-engaged, and they football will never get you anywhere include the whole of the first unless it produces goals,"

1" It has got eleven.

as a scientific Portsmouth a team and I should have thought that IT has been

preserving.

Was

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no part of Ports- mouth's policy to go after sen-

TO BEAT THE BOOK

Forecasts

BY PILGRIM

FIGURES WHICH SPEAK

FOR THEMSELVES

A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE

The following tabulated lengue table records of all the clubs in the English League and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.

Tottenham Huddersfield

Sunderland

Leicester

Portsmouth

ckburn Manchester C. Sloka Birmingham Wednesday Aston Villa Loeds Everton Derby Newcostie West Brom Sheffield U. Wolves Liverpool

By "Robin"

Below are given fixtures in Eng- Chelsea lish and Scottish Football Leagues Middlesbro' with the results of their meetings last season and an Indication probable result of their encounters

the

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Leicester Blackpool

Fulham Coventry Q. P. R. Reading Barnsley

Halifax

Falkirk

Hearts

Kilmarnock Rangers

Away

Exeter Motherwell

Draws.

on Saturday, Names printed in hea

Notts County

vy type are the clubs expected to Preston N.E. carn full points and where no in dication is given a draw is the most likely decision.

ENGLISH LEAGUE

Division

Sunderland (0)

* Wednesday (1)

Grimsby

Port Vale

Bradford

Belton

ASTON V. (1) Mlackburn (1) Everton (1) LEEDS (1) LEICESTER (1) Middlesbro'-(2)

Hull

Arsenal (1)

West Ham

ν

West Brom. (1)

Blackpool

Chelsen (4)

Oldham

Y

Burnley

́ ́MANCH'T'R CITY (0) Swansco NEWCASTLE (2) v Birm'g'h'm (1) Millwall Sheff. United (1) v Portsmouth (0) Stoke () v Derby (-)

Plymouth Manchester U. TOTTENHAM (-) Y

Liverpool (-) Notia. Forest ♥ HUDD'R'F'LD (1) | Bradford City

Swansea (~~) Brentford (-)

Stoke

Wolves (6)

Manchester U. Southampton

RID

will be obtained. That

is

2nd Division BLACKPOOL (—) v BOLTON (—).. Brad. City (1)

Y

FULHAM (3)

Y Lincoln (2)

V

Fort Valo (1)

not stop to count the cost.

I think the time is coming, if GRIMSBY(6)

it has not already arrived, when Everton will need another insido forward, unless the youth Me- Gourty develops quickly.

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natural

It is unfortunately true that a team sational close season "captures."

of the results as The directors prefer in the main they It is good nows that Roughton is to-day must think at last thoroughly sound again and well as the style of their football, but to try out young players of also the Everton way, and they do

believe the idea that expedients to that he has resumed his notable part-chain goals are justified to be entire promise. nership with Goodall.

Lelcaster City appear to be well by mistaken. The best football in ali aatlafied with the players who finished circumstances must always be the IT is most unusual for a club of the standing of Everton to en last season with five victories in eight hest. gamos, for the only notable acquisit- Half-backs capable of working the ter on a season without having lon is Laurie Edwards, the Derby ball are indispensable to the Ports signed on a new player, but the County trainer for many years, who mouth style, and while Thackeray and Cupholders have a staff of 32, is now in charge of the training at Nichol will no doubt carry one nearly all of whom might go into HE was well tried in the early Filbert-street,

their excellent way for some time,

stages of last season and he The view of the officials is that I hope other players are being pre the League side, and they seem

of the team's lack of success pared to maintain their style. This well equipped to meet an emer-eft no doubt as to his

gehey. Beanor was due to having nois a very important safeguard, responsible man in charge of the Nottingham Forest have players, on account of the absence trated on strengthening the attack T is not the Everton way to bother very much with young through ill-health of the trainer, So far the efforts of the committee Ernest Nixon. Edwards had so much have not proved very successful, only players. They prefer the man of

registered in x

six experience and are prepared to VAT a time the "Hummers" gement's hope that he will follow suit at

games. Hopes of

have pay for him. Last year they spent had last season, to be sure! with the City seems about to bear been rekindled by the fruit.

Harry Race,

the Manchester City and I imagine that this sum is the III., and then to go to the F. A. A season ago Mr. Peter Hodge inside-left, and Len Barry, the clover introduced half a dozen youngsters to outside-left

whom

Leicester City maximum they can afford in a Cup, semi-final-and, what is more, season unless they are to draw on only just fall to whack the great the club, and towards the end of the secured from Notts County In 1927.

Everton! sonnan drafted three into the senior

Although the latter is nearing the their reserves. team. Those were Paterson, May veteran stage he should be capable of

much

laat

concen-

ability, but it was not until Dunn reappeared that the attack moved with the thrust that makes for goals.

success with the Rams that the mana- four goals of promotion of $10,000 on two, Geldard and Cook, One time certainties for Division

and Liddle, all forward, of Adcock rendering Forest good acrvice for at

hoped with the combination of

And Lochhead to have an attack this season equal to lifting the team to a the league prominent position in

table.

The ball-back line has been strong- thoned, with Heywood again as pivot, Smith, right-half, and stitchlo, left- half.

A now player in this department is P. Grosvenor, who comes from Evo- shara, and is a brother of the Birming- ham player.

A Jones, of Clapton Orient, a right or left-back, Is the only nowcomer in the defonce with any league re- putation. A. Wood, the Scot who camo in towards the end of last sea- son, is the ideal partner for Black at back, as Osborno has not been re- tained,

hip

In goal is. McLaren who was secured from St. Johnstone last April, 2

namicanko, James, boing on the

er list.

players are on the club's books. Gaten at both Hills- horough and Bramall Lane dwindled alarmingly last season, and although unemployement was acute it is hard to believe that this was entirely ro sponsible for the falling off of public patronago,

The Wednesday an one of the best teams of the senson deserved muck better support and I hope it is now secrot that forthcoming. It is no the Arsonal feared them as rivals for the championship, mero perhaps than ston Vilin, but at the crucial atago Blcaidinaop's injury kept him out of the alde for many, weeks, and the sortions of Lonch were lost.

A SERIOUS BLOW,

I think the loss of Leach was the womb blow, for while the club were strong in roserve backs, they had not another centre half of Leach's com wandler strength Bratloy was ob have been expected, but it was an ́orddal for a young player to be pitch.

(Continued on Page 7.)

Hapgood, Aremani"défanterad

BUT if it should be proved that extra players are required

mlogham, when the taami mat'in thufr· Arst match of the

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CHARLIE Paynter worked won-

NOTTS. COUNTY (2)

More Arsenal goalkeeper, falla in trying to save Birmingham's' first goal.

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ders when he was most wanted, and the West Ham folks have a lot for which to thank their old HULL (~~) trainer. Here's to you, Charles, Manch't'r ứ. (2) v and more power to your elbow. Notts. F. (1) But do not play with fate. my | Plymouth (2) boy-though to judge from your s"TH'MPTN (2) new men you are not going to take West Ham (1) any risks!

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FTER his long absence from the

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Bury (-) Burnley (1) BRADFORD (1)

v Oldham (1) ▼ Millwall (3)

Preston N. E. (1)

3rd Division

Southern Section

game Roughton of Huddersfield | {'RN'M'TH_ (1) v. G'll'għ*m (0) may be forgotten, but at the time, Bristol C. (2) ▾ ALDERSHOT (3) of his serious thigh injury he was Cardiff (1) recognised as perhaps the best CHARLTON. (-) v Palace (~~) young back in the game,

v. Exeter (3)

Bury

Faluco

Crystal Exeter

Norwich Aldershot Luton Swindon

Chariton

Bristol R. Cardif

Warum

Torquay

Bournemouth Queen's Park R. Gillingham Clapton Oriont Brighton Reading Southend Coventry Northampton Newport Watford Bristol City

Chesterfold Tranmere R Barnsloy Hartlepools Crowe A. Barrow Accrington Stockport Halifax

Doncaster

New Brighton

Chester

Mansfield

Walsall

Carlisle

CLAPTON (2) v Brighton (0) COVENTRY (2) v Swindon (1

Rochdale (0) v North'mpt'n (3) York City NOT (2)

Luton (1)

Gateshead QUEENS PARK (1) Torquay (0) Southport READING (7) Southend (1)}] Wrexham

BRISTOL R (1) Darlington Watford (3)

Rotherham

3rd Division ·· Northern Section

Accrington (0)

T

York (J)

Walsall (1)

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THOSE who saw Goodall's display In Home have told me that they will never forget it, and judge that the Italian forwards, too, are not likely to do so. THOSE who saw Goodall's display

showed superb judgment, but bo BARNSELY (4) rolled up his sleeves and held up BARROW (1) the attack by horole, manly endon Carlisle, (1)

Chester (3) vour. Everyone was agreed that DONCASTER (8) It was one of the finest. Oghting HALIFAX (3) New Brighton (3) displays given by an England de MANSFIELD (1)y' Gateshead. (2)

HARTLEP LS (2) Darlington (1) Motherwell

Rangers Queen's Park fondor for many yeare.

Rochdale (1) '.'' ▼ Crowe (4)

Kilmarnock Stockport (1) Roth'sh'm (0)

Dondoo nover pay

Tranmore (---) Y Chistef'ld (~~) THE "Lions"

Falkirk.. dividend, but the shareholders WREXHAM (6), v 8'thport (0)

Hearts do not worry, for they love the sport, and can generally fill The Den. Hence, why worry? The sport's the thing, say Millwall,

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Eat Division

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[AB'RD'N (—)▼ Hlbera'ns (~~) v. Mirren (1)

Clyde (2)

OLDHAM Athletic and Fort Vale

will again occasionally come out FALKIRK (1)

St. Johnstono, Лут Abordoen Hibernians Airdrie Queen o South Celtic

Hamilton

of their shell this Bosson but on HAMILTON (8) ▼ Th Lanark (2) Partick

HEARTS (3) Cowdenb'th (1) ly occasionally Mr. Frank Platt KILM'RN'CK (2) y Airdrie (1) B8 st. Mirron has loft Oldham I am sorry for Queen O'South (-) vi Partick (-) Clyde... ho know his work, and the "Latics". Queen's P, (4) ▼ «M'therw'I (2), Third Lanark

calibre

Ha Johnstone. (1)

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