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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933.

HOME FOOTBALL: OUR "BEAT THE BOOK" FORECAST

SEVERE TEST FOR THE

LEAGUE LEADERS

ARSENAL ALSO LIKELY TO BE "UP AGAINST IT”

"PILGRIM" DISCUSSES PROSPECTS

Tollenham have A sporting ( I think the Walvos, Hammar, change ut redning "their" asendi- jahi Wabuuli are the thron most une danny in the league on Baturday radiable Lewinx in the Tongue alę which Papay, the premont Lændurs, (though their ecensional brilliant will be bird put to it ti culi, the exploits take them a delight from on point from Lefcanter which the spectacular point of view. wil louve them an tef

A hot contest for points marka Huddersfind will have a try. very match in which the track in day at Villa Park but I doubt (clubs of the Southern Section take if Brudnghain, wher visit the Itaran part and I expect their positions! at the mediall Ground, will be will be geureely changed ut the nhle le jalan the opportunity to completion of this weekend's pro- jumpa dash,

Krumma,

Acrobatics At Highbury

TO BEAT THE BOOK

Knows Where The Gaol Is

Roberts and Jask. (right) of the the Araunal in à “atap danse" of their 12 a rirtons thnk nithongch | own during a turale with a Birming Derby are dun for a rangvery ! think, fhmich an present shuvlug nuong the eipbs of the lower dam forward at Highbury, where the their home Favorit le not boxpirvintos there are many muro yonishrat match of the season took placa,

Photo Planet Newa). noured you gusto a humbur præ-- Ing.

By "Robin"

HOME.

Bolton Brentford Plymouth' Port Vale Charlton Norwich Reading Barnsley

Crowe

Rangerc

Falkirk

St. Johnstone

AWAY, Chesterfield Motherwell Proston

DRAWS. Bournemouth Swindon Wolves

FIGURES WHICH SPEAK

FOR THEMSELVES

A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE

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

Portsmouth Tottenham Huddersfield Birmingham Tottenhem this yaar are weil satis Sunderland. fied with the form of McCormick, Arsenal their outside right. Not only does Blackburn he play the usual role of winger with Manchester C.

Leicester skill, but he knows how to score Wednesday goals. He scored all three posis Anton Villa ¦¤gainst Leicester in a recent match, Liverpool

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CLUBHOUSE CHATTER BY "PILGRIM"

Their angagomont at Blackturni sorva efeun home records still,

The luckien Hotharbam are dumps. will be rather in the naturn of a Tipe for the Arsenal and I am inty in the mire and it raven mat- ched to think that they will not oben have collected only one point. hays the inftor of the axelungen. They havo neoted four Ums and

-The-position-in-the-Bermud-Duva 17agalust then.

Motherwell will receive a muri- violon fa vary shallar fut do not thrak Bolton will be depuned this | cum chuflage when they Journey to, Kilmarnock and they will do wendy,

The Jomal Derby on the Porast's well to retalu their renirkable rout will dray Hw,onal tukiga | rebra. In 1 gaines they have crowd and over angerness on the got dropped a single point and the part of the homestors will prolix only against them in th Jably contribute to the rivals forent, with its Mentors, los diverimine.enrding to several managers the moMBY Town come along at a More newspapers, notedern player won't be taught. Thinks fine gallop late last season, but a iffert.

Too Kogth and Heattlih, Longuen, hoort.

much hero-worship, he knows it all. Such in 1983.

good start is essential to get a club into the First Division. My unexpectedly drawing with Their amoring proponition are not oult: Con any players making the Bradford at the Midland venue, de mutstanding and it woubt up. grievous orrur of believing they live West Ham again eonfounded the pour that an indomitable defence nothing more to learn In thoff great annet,

UPS AND DOWNS OF CARDIFF

OLD HANDS AT CRYSTAL

PALACE

GIVE PLACE TO YOUTH

tardi Ully have had moro "upajonit. This kay position is very and down" that any skin in the inattequnte af the moment. Touge ainee the war, ad al though many believed that Port

Crystal Palace

bottom had fan touchoit fast non- Althunth they Anished arth in an on datat so juch hope of the Hauthorn Hortion of the Third an improvemmat,

TROMBOR, Dylaton Jant

Crystal

WHY

CURSE OF PUBLICITY: PLAYERS PAMPERED AND MADE SOFT: LUTON'S EXPENSIVE SIDE: PLAYERS' UNION: £4,000 SOLATIUMS

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MHY du no Tow of our Langne clubs employ coachen? Because, ne-

"Telegraph" Forecast For Saturday

EIGHT VISITING WINNERS

{ (By "The Pilgrim"),

• Tho mare's the pity because|Painen warashy no manne antiaded

folow are given the fixtures in with a promallon aldo oven in the with the general form of the team, paglish And Healdiak football for Third Division Cardfit bas à 1. was unreliable, brilliant at Baturdays, the remilt of hunt, sennon' rosier population 61 15,000, Durres at weak orendimally, and meatluge between the teams bela ing the test row nonnonk the aver over once did they enter the run-added "in Brackets Club

gp Kitpulange has bo only aux for promoties.

whone nantes are printed in largs type are expected to win and where no such leation in given a draw is the pro-

bable result.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL

FIRST DIVISION

67100,

Thila your a chansta la niready to The moral la obylon, but the

he sa, Haveral of the older _directorn_ure Trunk wanigh to ad pill thas an ditch as they wont players have gone, tuking_room te to build up a new aldo they for no fowoy than 11 nowemmere ay not got the money to de Hof youth and experience. With Therefore Mr. Bert Woon, the their help, and granted a rennon- not manager, who has taken over de Immunity from injury, the Astan. V. (0) the offen hold for many your lynce should have little deuity BLACKBURN (2) Mw. Fred Howart, is a handicap, showing an improvement on last DERBY (2)

There is an all-round excellence LIVERPOOL (3) He was told at the start that he your could not aponti a panny in transfer focH. So that Cardiff have opened in the l'alace side that tende for Middlesbro (0) the new campaign with inst year's confidence. At home they should NEWCASTLE (0) gain the greater part of the points Shemeld U. (--) ▼ The only nétable additions were at alake, and although they may TOTTENHAM (-) Calder, a buck from Glasgow Ran- lack a little nggressiveness away Wolven (3) gers, and Hutchinson, sald to be on their opponents' groands they

aide.

a schoming inside forward, who, will not fall far short of pro- with Lenile Jones and Maidmont, motion.

should be able to make the right I expect the Palace to figure prominently in the competition, sort of openings for Henderson.

The forwards look all right, but and to be one of the four lending the half-backs will need strength- teams at the end of the season.

SCANDAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

CLUBS' PROVOCATIVE OBSTINACY IN WITHHOLDING PLAYERS

Leedu (3)

Lolcenter (2)

Huddersilold (a) Arsenal (3) Birmingham (2) Wednesday (2) Portsmouth (1)

v Luton (0)

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COCCER simply cannot afford to

Jack artistry in the inside for ward positions, which have always been the glory of the game, Jack,† Buchan, Clem Stephenson, Kelly, Walker-inside men like these con! tribute more to the arilitry of the game flann those of any other position,

事

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OUTSIDE forward play has im-

proved--beentree these men have, more opportunities since, the off-side law was changed. But they cartri huks mure of speed and spectacle than mienya to the game.

DERBY werden an inside forward like

Groves to mid mkill and subtlety

to their attack. Why are insido men of this typu so scarce. Scotland Ban dad them for her International! Team-damer, McPill, Stevenson. England can't. Why?

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"W "XJE make too much faxx of them," says the Derby mana- ger. "If a player turns out to bo really good he is boosted and Пattered. There were great players twenty years ago, and they nover stot half the praise and publicity that are indled out to their muc censura.

"NO

"TOR did they receive as much at tention in their training quarters, Today, too many players are ''soft' and pampored!" THE fee the Anfield club paid for the transfer of Sam. English was the heaviest over

paid for forward; In fact, I was rather Bur-

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ENGLISH LEAGUE

8 3 2 3 21 1 1 1 2

4 3 1

..........

FIRST DIVISION "

Total

Home

Away

Goals

'P.

W. L. D. W. L.. D. W. L. D.

F. A. Pts.

4 1 3

2 0

2 1 1

4.2 2 2 1 1

7 15 8

8 4 2 2

3 0 2 1 2 0

21 16

12--5

12 1

3 1

17 14

14. 11

2 0

15: 13

3 0

15 14

16 10

14 21

9 14

14 13

13 12

12 12

11 18 -10-14

11 21

1 0 A

0 21

2 '1

Wolves Stoke City Leeda

Derby County West Brom. A.

Newcastle

Chelsea

Sheffield U. Middlesbro

Holton Notts County Fulham TULL. City do well at home, where Preston N.E.

they are indeed "Tiger" but Grimsby conclow or other they fall off when Port Vale

way from Humberside,

(Continued on Page 9.)

E MINUTES FOOTBALL

Team Work

Defence

AN ESSENTIAL

(By "Saracon")

Hull Bradford

West Ilum U. Southampton Blackpool Plymouth Millwall Drentford Oklham Swansen Lincoln Notta Forest

Manchester U. Bradford City Burnley Bury

It is a mistake to believe that Norwich

Charlton Ath. a sound defence depends on the Crystal Fal

goalkeeper and backs. Defence Exetor is team work and it cannot be Aldershot first class unless every member Luton of the sido plays his part. Even Gillingham with the half-backs helping to Bristol R. protect the goal, all of the men Cardiff

Queen's Park must pull together.

Reading This is also true of the wing for Clapton 0. wards, although comparatively low Swindon of these playors seem to realize it. Coventry All too often you see them waiting Brighton about for the ball to be sent to Bournemouth'

It sometimes happens that backs

club for several seasons, and who are blamed for the loss of goals Chesterfield took his benefit last season, had when their fallings may be traced Barnsley. been placed on the open-to-transfer to the faults of others. For in Hartlepools list. This, it was officially stated, has stance, early in the season the Barrow come about at Miller's own request. two backs of Manchester City were Accrington

ofton criticized. It was sign!- Tranmere

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EXETER have nice, by mutual con-ficant however, that as. soon

THE early holding of Intor-skill, must take place because the CHARLTON (-) Southend (lation of the contract.

national soccer matches is agin League clubs insist upon it. taking place.

as Doncaster

Mansfick

Gateshead Carlisle

Chelsea (0) EVERTON (2) prised the Rangers let him go. Ar them whereas it is up to them to Torquay Manchester C. wrong in supposing that the fatal lend a hand by going back to help Newport accident to John Thomson, the Celile their wing half and back, Even if Southend STOKE (-)

Sund'rld-goalkeeper, affected English's career they have no chance of retrieving Northampton WEST BROM (3) in Glasgow

the ball it is important that they Watford should chase any opponent In Bristol City SECOND DIVISION

sensation was caused In Exeter possession because in that way Soccer circles when it was they enn at least prevent him do- BLACKPOOL (-) v_Lincoln_. (~~)

oficially announced that Charlie ing Just as he likes, Y Oldham (-)

Miller (left-back), who has BOLTON (—)` Bradford C. (1) ▼ MILLWALL (5)

dered splendid service to the City FULHAM (~~)

Hull - BRENTFORD (-) v Burnley () Manchester U. (nom) 3

PRESTON N. E. (—) Notte F. (3) Y NOTTS. C. (0) | Plymouth (3)- * Bradford (2) PORT VALE (2) ▼ Swansea (1) S'THAMPT'N (1) v' Hury (0) WEST HAM (6) ▼ Grimsby (2)

sent, cancelled the contract of McMullan was put in the front New Brighton THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Stan Barber, the half-back who hus line the number of goals obtained Halifax

been a splendid servant to the club against the team diminished. Stockport B'RNM'TH (2) v Bristol . (2) for three seasons. He has been in The explanation of this was that Crewe Alexander BRISTOL C. (5) v N'rth'mptu (4) indifferent health for some, time and with McMullan lying back he was Rochdale Cardiff (1) v. PALACE (1) it is this that lias caused the cancel always in close touch with his half York City

and could readily lend him assist-Walsall

Exeter (2)

UTON are now fielding the most ance.

FORWARDS' TASK. NEWPORT (5)

Quam (1)

L Park (1)

expensive side in the club's bis- NORWICH (1) v Torquay (2)

tory. Seven of the team have played Modora football demands that Chester V Brighton (0) In the First Division. Five recruits the inside forward should go Wrexham READING (3) SWINDON (5) v Aldershot (2)

are introduced.

Back and challenge the opposito | Southport. WATFORD (3) Coventry (1)

THIRD DIVISION. (NORTH) MITTELL, the former Birmingham Players on the opposing side and Darlington reserve goalkeeper, Gibson, from it is because they cannot be in two Rotherham BARNSLEY (3) ▼ Rochdale (1) Sheffield United, loft-back: Pease and places at the same time that wo to-day tho exaggerated BARROW (8) Soon England has conihienced hor Carlisle (1)

Doncaster (0) Martin, associates at Middlesbrough, have International campaign. Ireland CREWE (8)

y Chester (1) form the right wing, and Pearson, the formation. If an. Inside forward has already been met.

ex-Chelsea player left wing, comprise plays his part properly he is the the "monos" part o HALIFAX (4).

hardest worked mombor of a team Hartlepools (3)

NOTTS County may be short of and It is unfair to blame him bo CHESTRFLD (→) N goal-scorors, ne was the case in cause he is not always up in the Motherwell fcrown which beams are likely to the responsibility of picking an SOUTHPORT (5) ▼ Darlington (1) the last tourney, and I do not fancy penalty area to help in forcing Rangers. be in thú, champtonship or relega. England team upon their sheul- STOCKPORT (2) ▼ York (0) tigte struggles. In other words, era when they have had so little TRANMERE (2) v N. Brighton (3) fatornational matches must not time to study the form of the Wrexham (5) inibifere with, or even affect, tho charevà of the Léaguo clubs.

with the grounds as they are cided to send a strongly-worded Aberdeen (1) and the ball, na lively as it is a letter of protest to the F.A. To- CLYNE (6)

V Airdrie (0) premium is placed on youth and garding the non-release of players. FALKIRK (6)

́y Cowd'nb'th (0) Among those whose norvicés wore | HAMILTON (5) ▼ Dundee (1) refused, by their clubs wore, it is HEARTS (1) Partick (2) Rarely is good football ston in understood, Cook (Everton), Mac. Kilmarnock (1) Y MTHWLL (3) sack conditions, yet an inter-kle (Portsmouth), Dunne (Sheffield Queen's Park (4) ▼ ̧ Ayr (1)"

QUEEN O'STI (~) Unitod), Duggan (Leeds United), national, which should represont English (Liverpool) and Priestley RANGERS (4)

Hibernians (-) Y. BL Mirren (0) the host oxample of present-day (Chelsea)..

|'ST. J'STONE (2) ▼ Lanark (2)

Surely this latent example of the Nothing could be more lowering folly of placing club bofore coun- to the prestige of international try will offect a complete change football. It has now become sub-of attitude towards what should. be the outstanding matches of the servient to club Interests.

yant.

With the exception of the Eng- Inud v. Scotland match in April, all the international matches have

to ho played before the F.A. Cup- ties come along and bofore it is It is unfair to the F.A. to placo Mansfield (

various candidates for honours.

At a meeting of the Irish F.A. Emergency Committee it was do

Rotherham (0)

▼ Walsall (0)

Accrington A

Gateshead (1) SCOTTISH LEAGUE

FIRST DIVISION

** Celtic (0)

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of the team.

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this time out. BRE

PRENTFORD have a strange little ground to play upon, and it will be there that they will gain most of their points.

AN-NIONOHNO

CHONDON-POZO

SECOND DIVISION

03 1

BERAIDAAŻE

Total

P. W. L. D.

Home W. L. D.

Away

Goals

8 2 0

1 3

W. L. D.

3.1 0 20 14

A. Pts.

5 2 1

1 0 1

2 2 0

16 10

12 11

6 2 1

0 0

1 2 1

14 11

5 2 1

0 1

2 2 0 17 16

5 3 0

* 2 0

2 1 0

2 3 0 16 11 10

1 2

0 2 2 17. 17

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8 12

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12 19

0 4 1

1 3

1 2 1

1 0 3

9 18

THIRD DIVISIÓN (SOUTH)

Total

Home

Away

W. L. D.

W. L. D. W. L. D.

Goale F.

A. Pts,

1.2

4 0 0 1 1'2

22 .0

5 1 2

4 0 0

1 1 2

22 12

62 2

3 1 1

2 1 1

20 13

6 3 1

4 0 1

1 3 0

18 12

3 0 5

2 0 2

10 #

3 0 1

13 1

22 10

2 1

17 15

14 13

2 0

1110

3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2

3 1

0 1

11 13

3 1 1

0 3 0

20 13

0.1

0 5 0

16 17

3 0

15 19

1 1

1 3 0

11 19

1 2

9 11

7 17

» 16

0 3

11 16

0 6 2

4. 0

0 26

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

P. W. L. D.

W. L. D. W. L. D.

Goals F. A. Pis.

7 1 0

7 5 1 1

5 2 1

4 0.0

Total Home Away

8 4 1 3

2 1

4 3 2

4 2 2

0 0 2 1 0 24 7. 14 0 0

21 1

2 1.1

G 11

1 2 1 20 14

2 0 2 17 11

14.17 11

8 10

.13 8 10

18 11

16 18

16 13

9 8

17 14

15 16

11-14

3.2 20 27

1 8 0 7 14

12 10

Home

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SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

FIRST DIVISION

Total

Away

Goals

W. L. D. W. L' D., F. A. Pia, 6.0 1 26: 6. 21

5 0 0

5.0 1. 51 0 4 0 1

1 2

8 11

1 1a

38 12 18

2017 16

11 2 25 11 3 3 0

20 21

.13 13

2 0 20 16 '13 21 1 3 3 0

19 10 12 27 89 12 18' 7 11

22 25

∙10

10 33 10 23 17

P. W. ED.

10.0 1

11 -8 1. 2

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Kilmarnock the side to do more than keep its own home an attack,

Several first class aides have Hearts Inside forwards who are inclined, Aberdeen on losing the ball, to stand still Queen's Park and watch their colleagues in the St. Johnstono rear, struggling to relieve the Ayr altuation. In overy case the Dundee Boundness of the defences im-Falkirk ........

Queen o'South.... THE other “B's" from Lancashire paired. TH

Celtic Burnley are not cutting much ice,

11 6 2 8

9 6 1 8

0 4 1

3 1 1

6 8 1

B 1 1

4 2 4

2 1 8

115 4 2

10 G.4 1

11.

4. 5 2

5 5 0

2 8 0

3 2.0

2.8-4

0 8 2

10 3

·2 0

9 2:5

1.8 1

10 15 A

10 4

0:8.2 8. 2

12 22 14

21 85

11164.-

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2 7 1 140

3 1

23: 31

may have their good days, but If the covoring is complete a Hibernians They have signed a Chedgroy, I defence may be almost porfect, but t know, but the side only just scraped it is certain that there will be Airdrie through last season, and Tom loopholes unless every man is Clyde Bromilow, the old Liverpool half-ready to do his bit and is keen Third Lanark back should get moving, or the club enough to anticipate how he may St. Mirron may not be so lucky in escaping give the maximum assistance. Partick next time.

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