1933-10-25 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1933.

HOME FOOTBALL: TWO FORECASTS AND TABLES

CLASSIC STRUGGLES

FOR POINTS

EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY'S IMPORTANT ENCOUNTERS

ASTON VILLA ENTERTAIN THEIR OLD FOES. THE ARSENAL

(By "The Fügelm")

Homo classic struggles for points

The Rangern-Kilmarnock fixture

which are becoming more and more will be a trial of dour strength and Important, are promised in the on-if the homesters keep their goa gagements which will be fought on clean I shall be surprised. English and Beottish Gelds on Satur-

Tho clubs are beginning to spread ant as the onger starters tire and the woll-tried veteran teams gel into their atrido,

Arsonal will be severaly tested at Aston Villa and if they loso it will not be altogether unexpected.

If Gallacher is back in the leader's position I fancy Chelsea will show the Tynenidors a glimpse of their old and I am afrald-much tarnish nd: glory.

Collie have a chance of adding to their still small total and Queen of the South, a much improved eloven. should relleva St. Johnstone of brace.

The forlorn Cowdenbeath have strong visitors in Ayr and althoug! their two goals against Dundeo las week hinted of a revival, I imagio. they will not be given much encoura gement on Saturday.

The Preston North End fans wil await with anxiety the result of thel. club's meeting with Port Vale. The West Bromich Albion bave doughty latter havo deposed Bolton and are in opponents to extend them in ud overwhelming mood. On the other dersfield whom I do not anticipate hand Preston have declined suddenly will drop a point on their own ground. from their dashing breakaway

After their flashing vlstery over the beginning of the senson.

Bolton should dispose of Fulham Wednesday, the United may be dei

Middlesbro' To See The Sights

al

Blackpool should profit at Burnley's expense.

ganded upon to lower the City flag fairly comfortably but Bradford will whilst Middlesbro will journey to be fully extended by Notts County. London mero in the hopes of wooing! the sights than bringing any coa fort to their faithful supporters.

The Wolves entertain Wednesday in what will turn out a very even strug gle in my opinion.

in the Northern Section, Chester. field have an easy task at Salter's Lane willst their closest challengers, Tranmore have the brilliant but In Scottish football I have picked erratie Walsall as opponents

The Exeter-Norwich match will Mothorwoll out. as winners of their match with Partick bat although be worth watching and I wish I could their selection is now more a matter see the Canaries playing their openi

The of habit than of judgment I do not gume against the Southern men foot too caay about them. They have latter are favoured to win and pro-

samo margin fallen, off lately and are not in cer-bably by the tainty either at home of sway,

pont) as last year.

Duane, Arsenal'a naw centre forward, shooting at Middlesborough's goal with Gibson trying to save. Dunne was an elevench hour trane- far sensation. The other picture shows Moss, the Aresanal goalkeeper,

saving when burd pressed.

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER

BY THE

"PILGRIM"

40 Years In Soccer; New Signatures; Dean's Injury

NE of the ploneers of Scecer in

Yorkshire, Mr. John Brunt, has retired after 10 years nesaciation with the game. He was a founder member of Bradford City-in fact, he specia- Ilsed in laying foundations.

IE was one of the first members of the North-Eastern League, and (one also of the Northern Countien eham-

plonely and the Yerkshire Combina tion.

THE

Eug-

WHY SCOTTISH SOCCER The first referson society in Kig-

IS SUPERIOR..

DISTINCTIONS ANALYSED FRANK CARRUTHERS

BY.

That oft debated questions, great impression on the Rangers' are Scots superior in football players.

"For 20 minutes," Marshall, the scicrice to their English Inside right, told me. "I thought they colleagues 7-has been given a were going to sweep us off our foot. new interest at Home s'nce It was the fastest football 1 had ever the Rangers' rogistered their experienced. I had never imagined second defeat of Arsenal as re-that any tram could move the ball

about at

at such a spred corded a fortnight or so ago. "During this period the Arsenal were very unlucky. I do not offer One of the most conipetont, judges that opinion because it is the nice of the game, Mr. Frank M. Carruthers things to say. If the ball had run at As discursed Sho point from all all well for them they must have angies and his vows are here rescered two or three goals.” produced in full.

1 asked what was the outstanding between English and

He saysWhen I was in Glasgow difference

a month it was insisted that Scottish Scottish football Marshall offered no

Not Due To Style And Tactics

football was poverty-stricken. Even definite view. the Rangers were n poor team, the

I suggested that the vital differen-

land was inaugurated by him, and he may be said to have laid the! foundations of the game well und truly in the West Riding.

JOHN Brunt will be remembered as one of the master builders of Soccer. All who knew him will wish him every happiness in his retirement. WALTER Bussey, the former Stoke Inside right is the fourth player aigned within five weeks by the now Blackpool board.

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME.-

(By "Robin").

Huddersfield -Sheffield Un.

Tottenham Grimsby Plymouth West Ham

Charlton Gillingham Reading Barnsley Chesterfield Tranmere

| AWAY.—

Stockport Motherwell

DRAWS-

Port Valo

Exeter

Manchester U. Burnley

THE value, of Lucas-fer many

years the mainstay of Liverpool's defence and now of the Orient-is Sood as ever it was, Ills general-

ship is superb,

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old Scot had a vigoroun intr- duction to Second Division, football and was hurt on two occasions. He showed very promising form and his ball control and distribution

DUFFY of Millwall, the 17-years-

BRISTOL City have signed on

Scattergood, the goal good. keeper from Shemeld Wednesday who terminated a month's trial at Bristol recently,

LDERSHOT, the least-defeated side in the south, are steadily strengthening their team. They have signed W, Bann, a full-back who has had service with Tottenham Hotspur, Brenticrd, and Bristol Rovers.

A

were

EJ. Cook, the Latchworth Town Me amateur full-back, has been sign. ed by Tottenham Hot nur.

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DIXIE Dean, Everton's captain and international, was operated on last month for an ankle injury, and has been rut of the alde for about four weeks, ''

fortnight ago!The Arsenal have lost their swing and ability to THE operation was necessitated by make ground quickly. They are play.

an injury received in the game ing too much down the middle and with the Arsenal when he twisted his In this cramped style they do not ankle in turning quickly. He visited draw the defenders out of position." a specialist and it was found thora were two small places of bone in the WEB Rent to have phase new I think, judging by Liverpool Nursing Home to

them removed. to use the ball without stopping it their recent performances. And the Rangera have twice beaten and no gaining the time to make a the Arsenal, the champions of Eng-pass before a man was covered,

replied Marshall in a lish football!

"But noti do cruated the impresalon that they are give us all the virtues. All the best a poer team, I think it in due to the footballers are not in Scotland."

The one definito opinion Marahall

poorest the club' had had for many ico was in the Scotsman's cleverness Arsenal are beginning a new ankle joint. Dean-

years."

But the Scottish champions have non.bly way,

fact that in their own hume circle

they have no few real contests.

offered was that in modern footbali a

In the Arscan they had cpponents team should be equipped with two big forwards to take the ball to fight thein all the way and pull inside them out, and under those conditions through. It was men of this physique! they revealed themselves as a side playing in this way who could best worthy to maintain the high trudl-upsci u defence.

"But there is another reason for tions of tho' club,'

‚“Intelligent” Footballers

5 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL.

THE NEED FOR MORE COACHING

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS

(By "Saracen")

The couching scheme which the will admit at the end of his

clubs

Arst

and

They were inspired, too, by the Scotland's superiority which is not sp crowd, who gave them a magnificent easy to describe. It may be expressed reception, Indeed, in the dressing- by "intelligence" in a broad as wel room at half-time the talk of the as a football senso. I have played players was mainly of the spectators golf with the Rangers, and I have and of their warm appreciation of dined with them, and they emphasise good play, no matter who was rea- to a marked degree the remarkable Corinthians have inaugurated is one week that he know little or nothing scelal uplift which has taken place of the most important moves which about it. There is one great differ-

between profcasional ponsible for it.

Those defents of the Arsenal have among professional footballers during has taken place in amateur football enco

20 years."

and I hope it will be extended over a amateur football, One is methodical raised the old question: What is it the pret

As players the Rangers of the wide fish. I wish in fact, that all the and the other is haphazard. that gives Scottlah football Ita

fold are different from most men I) leading

had a

Each member of a team is a cog a coach of their superiority?

difference it would of the machine and if it is to run What a differenco owne make to their football,

amoothly he must play the part set From the point of view of coaching, him, fitting, la with the other players, football on the Continent is for bot- and leaving no flaws, except those

RTO unavoidably create ter controlled and encouraged than in which

and

arkable development cough to human error, if one Imagine two teams, who were traced the remarkable development I do not believe it to be due to have met. They are moro stald and England either style or tactics. The common they suggest that they are older, which har taken place during the past perfect the result would be a stale ton years or so. Players are not mate. An effective reply would be ly held belief is that Scottish teams Some of them have interests bigger quecood by means of slow, short and matre vital in their view of life only tought true kicking, all about made to every move the other at pasacs with the men ambling about than any that may be found within the balance of the body which means tempted.

much in shooting and in placing the This perfection cannot, of course, the fold in a soomingly lackadaisical the game, but in ovory case I imagine!

attend classes they manner. The Idea is entirely miss that a close study is made of foot-

ball"

nccurately

to nim for and it can only be done at which tactics are closely studied. ever be attained but it is the thing

is not taken.

who is England โค

the potion "There is no need for orders to be

through collective endeavour. So it At Highbury the Hangers played

and his the Arsenal football of last senson, given from the manager's office as to self-taught is the using the long cross pass to get the the tactles which should be employed knowledge of the game is general and comes to this that combined effort defenders on the run, with the men to win a match. The players are not to a large extent haphazard. What counts for more for match winning anticipating It and taking up un-drilled and disciplined in the methods he knows about team work in mainly Lurpares than individual feats and if to be adopted. All these matters are elementary and out on the feld ho professional football has advanced at guarded positions to receive

in this direction. Certainly a greater For the moment the Arsenal have left to their good sense and instinct, deos his best necording to his own during recent years it has been value is on team work than aver before. Possibly in hos mennt The lost this style they are not game, and that probably accounts for the ideas.

are never stereotyped." METHODICAL & HAPHAZARD. uzo of the fold to open up the game, i fact that

But there is a great deal more in sacrifice of a good deal of individon and, what is worse, they are keeping! "Frem.this point of view. the Ran- the bail so close, that they cannot gets remind me of the Newcastle the game than thin, as every youth which "Plwave exsites interests, United anm of twenty-five years ago, on entering a professional club quick but there is no doubt that it has made get the defence but of poslilon,

(Continued on "Page D.): ly discovers. Indeed, if he is frank herfor bettor combination. Dut the paos of the Arsonal made

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ball

but

THIS is the second operation of this nature which Dean has undergetic, the other being in November 19, when he sustained a similar injury to his right ankle..

Our Forecast For Saturday

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 Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.

Tottenham Arzenal

Huddersfield

Leeds United ... West Bromich A. 11

Manchester City 11

Derby County

Fulhant Brentford

SHOWS TEN AWAY wall

ENGLISH LEAGUE

Away

Goals

W. L. D. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. B11

11 2 8.1 2 3 0

8

11 36 3

Ämm 1400 14 14 14NSNOHODNON

25. 16 18 14 14 11 20.19

11 11.

2

18 21

11.

3

21 16

10

G00 39 0

12 10 10

17 19 20

21 24 10 10 25 17 17

Goals

F. A. Pts.

4 1 1

1 2 0

1 1 8

27 14 17 18

11

28 20

10 13

14

15

.18 18

22 22

20 22

4 114 10

FIRST DIVISION

Total

Home

P.

W. L. D.

11

6-29

-31 2 20 10

16

11

6 2.4

4 0 2

14 22 11 1- 2 2

... 11

5. 8 8

4 0 2

1 8 1

80 21

11

10

G 3 1

G 0 0

·1 3 1 18

14

13

6 4 2

4 0 1

1 4 1 17 14

12

404

1 3 14 12

12

Blackburn Rovers 11 Wol'ton W. Sundorland

5 4

24 25

11

17 28

11

10

Portsmouth

11

Aston Villa

11

Stoke City

11

Everton

10

Birmingham 11

#

Loicester City.. 11

4.5

Liverpool

11

4 5

Middlesbro'

Wednesday ..... 4 6 1 Nowcastio..... 11 2 4 G Sheffield United, 11 Chelsea

10 11

5 6 0

2 3

2.04

14 20

7

2 2 1

19 20

32

MEERDER KARME ETISYAYIN

P.

Port Vale..... 11 Bolton Grimsby Ilull Blackpool

SECOND DIVISION

Total W. L. D. 8 3 0

Home

Away

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

23. 12

16

11

7 3 1

4 1 0

8 2

1

22 16

15

11

7 4 0

4 2 0

11

5 2 4

6 3 3

4 1

West Ham U.

11 3 3

4 1 0

5 3 3.

4 0 2

11

Southampton.

11

Notts County

11

1

17 15

Preston N.E.

11

Bradford

11

Plymouth

11

Bradford City ..

115 5 1

Notts Forest Swanson,

2

1 0 1 ∙11 14

11 8 6 3

3 0 3

0.5

0

11 14

11

3 5

2 3 0

10 15

Oldham

11

3 6

1 4

1

14 19

Manchester U.

11

16 27

Lincoln

$1

7 12

Burnley

11

#

0.

Bury

11

2 7 2

4 1

Total

Goals

P.

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

F. A. Pts.

11

7 3

G 0 0 1 8 1

22 18

15

11

6 3 2

5 1 0

1 2 2

28 17

14

12

6 4 2

C. 0 1

1 4 1

20 13

14

11

6:3

2 14 10

2 2 2

27 19

14

Crystal Palace

5.3 4 12

2 2 2

22 19

14

Aldershot

11

4

1 8

12

Luton...

Roading

20

-14- 12

Bristol Rovers

11

2 17

Swindon,

11

G

Torquay

11

5 4

11

4 4 8

11 5 5 1

v

y Derby (0)

11

6 5 1

v.

Brighton

12.

4 6 2

18 20

11

3 4 4

12 14

11

4

15 21

v Leeds (0)

Nowport

11

3

11 14

Middlesbro (Northampton Wednesday (5) Watford

11

10 20

11

10 27

Bristol City

11 0

0 3 8

12 38

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

v. Fulham (-)

S'th'mn'n (-).

Swansea (1)

Tranmore

Totni P. W. L. D. 11 10.1 0 11

Goals

T. A. Pts..

6 0 0 4 1 0

32 · 0

20.

G2 3

5 1 0

1 18

28. 12

15

▼

HILI (-)

Billwall (0)

Stockport

11

6. 3 2

5 0 1

13

1

20 15

14

Bradra C. (1)

Hartlepools

11

6 3.25 0

0

27 20

11

G 2 4

8 1 2

2 1

11

17 13

10 6 3

28 17

11

4 2

17 15

Accrington Walsali

10 23

0.4 1

26 20

0 3.2

2018

WINNERS

(By "The Pilgrim")'

Below are given the fixtures in English and Scottish football for Saturday, followed by the results in brackets, cf their meetings last sta

Norwich son. Clubs whose names are printed Queen's Park in heavy type are expected to win on Saturday, and where no such indica- Exeter tlon is given a draw is the probable Charlton result.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL,

FIRST DIVISION.

v Arsenal (3)

Aston V. (5) CHELSEA (0) HUDD'REF LD (2) LEICESTER (2) Liverpl (2) Portam'th (2) SHEFFLD U. (2) STOKE (-) SUND'RLAND (0)

PURS (-). Wolves (3).

V

Coventry Bournemouth

Newcastle (1) West BL.A. (1) Everton (2) BLACKBURN (2) Gillingham

Cardi

Maneli'tr C. (5) Clapton Orient Birm'ghm (Southend .....

SECOND DIVISION.

BOLTON RADFORD (3) BRENTFD) Burnley (-) GRIMSBY (3) Manch'lr U. (—) NOTTS. F. (0) Oldham (6) PLYM'TH (1) Preston (0)

Notta. Caty (4)

̧BLACKP'L (—Chesterfield

y Rury (0)

PORT VALE (1)

WEST HAM (0) v Lincoln (6)

Barrow Halifax Barnsley Doncaster

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). F'ra'm'th (3) ▾ QUEENS PK (0) York City BRISTOL R. (1) Swindon (0) New Brighton

Y Newport (3)ochdale CARDIFF (1 CHARLTON (-)▼ Toruny() Gateshead Coventry (8) VALDERSHOT (0) Carlisle CRYSTAL P. (2) + Clanton (1) Crowe A. EXETER (2)

y Norwich (1) CILL'GH'M (4) v Bristol C. (2)

v Luton (1) READ'G (4) Southend (2) v. Relekton (1)

v North'mpt'n (0) Wrexham Watford (4)

Darlington Rotherham

་

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). Aceringen (2) v Crewe (0) BARNSLEY (1) v York (1) CHESTRFLD (~) †:

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N. Brishton (~~~~) Darigt'n (1)Y STOCKPRT (1) Gatesh'd (3) Halifax (0) HARTLEP LS (4) ▼ Done'str (0). MANSFELD (1)▼ Chester (0) ROCHDALE (2) ▼ Roth'r'm (2) S'THPORT (4) Carlisle (0) Tranmere (1) Walsall (3) WREXHAM (4) v. Barrow (1)

SCOTTISH LEAGUE --

·FIRST DIVISION.

Mansfield

Southport Chester

Motherwell Rangers ·.. Abordeen Kilmarnock

Ayr *** Falkirk...

Henrta..... St. Johnstone Queen o'Bouth Dundee -** Antria (3)

DUNDEE (0) Queen's Park CELTIC (~),

✔ Hibernians (Hamliton ▼.. AVIE (3) Cowdenb'th (0)

Hibernians Hamilton (1) Aberd'n (0)

Celtic Falkirk (2) HEARTS (3). Kilmarnock (3) ▼ PAMOEB (11 Fartlek-10 MOTHERW'LL 11) Third Lanark

Partick QUEENS PK (1)▼ Clyde (4)

Airdrie Q. O'SOUTH (—Y

St. J'stone (-)St Mirren

Cowdenbeath 8. MIRREN (8) v T. Lanark (1)

Y

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Home - Away

11.4 4 3

13 7

2 27 21 18

H2HONOKOONIMI

Home Away W. L. D. W. L. D.

1 8 2

16 12

16 19

12

16 21

27 19

12 11

10 21

19 21

18 21 11

23' 19

14

14 -14

10

3 2 4.0 1:4 2 1 4 0 14 1

3.2.

14 14-

25 82 12 19

10

18. 22 8 18. 20

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11

11

11

12

111

11

11

1 A

11

0,3 3

11

2

1. 10

16: 21

11

11 101.6 8

3 7 2:0

4 1.18 26

20 31

1 3 0 0.3 3

10. 21

SCOTTISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.

Total

P. W. L. D. 14 12 0 2.

Homo WAL. D.

Away,

W. LI.D.

6. 01

60 -1.

B

Goalk

F. A Pta.

32

0

26

40 28

3 114 117221

7 0 1 13 10 1 2

48.0 0 4 1 5 1:1

14

8 3 35 20 8.1 8, 95, 20 14

4 1 248 0 14

8 4 2

147 .12

18 04

13

7 6

-18

6.6

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13

11

12

184

18

12

14

13

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10

88 46

18

23 184 30

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