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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1934..

LIKELY F. A. AND SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINALISTS

ARSENAL, PORTSMOUTH

LEICESTER

AND MANCHESTER CITY

MOTHERWELL, ST. JOHNSTONE AND RANGERS

ST. MIRREN AND CELTIC MAY HAVE TO MEET AGAIN

(By "The Pilgrim")

Bet

WITH the quarter-finals of both the English

being and. Scottish Cup competitions played off on Saturday, Homeside fans will have one of the greatest football feasts of the season -greater even than the Cup final to which thousands have already made application, 'to find that the capacity of the venue has long been filled.

Arsenal have the fates on į their side this season and, but for the luck of the draw, it is hardly likely that they would hava continued thus far in a competition which they entered so inauspiciously.

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ting lately. I think they will win despite the bad luck they encoun tered in the draw. They travel to Bollon and will probably meel with even more exciting Acenes than at Swansea.

match

The Preston-Lolcester is the most difficult to forecast.

Matters aro a little easier north of the border where Aberdeen and Albion Rovers sustain

the chal-

The provious rounds enabled them to settle down in their atride now and the visit of Aston Villa will not be the obstacle it would have been a month ago. lenge from the Junior divisions. The Villa have been going great Albion have a, aporting chance. guns but I cannot easily imagine being at home to Motherwell, but to do a report of their vistory.

the League leaders seem

home the only better away from

and I Manchester City are Club in this round who survived expect them to win. the distance last season and they have a great chance of going even ,further. Stoke have improved considerably lately and took points from Aston Villa in the League last week, but it is unlikely that they will boat the City on their own ground,

It is not ever, as Northampton's eclipse of Huddersfield at the First Divisioner's pitch in the fourth

round.

so unlikely how-

I wonder if Portsmouth will hold the pace they have been set

Queen o'South will give St.

SPECTACULAR SAVE:—Wilson of the Arional effects a magnificent envo at the expense of a cornor against Crystal Palace. (Planet News),

FOOTBALL CHATTER BY

"THE PILGRIM"

INTERESTING ITEMS GLEANED FROM THE VARIOUS CAMPS

Johnstone a great game and if LESLIE, the Phiymouth Argyle STOKE refused to take Bert forward, has been to London Johnaton, the Sunderland re- they had retained their form of

a month or so ago I would fancy to consult an eye specialist. He serve centre half at a fee of £1,000. them for the semi-finals. As it is suffering from an injury due What is Johnston worth now, after his fine display against Chelsea? is I feel that the home club have to a loose football lace.

the winning advantage,

Rangers have the easiest task in entertaining Aberdeon, and Celtic have perhaps the most difficulty in their journey to St. Mirren. Al.

though the latter have proved Poor League fighters, they will go all out in the major competition of the year.

This Special Cup Training Is Only Superstition

OLD LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS WHAT CLUBS - NEED IS REST CURE

another pick-me-up is not required a fortnight later.”

CHESTERFIELD returned £1,200 seats at the Aston Villa Cup tie.

to unsuccessful applicants for

46TILITY" Nicholas, of Derby

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best

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME-

(By "Robin")

Wolves

Manchester City

Grimsby

Coventry-

Charlton

Reading

Chesterfield.

Bristol Rovers Brentford

Plymouth

Tranmere

Barnsley.

| AWAY.-

DRAWS.

Portsmouth Queen's P.R. Southampton

Huddersfield Manchester U. Gillingham

OUR FORECAST

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH

CUP-TIES

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.........

West Bromwich, 31

Manchester C.

Everton ..

ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST, DIVISION.

15 12 12 8 11

31 12 8 11

Portsmouth... 30

498977=7888888887888558-

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

11 3 1

9. 2 4

8 3 4

12 4 0

4 3 3

2 1 12

Total

Goals

W. D. I..

F. A... Pts.

Arsenal Derby County

7 17

8. 10 4

2

7

GO 20

41

15 9 6 0

0 G

58 51

30

Huddersfield

Tottenham

15 9 9 € 10.5 11

G G

60 -43-80

40 G 3 7

53

85

Blackburn

14

54 69

33

01 46

32

Wednesday

47 46

12

30 12

8 10

5

43 52 32

Sunderland

11 0 10

60

40

31

10 11 9

8 4

46 44

81

10 11 0

7 5 3

0 0

38 87

13 4 3 10 1 4

63 58

30

12 6 12

0 10 11

31 11

28 10 8 10 5 16 0 9 12

28

8 1 6 8 3

49

68 01

6 8 +64 07

3 0

38 54

27

8

32 34

11

18

41.81

4 11

41 54

Goals

Middlesbro Leeds United Newcastle Leicester Aston Villa Wolverhampton. Stoke City Birmingham Liverpool Sheffield Uld, Chelsen

The following is the special Grimsby Telegraph arecast for Saturday's Brentford .. English and

and Preston N.E. Scottish cup league programmes. Where a team Blackpool is in heavy type it la expected to Port Vale win and where no such indication Bolton is given a draw is anticipated.

ENGLISH F. A. CUP.

SIXTH ROUND.

ARSENAL - Preston

♥ Aston Villa

LEICESTER Bolton

PORTSMOUTH MANCHESTER CITY ▼ Stoke

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NGLAND'S

emergency goalkeeper-Brook. (Manches.

· SCOTTISH-CUP. ter City) who has, twice de

Albion Rovers Y MOTHERWELL : putleed for the regular 'keeper ST. JOHNSTONE V Queen 'South

RANGERS

Aberdeen with conspicuous success.

Celtic

ENGLISH LEAGUE.

FIRST DIVISION,

has deputised as goalkeeper, right back, and centre half be- TN seven years inside forward cause of injuries to players.

RED Roberts, of Birmingham. F was playing minor football a

few weeks ago. He is already hailed as n star.

Albert Keating, of Cardiff City, has been attached to ten clubs professionally, yet he is now only twenty-seven.

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CHELSEA (2) Huddersf'd (0)

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Blackburn (2)

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v Derby (0)

Middlesbro (3) Wednesdy (3) Newcastle (2) Everton (~~)

WAS it wise? Moore (Leeds LIVERPL

United), Lumsden (Hudders-Shefid U. (2)

SUNDRLD (0) CANNOCK Town, the Birming field), Hall (Shellield United), and SRURS (→)

ham-League-club,-are-in-bad Tutla (Stoke)-were-turned-down Welves (1) ~~~ ̈ ̈♥~BİRMGIIN-(0) straits financially. They have by Bradford City after trials. placed all their professional staff upon the open to transfer list.

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Port V. (1) Fulham (~~) S'thmpin (0) Notts C. (1) BURY (3)

SECOND DIVISION. HELSEA'S individual acoring

BRADFORD (4) v record in twonty-three years BRENTFRD ( FORMAN Cole, the latest local to old. The late "Bob" Whittingham Burnley (2)

make a hit in Southampton's scored thirty goals in season GRIMSBY (1) League side, has not yet finished | 1910-11.

Manchir U. (1) his apprenticeship. He is a fitter,

Notts F. (2) CLAPTON Orient have set up a ALBERT Roberts (Southampton) OLDHAM) and CIlford. Woodhead (Hull), PLYMTI (0) Two contre forwards on their staff backs, played in the same school- record for Third Division clubs. two of the Second Division's best up to a week or so ago, shared an boy team at Darfield, Yorkshire. aggregato of 500 League goals- Morris (291) and Halliday (209).

Nelson

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The Cup quarter finals to be played on Saturday make this article from the pen of a former

"After all, the players ure per player especially interesting now. fectly fit at this period. The iden "At this stage of the football of special training is not to try to season, when players are begin- make them fitter, but to prevent

NDY Rennie, of Luton, deserves ning to feel the strain of the League | them from being overtrained or,

(Newcastle), club vote of thanks for per- programme and FA Cup ties, as it is called, from becoming stale. JAMES

Harry Morton (Aston Villa), sunding his brother Jee to come the question of special training | As a matter of fact, special train- Vivian

Gibbins (Southampton), south. Young Rennie has been causes a great deal of controversying is the wrong description. It Harry

Race (Natts Forest). playing brilliantly while deputis- among players and spectators should be called "special rest for George McNestry (Bristol Rovers), ing for Fraser at loft-half.- alike. Opinion is sharply divided Cup ties." Once a season should and Ernest Whittum (Chester) ali

be enough." as to whether it is beneficial to a

celebrate birthdays together.

CAREENBANK, the Dartford team."

"While on the subject of finesa,

БОЛЗОМК ago Plymouth (Kent League) outalde left, in I wonder how many people reallse

Two Personally, I was not greatly how perfectly trained, and how

Argyle were thinking of leta reporter. He refused to turn in favour of going to the seaside hard a player really is! I did not ting Archie Gorman go. It would professional when approached by

Bolton. need a big bid now.. myself until my playing duya were

or into the country for a long perlod. I much preferred to get over." on to a golf course, where i could obtain all the exercise I wanted,

In those days there were trainers to whom the name of golf was curse; so I had put in many eps away from home."

CUP FINAL TICKETS.

or player he usually greets me Whenever.I meet an old friend with: "Why, you look fit enough to turn out again." So it will be gathered that in appearance I have altered little, but in tness; compared with my playing days. I "It has many advantages and, an invalid. I would not last frankly, In the long run, I think five minutes of an average League

REST FOR CUP TIES.

it does a lot of good if, ilke medi- game.

go to Brighton regularly, alaying

could

5 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL. ··

•

THIS AIR-BALL PLAY

CAN ONLY BE AVOIDED BY PLAYERS POSITIONING THEMSELVES

(By "Saracen"),

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v Swansea (2)

Blackp'? () Lincoln (3) WEST HAM (3) v Millwall (0)

v. Q. Park (5)

Northmptn (-) Brighton (3)

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTII).' B'rnem'th (1) ✓ TORQUAY (2) BRISTOL R. (2) v Clapton (0) Cardiff (2) CHARLTON (-) v COVENTRY (2) CRYSTAL P. (2) v EXETER (4) v Gilinghm (0) READING (2) SOUTHND (0) Watford (4)

· Bristol C. (2) Newport (0) NORWICH (2) Aldraht (2) Swindon (0). V Luton (1)

V

V

Bradford Bury Plymouth Fulham Bradford City West Ham Oldham .. Southampton

30 10 7 13

7 11

8 8:15

8 4 17

7 6 18

SECOND DIVISION: Total

P.. W. D. L. 30.21 1 8 16 6 9

49 45 30

8:53 52

41 30

Home Away W. D. L. W. D. L. 11 1 3 10 0 G 11 2 2 5 3 7 4 3 8 11° 3

4 5 6 2.8

30 15 0.9 30-13 9 8 0 30 15 6 10 10 80 16 2 12 10

3 8

F. A. Pts.

72 41 43 66 48 40 56 48.40

44 38

57.46

5G

·60 67

66 65

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10 1 13

11

31

12 8 11

0

30

11 9 10

30 12 7 11 30

11

13 4 13 10

10

40

80 10 0 11

60

30 11 7 12

40 48

29 11 6 12 11

0.6 0

.38 15

28

Notts County Hull City

81

10.8 13

3 3 10

45 49

90

9 10 11.

1 6 8

Burnley

30

11 6 14

2..3, 10.

Swansea

30

7 11 12

39:43

Notts Forest Millwall

30

9 G 15

1 3 11

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20

B 8 13

6. 3

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210

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Manchester U. Lincoln

30

9 3 18

4 1 10.

46 74..

30

31 47

Norwich Queen's Park Coventry Reading Bristol R. Charlton Exeter Luton Swindon Crystal Palace Clapton 0. Aldershot Brighton

Watford Southend Northampton Bristol City Gillingham Torquay Newport Bournemouth Cardiff

Chesterfield Stockport Barnsley Walsall Doncaster Halifax

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).

ACCRGTN (4) Halifax (1) BARNSLEY (2) ▼ Walsall (1) CHESTRFLD (-) v Crewe (~~) DARLNGTN - (5) v. Carlisle (2) Gatesh (0) W STOCKPORT (3) Wrexham Hartien's (3) ✓ Chester (1) Barrow MANSFLD (2)

V

York (0)

Tranniere

Hartlepools

0 4 11

7 6 17 6 6 5 1 1. 12

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).

38 40

45.50

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30 11 6 14

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SCOTTISH LEAGUE

· FIRST DIVISION.

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Carilate Darlington FALKIRK () Hibernians Mansfield HAMILTON (10) Cowdnb'th (2) Chester... KILMARNOCK (2) ▼ Dundee (2)

Rotherham Partick (1)

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It is a common complaint of modern football that the ball is too often in the air. There are two reasons for this. One is the lack of attention to the details of positional play and the other style does not permit of much ac they resort to the long pass. This to the sagerness of teams to force the pace and score by hook or curacy. Indeed it amounts to by crook.

Tho suggestion that

cine, it is taken in small doses. If I needed any confirmation of But to go week after week to the this fact I had it recently when seaside before each round of the playing with the schoolboys, a Cup, as some teams did la not part of the coaching scheme at special training, but a superstition. Highbury. After ten minutes, They do so because, once upon although practically walking Lime, a team did something, out of through the match. I

little more than hard kicking. There a little constructive play Motherwell the ordinary after staying in such scarcely drag one leg after the

faulty So he kicks it haphazardly into and such a place."

ether. Moreover where my instoppositional play lends to the

bali the middle and up it goes into the and there is no rent attempt to Rangers

"make" a goal. Rather by putting Aberdeen "Take the Arsenal and Chelsea had come into contact with the being kicked into the air may seem air and he trusts it may go to the ball in the air and going hard Hearts.... as typical examples. Arsenal now ball it was black and blue. strange. But suppose, for in- own centre forward rather than after it do they hope to worry an St.

Johnstone a wing half back has to an opposing defender. stance, that

omponent into a mistake from Queen 'South Probably the explanation is that the ball at his feet under control at the same hotel, mainly because the muscles have disappeared in- and that he takes it forward a fow

This blind kick would have which a chance to get in a successKilmarnock it was from there that they won to flesh. At any rate, my weight yards. Ils object is to make

been avoided if one of the for- ful shot may come. the Cup four years ago Chelsea 14 now 4lb. less than it was during pass to one of his own forwards,

Falkirk wards within reach of him had In my experience there has been are going back to Guildford for the my career, according to the scales but on looking up he finds the men

mado it his business to get to a marked development of this type Celtic reason that they have not lost at the Highbury Stadium.

and the Hamilton position. The half back would of football this season to whom he might send the ball" `match since taking up their quar”

Dundee .... then have had the opportunity result has beon that the game has | Du It is toforesting to note here atational. Moreover they have ters there."

to get the ball through to him lost a good deal of its spectacular Queen's Park.

close Hibernians that the demand for Cup Final opponents: standing by them. In my opinion, it is a mistake tickets has been as great na over the diraumstances it is not worth by means of an accurate ground charm. It has driven out

pasa

And

Inter-passing movements and Clyde to overdo the special training Already the number for disposal to while to put them in possession.

the change of air, the "Wild can foot le certain companionship and the restfulness for and they can only be obtained that ho will bo challenged and his "air-ball" play teams are obsessed for the hurry and sourry of the Airdrio of mind have supplied the required now through the clubs and the only alternative to the risk of with the idea of gaining ground | players, rather than for their Th." Lanark tonic In the frat. Instance. Surely, various county associations MA boing, robbed is to get rid of it-) quiékly and in pursuing this policy, science and craft.

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SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

FIRST DIVISION.

Home

Total

Away

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

80 24 3 8 13 12 11

28 22 42-12 20 30 16 0 8 11

20 14.0 8.10 4 2

4

81.16 6 109

30 17 2 11

31

31 146 30:14 26, 10-8

28 10 BO 10.4 2011 2 29 10.1

8.6

1

8.4

88

Goala

F. A. Pts.

72 29

61

97 82

48

76:42

74 42.

37

63 41

61 63

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60 78

85

80 65

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19

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