1934-03-21 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH

PROMOTION PROSPECTS AGAIN

HAVE DERBY LOST

THEIR CHANCE?

STOCKPORT SETTING NEW PAGE

*IN THIRD DIVISION

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WEDNESDAY LEAP TO THE FOREFRONT

(By "The Pligrim"),

With Wednesday adding their challenge to the formidable bulk of First Division leaders, Queen's Park and Stockport coming up in great form," and the recent upset by Rangers in the Scottish senior section, the promotion prospects so confidently established a couple of matches ago are again in the mosting pot.

Derby, I am afraid, have thrown away their golden opportunity. They are still lying third but if they had taken their opportunities the Rams would be heading the list now.

They have another chance to improve on Saturday when Chelsea will try them out on the Baseball ground. It will be a keen game with the Stamford Bridge Club still fighting gallantly to get out of the relegation rut.

The 'Spurs late come-back may not be too late but now that Arsenal have gotten into their early season form, they will take some passing.

Huddersfield's top position is very precarious and they will need more than a good goal average to remain there after this week I am afraid.

Wednesday are their next opponents and with so much at stake on both sides I cannot see any other result than a draw.

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME-

J

There is no reason, in my opinion, why Portsmouth and Manchester City should drop their magnificent form because they have the remaining interest in the Cup. With the Final all booked up and some weeks off DRAWI they can both abandon themselves to getting a'warmer place in the sun at the top of the League,

Birmingham have now slumped to share with AWAY: Chelsea the humiliating task of supporting the table. Of course somebody has to be there and Birmingham's árrival is all in the game. The same cannot be said! for the Ponsioners who have had a consistently badmi spell from the beginning of the season.

I am afraid that Grimaby have now joined the untouchables ➡speaking "in "a"sporting" sense. They have only-to-maintain | reasonably good farm to gain higher status next season.

Lincoln, after several signs of fair weather, have settled -down definitely at the bottom of this Division and Manchester United come next havin£löst their first fine promise and become the disappointing club they were last season,

(By "Robia")

Blackburn Bury Bristol City Norwich

Q. P. R.. Stockport Middlesbrough Port Vale Luton

York City Crewe

Kilmarnock

Birmingham Southampton

· Rotherham

Oldham Sheffield U: Reading

OUR FORECAST

(By "The Pilgrim") '

IN

Moss, the Arsunal goalkeeper, saying over the heads of Tottenham 'Hotspur forwards in the coures of the thrilling English Cup match_at

Highbury.

1934.

MELTING POT

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.

ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.

Total Home

Away

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

17 9 6 12 3 1

82%

32 187 7114 2

Goals

Pts.

54 35

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Huddersfield

Aracnul

Darby County

33 15 108 D-2 1

Tottenham

34

17

6.11 11

Wednesday

14 8 12

Portsmouth

32

12.11.

Manchester City

18 0 10

Blackburn

34

155 14

Sunderland

33

12.10 11

Stoko

43 13 7-18

Leeds

42 13 6 13

10

West Bromwich $4 12 8 14

8 1

Everton

32 10 12 10

"

Leicester

30 11 9 10

Wolverhampton

B3 11 9 13

7 G 10 3

62 79

Middlesbro

33 13 5 15 10 2-4.

3 11

56 67

Nowcastlo

B3

911 19

& 9.3

4 2 10

55 60

Aeton Villa

13

11 6 18

8 2:0

3 4 10

Liverpool

10 8 16

8 5 4

2 3 12

Sheffield Utd.

34

10 6 18

9 6 4

1, 1 14

#3

7.11 16

3 6 20

Chelsea

32

8 7 17

FOOTBALL CHATTER BY Birmingham

"THE PILGRIM"

INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT CLUBS

AND PLAYERS

Grimsby Brentford Bolton

BLACKBURN'S fine home records ability of Leslie, the Walsall Preston N.E.

huhtes by 270

per match, compared with last sea-

8011.

centre nati, has attracted Chef- Port Vale sca'a attention.

SECOND DIVISION,

Home

12.10

80

60 60

Total

Away

P. W. D. L

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

F.

Goats

A. Pto.

33 22 3 8

12

2 3 10 1 5

80 40.

33 17 6.10

12

2 9

6 47

68 50.

38 18 8 12

72 7

64 49.

33 16 G 11

4 39

58 43

38

33 10 6 11

49 45

Bradford Blackpool. Bradford City West, Ham Plymouth Bury

32 17

68 69

33 13

49 48

33 15

62.55

33

12 10

-62

68

34 13 8 13

56 62

Oldham

23 12

7 13

55 54

38 13 7 13 11

11.

80

33 13

6 14 '11

4:10

52

33

10 12 11

88

46

4.11

កន

39 39

8 4 11

47. 53

0. 4.13

43

6 7 3

32 63

13 50

1 14.

THERE is a Cup-tlo rule which ways that when the colours of "BUD" Maxwell, the Kilmarnock

centre, attracting so much at-the competing clubs clash both cluba tention from English clubs, was must change. Did Mitwall break nearly ejected from the ground this rule by accepting the sporting Fulham when he first turned up for train-action of Leicester City in allowing Burnley

Hull City ing. He was regarded as a "boy" mitwall to use their own colours?

Notts Forest with no business there.

AVE David Jack and Alex James Southampton

come to the end of their tether Notts County far as Arsenal's first team is Swansea concerned? There are other clubs Millwall who might be plensed to make use Manchester U.

IN the last ten months centre for- tvard John Palethorpe has played in Division 111. (with Reading), in Division II. with Stroke) in Division I (with Stoke), and in Division II. again (with Preston).

BE

י

¿EFORE Mr. "Billy" Walker was appointed. manager of Sheffield Wednesday the average attendance at League matches was 14,000. The averago since la 25,000)_..

HAY

-

Lincoln

of them.

WHAT are the chances of a double.

event Cup and League charip- ionship for any team this sen- son?. It hasn't been done for Norwich thirty-seven yours but Portsmouth Queen's Park are making a great bid.

•

•

•

Coventry Reading -Lawrence-la in his third season Bristol Rovers

E. with Notts County, but his Chariton

83 11 7 16, 10

32 11 7 14 11

33 10 9 14

33 7 12 14 -

33 11 3'10

82

8 10 14

7.6 20

Total

P. W. D. L

7.8

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH),

Home Away Goals

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

7121

53 21 7 5 12 82 19 5 8 14 1 1 5 4 7 57. 37 33 16 9 8 12 2 4 6 672.42 32 15

04 43 80 9. 8 13 3 0 2 6 8 32 15 B 911.

765 41 31 17

4 10. 11 33 15 8 10 10 33 BURTON United started the sea-goal against Southampton was his Luton

15 7 11 12 with a £1,500 debt. Now first for the Meadow Laners, and it Exeter

Swindon

32 14 7 11 they are getting 3,000 gates and enved the game."

Clapton Orient.. 83 12 8 13 11 thinking of the days when the town

COVINGTON,

Paper Crystal Palace.. 82 11 9 12 had two- representatives. In the Mills (Dariford) F.C.'s seven- Brighton... 329 11 12 Second Division.

32 10 0 13 teen-year-old goalkeeper, has de- Northampton clined an offer of a trial with the Southend

Aldershot Watford

CHESTER have refused a First

for Joseph Mantle.

The Telegraph forecast for Norwich's unbroken spell of glory must be Saturday is given below. Where heartbreaking to Queen's Park and Coventry who have a team is in heavy type it is ex- themselves done great things for no reward. They are pected to win, and where no such C Division club's offer of £2,000

indication is given

draw s A still pegging along six points or so behind and can only anticipated.

ENGLISH LEAGUE. wait for the Canaries to falter in their flight for promo-

FIRST DIVISION. tion to improve themselves.

Wolves (2) FORTSM TH (0) L'ate (1)

!

Cardiff, that great team of yore, retain with painful force the consistency that used to mark their progress upwards.even so recently as two seasons ago. But now that consistency is one of defeat after defeat and it will require a superhuman effort to pull them out of the fire.

ARSENAL (1)

*

Y

Chelsen (1)

Sheff U. (0)

T

Hugh Turner, the Huddersfield Town goalkeeper, goes through this season without missing a match it will be the fifth in suc-

cession."

•

Arsenal,

London

10

65 42

8

60 43

6 11

7. G

1

43 9

6.2 4 4

2

6.9

6760

15

46 49

47 52

10 - 43 47

57.

83 10

9. 5. 81

22.12 8:39

8 6

45 56- 40 62

51

2 3 1168 74

93 11 7 15

32 0 11 12

33 11 6 17

52

31

8 11 12

5 8 1

48 60

38

4 15 12.

4 7

40

32

8 9 15

6 G

4

32 10 6 17 · · 7

3

8 2 11

38

Bournemouth

32 32

8.6 18

G

4 3 2 2 12.

·46 78

8 4 20

6 3·7

13

.48 79

TWO great distoveries of the sea- Bristol City Han are two Welsh lads, named Newport Jones; Loicester City's left back Gillingham

Torquay. and the Wolves' inside forward.

*

*

FRANK McDonough, the former Cardiff

Birmghm (4) BLACKDN (1) DERBY (0) Evertn (1)

Thames goalkeeper, missed his LEEDS CO

first game for Blackpool a week ago. NANCHTH C. (~) ▼ Bloke (→) STOKE'S schome to strengthen When he left Brentford for . Now Middlbro (0)

their defence includes Walsh, he was given a free transfer.

Blackpool assess his valué at £4,000. | Chesterfield the Millwall full-back, ✓ Huddrad (1)

Livrp'l (0) YVILLA (2) Newcastle --) ▼ Spurs (~~) Wednendy (2)

SundrInd (1) SECOND DIVISION.

Belton () BRENTFRD (-)

Notte F. (2)

V

Plym'th (1)

V

+

*

Except for Barrow's astounding thrashing which West, Brom (6) set them back a little, the position remains fairly stable BLACKEL (~~) ▼ in the Northern section but unless Chesterfield have Bradfd C. ()+

Bary (5) some considerable reserve they will find their present FULHAM (3)

West Ham (−) meagre margin of three points reduced even further all

Lincoln (6)

GRIMSBY (3) this week. Walsall have been going great guris lately Millwall (1) BRADFRD (1)

OLDHAM (1) and the Salter Lane team on the other hand have been Notts C. (2)

PORT VALE (1) v Burnley (1) more remarkable for steadiness than brilliance.

SOUTHMPTN (-) ▼

Manchte U. (~) [Swansea (3)". Y Preston (1)

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH): Aldersht (1) Y BRISTL R. (0)·

Palace (2) BRISTL C. (3) Y Cardiff (1) CLAPTON (2) Exeter (2) LUTON (3) Southend (3) Northmin (6) Coventry (1) NORWICH (6) v.-B'nemih (0) QUEEN'S P. (3) ▼ ・ Watford (1) SWINDON (1) ▼ Gllingham (1)

However it is often that the challengers falter within reach of their goal and it may be that Stockport will find it impossible to keep up the rattling pace they have set in their last six or seven matches.

Rangers have a chance of improving their position and-it is up to Motherwell to justify their right to the leadership where they stagnated so long.

FIVE MINUTES FOOTBALL.

Why The Inside Forwards

Must "Graft"

(By "Saracen").

BRIGHTN (1)

*

♥

Nowport (~~) ❤ Charlton ()

TORQUAY (1) Y Rendy (1)

THIRD DIVISION (NÖRTH). Carlisle (3) 郇 HARTLEPLS (1) DARROW (1) v Mansf'ld (0)

V

Chestr (1) CREWE (2) Doncatr (3) Hallfax: (1) N. Brigth (1) ROTHRIM (2) ~♥ STOCKPT, (1) v Wreshm (0)

Cheatrid (-). ▼ROCHDALE (0) York: (2)

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Tranmere (2)

Darlgin (4)

BARNSLEY (1)

Y Bouthport (0)

GATESH'D' (1)· Acergin (8)

FIRST-DIVISION.

The centre, half used to be the hardest worked player iria | Walan}) (~~) inaich, luft to-day he moves within such a restricted aron in playing his defensive part that his duties have been greatly lightened. Under present-day conditions the men who do the donkey work are the two inside forwards and unless they are propared to "graft," as the professional anys, they are bound to throw the team-out of near. ́*

ABERD'N. (8)

Cirde (1), Aledele (1) MOTIIRWLL. (4) CELTIC (4) MAR (1) |DUNDER (1) (0 v.: Mirren: 0354-4

Hamlita (3) LV-Falkirk (0); Parilele, (**);

I recently saw a fellding Bllustration was content to stand and wait for 34 11ibern'un ()

of the serious effects produced through to come back -- a

KILMNOIL(2) 5 x Sudani-PC (0)

an inside forward playlug, simply, as Now look what happoiici. 31, la da egiten a forward. On tha, ball hd, was ex fair to orosume that theropoda TaNGERS (3) cellent, but as soon as he lost it ba (Cantiuuedion Page Was

v. HEARTS((—

ELZI'ATORGO)? Cowdalith (1)HU

Spectators overcome by the strain of standing among huza crowde Is a chamon occurrence in big English football league matches, and abio. pietura dhows at Jabn; Ambulance man lending an onlooker who falated

form the start of the Spurs v. Arruna) cup tie at Highbury...

Stockport

Barnsley

Walsall

Doncaster

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

Total

Homo Away W. D. L. W. D. L

14 3033

34 10 6 10 14 1 1

33 16 7 10 13 0 3

15 6 11 12

6:11 10

84 13 6 14 11

32 16

83 13

9 11

33 10

3-14

Goals

42115871

10 73. 68

35

W. D. L.

-F.A. Pts.

33:24 3 U

15 0 2

9.9 4

73 34

32 20 8 A 14

2

A

0 0 4 06 TT

33 20 6 7

87

5 410-7649

8 7 7

3 4 8 6 4.8

03

72

4 4 8 85 79

2 6 8 64: 07

54, 61

65 79

62

83 10 8 16.

35 107 18

8 2 12 36. 61 16 11 1.3.13

41 71

60

83

7 12 14.

32

.9.6.17

83 9 6 18

32 11 9 12

34 11 7 16

84 11 7:16

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Tranmere Wrexham Barrow Halifax

York City Crewe Alex. Accrington Southport Carlisle

New Brighton

Darlington Mansfield Chostor

Rotherham

Rochdalo

34 11

38 12 34 12 6 10

84 7 15 12

33 10 8 15

3.3 12

3 2 12: 66-78

-31 12

2 0.8

Rangers Motherwell

Aberdeen".. St,

*Johnstone Queen o'South' Hearts

Falkirk Kilmarnock

Celtic

Hamilton

Dundee

Partick Illbornians

Queen's Park Clyde St Bffron

Third Lanark Ardrio Cowdenbeath

BB 8 6 20.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE,

FIRST DIVISION,

Total: ·Home Away

P. W. D. L.W. D. L.-W. D. LE

91

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Goals

Pts.

24 5 2 18 3 0 11 2 2 103

33.25 36 13 19 12 2 277

81 16 6 9-11 2264-77740 83 10 6 11 10 8 56 8 6:67 32 18 2 12 8

2 12 8 10 10 10

05

1.

8 67

6047

98. 10 4 240 0

14. 15: 7 12

28

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10

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12. 114-

2-107

20 103

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