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F r\ T "5 i JL kJ 1 ,j •(.- Si 1 Y i:l':l:A x ."j Newtown had than one seoro to wipe off on Saturday against Whitchurch and they s-ucceedc?d to some extent. The match was played on the Cunnings and after one of the must nuiiitcresiiug games ever seen, the home team won easily by four to none. If the h-->mo team had pHyed their own proper game they s'jonld have wo:) by seven or eight to uoue but here was too much "going for tke man." Considering the amuui.; of r-.ugii p'.ay in- dulged in at Whitchurch in the first match the visitors must naturally have expe-aed a iilily re- taliation and in this it was perh.ips lucky for them that ore or two of the ..Mm were absent on Saturday. As iG was, t110 return element otJ Saturday did not umciiw to ma en, una probably friend liclllwrai* was the can.-c v., game opened w> li a; the .v ii, a nice lot of passing t'-n- a few minutes, bur i !r •••.mbina- tion was early ntr ot by the good p!!M Gt: rt!t, home havles. Evan 11 :e-t played centre-:i u„j u rare good centre-forward he ma-ie ihe. a Unlo slow. He obtained rho be; s>tn'! ,» "•»?-li i,v a lovely bit of pa,r,g b. tw-e" ZisvJ. Ic was done in KMC.') a C-M!. Kowr W.-v r- a>- 'he defenders we-e complexly tlnbh.-r-ast •-Cn rj,e bal' round m>r, |\)?. M f. flnke as ic rolled ■" -'U.i.ne jj.jii. ivt-ocr nanus. Swettenham obtatr.ed t'ae third an,' •. -l-w one. Pryce-Jones took f! bad iv, down rU-right to tue touchline ::r.d then put ir -v. w„,i mouth where Sw.-ttenham met it and b-mgeu kin. The defence of JSewtown was, ail i-. -u- >mer Taylor showed as good form hi. partner. The haives too were very -rood i)U, were all anroad owing to the grotir amoimr of ^Hishness shown bv one of them. This pi. seemed to think that there was only one forward in i.e team anc that it- devolved on this on-- «• d- a'i to- •coring.^ Poor Sw».t.-T,ham was ..is ev fed and L. itees in the second half was in too »'ime lis. Pryoe-Jones always sets il: i- e-■ -t;rn n1' selfishness and 1 cannot understand h-selii>hTiesa should find a place iu his tea; Ni-y ,-eason I trust we shall -ee none of it. but beau: if.il combina- tion by the whole of the team. Tin- proceeds of this match were set apart for the Leildit of the Infirmary. The gate was a fair one. but consider- ing the v: at generosity of the club and the worthi- ness of the cause there ought to have been a better attendance. The rumours wo have heard of si ne-v W-dsh and District League are not without round,it:o!i, and a Weetirig will shcrtiy be held, m Oswestry 1 believe, tosettle the matter. My readers, i atn sure, will heartily welcome the prospect of tomet lung better in the shape of League matches hail ho very poor affairs we have had this season. Through the kiad- ness of an old friend I am able to give my readers a few particulars as to the proposed League, it is ■aggested there shall be 10 centres, probably Wrexham, Chirk, Dvaids, Newtown, Brymbo, Oswestry, Rhostyllen, vVhitclurch. linos, West- minster Rovers, or Nantwich. If Aberystwyth could only secure train service and desire to enter, they would, I am sure, be heartily welcomed owing to their deserved popularity. The Management Committee is to consist of gentlemen not connected in any shape or form with either of the clubs so as to form a fair and impartial tribunal. Another capital suggestion is to try aud arrange fur an annual International League match between England, Ireland, and Scotland. This will brin all young Welsh players more promim-nrlv b-f-re the Welsh Council with a view to seiertiou fur the Internanonats. An attempt will be made to pro- Tide a cup or shield, and medals for the winning team. Here I may add that while they are abuut it tl e committee snould try to get medals for the second team, as in point of merit they will often be nearly equal to the first, probably being one point below, or they may be equal as to point* and onlv lose on goal averags. To receive no recognition for such work as this must be very discouraging. I B, like to surest to the committee the desir- abuity of appointing neutral linesmen. The ques- tion of expense will crop up here 1 know, but if people find they get good play for their money the gates Bwill put this right. The suggested rules seem all rJght but I am sadly afraid the talent in the proposed League will not be enough to cope with any probability of success with England and Scotland. However, there is no harm iu trying. Nantwich, in my opinion, should be struck off the list, and if Aberystwyth be considered too far, then Shrewsbury ought to be substituted if they can find room on their programme. The Aberystwyth players wound up a first rate season with a brilliant victory over the Welsh Cap hold rs. The Sangormen have played 33 matches and have only been beaten twice. Last Saturday they played Flint and were beaten by 5 to 2. Here there was a good reason for the defeat, as in order to fulfil their engagement with Aberystwyth five of the first team were unabie to play against Flint, and substitutes took their places. On Wedneday, owever, they had the full Cup team and the Cup, and were fairly and squarely beaten. The kick- o took place at 2-30 p.m., and his Worship, the ft.vor, with a vigorous kick, started the game amid loud cheers. For the first half hour the ™e,'va8 a very ^3t one and most evenly con- rn^ 6 ,8Teat brilliancy being sho wn by both sides, hml JlsItors early became dangerous, and Eoose all py! SalVe fe0Tlie verJ' u*?ly shots. He coped with with thf 0ne\when » dropping «hot bothered him Se 111 Tn ;mDg f,UU ia his fa^- From this tune the home team played with renewed energy and hrd quite two-thi-ds of t 1 -V ,gy' but the forwards were sadlv at faH" f P They often worked the b^Ii n'n to ,r°UDd charming manner, but then vore >J1.0St' owing to their poor rushing tactics Th eafn much dallying and hesitation in f--ontof* the Bongor backs and goalkeeper bad anv of time to clear. On manv occas^or^ a cJmou,Jc the boras forwards most have favour, as J. 1. J ones on the right and J. the lem sent in some beautiful centres which came to nothing. It was late on in the first half ere the l:omE. team scored, through the individual efforts of Moms. He received the ball in the centre of the ground, and passing the ball quickly with head and feet passed all opposition, and at the second attempt scored the finest goal I seen for sometime. Arridge nearly succeeded in saving, bur. be was only just able to stop it and Morris pouncing on the bal! again made no mistake The spectators had beeu particularly quiet up to this time, but real Aberystwyth cheers greeted this fine performance, in the second portion of the game the home team had much the best of it and ought to have scored four or five times. The exertion of thp flrst half seemed to tclion both teams, especially on 1 he visitors, and the game was not anything bke co fast. Shot after shot was sent in to the Bangor goal, but the backs and goalkeeper did not seem much troubled and were equal to all. At last J. F. Jones, who had played an excellent game all through, dashed away on the right, finish- ing up with a good pass to Morris, and this tricky customer dodged round the left back and scored the winner for his side amid such cheers as have rarely been heard, even at Aberystwyth. The Bangor men persevered to the end but could make no headway against the perfect defence of Aberys- twyth. For the winners t hey have played a capital game, aud these three broke up the combination of Bangor Oil several occasions—what they failed W. R. and Biily Davies, with the mighty lloose behind them.accomplished easily. Koose kicked and fished with tremendous power. One spectator remarked to me, i would ruther he hit th«t ball than my head." Once he hit it from goal right back over the centre line. J. F. Jones and Morris were the pick of the forwards, and too much can- not be said in praise of their ptay. The others did well but for some reason or other were not quite up to their usaal standard. The losers all played the determined dogged game which has carried them through so successfully this season. The play of the outside left v.as very good, and ho fre- quently beat the defence opposed to him. The outside right was also good, but the other forw?rds seemed a little too slow. The defence was admir- able, and for a long time everyone thought that they would succeed in keeping the Aberystwyth forwards at bay. Arridge had some teasers, but he proved himself a most capable custodian. A more pleasant game was never witnessed, and if all matches were fought out as this was, football would soon become more popular than even it is now. The decisions of Mi. 11. T. Gongh, referee, were given smartness and impaitality, and the game never lagg.id from beginning to end. The visitors received a hearty welcome. The Band played them on to tho- ground and back again, and at half-time again gave a choice selection of tunes. The gate was a record one, amounting to £25 7s 9d, and was a proper ending to a successful season. Mr. Hon. Secy. Edwards beamed most benignly with delight as he studied the figures. On Saturday a capital match took place on the Osweslrv ground between the Government and the Opposition. The leader of the House was Mr. H. W Sabine, while the opposition were sent to their duty bv Mr. S. Parry Jones. A well contested a-ame took place, and though the season has nearly Phh#>d the Conservatives went in on the flowing tide finally winning a grand game by 4 to 0. For 'winners F. Benbow at centre was a shining the regular Balfour of the the opposition were powerless against his fearft.1 aud fearless onslaughts. Another good iiitel, I ain informed took place on Thursday with the object of lilting the cluo out of debt. Great praise; is due ,It i,3 ([tic cause. hnre^sbury lown finished the season in gallant fashion on Saturday last. Tirey wanted two points ro lai-^e them out of the last four in the Birmingham '.LLI(i With a stil)rk, Iit-, t.ffort this was' done as they defeated Halesowen bv 2 to 1, and are now liith irorn toe bottom. They intend remaining in tiie League and with all this season's piay^rs available, their s'^ond season should be a successful oae. Since joining the League they have been treated with fh« greatest courtesy, their only regret being that they did not join sooner. 'C'n- ('bib will enter for tho Welsh »»d Birmingham Cups next season, but it is not till likely tfiat th(- will again enter for the Shropshire as a large number of supporters tli, the Club, have been .x-tt upon not onlv this .eason but on the previous one two. However this will be decidtd ufc the rtei- t,lie Town and Halesowen mafoh o»: Saturday a capital (")-"Cert up -i course. The Dragons were deleated by i.ho V< olves Reserve for the Walsall Cup oil Monday by t to U, and for the first time for many years they hold no cup B^ter luck next time. pc,,plc Liverpool and >.h- Throstles* find their place in the 1st League. Manchester City cut up very badly i.4 the test and another yea-V. delay will do them tod. Manchester is such a grand centre that thorp should be a team from this town in the 1st League. I should be glad to receive the records of the seasons in ail clubs in this district for publication in our issue of Saturday next. The order of the Firs; League up to and in- eluding Wednesday last is as follows :— Gnal" I'l'd Won Lost Dr'n Sc: Agst Ft3 Aston Villa 30 23 5 5 73 45 45 Derby County 30 17 6 7 63 35 41 Evertoii 30 16 7 7 66 43 39 30 16 9 5 49 37 37 Sunderland 30 15 3 7 52 41 37 toke 30 15 15 0 56 48 30 Blackburn Rovers. 30 12 13 5 40 50 29 Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 13 5 44 53 29 Preston Nurth End 30 11 13 6 44 43 28 pu™loy 30 10 13 7 43 44 27 .30 12 E; 3 50 54 27 Sheffield United 30 10 14 6 43 50 26 Notts Forest 30 li 16 3 42 57 20 Wol ,-erhamnton W's. 30 10 19 1 61 65 21 Smali Heath 30 8 18 4 39 79 20 West Bromwich AFn 30 6 17 7 30 59 19 SHROPSHIRE AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. Results up to and including Saturday last — f—Matches—» Goals P. W. L. D. For Agt. Pts Hereford 17 13 3 1 65 20 27 Wrockwardine Wood 17 11 2 4 44 17 26 Wellington Town 18 9 4 5 54 37 23 St. George's 17 9 4 4 50 22 22 Newtown 18 10 6 2 43 29 22 Iron-Bridge .17 6 6 5 43 40 17 Market Drayton 18 6 10 2 31 41 14 Newport Town 18 5 12 1 29 58 11 Whitchurch Town. 18 3 13 2 19 78 8 Oswestry United 18 3 15 0 30 71 6 SHROPSHIRE AND DISTRICT JUNIOR LEAGUE. Results up to and including Saturday laat :— —Matches—^ ',G'ls, P. W. L. D. For A'st Pts Iiuabon Albion 10 7 3 0 41 13 14 Ellesmere Rangers. 10 6 3 1 22 24 13 We shpool 10 4 4 2 33 28 10 Oswestry rc.(trve 9 3 3 3 25 20 9 Whitchurch Victoria 9 4 5 0 22 38 8 Whittington 10 1 7 2 14 22 4 WELSHPOOL JUNIOR LEAGUE. Results up to and including Saturday lat:- G-als. P. W. L. D. For A'st Pts Welshpool Albion 8 6 0 2 34 8 14 Severn Valley Rovers 7 3 1 3 16 10 9 Powysland 6 3 1 2 16 8 8 Leighton Swifts. 7 2 5 0 1 31 4 Gnilsfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEWTOWN AND DISTRICT JUNIOR LEAGUE. r. ( coals) r. W. L. D. For A'st. Pts Newtown Half H'ldy 10 7 2 1 21 8 15 Bettwl3. 10 5 2 3 22 12 13 Caersws 9 6 3 0 21 15 12 Cambrian N. End 8 3 5 0 22 17 6 Royal Welsh WTare'se 8 2 4 2 11 8 6 Kerry 7 0 7 0 4 31 0 CAERSWS V. CARO.- This matrh was played at Carno on Saturday, when the visitors won a one- sided game by 11 goals to none. In the first half a very hard and fast game was witnessed, the visitors only scoring once, but on changing ends they com- pletely ont-played tho homesters and scored 10 goals. The visitors wound their season up in grand ,o style during which they have played 16, won 10 lost 6, drawn 0, goals for 47, against 32. "GOVERNMENT" v. "OPPOSITION."—Two teams selected from the Conservative and Liberal Clubs of Oswestry played a grand football match on the Oswestry United Club Ground, Oakhurst Road, on Saturday last. The match was played for the benefit of the United Club, who have a deficit of £ 10 to face. There was a larse number of I spectators, the novel character of the teams attract- ing special attention. The "Government" team was selected by Mr H. W. Sabine, and was as follows :-Goai, S Powell backs. G Whitfield and A Grainger; half-backs, H W Sabine, T Price, ana J V Jones; riirht wing, J Price and J Edwards; left wing, E Watkin and II Goodrich centre, F Benbow. Mr S. Parry-Jones selected the Opposi- tion" team, as under:—Goal, R Jones; backs, w-o°neS aud D E Jonc3 5 half-backs, M Parry, W a 5;ms' ant* S Roberts; right wing, D Roberts an j Roberts left wing, N Jones and C Plimmer; centre, J Evans. Mr R. T. Gough acted as referee. ri^°U i-°Ufc t^le £ "ame wa9 of the most pleasant tinfi "1'v,jIOn' ^ot'1 sides playing well. The Opposi- dcfifio 'OTeVerwere weak in defence, and this 5 ^7 P1™! their downfall, the game ending ot the Government" by 4 goal.3 to0. ABERYSTWYTH v. BANGOR. WeSaTXrmioiT Gr°Und OD fine and there was a bio- cr^ I 7 beaut,fu% Mayor fCouncbbr T r.T t l° ;:rOUnd- The The teams were G*llilths) kicked the ball off. r ABERYSTWYTH. halib^krH!:SnS"'j\PpJ°neS,aml W" Davies forwards, J. F. Jones, J. Garner "t Owen aud J. C. Ilea. Morns, A. N BANGOR. WiSm.^Sicirfe H. ?onoest8TaBucW and S. Roberts; forwards, J. RoW, t Th Charley Jones R. Owen, and Walter Lewis Linesmen, Messrs Ramsey William8 and H shire. Referee, Mr Gough, Oswestry. Aberystwyth pressed at the outset and played well, Airiuge being called Upon to kick out of his goal. Bangor left wing got away from the drive off but the ball was dribbled behind. The play of the homesters was far superior to the strangers and their excellent passing gave the visitors' backs a lot of work. Roberts at right back was closely pressed, and Jones got in a soft shot which Arridge fumbled and the goal was cleared with difficulty. In this encounter Garnrr got a naity smack on the nose and for a little while was unable to take part in the game. Bangor were now pressing near the home goal and a corner fell to their lot. Smith in saving drove the bail behind and a second corner followed which the home backs cleared, the pres- sure being relieved by a huge kick from the goal by Roose. A foul against J. H. Edwards near the home goal out of which Roose saved a shot at the goal. Hands by a Bangor man let In the homesters and Ilea put in a neat centre of which Garner was robboa an the pass. A splendid pass by Morris to Jones gave the latter a. chance of scoring but ho was tripped in the mouth of goal. The homesters kept up the pressure and although playing with a hot sun beating down on their faces excelled their oppon- ents in passing. A rush upon the home goal as the outcome of a free kick called upon lloose to save and he subsequently cleared his lines by kicking out. Edwards at half-back has a tendency to dribble too much and consequently the ground of his forwards became crowded with the other men when tue ball was tipped to them. The runs bv the homesters were very creditable and Morris, Garner and Jones were particularly noticeable. Bangor with their usual luck scored the first goal under easy circumstances. S. Roberts sent in a soft shot which Roose attempted to kick out but missed and the ball stumped into the nei. The homesters returned the pressure but found their progress opposed by a crowd of Bangor men. The home half-backs were not sharp enough to support the forwards, and in this respect the home forwards suffered. There were few spells of rest in the game and a corner fell to the lot of Aberystwyth. The backs cleared the Bangor goal and with character- istic impetuosity the Bangor forwards were down the ground in a twinkling and Harry Smith managed to turn the rush in time. Morris and Garner got in a shot each, which ran outside the uprights and in the course of a minute, Roose had to save. The forwards by a brilliant bit of play got into shooting rarge, and from a pass by Garner, Jones sent in a low shot, which Rea by the merest chance missed ap he dashed up to the goal post. There was not an atom of combination in the Bangor play, a long- kick and a rush was the most remarkable feature of their play, and the neat passing of the home forwards without exception was all the clearer. A foul against the visitors let in the home I men, and Arridge hit the ball behind to save. A corner followed and this was followed by another, several shots from Morris and Garner being the outcome. llauds by Garner was followed by a rush upon the home goal, the ball being driven behind. Ilea was thrown whilst in tho act of ci n;reing, and Ilea was thrown whilst in the act of ci n;reing, and the play returned to mid-field, whence the ball was forced over the line. Jones received a pass and shot over the Bangor goal. Relying ou their long passing the Bangor men attacked the home goal, W. R. Jones relieving, and passing to Morris the last-ham- o r mming t lie whole length "f diP field, and held the ball with the exception of one short pass to A. Owen, and finally scored off a rebound from the foot of Arridge amid loud cheers. The goal was the finest scored on the ground for a long time, and the spectators were deservedly proud of the home centre. Half-time arrived with the score :— Aberystwyth 1 goal. Bangor 1 The first item of interest in the second half was a free kick following a foul by a Bangor man, and the s, -Itid item was a similar incident by an Aberystwyth man. The homesters started the game with a confidential air, which apparently was not to the liking of the visitors, and they re- doubled their spurts. Aberystwyth, however, were ùhe best so far, and a neat shot by Miles was headed into Arridge's hands by Garner. The free kick was not productive of much good to Bangor, and from a pass by Jones, Morris skimmed the front of the goal with a fast low shot. A run by Owen and Rea started another rush on the Bangor goal, and for some seconds the ball bobbed about in front of the goal on the heads of the homesters. The game now became tame. Bangor rarely crossed the half way line, and after a foul throw in A. Owen drove the ball against Arridge. who kicked hard to clear. A sharp run by Bangor forwards terminated with a shot by R. Owen, which Roose saved. This relief to Arridge was but temporary, for he was immedi- ately surrounded by the homesters, who plagued him with nasty shots, Owen driving the ball over. The play was ali in favour of the homesters, and the attack upon Bangor goal was only varied by occasional runs with long intervals by the Bangor outside men who were promptly brought up by the home backg. Arridge was often compelled to save his goal, and Bangor have need to congratulate themselves upon the possession of a good goal- keeper, their full-backs often missing their kicks. The second goal that fell to the lot of Aberystwyth was scored by Morris from a neat pass by Jones, who alone rtii the ball up and centred. Time was now drawing to a close, and Bangor goal was be- sieged, Garner heading over from a corner. A. Owen followed with a shot which saved, and in striking out a third shot he gave a corner. Full time was now called with the score Aberystwyth 2 goals. Bangor 1 SHROPSHIRE LEAGUE. NEWTOWN v. WHITCHURCH. This game took place on the Cunnings on Satur- day last before a fair number of spectators, the proceedings of the "gate" being given by the New- town Club in aid of the Infirmary. The teams were as follows. KEWTOWX. Goal, A Edwards; backs, Taylor and C Parrv; half-backs, Tucker, Bannister, and Teddy Davies; forwards, W E Pryee-Jones, Miller, Rees, Nock and Swettenham. WHITCHURCH. Goal, Lea; backs, Chidgar and Kenny; half- backs, Walker, Wharton, and Sherbrook; forwards, Clayton, Walker, Fletcher, Mulliner and Jones. Referee, Mr Mclllwraith. Whitchurch won the toss, and selected to play down the incline with a strong wind in their favour. Rees started, and by some nice low passing the ball was brought well up, but Rees made a 1 feeble try. Miller next gave to Nock, who, how- < ever, misled a splendid chance in front of goal, the ball going over. Pryce-Jones made an advantage- ous move and centred when a scrimmage resulted. This way got away, and a smart run by Nock and Rees was next witnessed, and the play was brought to the visitors' goal, and the latter banged into the net, scoring No 1 for the homesters. From the kick- off, Fletcher made a start down the field, and Sher- brook was conspicuous for some very rough work. A foul against Rees was given, but the homesters still continued to trouble Lea, and hands for New- town resulted. Taylor nicely placed this, but it was got away, and Kenny sent well down the field. Hands for Newtown near their opponents' goal was again given, and C. Parry gave to Taylor who shot just over. Whitchurch again got down with the wind, but Parry stopped Clayton, and Teddy Davies kicked out. The same player was conspicuous soon after for some nice p'ay and sent the ball well up, and a short scrimmage in goal resulted, but hands against Nock momentarily relieved. The ball was got down and Clayton banged across the month of goal, when he had a splendid chance. Miller and Pryce-Jones were ,31 entrusted with the ball from Bannister, and brought well up the field, but the former made a mess of a good chance. A corner was next forced by Whit- church, which, however, went behind, and two or three throws-in for Newtown resulted, play gradually getting near the visitors' goal. Tucker very neatly passed to Nock, who banged into goal, and Lea failed to clear, and the ball rolled into the net. The visitors made efforts to notch a point, and hands against Bannister was given, but the ball went behind. Taylor gave to Pryce-Jones, who sent in a beautiful centre, but Lea was equal to the final shot. A throw-in for Newtown was next given, and Taylor very cleverly robbed Mulliner. A fpjul for Newtown followed, but it was got away. From a nice pass from Tucker, Swettenham got possession but gave to Nock, who shot across goal, missing by only a few inches. Mid-field play followed, after which the homesters pressed severely, but although the whole string of forwards had shies they could not increase the score, and half-time was called with the score—Newtown, 2; W bitchurch, 0. The play in the second half was of a one-sided character, the visitors very rarely crossing the half-way line, so well were the home backing it down. It was, however, far on in the last moiety before Swettenham scored No.'3, after which BallI ister was not long in adding No. 4. Lea was at this time making some remarkably good saves, and Kenny was also kicking out very strongly and coolly. Nock had one or two good tries, one of which hit the crossbar and deserved to score. Bannister also had hard lines from the corner of the ground also. However try as they would the homesters could not increase their score, and the fe>ame ended—Newtown, 4; Whitchurch, 0.

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