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The Man About Town.
The Man About Town. To be or not to be-That is the Question. At least 2,000,000 cerebral organisations have been engaged in this knotty question and have turned their intellectual strength I towards Cardiff and the great International Match. The doubt has eclipsed the gaiety of nations. And even now as I write it is not clear this only is certain, that if it be not absolutely proved that those who take part in che match will dislocate every limb, break their crowns and dislodge their noses, the encounter will undoubtedly come off. How the poor ground, seized suddenly with a bad attack of lumbago, has been nursed, and coddled, and watched, and soothed, and medicated It has been ban- daged with straw, poulticed with fire, tor- mented with devils kind friends have sat at its bedside, feeling its pulse at every other moment, and whispering words of hope to one another. Even at night nurses have never left it, and every change in tem- perament, for better or for worse, has been observed with excitement, and announced with sorrow or delight. After all this doc- toring, the poor ground is but a crippled con- valescent, patched up foranhourortwo,able to make one supreme effort and then, perhaps, fall back in violent relapse And what then ? Why, the kind friends and tireless nurses, having got what they wanted, will abandon it to its fate like impious children who have nursed their dying father till he sign his will and then left him to his fate There is little fear that the game will take place. Bad indeed must be the condition of weather or the ground to daunt the modern football player. One of the tribe informed me this week-he was, I believe, a Cardiff man—that he had played in Calcutta in mid- June Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first dement runs the old adage and I warn my friend to look to it lest he sud- denly disappear No man was ever more unlucky than I. Last week, when there were no matches, I felt that the gift of tongues had descended on me, and I prophesied who would win. This week, when it seemed certain that Wales could not possibly meet England, I had the prophetic gift once more, and saw quite clearly that Wales would beat her great neighbour. The case was perfectly plain and rested on seven arguments of such force and cogency that there is not an Eng- lishman living who would not have read and been convinced. And what is the result ? Why, that each of these seven arguments has felt the fall of temperature, and has thawed. I left them all in a warm place, I suppose perhaps 500 devils got hold of them also, and made them disappear. At any rate, when I went to seek them this morn- ing I found they had melted all. away, and I have not a word to say. What a fine piece of reasoning, what admirable dialectic, what close argument, what a noble rhetorical display have not my readers lost, all because of this wretched thaw ? Now, after long study of the Prophets, I have discovered that the method usually adopted is a very sound one nay, it reaches infallibility. That method is, to use a term of which I have no personal ex- perience, to hedge." I will impart my knowledge to all who desire to attain fame as Prophets in the future. THE WHOLE ART OF PROPHECY. a. When A. is bound to beat B., say so. with the proviso that you add that B. is really very strong, so strong that many back it, and that only by certain minute advantages, known only to yourself, do you cieariy see her defeat. When the game is won by A., chuckle in capital letters. b. When A. is about equal to B., shake your head and point out that there are four reasons why A. should beat B.,and four reasons why B. should beat A. So that the chances are equal. When the game is won, quote the four reasons why the winner should have won and say nothing of the reason why he should have lost. Thus wilt thou have great repute amongst men and seem to have foretold what thou didst not. c. When it is impossible to know which is the stronger—as in the case of international matches -you must be most discreet. Thus, you must prove beyond doubt that England and Scotland are infinitely stronger than Wales, for instance, and that if Wales beat England, it will be a magnificent triumph; that it may be done, there is no saying but that if Wales be beaten, it is no disgrace, and only what should be. Thus, if Wales do win, you may rejoice, and say tha.t you had argued it would be great glory for her to win; but if she lose, why, then yon can equally point out that it was not in reason that she should win. Then hint at "moral victory." In accordance with these rules, which con- tain the whole art and practice of Football Prophecy, it is easy to be seen that my duty is clear. Let me at once, then, say that England is much stronger than Wales, has more clubs to draw from, and on form should prove victorious. But let me add that there is no knowing what the gallantry and pluck of Wales will do. If she lose, why, on fann she should lose if she win, why, it is due, not to form, but to resolution and heroism. There is only one truly great man in these days—the man who plays for his country or his town. What fame has Glad- stone or Salisbury in South Wales com- pared with the plucky half-back who slyly picks up the ball at a critical moment of the game and sneaks over the line ? Does the faint praise of public opinion ever equal the vociferous cheering from ten thousand throats, pouring forth voluminous eddies of blatant sound on the spot ? The football player gets his reward at once, like the famous actor. His deeds are crowned as soon as done he does not wait for the patient historian to pick up tenderly his disfigured body from the obloquies and mendacities of the past, and make it clean with the quiet industry of the critical washerwoman. It has often made me wonder how such men manage to keep from being prigs. Of course, all of them do not. Some of them walk with head erect and nose poised at an angle, as if they disdained their miserable fellows, blest perhaps with a brain as prolific, but having by no means sinews and muscles so wonderfully developed. The Prig in all professions is a contemptible creature and if he is more so in Football it is only be- cause his sphere is wider. The Literary and Artistic Prig can only air their vanity to their little circle of friends the Football Prig has a whole town for his platform. But let me hasten to say that the Football Prig is anly a small percentage of these great men. I have the good fortune, in a humble way, to come into the sphere of influence of the International, and I have always won- dered that he was so amiable and generous and sincere. It is impossible for him not to realise that he is a hero, and in his obvious attempts to conceal his greatness and walk with due humility, he just lets the secret peep round the corner. He walks with careful effort to be modest and familiar, and he will even be a little too chatty with all men, for it is impossible to observe by art the nice discrimination which is needed to walk without being too much on the one side or on the other side of the strict line. For all he can do, there seems to be an air of pre occupation around him his greatness hovers over him like a shadow. His remarks are steeped with recollections of tries and goals and punts into touch. To misquote a phrase of Emerson's, Cut his words and goals flow out." Such men I admire, and hereby with all formality drink their health and good fortune
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* THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. ENGLAND v. WALES. 6. To day's Contest at Card iff. SKETCHES OF THE TEAMS. -a,- OUR PREVIOUS GAMES WITH ENGLAND. [BY OLD STAGER. "] "Looked at from whatever poilb, it is im- possible," said the Field, of February 26th, 1881, to congratulate the Welsh Rugiy Union team on their first match with England, in]--g, indeed, it be on their pluck in coming so far with the prospect of an almost certain defea. It would be difficult to imagine a more eay victory than that gained by the English Fiffeen last Satur- day on Mr Richardson's Field, Blackheath." And then, the report goes ot to describe the game, and winds up by leting us know that" during the second moiety ( the contest the wearers of the Ruse gaind five goals and three tries, and consequently woiby eight goals to nothing." From this it will b gathered that the wearers of the Rose had 0ne pretty well in the first moiety." Leonarc Stokes, whose performance many of us old times remember on one memorable day up at Newprt, in this match kicked six goals R. Hunt, of Winchester, placing one and dropping another. Th try getters were Bnrton (4), Vass-ill (3), ad Budd, Hunt, Fernandes, Rowley, Taylor, ad Twynatn one each. And who on that day uheld the scarlet colours of Wales? H"re they are :-E. Peake (Chepstuw) and R. H. B. Simmers (Haverford- west, bicks E. J. Lewis (Llatiovery) and J. A. Bevan (Grosmont) three-quarts backs C. H. Newman (Newport) and L. vatkins (Handaff). half-back*; F. T. Purdon (Newprt), G. F. Harding (Newport), T. A. Re-s (Llandvery), B. E. Girl- ing (CarrHS). B. B. Mann (Cardiff), W. D. PinHips (Cardiff), R. D. G. Ti)),ams (Newport). G. Treharne (Pontypridd), ad G. Darbishire (Brtngor), forwards. It will be noticed that t's Welshmen played six men only behind the scrumiage, but a glance at the disposition of the Enf;\h fifteen shows me that even in those comiopatively early day of the game the "wearos of the Rose" relied hugely on being )Ie to carry the scrums," and so the: went one better just as they are doing to-ay, and played ten men forward and five behini But that I am not concerned with. To compaj the Rugby football of 1881 with the game as wnow know it, would be about as absurd as instutmg a comparison between the old Snider riftof the period and the up-to-date magazine death-ealer. Suffice it for the purposes of this artie to say that Wales's performance so far failed timpress the English- men that in the followg season they were denied—if they attepted to obtain -a match. Instead of pying England, they had to put up v, h the North of England. The game, pyed at Newport, saw a really strong and reprentative Welsh fifteen out—which the team thamet England at Black- heath certainly was not-tnd the result was that the North won by a go to a try only. This creditable performance is followed up by a wm over Ireland at Dublin 1 two goals and two tries to nothing, and having tus won their spurs the representatives of gaint little Wales" were allowed a season later tllgam take on England. The result was not qte so disastrous as that which attended the firaiieeting, but still we got a licking that was quitsufSeient. England won by two goals and four ries to nothing. This particular match wa:played at Swansea on December 15th, 1832 The following season England, always disced to hold Wales too cheaply, had to sit upmd came very near losing. On January 5th, 1834tp at Leeds, the score at the wind up read-ldland, 1 goal, 2 tries Wales, 1 goal. As th match really led Wales to 'unt in the series of be seriously taken intaccpunt in the series of annual international tulee, the names of the players will perhaps of interest. The teams were made up thnsly— ENGLAND.—H. B. Trram (Oxford University and Durham), back G. 1 Wade (Oxford University), C. E. Chapman (sotithoiicon jans and Cambridge University), and VY. Bolton (Blackheath), three- quarterbacks A. Rosrham (Oxford University) and H. T. Twyiipiii (Richmd). iialf-backs E. T. Gordon (Richmond), C. Gunll (Richmond), R. S. F Hender- son (Blaekh ath), Tathem (Oxford University), E. L. Strong (Oxfordniversity), H. G. Fuller (Cam- bridge University), C. B. Marriott (Cambridge Uni- versity), C. S. Wooldge (Hampshire County), and J. T. Hunt (Manehestefrorwards. AY ALES —C. P. I/is (Llandovery), back C. P. Allan (Beaumaris), B. Norton (Cardiff), and C. G. Taylor (Wrexham), tee-quarter bicki W. H. Gwynn (Svransea) and C. ] Newma.n. half-backs T. J. S. Ciapp (Newport), D. Phillips (Cardiff), J. S. Ci,,tp V, (Cardiff), EGould (Newport), H. S. Lyna (Newport), H. J. mpson (Cardiff), G. L. Morris (Swansea), F. Marppe (Llanelly), and F. G. Andrews (Swansea), forward For a record ofio-iv the Welshmen acquitted I themselves that q, let us turn back to the files of a Yorkshire per. The Welshmen," says the Tyke, certily deserved the highest credit for their gallantefence, and they undoubtedly showed a greatiprovement over their form of previous years. rheir forwards, although much lighter than thenglishmen, played splendidly in the packs, wrt Gould, Lyne, Margrave, and Clapp showe dribbling and tackling powers of 'eat merit. Gwynn was, perhaps, the It half-back on the field, passing in wonderfulstyle, and his companion, Newman, ren'ed a good account of himself, tackling extrely well. Taylor, Allan, and Norton all dtheir work well at three-quarters, Taylor puttirin some wonderful flying kicks, and Norton ming strong and tackling in the surest maune Allan's try was gained in very clever style, word of praise should also be given to the < back, Lewis, who played exceed- ingly well. )eed, the whole team did their duty to a maand, though beaten, they were not disgraced. The forefrg speaks for itself. Our men did well at day, and I readily reprint the remarkof the Yorkshire scribe and the names cue teams because I think it would be a sin and shame if amidst all our wranglmgs and discuss anent the members of latter-day players we re to lose sight of the boys of the old brigadehose names figure above, and many of whom Ipe to meet to-day. Certainly, we shall find she Park W. H. Gwynn, whose per- formance Sjpeds gained him subsequently the reputation finest half in the Umted Kingdom. My experise of Welsh football extends back to Gwynn's Ie, and I have no hesitation m saying that to 1 we owe much of what we know of half-backiy. He it was who first taught us the art o&ssing out and although afterwards his gamas improved upon and perfected by old BIJ Stadden, of Cardiff-to my mind the best f-back Wales has ever seen-tbat is to say, b'e he went to Yorkshire, and having feed three-quarters who don't know lat passing means, forgot all his oldning-yet remembering what I have witness! count the present secretary of the Welsh iion as the father of Welsh halves. Gwynnowed us the kind of game a half-back should,j'. H. J. Simpson, W. D. Phillips, and Fri Hancock tumbled to the idea, and- the outcomas the four three-quarter game. As I clearlyioved when writing the h-storv of the fcliff Club, the credit of initiating the r three quarter arrangement is due the first place to Simpson and Ptiilli' Hancock, coming after them, £ ave it a fair:al right through a season, with what resulte all wot of. He found the idea all in the roughtd skilled player and kpen tactician as he w;aw the notion was a good onn and worked it oufetill I fancy if Gwynn had not shown us whatialf may do when he gets the ball, Han- cockould never have drubbed it into his forwfe that heeling out to the halves instead of j push laboriously away in the scrimmages was the !e to stand on, and we might even noWv/itnessing week after week the steady old roubf tight scrimmages that used in my your days to make one fly for relief to an As-Ation ground. Ahis is a digression, for which please excuse meAfhen I once get loose on the four three- quir game, when I remember how at one time I Me only football scribe who dared defend it-ill, it is excusable if I run a bit off the track, Aivas saying, we shall of that old Welsh team thlAt England at Leeds see Mr Gwynn to-day wall likewise see Mr Phillips, looking hale and hy, wearing a nice little rosette in his b-n-hole, and looking the picture of inno. oi- the gay dog !-ancl if the charms Orlf permit Mr Simpson to stay tt home one it, we may count on him. Mr W. Norton, tbest and pluckiest of Cardiff three-quarters te old school, is sure to be present, and, I i, Mr Margrave. The last-named gentleman ssured of a hearty welcome if he should hap- to find his way into the Press-box—reserved Cardiff Pressmen-with a largish sample of the famous Scotch whisky turned out At his famous Llanelly still. I'm a bit of a Hie'landman mysel'. But, Great Scott! Here am I luring Mr Mar- grave on to bring on Scotch whisky. Great Scott and Scotch—whew I am not having any—unfor- tunately. What I have got to do just now is to not to give away good things to Mr Edward Fletcher, Junior, (and don't you forget to empha sise the Junior) but to hark back to January 3rd, 1885, and record the bitter fact that England, at Swansea, be atWales by one goal and four tries to one goal and one try. Far what happened that day permit me to fall back on that readable and most interesting volume on "The Rugby Union Game." edited by the Rev F. Marshal. "The game I am now quoting from that portion of the work written by Mr A. Budd," was the fastest that we ever recollect seeing in an International match, and adapted to a nicety to the pace of the English fifteen, who, with Stod- dart, Hawcridge, and Wade at three-quarter,and J. Payne and Rotherham at half, were irresistible as scorers. Wade never played so well in his life, and the Welshmen could make nothing of him. He ran and dodged just as he liked, and veteran Welshmen from that day's experience still hold the opinion that he is the finest three-quarter England ever sent against them. Forward the teams were evenly matched in the scrimmage, but in the open the Welshmen were out-paced and out classed. A. J. Gould and C. J. Taylor per- formed creditably for Wales, and Jordan sprinted hard for his two tries when he got up field." This, by the way. was Arthur Gould's first appearance in an International match. He played full back, his then position in the Newport team, and, as the comment on his play given above sets forth, did right well, youngster though he was. Another man who did well that day, and one of the best forwards Cardiff ever turned out, was L. C. Thomas, a Merthyr boy, who during his resi- dence in Cardiff, while studying at the Univer- sity College, sprang at a bound as it were into the very forefront of Welsh football men. A resolute scrummager, he was wonderfully fast in the open —indeed, he commenced by playing at three- quarters for the second team, if my memory serves me rightly—and, although Mr Budd omits to mention him, he was unquestionably the best forward on the field that day. The match of 1886, played on January 2nd, at Blackheath, saw England beat Wales by one goal and two tries to one goal. If ever England had a lucky win it was on that day. Their goal, placed by Stoddart from a mark at half-way, just pulled them through and saved them from defeat. Stoddart's kick, the place-kick that won the match for England, was a beauty. The bail was placed for him within a yard or two of the half- way flag, but there could be no mistaking where it landed. A grander kick I never saw. It was almost on the call of ",io-side "when Wales scored. Just about half-way Buller Stadden got the ball after a line-out—Stay, here is how I described the incident at the time From a line-out at half-way Gurdon started a dribble, but Stadden, taking the ball almost from between the Richmond man's feet, feinted, and, although hotly pursued, ran straight in, and succeeded in planting the ball behind the posts, amidst a torrent of cheer- ing." Taylor placed the goal, and thus we got near winning. In fact, but for the plucky mark at half-distance and Stoddart's phenomenal kick we would have won. Six Cardiff men figured in the Welsh team—it was Hancock's season so the proportion was not too large, and looking back at the" notes" on the game I unburthened myself of I find this :— "Stadden, whose inclusion in the team, it is interesting to remember, met with such strenuous opposition from a majority of the Match Com- mittee, was. curiously enough, the man to save his side from complete and utter defeat." Which, being interpreted, means that Stadden played as a reserve man, and as sometimes— more often than not—happens, put the Welsh Comu,itteel to shame. Three committee men were present at the match, and they were so pleased at the outcome that it was decided to give the four three-quarter game just then being practised with so much effect by Cardiff, a chance, and accordingly a week later Wales met Scotland with four three-quarters out at Cardiff and received a terrible drubbing. The ground, covered as it had been with salt and again with tan, was in a condition fearful and wonderful to behold, much less play upon, but the hardy Scots made little account of that, and, carrying the scrums, easily gave the wearers of the scarlet a fear- ful thrashing. A season afterwards Wales again faced the pick of England at Llanelly, the result being a draw. All the uncertainty that existed until yesterday's thaw set in over to-day's match attached to the- Llanelly fixture, the first international game played at the home of the Tinplaters. At the eleventh hour, so hard was the ground, that the goal posts had to be removed from the regular pitch to a softer part of the Stradey Field, and the match that en- sued when the ball was set rolling was none too interesting. Wales, it should be noted, played three three-quarters, deserting their own game in deference to the wishes, I believe, of Arthur Gould and the Newport Club, who, all erroneously, are being credited just now by English newspaper writers as the pioneers and pertectors of the four three-quarter game. How absurd such a claim put forth on behalf of Newport is all Welsh football men know. Newport was absolutely the last of Welsh clubs to adopt the game, and up to a comparatively recent date it had no stronger opponent than Arthur Gould himself. It is true Gould and the Newport Club have altered their views and scored largely by doing so but to credit them with being the champions and tutors of the game is simply flying in the face of facts. To get back once more. After 1887 the Inter- national Board was formed, and England, elect- ing to stand apart from the other unions, Wales had no opportunity ot meeting the Wearers of the Rose "until 1890 at Dewsbury, when, to our great and exceeding joy, the Englishmen were defeated-their first defeat at our hands- by a try to nothing. A sleet- ing snowstorm," says Mr Budd, which continued throughout the game, rendered the ground a veritable quagmire. Indeed, we never recollect seeing a football ground in such a con- dition. The English forwards, a very heavy lot, were quite unable to keep their feet, or show any- thing like approaching their true form. The Welsh try was cleverly gained by Stadden, who tricked the opposing half by bouncing the ball out of touch. The Welsh passing by the four three-quarters was very fine, considering the state of the ground. How at Newport, in 1891, England wiped out their defeat and beat us by two goals and a try to a goal (from a try by Pearson) is well known. Likewise are we unlikely to forget the col- lapse at Blackheath last year, when the score piled up against us was three goals and a try to nil. In that last match, though we had this consolation, our eight forwards beat the English nine, and bad the halves, Percy Phillips (Newport) and Rowles (Penarth), who played in the absence of the Brothers James, done their share, the result would have been different. "The score," as Mr Budd remarks, does not indicate the state of the game." Well, 1892 is gone for ever. In this year of our Lord, 1893, and on this very day, what Wales has got to do is to treat the Englishmen to an even better game than we gave them at Blackheath last year. Which side will win ? I should like to know beforehand —what do you think ?
THE WELSH TEAM.I
THE WELSH TEAM. I A, J. Gould, Newport. It has been claimed for Rawson Robertshaw that he 'vv..Titv- r! what is now generally accepted A. J. GOULD. as ttle correct cencre three quarter game. It may be asserted that the honour is almost equally shared by Arthur Gould (the captain of the WeNh team to-day), who a,bout the time that Robertshaw was gain- ing renown for the effectiveness of his system, showed at Richmond nearly all • he tactics which mark the modern game. Early in the eighties he had earned a dis- tinguished position among three-Quarters. and his play for Richmond did much I to enable that club to obtain a series of victories which it has not since repeated. Active, fast, a splendid tackier, and an excellent kick, Gould possesses all the physical qualities essential to good play, and as in addition he is blessed with an excpllent judg- ment and a thorough knowledge of the game, his success is not surprising. He is not altogether an aggressive player of the Stoddart type, who makes brilliant dodgy runs, but he plays a sound game, passing with unerring accuracy, and kicking into touch with the greatest ad van! age to his side. During his last season with Richmond he was supposed to be deteriorating, but this was prob- ably owing to the fact that the rest of the team were not able to profit hy the correct and unsel- fish game which he played. That this surmise is correct is proved by his brilliant display last, season with the invincible Newport team, and the grand exhibition he gave in the England v. Wales match last winter, when his play was the redeeming feature of the Welshmen's perform- ance. Gould was chosen to play for Wales in 1884, and he has annually gained his cap ever since, except in the season 1890 91. when he was abroad. His last match for Richmond in London was against the London Scottish in the early part of 1890, when he by the merest shade missed dropping a goal, which would have turned defeat into victory for his side. Last season he assisted the Richmond team against Bradford at Brad- ford, but, with this exception, he devoted his energies3 to help ng the Newport club to keep their unbeaten record throughout the season. Gould is a good all-round athlete, and has been success- ful on the running path and over hurdles. He took part in the Amateur Championship Hurdle Race this year, but when in a good position fell at the ninth hurdle. In July he won the Midland Championship at Aston in slow time, and at the Cardiff Harlequins' meeting, on the 3ist July, won the 120 Yards Hurdle with a penalty of 21 yards, in 18 3.5sec-a magnificent performance. W. J. Bancroft. W. J. Bancroft (Swansea), who figures to-day I as full back for Wales, is not new to International matches. He fi r, t gamed ins cap 111 JL890, and that through an accident. To meet Scotland the Welsh Union Committee hnd selected T. Erigiancl, of Newport, Bancroft being held in reserve. Unfortunately, Eng- land received a bad hurt, piaymg for his club ag-ainst Peoarth a few weelc,, before tlv match, and the SWaT! sea man being snm- moned fnun the re- serves took the coveted cap, and distinguished himself so well that he has ever since worn it. Bancroft is undoubt- W. J. BANCROFT. I edly a first-rate back, zid, wliat is rare among Welsh football players, is always seen to the best advantage in good company. He kicks with faultless precision is cool to a degree, travel s fast enough to play at three-quarters.—he has played there more than once for Swansea— but is given too much to play. ing to the gallery. He is, perhaps, a better offen- sive than defensive player, and this season has not exhibited his old-time form. Still, in a big ga.me he generally continues to rise to the occa- sion, and though many will hold that his New- port rival, England, ought to-day to have the honour of defending the home goal-line, Bancroft will have fallen off -adly indeed if he does not justify his selection. Norman Biggs (Cardiff). ( Wales's left wmg three-quarter is beyond a shadow of a doubt the finest wing man Wales ORIAN BIGGS. can boast of He hrst came into prominence I &" a w,n, E, of the Cardiff team of 1887-8, and in 1883 played for Wales against New Zealand (the Maoris) at Swansea. Although picked subsequently to play against Scot- land, he stood out, but figured wirh dis- tinction in 1889, and again last season. In this htter match he was out and away the most useful of the Welsh quartette, and but for him Ireland's win would have been more than a trifle bigger. He possesses great pace, and when once under weigh inquires plenty of stopping. His tackling is characterised by pluck and deter- mination, and tbe mm who can get by him must travel in a hurry. As was shown in the trial match at Pontypridd, he can kick well if on kicking bent, and, with the exception of Pearson, no other wing three-quarter in Wales finds the touch-line more accurately. A. F. Hill. I A. F. Hill (Cardiff), the burliest forward of the I lot is a man fit to play in any company. His great weight and strength rendpr him truly a formidable cus- tomer to tackle, and he possesses at the same time considerably more pace than a man of his weight would be cre. dited with. He is even an older International player than Hannen having first played for Wales against Scotland in 1885, England and and Scotland 1886, Ire- A. F. HILT" land and Scotland 1888, Scotland 1889 and Scot- hno and Ireland 1890. At the dose of the season 1889 90 he retired from active pursuit of the game, otherwise he would assuredly have figured in each and all of the International matches since Played.! This season, when things were g-omg had!y with Cardiff,he was induced to come out again, and the eEffct his reappearance in the ranks of the blue and black has exercised the recent achievements of the club show. Conway Rees. I Conway Reps (Llanelly and Oxford University), who plays to-day m the centre with Arthur CONWAY REES. Gould, has rapidly made for himself ja name in the football world. He first gained International honours last season, playmg for Wales against Scotland at Swansea, where be did so well as to win golden en. comiums from the critics. This season he has not been seen on a Welsh ground, but the good account he has rendered of himself at Oxford, playing for the Uni- versity, is well known. One of the shortest men-if not absolutely the shortest-in the team, j he possesses considerable muscular strength, and his performances on the sprinting track prove that he can cover the ground speedily. Whether he will play the four three-quarter game as it is now played in Wales remains to be seen. H. Day. H. Day (Newport) is a powerful forward and a hard-working one to boot, but is apt to playa bit wild and requires captain. ing, His pluck is beyond question, and his tackling deadly. H. DAY. I Mills. I Mills (Swansea) is far and away the best MILLS. scrimmagerin his club, and a man who should distinguish himself to. day. New to Inter- national honours—this being his first appear- ance for Wales, it may confidently be asserted that he will figure in the scarlet- clad ranks pretty regularly in th i future. He plays a hard and determined scrimmag- ing game, and in the open has few equals among Welsh forwards. T.C.Graham. I T. C. Graham, captain of the famous Newport team, figul eil against England and Scotland last year. He is a genuinely good forward, putting 1lI a full share of wurk in the scrums, and clever and fast in the open. Possessed of a thorough knowledge of the game and a sound general- witne^ the record of the Newpor Club under his leadership -he should immensely strengthen the pack, and seeing that the, majority of these are Newportonians T, C. GRAHAM, I the forwards will know where to look for a leader. f W. McCutcheon. I W. McCutcheon (Oldhatn and Swansea), the I right wing three-quarter, is a pJ¡¡y(r c"nc"rning I whose right to be in the team opinions differ. A Swansea boy by birth, he played for a. short time at the St. Helen's Field without displaying any forty- to get talkpfi about, and then betook himself to Oldham. Lan- cashire speak in the highest terms of his ability, and that he must have improved immensely since going North is proved by the fact that he has repeatedly repre- sented the county of his adoption and shnne con- spicuously. He piayed for Wales against England and Scotland last year. W. M'COTCTIEON. In the English match he failed to impress the crowd, but at Swansea against Scotland he was seen to more advantage. Tackling is said to be his strong point, and he is undeniably fast. I Parfitt. Parfifct (Newport) i a hntf of the real useful order. Phillips and he thoroughly understand PAHFITT. each other's play, and Usually contrive to make things hum when p'.a ing together in clnh nlatches. This will he Parfitt's first appearance in an inter- national game, but he is not thA sort of man to lose his hpao for that reason, and he may be safely counted on to justify his selection. He nas the advantage of playing behind forwards he knows—for the pack is virtually a Newport one —and with a confrere who has stood beside him through two seasons of unbroken success. A. W. Bouchier. A. W. Bouchier (Nt-w- port) is another forward who has fully established his claims to recognition. He, perhaps, does not do too much in the t ig-ht scrums, but once the b:iM g-ds air, he is nlwavs handy, and occupies a foremost position even among sucii a grand set of forwards as Newport possesses. He follows up with great dash, tackles irresistibly, and never loses a chance of benefit- ing his side. Llke his club in;ite, Wafts, he played in all hree of last year's International games. A. W. BOUCUIEB. J. Hannen. J. H AX NEK. J. Ilannen the veteran of the team, has been playing in In- ternational games almost since he commenced play- ing football. A genuine, hard-working forward, he is always observable where the fight is being most stoutly waged playing for for all he knows. Out in the open he can use his feet with effect, and his play all round is marked by a tric iness that is born only of experience. C. B. Nicholl. C. B. Nicholl (Llanelly and Cambridge U ni versity), first played for Wales against Ireland at Llanelly in 1891, and last year he figured prominently m the three International engage- ments. Daring the present season he has captained the Cambridge Un.versity team, a tact which of itself bears testimony to his ability. So far as physique goes, he is the bean idea! of a forward, combining height and reach with weight and strength. Need- less to state, he knows the game thoroughly, and, what is more, to the purpose plays it. C. B. NICHOLL. Wallase Watts. WALLACE WATTS. Wallace WatflS (Newport) figured ic all the international games of last season. He plays a fast gam;, in the loose, is clever with his feet, but scarcely does se much scrummage work as he might. Percy Phillips. Percy Pliillips (Newport gained his international cap last season, when he played against Engiand at Blackheath. Like most Welsh balves he is built on small lines, but is remark- ably quick and active, and exceedingly wiry withal. De Winton will probably find him a hard nut to crack. PERCY PHTLLirS
THE ENGLISH TEAM.
THE ENGLISH TEAM. A. E. Stoddart (Blackheath). Than A E. Stoddart (Blackheath). the veterat A. E. STODDART. Heat hen three-quttrter, who will captain the Englishmen to-day, fevt men are better known or could be more truly popular. He is an all. round athlete, splen- didly built-a famous cricketer, a prolific try-getter when In any- thing like form, and 3- model "general." All the world knows hiv phenomenal record for run-getting, and though now in his prime, hif recent performancet within the football arena, made his claim for In t ernational honours once more in' disputable. Born at South Shields about 30 years ago. he soon distinguished himself at St John's Wood School in outdoor sports of all description. On leaving school he became con* nected with the London Harlequins, his first visit to Cardiff in 1882 being with tha.t club. Soon afterwards he joined the celebrated Blackheath Club, and has done more for that organization than any other playing member. For years past he has been identified with Middlesex cricket and football, and has had the aimost unique honour of representing England both as e footballer and a cricketer. His favourite positiort and the one he will fill to-day, is left-wing thi-e(-. quarter. He, like all the crack English left-wing men, possesses great dodging powers, and a try secured by him against Cardiff at Blackheath a couple of weeics since was a veritable eye-opener. Not strong on the offence, but his tacklingand general defenceare not what they were. He now lacks the devil of his younger days. His first inclusion in an International Leam waaic 1885, in the matches with Wales and Ireland. In, the fol'owing year he pla,yed in the three matches. Then after resting four years he figured pro. tninently in the engagements with Wales in Ireland. Part of this interval was spent with the English team which visited Australia, where he gamed a high reputation for consistent scoring. Stoddart is nearly 5ft llVain in height and scales about list 91b. R. E. Lockwood. R. E. Lockwood, the Yorkshire pet wing t hree-quarter, is a. \eterap 1 -srnational player he having represented England against bofch Scotland and Ireland in 1887-91 and last year. He is a safe tackier and stopper of rushes, though the smallest man in the team picks up with unex- ampled neatness and rapidity, and rarely fails to get the bail into touch has a fair turn of speed, and dodg-es neatly, especially on slippery ground drops well with either foot, and follows up his kicks like lightening. He is only 5ft 4 in in height, and but 11 St. 31b in weight. R. E LOCKWOOI T. H. R. Alderson, For the slxth time T. H. R. A1 ier-ofi will to- day p!y ■ hree-quarter for England. In T. H. E. ALDERSON. the lat, local match with Wales he cap- tained the Englishmen! :\lld he ha,:¡ led the Rest "f England against the Ohampion County. At Cambridge he got his "Iue, and played in wo Inter 'Varsity t1õttches. Hf* then went to re-ide at Har. tlepool, and has been a regular playing mem- ber of the Rovers'team, and has captained hit 'ounty in all engage- ments of recent years, tie is 25 jears old, 5ffc. llin. in height, and weighs close upon 13 stone. He is far and away the best centre in England, and may be relied mxm to play the game under all circumst ances. He is occasionally somewhat slow to pass, and rather inclined to run his wing man too close to the touch line, btú is never rash, and backi up well; plucky in de- fence, and a good place-kick.