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THE NORTHERN UNION GAME NORTHERN UNIgN international. BRILLIANT VICTORY FOR WALES. .Northern Union teams representing Wales atld ^ft&land met at Ebbw Vale on Saturday, when ales gained a brilliant victory by six goals, nine nl>es (39 points) to England three eoals, fonr tries points) It was greatly to the liking of tbe crowd, the fast and brilliant game played by the fetors and the ideal weather conditions ail contri- r?y'ng to the success of the match from the Welsh J*>int of view But to the Saxons present the day ™as one for painful reflections. The thirteen tries *ere so well distributed that the match was brim- Lu of interesting and exciting incidents. In the l^st half England predominated, but even then ''TaJes opened the score, weak defence by the left Jp'ig presenting Williams with a simple try, which uoung could not improve. » t England soon recovered, and before the interval R'~s were scored by Smith and Jukes (2). Lomas na Leytham each placing one goal Wales' try due to a fine run by Llewellyn, who, wheD op- threw to Jenkins. The story of the second is one continued run of Welsh successes. In urii Williams, J. Thomas, B Jenkins, Llewellyn, y Jenkins, Williams and Llewellyn scored tries; ^onng dropped a goal, placing two from tries, and t,nomas helped to add to the points by improvine Wee tries. r Even when their aggregate reached thirty-one £ >'nts the valiant representatives of Wales perse- ei^K?u for Young's determined work enabled the KQth try to be made. A last despairing rally, ANRI T,v led by Ramsdale, and helped on by Ward Jukes, resulted in the Hunslet player nunting and Lomas being in attendance the Salford aptain had only to field the ball to record the He was equal to the effort. and also placed ne goaL reverse by eighteen points to thirty-nine can- tip satisfactorily explained, nor can the deba- attributed to the premature retirement of Jr» wll° ,t;t ttie aftfir half an hour's play. MPaf' t,le weakening of the scrummagers enabled shoiiM to moi-fc frr-quently obtain possession, but it «uid he renumbered that behind the forwards nve backs whose abilities in attack and de- have brought them selection for the Colonial R (B tries in the second half is, I imagine, a for "'h'ch will stand for Northern Union Wales «sVe time, and. what is more to the point, dp-Bcf Snccess was thoroughly worked for and justly fcasvVec*' wonderful aecuracy of the Welsh ofai?8 *'he thorough anderstanding of the methods Ulav and the admirable support given to the th» w'th the ball continuously kept Wales on en,. attack, and the most desperate of defenders thp not on Saturday have successfully stemmed e advancine tide. #i"tost credit for the brilliant victory must be fi}*cn to tbe two half-backs. Itees Rees, the Mer- half-back, made a perfect partner to Thomas. }he k forwards obtained the upper hand and commented to come to the waitine hands, tioiv wd it away in a flash. There was no hesita- lilJg attempt at time wasting or useless jug- Thorn, lie bad confidence in his partner, and John ■4 (jj 38 waS happy Wigan's half-back was seen *>r sl best. He took tho passes .high or low, slow r,airablrl), and always made progress. He was ad- »ith supported by centres who in turn handled eJlyn dazzling precision, and Williams and Llew- skJi] bad ample opportunities of showing their the han hen wflen by chance English energy sent three beyond these nippy half-backs and finished ^'Quarter backs, Young was there, 11 the as thoroughly tested in the first half with aii(j ^'nd assisting the attack, but he persevered, •ttent n turn came after the interval his judg- 'onini 'i1 Pacing the ball and his brilliant fielding fc«rp ii tho story. They were a happy famil.v 1**nt Welsh backs. Every man was intelli- tcorJnuall that he did, and the nine tries were all k -T? by the backs, a fitting reward to as brilliant wmbination as one could desire to see. A task w°r<1 of wraise is due to the forwards. Their v0*i_ J'as lighter than they expected, and they at tim a Even burly Shugars ran the s 'ike a back, and the whole six throughout Same were desperately in earnest. A* hoi,? England. They were (greeted with musical but the inspiration would not come. Even wind tkey failed to extract tbe full mea- W lrom the favourable conditions, and much aim- first /°ng kicking was indulged in during .the iofp.j e"ty minutes. Then their passing was ttfuch thro'^ to that of the Welshmen, and knocks on and | Vj}k ST forward were far too frequent for men Wnf ntemational 6tatus. In combined move- taclcc v wer? as a third-rate team to the Welsh and the second half in no way exaggerates Celtic superiority. 8h his ^r'°.ck improved as the game progressed, and *as bi{i°ns. considering the extreme pressure, Ja""iy creditable. Lomas and Riley also work- tei,i''a,rd> but the wingmen—even before Batten's jJon.r^ent did not possess the finish of their op- ilL White and Smith were not an ideal pair "le i opposition, although with the exception of if °.veniei!t, when the Oldham man min'ht with breai. ,1ave passed in preference to attempting to feat, through, there were few sins of omission, a Hr-ere was a something lacking in attack and clevp °f understanding in defence of which the t*en[ Welshmen' took full advantage, and for 8eu»'y' winutes in the second half England's repre- 'ves were woefully weak in all that they did.' Sn the *'>th the forwards. They appeared to give np the trn»gle when their numbers were reduced, and .^Position six appeared to possess all the arts "erp acconipJished hooker. Occasionally there '"dividual flashes of brilliance, but tho dash JHjjjSl^ring of typical English scrummages were T # >Ori- teams were as follow —E.ngland r J. Shar- '^igan); J. Ix-ylham (Wigan), J. Lomas J- Riley (Halifax), W. Batten (Huns- A?. Smith (Hunslet), T. white (Oldham), A. E. II«m\ (Oldham), F. Webster (Leeds). W. Ward let\ B- Ramsdale (W'igan), W. Jukes (Huns- Boylen (Hull). Wales. F Young (Leeds); fe. Tw'Uiams (Halifax), C. Jenkins (Ebbw Vale), J. lij^nkiris (Wigan), L. Llewellyn (Ebbw Vale); flick "omas (Wigan), R. Rees (Mertliyr), G. Rud- fint,f„(?roughton Rangers), F. A. Shugars (War- WhI D- Lewis (Mertliyr), I). Galloway (Tre- '^aie^ D- Davies (Merthyr), J. Foley (Ebbw '^feree, j H. Smith (Widnes).

^•rthyr Amateur Rugby Notet. Thursdays and Glyn N«atb met at 1 Ove*a5'car last Thursday. The visitors soon pot torR w'ith a try, H. Jones equalising. The vui- goiner strong, adding another try and a hit?^ goal Tsefore the interval. In the second Josh 'er,hyr pressed throughout, scoring a try by tint' Strong defence by Glyn Neath kept Merthyr several times. Final score, Glyn liesth, 10 k; Merthyr 6 points. As reported in last ,s„ notes Neatb are bringing np a strong team Thursday. The homesters may get the assist- i, .of a few prominent players, and a good game e*Pected.

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THE ASSOCIATION GAME. 'A GREAT GAME AT PENYDARREN PARK IN WHICH MERTHYR EASILY DISPOSE OF THE BRISTOL ROVERS. fBy "Half-Back. Ideal weather prevailed on Saturday, when Mer- thyr entertained Bristol Rovers Reserves in a Western League match before a large gate. Both teams were at full strength. and served up a pretty game of scientific football for the interested spectators Winning the toss, Merthyr gained the advantage of the wind and sun. but the Rovers at once became aggressive. Their visit, however, was quickly cut short, the homesters retaliating in bril. liant fashion. Savage and Capel worked down, the latter getting in a nice centre, which D. W. Davies netted, giving Merthyr the lead two minutes from the start. The visitors by pretty combination got close into the home goal. where Welton saved at the expense of a corner, which the visitors failed to improve upon. Play was fast, the ground being in perfect condition, each end being visited in turn, but the defence was equal to all demands made on it. Mer- thyr again went away, Fisher shooting just wide of the post. The homesters were having most of the play, and each attack on their rivals' goal was dangerous. A prolonged attack by the homesters found the Bristolians plenty to do. ChurchilJ put- ting in a tremendous shot; which Demery cleverly saved. The visitors' left win broke away, and forc- ed a corner, which Lewis fisted out. and the Mer- thyrians were again on tho move, Taylor crossing the ball over to Savage, who should easily have scored, but he waited too long, and was robbed of an easy chance. < » D. W. Davies was next prominent with a hard drive that brought Demery to his knees, but he was not to be beaten. The Rovers took up the running, exciting play taking place in the home goalmouth, KeJly eventually relieving. The combination of the home forwards was excellent, and the half- backs supported them well. The persistent attacks of the homesters caused an anxious time for the Bristol men, who, on several occasions, had to give orners to save their lino, one of which Taylor drop- ped well into goal. Fisher missing: by inches with a great shot, bo far, the home side had been the better team, their shooting being more accurate than their rivals, who were weak in front of goal. Nothing more was scored, and half-time found Merthyr leading by a goal to niL On the resumption ef play Merthyr went off at a great pace. Tne Rovers were hard pressed, and gave a corner, from which Llewellyn came near low- ering the Bristol colours. The Rovers' mid-field play was pretty, but they were not effective at close quarters. Bedford ar j Walton easily disposing of their attempts. Tho homesters settled down to a nice movement, and were soon at the Rovers' end where an exciting struggle took place, Savage, Caple, and Taylor all getting in some perfect shots, but found Demery all there. Still pressing. the homesters kept their rivals on the go pretty play giving Savage an opening, which he took ad. vantage of, and scored the second goal for Mer- thyr. The Rovers after this livened up consider- ably, their headwork being a feature of the play, but they were never dangerous near goal. Lewis easily cleared their best attempts. There was plenty left in the Rovers yet, and they fought hard to reduce the lead, but could make no im- pression on the home defence. Capel got posses- sion on the centre line, and easily beat the oppos- in halves and backs, but his final effort was w»(Je. Fisher and Taylor executed a pretty run, which looked bad for the visitors, but they man- aged to avert disaster, and tbe whistle sounded time with tbe score standing, Merthyr two goals. Bristol Rovers nil. This was one of the best displays of football seen at the Park, and the spectators thoroughly appre- ciated the exhibition, with a good team against them, the Merthyr men invariably give a good ac- count of themselves, and Saturday was no excep- tion. The game was keenly contested all through, them, the Merthyr men invariably give a good ac- count of themselves, and Saturday was no excep- tion. The game was keenly contested aU through, each team being in need of a few League points if I they are to make a good show at the end of the season. The homesters were the better team, al- ways putting more sting into their attacks, and • shooting well. The weak point of the Rovers was 1 when near aroal, but the clever defence of Bedford I and Walton and the close attention of Kelly and j company gave them few chances of showing their abilities. j SOUTH WALES SENIOR CUP FINAL. ] TON WIN THE CUP FOR THE THIRD TIME, j The final for the South Wales Senior Cup between j Ton Pentre (holders) and Treharris, at Penydarren Park, pn Monday, attracted a big crowd, fully 8,000 people being present. Both teams had pre- viously won the trophy twice, and a close and ex- citing game for the custody of it for the ensuing twelve months was anticipated, the supportelf of j botb sides being confident of the abilities of their respective fhvourites to accomplish the feat. Both teams on entering the arena were given a hearty I reception. j Treharris at once carried play into the Ton half, • where some smart play took place, but danger was averted by Russell, Ton next taking » turn at at- tacking. The defence was sound, however, and after some midfield play "Tagg" Williams passed to the j left wing. Hawkins and Jones working their way t down, the former player missing by inches with a j fine drive. Keeping op the pressure Treharris got well within range, a centre by Barlow causing the Rbondda defence some trouble, off-side eventually relieving. Bradshaw and Reed went off at a nice gallop, Smart and Timmins being busHy engaged in repelling shots. "Tagg" Williams finally clear- ed, and play was transferred to the Ton quarters, j Wallace Jones putting in a daisy-cutter that looked j promising, but Percival saved smartly. Play con- tinued fast, the backs indulging in long kicking, which carried play from end to end, but so far neither side had shown good form, the forwards be- in very ragged. Parry ran through the Treharris defence, and tried a long shot. but Bailiff was not to be beaten with that sort. Ton had slightly the best of exchanges during the first half, but were unable to beat the stout defence of the Treharris boys, half-time arriving without any score. Sensational play opened the second half, Fife get- ting away from the centre, and beating the Trehar- ris defence in clever style. Tho backs, however, stuck well to him, and Timmins put the ball to- wards goal for Bailiff to clear, but his pass was too hard, and after striking the post, the ball glanced into the net giving Ton Pentre the lead within a niinute of the restart. This unexpected reverse did not have an adverse effect on Treharris, who set to work to wipe out the score, but the forwards never shaped like equalising, the vigor- ous defence of the Ton backs disorganising any at- tempt at combination. They kept pegging away, however, and a foul against Curtis resulted in a lively bout near the Ton goal, which produced a fruitless corner. Each goalkeeper was called on to save but the shooting of the forwards generally was disappointing; Abley and Jones, for Trehar- ris, and Fyf. and Curtis, on the Ton side, doing the tot. # The defence on botb sides was brilliant, and easily dealt jvith the scraggy play of the forwards. With a goal in hand the Rhondda men defended stoutly, kicking well into touch when danger approached. Sterling play by Hugh Williams sent the Ton for- wards away, when Fyfe was tripped near the penalty line, the free kick being wildly put over the bar by Russell. Fyfe was injured, and had to retire, but was able to resume later. Treharris failed to make headway against the bustling tactics of the Reds. A corner to either side proved of no advantage, and Treharris played up rather better, gaining another corner, but Tagg Williams fin- ished the raid by shooting wide. Ton were again on the war path, but were unable to increase their score, and when time was called they led by a goal to nil, and retained the cup for the third year in succession. The cup was presented to the winners on the ground by the Mayoress of Merthyr (Mrs. Frank T. James), at the close of the m^tch. « Ton were decidedly lucky to have the winning goal scored for them, as their forwards, like those of the opposing side, never looked like doing the trick. The backs on both sides were very clever, and the halves worked well. The goalkeepers had little to do. and Bailiff was not to blame for the solitary shot that passed him: Aberdare and District Notes. I fBy "Wanderer. Aberdare visited Barry on Saturday, to meet the seasidcrs in a Western League match. It was a game of varying fortunes, and during the first naif it seemed as if the 'Darians were going to give Barry a trouncing, but as the game went on the Barryites improved, and although the result was a draw, if the number of shots peppered in by Barry during the second half were any criteri- on Barry should have won. The match was look- ed forward to with preat interest, especially in view of the fact that. Barry has been going strong lately. For Aberdare, Thomas, the left half, played a fine game and Levi and T. D. Jones were noticeable in the u ards. Ted Vizard was un- doubtedly the be-t forward on the field on Satur- day, and worked magnificently. White being also good. The final score was two goals each. The Aberaman mid-weekers entertained Mountain Ash in a League match at Michael's Field, on Thursday afternoon. In the previous contest the Mountaineers were beaten on their own ground, so that the homesters felt pretty safe. Directly after the kick-off the homesters got away, and pressed. From a splendid manoeuvre in front of Mountain Ash goal, Penry Williams got posses- sion. and scored. Having thus opened the account, the Aberamanites continued making entries into their opponents' citadel, and left the Mountain- eers in a minority of three goals at half-time. The scorer of the second and third goal was C. Silver- thorn. In the second moiety the Aberamanites continued to hold the upper hand, though the visi- tors were handicapped by playing ten men throughout the game. J. H. Jones, the home cap. tain, got through a long shot, which easily pene- trated the Mount defence. Arthur Jones was the next to get his name enrolled on the score sheet, while the final goal for \beraman was scored from a penalty taken by C. Silverthorn. One pretty piece of combination by the Mountain Ash for- wards resulted in a splendid goal being scored. The final result thils was, Aberaman six goals, Mountain Ash one goal. # At Trehafod. on Thursday night, a meeting of the Trehafod Charity Cup Committee was held. The Aberaman Wanderers (who were represented by Messrs. Jack Finn and C. SUverthorn) lodged a protest against the Cwmbacb Crescents for play- ing an unregistered man in th? fourth round of the contest at Aberdare After botb sides had been heard, the committee upheld the protest, and awarded the match to the Wanderers. The latter will therefore, enter the semi-final stage in the contest. and their opponents will be Tonyrefail. The match is to be played on neutral ground, probably at Pontypridd. The leaders of the Glamorgan Ueague. the Aberaman Wsp^rers. journeyed to Pentrebacli on Saturday, and continued their unbroken record of wins. There waz not much to choose betwrsn the teams in the first half, the score at the inter- val beincr one goal e%ch. In the second half tho Aberamanites romped in with no fewer than five goals. The sclera were: W. Wood (2), C. Silver- thorn, who soorevi goal in each half. Charlie Williams, and the Font re bach full-back put through his own irmi. < Aberaman Windsors and Cwmbach Crescents m under the ausi^ecs of the Glamorgan Leagce zi Michael's Fieid. 1.1 the first boJf ihP bomz&tv?-. had th? a/va.r>.tage of the wind, and their long kicking nonplrssed the short oassinc methods of tiir Cwmbachites. The latter, however, frequently had narrow escapes in front of goal, but Charlie Rees proved himself an ubiq^iion? custodian. While on the run Morgan Morgan, Clii Windsors' left wing, put in a flying shot, which found the net. This was the only poinl; registered up to half-time. The second moiety proved more interesting than the first. From a splendid passing movement the Cwm- bach left wing scored a capital goal, and the game ended a draw of one goal. Three matches -rrere played at Llwydcoed, under the auspices of ibf Aberdare League Medal Com- petition. the results being as follows Llwydcoed, 1; Trecynon United, nil; scorer, Dan Davies. Aberdare Excelsiors. Cwmbach Thistles, nil; scorers. Lavender, Phillips and Evans. Dowlais Juniors, 2; Mountain Ash Territorials, 1; scorers. Morgans and Jaiccs for Dowlais. and Williams] for the Terriers. Matches player' at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday morning ander the auspice? of the Abcr- dare Scboolbrvp l'a^'je resulted as. followsI Aberaman, 5; A rr-an. 0, scorers. Hanley (4) and Evans (1). Cwmbac.'i National, 2: Cwmbach Coun- cil. 2; scorers, Gordon (2) for National, and Wi!- liams and James !or the Council. Town National. 7; Capcoch, 0; scorern. Whale (2). Birchill. A- I Price, J. Price, SchoSn. and A. Phillips. Olamorga^iv;^ Association League Motes JR? "the New Boy."J Although but two short weeks yet remain for actual play the season just drawing to a close is dying very hard. Indeed, the interest manifested just now in the various clubs' doings is phenome- nal for the fag-end of the season. In the Wes- tern League Ten Pentre improved their position I by securing a splendid two goals' victory over I Paulton on the latter's own sward. Merthyr Town also added another good win to their credit by j trouncing Bristo! Rovers at home. "Sweet 'Ber- dar" visited Barry and succeeded after a stirring game in dividing the goals and the points. Tre- j harris, the "regent leaders, ent-ertained Bath City, j Barlow and Timmins making a welcome re-appear- ance. Frew (lie outset Treharris took command off the proceedings, Hawkins making one of his char- acteristic runs, and centreing with the acme of f judgment for Ably to score. Despite this reverse j Bath retaliated, and their forwards, converging j on the home citadel, nearly equalised. Turning de- fence into attack, the home forwards went away beautifully, and Wallace Jones set tbe seal on a j well-executed movement. From the centre kick tlie home quartette again boded danger, and < Stenner, the visiting custodian, saved in miracu- i lous fashion. Near tho interval, Barlow scored one of his oid-time goals. I one of his oid-time goals. I I In the Glamorgan League chief interest was centred in the meeting of Mardy and Cwmpark. I at the latter place, as a victory for thfi Parkites gave them a splendid opportunity of securing thtt runners up position. Cwmpark completely out- played tbeir. Rhondda-Facb rivals to tho tune of five clear coals. played tbeir. Rhondda-Facb rivals to the tune of five clear coals. In the Secor.J Division the meeting of Troedy- rhiw, last season's League champions, and Pont lottyn eclipsed everything, as a victory for the visitors would have enabled them to make a bold t bid for the championship. Ponty fielded short of Huxtable, their crack forward. Carey filled the gap. Even play marked the opening- movements, but eventually the visitors put in a dangerous at- < tack, which resulted in Carey breaking through, i and giving Maggs no chance to save his final 1 shot. This unexpected turn of events quite sur- j prised Troedyrhiw, who, however, soon pulled themselves together, and shots from Lloyd and j Hearsey nearly equalised the scores. After resum- ing, Troedyrhiw set up a series of warm attacks i on the visitors' citadel, and on a few occasions 1, experienced very hard lines, but time arrived with } Pontlottyn undoubtedly fortunate victors. On the run of the game a division of the points would j have been a fair reflex of how-matters went. Pont- lottyn Droved themselves truly great in defence more especially during the second half, when shot after shot was poured in. Owen, in goal, for a veteran, accomplished a number of good things. I Jim Thomas and Owen Williams, at back, defended in splendid style, while the intermediate trio, Jim i Shields, Hawkins, and Gamage could hardly be Flrproed upon Forward, Stone and Careywere best, For Troedyrhiw, Jeo Williams, at centre-half, was i ihe outstanding player. Weaver was ably support- ed him. Forward, Lloyd and Hearsey were in a class by themselves. j Nelson visited Aberdare to meet the 'Darian Re. i nerves, and succeeded in lowering their colours In- the odd goal in three. Mr. Owen, Grey. D. T. Williams and Jenkins played well for Nelson. ) In the Third Division Aberaman Wanderers, who | have yet to taste defeat, visited Pentrebacb, the latter proving no match for the sprightly Wan- derers. I Brithdir Reserves met Troedrhiwfuwch at home.. The visitors from the outset proved the superior i side, and had secured a substantial lead at the in- i terval. Unfortunately, soon after resuming, the only available ball burst, and as no other spheroid was to be obtained, the game abruptly ended. i Troedrhiwfuwcb being then three goals ahead.— < Gilfach Reserves met Pengam at home in their re- turn engagement. Winning the toss gave the homesters an immense advantage, and after ten minutes' play Lewis gave them the lead. Soon af- terwards, a penalty was also awarded them, and D. Harris easily converted. Boxley added another. Near the interval, Neale added a fourth goal. The second half was of a ding-dong character, but de- Near the interval, Neale added a fourth goal. The second half was of a ding-dong character, but de- spite the persistent attack of the visitors, Gilfach I prevented them scoring. — In the extra section Nelson Reserves visited Heolgerrig- and secured a comfortable victory by three clear goals.—Aber- cynon secured another victory at the expense of i Abercanaid United, at home, by three goals to one. ) -Merthyr Vale met Afiferfan in the replay at home and wem returned winners by two clear goals, which sends them up to the head of the table. G. Edwards, full-back, Kitto, half, and Jenkins and Collins, forward, were the shining lights for tbe winners. ) Rhymney Crescents met Phillipstown in the 1 Fourth Division and experienced no difficulty in winning by three goals to one. Lloyd scored for Phillipstown, and Charlie Phillips (2). and Jones for Rhymney. G. Lloyd (Goal), D. G. Davies (back), T. Price and Samuel (half), and Sam Price (forward) were very conspicuous for the visitors, while for Rhymney, Morgan (goal). M. Morgan and D. Jones (back), Best and Phillips (halves) were al- ways to the frojji. Fsrward, every player did splendidly. I I A match between North and South teams selected from the fourth division of the above League war played at Brithdir on Tuesday evening. The game proved to be one of the prettiest and best contested seen on the field this season. The North were de- cidedly the heavier team. but the South made up in cleverness what they lacked in weight. Playing with the wind the North attacked, and Phillips notched his side's first score. The smaller South i forwards then attacked by Foster and Ridge, and '1 a cross from the latter enabled Holt to equalise. Pine combination by the left winsr, aided by Jarvis, saw Sam Price score a rattling goal. The North just before half-time again attacked, and al- though Davies cleared once, Griffiths (Rhymney) I made the scores equal again. Upon resuming the I i

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South, aided by lht wind, were soon attacking, and Sam Price headed a beauty from the goalkeep- er's clearance, and this was quickly followed by a fourth from Foster from 20 yards out. Before the conclusion the North score was raised to three, goals by Price and the South score to five by a rattling good shot from Holt. Foster, Ridge, and Jarvis displayed much skill, as also did Daniels, the diminutive centre half for the South, while for the North, Griffiths, Horace Phillin,, and C. Phillips showed promising form. Rhymney Valley Rugby league Notes. CBy "the Old V/ig."] Rhymney visited Pontlottyn .'()r.ú too confident of the result last Saturday, and is matters turned out their prognostications proved correct. At the same time had the winners played a clean, bright and sparkling game instead of indulging in the somewhat questionable tactics which generally pre- vailed, it is extremely doubtful if the verdict would have been in their favour. The attendance surpass- ed all previous records for a football game at Pont- lottyn. Both clubs lacked the services of one erood man each, Lewis Davies for Rhymney. and Lewis Thomas for Pontlottyn. The homesters started off in determined fashion, and the visiting backs were soon called upon. After a series of set scrummages, Lewis Lewis, the visiting half, was penalised for off-side tactics, and Sam Jones kicked a good goal. Inspired by this early success, Ponty made several creditable movements, but nothing tangible result- ed. Rhymney. despite their early reverse, were by no means a beaten side, and on several occasions tried to open up the game to advantage. Unfor- tunately, their chances were often nullified owing to the home backs being allowed to stand so close up to the base of the scrnm. Another try soon re- sulted for Ponty, Rob Jones crossing after a good effort. The second half, although keenly contested, proved quite barren of scoring. The visitors terri- torially were undoubtedly superior during this stage, but they received a ternble mauling during the second half, and Sam Vincent Jones was car- ried away unconscious, while Ike Howells, J Hen- nessey, Cross, and Parry also suffered considerably. As migrht be supposed, the exhibition from a spec- tators point of view did not thrill. The game throughout was too scrappy, while there was too much feeling introduced into the play by certain players to enable a good exhibition of the code to be witnessed. For Ponty, Tom Davies. at full-back, defended gallantly. Rob Jones and Sam of that ilk did well at three-quarter Forward, Mark Phil- rc lips, Clifford and Llewellyn were most in evidence. For Rhymney, 11 Benjamin. Parry, and Beddoe were most conspicuous among the rear division. Forward, S. V. Jones, Hennessey, Jenks, and Cross worked hard to stem defeat. Aberbargoed and Machen met at the former Aberbargoed and Machen met at the former place. Eddie Walters was early conspicuous with a fine run, but he failed to break through. The visiting forwards next effected several good rashes. Aberbargoed were awarded two penalties, but both j .ii.tempts failed. After resuming, keen exchanges were again witnessed, Jack being as good as his J master, but a hard game resulted in a pointless i draw- ¡ Monmouthshire Association Notes. [By "the New Boy:'j J Consequent upon the good fight which Crumlin j vBi up against Blaina at the Viaduct town, much nierest was evinced in the return engagement at liiaina last Saturday. The visitors, with the ele- plants in their favour, opened strongly, and some i ioose play by the home backs soon enabled Turner to score. This reverse steadied Blaina considerably, who afterwards gave an improved display, and ere long the equaliser arrived. Following, Crumlin again came into prominence, and Noble only clear-1 ed in the nick of time. Blaina again retaliated, ed in the nick of time. Blaina again retaliated, and Grey nearly scored. After changing ends Blaina soon monopolised the attack Williams early gave them the lead, Collier adding a further point di- rectly afterwards. Continuing to attack, Blaina appeared to be all over the visitors, but Reddiford (their custodian) cleared in splendid fashion time after time. Stone next made a nice opening, which culminated in Noble adding a fourth goal. The score fully represents Blaina's superiority'. NORTHERN UNION LEAGUE TABLE- NORTHERN UNION LEAGUE TABLE. For Agst. Per- P W L D Pts. cent. Oldham -VS..34 29 3 2 604 184 7'; 88.23 Salford 31 24 6 1 387 210 79.03 Wigan 30 23 6 1 545 169 78.33 Wakefield Trinity 32 24 8 0 435 242 75.00 Keighley 26 17 90325 212 65.38 Warrington 34 20 12 2 408 252 61.76 Huddersfield 34 21 13 0 4T7 301 61.76 Leeds v.. 32 19 12 1 391 307 Hi 60.93 Halifax 33 20 13 0 380 272 60.60 St. Helens 29 16 11 2 425 348 58.62 Hull Kingston Rov. v. 34 19 14 1 407 353 ,-r> 57.3o Ifull 34 19 15 0 446 323 55.88 Leigh 31 14 12 5 210 206 r. j 53.22 Batley 31 15 14 2 267 183 51.61 Hunslet 32 16 16 0 321 347 50.00 Runcorn 28 13 14 1 219 309 48.21 Rochdale EL 30 12 18 0 256 347 40.00 Ebbw Vale 23 8132136 203 39.13 Widnes 27 915 3143236 38.88 Dewsbury 30 11 18 1 253 338 38.33 Swinton 29 10 172193 289 :i: 37.93 Broughton Rangers 33 10 21 2 287 478 33.33 Bradford 33 9 23 1 174 373 28.78 York .29 6 22 1 250 426 22.41 Bramlejr 28 6 22 0 181 489 ') 21.42 Barrow c, 27 5 21 1 138 368 20.37 Aferthyr Tydfil 20 2 17 1 90 349 — 12.50 Treherbert 12 0 12 0 55 289 -—100.00 GLAMORGAN LEAGUE TABL& Division I. 7 Goals Pd. W, L. D. for ag'st. Pts. Treharris 7 5 1 l 22 7 11 Barry 8 4 3 1 13 13 9 Mardy 9 4 4 1 12 19 9 Cwmpark 7 4 3 0 19 11 8 SZF0 „ 9 1 6 2 10 26 4 Ebbw Vale 2 0 11 2 3 1 Division II. New Tredegar 16 11 4 1 51 19 25 Pontlottyn 15 10 3 2 34 16 24 Troedyrhiw 13 8 3 2 32 10 20 Treharris Res. 15 9 4 2 24 33 20 Gilfach 11 6 4 1 18 14 13 Nelson 14 6 G 2 22 28 13 Aberdare Res. lo 4 5 1 24 22 7 Trehafod 10 3 7 0 16 28 6 Merthyr Res. 13 2 10 1 16 28 5 Britliiur 17 1 14 2 16 59 3 Division IIL Aberaman Wan. 16 16 0 0 50 12 32 (ilanbradach Rov 17 10 5 2 37 23 22 New Tred. This. 17 9 6 2 29 13 20 Troedrhiwfuwch 15 8 3 4 28 14 20 Cwmbach 16 9 5 2 43 19 20 Gilfach Res. 18 8 7 3 45 33 19 Aberaman Wind. 16 7 7 2 29 26 15 -Pengam 17 5 9 3 22 42 13 Brithdir Res. 19 5 11 3 26 43 13 Ystrad Mynach 15 1 9 5 18 33 7 Pentrebach „. 17 1 15 1 13 75 3 Section B.—Dfoirfcu III. Merthyr Vale 11 8 l 2 33 11 19 Quakers' Yard 13 8 2 3 34 19 19 Nelson Res. 10 6 1 3 24 10 16 Aberfan 11 5 6 0 16 19 10 Abercanaid Un. 11 3 4 5 18 12 9 Abercynon 10 3 6 1 19 19 7 Mount. Ash Jun. 7 0 5 2 6 23 2 Heolgerrig 8 0 8 0 2 39 0 Division IV. Pontlottyn L.B. 15 10 2 3 37 13 23 Rhymney Cres. 14 10 2 2 38 16 22 Greenfield Rov. 14 8 4 2 28 14 18 Aberbargoed 14 7 6 1 22 26 15 Phillipstown ..12 6 5 I 18 12 13 Abertysswg 15 6 7 1 25 23 13 Bargoed 10 5 4 1 19 16 11 Troedrhiwfuwch 12 2 10 0 13 39 4 Brithdir 15 1 13 1 16 48 3 THE RHYMNEY DISAPPOINTMENT. The Cardiff Club officially disclaim any re- sponsibility for the disappointment at Rhymney, last Thursday, while deeply regretting the un- fortunate event. Special preparations had been made for the match between Rhymney and a Cardiff team. but a wire was received at the last moment from Cardiff saying that a team could ¡}ot. be raised. The game was to have been played on behalf of the Rhymney Hospital, and a large number of tickets had been sold. PONTLOTTYN TOURNAMENT. The final in the Fourth Division of the above tournament took place on Monday on the Duffryn Field, with the following result :-Greenfield I Rovers, New Tredegar, one goal, Pontlottyn Chnrch Lads' Brigade nil. Randall Owen was awarded the medal in the I penalty goal-kicking competition, neither of the three contestants succeeding in defeating him as ca

GOLF, PONTYPRIDD V. ABERDARE VALLEY. An interesting match was played on the Ponty- pridd links on Saturday. The course waa in ex- cellent. condition, and the home team won com. fortably. Scores Pontypridd. Aberdare. H. Crorkett. 1' 'A. Evans 0 R. Jones T. Williams J F Lewis 0 Dr. L. Williams 1 W. E. Summers l W. G. Thomas 0 C. T. Good t 1 Rev. Sinnet Jones 0 L. J. 0 J. Powell 1 j J-Parry 1 W, Morgan 6 41 21

————————— QUOITS. SOUTH WALES QUOITING ASSOCIATION. A general meeting was held at the Greyhound ffotel, Pontypridd, when it was arranged that the county matches shoald take place on the following dates :-South Wales v. West Wales, at West Wales, Jane 18th; Monmouthshire v. Sootb Wales, at South Wales, July 23; 8 players a-side to con- stitute a team. The following sections were ar- ranged for the coming seasonSection A: ETeol- gerrig, Cilsanws, Penydarren,' Pantywaun, Tir- phil. Section B: Barry, Ton Pentre, Mountain Ash Institute, Abercynon. Section C Park, Taff Vale, Trecynon, and Cwmaman. The following dates were selected for the finalsThe Associa- tion Championship, July 30th; Harrison's Cup, August 13th; Runners-up, August 20th; Individual Championship, August 27tli. The entrance fee for the Harrison's Cup and the Individual Champion- ship was fixed at 2s. 6d., the same as last year, the fee to be in the secretary's hands on or be. fore May 2nd. It was decided that the heats for the Individual Championship shall be 51, and the final game to be 6L It was arranged that the League matches should commence on the 30th April.

Shortening the Route to Shakespeare's Country. This year will see the opening of anotber link by the Great Western Railway Company, name- ly that between Ashendon and Aynho, which will very materially shorten the journey be- tween London and the Midland and Northern Counties. The last rail of the new line was laid a few days ago, and the route was opened for goods traffic on Monday, April 4th. The present proposal is to commence the express and local passenger train services in July next. It is remarkable, in view of the many bonefitsi that will accrue, that the length of the new portion of line is less than 20 miles. The tract of country opened, up—as yet little known- abounds in beautiful scenery and rich land- scape, and will appeal equally for residential sjjd holidav purposes. Special mention should bo made of Brill, situated on an eminenoe of 600 feet, and Bicester, the centre of a hunting district. A feature of the new route is the easier and direct access to all parts of Shake- J speare's country, including such famous places at Stratford-on-Avon, Leamington, W&rwiok gf Arita* J

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DRAUGHT NOTES By T, BENNETT. r. SOLTJTIOSIS. Problem No. 65.C. T. Jones, Merthyr Tydfil.-Blael.- men on 2, 4, 5, G, 7, 20; king on 26.-White men on. 11, 13, Id, 17, 19, 24, 27. 32. White to play and win. ) I 27—23 7-16 19-12 2-11 I 27—27 12— 8 16—19 17—14 I 16—12 4—11 32-r 7 11-16 etc.—White wins. I Problem No. 66.—By T. Bennett, Mountain Ash.—Black men on 7, 9, 23; kings on 24, 29, 31. White men on 8, 15,16,18, 30; king on 22. Whites to play and win, 16—11 31—22 30—25 15—18 7—16 15—11 29—22 4—25 22—26 22—15 8— 4 White wins. | raoBUois. J No. 67.—By H. F. Seharer, Draught Editor of the Dundee People's Journal."—Black men I on 17, 19, 22; king on 30. White men on 8, 27, 28, 29. Black to play and draw. As pretty a problem as we have seen for some time. No. 68.—By J. H. Collins, Ystrad Rhondda. —Black men on 1, 3, 21; king on 18. White men on 11, 14, 17, 26, 29. White to play and win. A neat demonstration of an old idea. The Adam Problem. Mr. J. H. Collins, Bhondda has brought this problem to our notice. It will, no doubt, amuse readers, as it appears to have done when first published in the Draught Board," on Npvember 1st, 1869, over forty years ago. It is by Dr. T. J. Brown, Limerick. Black men on 3, 4. White king on 29. Black to play and set" the king in 11 moves. \c, Answers TO Correspondents. -s T. Williams, Brithdft.-Your problem -is not original, as you will see by a perusal of our back nnmbers. We have already published this problem. Its author is J. EL Cbllina, Ystrad Bhondda. Problem '46. J. Craddock, Merthyr.—Sorry, we have no power to develope ourselves in the direction you indicate. Why not. write to the Editor. fe- J. H. Collins, Ystrad Rhondda.-WeTare deeply indebted to you for the batch of problems you have sent us. Re the problem which was allowed as a dual solution, you have decisively proved the Editor and the claimant toJbe mistaken. Will you please send us permission to publish your problem, for which Mr. Alexan- der is offering a prize after April 12th and kindly send along solution. Will write you shortly. J. Hanson and others.—Problems either not sufficiently problematical, or overcrowded. All communications should be addressedfto T. Bennett, 56, Glyn-Gwyn-street, Miskin, Mountain Ash,, and should bear the word Draughts" on the left-hand comer of the envelope. J

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