The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

FOOTBALL. RESULTS AT A GLANCE, LEAGVr-PYIiST DIVISION. Liverpool 2, Preston North End 1. Chelsea 3, Everton 3. Manchester City 0, Middlesbrough 0. Sunderland 3, Leicester Fosse I. Bradford City U, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Aston Villa 1, Notts County 1. Sheffield United I, Newcastle United 1. Manchester United 3, Blackburn Rovers 1. Woolwich Arsenal 1, Nottingham Forest 0, Bristol City 2, Bury 1. LEAGUE—SEC )ND DIVISION. Barnsley 2, Gainsborough Trinity 2, Blackpool 2, Glossup 1. Clapton Orient 1, Fulham 1. Derby County 5, Stockport County 0. Hull City 2, West Bromwich Albion 2. Leeds City 4, Grimsby Town 1. Oldha.m Athletic 4, Burnley 1. Tottenham Hotspur 4, Birmingham (L Wolverhampton W. 1, Bradford 1. Bolton Wanderers 2, Chesterfield 0. tHE COMBINATION. Oswestry 5, Connah's Quay 1* Chirk 3, Wrexham 1. Chester 3, Druids 1. NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUB Colwyn Bay 2, Bcaumaria 2. Holyhead 11, Conway 0. NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE (DIVISION 2.). Denbigh Church Guild 5, Oolwyn Bay Reserves 0. WELSH SENIOR CUP. Bangor 3, Lla,ndudno 0. Whitchurch 3, Tranmere Rovers 1. LEAGUE-FIRST DIVISION. Results up to Saturday, November 14th :— Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. P. Everton 13 19 2 1 37 15 21 Newcastle United 1:3 8 2 3 11 19 Sheffield Wednesday. 12 6 1 5 20 13 17 Manchester United 12 7 3 2 27 23 Ii) Aigwn ViSa 12 5 2 5 18 13 15 Liverpool 14 7 6 1 24 22 15 Sunderland 13 7 6 0 25 20 14 Chelsea 14 5 6 4 20 2:3 14 Notts Forest 13 6 6 1 24 17 13 Woolwich Arsenal 13 5 5 3 19 15 13 Blaclcburn Rovers. 12 4 3 5 15 15 i Bristol City 13 4 5 4 15 21 12 Manchester City 12 4 5 3 19 22 11 Preston North End 13 4 7 2 15 15 10 Leicester Fo.toe 12 2 4 6 14 32 10 Middlesbrough 122 5 5 7 23 9 Sheffield United 13 3 7 3 15 24 9 Notts County 11 3 6 2 11 16 8 Bury 13 2 8 3 18 33 7 Bradford City 12 1 7 4 7 18 6 LEAGUE-SECOND DIVISION. Results up to Saturday, November 14tb Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. P. West Bromwich A. 14 7 2 5 19 11 19 Birmingham lil 8 3 2 20 15 18 Fulliam 12 6 1 6 2o 14 17 Derby County 14 5 2 7 19 12 17 Bolton Wanderers 14 7 5 2 16 11 16 Glossop 12 5 2 5 18 12 15 Leeds City 13 6 4 3 17 13 15 Tottenham Hutspur. 12 5 3 4 19 8 14 Stockport County 12 6 4 2 13 19 14 Hull City 13 6 5 3 16 13 13 Chesterfield 13 5 5 3 13 18 12 Oldham Athletic 11 5 5 1 20 11 Wolverhampton W. 14 3 6 5 17 19 11 Blackpool 12 3 4 5 13 19 11 BumLy 13 5 8 0 21 27 10 Grimsby Town 12 4 7 1 15 22 9 Gainsboro' Trinity 12 2 5 14 28 9 Bradford P. A 13 3 8 2 11 19 8 Barns iey 13 2 8 3 12 21. 7 Clapton Orient 12 1 6 5 8 15 7 THE COMBINATION. Besuius up to Saturday, November 14th: — Goals. P. W. L. D. F A. P. Chester 8 6 0 2 27 7 14 Crewe Alexandra 10 6 3 1 39 20 13 Chirk 9 5 2 2 25 9 12 Whitchurch 9 5 2 2 25 19 12 Welshpool 9 5 3 1 13 11 11 Druids 8 5 2 1 20 14 11 Wrexham 10 4 4 2 16 19 10 Oonnah's Quay 10 4 5 1 14 25 9 Tranmere Rovers 6 3 1 2 23 9 8 Oswestry 9 3 4 2 21 17 8 Nantwich 8 2 3 3 11 15 7 Saltney 8 1 3 4 17 15 6 Bangor 8 1 4 3 8 30 3 Middlewicb 7 1 5 1 10 24 3 Rhyl 8 1 6 1 8 34 3 Birkenhead 7 1 6 0 8 22 2 NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION. Kesults up to Saturday, November 14th:- P. W. L. D. F. A. P. Bangor Reserve 5 4 1 0 17 8 8 Carnarvon United 6 3 1 2 21 12 8 Beaumaris 4 3 0 1 14 5 7 Pwllheli Town 4 3 0 1 1J 6 7 Denbigh Tor i 4 2 0 2 9 6 6 Holyhead Swifts 6 2 3 1 25 14 5 Colwyn Bay United 5 0 3 2 10 13 2 Llanrwst Town 3 0 12 2 6 2 -Llandudno Amateurs 3 1 2 0 3 13 2 Oonway 4 0 3 1 2 21 1 Blaenau Feetiniog 4 0 4 0 8 18 0 COLWYN BAY v. BEAUMARtS. BAYITES UNI.UCY IN NOT GAINING A VICTORY. BAYITES UNLUCKY IN NOT GAINING A VICTORY. Beaumaris 2 Co!wyn Bay 2 Consequent upon their recent cup succM. the supporters of the Colwyn Bay team gathered Mound their pets last Saturday in large numbers to witness the league encounter against Beaumaris on the Rhos Melds. Last season, when the teams first met Beaumaris were victorious at home and away. At Beaumaris they won rather luckiy by the odd goa of five, after having the worst of the play, but later at Oolwyn Bay they routed the Bayites by live goals to one. W. Jones was welcomed once more into the home team, returning after a long interval, to his former position as inside partner to Moss Jones. Unfortu- nately, Tonkin had to stand down at the last minute through ill health, and to fill the vacancy W. Kay was introduced for the first time, so that McCann could te the right back position. W. Parry substi- tuted McCann at centre-forward, whie Kay partnered J. Ll. Owen on the left vice Parry. The weather was dull, and the ground was ex- ceedingly treacherous in places. Mr A. C. Slater, Llandudno, had charge of the game and lined up the players as follows:- Colwyn Bay: C. Hallwood; T. McCann (capt.), and Ð. E. Williams; E. Griffiths, T. Wellings, R. Row- lands Moss Jones, W. Jones, W. Parry, W. Kay, and J.L1. Owen. Beaumaris: Richards; G. Williams, W. G. Wil- liams; W. J. Jones, W. O. Humphreys (capt.), H. Evans; R. Humphreys, Emyr Hughes, H. Thomas, A. Smedley, and S. Poole. Skipper McCann sent out Rowlands, his "vice," to toes, and as the latter was successful in winning, he elected to kick up the slope in the first half. From the start Beaumarie pressed, and the leather had hardly been in operation five minutes, when they opened their account, Emyr Hughes being given a clear opening, of whrch he made full use. Beaumaris pressed for some time, and it was painfully evident to the spectators that the usual lackadaisical opening of the homesters was again about to land them into an unsatisfactory position. Beaumaris were allowed once more to break through, and Hallwood was beaten for a second time, by a shot from Thomas, which with a little luck lie should have saved. Their "lazy" period over, the "Reds and Blacks" woke to their position, and quickly placed the "Beaus" on the defensive. They made repeated and determined attacks, and at length v. Jones found the net with a bjautiful drive from about twenty-five yards out,-the result of a neat movement between hdmself and Moss Jones. This achievement roused the Say to further exertion, and the "Beaus" goal was subjected to a prolonged bombardment, in repeliing which the brothers Williams tihone well. At one stage, how- ever, they were well beaten by "Neddy" Griffiths, who, after forcing a corner off the right winger, sent along a delightful shot fiom a difficult position which only missed the net by inches. At half-time the scores were Beaumaris 2, Colwyn Bay 1. The second moiety resolved itself into an almost continual attack on the part of the home team. One or two breakaways stood to the credit of the visitors, but they were casfly repulsed, and for the major portion of the half th"y did not get over the half- way line. McCann changed places with W. Jones, and thenceforward attack followed attack, but the shoot- ing was bad. On at least three occasions Parry had hard lines with admirable attempts. Corners were forced, but none were turned to good account. Time w:1S drawing- to a close, when J. LI. Owen gained pos- session and getting well down put in a characteristic centre, which McOann met and placed safely in the net. Up to this time W. J. Jones had not given Owen an inch of freedom, the speedy wing man being re- peatedly beaten by his old Conway colleague. One smart attack by the "Beaus" was initiated by a com- btned forward movement. Hallwood was tested by Thomas, but he safely negotiated the shot. Darkness was now setting in, and the Bay continued to hover in front of Richards, but the strenous efforts to gain the lead were fruitless, and the game closed with the scores: Beaumaris 2, Colwyn Bay 2.

HOLYHEAD SWIFTS v. CONWAY. REOORD WIN FOR THE SWIFTS. (By "Critic"). Holyhead Swifts 11 Conway 0 -1 Up to last Saturday, Holyhead 'SwiIis had not participated in a League encounter since the ii[.n October, when tney were beaten at Beau- maris, 60 that the game with Conway waa keen- ly anticipated, hopes being entertained tnat last reason's result of six goals to nil in tIDe homesters' favour would be repeated. The wcatHer, though dull and tshroaterung, was fair, and there was a good attendajice v. nen, ab 3.5 Referoe H. R. Edwards (Menai i>ridge) mar- shalled the teams in the following order:— Holyhead: Collier; Parry, and Roland Wil- liams; W. Brown, W. T. Jones, and Dick Ellis; Salisbury Owen, J. Rowlands (capt.), R. C. Jones, J. Jones, and H. Brown. Conway: Daniels; Tom Jones and O. Ellis; A. Owen, Bob Owen (Capt.), and Wilson; Ý. Owen, W. Evans, Atherton, Sam. Parrjy, and Stone. Johnny Rowlands lost the toss, and the visi- tors elected to play towards the town goal, be- ing favoured with a strong cross wind. The game opened quietly, and after a few midfield exchanges, of which the homesuers had the ad- vantage, they attacked on. the 'eft, but Hughie was declared offside when in a good position. A nice run by Stone and Parry was nipped in the bud by Dick Elks, ho giving to his captain, who c in a good shot which Daniels disposed of, Jormny Jones causing him to handle a minute later. A promising move by the visiting for- wards was effectively checked by the ever- watohful W. Ill., wiho put his forwards in pos- session, and the ball going, to Huhie he sent across a lovely centre, but Salisbury kicked wide. Returning to the attack, Hughie again obliged, but Ellis intercepted, and .sent well up the held, his forwards being iJhu3 enabled to make a little headway, but Roland cleared his lines with a gcod kick. re was no mistaking the supe- riority of the home team, an-a their persistent efforts were soon rewarded, for after live min- utes' play, Dick Ellis sent in a lovely rising shot which struck the crossbar and bounced out to the feet of the ever-ready R.C., who gave Dan- iels no chance, and thus opened wihat waa to be a large scotre. From the re-start, the visitors went away on the right, but Dick Ellis provea their downfall. Some splendid play was witnessed on the part of the home quintet, the ball being passed and repassed from one to the other Witla almost machine-like precision, but the visiting backs put in equally good work, and for a time suc- ceeded in staving off disaster. Dick Ellis and W. T. were most assiduous in attending to their forwards time after time, placing them m a good position. Daniels had his hands full, and was very fortunate in being able to repel two hot shots sent in by Johnny and R.C. The visitors occasionally broke away, but Parry and Rowlands were firm as a rock, and their oppo- nents were allowed but little latitude. Innum- erable shots were sent in by the home forwards, some being cleverly stopped by Danicb, others being' intercepted by the full backs, wihilst a few went wide, their shooting being on the whole, very accurate. Johnny Rowlands, with a fine shot beat Daniels all the way, thus plac- ing Holyhead two up. Less than five minutes had elapsed ere the third goal was recorded, this being the best point in the match. A beautiful bit of combined play) between the halves and forwards had left Johnny Rowlands in possesion. He wended his way! goaj,vartis,aiid when tackled hy Wilson sent across to Salisbury, who outwitted 0. Ellis, and when: close on the touch line sent in a rasning shot which glided along the crossbar, struck the furth- er; upright, and found its way into the net, loud cheers greeting the scoring of as fine a goal as has been seen on the Oval. The visitors did not) seem one whit disheartened, though they were kept strictly on the defensive, for try as they would, the forwards could not break through the? determined trio, which comprised the homesters' middle line. Still keeping up tho attack, tho Swifts fairly bombarded the visitors' citadel. Good play by Johnny on the left resulted in his giving to Hughie. who ran down, and centred, perfectly. Johnny Rowlands secured the ball, and passed judiciously to R. C., that player putting on the fourth goal with a good shot. The fifth goal was the outcome of splendid play by Salis- bury, who finished up with a delightful centre, of which Hughie took the fullest advantage. From now to the interval the play proceeded quietly, the bulk of the attacking being done by the locals, but they did not increase thein lead, half-time arriving with the score being, five goals to nothing in their favour. HOMESTERS RESTART WITH A GOOD LEAD. Upon the resumption the visitors made a rapid incursion into the home quarters, but Sam. Frrry sent over. Another raid by the homesters terminated when Daniels saved from Johnny Rowlands. Some desultory piay in midfield fol- lowed, after which the home team again carried the war into the visitors' territory, and after Tom Jones had cleared Johnny Rowlands was put in possession by W. T., and added the sixth goal with a shot which Daniels was powerless to stop. Coming again, R. C. tested Daniels, as did also Johnny Rowlands, but he responded ably, and! was warmly cheered for a smart save near th(i corner from R. C., but a moment later he had to submit to defeat again, for Johnny Rowlands, meeting a nice centre by Hughie, with his head put on number seven well out of the custodian'si reach. The homesters seemed disposed to take matters easy after this success,the visitors taking advantage of it to put in some very nice play, which did not, however, materialise, and it was not long ere the Swifts were firmly established in the visiting half. Johnny Jones was amusing the crowd with. his tricky play, and it was easily discernible thab he was thirsting for a goal, seeing that his co- forwards each had "bagged" one or more. Surely enough, his turn came, and he made the most of his chance. A nice movement on the part of the home forwards had ended by Johnny Row- lands sending across to Johnny, who let fly with great force, and had the satisfaction of seeing, the ball enter the net, this being his first and his team's eighth goal. Hardlv had the game been re- started when Salisbury flashed across one of his "specials," Hughie putting on the finishing1 touch., It will be notioed that no reference has been made during this half to Collier, for, al- though he made a couple of saves, he was not in any way troubled. Rather was he cold for I "waut of work," and so much was this the casa that he had actually dressed and otherwiso got ready to go home. To R. C. fell the tenth goal, this point being the outcome of a sustained attach on the visiting goal, during which Daniels had to save two beautifully taken corner kicks from; Salisbury, and other shots from various quar- ters, even Parry having had a pop at goal. Thq light had now become rather defective, but the* last goal had not yet been scored, which came the result of one of the visiting backs handling i the goal. Parry was entrusted with the resultant penalty kick, and, judging the position of the custodian to a nicety, he gently tapped the ball to the opposite side to which Daniels had expected him to send it. This ended the scoring, and soon after time was called. Score: Holyhead, 11 goals; Conway, 0. This constitutes a record win for the Swifts in League football, and as can easily be imagine^ from the score, the game was not one of the best, though it was contested in a most friendly spirit throughout. In addition to enabling them to add a couple of points to their League record, the) result materially enhanced their goal average, which, thereby, became second to none of thel clubs in the competition.

THE WELSH CUP. (By "Recorder.") (FIRST ROUND). BANGOR v. LANDUDNO. THE AMATEURS FIGHT GAMELY. Rangw 3 Llanuudno 0 Owing to the usual add at the bottom of High-street failing to meet elsh cup-tie requirements the breadth being a few feet short at one end), this game had to be played on the spacious Cricket Field, and a large crowd turned out to witness it. The ground was on the soft side, but the weather was line. Bangor had practically their Combination team on. The teams were: Bangor: 0. R. Jones; W. Evans and J. Jones; J. Arridge, Alf Thomas, and T. A. Griffith; H. Owen, Edgar Jones, Joe Williams, H. Daviee, and Oliver. Llandudno Lunt; J. H. Jones and Sam Williams; Jacob Williams, George Da vies, and Pearson; J. D. Williams, J. Williams, Brookee-Evans, Breese, and Jimmy Jones. Referee: Mr Browne Jones, Rhyl. The opening movements favoured Bangor, Hughie Davies and Joe Williams working the ball down the field together, and to Joe was entrusted the final shot, but it was de<fd.?dly off tue mark. Oliver was the next man to get going, only to be smartly checked by J. H. Jones who made a grand clearance. Th-a visiting right wing managed to elude J. Jones, and J. Williams fired in a grand shot from the corner post, and "O.R." just managed to get rid of the ball although he slipped. Brookes-Evans darted up the field straight through the Bangor defenws parting to Broese who looked all over a scorer, but before he managed to shoot Wall Evans b >wled him over and it was lucky for Bangor that he did so. For a while Llan- dudno pressed, Peaison dropping in a beauty from long range, and then J. Williams gave "O.R." an anxious moment, in the shape of a hot shot. Hughie Owen was next seen sprinting aloiig the right and he swung the ball across to H. Davies who drove in a grounder and to all appearances the ball was entering the net when Lunt made a spring and cleared in the nick of time. At this stage of the game Llandjudno were more than holding their own, although they ap- peared to be over-exerting themselves. Their full- backs were also in champion form, and both Pearson and Jacob Williams were safe and aggressive. A "NOD" AND A GOAL. At last Oliver forccd a corner and he took it him- self placing so accurately that Joe Williams had only to "nod" at the ball and it flashed past Lunt. This point came after twenty-five minutes' play. Bangor now got into their stride and Joe Williams again worked his way down to tlie Llandudno goal. He had only Lunt before him w hen—, well, he didn't score. Encouraged by Captain Pearson, the Liandudno far- wards went about their work with a will, and but for Jack Jones tliey must have scored. From a pass by Oliver, Joe Williams fired in and the ball struck .e far pest. Lunt evidently thought it was going outside, but to his astonishment it bounded past him into the net. Breese frcm the re-start tested "O.R." with a shot which would have beaten nine out of ten goal- keepers. Hughie Owen darted down the field at ex- press speed, tricked Pearson, and was making a bee linn for goal when George Davies "grassed" him. Llandudno played the one back game and four halves for a reason whic.li was not quite apparent. Oliver hereabouts delighted the gathering with a few glimpses of his old time form, and Hughie Davies receiving from Edgar Jones let fly without stopping, but his 60 h.p. shot was an inch or two too high. Again Lunt was nearly caught napping, Edgar tapped the ball in anu it seemed to be going out but the custodian, profiting by his previous experience, m;de an effort to save this time, and it was fortunate that he did so. Half-time Bangor 2, Llandudno 0. In the second half the Llandudno team was re- arranged, J. Williams faking up his position as pivot, and the alteration had a good effect on the play for about ten minutes, Jimmy Williams almost scoring from long range, and J. D. Williams showed a great deal JOE'S HAT TRICK. of smartness. A bad mistake by Sam Williams in clearing let in Joe Williams who performed the hat- trick with a mighty drive. For the next five minutes Bangor were all over their opponents. Both Hughie Owen and Jack Arridge sent in brilliant shots, Lile latter from long range, but Lunt was in good form. The spectators were delighted with the combination which was now being shown by tbeh, ine forwards, and especially by the smart play of Hughie Owen who seemed to be regaining his form. For the first time in the second half Llandudno got near the Bangor goal, thanks to a long punt by George Davies, and in- deed "O.R." was not oversife, retaining the ball far too long. In a trice the ball was at tho other end where two corner* were forced in succœsiun, and twice Alf Thomas compelled Lunt to handle. The I Llandudno defenders had no compunction about giving corners and then they packed the goal. Llandudno ¡ paid their second visit to the Bangor end, but Breese ballooned close to the goal. There seemed to be a dead set against Oliver on the part of the Llandudno defenders who repeatedly, but unsuccessfully tried to capsize him. Edgar Jones got within the danger zone, and he shut hard and true, but into Lunt's hands, and th m Oiivcr tricking Jacob whipped the bull across to Joe Williams who massed the billet by inches. Lunt saved five shots in almost as many seconds. The light now began to fail and the move- ments of the players were followed with difficulty. Try as" the Llandudno right wing would, t]vy could l not pass Jack Jones, "the Bangor back-bone." Untdl the whistle sounded Bangor had the best of the ex- changes and finally ran out winners by three goals to nil.

CHESTER CUP. MOLD v. ROSSETT. (SECOND ROUND.) Mord 1 Rossett 0 This match in connection with the second round of the Chester League Cup (Seniors) was played before a huge gate at Mold on Saturday last. Mold lost the toss, and the visitors decided to play with the -wind in their favour. Both teams were strongly represented, and played a good game throughout. It was, indeed, a most even game, and it was a "toss up" who were the better side. Rossett pressed hard, but the Mold backs proved too good for' them, and time after time they were driven back. Mold now got away, and with a fine shot, one of the best ever witnessed at Mold, Tom Davies, the Mold centre forward, got the ball into the net. This encouraged the homesters, who again made several rushes, but Rossett played an excellent defensive game. At half-time the scores stood: Mold, 1; Rossett, 0. Upon resuming both teams pressed, but no scores were recorded, and Mold keeping their charge intact were the winners. Mold certainly ought to have scored at least another three goals during the second half, but they experienced hard luck in front of goal. The ball, time after time, either caught the goal post or just went within a yard or so of the goal mouth.

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SCHOOL MATCHES. LLANRWST v. CONWAY. Visitors to the Morfa at Conway on Saturday last witnessed a football match carried out in the best of spirits and with skill. The contesting teams were those of the Llanrwst and Conway National Schools, and though Conway won by six clear goals the game was never dull. Llanrwst did most ol the pressing throughout but the "breaksaway" of Conway were always dangerous and in the majority of cases re- sulted in a soore being made. Conway were excel- lently served in goal and in both wing forwards, while their opponents were weak in goal and the backs lacked speed. The diminutive forwards of Llanrwst were prime favouritea for their trickiness and pluck, and the little outside right received a special ovation. The return will be arranged later at Llanrwst and anothor good match will no doubt be seen. After the game both teams had tea together through the kindness of the Conway teachers. The teams wereConway: J. H. Jones; W. J. Ellis, J. Kenait, E. Jones, W. H. Evans, W. H. Ro- berta; T. Roberts, E. E. Roberts, L. L. Jones, A. Foulkes, E. Cartwright. Llanrwst: — M. Thomas; E. Bickers (Captain) and H. Jones; B. Jones, F. Jones, S. Huxford R. Ketnch, T. Garner, W. E. Parry, H. Bickers, W. Chambers.

EPWORTH COLLEGE, RHYL, v. FRIARS SCHOOL, BANGOR. A DECISIVE VICTORY FOR FRIARS. (By "Spectator.") Friars 7 Epworth College 1 On Saturday, Friars went to Rhyl with an un. bcaton record; they kept up their reputation, and returned having added a 7-1 victory to their credit. Friars started uphill against a stiff broezo, but in apite of these i actors they open- ed tihe scoring through Llew. Jones, wmlst H. L. Williams nearly increased their load on two occasions with very fine ahots. Shortly before the interval the Epworth forwards, owing to a mistake by one of the Friars' backs, dashed through, and Hcnthorne equalised. The gic)al- Irecping on both, sides was very good, one save by O. Williams for Friars been exceptionally fine. On resuming, Friars soon obtained the upper hand, and heirurited the homesters in their own half. Again and again HoltJ was called upon to save, but he played a masterly game, and kept tihe Friars forwards out several times- However, Friars found the net six times more, the scorers being: T. J. Griffiths, 3; W. Thomas, Lloyd Jones, and H. Ll. Williams one each. Final: Friars 7 goals, Epworth College 1. For Epworth I consider Holt, the gbalkeeper, was far and away tho best man, wH'e Starkey, the captain, played a hard game. The forwards were a very good line on tihe whole, but was kept well in hand by the Friars' backs. The whole Friars' team played well. 0 Wil- liams was very safe in goal, while Lloyd Jones and A. D. Jones did good work at back, espe- cially in the second half. The halves, who, as usual, took the palm, arc a fine line. The for- wards combined nicely, but T. J. Griffiths was well aihead of the others. The teams were:- Epworth: Holt; Hodgson and Timperlako; Mallciria, Starkey (capt.), and Radcliffe; Bur- rows, Hodgson, Henthorne, WaJton, and Jones. Friars: O. Williams; Lloyd Jones and A. D. Jones; H. Lloyd-Williams (capt.), Cooil, and H. M. Owen; Coles, Llew. Jones, Lloyd Jones, T. J. Griffith, and W. Thomas.

RHVL v. COLWYN BAY. Rhyl County School met a team of Colwyn Bay boys on Saturday. Two small alterations were made in the Rhyl team, J. O. Davies going in goal while G. Egerton played inside right. At the last minute J. E. Bayliss, the centre half, cried off through ill- ness, and the services of Clem Hughes were requisi- tioned. The visitors proved to be a much older and heavier set than the lihyl boys, and one would have thought, judging from the physique of the two teams, that a handsome victory was assured for Colwyn Bay. But what Rhyl might have lacked in weight was mado up by cleverness. Knowing this the llhyl boys tcok the field feeling determined to give Lileir bulky opponents a hard game. The home captain lost the toigs and the ball was set in motion by Bert Jones. Colwyn Bay immediately made tracks for the Rhyl goal and their centre for- ward sent in a slow rolling shot which the Rhyl goal- keeper misjudged and allowed to ron over the goal line. Thus in the first few minuses Colwyn Bay were practically given a goal. From the restart the Bayites moved again towards the home citadel, their outside right putting in some good work. They found the homo defenders on the alert and some good kicking by the home backs enabled their for- wards to take up the offensive. The Colwyn Bay defence was subjected to a fierce bombardment an() at last Rhyl scored through G. Kgerton. From now until the interval the play was very even, both goals being visited in turn. The sco,e at half-time was 1-1. Rhyl had every reason to be proud of their work in first half fur th: y had fully held their own against much neightpr men. On a muddy field weight is always bound to tell. The second half opened similarly to the first for the ball was passed out to the visitor's outside right who ran down the wing, and beating all op- position sent in a beautiful centre which was met by the inside right, who scored. Rhyl ran down from the centre and scored almost immediately from a scramble in the Bay goal. The next prominent feature of the game was some big kicking by the home backs which enabled their forwards to constantly harry I li,) Colwyn Bay de- fence. The visitors' goalkeeper made some very fine saves, while the Rhyl cu^'odian mado up for his former mistake by brilliantly punching out two very dangerous shots. The ball was now almost always in the Bay goal, and during a fierca bombard- ment one of the full backs handled. A penalty was accordingly awarded Rhyl. Bert Jones took it but failed to score. Rhyl now had almost all the play and managed to score the winning goal a minute fcefore full time. Tho visiting outside right played a gcod game as did their goalkeeper. Rhy!'s forwards combined well and their defence was sound. The teams on Saturday were:- Rhyl: J. C. Davies; H. V. Williams and C. Druce; H. Owen, T. 1.1. Jones, T. H. Bayl:ss; E. Stanley, G. Egerton, Bert Jones, and C. Hughes. Colwyn Bay: Wynne; J. E. Williams and H. P. Evans; Griffiths, W. S. Griffiths and W. Hughes; E. Roberts, E. Frimston, C. Lloyd, Cyril and B. Ellis.

FRIENDLY IVIATCHES. TREGARTH v. BANGOR RAILWAY INSTITUTE BOYS' CORPS. Boys' Corps 4 Tregarth 2 This match was played on the ground of the former club on Saturday. The opening stages were of an even character, but the Corps, with the slope in their favour, soon became aggressive, and scored three goals in quick succession. At the interval the Corps led by three goals to nil. Upon resumption Tregart-h were awarded a penalty, but failed to convert. Their centre forward, by smart individual play, then soored two good goals. This reverse put the Corps on their mettle, and they pressed to the end of the game, being ultimately rewarded with a goal. Final result: Boys Corps, 4; Tregarth, 2. For the victors W. B. Williams (2), Johnson, and Walter scored.

RHYL v. EVERTON AMATEURS. Everton 5 Rhyl 3 Rhyl was down on the Combination fixture list on Saturday for a match with Chirk, but owingi to other engagements the visitors had to post- pone the match, and Rhyl arranged for a visit from Everton Amateurs The event was lookedi forward to with great interest, and there was a< very fair attendance, while the Rhyl Brass Band also put in an appearance to liven up matters. The game was one of the best seen on the ground for some time, but the Rhyl team, showed plainly that they have not the staying power that is requisite for a match of this kind. In the opening stages the visitors made a brilliant rush for the homo goal, and it looked as if they would score, but Mark Hughes, the custodian, performed a very fine ground save, an effortj which raised a hearty round of applause. Fol- lowing up a miskick by one of the visiting backs, Hampson got in, and passing to Dale e didi some nice work, the combination ending in Har- rison finding the net with a grand shot. This was the only goal scored in the first half. When the teams turned over the visitors pressed for some time, and kept the home side pennod in. The pressure resulted in a penalty against N. Roberts, which was taken by the visi- tors' centre-forward. For the next five minutes) there was some fine play, and two goals werei quickly scored for Rhyl, Dale and Harrison being responsible. The three goals were scored in about five minutes. After this, however, the visitorkh soomed to pull themselves together, while the homesters fell away. The result was that Ever- ton won by 5 goals to 3. Rhyl was somewhat unfortunate, as Harrison was on and off the field, all the afternoon. Next Saturday Chester are due at Rhyl. Prestatyn are once again getting a team into shape, and they have arranged to visit the Rhyl Corinthians on the Grange-road ground.

TALYBONT v. PENRHIWARDDWR. Talybont 1 Penrhiwarddwr ]United 1 Before a fairly big crowd of spectators, these keen rivals met on Saturday on the ground of the United, at Talycafn. Mr David lined up the teams as follows:— Talybont: Fincheft; Jack Williams and O. Jones; O. Bryan, Taliesyn Hughes, and Bychan; King, Jones, Evan Jones, Gerard, and W. Evans. United: D. Roes; W. E. Jones and T. Thomp- son; Ward, E. R. Jones, and G. Westbrook; W. Jones, J. Walters, Worton, D. Hughes, and W. M. Jones. Worton set the ball moving, and the "Greens" immediately attacked, but were repulsed. A nice run by Gerard and Bil, Evans came to an end when the latter shot behind. W. Jones, on the home right, next indulged in some nice play, the ball eventually going to Hughes, who, how- ever, fell a victim to Jack Williams. However, the visiting pivot got possession of the ball, and, breaking through the home defence, tried a pot at goal, but his effort went wide of the mark. The homesters were at this juncture sorely pressed by their opponents, and the ball was headed in and out until at last a corner was gained, and this led to some severe pressure on the home goal, but a free kick against the visitors relieved. Then off went the home forwards in a, splendid fashion, and Willie Jones placed nicely to Walters, who sent a good shot for goal, but Joe proved equal to the occasion, and fisted out in marvellous style. The visitors again made way for the home citadel, and Thompson unfortu- nately, missed his kick, thus giving King a good opportunity to score, but Rocs just managed to get the ball away. King sent in a grounder, which completely defeated the home custodian, ,thus giving the Rovers one goal lead. Upon, rostarting Walters sent in a brilliant shot from a distanco of 20 yards, which gave the visiting custodian no chance. For the next few minuteq Talybont were attacking, King testing Rees with a grounder. Interval. Talybont 1, Penrhiwarddwr 1. The second half opened with a brisk attack by the home right wing, and Worton taking posses- sion of the leather tried his luck at goal from a, distance of five yards, but shot high over the bar. The home forwards continued to prove ag- gressive, and Finchett was called upon to save) fine shots from the right wing. The Rovers next migrated to United territory, whore a stern struggle ensued, and the home defence was gradu- ally beaten back. After several exchanges Bych- an, for the visitors, made a vigorous attempt for goal, but Rees, with great difficulty, cleared at the expense of a corncr. The visitors continued to exert considerable pressure, and for some time Jones and Thompson found plenty of employ- ment, and Evan, on one occasion, made a very fine effort to score, but missed by inches. The play during the ten minutes was very even, both teams attacking. A free kick brought great pressure to bear upon the visitors' defence, the left wing combining admirably, but Jack, in tho home defence, spoilt their combination, and on; ono occasion successfully tackling his opponents, raccd along, working his way gallantly to the goal, but when in position to shoot Thompson, robbed and cleared the leather to midfield. Final: Talybont 1, Penrhiwarddwr 1.

RHOS-ON-SEA v. COLWYN BAY CELTS. ITheso teams met at Rhcs on Saturday in fine woatihor- The Celts won the toes, and opened with the wind in their favour. The Celts soon b-3gan to press, and after fifteen mirautea they scored per F. Lunt. Scon afterwards thety again, through the medium of W. Jones. Half. time arrived with the Celts leading- two goals to nil. Ir4 the second half Rihos played up bet- ter, and though they did not score tihev were very unlucky. Rhos had tiheir oen.re-forward tlimping badly at the end owing to injuries, and this made a lot of difference. At the close, the Celts still led by two gk>als to nil.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. BANGOR JOTTINGS "Defeated but not disgraced" were Llandudno at Bangor on Saturday. » » The Bangor Committee put on the Combina- tion team, and locally it was thought that they would wipe the iloor with the 'Chers," but such was not the case. » < Bangor certainly deserved to win, and no doubt the score would have been 6-0 if the tie had been played on the usual field, the little failings of which the Bangor men know to a tee. The first half of the game was about even. Johnny Williams, at outside right, was a thorn in the sides of the Bangor defenders, and he fired three or four beauties from long range. The second half saw Bangor in improved form, and they fairly kept their opponents penned in their own half. ? High and low. oblique and straight, were the shots rained upon Lunt, who somehow or other managed to be on the right snot each time. Joe Williams, however, beat him with a terrific drive, and had the honour of scoring the three goals by which Bangor won. » » I thought the Llandudno players made the fatal mistake of exhausting their energies in the first half hour of the game, and it was quite obvious that some of them were utterly fagged after coffee time. Where was Dave Griffith? The Bangor spectators missed him. » Two or three "stars" m the Bangor team failed to shine with their usual brilliancy on Saturday, notably Hughie Owen and Edgar Lloyd Jones, the latter of whom could not get into his stride. Notwithstanding the pressing attentions of the Llandudno defenders, Oliver managed to show some of his true form, and before the season is much older we will no doubt see the Oliver of a few seasons ago. I think Joe Williams should be allowed to remain the pivot of the Combination team. Possessing plenty of go" (it rhymes with Joe), he is just the man wanted in the Bangor front rank. May he perform the hat trick in every match. Harold Pearson was evidently specially told off to watch Hughie Owen, and he watched him like a cat watching a mouse right through the game, giving him not the slightest rope. » H. Davies combined well with Joe Williams, and had a good icea of the location of goal. The halves played a clinking game, the three being on the same level cf excellence. Again Jack Jones distinguished himself. He is worth his weight in goals. Will Evans was also in his best mood. » < O. R. Jones, the old Beaumaris custodian. had not much to do, and he did it well, but I wish he would get rid of the ball a bit sooner. Llandudno played a dashing game at the out- set, but they could not stand the pace. Pearson was my pick. Unlike the majority of captains, he instructed his men what to do— to keep an eye on such and such a player, feed such and such a wing, and he showed an enthusiasm which might be copied by other players. » « •» » Between the stick? Lunt had a lively time. He entirely misjudged the first goal, and really it did appear to be going out, but no fault could be found with his subsequent play. » J. H. Jones, at full back, played a capital game, and he proved too great a pill for several of the Bangor forwards. < For about three parts of the game Llandudno played four halves; why, I couldn't quite gather. The (our were an active quartette. J. Williams did some useful work in the for- ward division, and Breese proved a clever player. The three others were also useful without doing anything brilliant. Jimmy Jones was carefully shadowed.

COLWYN BAY CLIPPINGS. Ill luck again dogged the Bayites in their match with Beaumaris on Saturday. Even the most enthusiastic supporter of the "Beaus" could not but admit that the Bay deserved to win, notwithstanding their bad start. < < Victory has yet to come to the Bay in the League tournament, although it has repeatedly been within their grasp. Of course, they did the next best thing on Saturday by making a draw, but supporters want more than half a loaf. < < No life, no understanding, and no real attempt to make an impression during opening stages again accounted for their failure. For twenty minutes their's was poor play, and during that interval the visitors scored twice. • it Then came the awakening, and matters bright- ened considerably, but it was not until the second half that the Bay really came "out of their shell." » Hallwood should have saved the second goal which passed between his hands, but with that exception his play was unexceptionable. ♦ McCann and O. E. Williams opened shakily, but improved as the game progressed. It was when he played forward that McCann gave of his best, however. < The halves were all in good form after the opening interval referred to. In addition to serving their forwards, they held the "Beaus" well in check during the second half. W. Jones and Moss Jones were the most effec- tive forward wing, the former being one of the best front line men on the ground. W Parry, as pivot, was industrious and resource- ful at intervals, but would have been happier in his own position. « < Kay, who was making his debut, displayed some pretty touches, but was not strong enough to face the burly men opposed to him. Neverthe- less, he will develop into an useful man in due time. it J. LI. Owen, who obviously suffered from the absence of his regular partner, was given no rope, W. J. Jones keeping a watchful eye upon him. # Taken on the whole, however, the forward play was above the standard displayed in recent matches. To Beaumaiis, credit must be given for having taken advantage of the openings presented to them. # # •» « They were true sportsmen, and admitted at the close that they did not deserve a point. < Richards, in goal, was good, and could not be blamed for the shots that beat him. » » The brothers Williams were able defenders, but chief honours must go to "W. G." The halves were a hardworking trio, W. Hum- phreys possibly being best, It was a pity he had so often to be pulled up for fouls. His weak- ness in this direction marred an otherwise clever exhibition. < < < Of the forwards Thomas was the best. Cool and calculating, he was never flurried, and he passed perfectly on every occasion. # # D. Humphreys was also a source of great dan- ger. He was admirably backed up by Emyr Hughes. » On the left Smedley was the pick, Sam. Poole not being in his usual form. » » » A word of credit must be given to Referee Slater. He kept his men well in hand, and waq quick to check, and caution when such was ne- cessary.

HOLYHEAD CHIPS. (By "Critic"). I had ventured so far as to predict a win for you by six goals to nothing on Saturday, but really-eleven! It almost necessitated the re- feree having a ready reckoner wherewith to count the total. I fancy it even surprised you The only thing that surprised me was that you were satisfied with eleven only! < Ta the credit of Daniels, the custodian, be it said that he was not disgraced, for he kept out some very hot shots, and had but very little chance with those which took effect. » The two full backs offered a stubborn resistence to the tremendous attacks which the homesters put in, and deserve every praise for playing such a clean game under such adverse conditions. » < The halves were mediocre, whilst the forwards were completely off colour, and gave a disap- pointing display, no doubt due to the excellent defence opposed to them. Stone was the best of a poor forward line. For the homesters, Collier did what little he had to do in his usual manner, his post being quite a sinecure. Parry and Roland were impassable, both play- ing a cool, confident game, and I am very pleased to be able to record still further improvement in the play of the latter. » » The halves were splendid, and as at present constituted, they form a most formidable inter- mediate line, than which, I feel sure, there is not a better in the Coast League. » As to the forwards, some of their work was superb; they infused plenty of dash into their play, and gave many examples of really beauti- ful combination, the only defect being on the outside left where Hughie would have un- doubtedly augmented the score if he had in- dulged in more passing work. # # The talk of the week" is the important cup- tie at Beaumaris on Saturday, and a large number of your supporters will be making the journey to cheer you on to victory-at least I hope a win will be the outcome of the game. Though your opponents will be composed of picked men from all parts, including an amateur (English) international at centre-half, still, there is no reason for despondency, and if you play ac you know how, I personally will have no fear of the result, though whatever happens, I fancy there will not be much in it either wav. 'Twill be a veritable "Derby day." I hope to be present to witness what should prove to be the match of the season, so look out for a full report.

PWLLHELI PEBBLES. Well done, Reserves. To beat the Druids is a feather in your cap, and let us Hope your committee will see some of the vacant dtes are filled up for you. # Hardcastle was in good form and the accurate way in which he passed to his fellows might well be copied by the first string. C. Jones also played really well and White, though he does not often figure as a forward, made a gooa show, playing unselfishly and strenuously all through. » » Personally I should have liked to have seen the "A's playing against Portmadoc, and I believe they would have given a good account of themselves. Bob Griffiths was a bit slow in getting on with the ball, but when he did get away, he was swift. » < Roberts is clever with the ball and plays pluckily enough, but lacks weight and pace. He would pro- bably be better inside. • As the score 6 to 1 well indicate, the Druids did not make a big show, but they are a well balanced little team and showed a good knowledge of the game, but they found the vigorous play of Pugh at back and the adroit Jim too good for them. Robinson, who, unfortunately, Is not often available, was a. stumbling block to them. Now Jones and C. Jones also did well, as far as stopping was con. cerned, but they did not feed their forwards. At the same time Jones played a better gam;) than usual. Continued on next page.)

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