Evening Express

Running Comments I [By FORWARD."] I Richmond was bathed in sunshine and looked its beautiful best until half an hour before the battle W'a.<3 expected to begin. Then the clouds gathered and shed a few raindrops, which did not justify a single umibreila being opened. It was one of "Old Sol's" false alarms, for the very minute everybody was prepar- ing to protec himself and herself against the threatening rain the clouds rolled away and euiisihine was again supreme. It seemed quite impossible to accommo- date all the t,housands who flocked to the Old Deer Park, and there was every indica- tion of a record attendance. The occasion was made all the more historic by the attendance for the first time at a Rugby intern.ational of the Prince of Wales, who v, as received with an enthusiastic cheer as he entered the enclosure and took his reserved Eeat immediately aibove the press- box. There was a large sprinkling of Welshmen among the crowd, including all the mem- bers of the Swansea tea,m. who broke the journey home from Paris to the Western town. Nicholls as Referee Gwyn Nicholls, who had the honour of refereeing the match, made the journey to town on Friday evening, and when I ex- pressed to him an hour ago the hope that he would do well, he candidly confessed that t,he only danger he apprehended was that he might intercept a pass. Both Sides Lack Method In the first quartor of an hour's play there i was nothing to suggest the superiority of one! side over the other, both teams betrayii^j excessive eagerness and a lack of method ia combined movements, which was surprising in an irut-ernaotional gia.me. England had a, couple of chances of drawing first blood, but there was no c-cihe-sium among the backs when they had the ball, and they allowed 1lhem- selves to be rushed into their own 25. from a, sjrum farmed nea.r the quarter line the ball was heefed out to Tenmairt, and a, quick, accurate round of passing from right to left; gave tihe last, ion to Simson, who made a determined run for the line and got through the English defence, which was ■ Wfiaik, in perfect /style. The angle was not j difficult, but the kick at goal failed. Nettled by this reverse, England played up j grandly, and after a series of rushes reached the Scottish 25, where Mobbs, dashing across from the left wing to the centre, picked up brilliantly on the full run, and, beating half a dozen opponents .with a magnificent cork- screw run, went over with a clinking try neaj the posts. Palmer took the kick from an easy angle, but failed with a miserable shot. Why the kick should not have been entrusted to Jackett was inexplicable. For the next five minutes England had all the better of the game, and were distinctly unfortunate in failing- to score on three' occasions within as many minutes. Their reward, however, was bound to come, and it came just on the call of half-time, when Harrison, taking the ball splendidly in the line out five yards from the Scottish line, forced his way over, on the very same gport that Mobbs scored. Again the ball was placed, for Palmer, and thie time he made no mistake, and immediately the ball was over the bar. Gwyn Nicholls, who had officiated admir- ably, called for the interval, and England led by a goal and a try to a try. The Second Half Scotland went off witih a bang from the re-start, the Englishmen showing an indiffe- renoe tha.t was perfectly extraordinary. The Scots worked their way to the English 25. and in a loose scramble Gilray picked up beautifully on the run, and going a.t the full speed, with a brilliant, dougy run, eluded htaJf-a-dozen would-be tacklers and scored a great try, which was easily converted within a minute of the kick out. Tenent, the Scot- tish inside half. then secured the ball at the heels of his forwards, and, deviating from the orthodox rule of parsing to his outside haJf, ran slick through the English defence all on hds own and soored a perfect try, and this being oonverted, put the Scots ahead by five points. This had the effect of waking up England, whose forwards came down the ground with a fine swteping rush, and Mobbs rushing in again from the left wing, gathered the oall cleverly when going at full tilt, and was only held up on the line. Scotland through the fine combined play of their forwards re- lieved the pressure, and England looked like a beaten team. It was only a knock-on by Simson from a high awkward pass that saved England from further disaster, the defence having been well beaten. The play of the Saxons all through the second half was terribly disappointing, espe- cially in front, where the Scots seemod to have something up their sleeve all the time. I This suptriority was bound to assert itself, and the Scotsmen benefitting by the weak- ness of their opponents, carried play into the English quarters, and in a loose scramble Tennant picked up. and with a dodgy run worthy of Percy Bush, threadtd hij way past man after man and finished up a splendid effort by planting the ball under the cross-bar for the extra two points to be easily added. Scots' Superiority This placed the issue beyond all possible doubt. Scotland had won the game and deservedly. The Scotsmen were superior in every department, especially in the pack and at half-back, where Tennant played ex- ceptionally well, and confirmed the impres- sion created by his play against Wales that he is a worthy successor to the classic Munro. Most of his .work was individualistic in cbaraoter, and he broke all the rules of orthodoxy by going through the English defence on his own. which is a rare achieve- ment for an inside half. Tennant was the undoing of England more than any other player on his side, and his brilliant performance reminded one of his last gallant effort against Wales, when he was checkmated by Jack Bancroft. Muddling Through In the closing stages England had a few glorious chances of reducing the adverse! margin but. their handling of the ball was so clumsy that it could not possibly be effec- tive. As an exhibition the game was poor i.,i the worst sense compared with that given by Wales and Ireland a week ago. Except for the individualism of Tennant in break- ing away with clever corkscrew runs, it was a crfse of muddling through in a rough and ready way. Not all through the game was there a single bout of passing bearing the least resemblance to the finished movements which have made Welsh football famous. It was only natural that there should have been a generaf expectation of excessive keen- ness as an aftermath of the recent rumpus between the English and Scottish Unions, but there was nothing of the kind. The game was played as it should be played, in a real sporting spirit, and Scotland thoroughly merited her victory.

LSanelly v Maesteg There was very lititle interest evinced in tihis encounter at Sitmdey to-day. There was only a, spa-ree ait/tendance present, no doubt, due to the inclemency of the weaiiher. The field was in a very slippery condition, and the front of the s,Wld seemed similar to a quagmire. The teams fielded as fol- lows:— „ blandly: Back, E. R. Evaais; three-qua-rter backs W. Thomas, Griffiths, Harold Thomas, and Edwards; half-backs, Lloyd and Arnold; forwards, Evsrne, Watts, Thomas, Cole, Auck-, land, Stacey, Staigg, and L?-'?s M?p?teg: Bac-k, Ackermau; t??y?r4m-qua;rterI baoks, Thomas Preece, BaJk?r, and G?rwm; half-backs, BayJ¡¡¡nd RraM, wards. .'4oM Jam? lwkyer, Griai'h?. Well). Oolamian, amd Eyrat'h. The preliminary excihangos w4?m m favour of the soaTl?t?, %ho rushed the game to ten visitoirs' territory. Play remained for a wJiile lD neutral ground, and subsequently the visi- tcrrs altered the position by bringing the game near the scarlets' line. The scarlet forwards, however, repelled the attack, but tiheir prog res was retarded owing to the treacherous condition of the ground, for off-side play on the part of the visitoirs. Llanelly were awarded a free, as a result of which they gained a good bit of ground. A round of passing was initia,ted by Arnold, -who passed to Harold Thomas, but the latter's pass to Will Thomas was nullified by an opposing player. The visiting for- wards pressed vigorously, and the game remained temporarily near the. home line. The pressure was relieved by a kick out by a home player, and, following up the game, Will Thomas ecared an unconverted try. From the kick-out the visiting forwards attacked vigorously. Bob Edwards then gave a clever bit of play, taking the ball at his feet in midueld. He dr1bbld the ball over -the visitors' line, and, beating fonr of the oppooing, "3.YeI"8, scored another try for the scarlets; HaroJd Thomas s attempt at goal proved a failure, althougui it was a good effort. This was all the ecotrmg in the first half. n n, H<Mt-ume.-??f-  Lùanlly 0 2 6 M?estcg.—— 0 0 0 A, n. -i.nn Maestee- "t,t"f'o1r.1 '111 111U -I.u. vigorously. Some aggressive play was wit- nessed near the honte line. where Boh Edwards saved by kicking the ball out of bounds just when a Maepteg forward wias a-bouit touching down. Tire home men then rushed down the field, and while Auckland WaB g,oing strongly for the line, Ackerman came forward and spoiled his progress. The visitors pressed the home men for s'ome time, and at last Baker scored an unconverted try. A few minutes after the kiok-ou.t Edwards wa.s again prominent, following up a. kick which Ackerman misflelded. He proceeded along the touch-line at full tilt, adld 6corod another unconverted try for the scarlets. The home team continued to press up to the final whistle. Tonal score: \7. x. P't& Llanelly 0 3 9 M aesteir 0 1 3 COMMENTS. The only part of the game tha,t seemed to interest the few spectators present was the frequent falling of the players. No sooner did a player have possession of the ball than he was seen laying prostrate in the mud, which created a great deal of laughter amongst the specta.tors. Generally, the scarlets ga-ve a better display than the visitors, both in front and in the rea.r division. Edwards and Arnold gave a creditable exhibition, the former being the next prominent man. Ackerman was a tower of strength to the visitors, and frequently saved his side when in danger. It was a dreary exhibition of Rugby foot- ball. and perhaps the state of the ground accounts for* tbis. The visitors played a better game in the second haJf. and it was only by the oppor- tunism of Baker that they were able to Boore the three points.

Final score. Goals. Cogan Old Boys ? Troedyrhiw 2 Troedyrhiw .i.i.: 2

Newport v Gloucester ] There was only a small attendance a.t Newport for the match with Gloucester. The afternoon was wet, and the ground was very soft. On the home side Beddoe Thomas and Ja,rman could not turn out in front. and their places were taken by Jack Adams and Charlie Evatt. Teams:- Gloucester: Back, C. Cook; three-quarter backs, F. Smith, W. Hall, T. Elliott, and Hubert Smith; half-backs, J. Stephens and D. It. Gent; forwards, Gordon Years, H. Berry, G. Holford, B. Parham, G. Griffiths, D. Hollands, S. Hayward, and J. Wyburn. Newport: Back, Stanley Williams; thre6- quarter backs, D. P. Jones, F. W. Burt, J. P. Jones, and A. M. Bak-er; half-backs, T. H. V ite, and W. J. Martin; forwards, Jack Adams, P. D. Waller, J £ Jenkins, Dr. T. Smythe, H. J. Pritobard, A. E. Hookey, U. blaite, and C. A. Evatt. Releree, Mr. T. L. Williams. 1 H t UAIVIL Newport made a sad meas a.t attempts to handle in the first few inxruutes. Not one of the players seemed able to hold the bail, eitner with the nand or the loot, with the result that Gloucester, adapting themselves more to the conditions thaai Newport, made some otxoollent driboling, and guve Stanley vyiiliamt;, otic home luji-baok, a very busy time. Vile got the bad to tne centre witn a tew useful short kicks. Rain -came on again, and made the hai-l very greasy. New- port recovered all the lost ground, ana got well into the Gloucester to by dribbling. Jactk io a-iid Baker combined weul, the latter artnost getting oveir witli a wide try. WnAiSt Newpoii was still pressing Hall, out of tlie Gloucester centres, nipped in, and inteix?epted etiectiv?Iy. The visitors were twice .pe?alis?d for off- sirlo play, but Newport's kicking was not effective Gent was citver jn getting toe ball, and as tha result of some judicious kicking on tiffe part of the Gloucester wine the Newport 25 was again invaded. Vile got the ball out, and the Newport three-quarters made a very fair handling attack, under the oircunistanioes. "Ponty Jones punted to the vis/toi'd' line in a way that looked dangerous for Gloucester, but Howell grot across and, making a ol-ever mark, relieved the pressure. Newport aga.in attacked, and their three- quarters were given some good chances, Jack Jones once spoiled the good position by riiTiiiing too near to the touch-line before transferring-. At length Gloucester touched down for a penalty kick by Stanley 1)?' lnliam Gloucester were again penalised, but Oook beat Burt in the length of hia returns. "Tinker" Smith also did some useful kicking. Half-time score: G. T. P ts. Newport 0 0 0 I Gloucester  0 0 0 vears Hi-started alter tne interval for Gloucester. The visiting forwards did some excellent combined dribbling, and Vears and Parham led a dangerous rush to the Newport line and it looked like a score for the visitors but they kicked the ball too hard, i and it was gathered by Stanley Williams w,ho made no mistake in returning with a fine kick. "Ponty" Jones made a nne buret up the field, and followed up and punted well, but Cook, the Gloucester full-back, just tricked him for possession and found touch. The Gloucester forwards took the ball up with a long line across the field to within a few yards of the Newport line, but one got offside when he attempted to pick it up. Stanley Williams with a penalty kick found relief in touch. The homesters toon after, by a couple of runs on the part of Baker, I I "invaded the Gloucester 25. where a smart round of passing was seen. A penalty trans- ferred to "Ponty" Jones, however, went astray, and a minute later Cook touched down from a kick over' the line. Newport again took up the attack, but a kick to the line by "Ponty" Jones was nicely marked by EUiott and Gloucester got relief. After that a number of chances were given out to the home three-Quarters by Vile, but the ball was in such a greasy state that handling was very uncertain. Nearly all the play in the second half had been kept in the Gloucester division. At length, at the end of a combined dribble, Martin followed up fast and grounded the ball with a try, from which Vile placed a good goal amid cheers. New- port again made a great rush for the Gloucester 25, but the slippery state of the ball was again found to spoil a good chance Gent was very tricky with short dribbles from the scrum, which relieved the pressure greatly. A race for the ball when it was. kicked over the Gloucester line ended in the visitors being able to touch down. Vile took a shot at goal just before the end. The ball I dropped short, and Cook touched down. Final score. ü. T. Pts. Newport 1 0 5 Gloucester 0 0 o COMMENTS. It was by no means a. good game, though the conditions were all against correct play There was no holding the ball for greasi- ness, and it was only with the utmost difficulty that the men could make any headway on the met turf. In the opening half Gloucester had quite* as muoh of the game as Newport, but, like the home men, were unable to get over. They were well served by Gent at inside half, and by Cook at full-back. The Gloucester forwards in the opening stage adapted themselves to the condition of the ground rather better than Newport, but in the second half Wie home men were all over their opponent and the wonder was that a great many scorea did not result. Many opportunities were given to the backs hy Vile. and it was only the greasy condition of the ball which prevented them being utilised. Jack and Ponty Jones both did remark- ably well, and so did Martin at outside half, who soeraed to be the most capable man in overcoming the exceedingly wretched con- ditions of the day.

CHEPSTOW V CARDIFF RESERVES At Chepstow. Teams :— Chepstow: Back, Monaco; three-quarter baclŒ, IVJlks, Hill. Hobbs, and Pritehard; half-backs, Morgan and AsQiwin; forwards Spencer, Stanton, Sims, Pearoe, Holley Bevan, F. Jones, and Another. The ground was sloppy a.nd heavy. The visitors opened, and play ensued in neutral gratin,d. Chepstow were penalized for off- s>de Play, but. Ashwin sent back. Pearce mis-kicked end sent to his own 25. Chepstow got clear and invaded, but their poor tack- ling ?a.bled the visitors to get free. At length Jonei:' got away from half-way At fine run and scored an unconverted try. Car- diff invaded, but by a mark play reverted to mid-way. For a brief period Cardiff preseed, but an interchange of kickjng found neutral ground the scemc of operations. Clhepstow ?Y?TituaUy Ofmcedin? a minor. Gew-ll play followed without either side g??ns amy advantage. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. Cardiff Reserve. 0 1 3 Chepstow 0 0 0 Resuming, exchange kicking took place, and Cardiff invaded, but. Pearce saved in time. Cardiff invaded. and a free gave them. a minor. Hobbs got away, but was called back for knocking on. A^hwin led a dribble, and, Chepstow inmddng, Hill nearly got over. Cardiff in turn pTafa?d, but Jones was tackled before get/ting over. Ch?p?tow pressed for a tim?, but were unable to ecore. r>- i n rp DK-c x liitti bcure: vr. -»• ..L L'O>o I Cardiff Reserves 0 1 .) Cheps.tow 0 0 0

IRELAND V FRANCE The Frenchman played their third inter- national of the-season to-day at Lansdowne- road. Dublin, where they met Ireland, whose team had undergone four changes from the side originally selected. The weather was fine, but the ground, after the heavy rains during the week, was soft. There were 5,000 spectators present at the start. His Exoel- lency the Lord Lieutenant and party were present. Ireland won the toss. and France com- menced overations.. After eighteen minutes play lire land added to their lead, passing initiated by Thrift ending n Tbtrmipison gettng aver, and, wth Parke lauding a, fine goal, the Hibernians stood eiglhit points up. Ireland were always attacking this half, but the French defence was very fine indeed, and tihey showed a surprisingly good knowledge of the game, and for the remainder of the period' succeeded in holding the Irishmen "t I- v- w". THE GAME. The Irishmen had the better of the opem- inig exchanges, and on the few occasions (their three-quarters indulged in some effec- tive passing- much grmmd WM gained, bnt the tackling of t?he Frenchmen was Ymy keen. France was penalised inside the first ten minutes, and Park had hard lines, the ball striking the post and reboundim.g into play. He had. better Iudl, directly after, Fcoruug from an-other penalty kick, and then Leeieur had a drop at tihe Irish gtraJ, the ball goinig id.  Ireland a'tta?ed from the restart, and inside ?e they had increased their lead, O'Connor getting over with an easy try, but Pa.rke failed to add the points. ,Seve-ral parsing movements by the Irish t,br-e,e-q-Liarter. ™ere frustrated by the fine tackling of the Frenchmen, who, if they evinced little or mo 'inclination to inùulgoe in passing, were putting up a mpitai defer ee. Once Lesieur beaded a rueh bv France, but received little support. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. Ireland 2 0 8 ? Flrance 0 0 0 Early in the sooond half Pridmore added the eighth goal for England and Shiveller served the ninth, after which Salamier kept goal brilliantly for France, whose halves were wea-k- Final soore. Goals. Bnsi?md.——— 9 France ¡

CANTON V CARDIFF ROVERS At Jubilee Park, in a deluge of rain. Allridge opened the scorns- for Canton by kckmg a. penalty goal. Jugt before half- tme GHeeson scored for the Rovers, who only played tihirteen men, and Irving con- verted. In t;he second half Canton had matters all their own way. Dacey and Jones scored tries, Jones dropped a goad, ,a,iid Brookman kicked a. penalty. Just before time Fntnik Reea dropiped a goal. Final score. G. T. Pts. Canton 5 1 22 Cardiff Rovers 1 0 5

I PENYGRAIG V ABERAVON This matclh, which should ha,ve been I played at Penygraig this afternoon, was postponed owing to the bad st-aite of the I ground, a great crowd being disappointed.

NEATH SECONDS V. RESOLVEN. This game w?s piaj?-a at eavn in ,ory I heavy rain on a ground in a wretched con- dition. Played ruled 81ightJy in favomr of I Resolven, but there was no score. I jjinai score. G. T. JL't.S. I Neath II 0 0 0 I Resolven 0 0 0

Cardiff v Pontypool ] BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS 1 [By PENDrtAGON."I With the weather conditions very unpro- pitio?M, it was net BUrprœing to see a ?.l, small crowd (assemble on the Cardiff Arms Park for t,he return rma.tc-h between the Welsh M«t,rx>polL!<ainis and Pontypool. In the former game, at the Moaimouthshire town on Monday October 06, Cardiff only gai-ed the lead a few minutes before the call of time, aind won by a converted goa.l to a try. Frank Woods ecored for Cardiff after a erase-kick fey Spiller. A slight rain was fa.11- ing this afiennoon -when itihe teams turned out in this order:- Pomtypool: Back, B. Garter; three-quarter- backs, W. Thomas, Alf James, F. Parkhouse, | and G. Hirst; half-backs, S. Proeeer and R. Lloyd; forwards. Rees Thomas (captain). T. Garter, E. Williams, E. Stephens, A. Russell, j Gus 0aIrr, T. Dairies, and B. Uzzell. Cardiff: Back, F. Wood; Uhree-quart-er backs, J. L. Williams, R. A. Gibbs, W. Spiller, and L. M. Dyke; half-ba/Sks, W. L. M-organ and P. F. Bueh; forwards, J. Casey, J. A. Brown, Yefwiett, Daley, F. Smith, J. Pugsley, D. Westaoott, and F. Gace-on. Referee: Mr. R. Pollock. Newport. THE GAME Cardiff attacked right a.t the outset, and Louis Dyke cross-kicking, R. A. Gib "as raced up and got to the ball, but kicked too bard, and the oval went dead. There were not more than 2,000 aj>eC'ta'tors present at the opening stages. Pontypool were Penalised, and Percy Bush put in a clever kick to a clear space, but Alf. Jafme,- g,a,thered nicely, dodged several men, raid effected a smart saving kick. The Cardiff men held the slippery ba.ij well, but there 1 was not a great deal of parsing. Pcnty- j pool forwards dribbled away, but were check, ed by Frank Wcod. who made a fine iick to touch under great difficulties. All the attacking was done by Cardiff, but the Monmouthshire men showed real courage in defence, and a!yay« found touch skilfully.! At last Frank Wood kicked high to Carter, who in, i-gindged the flight of the ball, and It bounced from his shoulder. It was a grand chance for three or four Cardiff forwards who had followed up. and the ball being sent over the line, Pugsley j fell on it and eoored. Percy Bush failed with the kick. Still Cardiff attacked, and Percy Bush took a 3hot at go. The ball glanced from hie foot and went miles wide. Hees Thomas led a long dribble, by which half the length of the field was covered, but the Pontypool men were cleverly stopped by Daley, who passed to Gibbs for the latter to kick to touch. Willie Morgan replied with a big dribble for Cardiff, which was taken up by Louis Dyke, who sent the ball over the line, and J. L. Williams gained a corner try. Percy Bush failed to find the intended bi-liet with his kick. Cardiff did all the aggressive work, but Eees Thomas, Prosser, Parkhouse I Alf James, and Hirst did mamy clever things for Pontypooi. Percv Bush e?nt out a pass to kpiller, who, although faced by seevral oppo- nents, had a got at it, and, feinting to O-a-ss to Gibbs went right through oh his own and scored behi-n d the posts jast before the inter- val. R. A. Gibbs added the extra points. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. Cardiff 1 2 11 Pontypooi 0 0 0 with the ram falling heavily, -no time was cut to waste, and play was quickly re-started. Gus Parkhouse put Pontypooi on the attack by following up ouickly and pulling ever iraak Wood witih a. grand tackle. Then came a tihirilLing piece of place. Percy Buwli gather a loss kiok and ran through the Pomtyipocl men In his very best style. He threaded ihiis wal right up to Carter, and then pia.ased beautifully to Louis Dyke, who hainded oui to J. L. Williams, 'the latter took his transfer grandly and ran over with a wide try, which R. A. Gibbs failed to convert. With the ball too slippery to hold, the play at this stage was very uninteresting, but it went mainly in favour of Cardiff, whose for- wards showed mue ,di dash and vim in the loose. Occasionally the Cardiff backs tried the pasiTtg game, and Percy BLihh made several efforts to break through, but he was held each time before going very far. Mainly the play was confined to the visitors' 25, who confined themselves wholly to defensive tactics. Towards the end exciting play was seen underneath the Pontypooi posts, and another score for Cardiff eeemed imminent. The Cardiff forwards dribbled to the line, where Lloyd saved pluckily. Almost in tne last minute the Cardiff forwarus dribbled across, and Daly scored. Percy Bush failed to convert. „ m T'U- Final score. «. jl. j-us. 4 Xn Pontypooi 0 ? 0 0 "rII'1. +. roo" -_1. I COMMENTS. it- is, of course, very mmcun IN wlilaIT, would have happend under other carcum- Rtancos, but the match gave one the impres- sion that Cardiff would have won by a, much more substantial score if the ground had been dry. Certainly Cardiff were much. the better team to-day, and if a record had been kept of the t-ime spent by Pontypooi on the Car- diff side of the centre line it would probably not have totalled more than seven or eight minutes. Stall, there were some good perlcrmers on the visiting side, and the play of their star artistes was exceedingly good under grave I difficulties. Certainly the best- forward on the field was Rees Thomas, who was always donig s-omatthbg to the advantage of his side, and whose brilliance in t.he open was a. con- spicuous feature of the match. Two other very good Pontyrpool forwards were Carter and Carr, but yet the vl>IVn,S eight as a pack were lJ.e.(11y beaten- They were out- scrummaged and outplayed in tne open, where the carddff men showed much greater; pace—always a qualify Of inestimable vrailue on the football field. Most prominent of the Cardiff forwards were Uaeey. Pugsley, and I h GCcnSidering everything, the Cardiff backs played creditably, although some of then were a rare sight on leaving the field, n,yta,L-ly Willie Morgan, Dyke, and J. l. Wil lia,ms. Dyke was bespattered with mud from head to foot, and reeombled a native of t,he Dark Continent Percy Bush gave a rea.lly good display, a.nd was a trier all through Hi srur, in the second half was easily the best feature of the match, and was the only inspiring inci- denlt we had. Frank Wood was very safe and sound at full-back. Of the Pontypooi backs both halves played really wall, an dParkhouse and James in the centre contributed many useful bits of play. Hirst was the oeitter of the wings, and Carter, at back. ooly made the o.ne mistake which gave Pugsley his try.

DEVON ALBI-ON V NEATH At Devtomport 'to-day, in miserably, dlul weaitiher, and before a, rather small gate. Teams:— TD- Albion: Back, Lillacra.p; arce- quarter baxiks, Harvey C-pb?ell, Hawkins, and Hoare; half-backs, Jacobs R?d H?alev; fds, Spiers, WiihanM. Gilbert Pope, White, Hay man, Ijewm. 0-?nd Marshall. Nmt,h: Ba.ck, Edwards; three-quarter backs, Williams, Jones, Rees and J. Davies; half-backs, Evarnis and Brennan forwards, Reason, D. Dalvies, Lloyd. Pullman. Da.vid, Lee, Rev. A. E. Morgan, and Thomas The visitors had the hill in their favour to open with, and their forwards doing well they pressed. Jago saving well under diffi- culty. Neath, however, always held thf. advantage territorially, but the greasv ball and turf made accurate play impossible Lilliorap kicked out twice through off-side piay by Neath, but the visitors were ever on top, and got close home. Fine defence how- ever, kept Neath out, and further punung by Lillierap gave Albion a chance, Rees pulling Hawki.ngs over just as he was clear. Neither side could get going owing to the conditions, and it was a rough-and-tumble Albion wcth? not doing too well in the scrum, and here Neath had a decided pull, but failed to do anything when on the run. Suddenly Albion broke away, and whale Neath hesitated to save, Healey got up and scored, Lillierap coaling. H?lf-Ume score:. G. t o* Pts' AlMon 1 0 5 Nea.th 0 0 0 Final score. G. T. Pts. Devonport Albion i 1 8 Neeth 0 2 6

LLWYNYPIA V BRITON FERRYI The above match, which was to have taken place at the New Recreation Ground, Llwynypia, was abandoned in co-nsequence of the horrible condition of the ground.

BLAENAVON V BRYNMAWR MONMOUTlJiSHTR.F, T iF. HTTF. This important league matcli was played at Blaenavon to-day. The gixyund was soft from the reoenit snow and heavy rain. Teams:— B>!aeaiavon: Back, Penn; three-quarter ,ba,oks, Williams, JIOhnBon, Courtfield, and Burridge; half-backs, Prottheroe and Keefe; forwards, Dibble, Hudson, Broom, Thomas, Daviee, Powell, and Sikuee. Exynimawr: Back, Giles; three-quarter backs, Oornhill, Roberts, viei;, and Jar- man- half-backs, Kooper amd Evans; for- wards, Batiey.Davies, Preece, C-larke, Green, Evans, Baynton, and White. Referee, Mr. Hayes, Cardiff. At BleenaAon. Br y mm aw r Mar ted, and Mfveoiavon attacked. Bryomawr had to con- cede a minor. Play was exceedingly keen, and Bl-aenavon got slightly the best. The home forw4axds were getting the better of the forward play. aaid pressed. Roberts defended well for Brynmaw-r, and spoiled some attack- An~ m?e.m.e'nts. The Br?Tmn?wr baoks ta-i? to° ?t through, but the defence saved. 1. 'r, 1 13, I jnau-i»-u"> cwic. VJ. J.. j. I 33!a,ma.v(rn 0 0 0 Bryn?m&wT 0 0 0

I MER1HYR V TREDEGAR This match was played at Merthyr. Botn tetons were fairly well represented. The weather had somewhat cleared up after the awful conditions prevailing in the morning, but the ground was in a bad condition. T"ms: Merthyr: Back, Dane6; three-quart.er hacks, Francis, Lewis, Treharne, and Mor- gan; half-backs, Sussex and Parry; for- wards, E. Lewis, James, C. Jones, Williams, H. Davies, Sinclair, Jenkins, and T. Elias. Tredegar: Baok, Barrow; three-quarter badke, Harris, Onions, Arthur, and Spillane; half-backs, AdaUlB and Bevan; forwards, B. Jones, Clifford, Hammonid. Watkins, Nash, Llewellyn, Davies, and A. James. Referee, Mr. W. Gamlin. The visitors won the toss. and Merthyr ■kicked off. C. Davies mis-fielded, and nearly let Tredegar through. The visitors nreesed, and a good dribble iby Adams saw the ball kicked behind. The Vipitors broke away a.gain, afnd from a scrum Waitikins scored, but the try was niot converted, the ball striking one of the uprights. The Merthyr forwards now broke away nicely, and took tJlJay into their opponents' half. Continuous Half-time iscore: G. T. P ts. Tredegar 0 1 3 Merthvr 0 0 0 FinalMerthyr, 1 goad 1 try (8 points); Tredegar, 1 try.

Army Rugby Final BIG INTEREST DISPLAYED I The interest displayed in to-day s game at Aldershot between the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment was great. On the Welch Regiment side Lieutenant Partridge was the most pro- minent man. He is the well-known Newport and Blackheath forward, and thi--II pea-sou gained distinction in the Army and Navy team which gave the Wallabies such a hard game at Portsmouth. He also cap- tained the Army team against the Navy and Oxford University against Bordeaux. Lieu- tenant Jones is a Cumberland County for- ward. who played in the Army team aarainst Bordeaux, and ateo for Oxford; while Lieu- tenant Gransmore played wing three-quarter in both those matches and against the Navy. Lance-corpl. Reed is the veteran of the team. He played for the regiment as far back as 1901, when they won a cup in Johannesburg. Before enlisting he played for a Swansea junior team, and wa.s a clubmate of Willie Trew. the Welsh ca.ptain. Private Bevan, \"ho played inside half. is a man of excep- tional ability (one of the Brothers Bevan), and he ueed to assist Danygraig. Another man worthy of mention is T--an(-e-corpora, Rogers, a valuable full-back, who has helped Cardiff Mackintosh to victory. On the side of the Borderers, there was Lieutenant G. H. Birkett, brother of J. G. of that ilk. lie tk-S played for tbe Har- lequins, and it wa", he who Eet Richmond Rugger tongues wagging by scoring a eensa- tioral try in the Army semi-final last month. J And the others are nearly all old South i Wa!es playens. "Darky" Pritchard, a for- ward with pace, is a cousin of C. M. Prit- ehard, of Newport and international fame. "Darky" once assisted Newport Thursday, also the Post Office. Miller and Perry are both old Pill schoolboys, and three years ago one of them made his mark as half in the Welsh Schoolboys' international. Payne played for Abedtiliery, and Lance-corporal Highley was a. Pontypooi Seconds player last season. Sergeant Biggin-s aided the lEt Battalon in India, and Drummer Rouse j played for th.e Depot team at Brecon. Enthusiasm was fever heat before the match. The South Wales Borderers had an a-dditional incentive to win, in. the hope of i a for'night's furlough if victorious. In the loose they were confident of surprising their .opponents. The Welch Regiment have already secured one trophy—the Weet Llanelly League Cup— which carries with it gold medals })renêed by the We?n Football Union. Up till to-day they had played 17 game.s-won 14, dra.wn 1, lost 2, and scored 256 points against 31. j The sides were represented as follows:— South Wales Borderers: Back, Sergeant Srrith three-quarted backis, Sergeant Payne, Lieutenant H. G. Fowler, Lieutenant G. H. Birkett (captain), and Lance-corporal Highley; half-backs. Private Miller and Private Perry; forwards, Lieutenant J. C. Ocker, Private Randall, Lieutenant R. L. Petre, Drummer Pritchard, Lieutenant D. G. Johnson, Drummer Rouse, Captain J. F.Bill, and iSergeant Biggiug 1st Welch Regiment: Back, Lance-corporal Rogers; th ree-quarter backs, Privates Eccles- ton and Thomas, Lance-corporal Reed, and Lieu tenant Gran=niore; half-backs, Private Bevan and Lanee-coi-p-oral Collard forwards, &ery&ant Turner, Pnvate Jonti-, Sergeant W eeks, Lance-corporal Fisher, Lieutnant Jones, Private DaoTan, Lieutenant Partridge (captain), and Corporal Murphy. Referee: Captain P. Whet-ham, Queen's Regiment. Linesmen, Captain A. W. Pagan and Lieu tenant, A. C. Vicary, Gloucester i Regiment. Intermittent s v*-r.s ra-lher upset things, but, despite adverse conditions, a goodly crowd witnessed a, tough fig-ht for the cup. The ground was very greasy, but the com- Ila.t,-t,nt-, en business intent, and early sau:.ied down to work. The Borderers forced the g?Te. BrpaHng away, the WHkh made an effort through Bevan, but Gransmore missed a pa?s. There was no score after twenty minutes' play. Maintaining the pres- sure. the Welch got over, but were brought b"k for off-side. A moment later the three- quarters went away, and Reed, receiving, went over when tackled. Partridge failed with the kick. Irom that moment till half- time the hall was in the Borderers' 2.5, but! fine tackling, particularly by Smith and Birkett, saved the sauititon. Gransmore kicked well, but whenever he ran Birliett held him. m Half-time: v\ eicn ?pomts. Borderers vii It was evident t-hat the Woligh were staying better, for five minutes after the re-start thi; three, passing nicely. Jet Doolan over. Again Partridge failed with the kick. Then the Borderers revived, Highley striving hard to get through, but the Websh returned, Smith I having to touch down. with three men tack- ling him. Bevan was doing well behind the scrum, but closely watched, Pnd Birkett got in a splendid ran and obtained a major poi rt. I final score: P'ts. Welsh Regiment 6 Borderers. 5

PONTARDAWE V DANYGRAIG Match Abandoned at Half. Time I This match waf played at Pontardawe. The field was in a very bad condition, and Phil- lips kicked off for the homesters in torrents of rain. The homesters had the better of the play through the first half. Da,nygraig obtain- ing relief on a couple of occasions by means of free kicks. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. Pontardawe 0 0 0 T>?a;g!;g. 0 0 0 yuring ui« imervai. as tne result or a con- ference between Mr. Ben Lewis (the referee) and t'he two captains, it was decided to j abandon the match owing to the state of the ground.

[SCHOOLBOYS' INTERNATIONAL TRIAL East v. West at Swansea At Swansea the Welsh Schools' Union held their annual trial match. Teams:- West: Back, P. Hopkins (Maesteg); three- quarter backs, Walsh (Swansea), R. Jones (Llanelly), W. A. Thomas (Aberavon), and L. Da.ies (Llanelly); half-backs, T. Thomas and Flynn (Swansea); forwards, II. M. Jones (Aberavon), Howeils and Yandle (Swansea), D. E. Morgan and A. Thomas (Llanelly), R. Jenkins (Maesteg), E. King (Bridgend), and E. Owen (Aberavon). East: Back, C. Williams (Pontypridd); three-quarter backs, T. Garrett, T. Jones, and G. Harbeii (Cardiff), and S. Mason. (Newport); half-backs, S. Wren and D. Thompson (New- port); forwards, G. Thomas, S. Porter, and C. Thomas (Newport), C. Woodward, A. Ludsky, and A. Kimber (Cardiff), and D. Harris and Morgan (Pontypridd). It was decided after a long wait to play this match as billed, although the field was quite unfit for a contest. From the kick-off the Easterners worked down the field, and were only repulsed in the nick of time. The first half RaW Flynn and Howells in good form considering t-he weather, and Tom Jones and Hurben, the East centres, were also at their best. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. ?Fast .00 0 0 0 0 j AT tne Deganning on 1J10 second half Tom Jones made a pretty run and nearly scored. The Ba-st forwards played well tog-ether, and keipt the West busy. imal score: G. T. Pts. I 0 0 0 East 0 0 0 West 0 0 0 COMMENTS. As the ground was unlit for play it is not necessary to criticise the teams. Suffice it to say that Flynn, R. Jones. Yando, Walsh, and Howeils were the best Jor the We,t, and Tom Jones, Hurben, Giarrett, Porter, and Harris for the East, who deserved to win.

GLOUCESTER A V NEWPORT A At Gloucester before a, moderate attend- a nee. Gloucester sustained their fiYst defeat at Newport earlier in the season by eleven points to four. Gloucester had eeveral good men away, bat hoped to avenge the first d&.t. Hj?wber started play for Gloucester, and at the outset there wm little in it. EventuaPy Newport got down to the Glouoæter end, where Winfield mwe a po?r drop at goal. Gloucester re-started, but were soo-n on the de-fens-ive a.ga.in. Newport were not to be denied, and, Bennett getting the ball away to Preece, that player made an opening which resulted after all the qlartette had handled, the leateh rin Rowlands scoring. The same playe failed at goel. Then Gloucester scored an unoonverted try through Dix, the same olayer addin- another a minute later Egerton failing at goal. Half-time score G. T. P'ts. Gloucester "A" 0 2 6 N-ev. port 0 1 3 In the second half George Boots restarted, Barton returning well to touch. Shortly after Newport were penalised, and Egerton shot a gne goal. The game continued to be conte8td warmly at the Newport end and Gloucester narrowly missed missed c ,? or two scores. Eventually Egerton dropped a very clever goal, and Barries converted a try for the home team. I Final score. G. T. PtB. I Gloucester" A" 3 2 18 Newport A 0 13

I ABERTILLERY V CWMBRAN The Cwmbran team did not arriYe at Aber- tillery to pJay this Monmouthshire League fixture until the 4.21 p.m. train, consequently the start was very late. Wretched weather prevailed, and the ground was in a very I sloppy condition. Neither side were at full strength. Teants:- Abertillery: Back, C. Hodges; three-quarter backs, W. Bowen, Joe Herbert, J. Richard- son, and D. Boot*; half-backs, S. Ctoates and W. Hodges; forwards, Jim Webb, J. Black- more, Joe Hodges, C. Dyke. Jack Woob. Tom Williams, W. iowits, and A. Jones. Owmbran: Back. A. Henunings; three-quar- ter backs, P. Cunningham, W. Lewis, D. Gray, and F. Johnson; half-backs, S. Hem- mir.gs and Wetter; forwards, H. Evans, D. 1 Jones, S. Blackinan, W. Pry, F. Williams, C. S. Kennel, A. Nicholas, a-ud G. Jones. Referee: Mr. R. H. Smith (Newport).

SWANSEA 2ndsV POKTHCAWL The first match between these teams was I pfl*ayed at St. Helen's after the boys' trial game. The ground was in a very bad state, but the rain had ceased when the teams fielded. The opening stages were in favour of Swan- seia, and after a passing movement Haydn Evan8 soored and Peter 1-iookman converted. Forthoawl forwards n-ow indulged in drib- bling rushes, and got to the home line, where frets a serum one of their for-warde all but scored. I Half-time score. G. T. Pts. Swanea Rel'ves 1 0 5 Po-tJa.wl :n" 0 0 0 In the seoond half A..?Mris look a pase I from Harry Trew, and. running str?ngty on the bUmd Btd? took t?e oppcsitwn by sur- l Fiiial score. Ü. a. fts. Swansea Reserves 2 0 10 I iPorthoawl 0 0 0

I PENARTH V MOUNTAIN ASH I This return match was played a-t Penarth to-day, in a downpour of rain. Teams: — Penarth: Back, P. Howeils; three-qoarter baakxs, W. H. Gunstone, H. Hislop, C. Bryaiit, and C. Morton; half-backs, Randell Davies and Johnny Thomas; forwards, J. Jeilings, T. "Bar.ti.et-t, D. Sims, C. Thomas, C. Hill, E. Franks, P. Bryant, and W. Thomas. Mountain Ash: Back, H. Farrow; three- quarter backs, H. John, D. Thomas, J. Dono- van, and M. Ashford; half-backs, Wyndnam Jones and J. Benjamine; forwards, G. Oaple, P.C. Hill, P.C. John, A. Jenkins, J. Ellery, R. uerma-n, T. Blackmore, and another. Referee: Mr. G. A. Sims, Swarlod-y-Garth. Penarth started play towards the Morriston end. and their forwards immediately got possession, dribbling in great style. They invaded the line, where, from the ensuing scrum, Jeilings scored, but no goal resulted. The kick-out taw some good open play by Mountain Ash, but, although they attacked, Jones at the crucial moment sent the leather out of bounds. At this period rain fell in torrents, and the ball became very greasy. The leather came out on the Penarth side, but Davies and Hooper could not set their threes in motion. Charlie Norton once nuade a nice opening, and his forwards following up beat the opposition until they got to Farrow, who fielded at their toes. and found touch with a fifteen yards advantage. Caple, ft,elding the leather from the line out, took play nearer the Periarth line. Half-time score: G. T. Pts. PNiai-M). 0 1 3 I Mountain As-h. g Õ g ¡ Penarth re-opened the game briskly, and a couple of scrums saw their balœ in motion. The home forwards heeled the leather out splendidly, and Davies. sending out to Johnny Thomas in his usual style, made matters look rosy for the seasiders. The Penarth threes. however, could not beat the sound defence of Donovan and Ashford, and after Gunstone had attempted to drop a goal play returned to the centre. Penarth continued to press, but could not score. Subsequent play went in favour of the ")01d Firm," but a forward apss spoiled a good bout of transfers by P. Howeils, their custodian, putting in a long kick which found touch near the line. Several minors went to Penarth. The next event wa.- a nice bout which Gunstone opened out, but Heslop, who received last, wa-s forced Fmalecore. G. T.F?. t '-1> 'f' Pi' Mountain Ash 0 0 0 The rilay generally we.t in favour of the Penarth side, who, with ordinary conditions and luck, might have put on a bigger score. The element" were, however, against good football, in which Mountain Ash were some- what lucky.

Northern Union MERTHYR V EBBW VALE Match Abandoned As the pioneer clubs of Northern Unionism in South Wales Merthyr and EbbV ale are very keen and steady rivals. and they were down to meet om the College Field Merthyr, this afternoon, for the third time this Bea.s<,n: In the league table proper Ebbw Yale are a long way behind the Merthyr boys, who, so far, have only sustained half a doyen defeats, and, therefore OCupy a very creditabi? posi- tion in the table. The two previous contest b?-een the clubs r?ulted in substantial v?o?ies for Merthyr, ?hoee supremaC on ?e? occasions WM undoubted. The nxture ??do?nfor decision t?-day wa?, however. the first of the t? b?t?een the respective clubs for the premier position in the Welsh Northern Union League. Up to date Ebbw Vale have successfully accounted for all onuonents in the league, whereas Merthv. suffered their initial and 1^nex^f:tSrliu;s gtact e gainst Treherbert a week ago. Th.s f^ Sps'aSi.n?'t ??? the interest in the Irwteh and Ebbw Vale had increased their reputation against Salford up North on Wed- nesday last, when, after a determined ?a 11stcUtk* thev suoumbed by only a  and  rat he; fancied thvir chances for t<Hiav's match.. JO; n'1 the other hand, the Merthyr supporters. who have not se«n their club on the Colle Field for several weeks, were as confident as the? viEitaTR. After the heavy rains of the r (latvYs, and again this morning, the Incite as reduced to a condition little better than a quagmire ^ithn eJT' rre approached for the kick-off the ???J?i?-n fearfu sta.te owing to the hea\y r? ?\"n? ot be morning, and after consul- tat,0,3 it i-es?olv,d to abandon the makh, ??ne?ta?e decision which caused mu"K disappointment. —The Ebbw Vale A correspondent sttattes R T1 hnee Ebbw Vale team die,?ed and walked up to the field bQt team di^essed and They, therefore, the gates enclosure, and went sfcoaulned d th€' field S^hcv declared that, the lDM°d  ?. ?.Me.nd th.ref.r.t.Bd claiming the points.

LEEDS V BARRY I The viEit o? th,?? W?shm?n attracted a d'SSfc.™ TESLi. igraASJ °f' s %*¥.p°b-Mi-  of winton, had charge of the game Barry Back. Dow. tiir^narter ba^k^ F. Prid^es jon??q. Carey, and \vhite, half- f 1 Pn.wrts and Purges: forwards, Carter, H?s. Newton, Ohri8tn. W?ajms, and Brid-e ???o?Mitions were entirely favourable j ?for?ood fc?baU, ?nd. while resolved to take no ?s. the home t?m were oon&dent th?t v?rv wouLd u]tim?ty re?t with them. ?.?er co-mjE?nced for Leeds before 3,oW stk>c* ators. As the result &f a bad kick by Young. Barry took up a position in the Leeds half but good play by Young and Gillie relieved F. Bridges was uege to the fore with a clever mark. Burgess then stopped a dever dribble by Ward With Leeds dan- F. Bridges srxMled Goldthorpe's pass to Hunter, and finally Barry worked clear. -tlie aid of a wnalty kick Leeds forced a dead ball- Leeds w-ere not to be denied, and as the outcome of a grand passing bout ?VhitaJ?r ecored, but Young failed to co?- ?'-t Jones broke away grandly, but 7 !pa=si.n? to G<>ldthope. the latter was tackled Dow got in a snlendid kick. and Roberts and Burgess further improved matters with r, g. Gldthore then scored for Leeds. an Waf-d also scored, the kicks for goal failing. Half-time score: Points Leeds .—— 25 k; 2g I T«p^s 66 .points; Barry, nil.

MID-RHONDDA V ABERDAREI played on the Mad-Rhondda ground, in wet weather, before a poor, gate. lrca.ms:- Mid-Rhj-TTidda.; Back, P. Grilfiths; three- quarter backs, Tom Mwards, J. Jones, W. 1 Wrentmore, and J. Thomas: half-backs, E. M. Rees and Howel Rees; forwards, G. I Matthews, F. Morris, F. Beavan, D. Jone.5, D. Williams, and F. Jones. Aberdare: Back, Gordon Thomas; tih- quarter backs, J. Parker, Lucimore. B. Whittle, and Pike; half-backs, W. Hocking j and Edwards; forwards, Thomas. Cant, War- burton, Bolton, James, and Edwards. Referee, Mr. Evans (Treherbert). Mid-Rhonddia were the superior from the outset, a-nd after pressing for some time G. Matthews succeeded in piercing the defence, ibult no goal resulted. Gordoon Thomas saved his side on several ooca'sionsfc but by good forwa-rd work M id-Rhondda again succeeded in scoring through D. Williams, bovrt the try I was not converted. Half-time score: G. T. Pte. I 0 2 6 .-b.ei,dare 0 0 6 A

F'i:nn.l:-Mid-Rho.ndda,.) tries: A herd are. nil.

————————— ABERAVON (PORT TALBOT) JUNIOR CUP COMPETITION. The opening matehes in connection with the Aberavon (Port Talbot) Junior Football League started to-day on the old Aberavon Football Ground. The competition is for a silver cup presented by the Aberavon Foot- ball Committee, and medals to the members of the successful team, presented by Mr. Osbourne Harris. There were two matches advertised to take place, but owing to bad weather the Port Talbot St. Theodore's v. Port Talbot Steelworks' match was cancelled, The match between Port Talbot Mansel Juniors and Aberavon St. Joseph's was started an hour late, owing to no ball being on the field! It was fought out with great determination, and from start to finish both teams watched each other so closely that it was almost impossible to score. St. Joseph's j were the first to draw blood, when Jack Cockrane dropped a lovely goal in the first half. The JunioTs after this made repeated j efforts to equalise, and Ted Phillip* failed by inches to drop a goal. Towards the close Harry Griffiths broke away, and scored" try for them, but it was not converted. m .bmal score. ü. T. J-LB. I Aberavo-n St. Joseph's 1 0 4 Port Talbot Manstel Juniors 0 13 I

PONTYPRIDD V BRIDGEND I The Poutvpridd home match with Bridgend excited mu;h interest during the week, but the heavy ram this morning seriously mill- tated against the attendance, and the gate was a comparatively small one. The ground was in a sudden state, and scientific play was out of the question. 'reams:- Bridgend: Back, Oscar PoweU; three- quarter backs, C. Lewis. J. L«yshon, Jenkins, and G. Hopkins; half-backs, J. Hopkins and W. J. Cooke; forwards, E. Gronow, W. Gronow, H. Ham, J. Ham, J. Gnftiths, J. Parry, F. Eva?M and G. Bem&rd. Po?typridd: Back, Steve Davies; thr<?- qu?rter backs, Rogers, Pugh, Harries and Q,Lia6zlt-e'r ba, h? f-backs, T. Jon and F. J. (?. AN-r idel H. F!,cribin- L. PritcheM. forwards, B. Lowm, H. Scribms, L. Williams. R. Mears, T. Lancy, J. Davies, Jack Davies, .ånd Durkin. Referee, Mr. Tngland, Newport. A long delay was occasioned through the non-arrival of the referee, but shortly before five o'clock a Srfdgend substitute was found, Good footbiall was ouit of the question, but both teams put in some gocd work under the circumstances. The first incident of note was a run by Sogers, who was, however, erassed beautifully. The sa-me player got mission in the visitors' 25 and tried a croee-kiek to Pugh, bat the ball naturally skidded, and Bridgend touched down. Rushes bv the visitors' pack took play to the line, and Fortypridd had to concede a minor. Bridgend continued to press, and D. Davies and Pllgh we r?~ponsAble for good saves. Eventually Coofce got poascssiion a.nd rushed over, Gronow converting. Hall-tune score: w. 1. m RrMgend. 1 0 5 POll'typ.rid 0 0 I Final: Bridgend, 5 points .pontypruaa, 5 pt s. I

Pomtypridd were aggressive in this half, I and Push was responsible for an excellent save. The game became a. strange mixture tinai score: ü. 1. Fts. I po,ntypridd 1 0 5 Bridge.nd 1 0 5

IRELAND V. WALES The twenty-eighth annual international encounter between Wales and Ireland was played at Grosvenor Park, Belfast, tihis afternoon. The weather was delightfully fine and mild, and th,e attendance nUID- bered aibout 8.000. No further changes were notifie din either team, the sides turning out as selected, with the excerptions that Jeff Jones took the plaoe of Plews on the Welsh £ de, and FIemi-n came on for Kirwan in tile Irish team. LREuAIN JJ. *SOOTTT lEverton), goal; S E y 31OTIR (01 if ton vi 1 le) and I¡ *M'CAKiNEY (Glentoran), backs; •HARRIS (Everton), -OOX.'iOR (Belfast Celtic), and *M CONNELL (Sheffield Wednesday) half- backs .H ba-eks; (Belfast Celtic^, •LAXDEY (Evert/on), ? .?R (Qun's Park Rangers), 'WEBB (Brighton and Hov?), and •KiitwAN (Clyde), forwards. WALES. *L. R. fROCSE (Sunderland), goal; MORRIS (Derby County) and t *J..<rjS (Northern Nomads), backs; *G. LATHAM (Liverpool), *E. PEAKE (Liverpool), and -.LWYD DAVIES (Northampton), half- backs; l:.l{£jDITH (Manchester United), *G. WYNN (Wrexham), *W. DAVIES (Blackburn Rovers), *LUl' JONES (Manchester City), and 'Hji^ PRICE (Wrexham), forwards. An International. Referee, Mr. J. B- Stark (Scotland); lines- man. Mr. D. W. Oweins tKhos). WaJos won the toes, ajid attacked on the left immediately, but Scott saved a ooie shot, from Laithiam, and latter a free to Wales, for a foul against Conner, ledto an attack ()¡fl Ireflnd's goal. The Wt l' h forwards showed tihe better com- bined work, and were confi.taat'ly agzresi?ive. I When Ireland pressed Webb last an opp.:>r, tuni'ty, and later offside by the same player ruined Ireland's chances of scoring. Wales then attacked again. Play continued even, W. Davies tested Scott with a stiff shot, and at the other end Boose had to concede a corner to cave a shot from Harris, while the latter dropped the bail over the Welsh goal. Ireland were now having the better of the play, the for- wards keeping up a constant attack, but thoi.r ■ efforts were of a disjointed character, and nothing come of them. Half-time score. Goa^s. Vi, ales 1 Ireland. 1 I As line result of fine combination on tne part of the Weigh forwards, Ireland was called upon to defend their goal. Da vie (centre forward) despatced a remarkably swift sot to toe goal-line. Scott picked up. and brougt off a marvellous save. Ireland retaliated, and Grier securing, passed to Hunter. Jones intervened, bllt Harris robbed him, and almost registered, the ball striking the cross-bar and bouncing over, Ireland continued to keep up a stubborn1 defence, and after a severe tackling Slemin and W-wjb got «,way. Morris unsuccessfully attacked thera, and Lacey receiving tested Roose. He picked up and centred, but the leather was quickly returned, and Laeey shot, the ball missing. After 28 minutes' play Lacey, accepting a grand pass from Slemin, scored a goal for Ireland, and the home lot continued to have the best of matters, Lacey and Webb each making good attempts to &core. A free helped Wales, and W. Davies soon equalised, Wynn having previously netted from off- side position. Play was even up to the interval, neither side adding to their score.  imal score: Goals. WAJLES 3 _¡D .?.?.. 2 v\ ales having won to-day it L-a-s a chance of tieing with Scotland for the onampioxi&hip if the latter beats England on April 3.

BARRY V. BRiSTOL CITY RES. Iteferee, Mr. Somerhill, Bristol. Rain was failing heavily when Barry started play on a treacherous ground, and Bristol early forced a fruitless corner. Barry broke clear, but, returning to t.he attack, liumbie drove just outside. lle6 levelled up matters for Barry, but they oould not get within shooting range of the Bristol goal. Amotneir corner fell to Bristol, which Mason cleared with a, beautiful header. btill the City men hoy?, perilously near the Barry goal, but cüu! not obtain the desired end, although Llewel- if1- once eaved at full length on the ground, which was getting more difficult every moment, and Bristol them-selves could not but admire the fine defen-c-e oi the isome- J sters. Chapman got a dhance in mid-field, but sent the ball inches wide of the posts, and Bristol were penalised for "handing," but the ki-ekfo.r goal was again sent wide. Barry defended strenuously, and Thomas was very unfortunate when he eeait in a swiagmg cross-kick. Down obtained the ba: on the touch-line, and swung in a shot which found the net splendidly. Llewellyn made a praiseworthy effort to save. Barry attacked, and Bristol had a really nxious time right under the bar. Llewellyn again went down to a splendid shot, and also pttnnhed clear tihe rasultant corner kick Thornhill broke through grandly, but a miskiok by the home deTferrre enabled Brad- ford to run through and score Britol's I second goal. From the kick-out Clegg sent t theoo.,il the leItof tie- field, but it was allowed to roll out of bounds.. Thomas got a chance from a touch-line scramble, tout his shot fouled the utprig'ht and went behind. Llewellyn a?ain dived at a shot, and. holding the ball (m the line. just succeeded in pushing it out of j danger. The deluge df rain now ceased, land the sun shone. Pretty passing placed Barry in a strong position, but the Bristol men were all there. Yet again Llewellyn I came to the rescue with a marvellous save, and was loudly cheered. < Half-time score. Goals. Bristol City Reserves 2 Re.rry .ict C i' Jt>arry siameu me eecona half well Wlln strong forward rushes, but Bristol quickly set about their work and loud cheers again I signalled the gallant servœs rendered by ,,i?" ?, (between the 8;leks. J?HsoB also defended well. Bristol pressed determindly, and retained a wonderful foothold on the wet ground. Many of the referee's decisions 1 did not find favour with the crowd, and he was frequently hooted. A mistake by a Barry back gave Jones a chance and he shot, through Llewellyn's legs. Play after this third poore became a trifle tame, and the Barr men considerably improved forward. At this stage Clegg saved the first shot he had had throughout the match, and was again tested a moment later. As the game came to a close Bradford got Bristol's fourth goal. I ?inai Goal?. 1 Bristol City Reserves  4 Barry District 0 COMMENTS. Unlike many ma tones played at Barry trios season, little doubt wrae felt as to which was the better team. Bristol held the superiority throughout at eH joints, particularly in the re-ir division, where the backs had remark- able con-trod over the greasy ball. Rarely have better forwards been seen on the Barry ground than the visitors' quintette. Perfect. accuracy characterised their entire play, and the Barry hacks may well feel proud of their display agatiwt them to-day.

J BATH CITY V TREHARRIS I At Batfih thi6 afternoon. Teame:- Bath: Goal. Barrett; backs, James and Andrew Harget; half-backs. Palmer, Smith, and Joe Kargeti; forwards, Gould, lron.1 TaymiaJi, Sobae, and A'lden. TrIrri¡¡: GoaJ. BrowmhiU; backs, Wil- )M.mR an IhaPcott; half-backs, Williamson, pickeot, and 1r-n-; forwards, Barlow, Bowel'l, Latiham, Rooke, ajnd Tyte. Steve Jones a?d J. Ihomas wer ateeut. from the Ireharris eside. Baah were all full str«ngt4i. Treharris were the first to piress, Barrett | having to punch away a good shot from Barlow. Tite forced a corner, but it proved uneventful. The visiters were penalised 25 yards from their own goal. Smith took the kick, which bounded back off one of the play,era to the feet of Joe Hargett, who opened the scoring for Batih with a ground I shot. A few moments later Hayman broke through on his own and scored another at the other end. Barrett punched away a fine centre from Tite, but the visitors continued Ito press, and eventua lly Rooke soored with a hot shot from close in. The city were prees- j ing hard, and the Treharris goal con- stantly in danger. Barlow got into trouble -with the referee for something not apparent te the spectators, and Mr. Leale cauftioned him severely. 1- Half-time scoire: Ctoals. Bath ? Ti-eh-a.rniB.— i Final score: Goals. Bath 4 Treharris 1

MARDY V TON-PENTRE Great interest was taken in this encounter between the above teams, in the South Wales League, in consequence of the teams running a neck-and-neck raoe for the championship, and because the winning of to-day's match will have a great influence on the ultimate success of- either team in the competition. The weather was about as unpropitious as it well could be. and probably robbed the home team (Mardy) of a record "gate." Both teams fielded strongly, as follows Ton Pentre: Goal, Colema.n; backs. Curtis and Russell; half-backs, Edwards, Williams, and Grant; forwards, Williams, Reed, Fyfe. Daviee, and Parry. Mardy: Goal; Morris; backs, Jones and Golding; half-backs, Cox, Hill, and Jones; forwards, Woollacott, Abley, Evans, Wil- liams, and Holland. Referee, Mr. Rawlinson (Barry). Mardy commenced operations, and at once attacked. A fine run by Abby nearly resulted in the downifali of the Ton Pen tie goal. The ho-mesters pressed strongly, and from a corner, well taken by Holland, Abby headed the wrong side of the pos-ts. A raid by the Ton forwards was well Eaved by Hugh Jones. The homesters were soon hovering round the: opponents' goal- A terrific rush by the home! forwards saw Holland securing the first goal. The game became keener than ever, and a corncar by Mardy was placed behind by Wollaoott. A clearance by Tom Jones nearly- I let Ton through, brut Morris saved well. The referee's decision did not please a few, and this led to his giving some words to a sec- tion of the spectators. A foul against J. WilLiajns nearly resulted in a second goal, for Mardy. A minute later Coleman was lucky to clear off Josh Williams. Ton gained a ol-rnor. but made poor use of it. -1 -L a-x-d- HnU-trme score: Goals. 1- Gore' I' Ton Pewbre 0 1

ABERGAVENNY V. YNYSDDU. ) At Abergavenny. iinai score: Aoerga- vemy, 2 g-oals; Ynysddu, 1 goal. ]

CAEHLEON V CHEPSTOW I This league match was played at. Oaer- leon in wTretohed weather, tne visitors being weakly represented. Cap-rleon bad the best of the opening exchangee, and from a corner kick Chapman headed through for them after five minutes' play. Within two minutes Harry Jon?s added ?DC?her goal !cr the homæteI' Pretty play between P?n-y amd Ebc Jones r?.H)ted in the latter adding a third goal. After a brief attack by Chops-tow. Pa.rry ran the whole length of t.he field, and soored for the homesters. Davies, the Wyesider- goalkeeeper. was still kept busy, and Parry headed through twice, but was ruled off-side on each occasion. Half-time score. Goals. I Ca?rl?on .4 Chepstow .0 Even piay ruled in the second nan, Lnap- man and Murdagh scored for the homesters, and Morgan nett(1 for Chepstow.. Final score. Goats. I CaeHeon 6 Chepstow :t::=:rf. I

NEW TREDLGAR V. CWM I BALL LOST IX THE RIVER. P me E ODW ?aie onnern umou ?i?u?c w<?c pià at the adi8Ilf\heU;-Ucrh, V\ to play off the eenu-nnal of the South Wal<? Junior Cup. Rain fell in torrentf before the match, and the ground was in a sodden con- dition. The teams were:- Cwm Goal, Thomas; backs. Geo. Price and Geo. Rogers; half-backs, Greenaway, Biggie- stone. an.j Garrett; forwards, Wilcox, Moor, Whitcomiae, Hawkins. and Brown. New Tredegar: Goal. Russell; backs, Stra-t- ton and Rowlands; half-backs, Stallard, W. Lloyd, and Bedgood; forwards, Thomas, Lloyd, Bullock. Watkinis, and Kirkham. Referee, Mr. Brewer. Newport. Cwm had previously met Caerleon. Newport Battery, and Ynfrsddu, having scored 19 goals to 3. while New Tredegar had played Brith- New Tredegar kicked off with I nk- ground in their favour, and Russell had to defend in the first few minutes. Hawkins was responsible for some grand centres, but the state of the dir, Bedlinog. and Ystradmynoch. ground prevented Cwm's play being effective. Bullock, for New Tredegar, got in a fine dribble, until he was stopped by George Price, and Brown got clear away, and would undoubtedly have scored had not Rowla-rids brought off a fine save. Up to now Cwm were much superior, but the ground and rain pre- vented them from bringoing into play their combination. At this stage an extraordinary incident occurred. The ball was kicked into the river, and no other ball being available, the placers were forced to retire foT fifteen minutes whilst a messenger was despatched to the town to obtain another. Meanwhile, the players shivered in the cold and rain. Cw mgot into an attacking position, and Russell making a bad miss, Moore found the net with a lucky shot. New Tredegar, by good passing. got to the Cwm quarters, and Bul- lock had a shot for goal. which really beat Thomas, but cannoned against the posts. Half-time score. Goals. Cwm. 1 New Triedeear 0 On the re-start Moore get in the New Tre- degar goal, 4B.nd as tbe result of a scramble scored. This same player continued to lie dangerous, and gave the New Tredegar bov--3,-s a warm time. He eventually ecored again far Cwm. S;ratt«n was sent off for rough pity. J-inai score. uoaifc. CNVM New Tredegar 0

BARRY DOCK ALBIONS V CWMPARK RESERVES This second division league match was pLayed ait Cwmpark. The field was in a very sloppy condition owing to the heavy rain. Te,a;ms:- Barry Dock Albions: Goal, Connors; backs, Hugh l'hom.is and Thornev: balf-ba.'kh. Johnson, Ashford, and Ford; forwards, Wil- liams, lewis, Maraen, Davies, and Eves-toll. CHronipark Beeervee: Goal. Taylor; backs, Hemmings and Jones; half-backs. Nicholls, Evans and Williams: forwards, Bell, Jenkins, James, Evans, and Edwards. Im the first half Owmpark scoTed twice, and Marden nei ?ed a couple of times for Barry Dock Albions. TT.ll' (:o.l.c n'i;1ü.1"'LliJJ. DVU1 C. VlV'ø.'Je. Barry Dock Albions 2 Cwnip&rk. 2

COGAN V TROEDYRHIW Played at Treharris in very wet weather, before a iajr crowd. Teams:- Troedyrhiw: Gc-a-1, shaciietoi, backs, Davies and Maggs; half-backs, Jenkins, Wil- liams, and Weaver; forwards, D. Llcyd, W. Lloyd, Aroay. Thomas, and Sliackieton. Oog-an.: Goal, Sutton; and, Ho*kir«; half-bacike. Mason. Lewis., and Thackeray; forwards, Vis-sa Miiiiphaut, Evans, Giddlngs, and Godfrey. Referee, Mr. Williams, Cardiff. Troedyrhiw started, and at once became aggressive, and within t-wo minutes from the start Shackleto-n scored for them. The game promised to be very fast, Troedyrhiw setting the p«ace. Milliphant helped his side to a corner, a.nd beaming his opponents missed a rare chance by beinif seLfish. From a throw in Lewis sent in a n-i-ce shot-, but it was well cleared. Thaokeray distinguished himself by some good defensive pla.y. and often turned defence int-o attack, and from one of these Evans missed am easy chance. Vis- Hard made a useful run up the wing, and (j-idding* almost scored. When near the goal Troedyrhiw were moat da-nigerous. and during one vf their attack* Arsay scored the second goal. Not-withstanding this reverse, Cogau-playe-d well, and for the mos!t part attacked. Vissard aga-in made a splendid run ale nig the line and gave Giddings and Godfrey an easy cha-roce, but both missed on account offthe s'-opp-inees cl tibe ground. Troedyrhti w, 2 goals; Cogan Old Boys. 2

ABERDARE V THE PiCK OF THE BRISTOL LEAGUE This match was played on the Aberdare ground to-day in-wet meather, and before a Poor gate. The fixture was to have come off a fo jit night ago, but owing to the bad weather it was postponed until to-dav. Too.ms Aberdai-e: Goal, Cartel-: backs, Goodwin and Pritehard; half-backs. Groves, Farring- don., and Lewis; forwards, Tippett'. Knox, E. Jones. T. D. Jones, and Haw inns. Bristol League: Goal, Anstie: backs, Ivibby and Fuesall; half-tbaoks, Oaines, Ma-nniug, a.nd Runt; forwards, Gardner, Stone, Oliver. Suiter, and Oook. Bain fell heavily when the teams fielded. Manning checked 1.11e opening spurt by Aber- da-re, but T. D.J ones got away and beat the defence with a neat goal. Shortly after Hawkins snapped a cross-kick by Pritehard, and put on the seoond goal. A penalty to the i visitors for "hands" ended in Caines put- ting through. Aberdare 2 Half-time score. Goals, Brist? Le&?ue. 1 In the second half Aber-dare forced the Pace, and Pritehard, who was playing centre forward in placeo f Jones, ran through the defence and scored o. 3. Pritehard added another goal, and the referee stopped the! match owing to the weather fifteen minutesi before time. Final score. Goals. Aberdare 4 Bristol J?ea?ue i

BLAINA V EBBW VALE This Monmouthshire Leag ae matcn was pLayed at Blaina, this afternoon. Ebbw Yaie arrived with only nine men, and the home- sters gave them two players, and played with only ten men themselves. Soon after the start Pettiman received from Jones and scored for the visitors, and K.avanagh soon followed w-itV another, and just before half-time Owen added a third. Half-time score. Uoals. _fa v, I Bla,ina, 0 Upon resuming. Blaina were on wie l aggres- give. and GTven soared for them. Ccillter fol- lowed with another, and Edwards equalised with a. third. Stili exerting pressure, Green added a fourth for Blaino, FmaJ SCO? uoais. t:vi: :15, Bbbw Vale 3

PORT TALBOT V SWANSEA VILLA Plaved at Port Talbot in torrents of rain. Swansea Villa were five men short, and only played six men. The game was delayed an hour owing to the weather and efforts to find substitutes. In the first half Port Tal- bot scored through Hacker and CoulsdenT,al- In the Second portion, Woodall and Couls- den (2), scored, and a Swansea player putting the ball in his own net added the seventh goal for Port Talbot. •• Fi sooore. Goals. Port Talbot 7 Swansea Villa 0 REMARKS. The game was played unoer very a-averse conditions, there being deep pools of water on the field. The Swansea men were plucky and made desperate efforts, but could not SCOTC* in the faoe of the odds a-gainst them.

MATCHES ABANDONED TREORKY Y. LLWYNYPIA UNITED. The match between Treorky a.nd Llwynvpia United. in the Glamorgan League, at Treorky was abandoned owing toO the ground being unplayable through the heavy rains. LIwv 11 ypiu United travelled to Treork", but it was mutually agreed noot to play.

AMBULANCE CHAMPIONS I Rhymney Beats the G.W.R. The &mual Inter-railway Ambulance Chal- lenge Shield Competition, confined to workers on the local -raiyways who reside ;i,n Oa.rdiff. took place in the Y.M.C.A. lecture-hall to-day, Dr. Cyril Lewis being the adjudicator. In previous teste the Great Western Railway teams have won the shield on five occasions, a.nd the London and N ortll We-stern men once. Only two t.e.ams entered to-day, the Rthyminey (captained by Mr. A. Harrington) scoring 343 marks out of a possible 550. as against 319 marks put on by the Great Western Railway (captained by Mr. F. W. MuyeH). Mr. P?m. manager of the Bute testing works. was in the ebadr.

AMATEUR BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. At Bradford. Major Fleming again played a eimng g&me this afternoon, further in- creasing his lead. H. Virx, who at tlie com- mencemenit was 267 iii arrear, iseoiml sixteen ir. the first houT. and then made a 70 break; while Iteming scored a 39, 40. 59, and a magi liifkent break of 172—sixteen short of the amateur record. Scopes. FSeming, 1,1358; Virr, 846.

Cardiff, 3; Abergavenny, 0. Road-road Wesleyau, 5; iELoailh Pwt IV4o byterian., 1. Oity JunioiB, 5; Oaerpfeillgr. 2.

THE RUGBY GAME Final: Gaaitoin Wsmdeixirs. 8 points, MackiiH tosh nil. FincJ. Grange Harriers, 12 points, Centrals, ml. Eingiand, 8pts; Scotland. ISpts. Northampton. 22pts; Old Bdwardians. opts. Llanell", 9p"ts; Ma<estes. Bedford, 9ptB; Old CIarltowans, Zlpts. Exeter, 13pts: Chelteiiham, Sptt. iEdin-burgh Academical;, idpts; Edinburgh. Wanderers. 8pts. >' ea.t;J¡ Secontis. nil: Resolven, nil. Swansea Seoondfc. iii point;; l-orthcaw-1, nil. Lancv lic*.p:tal liangerc, S poi;:te; Aijer>ovWitli Col- leg,, c. Aoeravon t. Jo^pli's, 4 pouiU.; Alanied Jumore, i- TaNs. 2 trie6; l?nda? Xod?h, i,i?. Sieh;e;wp;¡' Cinderford B<)?s, niL I'iyjnouth. 21 poano; Torquay, t. Grange. 2 trie. Cardiff Kruiiereie, nil. Lrin peter, 6 point*: Llaagennech. ni Humiiey Kovont, poinle: Junxae, 4. Ta.lyv.-ain. = 1.ries: J{e;;en"et>, nii- CinaeTloro, 5 points: Lvdaty. nil. T6n' Vnitea. 25 points; Sarbertfc, nil. Uwynypia. Old Boye, nil; CSlfynydd ex-School DoM nil. Canton Cnit«d, 3 pouts: Cardiff Weish, 3. St. V>. iXew[.<^H, »~1 ixjiiyts; Pomenswydft Kxortsiorc. nil. u00loo. 6 points: Newport VckI. 11'1. Birkenhead Park, 4: points; liverpool, 5. Bristol, 12 points; Clifton, 3.

NORTHERN UNION Leeds. 56pts; Barry, nil. St. Helens, 20 points; Leigh, 6 points. Ba.tJt:y. -,9P.Ù3; Bradford, nil. Halifax, 22pt^; Salfxrd, ZiAt. York 26;3,ts; Hunsdet, liptfi. Hull, 16pts; Keighley, nil. Hun Kingston Rovers, Spts; Wakefield Trinity, 13p.tt;. Brougrhton Rangers, 33ptô; Widnes, Idpts. Bw inton, 9pts; Rochdale, Hornets. 6ings. Barrow, 5p.tÆ; Ws^rrxngto-n. 26pts. Bramlcy, 7 points; Itewsbury. i XHiinte.

ASSOCIATION Milfard. Haven, 0; Pembroke Dock 'Qu¡i'Il&t'. Splott boc. CardLfi Mucka, L Buaith Weils. 6 goals; L¡aJlf¡¡; Brigade, 2-, Barry Dock AJpiúllto. 5: CWllipdrk Itccrvee, 0. Park United, j: Cuuciice J uniOrt. nil. Grange Wi Bj's, 1 goal; Csmton t'nitad, niL Treharris Juniom, 2; Aberba.rfrojv., L l. Socaoo..s L<eajrue.—UriiA§? Xationat, 2; PenaMh >' at. -jiial, 0. i West End. 4; Cathedral-road Inititute, t. St. Cailieriae's, L; Pontcawia, C. finals. St. Julian'? Institute, 5; Pari. YSla, 2. 9tti Co Xewjwrt Boys' Brigade, 3; St. Wootlae, 2. Clytha Villa, 8; ArchibaJd-t-.treet Wesleyan, Q, Biirburiajie v. Caldicoti. ENGLISH LKAG-UE MATCHES. DIVISION I. Woolwich Arsenal, 1; Notte Forest, &, Notts Gountj, 1; Aston Vilia, 1. NewcaiStie United, 4: cihefiiead United, G. Bristol City, 4; Bur?-, 2. iMiddlesibroueh. 3; iiauuiester City, 0. Jjeioeste-r Foese. isunderku'id, 5. liverton, 5; Cheisaa^ 2. iManoheeter United, 0: Blaekbum Rovers, 3. Sheffield Wednesday, 0; Bradford Cdty, 2. Preston Nortn End, 2; Liverpool, 0. DIVISION II. Birmiighajn. 3; 'iotu-nn^m Hotepur, 3. Bradi|iird, 4: Wolvea-haaupten Wanderers, i. Burnley, 1: Oldu-aac Athletic, G. Fuiihiuii, 1: Clapton Orient, 2. Gainebrougii Trinity, 4; liajiisiey, 1. Glossop, 3; Bi-a-ek-pool, 0. Grimsby Town. 0; Leeds City, L Sto&kport County, 1: Derby County. 0. AVest Bromwicr Albion. 1; Hull Oity, 0. SOUTREEN. Weet Hani United, 4: tvou thend United, tt Bng-hton and Hoyt. Z; Miilwail, 0. Crystal Palate, 1: New- Brompton, 2. Brentford, 3; Nortlmmpton, 1. Lutoai, 0; Exeter. 1. Swindon, 5: Portsinoaith, 0. Ley loTI. Coventry, 0. iSontr-arnptou, 1: Bristol Rovers. 0. Reading-, 3: Wa-tford. 0. Plymouth Argyle, 2; Norwich City, L MIDLAND. Bradford City, o: SfieSieid Wtidnesday. Denaby United, 2; Ijeice^ter Fosise. 1. Hull Oity, 3; Newark, C. Cne^-t«rfifcLi Tc-wu, 1; Notts County, 0* Soitheiham Town, 0; Notss Forest, 1. Rotberham County, 0; Dor caster Rovers; t. Sheffield United, 1: Grimehy Town, 0. Lincoln 0it-, 2: Woriss&p Town. 1. Barneley, 2; Gs'iishioug-h Trinity. 0.

I i SCHOOLS FOOTRAI I p I WELSH SCHOOLS' TRIAL MATCH. j Half-time: East, nil; West, nil. Grwys-road, nil; Tredegarvilie, nil. Souiji Church-street, 12 pouCit^; VictDma, 3 points. Moorland-road. 3; Albany-road, 0. Radnor-Trad, 2; Stacey-i^-ad, 0. Sp-lott-road, 4; La nsdo wee-road. 0. Cladstoine, 0: Mo¡,rlOD!"ffi}gi¡..nc.ad. 0 Mlot;¡¡,.s.ba..¡H> 6; Radnor-road II., 1. BARRY SCHOOL MATCHES. Hannah-street Old Boys. 4 g-oals; Barry City ociijol, nil.—M. Pratt and DooLan acored two goaJ6 eacih.

RACQUETS. I MLJTARY SIXGLF.HA\f.PI()5RlP, At Kntg-htefbridige, thic after- i nooon Mr. J. J. Astor (First liife Guaxxis; and Oa.pt?n B-V- tAjTny SerY?? C?rpNi met in the &?aJ roun?. A ?o?e matfh end?d in x a ■TOUT of Captain Bers-er by three eatmee 10 two. ScorES: -13-18, 1>9. 1S-9, &-15. 1:-9.

I POKTHGAWL GOLF The monthly bogey -wa-- playe.1 at Porth- i eawi this aiternoon. The:"P were eieht entries and the weatiher vrns very bad. Mr. Tom ooegs proved to be the winmer with a hamdi- | cap of 2, 1 down.

HOCKEY Ell?rIl ENGLAND V. IT^vCE "np meeting of Eng-iand and Fran.cp at hoo1 key togfc pl.:i.oe a; Aeton. trw day-, the teams toeing a,- that Goodman played at full back for inh^e d ? cf J. L. P,,ij,r feliHi the « h?. ?h<.n France pl«ycd plu?Uy bit were -outclassed. Goal* far EnSind ^re scored hy Stafford Hmo,, Pridmore I ahN>-e), aiid 't.WoOl, w¡bllst, PaJttlD rep.lied, f,or    i ¡¡;d   France ?.. 1

BAERY V. CA vw>\ imr pvjva   1 At Larrv. The grame wr.f- a remarkable rm-- in many respect, a. at hall-time Barrv wepe ■ loping by 4 to i. Yet the gatae wa.- eventu- ally won by them with the score 6—4 Barry t?nal scone. (;Qal& [ 1 Canton AVesleyans 4 CMton ?? i f y ?n 

Cardiff Pinal &00re: I Abergavenny .J'" 0

SOUTH WALES LEAGUF CARBT^T CITY V. "AJEBTPY"R TftTC  Aer't1fe Wag n,ad<J '11 ?? same at tht- op.bia (}a.rden. (}O¡¡!ue'nt upon tb? l1'o ate ar?va] of the Mc?hvr?v< The lyiB^or? wer? without. Ta?.?, Maron, AViJ- 1 iam.s. 'n •laco'b'. The mund was in a. i vvretched jcondition. Teams ?-??'??-??'- ? ^-mrnonds: ba??! A. 'B t and L. Na»h: ck«, W. Johnson, ?- ?-nthcrn, and ?.f ???n; flrw^rdp W. IBIZ*rb,a-ge, A. L. NcWon, T Huxtaj?e, 1 xx. r*de. 7 Hurtable, iterfhyr T?n? (?al P. Ba?; ba?.?. G. and. half-backs, Owen, ?Br?'-??.v. an? P<?ss: forwards, T)?vi?. I ^<>gt;ton, G. Williams, Pemberton, and Abel W?o (it to ii, G. Pf,-mb"rt,,).n, and Abl "Beieree, Mt, Geo. Co-rdinr (Cardiffi In theflrsl half the City had the wind and ■-am behind them. Immediately t- e same started Bopwell missed an easy ehanee for te Oity. The latter s halve-s played fine spojljng ?am?, and w- k<?D2n? t?fir £ +v,r ?-a-?? so w?U f? that the l?tt?r ?ere {« frequently to threaten ca?.?r. ?m?rn d"hod aw y a.nd dr?'?T?ed ?.p ball nicely in front -f p'?ad. Nf?'?oB had a race with ?'Bromlty f?r poe?s?ton, and the ra<* rat tinp h? head to the baH ju?t T?iac?t.? save. C??r ?-oT? betwe-n B<?w<? and Burba?e. after r.J of ?<? Dj in the lat.ter s<-3r;n? OarW£'j! fi!- g?, ?ld W?df shortly afterwards missed a t diculouslv sfco* for goal. Then Pern bert-on. for Merthy was frven a alejoi run, a. n(i having Bea-tt to beat, he worked in, and brought Simmond8 to his kr-oes. for so-e minutes Merthvr more than held their own, but several fine ktfSrr.'tfTS"™ spoilt by poor play on the part of A 1)?e I Half-t'Ïme. Goalf'. (?ardif City. 1 M erth y ?- 0 Cardiff ?.tv Final "?- Goab;. ('arl;ff Cioty 1 Merthyr 0

CARDIFF MARATHON RACE Despite the unfavourable weather condi- tions 2o oonlix4Atoors the starter this atternoon ia the second W~.rathwi raoe, from the La.m;d"ne Hotol, Carotan, Cardiff, to the Old Post, Cowbridge, and back, a dietanoe of sixteen miles. Trie officials were:Starter, Mr. Geo. Willi arms; judgec (at the Old Pot) Mr. J. France, tat the finishing- pointy Mr. W. E. M. Harris. The roads wew very vy. Fnaraklin led the way into Oowbridge-road with Mullett, the Canton ILarleonin foot- baller, bringing: up the ro&T. The" first man o,ut was T. B. Igorgan, but. coming boak, Arig- gars overtook him four miles from home and. running ctroTiply, finished in the good time oi Ih. 40min. ]Final:-Ist, A. J. Yiggors (Gathayp lh. 40min.; 2jid, W. nxzel] (Grange Harriers), lh. 41mm.; 3rd. C. l^iBkey (North Centradb lh. 03min.; 4th. W. Davies (Porthj,

MAOHEN V. FLEU-DE-L3S. These teams met m a Ehy-mney Aralley (SeniorJ fixture to-day. Maohern ha.d most of the feame. and Smiith sooTed twice. IW sche-n 0 2 6 Fleur-de-Ine 0 0 0

ORJkNOE OLD BOYS Y. CANTON TTNTTEIX j I -At. Jubilee Park. Griffiths scored the on!) goal of the match for Grange. The retfeu-ee'i decisions w ere not aJtopsther Palat&We be some of the players and bad feeding wat apparent. loHnediat?y the match w" (?ei three p&ir? of players ?ot in ftt" a.tru, but before a?y d?Mna?e wa« <k»« they ?ere somj-?ted. ?nd the two teams W&k ?sepa.mte ?&ys from t&< VMUDNL t