Daily Mirror from London, London, England • 14

BANK HOLIDAY Newcastle Beat Blackburn Rovers and Score Their Fiftieth Home Goal. NOTTINGHAM CLUBS IN FORM, Portsmouth Out of the Running for the Southern League Championship. BY CITIZEN. The delightful weather again caused enormous crowds to visit the leading football grounds, and there were some tremendous attendances at the chief enclosures. At Newcastle there was a gate of 32,000 to see the United beat Blackburn Rovers by 3 to 1.

This was the Newcastle club's eighteenth successive victory in the League on their own ground, all the matches they have played there having been won, and the goal record being 51 to 12. Matters in the other leagues also favoured the leaders, Notts Forest winning at Burton, and confirming their position at the top of the Second League and Portsmouth, by going under by 2 goals to 0 at New Brompton, assuring Fulham of the championship of the Southern League. In addition to league games, there were many final ties in the various county cups. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present to see the final of the Army Cup at Aldershot, won by the Royal Engineers. Although without several of their best players, including the international Carr at back, Newcastle were always better than the Rovers, who had had the long and tiring journey from Plumstead, whereas the United have been at home in all their gaipes this Eastertide.

In the first half Newcastle scored a couple of goals, through Duffy and Speedie. Appleyard soon increased the lead after the interval. Martin scored for the Rovers in the closing stages of the game. Sunderland and Middlesbrough are keen rivals, and no matter how badly either side may be doing in the League they always have a hard fight when they meet. It was so yesterday, when they met before 30,000 spectators at Sunderland.

Middlesborough had quite as much of the play in the first half as the Wearsiders, but failed to score, and Sunderland got through by Hogg and Bridgett. It was a rattling game in the second half. Bridgett and Holley soon increased Sunderland's lead, but Middlesbrough came with a wet sail towards the finish, and, Bloomer and Common scoring, they were only beaten by 4 to 2. The supporters of the Arsenal had a rare fright at Plumstead yesterday when Aston Villa, having had just a trifle the best of the exchanges, led at the interval by a goal to nothing. There was another story to tell in the second half.

The Arsenal, playing with splendid dash, soon took the lead through Garbutt and Satterthwaite, and, to make assurance doubly sure, Freeman shot a third goal. It was a brilliant game, and for their fine recovery against such a formidable side the Arsenal are to be congratulated. Notts County are setting about their task of avoiding relegation to the Second League in most determined style. Yesterday they had Sheffield United for opponents at Trent Bridge, and delighted some 17,000 spectators by playing brilliant football and winning by 4 to 0. Humphreys scored a couple of goals, one a brilliant effort, and Dean also got through.

Sheffield had few chances. Matthews scored a fourth goal for Notts before the finish, and they won by 4 to 0. Derby County, who are running such a neck-and-neck race with Notts County for Second League honours," also scored a victory, beating the other Sheffield club at Derby by a goal to nothing, after a desperately hard and fast game. Wheatcroft, the ex-Fulham amateur, scored the only goal of the match. He has been doing well for Derby lately in the scoring way.

Derby have now twenty-five points for thirty-four matches, and Notts twenty-three for thirty-one, so that the chances are still in favour of Nottingham. Bentley, one of the Derby forwards, collided with Lyall, the Wednesday goalkeeper, in the second half, and had to be carried off the field. It was a splendid game between Liverpool and Manchester United at Liverpool. It was a case of the Liverpool attack against the United's defence almost throughout, and the latter was splendid. Try as they would the champions could not score, and Manchester, getting a goal, through Turnbull, in the first half from a breakaway, won a brilliant, if somewhat lucky, victory.

Bury, like Derby and Notts, are not out of all danger. Their game at Bury with their great rivals, the North End from Preston, was a most exciting affair. Bevan, the old Queen's Park Ranger forward, however, had on his shooting boots, and twice found the net for Bury, who won splendidly by 2 to 0. Two much-needed points were thus secured by the Shakers. In the Second League Chelsea were not playing, but all their rivals for promotion were, and the results for the most part were not favourable to Chelsea.

Notts Forest were at Burton, and beat the United by 2 to 0, Morris scoring both goals. Leicester Fosse went to Grimsby and accomplished about their best performance of the season by beating the Fishermen. Few, if any, of the bestplaced clubs in the Second League have accomplished this feat, and, moreover, the victory was well deserved on the run of play. West Bromwich Albion, however, dropped furPher behind by only drawing with Wolverhampton Wanderers at West Bromwich. There were 20,000 spectators to see these local rivals.

There was little in it between the sides, but the Albion lost their chance when Jordan missed a penalty-kick. In the Southern League Portsmouth fell further behind Fulham by losing to New Brompton. Just lately the Men of Kent have been playing in capital form, and their draw at Norwich on Saturday must have made Portsmouth look out for squalls. They got them, too, for New Brompton had the best of the exchanges throughout. Hartley scored for them in the first half, and that clever forward, Marriott, added a second goal afterwards.

The win was the more meritorious owing to the fact that Walker, one of the Kentish halves, was off the field for a quarter of an hour in the second half. More surprising still was the defeat of Southampton at home by West Ham United. The Saints were not quite at full strength, but West Ham had their best team in the field. The game provided an exciting struggle; In the first half a mistake by Kitchen gave the Saints the lead. Right from the kick-off in the second half Stapley equalised.

Watson headed a second point for West Ham. The Saints drew level again through OTBALL MATCHES. Jefferies, but in an exciting finish Jarvis scored again for West Ham, and Southampton were beaten by 3 to 2 after a great game. Millwall added further points to their total by beating the 'Spurs by 2 to 0 at Millwall. There was no scoring in the first half, but Twigg got through twice afterwards for Millwall, who won by 2 to 0.

Watford, who drew at Southampton on Saturday, have evidently returned to the form which made them such a good side at the beginning of the season. They visited Sydenham yesterday, and beat the Palace by 3 goals to 1 after a strenuous and rather rough game. Reading, still without their captain, H. Smith, who was playing for Derby County, came another cropper at Brentford, the Bees beating them by 4 to 2. It was a hard, keen game, but Brentford were always slightly the better side.

Pentland was the hero of the day, and all four of Brentford's goals came from his deadly shooting. Queen's Park Rangers had a runaway victory over Swindon, beating the Wiltshire men by no fewer than 6 goals to 1. The play was too one-sided to be interesting, but the heavy tally of points helped the Rangers' goal average considerably. Leyton beat Plymouth Argyle, at Leyton, after a very fast game. The first half was even, both sides scoring once, but Argyle had a trifle the best of the second half.

That dangerous forward Turnbull, however, scored from a breakaway, and so Leyton ran out winners by 2 goals to 1. A pointless draw about represents the run of the play at Northampton, where Luton were the visitors. Allig The London Schools team met the Glasgow Schools on the Woolwich Arsenal ground and beat them by 4 goals to 1. This was the first time that the Glasgow schoolboys had ever been defeated, and there was no fluke about it. Fore and aft the Londoners were smarter, and in the first half they quite outplayed the young Scots.

The London team was remarkably well served at half-back, Shipway, Roberts, and Hampsheer keeping the Glasgow front line well under control. Scott and Watts, too, were quite reliable at full-back. The pick of the forwards were Spittle and Denyer. The goals were scored by Perkins, Stocker, Seccombe, and Shipway. The Glasgow boys showed their best form in the second half, and towards the close were quite holding their own.

Warnock was their best forward, and both Cochrane and Donnelly did well at half-back. A match will be played at Tottenham to-day for the benefit of Sam Mountford, the Tottenham trainer. The present 'Spurs will oppose the team that won the Cup in 1901. All the eleven will turn out, and the old side will be: Clawley Erentz and Tait Morris, Hughes, Jones Smith, Cameron, Brown, Copeland, and Kirwan. This is the only Southern club to have won the English Cup in nearly thirty years.

How will they shape to-day? YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ASSOCIATION. THE I. Goals. Goals.

Newcastle United (h) 3 Blackburn Rovers (Duffy, Speedie, Appleyard.) (Martin.) Sunderland (h) (Hogg, Bridgett 2, Holley.) (Bloomer, Common.) rby County (h) (Wheatcroft.) Woolwich Arsenal (h) (Garbutt, Satterthwaite, (Hall.) Freeman.) Bury (h) (Bevan 2.) Notts County (h) (Humphreys ews2, Dean, Matth.) Manchester United 1 Liverpool (h) (Turnbull.) Division 11. Leicester Fosse tti ng ham Forest Chesterfield (h) West Bromwich A. (h) Barnsley (h) Hull City (h) Glossop Clapton Orient (h) SOUTHERN LEAGUE. ren tford (h) (Pentland 4.) (Carrick, Bartholomew.) West Ham (Stapley, Watson, Jarvis.) Jefferies.) Wat or (Turner 2, Fyfe.) (Roberts.) New Brompton (h) (Hartley, Marriott.) Miliwall (h) (Twigg 2.) Leyton (h) (Kelly, Turnbull.) (Swann.) Queen's Park Ran. (h) 6 Swindon (O'Donnell 2, Sugden 2, (Wardrope.) Skilton, Fletcher.) Northampton (h) Put through own goal.

Division 11, Fulham R. (h) LONDON LEAGUE. Tottenham Hotspur (h) 2 Leyton Res. West Ham Reserves Chelsea Reserves Oliver Burton's Benefit. SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

Celtic (h) 2 Queen's Park Glasgow Rangers (h) 2 Dundee 2 ARMY At Aldershot: Royal Engineers, 2nd Bed. 0. GLOUCESTERSHIRE At Bristol: Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, O. LONDON JUNIOR At Shepherd's Bush: Ravenscourt Amateurs, Barley Hall (Ilford), 3. ESSEX At Leyton: South Weald, Harwich and Parkeston, 0, MIDDLESEX At Ealing: New Crusaders, West Hampstead, 0, WELSH At Wrexham: Oswestry, Whitchurch, 0, BERKS AND BUCKS 1 Maidenhead Norfolkians 1 At Wycombe.

OTHER MATCHES. Schools Norwich (h) Fulham Ilford (h) Leytonstone (h) Clapton (h) Queen's Park Res 1 West Norwood At Plumstead. RUGBY RULES. Pts. Pts Newport (h) Cheltenham (h) Cardiff (h) Plymouth (h) Barbarians Old Merchant 11 Exeter (h) Llanelly (h) Coventry (h) Swansea (h) Newton Abbot Gloucester (h) Bristol (hi Neath (h) 12 Hartlepool Old Boys ENGLAND DEFEATS HOLLAND.

Soccer Match at The Hague Won by the Visitors by 8 to 1. THE HAGUE, international Association match was played to-day on the ground of The Hague Football Club between teams representing Holland and England. The Englishmen won by 8 goals to 1. The weather was brilliant, and there were 8,000 record for Holland. The British Minister, Sir Henry Howard, kicked off for the visitors.

Twelve minutes from the start Mansfield opened the scoring for England, Bell following shortly after with a second goal. The Dutchmen then scored their first and only point, H. Blueme putting the ball through. At half-time the score was England, Holland, 1. In the second half the home team played better, their defence showing a great improvement.

Their forwards were weak in front of SCHOOLBOYS NATIONAL SHIELD. The combatants in the final tie for the English Schools Shield will be Sunderland and West Ham, and the test, therefore, will be a struggle for supremacy between North and South. Perhaps the most pleasing feature is that neither of the two associations has won the trophy before. The constant wandering of the Shield will serve to keep the interest in a state of animation. Sunderland have had to play seven matches to reach the final.

Their start was an inauspicious one, for they only drew on their own ground with the Hartlepools. However, they won the replay, and then for a time showed irresistible form. Newcastle were beaten by 9 goals to 3, and in the divisional championship Seaton Delaval went down by no fewer than 9 goals to nil. But then came Sunderland's supreme test, for they were called upon to travel to Sheffield to beard the holders in their den. For many years the Sheffield boys have been regarded as invincible at home, and as reputation plays a large part in deciding football matches, it was a distinctly creditable performance on the part of Sunderland to draw with them.

The Wearside boys more than held their own on the play, and it was no surprise when in the replay they ousted Sheffield by 3-1. This brought them to the semi-final, in which they had to meet, Reading. Reading are undoubtedly one of the best teams in the competition. Away from home they had beaten the Walsall stars," and also Watford, who consider they have a better team than when they reached the semi-final last season. But the journey to the far North was too much for the Southern boys, and they fell by 3 goals to nil.

West Ham commenced their career by defeating Tower Hamlets, and subsequently had little difficulty with St. Albans. Their first real test was when they had to meet Tottenham in North London. As they won this game by 3 goals to 1, it was felt that there was a reasonable hope of the side making considerable progress in the contest, though whether it was as strong a side as that which got to the semi-final last year was a matter for discussion. The hardest game of the series came next.

Northampton had won the championship of their group fairly easily, and against West Ham they played capital football. It was one of the best boys' games ever seen at the Spotted Dog, and West Ham did very well to win by 3 to 0. Swindon, their next opponents, were perhaps the surprise of the competition. They were a team of travellers. They defeated Barry away from home, drew with Cardiff, and then beat them, and concluded by visiting Bolton and winning handsoihely by 5 goals to 1.

Even though West Ham were at home, it was felt that they could not hold a team such as this lightly. As matters turned out, though, they had little cause for apprehension, for they won by 4 goals to 1. DOMINIE. TO-DAY'S MATCHES. ASSOCIATION.

Bristol City v. Bolton Wanderers (League Notts Forest v. Barnsley (League Luton v. Northampton (Southern League). Fulham v.

Millwall (Southern League). Norwich City v. Manchester City. RUGBY RULES. Bristol: Bristol v.

Leicester. Exeter: Exeter v. Barbarians. Gloucester: Gloucester v. Northampton.

Newport: Newport v. Penarth. Coventry: Coventry v. Hartlepool. ATHLETICS AND CYCLING.

Cyclists and athletes were busy all over the country yesterday. Below will be found some of the leading results With glorious weather prevailing, upwards of 4,000 spectators attended Wembley Park yesterday, when the Finchley Harriers held their initial sports meeting of the season. A couple of wrestling competitions were also decided, the feather-weight catch-as-catch-can championship resulting in a win for P. Slim, of the Hammersmith A.W.C., who beat P. H.

Cockings, Passmore Edwards S.G.C., in 25min. 23sec. In the three miles inter-team race the Malden Harriers supplied the first six men home, and won with the lowest possible score. M. Ashford ran in fine form in the half-mile and mile handicaps, and won both events somewhat easily.

Three thousand spectators attended the New Brighton Tower meeting. H. Crowther (Leeds A.C.), the national ex-champion, won the one lap cycle handicap, with a start of three yards, but was beaten in the first heat of the one lap scratch race by D. Hodgetts, Wyndham R.C., who was himself beaten in the final by J. Harvey, of Stoke.

At the Newport (Mon.) athletic and cycling sports V. L. Johnson (Birmingham) won the half-mile scratch bicycle race, beating W. A. Edmunds, cf Bristol, and afterwards carried off first prize in the mile bicycle race.

A feature of the Anerley meeting at the Crystal Palace Was the large number of first-year men who competed, and it must be said to their credit that they individually and collectively rode with excellent judgment. It is very unusual for a quarter-mile scratch race to be re-run, but such was the case yesterday, owing to complaints of boring. The result, so far as the victor was concerned, was just the same, and W. T. Isaacs scored a very popular win from H.

D. Buck, the British Empire champion, who is scarcely up to form yet. The Putney boy went all out from start to finish, and won by a couple of lengths in 30sec. In the half-mile handicap S. A.

Milner, Poly (75), won cleverly by half a length from his fellow-clubmen, W. Dunn (65) and E. C. Piercy (60), in 59sec. A mile match tandem (F.

G. Hamlin and H. T. Johnson, Putney A.C.) versus single (H. D.

Buck, Anerley 8.C.) was won by the former, who led all the way. Time, 2min. 36 2-ssec. The last item of a very liberal programme was a twentyfive miles scratch race. There were sixteen starters.

J. H. Bishop led at five, ten, and twenty miles, but in th last stages was outclassed, and the race went to F. G. Hamlin, Who won by a length from A.

Rushen, with Bishop third, only inches behind the pair. Time, 58min. 48 4-ssec. At the twelfth mile there was a big spill, and five riders were put out of the race. TO-DAY'S RACING PROGRAMMES.

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