The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England • 14

THE DAILY ILLLGKAf'H MONDAY APRLL 22 1907 14 FOOTBALL GOLF C0T7RSK AT GATWICK ROYAL VISIT TO GLASGOW THE CUP FINAL HOLDERS EEATErt OPENING OF NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS BY THE PRINCE OF WALES portions by Crawshaw ard bo disfigured play by the one bad fool of the ftroc Right from the Jock -oh' Wednesday went away in promising style but the wind naturally told against I them and following upon two corners conceded to ivcrton Abbott nwlj horded a coal the ball strik- the top of bar and going over A miante or two later Chapman forced a comer and in a scrira- mage in front of the Everton goal Wilson rushed the ocll through but was given off -side StilJ the play went mostly in favour of Wednesday Chapman a long range twice shooting over the bar At the i other end LyaTl had to run out to clear from Hardman and Makepeace getting on the ball went very rioee Just after this 5rst goal worked clown cleverly and swung the ball nit to Chapman who tried to score Twice Soot punched he bail but th second time the ball oime towards Stewart who dashing up sent it) into the net well clear of Soot play a that point having lasted twenty-one minutes Directly afterwards ilson raced away and pot right arro3 the goal- mouth bin no one was irp to the chance Soon 1 ITton ''-played a marked advance but even allow- i ing that the wind was in their favour the forwards PwrnLD WsD5TK4T 2 ffool Eykrtoh 1 gtfI Fxoured otKe? ariit with th delightful wthr tfccfc has so mpilarly it since be Crystal bo was firs d''cidd r-on rvs the scone of the on-titer the final tic on Saturday ait a -en and ahwmyy exciting strangle resulted in a victory lor 6hefflijd Wednesday over Evrrton by 2 goals to 1 For twelve msm in suooriv on be concluding stage of tie struggle for the Cup had takn place uncer nx st plessact oondilton: and li almost too much to expetd that on the tin neon ii occasion equally good fortune would prevail- Stormy weather bad i expenenord in the middle of the week and the I the i4Q much Young shot over Hardman afternoon of the match a preceded by a a fine opportunity and with hands against thoroughly wet evening but the luck of final jCawrhaw th Wednesday goal bad another narrow tie vfeich proru to become proverbial stll escape Th' aUacks bv Everton became more and obtain 1 All momirg the sun si: am bri' iantly more frequeofi and with tl Wednesday backs at i and if its raxliac ws not so pronounced alter mid- fault Lyall was kept fully oempied On one ocm- iiiued mild and refrshing To aion Lyall had run out to clear and before he could 1 return the ball was shot in again but Burton jnst go hs foot to it in time Still the pressure cvn- 7 i tinuod and three mum before the interval Everton bee i 1 admg as it did to many a blunder no equahsefl but only after a succession of ludicrous of a nuisance but for doubt proved something of a nuisance Responding to the suggestion of then mteresed in the development of the district Gatwick Rao-oourse Company have laid oat a golf ocurse on their estate Gatwick private railway tkm is only a mile from Horley which ns residsB tial district is growing rapidly and if the proven of motcr-t rains running between lloriey and Thn Bridge were realised the Gatwick course wouki made aoccssible to a large population As regards the Gatwick estate of which the race company ow the freehold building along the portion frontm the main road to Brighton aiil nnqoestmnahly stimulated by the possession of a urst-ciam iil course On Saturday Mr Robinson and an umber of otW directors of tho Gatwick Club including Mr Gathcart who has iiTKii-rtaken the duties of the hone rary secretary of tho golf elnb muted a number of Prew representatives and e'lie-s to inspect and nlav over the course Although criticism was innuT veiry little was offered all being sanguine of ths course evenvua turnmg out to be one of the bit be found anvwhe-e inland There is still a great to do but even lief ore the formal opening which a to take place the autumn the work which i- tj expended will hae resulted in a great impreremen The oourse which lias been laid ont by lUmv Varden has the full eighteen lioles their length varying from 182 to 522 yards the full length home as near as possible 3i miles So for no artjfiaaj bunker hare been constructed as their position will be derided by experience so as to avoid the mistake for which many clubs have paid dearly of makm bunkers in places which have turned out to bs unsuitable I'hero is a variety of natural hazards wtrtro ditches trees anl onee or twice the River Mole has to be crossed At various points the surrounding aspect is exeeedinrly picturesque Except in th morning and evening there wili be no pod on race days but these are comparatively so few that uwi opport unities of play will not be sTouaiy curtailed The pavilion luncheon and drawing rooms which overlook the racecourse provide an elepant and spacious clubhouse lor the gotten The tnrms of mombonhip have not been finally deeded I but they will give some alight advantage to the members of the Gatwick Racing Chib ami it ui intended that there shall be no entrance suownptioa until the golf club membership has niched 300 Mr Gathcart explained at the luncheon over which Mr Robinson presided that it is the intention of th i directors whn the course has reasonably matured to arrange big professional and other oompeutioee which could he carried out much more salistaitonly tuan over ground to which the public full i spectators the afternoon was all that could have been desired With the day so springlike many anthas gathered at the football ground before blunders Hardman centred and Brittietoci and Bnr-j ton on the one fade and Settle and Young oc fcheotfoor all tried in tnm to kick it but it soiled on to Sharp who practically unmarked but with no great amount and hour by hour the crowd until ()f space open found the oorner of the net with a low frail-Iirctxi shot Thus at half-time the score stood Sheffield Wednesday 1 goaL Everton 1 goal Directly after the resumption Wednesday should have taken the lead aga in ilham Balmer blunder- I mg let in Stewart who could have gone on with only Scott to beat but the Sheffield forward preferred to shoot at some distance and went wide stronger tackling by Everton Wednesday still threatened danger re atedlv Siowart trying another long shot Wilson lieadiiH: and the latlor just afTwards heading against the bar From this tli01 game went strongly in favour of Everton being well pi kd by his halves and nearly always firishing with a capital centra The Wodn-fence however held out but thci? goal had day by the time the eontest began the huge slopes wire iiitonged by one sol mats of people Stands too had their holding capacity fully tested and many adraiurous spirits although officially warned of the dan: of so do ng clambered up into the branches of the lofty trees whence a view of the game could be obtained How many of the 84500 wno tailed the Palace attempted to see the struggle and how many sucoifikd in so doing can only be a matter of eonjcchire bua beyond aH question there was a truly Tact assemblage which spoke most eloquently for the nneq 3alld popularity of the final tic With the game always fast and the issue in doubt np to with a a few minutes of the close the thousancs present had tbear full measure of excitement so the contest of 1907 may fairly be described as one of the most nrcssfui in tho annals of the Cup I a verv narrow escape from Boiton who got in a hard left-foot shot Lyall had to throw himself wide at That tfee play itaeif reached an exoepLoua Ly high ba happdy for his side just reached it gtaadard of excellence can scarcely bo contended -j-be continued frat and in favour of Everton The utuTMi brknd the remarkable skill which wi mtil fire minutt h-fore the finish Wednesday riaed Aston Villa and Evasion in the uienior- forced a corner A little acrHinbijng play brought oooimi of 1837 Nor uld either side display the ball to Wilson who almost on the line drew the hrJfcmcT of attack which enabled Aston Villa his opponent at-d thn tnmed t-he bail over to 11-LX Simi-on The latter stanbu- nmnarked had only I to got his head to tho tkll to giro Wtaiy a goal ectiKir eleven had been a bore the UU) ja mah thJS point settled gh wind muK have serKTssly hanucpped toe- a few mmates lat nc the struggle was eft 4a Still with all the nbortcom-ncs there i cn wi the scone am a dull momemt from start to finish Oteti it pbcield Wednesday 2 goal ha pen the best oi ganK re cotoe a petKMi fcT(rton 1 goal of et-mparatee slackr but such complaint ctMil-l be urged agasms Saturday's contest Prom the Tyird Alvc-rstiorie beiTre presenting the Cup aeked mnxut that Crawshaw huTg lost the toss Well- i the Sheffield Wsdticwlay eleven to give thro- cheers kicked off against both' sun td I' right! for the losers and the having been eom- to the end wither do spared tbomsehe the P'-J with heartily he then called upon the Lverton to greet thoir conquerors in similar style being qmte as ft tee last five cxnutes us A(Wjn Uw trK c-owd that surged in the oonunencement of the game The struggle froBt the pavlKli rxrrd Alverstone said they air poR-ed gpecal uiterewt from tlie lines- rj treacly fine match played in a tho- PARLIAMENTARY TEAM RICHMOH1X A match took place on the Richmond Chib coon Sodhrook Fark Peieraham on Saturday brUwa a F-na-i mentary team coaualing of MPa UMj two mem ben of the Prow Gallery and a Male repry seating tlie Club Rkhmood won the suiglea by 81 poitru to ana I the fonrmtnea by to thus proving successful on tha play by to Mr Herbert QUdstowa tlw i Home Secretary played for the ParlianMBtary lean for the first time this season but was defeated in both th single and four mums althoagb in each case he am the wiuniTic ide in the bye which ccawted a ausrtar oi a point Detaiia are appaKj'd SLKUIES HirvnroND Ctca Foiots Mr Speoeer IL GIUn Mr Taylor 1 Mr Ingram Owen 1 Rlr A HnUtiiif 1 I ftil IAW Mr II Nwnoa Mr li Iwrtw MP Mr A KnBftndo -Mr II lilalsuM MJ open the new addition to ths University which is shown in the above picture The visit of their Royal Highnesses is being keenly anticipated reeklenoe To-morrow their Royal Highnesses will visit Glasgow anti the Prince will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Iaws and To-day tho Princa and Prinoww of Wales leave Marlborough House on a visit to Lord and Lady Blythawood at their Renfrewshire Mr Carr Mr Ritrlow Mr HwMemoa Ir A Rfttey MP Dr Itutiwirf'jni MJ Captain Krata RN Mr SHortlc 1 Mr UirWtt 1 i Mr ECP Boyd 0 Mr lavtdMn 1 0 0 Tcital peofcd course at took While many people wero pored for the triumph of Uie Sheffield team the respective performances of the two clubs suggested that Evert Ti would show to advantaro in the early of the game and that Wednesday great of victory rested in their splendid fimhi In the ones round the Sbeffieid men had 8f Tatal FOITRSOMFA Mr NtrwtMdllrlMv 1 lv lMrtjoo and Mriiiad PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON TO COLONIAL PREMIERS IN WESTMINSTER HALL MBC' rr 3r-rsi PLAN OF THE TABLES Mr QoQaixl atxl Mr Tylr I Mr Owen ani Mr Hnmlmg OMt Baade and Mr a Davideon 1 Mr Carr and Mr HaAwa iinarle and MrBoyd Mr Harlow and I Lmtmf roughly jiportsmanlike manner with strict attention to tlie Girders of Uie referee and with capital good- feeling from beginning to end lie oongnttniated Sheffield Wednesday on their fine win their second win of the Association Cnp and Everton on the run up they had made to try and win it a eoond time It was a pleasure to the cup response to loud shorn Orawshaw Sheffield notched a victory after boLng 2 goals down in the captain thanked all present on behalf second haif at SouthacapuL a fortnight later they ie club for tie manner in which Uiev had shwn only escaped dismiaiil from the competition by their appreciation of the play Mr Clegg means of a goal in the last few minutes and when president of Sheffield Wednday club and chairman Uv knocked out Woolwich Arsenal the the Football Associa ior Council said it became Zuk Birmrhiun the was cioro than f'e club to propose a heartv vote of thanks to the Lord i half over before they developed any super only CWrf Jwtioe for tho hont Tr he had done the game AMtkapot ions were tome out to the extent Wiai of fKTrj bv coding there that afternoon and Wedi: 'day secured the winning point just at the: maYing th preeeutation They might judge from mtA bt on thw otiict band they ac'- wnpliS ed their vrhat he had said that lie was satisfied with bis beat work in the first quarter of an liotir found visit and lie was quite sure th-it they on tbeir part tremendously bard preewsl as the trsterval I were bonoureil by the presence support and coon- Mr IL DavMson and Hr A Kemlrew 1 Total 54 Dr Kutharte and Total to seat 36 Guests A figure txfkam SUNNING DALE WOKING TV wrofNl annual founwnne match be Mates St and Woking resulted in a win for Woking by lo pubita to There were four couplet a side each couple til the pair on the opxieina sale The first half decided at Sunnincdaie oo Saturday aheo Woking gained lead of 4 points to Mr Cjoone was unable to play at Woking ot the ecoud day and his place wa Lakcji by Mr Eon the old Oxomr Witit this ejaoeptioa the pa yen weiw the ne as a Sour in ole In tiie morning were easy etch side at'oring 2 poiola but toe i round Woking won every match Mr Clegg bad said adding that although Everton had been beaten they were not disgraced In p-snowh-dTing the vote carried aith enthusiastic ehfc'T lord Alverstone exp-' sued the hope that he would see as good a match another year A NORTHERN INVASION Prime Minister in the Chair Sjetste nStrtirt Hr-ut Sleeve Members Lntrance to Mouse of Commons SUSSEX COUNTY MKETHfO The OMll meeting of the Snrwex Ualon wa to a close at Sborehin on Saturday when the OYxmtj Challenge Plate hm woo by the okl Cambridge UiliuriH player Mr Raneon ITie resvlta ara apie-Kled hem 1-Final Bound Mr hea tlr IL Pwraok hr 1 Mr Wlniaracaiv Uxa Mr urooU toy aaA A FI: Mound Mr Simms the 8nwi crtctoelec and Mr ComphHl won the fonrawn uoating Mr I WD and Mr fl Barn- in the anal by 3 and 2 Fur the boggy nine OontAiinTYg oiht pwsOTlF and TlfTM price Mr Piggutt and Mr Lever( each aN ach hoidmg ten persorw From the top of the1 square tied The meeting favoured with a string band will play during the lun- waa a great sucm ohem witich is to be served precisely at a quarter to one o'clock The occasion will be no of OTiiqno interest- particularly as West- hip which takea place at hwcaUe co Down tu uh wee beginning May 6 i smaller than bod been expected Mire iioiriet Curtis tiie United Stolon champioa ami bv sister Mls Curt ia being the only Ainencao who hav nt in tbeir nam a C-oueequ-'nUy there will be no ca non and untirirg energy In the first half they hid the band in quite a pronounced manner being liver ton or a draw appeared a likoiy rTuit but cr-taaitv not a viotoey for Wednesday With lei than miwite to go bowever a determined dash took 4m play down to ths Kv rton goal and a clever piece of wortc by V'Uson csiibled Simo -n easily to score he point which made Wednesday lioldors of the Cup tor the second time in beer istory Considering how strongly they finished the first fcalt and the extent to which against the wind they held the Sheffield men in check for a considerable portion of the serond half Everton might- be rc-as unfortunate to have lost but they took far too long to settle down and only on occasion did they attain to their best form Assisted by so fresh a breesa they ought certainly to have shown to better advantage in the early part of the game Probahiv enough the substitution at the last moment of Bolton for George Wilson with the moving ot Kettle over to the left wing did not help their oom-bmation for Sharp and Settle heve been recently plating together and Wilson with Hardman Wilson moreover it may be re-alled shared the honours of the Everton i ttack in tae semi-final tie with West Bromwich Albion and only a fortnight ago was steps at Che higher end a table wiH ran along the full length of the hall This table wid accommodate 140 persons and in the centre the Minister will sit surrounded by the important guests On tihe opposite side will be two long tables one from the steps to the i Public Bill Office holding thirty-six persons and the other from the Pnhlie Bill Office to the entrance of the Grand Committee Room containing seventy persons The centre of the hall from one end to the other will be dotted over with round table tie vast majority being in rows of six crosswise Tltere will be eighty-five tables each accommodating six persons The above plan shown the arrangements which have been nsuio for the luncheon at which the members of tie two Houses of Parliament propose to entertain the Colonial Premiers in Westminster Hall on Wednesday The company will consist of about 1000 persons On the right side of the hall looking from the From IK early hour on Saturday morning the carious -ailwuy termini from the North commenced emptying their trainloods of excursionist into the metropolis and the authorities are agreed that the numbers who travelled to town with the ostensible purpose of witnessing the final struggle for the Cup exredrd all previous records by many thonsand Thirtv-mne even -ions were run by the London and North-Western Railway thirty -two by the Great Northern twenty -four by the Midland tw'nty-two by the Great Central and thirty-nine by the Great Western tv breakfast time the street of the City and West- end were crowded with the invaders most of whom rported the colours of the team they favoured Co-! ties four-horse brakes drove large parties th ugh the nriin tho-onghfereo and visited St attraction at the Palace a crowd of ovr 16000 people assembled Nothing was scored in a hard first half but subsequently Moran got through for and kicked the only goal of a match in which Clapton Orient deserved to divide the honours Tho only interest that remains in tho Second Loague competition is shared by the clubs low down in the table The last throe must seek re-eJoction and is may be imagined the struggle to escape has now become very keen Burton United are hound to be one of the toams but it difficult to decide yet who will shore their misfortune nents but raised Ihcuiaelvca to third place with the prospect of finish ng next to Newcastle United The Went Country club new to the competition this winter have now as many points os Everton and both have a couple of fixtures to fulfil Tliov had luck on their side for though Armstrong soon shot a goaJ for Derby Gilligan and Mnxwt il secured the lead for their side before the interval Afterwards Derby in turn helped by the wind did nearly all (he pressing and often came near snoring but the only goal came to Bristol when Smith doing duty for Maskrcy should have saved Stoke had a miserable experience as a climax to a most unfortunate season Ram fell and not more than about 3000 people saw thrn suffer their twentieth defeat Middlesbrough vho have shown wonderful form of late were the better side in attack but only held their own until Aitken kicked a goal directly after change of ends Bloomer jut on another and Stoke failed to reduce the margin against them Bury won in a very heavy scoring match eight roals being obtained at Sunderland Kay and Currie for Bury and Raine for the home aide scored the firt half and soon after change of end? the last-named equalised However Kay gave Bury the lead again and the same player added couple of points before Bridge tt kicked the lt sroal of the match for Sunderland from a penalty POSITIONS AND POINTS Brompton whose forwards showed fine dashing form proved altogether too good for Brentford Ilartlev and Marriott scored for them prior to change of ends and afterwards further goals were obtained by Hartley Ctmliffe and Marriott the Brentford defence going all to pieces Portsmouth had to work hard for their victory over MillwnJl and a splendidly-rvm tested gaxne wis witnessed Kirby had the satisfaction of scoring both goals for his side Plymouth Argyle had oil the best of game against Crystal Palace but the play of the forwards left a good deal to be desired suid the defence of the Sydenham team was nor seriously taxed The match at Bristol preeonted few features of interest Leyton hail almost a much of the game as their opponent and in tiie second half especially were often dangerous but as at Plymouth shooting wo faulty and nothing was scored Reading outplayed Norwich City and only the splendid work of Thompson in goal for the visiting side prevented them winning by on even wider margin As it was they scored three tames Edgley and Mintor shooting through before change of ends and Davie afterwards The meeting of Watford and Swindon on the West Herts ground provided a keen and interesting struggle Both sets of forwards however wore weak and the defenoes were equal to all demands Showring capital form at all points Luton gained an easy victory at Brighton The result was never in doubu and Jones Murphy and Pickering had scored for Luton before Anthony got through for tho Albion upper n-'arly always in possession of the ball and heeling betaeea tho Vailed tUta and the Uafted out but after tho interval their superiority declined The Devon forwards who tack led very keenly were een at tbeir best in the open work where they i a decided advantage but again they failed to quite maintain their high reputation justly baaed excellent performance earlier in the season On the general run of the play Durham should have won Their backs however were not equal' Stoddnrt the oM LaocwOnr cikketar lo tiie occasion or lacked faith in tboir own alia k- intcrnatmoal loot bailer wemt round Vtirrabj ta and mg powers ITiey were provided with many ebans Mr Robert Maxwell the amateur cx-chasip4oo srw by their forwards but they displayed a tendency to the sr-ratch mdaJ of the Prestwick CJnfi with As find touch too often and a dmincli nation to run on regards Lond' eompetitiaos Mr Betlarn ths when in povsession of the ball These tactics com- Mddkeex cricketer won the senior emrial Dorn scratch binel with an insufficiency of pare resulted in two Mid-Surrey with and Mr Jl llayman uUtsr or throe reasonable opportunities being lost In the MkWtex cricketer wo" the matter of openings the Devon halves and three- Ihn 'r' a 1 1 cssful at Romford with 80 plus 3 S3 while Mr A qurtors carue oft badly as ooraparrd anth th-r )eBknuo 0ns Lrotoa uM 2 bo oppoikmta but their combination was much betWT £ockwsier Though they did not score they always looked the LYTHAM AND ST ANNRS mne dangerous but Uke their rivals they allowed rntr pwr for toe er-tav chances to escape them The wet slippery ball riWti1 lvtham arid St Cluh which must of course be taken into consideration but 5 st Annes-meSea on Saturday ir -ntacriibla making due allowance on that soore the blunders weather a strong wind prevailing ft) the nor: ng and ram were too frequent Doubtieos ovw-anxioiy wo the falling heavily in the afternoon The scratch prize tb main cause of the failures As before both full Clifton medal and memento fell to Mr A Lj El lwood latter on whom wpci ally fine advantage figarei nv There is no need to enter into any particular deta Is 56444S44 7' of the nlav At the outset LilHerap for Iievon eame I The fnal of the Captain fTiP eouipetitfen for wilrli of Paul's Westminster Abbey the National Gallery given his cap tor Scotland agac anj other of the sights of London At times pans or not the absence of Wilson upset the line the io 0- strand were almost impassable and even in remains that the Everton forwards gave an ex-Srezneiy disappointing display at the commencement the i is tel i Thcv passed faultily kicked too hard Crystil Paine- at ail but s-ix-d th- opnortunity for and allowed themselves to be knocked off the ball to having twenty hours in London which only occurs a degree that surprised everybody Tvo of the three I a yi ar i'- 1: iters took the precaution to provide themso ves halves also suffered for a tune from a snnUar lata ot i f- wihi pcnty of food and drink on the icurneys up and deternmiatain with the result tnai so iron: 1 ho U'V ir at cJt thr a sp-cia! cloak-room Everton prcesinsr oa was in tae circumstance nae ovrrwn or tur' 7 vlcor rarrirps hnd to bf -n ednaav kau bv far 1 1 i rri auproonated th solo usf of the excursionist bare of toe came and alter scoring tn oiISKie goal I ssrtan provisions La -qc ant! il 1 barrels ot bFHr count-I fed4k kfi etd tvnit minutes from the start a ei ton less cases ot mmeral-wstcrs tin Ix'xc hanipera I (tiivovmI alter tbis and warming U) tneir i i-nprvt'u crates and even ctohs-bcskoU were to be cn 1 work sub ice the Wedncsdav temc secic i wore 3UUJW 1 IM- rtA pdtoi up Ui apparently inextricable contusion cussuro Under this strong attack the ShetLeia 1 bneks although sirugglmg hard lost the ccolncs- whirii had marked thciu storung and it only fiver ion had finished wed the Lancashire club must Hwf been ahead at the interval Time after time iLcy threatened ainger but were weak in trout oi £cn anJ although they equalised Shari onjy got ehiUh'e of footing after a sene ot bluiificr or both side Facing the wind after change of ends Eejn on tor a time found themselves mainly on the dcfcir "Tf and thrr goal several narrow tsciUM' yet their tarklinsr was always better than it had Nen at the start and gradually they not ouy Eegan ie keep tbeir oppont nt-sweii at oay but thank doic' Sharp whose work it remembered was the dternAsnaig factor in victory over wnitlr last year set up a s'ies of ack Bore than one of which ought to have leen turned to ooouak Apart from one brilliant save however SOUTHERN LEAGUE RESULTS I POSITIONS AND POINTS Not fa County ah bough having to change tbeir team in two insLmces Matthews and Humphrey standing down played capitally against Liverpool fullv mairtainin-g their recent improvrd form They had io work verv harri for vict ry but about twenty minutes from the end goals by TapEn ami Tone put them in a safe position which their sound defence maintained 'The Rovers were in fine form at Blackburn despite the absence of CYompton and goals by i Martin and Roberton gave them a useful lead before ehange of emls Afterwanls two other point came from Robertson whereas Manebertor City failed to get through POSITIONS AND POINTS PORTSMOUTH Attendance 000 (lAst very near kicking a goal but for the greater part the first half Durham with tiie wind behind them had ih beet of matters Lillierap was kept busily occupied for eomc time and repeatedly helped a side by bis fine kicking into touch Once Moore th-3 Devon right wing th re -quarter made a splendid run being collared bv Taylor a stride or so from the goal-line but generally speaking Devon were engaged in stopping strong forward rosbe and defending their own line On one occasion Chapman nearly xhpped through the borne defence being palled up just in time by Mill and Thompson come within on ace of dropping a goal On the ot her hand Lillierap i was also unlucky in not kicking a goal the ball sfx players from each divicion qualified in tb urthj meet in 8 -m played under penal handicap Mr O'Hstnlnn won vith a nt score of If 7 for thirtyU hoea Mr IMckiiwon and Mr Hodckinson each 78 uet secured the first handicap in the first and snrond divisions reapee lively and vided the firrt and aroood Mr A and Mr 5'ahlefint each 79 net tied for the second handicap prize in the first divm and divided third The seexind prkt 10 the second division feU to Mr A Brook wit fCS wet ROYAL WIST NORFOLK TV spring meeting of the Royal West Norfolk Chfe wui contuuuvl at Brancastcr on Saturday play being Lyoii wwi nt called upou to oeco: anything out BLACKBURN ROT ERR 4 MANCHESTER CTTT the way and despite the npenorii Everton were 1 Attendant 3AiO (lost season A draw L) 0 ASTON VILLA (Iasi scaoa A draw 1 1) 2 LIVERPOOL (Last semon Notts won 3 0) gHMTTILD rJIITED Awwance la 2 MTLLWALL raon Portsmouth won NEW BROMPTON 5 BRENTFORD Attendance l'W Hast season New Brompton won 2-PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0 CRYSTAL PALACE Attendance 4000 (Lost season No match) BRIGHTON AND ROVR LUTON 3 Attendance 500a LmI season Brightn and 1) READING 3 NORWICH CITY 0 Attendance 4000 (Lost season Reading won 8 L) WATFORD 0 SWINDON Attendance 4000 (last seann Swindon won 1) NORTHAMPTON 2 TOTTENHAM HOTBP- 0 Attendance 3 000 (lost season Match drawn 0 Q) PARK RANG 2 WEST RAM UNITED 0 Attendance 5000 (Last season West Ham won 1 0) FULHAM 3 SOUTHAMPTON 0 Attendance 15000 (Last season A draw 1 L) BRISTOL ROVERS 0 LEYTON 0 Attendance 3005 (Last season No match) hrttinp of the uprights By the time the interval bey The ftrvt prize fell to Mr A tV tto wM rearbed the wind had prwrtillv dropped bnt ePd -U iu I rested wnUi after changing ends tiie advantage Devon The second half was contested at a great pace and was brimful of excitement Durham I forward advantage disappeared the Devon berum- magers making a Dumber of good rushes FOUMRY Tbe sreond qualifying round for the eapttn i the Forrotty Cloh took place at Freshfteld on Satentay There were about 100 players and Mr 11 StoddarV lem 78 Mr Sanderson R9 kas Mr a)CELTT0 (ffiRAUNO CRAY WANDKRXRS LLYTONSTONTC ILFORD REDHIfsL OTHER RESULTS 3 HEART OF MDLOTHK 4 CIVIL SERVICE 2 NEW CRUSADEitS 3 KING'S LYNN 4 TOWN LEY PAPJC 7 NEWPO ETONIANS 1 RAMC 4 RAN DOWN DIVISION IL The Durham defence war sorely tried on rvw Hr Wam Mr Cynl Dewbuot! 96 rm 13 occasions but remained Round the backs roceanng Mr ughUin 0 Captain Beil i capital assistance from their forward Once a try la-AO oecivtd plac-v hi tiie fiuaL Five play for Dovon seemed almost certain but Harvey wk who each recorded SI net will playoff for two pia threw away a similar chance at et Hartlepool again blundered Repulsed and driven back Devon I time after time returned to the attack but always 'met with a stubborn rrsistsnco Towards Uie close th scratch ndal at the I stwark Qto spttng mm riie Durham men made great effort carrying the flxg dangerously near their line A fierce and exerting struggle waa witnessed but the defence prevailed and a terribly hard game came to an end with tho play in the centre Ticterl Mr iii'lc" Paw nil bra Mr A OIB by 2 twAw mf wfi rur ln prte Mr A A Vnrg and interewti'ng struggle cam to on end on Saturday Fulham by victory over Southampton making themselves cure of the championship To be certain oc the honour they required only one more fUkRN (HJARD3 point and so gxxl wis their lootball that at do time (d OOWXS could the result of the match be regarded as doubts 1 ful Indeed Fulham have not often shown better all-round form The defence reached its usual 2 LINCOLN CITY 1 standard and the forwards threw off the hesitancy (Last season: A draw L) lock of enterprise which have been so charocter- RESULTS CHELSRA (Last weOQ Chelsea won 0) (a) Scottish Cnp final Charity Lop final LEAGUE CLUBS Saturday a (B) Isthmian Leacroe (e) Aider-shot (d) Isle of ight Cup final CLAPTON ORIENT Attendance 16000 WEST BROM ALBION Attendance 5000 OTHER RESULTS pu rtf LEICESTER 19 Mr 15 6 1 CAJlDirr 9 LLANRLM LKICKSTEF FORSS 1 XOTTS KORKST 2 1 istic of PlaJ- From start to finish Fulham At tendance 18000 (last aeasoo No match) did tiie major part of the attacking and with a BLACKPOOL 4 GRIMSFT TOW1X 3 little luck to help them they would have won fn Attendance 3000 (Last season Blackpool won more decisive style All the goals were put on in BR VDFOliP CITT 2 BlTtTOX rsiTRD I lhp 8ewI1 balf- Wllhin nine nunutes of the re- 0 Htart Same clever work by Freeman ended Hamilton opening the wore four minutes latr At ndanev 4000 (Ia5t won Bradford won 1 a) open rag AND BONUSES mcetoiR of Lear on chibs convened by the Manchester City FaothaQ Club was held tiie Crratal Padace to consider the vexed quetun as to bonuses brtnp psnWble After a it wu agreed to rocommcnd the adoption of a bonus ayrtem with the poiaLon that every League and should be at Iberty to fix its own amount A was appointed and wili meet at an early date to dift proposed rides to he submitted to the annual general xaccviDg of trie lootball AwocuBtaon next maniix bowuq rvcrythmt- pomU-il a draw -uen four mmou from the finmh feimpron headed the goal which deterimued posjesK-n oi the up for the next iarelve inontirs Wfi --er the limitations of Sheffield Wednesday the aide certair great praise for the nr in Whkffi they ttoiuiUxl n-dvea a- Saturdays result as Bed ail the important qE-etaru-i- 1 1 -a-l-t hy raa-hiw the hah ta 1 tkma tlvu atifi remained doubtful in eocmeetkyn with with rare leruunauon and w-th 11 t1 tiie struggle that has run through the whole rourse and giving woe fine tiie long mason Neweaatle United suffered de- man Use duck pmmeamxi plenty ot liio asid iIomi linkvxl all the way through except tor the brief period towards the interval Wednesday looked more kb to score tli on their opponents As it bip-pened nor' of Wilson spec y-tk and pn meriul hot fk elect but sen i a i went ry closo there nn be little doubt it apprehensioM of what he might aoconipiih thit I Ui the rten dt-t'Mice allowing rtself t- be drawn su disas-trotw remilu the last fw minuts Wilson received a support from his ci'll ague of whom if no cm sioelkd all worked untinnyly Lliipnoa was not a noofiii in evidence after change of mis but at the star he pooled giined ground icd dropped the J1 in front of goal Stewart whom there eotrie idea of leavine ont in which case Bradshaw would have moved over to the left wing and Maxwell Come in as outride right showed lth Fp' 1 and rbr wnV' and her Brshaw ror Simpson faik-d The kiaf-bwb fully justified expectation and if at tarmv mtmaneeav red they rs'verei iti the most roomier' i fashKn Burt and Layton proved somewhat uneven tinww getting thf ir side out deveriv ir i 1 other mskcl ng ry badly Lyall had pkenky to do and dealt wuh it with skill and VCtwrve Like th nrpun' nts Everton were none too well nrrvxl bck for makrg allowance for the difficult consequent upon tiie wird William Ralme'- blundered far too often ard Robert BaJmer more than onoc allowed bin -self to be rushed £cott tfief ended cieverK in goal and if I and Abbott were ratlier uncertain in tbrir tukkng to hin with Makepeoce and they kept Wxinesday forwards T1 in hand durng the greater porti'n the xnd half The fvr wards found ti ir pare a time but they iro the anticina: entertain 'd of th-' -1 whatever could b' fotmd i Sharp who hrd ret many the hrt It and wh his XnaihX's ne after tiie intervh sf hirrs li tJj itead man on the field He enjoyed tit-' iat far'jon of soaring Everton one goal and his skill deserved ferrimr reward Hardman loo played admirably for the most part but often his centre were thrown a wav Of the oth Settle shoved par 1 nac' and did fairtr well and gM in -ne of Ux bost shots th- By their rictorr at Derby Bristol CRy not only tot but aui uv uikiaod uiuefi uie a-troafcon oi redaction to wntr oppo- NEATH trt thav Fate cui GilibiXit Mr PtmMi by 1 UXDRl iMJh Skv Mr Reaevr i lown Junior Mr- Psham 1 hjl PAUi -Amior Mr HttUboi Mubin rii 7 77 Junior Mr I- Taiifwlen 95 beam 77 WKT HS'tX awtotn' pnie Mr A lUad n'W urfmont HU BiMch trophy Ml Haiti 1 WitUCf? BfXl-Mr Hwwlt 4 Mr C- TceiYs 1K Liifi Mr AUixKt (zocoIvm Kb tirt 5 down 0 I'M Mr BoMais 30 SO i o' and for Last no' rure Oj 'ITiomb itotrri 0 94 'ffV 17-77 Boewr Mr Hiyma inri at 2 hum up Im lor 190t Mi- Anderaon OU squaro A YDifr Mr IL Wtrwrloto Hall bv 74 BAJL3TEAD DOWN'S In th inter-dab I Epvrtu won Ln Mnirlea br 5 poUiLs Vo 3 1 bat iort Ulo rtwir-pnmes by 3i to Ba- staid Doan lrierdot won or dajni play by 7 point to i PKNYORAIO 9 CINPERFORD 0 BATH 0 SWANSEA 0 DEVON ALBION 46 BUSTOL CHEITKVHAM A KURA VOX EXETER RUGBY CHESTERFIELD 3 WOLVFJtH AM WAXft 2 Attendance 3000 (Laat sesaon No match GAINBi)lCOUOH TRJN BARKNUtY AUeodaoce 3'JUa (Last vcaaon Uamsb Trtn won 1 QLOSSOP 4 Bt R-tIKM PORT VALB Attend new aXM1 (Last eon Coop won 2 HULL CITY 1 BURNLEY -j Attemlanee S00a (Last season A draw STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 LEKD8 CITT 2 Attendance 30UL (La I msaacm Stockport won k) Frecnrar obtained the ccond goal and then Rons vored from a penalty The only other gome in the 1 Mic don district was that at Park Royal between Queen Park Banger and West Ham United The Rangers won by 2 clear goals and well deserved thrir success They were the bettor side ail through smart on the ball and passing orcuraielv Skdton and Fletcher snored the goals but Green the outside right had moat to do with the win his pace and skilful centring completely upsetting the West Ham defence COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ANOTHER DRAWN GAME NORTHERN UNION RULES aHriDDERSFIELD 3 HALIFAX 13 WARRINGTON 27 ROCHDALE HORNETS 0 DEWSBURY 7 SWISTON 0 WAKEFTELD TRINITY 19 HTTDDERSTTE60 16 a League ChampionRhliv TO-DAY'S MATCHEa LEAGUE DIVISION I MacbtQr UraW WESTERN LEAGCK L'wrH Tottffoltoin UotHir Devos 0 Dmi 0 vnrc'd hvw bc-n matt-r at surprise if In bating Tottenham Hotnpar by 2 poak to none Notts Forest and Cleca bad suffered defeat on Northampton furnished the surprise of the afternoon Saturday Having already assured themselves of It was hardly expected that Tottenham would suffer promotion they were quite entitled to take their defeat at the hands of the weakest side in the com-u stehes -astly Moreover a further reason for petition but Northampton played in a style they anticipate- an upset was furnished by the fact that have seldom equalled this season For half the frame both club had to play away from home aeainst they were without Cooch their goalkeeper who had team hard to heat on their own grounds Indeed th- misfortune to injure bis collarbone but even Notts Forest seemed faced by a very onerous task after this loss they more than held their own One their opponents being Leicester Fosse who had not was scored each half Platt getting through most of the play to themselves The Durham sennn-pruviousiy been defeated ths season at Leicester I just before the interval and Watkins near the end magers gave a further fine display clearly proving At Exeter on Saturday as at West Hartlepool the week previous the Devon and Durham fifteens wre unable to settle the question of supremacy the match ending in a pointless draw and the romp i -s have decided to leave matters as they arc a case of honours easy The game which was to some extent spoiled by rain proceeded on pretty much the same lines as the previous encounter the forwards having WEMBLEY Mr Powiev (TuuiSlctp Iff WH Mr antitip (18 1 hot- down Mr I Hum Sk 3 down Bovv Prtrm Mr 'xna 4 bow down WIIUHfJDON (CASTBOURKK Samiar: Mr MvrT (handicap 6X 4 h'n a dowa Jizuor: Mr li Slmpkij CL3 3 down VOBBCRT Epps Car Gokl MaOal: Mr 87 HTC TIG Junior Mr Am1rwwv 9A 14 and Mr Stnbn-v 93 loj tiw DBATTOK-llysd for Gtrtnv OMA Will fltacdc-vj 9 5 down Mr R- il3 down and Mr i Pitt Torier 7 6 down BEkTvFS HAM Richard Winch Oupr Mr rrt Go! i Medal Mr DMr 81 lw MJto rift I 82 not BFST I ILT'SET fbsnirr Mr ffnlTO 77 Junior Mr I Hal 74 nrt DULWh and SYDEKHAM Junior: Mr STiUiMuRi PrJx: Mr iSirt RUhlUHL -8e iT Mr Raid 80 piua 3--83 Mr Cokfir- 93 lw 3L BUSHI7Y Mr Btowtw TO lltnior Mr y-UM Mr- H- 4 ttwtvr OS Laj a 9 Fuifiam Raadtnp Milllieids 2nd BS'toent Ban of Borfaoff An evening concert in aid erf tie funds of St (Hart-street) Soool and Crxdcct Club will be bold at the Bishopsgato Institute on ednesday peat The programme will include a at toa piano tar Hr Georg Groaimitb Toe Forest players however evidently wished tot Ths London sides playing sway from home fared make thesis tv Aarrrpiora of the Seernid Division badly Leyton and Crystal Palace managed to and playing fias football gained a creditable victory draw tbeir matches bet MJftwab and Brentford to rkmertos where isyrta toe tag arirlitum to lotion hum Hotter that tbeir form at West Hartlepool was nothing ont of the common with Urn They are Dot a clever lacking to finish to bat ihagr are poaasaaad at spiuxLd zeania-.