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championship games WKSTi'IKN' HEATS NOMADS Results:— Western A :•!, Nomads 0. Western B 5, Technical Old Boys 0. St. Albans 'I, Linwood :i. Thistle 1, Hangers 1.

The llm'ley Shield championship games wvre cummcuceel ox 1 all rd;> y m brilliant weather, and cat last "rounds. Chief interest centred in Uio jiatch between Western A and Nomads 1( , English i'ark. Alter the drawn ?a me ci last week it w;is decided to ;r,ai-t the replay as a shield uamu. Iter*: was a larfje crowd at Knglisn Park and an excellent flame resulted a win for Western by two yoaL. The ■ winning team will no v.' meet Thistle in the Charity Cup gaine.^ The curtain-raiser at Ismihsh f'ai ( vas played Itetween Western 5 ana T'-ehnieal Old Boy:-. Although lliu I'eehnieal leant played short tnroiiulixit the «arne, it put up a stubborn resistance against a last and ieioureeful combination. Western f> ■ ivon easily by f> goals In 0, and .Juring the season the promoted .junior leant should beat more teams than beat it. . , , , , At Kpreydon far!: Thistle hud not much difficulty in beating, liaiteers oy |l goals to 1. , . , A fast, game between l/in\'.ood an<l lst. Albans at Linv/uod Park ri.'siilted ;ln a draw—two goals eacn. WESTKHN A (■'!) NOMADS (0) The match between Western and Nontads at English Park decided the opponent for Thistle in the Charity Cup game. It was also counted as a Hurley Shield championship game. Nomads fielded a stronger learn than last iveek, when it played a R>ur-goai drawn game with Western. 'lhe teams D. Mcßae: T. Waddell. M. Fail; F. Adams, A. Gordon, W. Waddell: R. Cook, C. Sharr, A. Samuels, 11. Stoiieman, .0. Douglas. Western: A. White; S. Cawtheray, A McMillan; 11. Henderson, M. Gordon, A. f<\ Klliv, S. Ellis. G. 'Kllis, G. Bmith. W. White. C. Walloon. Western was Ihe early aggressor and Mcßae was in action to clear in quick succession, v shots from G. K' ll; = nnd Smith. A Nomads raid had White drawn from goal and Western was hard-pressed for a spell. ihen M. Gordon paved Ihe way tor a Western attack. W. White and Smith went through and Ihe former sent in a hard drive. Mcßae gathered and appeared to carry the ball ovet the line; but play continued. Play was even until Douglas broke away lot Nomads. A melee in the Western goal followed the winger's centre, and White punched clear under pressure. 'At the other end W. White balloonec. the ball, with only Mcßae in goal to beat. Play was very even. Then Western raced away on the right. G. Ellis snapped up from Henderson and placed a rising shot which McKae turned out for a good save. A moment later Mcßae was all out to stop a ground shot by Smith. Good dei'ensive play by Adams kept Western out in further'attacks. Then Falloon gave Smith a great scoring chance which the Western man missed. A moment later G. Ellis slammed the ball hard out to the wifig. Walloon snapped up and raced in to open the scoring. Half time was called immediately with the score: Western 1, Ntomads 0.

Shortly after the resumption Smith put Western nttackirn; through I''allocji. The winger crossed to goal wil.-i the Western forwards nght up. In the nick of time W. Waddel! jumped in to ck-'iir t'rfni Smith. I'oi a spell play remained about the Momacis goal, and S. Ellis narrowly missed when his shot dropped on the crossbar and bounced out. Western continued to press, with Mcßae doing excellent service in the Nomads goal. From a further assault W. White snapped up and made no mistake. Western 2, Nomads 0. A sharp Nomads raid developed on the left; but Stoneman slipped when on the point ,ot shooting and a goalin" chance was missed. Play was very t'ast at this stage and Nomads appeared to take a new lease of life. Close-in shots by Samuels and Sharr had Wnite, tna Western goalkeeper, on his toes io clear. In play resulting lrom a cotjier kick, White scrambled _ tne ban clear when lying prone. Two soua Western raids broke down at tnc Nomads' goal, and Western was still attacking at the call ol: time. -tne final score was: — Western 2, Nomads 0. Referee: Mr H. Weatherhead. THISTLE (1) HANGERS (1) Both Thistle and Hangers had a considerable infusion of new blood lot their first match ol: the season at Spreydon Park. Neither side showed much cohesion in the opening stages and Rangers was first to become dangerous. E. Barnes and Cullen initialed a strong onslaught. T. Sharr c° n " coded a corner from Cullen's shot, and this was successfully repulsed. •swung to the other end and from well out G. Walker crossed to goal. Smith was handy and he slammed the ball home at close range. Thistle 1, Rangers 0, Lorrimer repulsed a further Thistle attack and Tvangers countered on the right. A good combined effort culminated in Cullen equalising the .scores with a fast moving shoi.. Thistle took a hand, and for a spell play was confined to Ranger:;' territory. Then Hall made ground for Thistle and placed the ball across. A. Sutherland came up fast and worked through to give Thistle the lead once more. At half-time the score was: Thistle a. Slanders 1.

On resuming Thistle was first away and for u time maintained a constant pressure on Hangers' clefetieo. Lorrimer and Kin?? held up a solid raid down the centre; but wild kicking repeatedly deprived the Hangers' forwards of possession. Ihislle came again; but (he shooting of ils marksmen was extremely poor. G. Walker, Smith, and Hall each shot wide at easy range. A snappy counter by Rangers had Thistle in difficulties; but again the shooting was poor. Thistle returned t.o the attack with Sutherland and G. Walker prominent. A cross transfer found Smith in -position, and ho goaled easily. Shortly afterwards Smith again registered and the linal score.' was; Thistle 1, Jul 1. Referee: Mr J. Jennings. ST. ALBANS (3), LIN WOOD (•-) Even exchanges opened the game r.inwood and St. Albans at Lmwoocl Part:. iVTullinsou and Liddle Itcaded a St. Albans' saliy into Linwood territory, but AnsU-v returned Play. A free kick to Linwood had St. Albans backed into goal. Poor ball control by the Linwood forwardsspoilt a promising movement. McCann sent the St. Albans forwards away in a fast mid-field raid, and Liddle, Donovan, arid Bennett joined in_ the final assault. From a good position Bennett headed over the cross-bar. Thomas, Cope, and Rollins made ground for Linwood. Cockle came in fast from the wing to pick up a pass, and he goaled with a cross shot. LiriWQod l, st. Albans 0. For a period Albans was kept on the defensive. ■Two corner kicks were safely dealt with, anc 1 then St. Albans launched an attack. Liddle placed out to the 'eft, and Bilcliffe returned with his , centre well, placed. Bennett got under % ball, but again headed over. Solid continued to the interva. *hen the score was: Linwood 1, St. Albans 0.

St. Albans reopened play with a snappy concerted movement. From the right Mallinson worked in to finish with a strong shot. Hands against Anstey gained St. Albans a penalty, and with the kick McCann equalised the scores. A sharp Linwood rally was repulsed by McCann and Lindley, and-play swung to the other end. Good defensive play by Anstey and Porter held the St. Albans vanguard in a series of solid attacks. Then Mallinson, from the right, served his centre, and Donovan goaled at easy range. St. Albans 2, Linwood 1. Play continued to be fast witii Linwood striving hard. Cook held a hot shot from Cockle, and Cope further tested Ihe St. Albans' keeper. Linwood was (jiltoiaying St. Albans at this stage, and finally Chappel equalised with a lifting .shot which rebounded from the crowbar. At the call of time the score was: Linwood ,'J, St. Albans Z. Referee: Mr J. Cawlheray. WESTERN IJ ('>). TECHNICAL OLD BOYS (0) Technical opened two men short, arid was early on the defensive. Nelligan nipped in from a transfer by Browne and put Western one goal up. Western continued to force the pace and almost immediately Nelligan made an opening tor Bourne, who made the score, Western B 2, Technical 0. Craggs was prominent in a Technical raid on the right; but he lacked support in the clinching effort and Henderson relieved for Western. End to end exchanges followed, and then Western attacked again. Brilliant work by Jackson kept out a fast shot by Browne, and Technical made ground on the right. Craggs went on from Weir; but Haley intercepted the winger's shot. Western again narrowly missed scoring; but at hall-time the score was still: Western 15 2, Technical Old Hoys 0.

Early in the second spell Nelligan broke away alone for Western and wont through to score unopposed. Western B rs, Technical 0. R. Fleete came on for Technical. Western crowded the right (lank and a lino shot - by Benger had Jackson extended to clear. Technical retaliated on the right. Craggs worked through in good style; but bis finishing shot lacked speed. At the other end a desperate effort by Milne deflected a certain scoring shot by Nelligan. Shortly afterwards Weir idled the breach for Technical. Western continued its quest for goals, and kept the Technical defence busy. Finally Browne took a pass from Bourne at full speed and gave Jackson no chance with a stinging drive. At this stage Technical was being outplayed and only indifferent shooting prevented further Western scores. Finally Nelligan got a shot past Jackson, and the final whistle sounded immediately with the score: Western li 5, Technical Old Boys 0. Referee: Mr H. Wealherhead. JUNIOR GRADE Technical Old Boys 4, Nomads 1. Marist beat St. Albans by default. THE NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION PLAY IN SCHOOLS DISCUSSED (I'ltiSSa assocutw* Tl:l.kora.:-.T.1 WELLINGTON, April 13. The annual meeting of the New Zealancl Football Association was helcl last evening, when strong exception was taken to the attitude adopted by certain schoolmasters in not permitting their pupils to play Association football. Mr W. R. Hicks wondered if the association were wasting money in fostering primary schools' football, as it appeared that the Association code served, only as a nursery for Rugby. It was stated that the opposition had been broken down at Auckland and Napier, but Wellington College was a stonewall.

The vice-president (Mr F. Campbell), who presided, said he was pleased to see from the report that the strength of the teams was not going back. Nevertheless, he regretted that the game was not making the progress one would like. The reasons, he believed, were the cessation of immigration and the difficulty of getting the game established in secondary schools. He suggested that the association should "peg away" and hoped I that sportsmanship would prevail. Overseas Tours .Referring to overseas tours, Mr B. L. Salmon (chairman of the New Zealand Council) said a New Zealand team had gone to Australia on the condition of "pay all and take all" and had healed the'breach that Australia was experiencing. New Zealand wanted a return visit, but Australia had stipulated £2OO straight out plus one-third of the profits. "You will see," he added, "that it as not a mutual arrangement." Efforts had been made to secure the vsiit of an English team, but the difficulties were almost insurmountable because of the short off-season in the Old Country. All the success of the New Zealand Rugby Union, he said, was due to overseas tours, and. if the association could get a first-class team to visit the Dominion, it would not only make money but the game would go ahead by leaps and bounds. BRITISH FOOTBALL WEI;K-ENI) HESULTS (UNITED I'RSS 1 ASSOCIATION-!IT KI.ICTttIS Ti'.LK'jßAriJ —covviiiaiiT.l (Ki-coiv-d April 11, 7.5 f "i.) LONDON, April f:i. 3ji'it i> 11 foot hull result:; are : ASSOCIATION Fir.'it Division .Won Villit •!, 1 iivi-rpool 2. ('lic'li.fu I, I'oiisnniiit Ii J. liri-liy CounU 1. Ijri'd-; United Kvoi-ton I, M id<l lirrO)runcjli 1. (Irim.shy Town I. Mnm-lii'strr City 1. I ludilri .-ifii'ld Tnv.ii li, Blackburn Kuvuri 0. Leicester City 0, West Urumwich Albion 0. J'rusli'll North Knd •*>. Stubs City .Sunderland .SliellieM Wednesday 'L'oll(.'nh;iin Ilosplnr 1, Birmingham J. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Arsenal .1. Socond Division Kami-ley 'J, Hull Cilv 'J. Bolton Wanderers 1, Norwich City 0. Bradford Cily (>. I'.lackpool -. Burnley J, lii'i'dfuiii L\ M»m-l»'Sil.*r L' nit I'd o, Brentford '■). Null.-; County '), West. Ham United 'J. (iMhani Alliloli<: I, Plymouth Ar;jlc f. I•.irf. Vale Nottingham Forest 0. Sheffield Unite,) 5, J.ury o. Sou Ihain ] don 'J, Newcastle United 0. Sv.aiiMNi Tovii 'J, Fulhani O. Third Division Southern Section Aldoi'.-■lnn. Coventry City I. Brighton and June Alhi'ui I, (lilliii.^liani 1. Bristol Hovers -I, Bournemouth 1. Cardiff Cily IS, Clapton Orient I). Charlton Athletic 5, Watford U. Crystal I'alaen t>, Newport County 0. I.uton Town Heading 4. Qtieon's I'ark ftanicero 1, Exntfr City 1. Southend United 13, Northampton Town 1. Swindon Town 0, MilhvM 1 0. Torquay United Bristol City 1. Northern Section Aec.rinston Stanley .'!, Walsall D. Chester : !. Carslislo United 0. Crewfi Alexandra 2, Wrexham 0. Darlington 2, CJhestarfiokl 1. Poncaster Hovera I, Lincoln City ;i. Gateshead 1, liotherham United 1. Hortlepools United ti, Tranmei'e Hovers 1. Nov,- Brighton Barrow 1. •Southpurfc 2, Koehdalo 1. Stoclrport County 2, Uulifa?; Town 1. Yoi'l." Cily 2, MansticM Town '. SCOTTI3II liEACiDE I'irat Division Ab'iflii-n 1. JiangVi's I. Alhioii kuvers -t, Clyde 1. C"iti<;' 2, Airdriuoniuns 0,

Falkirk 0, Motherwell 3. TTamilton Academicals 1, Queen of South 1. Hibernians 3, Ayr United 1. Kilmarnock Hearts Quern's Park 2, St. Johnstons 1. St. Mirren Dunfermline Athletic 0. Second Division Arbroath H, Fast Fifn 0. Thimhartnn Raith Rovers .4. Fdinhuruh Cify 0. Forfar Athletic .*?. Kind's Park 2, Morton 1. Monfroso 0. Leith At'nl^tjo, 0. St. Bernard's 7, Fast Stirling 0. flowdonbpath 2. Alloa 2. S'tenhinißomnir Dundee Unitod 2. NORTHERN UNION Farrow I 1. S. Bradford Norlhrrn fcil. Il'.lcn.s 5. liramley i), Oldhnm 2H. V/idne;i o. FeaHtcrstono 0, Warrington 10. Halifax ll>, Wijran 5. Trull anil Kingston Fovci'o 25, Casllofor <{ 11. T-ffih 10, Foelirlale Hornets 2 F HunMef ~>. Salford 0, Liverpool Stanlev '*]. St. Url.-n.V 21. Mull *2. Wak'-flrM Trinity '>o, IFatley 3. Keighliu* 2, Swinton •*>. RUGBY De?onport Services 18, Gloucester 9. Harlequins 15, London Welsh 10. Tjpiicrstor 80, IHackhcath 8. Llaneily 42, liath 0. London Irish 8, Old Merchant Taylors 27. Manchester 0, Birkenhead "Park 11. Moseloy 26, Old Millhillians u. Northampton 35, Old Alieyninns 16. Plymouth Albion 3, Cardiff 11. Fontypool fj, Bristol 0 (abandoned 10 minutes after the interval because of hard ground). Sale 10, Coventry 5. Kdfirowar© 8, Nuneaton 8. Aheravon 8, Swausoa £. Abertillery 3. St. Mary's Hospital Ffdford 11, Old Leysinns 6. NVaHi 0. . Newport 8. WeMoo Bn;;rr «*iro 0, Fenirth (>. } Amateur Cup Final Rtfllio|i Auckland 0, Wimbledon 0, after extra time.