1926-2-27 A v Chelsea (Image 4)
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4 it is safe to say that " take cover ! 19 will be the order of the day if and when they are called upon to face the Barrett " battery " again . TOP NOTCHERS . " - Beyond scoring his goals , Barrett was great in defence . Harry Wilding's " nodded " goal from McNeil's corner - kick was reminis cent of many similar goals scored by the ex - Grenadier in the past , and Priestley - ever on the look out for a scoring chance - made good use of Crawford's perfect pass . Chronicles of the Chelsea Football Club . 66 MURDOCH MCKENZIE . - The visiting centre , Murdoch McKenzie , not only shot a very fine goal , but was extremely dangerous throughout . Darlington only obtained his transfer a few days before the season opened , and it has proved a very good capture for the Quakers , for the Scottish lad is showing some of the form which made him top goal - scorer for Ayr United for three successive seasons , ending in May last . 32 32 32 205 25 25 25 29 STURDY SHIELDS . - Another stiff proposition has to be faced this afternoon , for South Shields play a hard , bustling game that has thrown more than one " scientific team completely out of gear . They have no use for " pretty - pretty " tactics themselves , or any particular desire to idly look on while others are employing them . They have been more than once de scribed as " unpolished Shields , " but , like Major Joe Bagstock , they are " tough , sir , tough ! " They also possess the big advantage of being fortunate enough to FILILILIT JE JE BY 32 32 NALE 2 play sixteen successive games with the same eleven players : 32 3 IMPRESSIVE . The " away " record of South Shields is rather impressive . Beginning with a victory at Swansea , they won their next away game at Stoke . Their win at Hull ( 3-1 ) was the heaviest home defeat so far sustained by the Tigers . Other victories at Clapton , Southampton and Middlesbrough followed . A fortnight ago the men of Shields lost at Fulham by the odd goal in three , but were a bit unfortunate , as the deciding goal was from a twice - taken penalty , which had failed on the first taking . 4 FIFTY - FIFTY . - This will be our fourth encounter with the Northerners - whose home colours , by the way , are the same as Chelsea's , so the visitors are called upon to change and each side will be striving to record a maiden victory over the other , for all three previous encounters have been drawn . Both games last season ended in a one - all draw , and when Chelsea visited Shields in October nothing was scored by either . RICHARD I. AND RICHARD II . - The visiting centre forward , Richard Parker , is very fre FULL REPORTS OF ALL GAMES & CRITICISMS BY LEADING AUTHORITIES APPEAR IN THE ATHLETIC NEWS EVERY MONDAY quently confused with his exact namesake at Millwall , who plays in the same position . The difficulty of dis tinguishing between them is increased by the fact that the Millwall man at one time played for South Shields . What is more curious still is that the two men are of the same height , 5 ft . 8ins . , and there is very little differ 25 25 25 25 25 2 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 232323232323 252523 52 52 52 . FII SIER |
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