Newspaper Clippings - Loose - Volume 2 - page 9
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ip prospects . - B.T . nos HO Brigham & Cowan , Ltd. No. Income Tax Ins . etc. No. Income Tax Ins . etc. No. Income Tax 131 Ins . etc. Brigham & Cowan , Income Tax No. Happy Robins ORTH Shields deserved their NO day off today for their Brigham & Chome games with Murton C.W. Hartnett . on Saturday and Middlesbrough Reserves yielded a , full bag of four They didn't find either hurdie Mariners give an easy one . They had to hard to beat Murton 2-0 , but toughest battle and the one which gave them most satisfac tion was their win over a star studded Middlesbrough second string poorest show A brilliant goal by young Eddie Johnson four minutes before half time gave the Robins the points but , on the play , it would not have been surprising if they had won by a larger margin . Income Tax Ins . etc. Ins . etc. Brigham & Cowan , Ltd. No. On the rockhard surface - if groundsmen and helpers had not spent most of Sunday's day light rolling out the pitch after Saturday's churning up play would not have been possible Brigham & players had an uncomfortable only was who back Cummings who had his head cut and an arm skinned . He was only off for three minutes , however . the game . L But it must be said that Daw son in the Robins ' goal also r made some fine saves . In the second half , the Teessiders rang their the changes and had veteran half back Blenkinsop taking over the centre forward position from Norris . Not that this availed Middlesbrough any for Grenyer was in his best form , completely blocking the middle . Attendances were very dis appointing . Only 1,200 saw the game with Murton and the crowd yesterday was officially estimated at 2,500 . Brilliant ' keeping IN the last half hour Shields IN were all over the visitors . Had it not been for the brilli ance of Hodgson in goal - one save from Cooper brought a thunder of applause Middles brough would certainly have gone down by a heavier score . Income Tax Teams were. North Shields : Dawson ; Haves , Cummings ; Hart , Gren yer , Clark ; Dix , Ward , Wood , Johnson , Cooper . Ins . etc. Middlesbrough Res .: Hodg son ; Barnard , Hepple ; Blenkin sop , Aitken , Brown ; Woodward , Fitzsimmons , Norris , Leonard , of season Giving their poorest display of the season South Shields were de feated 3-0 at Redheugh Park on Saturday by Gateshead Reserves who played throughout the second half with ten men . The South Shields defence was jittery following Gateshead's first goal in the 18th minute which came when Brown allowed the ball to slip through his legs . Though they had most of the first half play the Mariners could not find the net . Part of their in ability to create openings was caused by the defence of Cassidy South Shields also made the mis take of playing too much to the right wing instead of switching over to Talbot and Matthews on the left . Brigham & Cowan , Ltd. No. Further goals fell to Gateshead in the 50th and 51st minutes . Ken . 10 dall and Anderson scoring South Shields - born Eddie Johnson was the star of an enterprising Gates head front line , 14 Ins . etc. Brigham & Cowan , Ltd. No. Income Tax Ins . etc. OD ! pauubu 7 The Evening News , Monday , January 15 1951. - 5 the leave Johnson may leave Robins tonight Also attracting . the scouts EDDIE Johnson , 21 - year - old North Shields inside forward , is a League have been settled and . I learn that all that remains is for the player to put his name to paper . North Shields declined to mention the name of the interested club but , as Johnson wants to stay in the North - East for family reasons , it can be supposed that the club is in this area . Shields leader Alf Wood is also said to be under the eyes n of scouts . n AL Blackhall fight back CI Gateshead were faster in the early stages , Johnston being prominent in some dangerous raids . Higginbottom did well to smother a fierce drive from him then Blackhall attacked . After 15 minutes Gateshead took the lead , PALMER heading passed Higginbottom from Barn father's well - placed centre , but six minutes later PATTISON equalised with a terrific 30 - yard drive . Income Tax Blackhall improved , but ten minutes from half - time a bad mistake by Coxon , who com pletely missed his kick , led to Gateshead regaining the lead through PALMER . A minute later FORD again levelled the scores from Law's corner . n Half - time : - Blackhall C.W .. Two goals ; Gateshead Reserves , Two goals . Ins . etc. Income Tax Johnson made his debut for the Robins at South Shields on April 1 last year . After a few games he was returned to the second string to gather more When experience . dropped out of the Appleby Park picture , however , he was brought back and finished the season with the seniors to earn a League championship medal . WAS DROPPED This season he began in style but then appeared to lose form and was dropped . He has played in the seniors last five games , however , and once again attracted attention . A native of South Shields , he SUM PRESENTED BY BILL BAWDEN first caught the eye with South He Shields Ex - Schoolboys . the R.A.F. , was served in demobilised in the summer of 1949. and signed for Manchester City . He turned out regularly for side . City's Central League and again attracting scouts full Manchester offered him time terms . He declined to stay permanently in Manchester and decided to seek his football near home . POOR RETURN Ins . etc. 1 ted , the clubs will each receive £ 49 - not enough to pay their way . Shields certainly tound their boots and scored shooting seven goals to Blyth's three . Wood ( 2 ) , Ward ( 2 ) . Johnson , Dix and Cooper netted for Shields and Agan , Penrose and Brannigan for Blyth . Shields visit Stockton , 1-0 conquerors of Blackhall , in the McGarry next round . ERS ' LETTERS ARE ON PACK The North - Eastern League North Cup replay Shields and Blyth Spartans , at on Saturday , Appleby Park produced some grand football and ten goals , but a very poor financial return for the clubs . The crowd was officially given as 2,300 and by the time necessary expenses are deduc- n , Ltd. frest between No. Income Tax Ins . etc. and be a € Ex Former South Shields Schoolboys ' inside forward , Eddie Johnson who has been from North transferred Shields to Gateshead . Johnson on was Manchester City's the books before joining Appleby Park club during the close season . No. Brigham & Cowan , Ltd. 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