Newspaper Clippings - 1923 -1924 Season - Volume 01 - page 1
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SECOND LEAGUE .. WONDERFUL SAVES . Following three successive against Shields . Simms broke away and corners Attractive Opening Game sent in a beautiful shot from twenty - five at Craven Cottage . yards , which Reynolds had great diffi culty in clearing . From the clearance Greenwell tried a long shot which was again miraculously saved . FULHAM v . SO . SHIELDS . The home team retaliated and Heard narrowly missed the upright with Walker lying at full length . Then McKay beat two opponents and almost got through ; but Ridley threw himself at the ball and jus : managed to clear in the nick of timel Near the interval Bolam tried to get going on n the right but Chapman , how ever cleared in quick time . South Shields visited Craven Cottage this afternoon for the opening match of the season with Fulham . When the teams met in London at the end of last reason the Seasiders won by the only goal scored . while in the return game at Horsley Hill , they again captured both points by two clear goals .. The South Shields team included their two new wing mont , Bolam and Brown , and Fulham had the assistance of Doyle , a cleve : inside - forward recently secured from Airdrieonians . The teame turned out as follows : SO . SHIELDS . Walker Ridley Crown ......... Smith Hardy Hutchinson Bolam goalkeeper right full back left full back . right half back centre half left half ba : ' : outside right Hetherington inside right Simms centre forwar Greenwell Brown MA FULHAM . Reynolds Fleming Chaplin Bagge Torrance Edelston ...... Oorne Heard McKay inside left ............ Doyle outside left Penn ....... ......... Referee Mr F. Slater . Hird and Hutchinson were both taken ill this morning , and the former had to be left in bed at the Palace Hotel . Lillycrop was registered the morning to take Hutchinson's place , but the latter was declared fit to play . Lillycrop has not played for two seasons . Smith took Hird's place at right half back and Hetherington came in at inside right . THE GAME . Twenty - five thousand spectators were present when the game started . There were several clever short passing move ments by Green well and Simms , and from one of these Reynolds had to run out to clear . The Cottagers on the right wing then came into the picture , but a smart tackle by Crown relleved the pressure . A nice pass by Doyle gave an opening , but the home leader sent wide , when well placed . McKay Ridley , hereabouts , was playing a fine defensive game and he was the means of stopping several dangerous attacks by the Fulham forwards . A clever combined effort by McKay and Doyle gave the latter a great chance , but Ridley took the ball off his toe . The Shields defenders were hard pressed for a while after this and Walker's charge had a narrow escape when Penn ahot wide from a good position STRUCK THE UPRIGHT . SATURDAY , AUGUST 25TH , 1923 Heard struck the upright during an exciting attack upon the Shields goal , the ball rebounded into play while a few minutes later Hutchinson , to avert disaster was obliged to concere & corner which proved of no avail . Brown and Simms were always triers in the Shields attack . but Chaplin and Fleming the rulham defenders , took a lot of beating . Osborne and Heard were nearly through with a smart short passing movement but a centre by the former saw McKay cleverly dispossessed by Ridley , when the Fulham leader was in the act of scoring . Hutchinson sent a well placed pass out to Brown , but the latter was beaten in a raid for possession after receiving the pass . The League . in II . HALF - TIME SCORES : BLACKPOOL , 1 ; OLDHAM ATHLETIC , 6 . FRISTOL CITY , D ; MANCHESTER U. , 2 . EURY , 1 : SOUTHAMPTON , . COVENTRY CITY . 2 ; PARNSLEY , 2 . CRYSTAL PALACE , 1 ; PORT VALE . 2 . DERBY COUNTY . 1 ; STOCKPORT CO . , . FULHAM , e : 8OUTH SHIELDS , .. HULL CITY , 1 ; LEICESTER C. , 1 . THE WEDNESDAY , : BRADFORD C. , . STOKE , ; LEEDS UNITED , 1 . FINAL 80ORES , Chaplin conceded a corner which was well placed by Bolam . Simms got his head to the ball , but the header lacked force and Reynolde easily cleared . Things , were looking up hereabouts , and Simms and Hetherington were successful in tem Bury porarily evading Torrance and Chaplin . Coventry C. 2 but they never looked like storing .. Fleming and Chaplin were playing , a very strong defensive game and were con stantly checking any movement which looked dangerous , while Hutchinson was playing well despite his illness which overtook him this morning . Blackpool 2 Oldham Ath . 2 1 Southampton Barnsley 3 Stockport C. 1 Derby County 4 . Hull City 1 Leicester C. 1 Wednesday Bradford C. ( For League Table up to this morning see Page 2 ) . |
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