Newspaper Clippings - 1923 -1924 Season - Volume 01 - page 31
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Second League . www The Beasiders had the game well in hand , nd individually . the forwards were showing ny amount of enterprise , but they were not SOUTH SHIELDS . COVENTRY articularly effective in combined work . The isitors rallied somewhat towards the inter al , and their front line men once they got to their side were invariably too smart for CITY . ( ( By " WANDERER . " ) Coventry City provided the opposition a le Shielde half back . Twelve minutes be Hur ey Hill , this afternoon , before the Te the interval PYNEGAR caught the poorest " gate " of the season . hields defenders napping , and going The only rough practically on his own gave Walker hange in the South Shields team was the .ntreduction of Ridley , in place of Robson . c chance .. Teams : South Shields , -Walker ; Ridley , Crown ; Wilson , Hardy . Hutchinson ; Matthewson , Smith , Guyan , Thompson , Brown . Coventry City . - Best ; Randle , Lawrence ; Richmond , MacLachlan , Rowley : Dougal ;, Shea , Pyregar , Storey , Herbert . Referce . - Mr H. W. Andrews , of Man cherter . THE GAME . When play opened there would not be nore than 5,000 or 6,000 present . The visitors vere the first to make headway , but a left ving effort by Herbert and Storey failed to materialise . A miskick by Lawrence at the ther end compelled Best to run out to clear rom Guyan , and Coventry then again pplied pressure through Dougall and Shea . An infringement , however , put an end to he movement , and when the Shields half rot possession , they made a strenuous ttempt to get their forwards working . Brown veut down on the left , but failed to keep control , while a few minutes later the same layer intercepted Randle's clearance and ndeayoured to send Thompson away . Shields's attack , however , was well held , and most of the dangerous movements camo rom the opposition . The Shields goal , had rather narrow escape when Shea initiated useful effort , and from Dcugall's " mid . ling " shot , Pynegar fleshed the ball across undefended goalmouth . Matthewson changed the soene of operations , and from his centre close up Brown hit the side of the 1et . • Play had been somewhat tame up to this point , and the most exciting incident in the arly stages was a thrilling raid on the Coventry goal following a fine kick well laced by Brown during which the referee vas slightly hurt . Hardy headed in with ne judgment . REFEREE HURT . The ball rebounded off Randle's legs . uyan then , drove in a hard shot which truck the referee in the face when Mr ndrews was standing a couple of feet rom the upright . The shot , it should be xplained , was wide of the mark . After eceiving attention he was able to resume Immediately afterwards . Guyan and Thompson looked like getting hrough with the opposing defenders well eaten , but neither of them could get roper control , and Laurence eventually ffected a timely clearance . The Seasiders rere now doing most of the attacking , but he Coventry defence generally had the etter of the exchanges at close , quarters , nd Best was rarely menaced . A faulty ackle by Hutchinson enabled Shea and ougall to advance in promising atyle , but Crown came to the rescue , SHIELDS SCORE . The Coventry forwards were now tak ng a lot of holding and the Shields backs were kept busy . It was a pleasant sur rise , therefore , when GUYAN gave South hields the lead after nineteen minutes lay . Going straight down practically insupported , Matthewson and Guyan shot hrough the opposing defence , and when he winger lobbed the ball forward to eat the oncoming back , Guyan took the all in his stride , and with a brilliant shot be an almost rom what appeared to mpossible angle , put the ball in the far orner of the net .. Encouraged by this success , the . Sea iders maintained a lively pace , and the Coventry defenders were often in difficul ies . Smith and Matthewson provided . everal useful openings , and which tuyan tried hard to exploit , but Mac achlan had him well watched and when e did get through , the back took a lot f beating . ↑ SHIELDS FOOTBALL GAZETTE ) SATURDAY , APRIL 12TH , 1924 When the game was twenty - five minutes id , South Shields secured their second goal rough SMITH , Hardy put the ball for ard to Matthewsou , who centred accurately his inside - man to beat Best with a fast round shot .. F'or the remainder of the opening half invilltum than LATA halo win ... The League .-- Division II . HALF - TIME SOORES : ? BRADFORD CITY , 2 ; HULL GITY , . BURY , 1 ; THE WEDNESDAY , . FULHAM , O ; OLAPTON ORIENT , . LEEDS UNITED ; ; DERBY COUNTY , I LEICESTER CITY , 01 BLACKPOOL , 1 . MANCHESTER U. , 21 ORYSTAL PAL . , . NELSON , ; PORT VALE , 1 . OLDHAM ATH . , 8 ; BRISTOL CITY , G. SOUTH SHIELDS , 3 ; COVENTRY 0. , 1 . STOCKPORT 00. , 1 ; SOUTHAMPTON , 2 . STOKE , ; BARNSLEY , . FINAL SOORES : South Shields 4 Bradford C. 2 Bury 5 Fulham Leeds United -1 Leicester Manchester U5 1 1 Bristol City Stockport C. 2 Southampton Stoke 2 Barnsley ( For League Table up to this morning see Page 3 A Coventry C. 2 Hull City Wednesday Clapton . Derby County Nelson Oldham Blackpool Crystal Pal.c Port Vale |
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