Newspaper Clippings - 1923 -1924 Season - Volume 01 - page 18
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BURNLEY V , SOUTH SHIELDS . e mother prevailed when the Burnley : Selde teame turned out at Turf s afternoon before a crowd of 15.000 s . indluding a good number of rs from South Shields . fell heavily on Friday night , and the state of the ground was thought to sed the chancee of the visitors . ley have shown their best form this der such ground conditions . tems turned out as follows : NLEY . Dawson ; Smelt , Taylor ; 11. Morgan ; Bennie , Kelly , ss . Weaver SOUTH SHIELDS . Walker ; Ridley , an : Wilson , Hardy . Metcalfe ; Matthew . ..Sh . Stannard . Greenwell , Bolam . Perce : Mr H Maso , of Birmingham . COAL FOR BURNLEY . h Shields were the first to attack their right wing and the movement in Hill , the Burnley centre half , ng a corner . Matthewson put in a kick which was cleared , and soon a ar is the same player centred accu . from a favourable position , but Grenwell just failed to get his foot to ball . Ain the Shields right winger was promi ra clever touch line raid and finished y dropping in another fine centre . At other end Burnley forced a corner and ; the kick CROSS headed into the net giving the home men the lead after minutes ' play . This was the first the Burnley forwards had been in the nity of the Shields goal . Burnley again applied iley - and Crown were called pressure make some very good clearances BURNLEY'S NARROW ESCAPE . and upon As was expected . the South Shielde players ound the ground conditions too bad for hem , and they had difficulty in keeping heir feet . Still , they played a hard game and gave the Burnley defenders plenty of artk to do . An equaliser seemed certain when Bolam in a lovely paes to Smith , but the latter , was right in front of the goal , just ad to get his foot to the ball . hewson was generally the most prom . in of the visiting forwards and he rarely to make headway when once he got sion . The Burnley men again got the er hand , and Hardy and Ridley were epicuous for clever defensive work . nie , the Burnley right winger , gave Wer some trouble , and the custodian ght off a clever clearance . On one or tan occasions towards the interval Walker made eome remarkable clearances . He made Anderful save from Beel , who had the at his mercy , but after 37 minutes be s again beaten . SHIELDS TWO DOWN . Kelly shot hard and Walker saved in d fashion by fisting out . The ball to Bennie , who drove in a strong shot the custodian cleverly dealt with , but KELLY again got possession he made stake and with a terrific drive put the Jamshire men two ahead . Walker having ange with the shot . ker made another miraculous save from shortly afterwards , and just before interval the Shields forwards got busy Dawson had to save from Smith . South elde were generally weak in front of goal . Half time score : BURNLEY SOUTH SHIELDS 2 South Shields continued to play a pirited game and Bolam was nearly rough soon after the resumption , but Burnley forwards eventually took up attack and Kelly shot hard from short nge but Hardy got in the way and the all was sent back to the Burnley end . There was a spell of lively play and hen Dawson collided with Stannard in coalmouth Smith had a great chance ut he shot into the side of the net with . goal practically at his mercy . The visitors were proving much er opposition than was anticipated . ugh they were two goals in arrears fought very pluckily and their deve work was very fine , while their hack play , on the whole , was sound afective . Matthewson sent in a good shot which the Burnley custodian saved in great style . teams were playing a fast open . an hour after the interval , Rennie . a centre which impned right in of the South Shields goalmouth . ould have cleared , but he snipped ng to do so , and KELLY had no i beating Walker . ater . the visitors were mak SHIELDS FOOTBALL SAZRITEN SATURDAY , JANUARY 125 1924 HOME . AWAY . Burnley 3 South Shields Portsmouth 2 Newcastle Oldham 2 Sunderland Middlesbro ' Watford Ashington 1 Aston Villa 5 . Wolves 3 Darlington 1 Sheffield U. Bury Llanelly Grimsby T. O Blackpool 1 Derby County 2 Fulham 2 1 Exeter City 1 Millwall - West Brom . 1 ( Clapton . 1 Accrington O ' Charlton Ath . Manchester U 1 Plymouth Swansea T. 1 Norwich C. Liverpool Wednesday 4 Northampton 1 Leeds United 1 West Ham 2 Bristol City 1 Bradford C. 1 Leicester 1 Halifax Town 1 Stoke Huddersfield 1 4 Swindon T. The Arsenal 4 5 Aberdare Birmingham Bradford Luton Town 1 Brighton & H. 3 Preston N.E. 1 Bolton W. 2 Southampton 1 Notts Forest 2 Gillingham Notts County 2 Tottenham Blackburn R. Barnsley Everton FINAL SCORES : Hull City Chelsea 1 Manchester C 2 Cardiff City Queen's Park 1 Crystal Pal . 2 Corinthians 1 |
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