Gazette Cartoon - 8 December 1923 - page 8
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SHIELDS FOOTBALL GARETTEN SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 9TH , 1924 ER " SEES IT . . South Shields Favourably Victory at Nelson . " Jock " Hutclumson , the South Shields captain , who has beet on he sick list for two months is now fit again and he was relected for a trial outing with the Reserves this afternoon . He has not played for the League team since December 10th . SEASIDERS ' AMBITION . . If South Shields have won o - day , as everyone expected them to do , they will be well on the way . towards promotion . Prior to this afternoon they were only three points behind Stoke , the League leaders , with two matches in hand , while the only other club with for an advantage in points . games played was Leeds United , who had acquired 31 points as Wie re sult of 25 games , as compared with the It is Seasiders ' 30 points for 26 matches . going to be a close fight and on their present record there is not the slightest reason why South Shields should not go up this season . You can take it from mo that the players have quite made up their minds on the sub ject . I hope their optimism is justified by future events . BIC VICTORY RECALLED . -South Shields will be at Hull on Satur day renewing their acquaintance with This will be the Billy McCracken's team . Seasiders fifth visit to the " Tigers ' " Hull ground . When the teams met at last season the visitors were defeated by two clear goals , while at Horsley Hill in the return engagement the game resulted in a goalless draw . The Shieldsmen have only once secured the verdict on the City ground , and that was on November 27th . 1902 , when they won 2-0 . In the follow ing season they came back with a point , and the other two games were lost . highest score registered by South Shields In a Second League match was against Hull City at Horsley Hill on January 3rd . the , men 1919 , when they vanquished from the Humber by seven goals to one in one of the most rousing games ever wit nessed on the South Shields ground . Charlton accomplished . the " hat trick " and the other goals were obtained by Jack Smith ( 2 ) . Dreyer , and Oxberry . The 1 THE INSIDE BERTHS . The consistently good form shown . by Oxberry and Smith in recent games places the directors in a somewhat awk ward dilemma , for it means that , for the time being at any rate , they are deprived of the services of their most successful and Green goal - getters . Hetherington well . The latter has been on the sick not available , list and , therefore , was and but Hetherington is fit ready to resume his - place at any time . The the Shieldsmen are fortunate in having choice of such efficient inside men , and I best hope the directors will make the possible use of them . The thing that strikes me most about the present for werd line is . Its laaksof weight - and.height .. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS . " Whitburn . " The attendance at the Car diff City v . Gillingh : mate was 20,000 and the gate receipts amourted to £ 800 . " Beresford . " - I have no record charity match referred to . of the " WANDERER . " |
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