1920-12-4 H v Wolvehampton Match Report (not Complete
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Wolves at the Hill ( By " Wandaran " ) played at Horsley Hill This match his afternoon Fions , imaginable the most wretched con ralei of wind swept cross the nld , Alg . Intermittent showers fidrenchin ring rain , and the ground Acherous . There was s hen the game started . abange in the South taking the place of acovered from the fathed at Hull last ( . was heary and ale of about 3.000 There The On Shields team Seenlyside njury which ho SOUTH SHIELDS . Welker Creaswell Maitland Dreyer Hopkins Hampson hariton Woods Parker Hawes Kirkbride O Brooks Potts Edmonds Burrell Price Riley Hodnot Gregory Bough 1 Marshall Peers WOLVERHAMPTON , The Game . South Shields came away strongly from he start and in the first few minutes the Volves goal had a narrow , escape from Parker , who accepting a fine centre from Charlton just failed to trap the ball in ime A. minute later Woods had a similar xperience.but Bough ught off a smart learance under severe pressure . Draver topped a promising bush on the Welves ' eft wing and following clever breaking ip work by Hopkins , Kirkbride and Hawes got going on the left and for several minutes the visiting defence was exceedingly hard pressed . The Wolves , by clever combination . lorced their way up to the Shields end where Potts when well placed sent high er the bar . Kirkbride and Hawes than Ame into prominence and a clever com ined effort culminated in Parker missing he mark by inches with arping hot . The Shieldsmen were monopolising the May the forwards showing excellent nderstanding and effective ning 1 Tork . The Wolves again applied pressure . and Walker had to save a hot shot from Todnett , while a few minutes later the Thirds custodian was called upon to deal with a very dangerous situation . Edmonds ad Burrell forced their way through he Shields defence , and from the Volves centre's shot , Walker saved martly . The inside man , practically nmarked . pounced upon the ball , but hot weakly , and , the Shields custodian ived for the ball and succeeded in avert ng disaster . 4 Fast and Exciting . The players were greatly hampered by he greasy state of the ground and the eavy rain , but despite the adverse con itions , play was fast , and exciting . Brookes and Potts were sponsible for lever work on the visitors left wing , but reaswell was a blant defender . Woods sent Charlton away on the ght and the Shields winger promptly . eturnel a well - ümed centre which MYY'S . SHIELO5 SATURDAY , FOOTBALL GAZETTE , DECEMBER 4TH , 1920 515 32 856 North Eastern League BEDLINGTON U. SHIELDSRES . At Bedlington Bedlington - Munro : Waugh . Willey ; Stephenson , Wilson , Sanderson : Smith , Johnson , Barkas ,, Bell and Brotherton . South Shields Reserves : Hoffman ; Ridley . Robson ( G. Wilson , Robson crop , Greenwell and Robson . Shields kicked off with a strong wind blowing : The opening play was slow . The first attapk , came from Bedlington , but offside drove them back . At the other end Lillycrop was , well through when given offside , Lilley put in s good run and Lillycrop headed into the contre , but , Munro sayed . Bedlington immediately retaliated , John son placing into the goalmouth , for Hoffman to come out and saver . Bell , of Bedlington , next gaye Brotherton & run , The winger shot past . A good run by the Shields left wing resulted in Lillycrop missing badly . Soon afterwards the same plager opened the score for Shields . A minute later Smith equalised with a good shot . Bedlington attacked again , Watson robbing Bartus each time , and then the game was stopped through an injury to Johnson . On the restart Lillycrop struck the bar . Munro : saved two shows in succession from Layde . and Greenwell , and a free kick for hands against the Terriers was cleared . Lillycrop cleverly tricked Waugh , but Munro came out and took the ball from his toes . A foul by Metcalf against Brotherton was cleared , and the Stephen són narrowly missed . Brotherton beat Ridley , but Hoffman easily saved his centre . Greenwell , then took a crow shot and scored a second goal for Shields . Bedlington were frequently checked the Shields defence , and when Brote again beat Ridley he ran the ball the goal line .. Greenwell scored a third goal Shields just on half - time , Bedlington testing against the goal op the gro of offside . Half - time score South Shields Reserves ...... Bedlington Shields pressed on the re - opening , an Bedlington goalkeeper saved three she succssion , y The home team then att strongly , and Hoffman was called up two occasions , but he cleared brill each time . Then Shields broke away Munro again distiguished himself smart.clearance . For some time the Colliers had the hand , but the Shieldsmen's defence p brilliantly . In a break away L scored the fourth goal for Shields . F remainder of the game , the home team most of the play , but failed to piere Shfelds defence . Final : 4 SOUTH SHIELDS RESERVES BEDLINGTON ***** dore ****** |
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