Sunday Times (Sydney), Sunday 21 November 1920, page 2
British Soccer Clubs Disqualified
LONDON, Saturday.— The Football Association has taken drastic action against Millwall and Crystal Palace, both League clubs, owing to the misconduct of spectators.
The clubs' grounds are to be closed for thirteen days, thus losing the revenue from two home matches each. They are also ordered to pay the costs of the enquiry. The spectators invaded the ground and assaulted the referee. Milwall's supporters stoned a visiting team last Monday, and this may be the subject of further enquiry.
Express and Telegraph (Adelaide), Thursday 18 November 1920, page 3
SOCCER AND BETTING.
Just how a strike would effect association football is exercising the minds of many people these days. Your Britisher is a long-suffering person as a rule; he is even taking the tremendous taxation on his beer and 'baccy in the most philosophical manner. But he does not like his sport being interfered with. The terrific crowds at league football matches are something to marvel at. Of course, there are some unhappy people who must run down everything and seem to take it as a personal insult that other folk should enjoy themselves. They put down the huge crowds to the spirit of betting which is over-running the country, and deplore the "waste of time that could be more profitably expended in the increase of output." This betting scare has been going on for some-time, but I have run across none of the higher officials who have seen anything of it in dangerous form.
Some people will bet on anything and you can't stop them. On the other side of the picture is the fact insisted on that in coilliery towns, the black.country,- &c., the leagues and cup ties have had a wonderful effect on the workers. Those who go to football, it is in sisted, always go home before a match to get "cleaned up." There, they turn over the house keeping money for the Week before they go out again. The self-respect of a man who. is always "clean" is too obvious to dilate on. And how keen they are on their own side, these workers. One can forgive a lot to real enthusiasm. And yet a habitually "dirty" player is not tolerated by those enthusiasts, however good he is. The money spent and the time "wasted" is comparatively small; whereas the enjoyment and the interest are certainly very big. Association must always be the spectators' delight in football. It is easy to see and easy to understand, even to the finer points, whereas the real work of a forward at Rugger can only be really appreciated and understood by a spectator who has played the game himself for years.
Rugby will be in full swing this week-end. In England and Scotland it. has never had so large a following, but the Northern Union can hold out such strong temptations to players to "come over" that the Welsh clubs are kept a trifle nervous. It is a heautiful game to watch, the Northem Union game, and one cannot be surprised at the enthusiasm it provokes wherever it is played. Your real Rugby footballer, however, is desperately loyal to his own game, and when Jerry Shea refused to be tempted by a big offer it was a triumph for the game all round. [In fact Shea went to Wigan the following year]
Results
Bradford City 0 Huddersfield2
Chelsea 1 Manchester United 2
Everton 3 Derby County 1
Manchester City 3Arsenal 1
Middlesbrough 0 Burnley 0
Oldham 0 Liverpool 0
Prisstoh North-End 3 Newcastle. United 2
Sheffield United 2 Bradford 0
Sunderland 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
Totteidiam'Hotspur 1 Aston Villa 2
W. B'wich Albion 2 Bolton Wanderers 1
Bowen Independent, Tuesday 16 November 1920, page 1
FOOTBALL.
The next attraction was a Soccer Football Match between teams representing the [HMAS] Melbourne and Bowen, which, after a very exciting game, was won by the former by two points to nil. Kicking the Football, prize 10/-, resulted In a win for G-. Osborne. Messrs Osborne, Cannon and Saker each kicked a goal. In the kick ofi, Osborne got nearest to the goal and won. • The 100 yards pedestrian handicap, was won by E. Ferris, 5 yards from Hutchison (“Melbourne”) 6 yds and R Gray 6 yds.
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"Melbourne was an important element of our first fleet that sailed proudly into Sydney Harbour in October 1913 with her better known sister HMAS Sydney. Of her peacetime complement of 390 about half were on loan from the Royal Navy, all being under the command of Captain Mortimer L’Estrange Silver, RN. In fact all the cooks and stewards appear to have been Royal Naval ratings – does this say something about the standard of colonial catering in these times? Another important factor about the ship that only rates a mention in the amount of time spent bunkering is that she was coal fired, which meant constant evolutions of coaling ship and cleaning up afterwards. The largest department was not seamen manning her weapons but stokers, of which she had more than one hundred." Naval Historical Society of Australia https://www.navyhistory.org.au/ranships/hmas-melbourne-i/ |
Arrow (Sydney), Friday 19 November 1920, page 11
NEWCASTLE SPORT
SOCCER FINALS AT LAST.
The Nurse Cup mutch between Wallsend and West Wallsend on Saturday attracted a big attendance, and at times the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Wallsend were out to win from the start, and took innumerable risks in order to gain their end. Fortune favored them, with the result that they won 2-0. West Wallsend played a solid game; but missed many chances. Tomorrow will see the same teams engaged in the final of the Kerr Cup competition. West Wallsend are at present holders of the Cup, having defeated Balmain Fernleight last year; but they will need to be at the top of their form to retain it. They will play the same team as last week, while Wallsend will probably replace Urwin by Rop Lidbury. The N.D.B.F.A, fully intend that finality shall be reached, and have ordered a double amount of extra time if necessary. Immediately the game is concluded Mr. J. H. Bloomfield, president of the N.D.B.F.A., will present the winners with the cup. The early attraction will be the final of the Richardson Cup competition, in which Wood peckers and Hamilton, both Newcastle teams, will meet. Woodpeckers are regarded as the probable winners, for on the two previous occasions this pair has met a one-goal draw, and in the A grade final a 6-1 win for 'Peckers resulted. The end of this season much resemblce the end of last, for with the exception of the Gardiner Cup, which goes consistently to Sydney, the other cups will remain with Newcastle.
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| 1968 Newcastle Grand Final at Speers' Point between Adamstown and Lake Macquarie (4-2) Thanks to Bill Walker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10207456930176768&set=gm.2909507349150828 |
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