Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1919

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'~ue mateh in .I~nD daya, it i.
~.Da.rf.cmn. able tha lOIbe' of the pmyer were 1
~~ Pad: ~he deeb of. the strain.
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frOm this A BIG· WIN.
pcnreriu LondoD olub.
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The Readilll{ Reserves had 0 gpeedy Kwell aDd tr~ ~~ for Oftl ...... utuc:iatUlS Yen ..e for then defeat · at Brishton, their
luck pre.... nt;ct tbe Bl.ci..""" \d. U' ~ obtain· hatl.CIfOme victory hy 7-1 affo.rdmg con ider~
Ina tlie maXImum. Qlldn's :!'iirk
able satisfaction to ' the spectators.
f1'be
;,eDt off at, e. rare bat. '&n<t' for
Realiing team was a ~ble one, and gave
Jlinutes the issue hunr in the
a sparkling di play. .~ay ;,as 8plendldly
After that ' Readi .......ere always the more o.~ the target. and lOur of t he !ronls ",ere'
likely ~m. ond on the run of pIa,y should credIted to him. Othe~ outStanding figure!!
have finJ!hed up two lIC?als !!hea~.
. were . llorler. ...hose jl,ldgJ!lent ...as soo nd
HA.STtE'S TWO MISSES.
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and kic~in et!'png; Chn tie, "'!lo plaTed a
Hastie again led the Reading for ...ards . renl/y
rme at ha,lf. as did Hlilop;
...ell, but J unlortunately misled two golden whi & t e let wing pair ....ere quite §mlU't.
opportunities, One of the
. mUses has bMn Mayo a l80 showed to iu:i-rantage. but Cborley
.ttributed to Ste ...art i/1 the majo,ity of re,.. hllo ',not quite)lOt beck to his old fettle.
ports. ' Apart · fr.om this, ' Hastie's di pIa,. The visito", ~Jjed £00 ro,/ch on the on&-lflck
lett little to be deSired. e.nd be suffered very I(l\me; and it. \lroved t.b~ ~~inlr.
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bad luck when he hit tne post ...ith a ter1
rifle drive. Merriok, in the Queen's Yart
gonl, toot mMY risks. coatiaoally ~ing
THE CASK
WEIR.
out.. but his temerity .happened to come olf
ana proved disconcerting r to the Reading
forwareis.
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. RE-SIGNS, FOI SWANSEA.
MURRA Y COMING AIpNG.
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Murray pl.yed a nioe game. and it is ltnAfter decla ring' that , under no cireu
fOl'tunate that he h,.. not' y~ been provided stances would he ever kick a ball for SWIW'
with a contenial partner. I3tewart is enry sea again ~ W~ir. lifter signing forms lOr
inch e. triel'. but his form thus far, .... hiI Readingl h&8 no ... dooided to remain with
h, no means bad. has not
n quite up tn the WeJ.8h club.
etandard. Andre...s got on nicely ... ith his
I,T he circumstan ces relating to the ... hole
ullar i.. the extreme, and.
new jIllrtner. and Carr did xceeaingly well buainess are
on the erlreme left. Reading are foriune.te brietly. are 0 follo...s: About six years
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in po884!MinS two such nDe left-wingers ,.. Weir ...
loaned to =ansen by Fulham,
earr e.nd LolthouSf'. and ...hen Lofthotl8e reo
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llis old fo ...... the select"'n committee an w en
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oecnrred both S... a~ ~d >Fulhnm pladed
,,-Weir on ,their retained Iis~. The play~.
ple.ced in a -qna1ldary;, _.
G()():DlilA:N
POSITION.
'\lowever, desi1'ed to play for neither. Mld
It i8 beComil\g e"id9t that Goodman· ha ,.. Reading kne ... Ulat h., W~8 onty I~
no... found bois best position. although he to . S...e.nsea. and that ~herefore Sw'af!!'8
CAlI ~Iay a uaeful pille almoat aD)'... here. claim to him "'&8 invalid. they silDed
It ... 111 be remembered that before the .... r ...ith the Idee"1)' getting him without t
he ...,.. given an erlended trial at inaid.. fer from Fulham_ ~itio"D rendered pasleft, and his chief failure 'in that waition sible bi the S~gbetwtl8n the Southern and
wa an utter inabilUy to obtain goaIi~ At the Erigl.iah
ue. Before a player : can
centft-haH he played som brilliAnt pme. play,,- however. he must be ~istered ... it.h
but in a teal rush-and-tumble se.me he ...as the .I!;ootball A88ooiation" lind tbe F.A. held
too easily brushed n ide. and ... hile thill was the matter up pending lDvestigotion . M1!Annot serioU$ in mid-Jield, o... i,,1I' tq his quick ... hile · liOth Fulham and S...an800 claimed
recovery. it ...as alw~s dangerous near
Wei ri: The sequol. howeve·r. occurred befor,
No ... at right-half oodma1! i . el~blbltln~r ~ tlJe r.A. could . give a decision. for Weir
magnificent form, e~1 n though he
changed' his lP,ind and sii(ned for S...ansea.
in all thl'es Soutnern LeWrue
Here readers might imagme thot S...ans!!"
with a leg thnt has troubled Iliim. The stiff. would have trouble with the F.A., but nonl!S8, however. is II'I'aduaIly lforkip,g off. and thing of the kind . . They simply register~
better tbings 8tjll may be exnected of George him ...ith the Welsh Football A.saociatiol ,
when I completely v/\Dishes! .
and the deal ...as oompleted. ;It seems dlffiTRE VALUE OF HARBIOOE.
cult to realise thnt a W ei h club. plllyin/{
practlcnJly all ite footbnll in Engmnti.
Harbidge continues to render the team yeo- sh ould not h&ve to regi~ler its players ... it.
man service. and hL~ anticipation W88 01 the English F ootball Associalion. Tbe eiA..
the best. He also had an ey on the target
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th I t ' " Gilberult.n lir
!an;:l 80me of h is goal-getting effor~ deserv;i ua Ion. 0 8I\y
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a better re....ard.
Mavi n played yet e.n- RAISE FOR m 'E Dr ,nING FOOTD'"
other useful game. and if he IS not as.sho...y P
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' 0;8 some pla~er , he got throllllh a lot of
real good WOl'k in 1\ busine ~hke fashion .
He ...as continua!1J sending the ball forward
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for the speedy H.a tie. nnd he completely
To the Editor of the. " Chronicle. "
bftffled Smith, ....ho opernte4 in the centre
Sir,-I WIle very pleaaed. to efe tha.t ReadinlC
for the home side.
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opened their football sea80n with a fine ...in
SMITH ~N'D "B.AR.T.n
over Co.rdilf City. I I\JII only rorry that I
WIUI not there to 8Ile them. but hope to see '\
Smith . hnd Bnrtholome... ~ave played 80 some of their matchfJi! in the nOH future .
10118 together and hav& establish4d ' such- a But my ohief reuon for 1n'it.ing W118 i.
complete understanding that the! are a reforence to the 6J\clO88d cutting from t~
difficult pair to overcome, - Bartholome.... dail,y paper publ\fhed by the Army of .
\aste!i the game in wonderful fjlShi~1i:~ is Rhine. the .. ColOl\ne Post:' They. as yo.
(lla11ll& a . ... e~l
evor, Th!! ta .
of will - . have e. ~ro of admimtion for ouf'
Sm~th ... as v~rr .trona. an4 hIS kiclung ....~8 footb6Jl olub. I hope tbnt the season au
of 8:JiC8llent. lencth.
Belll1\,4 such a ~ ,.uooessful\r o~ned for them will cklse
,hebJbnld lJad "~OPpor!:U.Dlty, a~ .h e . ~ua.lly s~full. Also wishlnj!' Yol1'. and
through a tryiJl!
me WltjlOllt a JIll ta '- YOW' pe.per continued .uooess; I o...nit it
HIl looks li,ke p ving a ...ort h!. 8.u'Cce8sor eagerly overy 1re8k;
to 8uch redollbta.b
&8 Cot~on. NalSby and.
' Youra, etc.,
"limmy" Caldwell, to name a fe ... of the
BDR.. H . CA E. R..F.A.•
good men , lind true who bale from time to
Srd Sect.. Southern D.A.C,.
fime guar'ded the &.adin/!' fort.
I B.A.O .• RRlNE.
AN UN1fJPECTED REVERSE.
The pe.~ph is 88 follow8 :Readinll 'uffered e.n unl'l1J*1\;ed rever e on
ColUB..oR P1t.m.'-r,Rel\ding supportllrs
Wedneedaf, when Exeter came. 81\"', 8.lId should be proud of th~iT tetun this £00.8011.
oonquered. Witiloot more ado Illt me add seei~ tb&t e:7 profewiooal except one
that the better team ...on. although it WWI
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distinctly ~n(Grtunate for Rendinf to lose a fh~v war. 11IIJ
country oversea.; uri ng
uoint in the Ie.st (our minutes of the lIame.
MMY ~e6ta.tol'B had already left the gro~ntl
when Horl r. in attemptinf . a lportinS "P,OOTBALL CH,RONICLE."
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clearanc:e,' cannon£d the' ~ IOto I?oc~r&y,
who mllnl)aed to aeou)'e It and wiup m a
perfect celltre. Goodwin reeeived. ,.!ld neat. I FORECAST COM~ETlTiON RESULT.
,
ly roundi~ DartMI~mew . be pva Archt·
Four competitore tied ... ith - seven coj-reCt
bald little c~ by lippin, tbe ball gent..
reeult. Ollt' of a ~ible elevw. in the For&Iy into th .!let from 8. thr~ 1 yards' Tllnge.
CM competit ion otthe "Football Chroni cle"
:aO~ER 'DOES WELL.
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...eek. The consolation prize will thereIt _IiI' unaenerolUl to aUribul:& the goal
bQ ~~ivided 8Ql\lIlIy betwren: Mr. O. H .
to an."er~r of jl)dgment by Rorier, 'bu t .un· fore
et SfIeph.,-d'1 Lune! "Bracknell .... {r.
doubtedly he should have \)nnged the ball Woods.
B . O. Shniui6r, of 8, S"1'instOne Road. Aead.
out 01 pI y, 'l'o do. thi deliberat&!J wben. ina-.
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Wilham Au ~tizi·. of 37. VictOria
it is not D.e9eR88ry II ulUljlOrtemanhke, but Str,*• .lli,b
W;oouibli. and S. H. Ryder,
to n~lect to do it wilt'n herd pressed I!nd ot ~. ~Ielgh noad, Rj'din •
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olMl'anc6 into the field i8 nelEt to unpoII..ibl~ is to be Ifuilty of flJ,ulty judgIllent.
Ap&rt from · this eXJl.e:Dliv.8l erl'C?l' • Hot:1el'.
ST, BAItTHOLOM£W'S TROOP B.P.
played hi • . plIrt m8gp.1ficently. bl . tacld.ng
and lticl'int bei/11r very lIOo.~d . lJlS under,
SCOl1TS~'
.talldinll WIth -Bartholomew ...as not alw!,
of the beost but I he ··blame tqr th ' Relldinl1
defeat did not reaton tbe ba~s. ..
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• MITH ' A1m H~BIDOE: A13 ENT . - •
Horler wllfl introdu~ 10 place of. J~ Iin.llIM>ele,d
limith, "ho' was 'sufferlDll ftom ~ pol80nep
f(lOt... &nd ""adins were , al&<!, sbort 'of HIITbid/le. who hId a. ~..ty: grase .on the ltUe8••
whleh n eesitated It being rested. ThIS let
in Cbci ~ ... ho pla.yed righ~·1 l.f. ,w.hl!e
OoodDl8.D wellt I\O~ to tbe other . SIde. o(
th .. field. Christiif did Qui~ well. ane! ~nly
need .. little IIWre fire to be refllly effeetlvo.
At prl'Aellt h plan the ReJltle !>catch.. gome,
~d is '0 t a -trifte 10.... MllvlD , after HI"
ftr."t teD minutes. and
I!,fter .~~
!ir&t t ...enty minute., pIM.,.. star tllg IVV~
ball. and tbe halv88 1111 p)ayed WIth eno.uah
energY to be 'e3iempt trom
an, 861'1011-11
criticism.
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READING'S ONE FORW AI{D.
Mid , l\bO'llt \be Reading front
Too much prais6 cannot be
who
boul the ~t
WEEK'S CAMP AT ALDERM TON
PARK.
are !)lao due tQ Mr. C. E.
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kind pe,rmi..."I!ion. to 1:IUDP on nl~ _.
llOOIJt, 1I'e e . lll$,gectec;t ·by Mr. •
dimibut1d reP.e~me{!~ ')oJo
pIN'II8e, 'tbero-. ~. beIDI{ & sporta
criellet
• •teh "'M.....plaYed.
t\le
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St. Bartholome
! troopi beinA'
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by t he BeIIley !i'roop of 8oo\\ta. ~ !\t.
~lev. 1\ newly , foWled
l.roop,
for ' this N1i9y.a~le... k., ~
·Da,."......m. atwl A.S.M; Truss ...ere In S)14
the eamp.

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