guperiority cxertinfi thomselve^ ooly when GAMES FROM ......CLAPTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB, 1907.8. ^...
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It ^ <G> GAMES FROM THE PAST This month's game is a real ; antiquity, taken from an old local newspaper,"The Hackney v —^ Spectator", dated 14.1.07. The report is superb and written in an Oscar Wilde style. A real bruiser of a match, from an era when physical play was regarded with a much greater liberalism. Refs of today would be horrified. guperiority cxertinfi thomselve^ ooly when the Roal looked likely to fall. On the other hand Leyton, bursting with enthusiasm, put all out and worked hn.rd.deserviiiR to scorp, if oiily as n, reproach to tho casual tn;iniiur adopteil by thp visitors. On bucli [i f^a.mo it is imrossililc to Biiy uiuuli iibout the pla,y, except, to say that for Bkill ani] scicnco tho Orient were easily tho brttcr tcim, and ditl they like to exert themaulvcs could have ma.ttcra warni. L.appiii anti Leonard took down and promptly liad a 0)s Defeol Lcyton. H Rough and Nasty Game. Supposed to be a'Friendly' but there did not seem to be much friendlinessabout the afrair. CLAPTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB, 1907.8. ^ Leyton were in tlie same boat with Orient. The Footbill Association hiid do- dined to oxcuse them the preliiiiinnry rounda of the Cup Compotition, or to allow tliom to put their r< sorvo toaina in to d^i battle with tlio weakor stulf, BO iia nfitliur team could afford to neglect League mntcheB to beat teamB of much inferior Btrcn,"tli, they wore compelled to withdraw froni ttio competition. Manager Ciinipl)ill, of Loyton, has hopes that iioxt soiison greater favour will 1)0 shown, and the two Clubg oxcused tlio preliminary rounds or part of thein, or will - bo allowed to play reserve teams. Roth clubs liad a blaii'k day on Saturday last, and ft fixture was arranged at Lcyton. Lpyton turnort out ft Ktron^ tcain of tryui'H, whilst tha Orient inado somo fxperiiiioiitg in tlio forwnrd line, tlf clrfunce rL'iiiainiiiR tlie saino ns Inst week. Martin linil a rest, Oliver bcinp giveii anotlicr chnncc at cciitru forwn.rd. the right winfc' was uiilouclied, Leonard and Lappin working together as iisual. On the left win^ Bourne had a, ro^t lctliny in Wiaeinnii, Uou,";tll rennining iii- siilo. There was a moderate atteniliinco of ul)oub 2,500, tho usunl crowd undoubtedly swnrminR to Tottonhnm to BCB what sort of dat tlio Spurs would niake with tlio cpn- quorotl o[~tlio Oriciit. Tboru was n, liw\y Ginnrt broe.'.o down tlie Rround, and tlio clioico of ciids rostod with tlie homesters, vvlio, iiutiirally, plnycd with tlie wind, Tlio teiiiiia;— 5 ^ l.« ^'fl I. Kjl I » 1^ y, I <• 4 r •i ^t ^ ^ i t .t t '» J ( t j 1 } ^ I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ *- 'V; w >\\ 'f. ^ .<• ^^< \ ; Clapton Orient 1907-'08- are pictured here. mo st of the O's side LEYTON. Draper. Biilinoad, RniiiBoy, MiiHHuy. IdiHliy. Mol'lillllpH, Hcaliuui. Owcra. Tunibull. ilritiid. Kolly, 0 Itrfurru, Mr, H, It. Cnrr, Wiiuniiin. ])ou;;iil. Olivrr, Luonard. Lappin. Thucliur, Kvonson, Jiuclianan, Biowart. Honderson, Rower. CLAPTON ORIENT. The commoncoment of the game found the O'B evidently taking tilings easily, rcpnrdin^ the match as a holiday earno, where nothing was at stake, therefore it was unnecessary for aiiyhodytoput much oiit, and wo noticed forwards strolling after llie ball, find half-backs takiii^ iiiatlors rasy, and tho backs with consciou? tussle outside the hoine posts, a,nd from one uf tiieir pn.ases DouRn.1, alinost in i 1. liandlcd, giving the home dofence re.iof. Oliver immedintely afterw;irds b;td a granil ifcning, but failed la.mcnta.bly, and this failure was fcven more pronounced later on for several good gon.l-scoring opportunities came his way during tile game, and in every CP.IC of which ho put in 11 tame littlr ,^uak little, grcund sbo', wnich ha.d the .-,i.1riitional disadvantnge of boinR wide of the fists. Wiscman worked hard to show the Orient BUpportera that if he was reRularli played ho would malio a, grand outaido, (ind every time the lad had achanco heacquittocl himself in such a meritorious fashion that it ig really a pity to keep him out of the first line of attack any lonyor. IIo is yood goods in tlio outside-lrft line, and we confiiluntly iinticipatc Ilia reguliir inclusion. SeiiiiiK their i'nn,liility to(,'ct tlanyorous, ths Loyton combinatioii'bcK"." to get a little nn,sty, and to show n, spirit not in accorilanco with the best traditions of fooiball. Busby and Massoy were the worst sinners, and fiirn- bull and Kelly followed tho lead. For some time tlioO'stook foula with umused colera- tion, but (ivuntu(t]]y retttliftted. Stawart, on account of his size, was singled out for attacks. You have iloubtless all soc'n thai picture of tlir; Lip bn,ck standing over a proairatc lililo forward lieing spoken to liy a littlo rofcree, " Wliy eliould n, groat bip fdllow liko you kaock ovorn, poor little chnp liko that," says tho reforco. " How diiru that littlo chap try to hop round a groal big fa,t inan like me," says tlio back. "The first unfortunate rcault was tho rotiremeiit of Br.ind, who was knocked oul in collision. Tlio Loyton inHido left did not rciiirn for tho riiiniiindcr of tliu (jaiiio, Tliis left lioytoii witli nino inun to face the loo and they did wull. Scvt'ral tinica they wurc within an aco of ycoring, but tlie resistance oliorcd by Siowart and Hondorson wna too liot for them, whilst Ilvcnson yectned able to plou^'li his way riyht through whcnuvt'r uo iiiulincfi. Tliiiulior, too, way vary Htifu, and his cl)arf<os WCI'L' folt wlien iidininiy. tereil. Buchanan played his usuiil cool giimo, but ho had more in reserve than lie put out. But one, ultlioiigh the Orient woro the better team, could not but lielp ] wisliinK tlint Lcyton would scuro for tlioy '.wciu so very soriou-j al)out tlio ma.ttcr. so tnuul) in oaraoBt, BO ytroiiii.jud, KO liiird- workiuy. Owera'a red head wai'i evcry- whore, and on the slightest opportunity ho nia.lc u.'bolt for ^onl, yot ovory attoiiipt wns frustrated, and after a vary scrappy threo- (jiiiirtorii of an hour, and narrow oacnpi s of l)0th yoald, tliu intcrvnl was called 'vith- out citlior sido being ;tl)lt; to claiin an ad- viiiit.iyo in Bcoriny. 1'owurds tlio lust fow miiiiituB of llio liitlf proceoings wurealniost faroiuiil. Ill ono ciis" Stowart, inBtuad of cleariiigi sent tliu ball In IIciiliam to givu him u, cliiinco of B, Bliot, and tlio lad pi'oiTiptly Bcra])ed tljo top bn.r. Tho 0^ forwurLla n.t tinies put biick tlie biill to tlieir halves witli Lcyloa running ia, The leather then went to the back, who oblig- iagly gave Bowers a kick. Thug it was half-time 0—0. The second half gave promise of better [ things for after the O'a Tiad delivered an unaucoosaful assault en the home goal, the Leyton fortva.rds took up the runniag and as a, result of some pretty play Stewart in kicking out gave to Hesham, who returned acruss the Orient goal and MoPhillips scored with a beautiful shot. 1—0. Then the fur flow.' Shaking their " out for a l>n,rney " atlitiido the O'a began to wake up and ])ou{,'al was within an aco of equalisinj.,'
Transcript of guperiority cxertinfi thomselve^ ooly when GAMES FROM ......CLAPTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB, 1907.8. ^...
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GAMES FROM THE PASTThis month's game is a real
; antiquity, taken from an oldlocal newspaper,"The Hackney v —^
Spectator", dated 14.1.07. The reportis superb and written in an Oscar Wilde style. A real bruiserof a match, from an era when physical play was regarded with amuch greater liberalism. Refs of today would be horrified.
guperiority cxertinfi thomselve^ ooly whenthe Roal looked likely to fall. On the otherhand Leyton, bursting with enthusiasm,put all out and worked hn.rd.deserviiiR toscorp, if oiily as n, reproach to tho casualtn;iniiur adopteil by thp visitors. On bucli[i f^a.mo it is imrossililc to Biiy uiuuli iiboutthe pla,y, except, to say that for Bkill ani]scicnco tho Orient were easily tho brttcrtcim, and ditl they like to exert themaulvcscould have ma.ttcra warni. L.appiii antiLeonard took down and promptly liad a
0)s Defeol Lcyton.
H Rough and Nasty Game.
Supposed to be a'Friendly'but there did not seem to bemuch friendlinessabout the
afrair.
CLAPTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB, 1907.8.^
Leyton were in tlie same boat withOrient. The Footbill Association hiid do-dined to oxcuse them the preliiiiinnryrounda of the Cup Compotition, or to allowtliom to put their r< sorvo toaina in to d^ibattle with tlio weakor stulf, BO iia nfitliurteam could afford to neglect League mntcheBto beat teamB of much inferior Btrcn,"tli,they wore compelled to withdraw froni ttiocompetition. Manager Ciinipl)ill, of Loyton,has hopes that iioxt soiison greater favourwill 1)0 shown, and the two Clubg oxcusedtlio preliminary rounds or part of thein, orwill - bo allowed to play reserve teams.Roth clubs liad a blaii'k day on Saturdaylast, and ft fixture was arranged at Lcyton.Lpyton turnort out ft Ktron^ tcain of tryui'H,whilst tha Orient inado somo fxperiiiioiitgin tlio forwnrd line, tlf clrfunce rL'iiiainiiiRtlie saino ns Inst week. Martin linil a rest,Oliver bcinp giveii anotlicr chnncc at cciitruforwn.rd. the right winfc' was uiilouclied,Leonard and Lappin working together asiisual. On the left win^ Bourne had a, ro^tlctliny in Wiaeinnii, Uou,";tll rennining iii-siilo. There was a moderate atteniliinco oful)oub 2,500, tho usunl crowd undoubtedlyswnrminR to Tottonhnm to BCB what sort ofdat tlio Spurs would niake with tlio cpn-quorotl o[~tlio Oriciit. Tboru was n, liw\yGinnrt broe.'.o down tlie Rround, and tlioclioico of ciids rostod with tlie homesters,vvlio, iiutiirally, plnycd with tlie wind, Tlioteiiiiia;—
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LEYTON.Draper.
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Itrfurru, Mr, H, It. Cnrr,Wiiuniiin. ])ou;;iil. Olivrr, Luonard. Lappin.
Thucliur, Kvonson, Jiuclianan,Biowart. Honderson,
Rower.CLAPTON ORIENT.
The commoncoment of the game foundthe O'B evidently taking tilings easily,rcpnrdin^ the match as a holiday earno,where nothing was at stake, therefore itwas unnecessary for aiiyhodytoput muchoiit, and wo noticed forwards strolling afterllie ball, find half-backs takiii^ iiiatlorsrasy, and tho backs with consciou?
tussle outside the hoine posts, a,nd from oneuf tiieir pn.ases DouRn.1, alinost in i 1.liandlcd, giving the home dofence re.iof.Oliver immedintely afterw;irds b;td a granil
ifcning, but failed la.mcnta.bly, and thisfailure was fcven more pronounced later onfor several good gon.l-scoring opportunitiescame his way during tile game, and inevery CP.IC of which ho put in 11 tame littlr,^uak little, grcund sbo', wnich ha.d the.-,i.1riitional disadvantnge of boinR wide of thefists. Wiscman worked hard to show theOrient BUpportera that if he was reRularliplayed ho would malio a, grand outaido, (indevery time the lad had achanco heacquittoclhimself in such a meritorious fashion thatit ig really a pity to keep him out of the firstline of attack any lonyor. IIo is yood goodsin tlio outside-lrft line, and we confiiluntlyiinticipatc Ilia reguliir inclusion. SeiiiiiKtheir i'nn,liility to(,'ct tlanyorous, ths Loytoncombinatioii'bcK"." to get a little nn,sty, and
to show n, spirit not in accorilanco with thebest traditions of fooiball. Busby andMassoy were the worst sinners, and fiirn-bull and Kelly followed tho lead. For sometime tlioO'stook foula with umused colera-tion, but (ivuntu(t]]y retttliftted. Stawart,on account of his size, was singled out forattacks. You have iloubtless all soc'n thaipicture of tlir; Lip bn,ck standing over aproairatc lililo forward lieing spoken to liya littlo rofcree, " Wliy eliould n, groat bipfdllow liko you kaock ovorn, poor little chnpliko that," says tho reforco. " How diiruthat littlo chap try to hop round a groalbig fa,t inan like me," says tlio back. "Thefirst unfortunate rcault was tho rotiremeiitof Br.ind, who was knocked oul in collision.Tlio Loyton inHido left did not rciiirn fortho riiiniiindcr of tliu (jaiiio, Tliis leftlioytoii witli nino inun to face the loo andthey did wull. Scvt'ral tinica they wurcwithin an aco of ycoring, but tlie resistanceoliorcd by Siowart and Hondorson wna tooliot for them, whilst Ilvcnson yectned able
to plou^'li his way riyht through whcnuvt'ruo iiiulincfi. Tliiiulior, too, way vary Htifu,and his cl)arf<os WCI'L' folt wlien iidininiy.tereil. Buchanan played his usuiil coolgiimo, but ho had more in reserve than lieput out. But one, ultlioiigh the Orientworo the better team, could not but lielp
] wisliinK tlint Lcyton would scuro for tlioy'.wciu so very soriou-j al)out tlio ma.ttcr. sotnuul) in oaraoBt, BO ytroiiii.jud, KO liiird-workiuy. Owera'a red head wai'i evcry-whore, and on the slightest opportunity honia.lc u.'bolt for ^onl, yot ovory attoiiipt wnsfrustrated, and after a vary scrappy threo-(jiiiirtorii of an hour, and narrow oacnpi sof l)0th yoald, tliu intcrvnl was called 'vith-out citlior sido being ;tl)lt; to claiin an ad-viiiit.iyo in Bcoriny. 1'owurds tlio lust fowmiiiiituB of llio liitlf proceoings wurealniostfaroiuiil. Ill ono ciis" Stowart, inBtuad ofcleariiigi sent tliu ball In IIciiliam to givuhim u, cliiinco of B, Bliot, and tlio ladpi'oiTiptly Bcra])ed tljo top bn.r. Tho 0^forwurLla n.t tinies put biick tlie biill to tlieirhalves witli Lcyloa running ia, Theleather then went to the back, who oblig-iagly gave Bowers a kick. Thug it washalf-time 0—0.
The second half gave promise of better[ things for after the O'a Tiad delivered anunaucoosaful assault en the home goal, theLeyton fortva.rds took up the runniag andas a, result of some pretty play Stewart inkicking out gave to Hesham, who returnedacruss the Orient goal and MoPhillipsscored with a beautiful shot. 1—0. Thenthe fur flow.' Shaking their " out for al>n,rney " atlitiido the O'a began to wake upand ])ou{,'al was within an aco of equalisinj.,'
liut pnipcr suviid well. Directly aftor tliiaHcsliaui running in waa cauglit ratherinvkwiirdly on tlio turn and laid out byStrwn.rt. It looked really much morewickod than it was. A back has to cloa.rliis fioal. Stowart is a heavy follow andulinr^cd dowii on Hosham. Ths latterturr.yd to slip round him, thereforo metthe charge at an angle, whi;h was no faultof tlie back's. I honestly bolievo that itwiia ITI more tho fuult of Stownrt that thepoor lad pot the ohargo full in the stoniachthan mine. He was caught on the turnand no ono was more sorry thin Stewartwlien he had to be carried off. Tliia leftLeyton wiih nine men to face tlie foe, aadtho Rame git rouRher than ever. The nextincident was between Busby and Thacker.Tlio latter was g tting in a hack. Busbycaii^ht tlio offending foot,antl i brew Tliackerovrr, n,nd then kickod him three or four•imos on tlio ground. Busby, not Bltistictl,shortly tidorwiirds got in another pair ofkicks on Thiickor. Then Turnbull, to thoiloliglit of the crowd, knocked Stewart offhis pins, and the big- man only took it as ajoke. He, apparently, ia quits happy ingetting shoved ovor as shoving a man over,and promptly sat Kelly on the firound.Doueal was injura'l and h.id to lc.i.v'ii thefield (or about fifteen minutes, and Evensonfiot a job in fclio stomach. Poor lit'lc Mr.Carr could liold no hand over tlio play atall, which pot more nasty tbiin ever. Anequaliser came from a free kick for a foula(,'iiiiist Riisliy. Duchanan, juJRinn' nicfly,a-nt totlie loft WIIIR, a.nd Dougal put ucrous
Thacker. making a ilart to hoaJ in,missed, but Evonson, just lichind him,lionilnd tliroiiKli. 1—1, Not lonR nftiir.wiirdH, (roiii 11 frru kluk tlown liy Stuwiirt,Doiifiil recoived a pasn (rom Wisciiiaa, iiiidBpnt in n lioiiuty n.nd hit tlio uprJKht, tholiiill nliontiiiK like it rooki t ill K0'1!'Tliix WIIH tlio tlilnl iiiiil liiut ^oiJRCOrOll Mill ROVO t!:0 O'B victory by 2—1.Tlio rninaindor of tho gamo wita Born,mblingand rouRh, iind notltiap like tlio gfimoa soenat Miltfiolds, Loytoa woro undoubtedlynettled at being two mon short, being out.olftsacd in solenco, and when tlioy fnulad.naturally the O's were not bnc'-warJretaliatiiier. Had the rtferee been utroofi,and shown less wi ii.kacss, the gii.me niJRhthn.vn hcoa l)ottor, but as it was, it waaal)colutely a. nasty UDfriendly gs.me. Of thepl.iy^ra, under the circumstanf.ea it is im-bossiblu to say much, but OWOFB •WM theliost forward for Leytoo, ultbouRh Heshamrlid well until his ucRident. Busby a.nQMassey wore Rood halves, but were not ia it
;ith the opposition ^ The Loyton backs(lid not Btrikc me as beinp particularly goodiii.ttcriiil. but I have no word save the
lii^licst praiscfor tlie sploiitlid v'.Lyin whiohDrapor gu&ided hia RO.I.I. He fis a cool,clever custorlian, and judgiiiR Leyton'aplayfrom Sa.turday'B game, the Lopton ouccessin thi- Soutliora League (for although lowlyplaced they are guccessfiil, llaving withpoor material accomplished many fine per-formc.nces) inust ha in BOIIIK au'osita,nlid,imanner attributed to the worthy custodian.Of the O's it is safe to Bay that we did notBee tliem at I heir host. It was a kind oflark with them. Wisem&n simply must beincluded in the first team. Doue'al playeda pood game, but Oliver—well, he wiissimply very weak. Ijeoaard and Lappindid not seem >o worry thembulvea, but whenaffairs came ihcir way, they livened up anddid well. Evonson playod a grand RftajO 1,1.contra half. and Buchanan and Thackorplayed nicely but did not kill themselveswith -work as can be imagined. IIondorsonand Stcwart diil all that was required ofthem. Bower had a soft job, for whenLeytoa did get anywhere near him, thpirshootinf; was weak—what else could booxpoutod willi tlirco forwards iind a hotdefence opposed to them. We shall see abetter game at GIossop next Saturday,andI hope the O's will coma back with twouseful points.
MATCH REPORTS
©'s Res. v. East Ham.
At Milllields. The following lined up forO'B—Q, G. Mason ; Roaeon, 0, BimmonB ;Ealey, Worthy, Muroott; Saundors,Thomaa, Sl&do, Cody, Pomberton.Referee, Mr. Scot ton.
The O'a wore soon pressing, and Baundersregistered the first goal, followed soonaftorwarda by anotlier by Thomas, &ndileapite a oapitnl diEplay by Snilling, thoEust IIain goiilio, Paluberton wu,a insiru-mout&l in getting the third. The Intervalarrived with the score 3—0 in the O'afitvour.
In the second half Saunders got posses-eion and scored the fourth. ^Tliia wasimmediately followed by nnothor by Pcm-bortpn, 5—0. A lot of miilUcld playrsultodin Thomas scoring, 6—0. Shortly aftcr-jwarda Larder scerod for the viaitorg, 6—1.jThom&B again scored, mnking 7—1. Just.before the final whiatla East flR.m soouredanother fioat, and the end oame with thescore 7—2,
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TOO good for Donsottingham Forest are luckyI that FRANK CLARK is such a
soccer purist.Because Orient boss dark
refused to sell centre-half COLINFOSTER (left) to up and undermerchants Wimbledon.
Says Foster: "Wimbledon'soffer met Orient's asking priceand I was happy to go to PloughLane.
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refused to sell me.'It's obvious that football with the 0's In thefourth is of a far greater standard than thatuncultured stuff they play in the first. IfColin went for that line then he must have thebrains of a rocking horse. Mind you, the way itall worked out in the end was a good result.
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Leyton Orient 2 Peterborough 0Nearly didn't make this one. Wife'spregnant (9 months gone) and Doc.Jackson said it could be any time.Still, the lure of three easy pointand the thought of a North Terraceregular of actually being able towatch a game without the aid ofa brolly proved too much and at2.15 set off from Loughton withthe Brisbane Road number sittingup by the telephone and ordersleft to ring and ask Mr Simpsonto make an anouncement for meover the tannoy should there beany twinges before 4.45.As it was the only time simmowas called into action in the1st half was to ask 3 times forsome bloke who s wife was waitingoutside the ground for him (andhe's been telling her he goesdown the Orient every Saturdayafternoon for the last 10 years)After 45 dull minutes I wasbeginning to regret my decisionto go. All I can remember aboutthe 1st half was Kettendge'sshotwhich saw a lovely Aummy byshoemake and a rattle of the postCome to think of it I can'tremember a great deal about the2nd half. Two lateish, scrappygoals well taken by Smalley andComfort, but all in all I can'tsee Charlie selling many videosof this one.Still, arrived home happy at the 3points and to see Sonia looking sowell, although a little unconfort-able, and wondering if I'd be adaddy by the Newport game.Tuesday evening was in fact spentin the maternity ward at HarlowHospital, with the wife finallyproducing a baby girl, Barbara, onWednesday afternoon. And, as captain of the Leyton Orient supportersquiz team, I was left wonderingwho the last Orient supporter wasto become a daddy with the Os topof the league ?
Martin Strong.
