In an association football match }to-day Northampton beat Newport two goals to nil.
'Séecer Interport: Trial 'A largo. crowd of Soccer onthusiasts attended at the Canidrome. on January 4 to witness the only {eotball attraction of the afternoon, when the local side defeated the Army eleven by the odd goal in five, Taking the-match as a whole, the Civilians were rather fortunate, to win, Their opponents had at Toast two-thirds of the play, but threw away numerous chances to score as a result of the poor shoot~ ing by the inside forwards. Timo and again they succeeded in taking the ball to within a few yards of sharge, yet the custodian was seldom seriously troubled, Owing to the weak finishing efforts. Indeed, the Shanghai forwards wore more impressive with their shooting once the line really got moving and everything pointed to them winning the match with a fair margin in hand, until Ianson scored the second goal for the Army in the last five minutes, to make the final score Blackburn B. 7, id Divisio Barnsley 1, Chelsea 1.
'0. Black; Charlton A. 2, Whampton W. 0, Oldham A. 6, W. Bromwich A. 0-
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