Before a crowd of 60,000, Preston North End defeated Aston Villa by 2-1 in one semifinal of the F.A. Cup on March 28 at Bramal Lane, The Villas attacked promisingly at first and the clearance by Cal-Jaghan quickly turned into another attack and Shell scored the opener from the edge of the penalty area in' the third minute. Preston equalized in the sixth minute when O'Donnell secured a long throw-in and tapped the ball into the net. While the Villa appealed for off-side, Mutch ran on and scored a second goal for Preston whose forwards were combining splendidly. No goals were scored the second half, Meanwhile at' Blackburn, Huddersfield were beating. Sunderland by 3-1 in tie other F.A. Cup semi-final soccer match yesterday: A crowd of 40,000 saw Huddersfield attack persistently in the first half, In the 19th minute, Wienand centred and Beasley half-volleyed into the net to make the score 1-0 at half time, pressed his personal thanks to dole-ates of the Member Clubs for their loyal support. The President partly cularly mentioned Mr. Perey "Eph: grave, the Honorary Secretary, an inexhaustible fount of knowledge the details of the Association's. past working.
'Then commenting on the past season, reference was made to the unprecedented happenings in Shanghai during the latter. half' of it when the war broke out, It is good news to know that whilst some of the: Jareens have been subjected to rather ough treatment, no permanent, damage appears to have been done fo them and that under the skilled attention of Mr. Kerr, the Super intendent of Parks, they will be In '200d playing condition by the time: the coming season opens, Some clubs, however, "have suffered servians [damages to their club houses.
With no less than five Clubs rendered "homeless, it was a great boon that two of the" remaining. Clubs, located on the Race Course, should both have two greens at their disposal and their prompt offers of unrestricted hospitality to all mom-bers of the Hotigkew Park and Wo; side Park Clubs "for the duration," was a great relict to the situation, As to the details of the last season's play the championship events, were not in the least affected by the war for they were brought to a successful close, The Mercury Cup con petition was fortunate as it was Anished before the hostilities started, [The League Championship and the intended Interport matches with /Hongkong and Hankow were the only Jcontests which had to be regretfully
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