OVERSEAS SOCCER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 558, 10 January 1929, Page 9

OVERSEAS SOCCER

ENGLISH CUP DRAW FOR SATURDAY COMPETITION PROPER COMMENCES No trophy in the realm of outdoor sport excites more public interest, than the struggle for possession of the English Cup between the Soccer Clubs throughout England and Wales. For months past the elimination rounds have proceeded until only 19 of the “outsiders” have qualified to enter what is regarded as the “competition proper.” The 44 clubs which play in the First and Second Division, and the crack amateur eleven, the Corinthians, are exempt from the preliminary knock-outs, which have now eliminated hundreds of aspirants. To-mor-row it is a question of “all in.” The draw from the hat for to-morrow’s knock-outs has brought some famous clubs together, and one or the other will see no more of the cup competition after this round, which reduces 64 clubs to 32, and the knock-out rounds will succeed each other until the two lucky finalists are found. Then comes the cup final, and death or glofy.. The clubs named first in the draw below will have the big advantage of playing at home, and the few London clubs appear to be remarkably lucky in meeting first-class opponents on their home grounds. The. eyes of the British Fleet in the Seven Seas will be on ‘iPompey," which appears to have caught “a rabbit” for home consumption at the Portsmouth Naval Base, but one never knows. Villa and Cardiff, Burnley and Sheffield United, Birmingham and Manchester City, Derby and Notts County, should provide extra tough struggles for survival among old-time champions and finalists, and the cup results will be followed with interest from now on. THE DRAW (To be played on Januarv 12) Portsmouth v. Charlton. West Ham v. Sunderland. Chelsea v. Everton. Arsenal v. Stoke. Milwall v. Northampton. Reading v. Hotspur. Norwich v. Corinthians. Aston Villa v. Cardiff. Lincoln v. Leicester. Southampton v. Clapton O. Blackburn Rovers v. Barnsley. Luton v. Crystal Palace. Birmingham v. Manchester City. Port Vale v. Manchester United. Swindon v. Newcastle United. Darlington v. Bury. Bradford City v. Stockport. Hull v. Bradford. Accrington v. Bournemouth. Plymouth A. v. Blackpool. Wolverhampton W. v. Mansfield. Watford v. Preston N.E. Wigan v. Wednesday. Exeter C. v. Leeds. Bristol C. v. Liverpool. Burnley v. Sheffield. Bolton W. v. Oldham A. Notts Forest v. Swansea T. Chesterfield v. Huddersfield. Derby v. Notts County. Grimsby v. West Bromwich A. Walsall v. Middlesborough.