The Observer from London, Greater London, England • 16

V-r'v-'7 16 THE OBSERVER END OF THE LINE FGfc WEST Bi names 4, IJML--fcM till 2. i Jouiave" ione-ayifromSthiss ft? Lowly Weymouth still in the running By JOHN SCOTT JpS particular Third Round of the F.A. Cup did not provide many straight answers. Only 16 teams made sure taking part in the Fourth Round on January 27. So'Wembley remains as much a long range mirage as before.

The other participants have still either to meet for the first time eight fames were postponed because of the weather or for the second occasion eight games were drawn. Nino First Division teams, four from the Second, two from the Third and one from the Southern League Weymouth are through. Some of the high and mighty were decidedly out. Among those who fell into the valley of Cup disillusionment were Newcastle, who found Peterborough fast and formidable at St James's Park It was Bly who scored a majestic, vital and only goal. Ipswich were held 1 1 at home by Luton on a ground that First Division sides have tended to hate this season, while West Ham had time on fhe long journey back from Plymouth, where they lost 3 0, to dwell on the fact that another Cup year bad gqne to waste.

Plymouth went into the lead with a goal by Carter, after 1 3 minutes, increased it with a 25-yard shot from Williams half an hour later and had a third from Maloy almost before West Ham had enjoyed a near miss. One task left for Chelsea Liverpool pul out Chelsea 4 3, so Docherty's men will have the rest of the season to concentrate on avoiding relegation. Leeds hold the distinction of not winning a Cup-tie for nine seasons. They didn't win yesterday because Swallow headed an equaliser for Derby four minutes from time. Now they can only hope that the replay will enable them to put right this miserable record.

Everton walked over King's Lynn like an elephant over a butterfly they won 4 0 but Weymouth have every chance now of honour to the Southern League on some distinguished, ground. They beat Morecambe by the only aoal. scored btr FrtsB. Xiii Will i J. remember with relief that Morecambe eot the ball in' i the effort disallowed because, of an such a tangled afternoon victory over Bolton, Brentford's Orient to a 1 1 draw.

1 ottenham regain poise too From JOHN CAM KIN Birmingham City 3 Tottenham Hotspur .3 TJIRMINGHAM CITY, who were three goals behind after 33 minutes, pulled themselves from the floor almost to. beat Totten- ham Hotspur, holders of the F.A. Cup. in a mostonemorable game at-. D'Acourt's shoti Chelsea Liverpool 3' the 'first halfc to Chelsea's one:" challengers In ward oy a.genue.

scoring at. Anorews. sneer nam worx, tact, was very nearly tne master ot. inspiration which amounted sometimes to genius. This -was rrmgnifi-cent both as a contest and an exhibition of skill.

Youngsters unable to shot -frorn Chelsea's Tambling.VwHo' jnfaute only seconds to go, only to have infringement Other efforts to remember from Manchester United's 2 1 courage in holding Leyton Paine too cool From John Arlott Southampton 2 Sunderland 2 IN a fast, tense match which deteriorated under the influence of nerves from a skilful display to something little removed from a scramble, Sunderland achieved the replay which ought to carry them into the next round of the Cup. In a calmer atmosphere either side might have scored enough goals to win by a street. But neither attained midfield mastery, the misses and goal-iine clearances were evenly balanced and, bitterly as the identically coloured rival supporters might deny it, a draw was what the Same deserved rough justice. It was ten minutes before the potentially costly Paine saw the ball at all, but once he had it he looked a very valuable winger indeed. Sauntering in with the casual insolence of a Matthews, he cut open the Sunderland defence three times in consecutive movements, only for O'Brien to miss the first two proffered goals and Clifton the third.

Competent Southampton coyjd and did make the running, but in their eagerness tumbled over their chances. But midway through the first half Paine was moving very coolly through the inside-left lane when Hurley brought him down. O'Brien placed the penalty kick firmly into the bottom left-hand comer of the Sunderland goal. Only a few minutes before half-time, Clougb, running through on an unpromising line, was brought down from behind by Knapp. Hooper took the penalty kick as competently as O'Brien had done.

So, at a gallop, into the second half and within a quarter of an hour Herd chipped a short free kick to Anderson who volleyed it, with cold precision, closely inside the right goalpost. Another seven minutes and the diligent Reeves pushed a ground shot past Wakeham and, before it could roll beyond the far post, O'Brien jabbed it into the net. CUftoa. Knapp. Harford I rame.

Reeves. Mulgrefr, Peak. Saadeitoad. Imltl, Asburst: Anderson, Huticy', McNab; Hooper, Herd, Cktuab, McPheat. Ovetfleld.

itneyopi in'ales, 'TA- ''rirU frCirtrl Irtrt. '-Alan -Re WpairticuIar aseibA'-1 available'-inl maYposiubn; burpem I'-Erovei'lbjbe thtfind i'KrtVcVMt(estorrblem -araitirijrf xdistnbutionj.pf.the baUt-W, imrecMJuarter. ImhicIi-ishoweVJiJajeg tr vithrustini 'JiKi ihrlMrciallvtdanBeVous tic uch'topleasepperful-play'ih'r -TJJricket 'Collri 'ifsjy-KbiiaCiiott uroiihd-imr' intelligence and "exceUen.lio-ou't technique. Roddy his; best, T.ledi.tne Diane volved'in 1 with Ravhriiilrthut Miss' Rowejrhbhad-won the singles iio; and er men's lohnriy Leach in-maroon to beat? in -the-'mixed 'doubles: J. beat-S.

)' Mti'i Dontvlei D.t-hnniri nit ifl1 TIFfcleleT 2l-wia-9i i. i v.Trrcr.T' xeadi and; MJk 21 PiggprulmgrtheweHKfap.caidifi 'aritertatfnStakesbvelO' fnrlnnffl It Ax 5buagainbowed traditional 1 fivepages 'i -c A4 ik fcSjgi; row the'-strongercertam 1 JLpsllift rte.cr:Twickenh'im1,M I A rtr. improve his andeetflvvhoplacOT'much planrcanbe, wasthe bflfecKangeiaa'butside" the' Greataime'ty i.Zftktf. I ShOVe aCtf lmce. HOJg- Jr; ttSoVersy.T D.f A.vT rSiZzSZZ.i'i' ftmmtc TPriit v'h nrrenrn inot'lu sbnf las' also rC- Wo withSonSe -5 fiowl.bindinfeanabovSy;frui cr--Ir PursumgthSbaUafterr hooker had won ittlei Johns prised iaTilv kefTom 1 A.

'himub wimout'dilncty and''macte lJacobsvthe: obytous evidenceanyway.f'KfepAA caughtaheJbalU -Thomu tNeats-; lseetfetelyi y.B.eft&Ifintt'5inexotM ltpatwdymucHQm-ckeropeH imteaWfiselectiiimeetterb f''Cl ''outVplayioLmeTriaL''ip "iodd.lffleuts;;an"dbarely aU-'-catcheskebynyoneeregf -into -cleantii4aci i t- It is.hard,to:believeJmMarqulhjsny i 'exjj forwards dare-advana'claim 'op uietiSharrand: Jremeniselv Txr'fT' imtelUgehceKdfjhUifsvjppx)rt'ftplay in their hundreds at each of City's goals. Finally, referee K. Howley threatened to abandon the game if it happened again. Young and old alike among the 50.0D0 stayed at his -post long after the final whistle to give an ovation as long and as loud as ever Tottenham, in all their glory, have earned. While Tottenham weaved and spun delightful patterns on a good surface.

City were forced to carve their goals from static positions two free kicks and one corner kick. The critical moment, perhaps, was the first of the two free kicks from Lynn, the City's right-back. Only half-cleared, it gave Harris the chance to score his team's first goal. At once, the royal blue shirts contained even greater determination and speed into the tackle. Btanchflower and his men held but until half-time.

Then, in the fifty-second and fifty-fifth minutes, a corner on the left and another free kick allowed Harris and Leek to snatch two more goals. Choked Gone for the moment was Tottenham's magic Gone were the easy, nonchalant switches which bewildered City's half-backs and brought fine goals to Greaves in the seventh and thirty-third minutes, and Jones on the strike of the half-hour. To their credit, Tottenham recovered poise as the mist rose in the final minutes. The battle-cry of "Keep Right On To The End Of The Road," so loud for 15 minutes, was suddenly choked by apprehension. Goalkeeper Schofield made a brilliant one-handed save from Greaves Blnnlnjlnim.

Scbofldd; Hmncssy, Beard Harris. Lrci. Auld. Span. Btovh Baker, fltrwer, Nornuii.

Mackay Alien, Greaves. Ior.es. Lynx. Sissoiu BeUaven. Orritf, HetrfT.

Medwln. BTanch-WhJie, Dougan who ended his tale of error by hooking it home. Villa's strength was giving them control, but Rouse kept them at bay until the final rush of forwards took his eye off Burrows's hopeful centre. Aston Vlda. Sfma: Lee, Altkea: Crowe, SlccuwcalicKk.

rDeaJdo; McParlinJ. Thomson. Damn, Wylir, Burrows. Crastad PaLatc, Rouse Loo. McNlchoT; Smnmrnby.

Wood. Pete hey Alien. Byrne, UsbUl; Cannrlakt. Hedaratn. Former trainer petitions A PETITION appealing for a Government-sponsored investigation into Jockey Club' rules is to be submitted to the Home Secretary by Mr.

George Allden, the former Newmarket trainer. Mr. AUden's licence to train was withdrawn by the Jockey dob stewards on December 1, 1949, after an inquiry into the alleged doping of Luxuriant, winner of the Upton Selling Handicap, at Pootefract on September 28, 1949. An appeal for the renewal of Mr. Altden's licence was'' recently turned down, and he said yesterday: I consider that I am being unjustly treated, in view the Jockey Club's new ruling that 'the trainer of a horse found to be doped does not now autonxaticalty lose his licence." the money From Clement Freud Ipswich .1 Luton Town ..1 IPSWICH, by virtue mfarnte ami.

inwin4 fnrtime and an inspired last-minute deflec- tion bv thejr crossbar, draw a Tvone appearing, lo on their exalted League' position', they, were repeatedly by a team who radiated." endearing qualities of thej underdog. Phillips, who headed the doenina aoal. we slimosed onlv when defenders moved aside for most of the" game Cope, Lut6h's able centre-half, saved Crawford from the. embarrass- As the East Anglian, forward line is wholly dependent on of these two, one "wailed patiently" The forwards' had qualities: speed, endurance, above all courage, but when their display had. won.

them" the love of the crowd, and the equaliser, there was just not enough left to win them the. game. raced purposefully through the cenlr-lSiJdng eacfrew. adversity in. -stride andfinally heroically being 1hem.to;&bre-;when McNaliy crossed- froov a thruwrin;" Ash worth worked u'ke Wo men (three-of Ipswich), only the home side, succeeded in retaining, any of our' respect.

-orine-era. Tpnrrv whrt ..1 away. Baynnam, radiated confidence wmlo Bauey witn wnom every ball-funtbling spectator can creditably identify himself saved shot after shot, each effort spurring on the tired Luton attack. But when -all was- oyer and the edge of class had held the enthusiasm of the Second Division club, one could only say that haying deserved victory, are more than entitled to all the money that Wednesday's, replay will bring Ipswteh. RaJ'cy; Cjlt berry.

Campion Baxter, Helxcrj. Ehsronby Sccrinenson, Moran, Crawford. Owen. Ivroii. McNaliy.

"BramweQ: Monoo, Ccpe, Taccy: Waloen, --Ashwordi, Cnandler, McKechiiie. Rangers did not give up From a Correspondent Burnley .6 Queen's Park Rangers 1 FOR 15 minutes of the first half it seemed just possible that the inevitable might not happen. After a goal in six minutes by Connelly, Burnley lost their sure touch on the treacherous ground. The fine moves were breaking. down, and "direct long balls from the Queen's, Park Rangers' Um.

Unit -IMUm ready to nave, a go. Nothtogcameof it. Burnley found their form, huge gaps' appeared in the visitors' defence, and all 'that was' now to be decided was exactly how the execution would come about It started, with' a penalty after 60' minute, tapped in by Mcllrcry after he had been'brouglit down byCblihs; Four minutes later a furious, shot by Hams was 'thareea-down Tif Prink-watcr and helplessly' returnedj -Stne net by Ingham. Elder beat four men and scored from 20, yaixi and, Harris" mumped in two more in the'last ten minutes. Rs rigers" goal.

in the seventy-fifth minute was a sweet header by Evans, taken from a comer kick while Black-law was sliding about on his line-r a fust reward fpTi.Evans's tireless efforts, and a lair consolation to a team that never gave up trying, i Baraler. Blxcklxw Anans, Elder; Adam-son, CunuiUoca. Miller! Coooellr. McUroy, Potaier. Robcon -Harris; Qm'i "iik- Knots; Drtnfcwatcr: Beottey.

Inirham: Keen. RiiJier. AnfcU: McClelland. Bedford, Evans. Towers.

CoHioi. Last-minute goal puts the Villa through From TONY PAWSON Aston Villa 4 Crystal Palace 3 Fine closing seconds Burrows's long centre slipped tantalisingly over Rouse's head to drop in the net and give Villa a victory they scarcely deserved. For Palace this was a sad end to a splendid match. At the start Aston Villa adopted the traditional tactics of the underdog, hustling in aggressively as if trying to jostle their Third Division opponents out of their stride. Strangely, it was Palace who were the more went 'to'oieces-i before.

'Livetoporsi crisp if isuapusvinanung. uniytBiun-' stone Vwas''-abfe'' to cet -ran ite of Iaverpo6L' goaL-i' HunL.alwavs JtByi.mmk". thnin Liverpool awfuliClieliflinAlingiji'rhe minuw'' Tnkn ahbrtryVaftetwardi and A'Goii'rt -racedvmsrnaiibifrdm-- left-wing -and, scored from a'Sti-Iohn' patornakoMi Liverpool yAi fterumpti'on Liverpbolffired1 lazily'; St coal irifriractice; style. Chelsea began- 'slip: through'': theffbtg? Tambling murrayi- ana uraoroolc who1 Tjverebofi Tanib-. upJantiscoreriV'and 'a'Pfew mmmesslate-jBridges got wiin 'looTcedTaslth'oUBh'Chelseafmittht null'.

-itSfib'titthjs' was': the; end rpaffjfOKthem; 1JTI Mllr. MeUa, i Ypuna, Brabrook, TmnbHag.1' Brtdrta. Murray fsunateQe. iJ Not a tingl in it From Brighton A Hove Albion 0 BU'ckburniR'oveis 3 IN" a plain iahd rtrK.Tof't;turgii match" i nothine TnoreS wa.tw.'deJ of Blackbu rn RoversTthan" jA butter-- profesv sional performaticov'to -Ttake r.lTbe TheVfiraf '15 there-was 'nrecious 'lltlle brtUia'r oeenliar: -weassociate or-ithe most part; --m'accurate. amd-unim-! t-'- Blackburn gradually settled under the; ahd'in spitelibf 'Snrface? -iThev wereigreatly encouraged "Jy Brighton technical -skill' or 1 1n'TTirt tmVtl" ItnrM Jviumifij aiN ucimte, ju uio hi ijuur a uoKKca.

ana cnance tor young- Byrom. --'TOs shot -went off-Baxter." One of football's inexplicable incidents 11 minutes after -naii-iime orougnt- me matcn to, a climax and, indeed, ended the struggle, a7 across -the facehf "the 'Brighton goat In a situation" without tne slightest danger escort f-thtr'tall to but-for no reason- at -ail hi feet tangled with it and it broke away kivc Rttwuiie an open snot at goat. Brighton went through: the motions of making a grandstand-mush', but without conviction. bad an' easy command, and in tne last mmuteiPidccring rapped in the third from a long. wtUng through pass, from iNewtorv kcr Barter Berto- iiaa.

Elu: Taylor. Newtml Qiylpa. Woods, McGratb; Oouilaa, JUwiber, ti- i ir-a, i Bath Devon port Ethtf -j. id i Haiti ax ...21 Btmdford T. Woodford 1 O.

v.v.J3woi irid-v'r-S wastucky Ii.ftv.irJ?P.-'jWD;KF.1aXl poised in their play, the more pene- i traUnjE in their attacks as they alter nated the long pass with the ball played swiftly back. Their attacks flowed from Allen. And there was Byrne to slip through unnoticed and finish with powerful certainty as Uphill decoyed the defence. But Villa were always the stronger and, though tactically outmatched individually, the more skilful. Villa struck early as Burrows turned back, to drive a right-foot shot past Rouse.

Undaunted, Palace kept probing a central gap in Villa's defence and now Allen's long pass- gave Byrne the chance to turn delicately inside Dealdn and send a great shot hign into the net. It was a fine goal that inspired Palace to another. Now it was Summersby's raking pass that left Uphill free to force the ball past Sims, look round in disbelief, then run it into the net eakin, the epitome of Villa's determined enthusiasm, retaliated by forcing his way down the left and centering low for McParland to fiing himself forward and bpad in. After the interval the excitement and the pace increased. Hardly had Dougan failed to take his chance than Byrne was soaring high to reach Heckman's centre and crash' it home to the delirious delight of Palace supporters.

But Villa pressed relentlessly, wearing Palace down and, as die ball bounced in a packed area, it was ffr-O1 Cooperiaas. jr-c wimoiction p. Brtdtotd N.HlS "-lffee i Bf i'SSHSSy "i iVs 7-; s.aMtStevehsteventually; seven lo.one'ehagceSrolfier' wv-fe; Gavlordans Mallevburlsns i.FsuIlnirf FarjOaes Kutushuns Surbltootsos' i unmans- i'CivU Ether XV. Etcta MittW.Wi HrmatonaHirtk- Vii'-lfticaoa 4.Morden eirli.WmST tar lhe.Proprietors ot.Tbe Tikis Si SnmJITnMllXieaiwrtrWJBlaiifrIarS)rvP.