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HALF-TIME SCORES Matches for Saturday, March 6th, 1954

First name opposite the letter represents the home team. W signifies match abandoned. Key for to-day's matches is as follows: —

CLUBS

B

H

BOLTON WANDERERS . SUNDERLAND

BURNLEY ARSENAL

LIVERPOOL HUDDERSFIELD TOWN .

MANCHESTER UNITED. WOLVERHAMPTON W..

MIDDLESBROUGH CHELSEA NEWCASTLE UNITED .. ASTON VILLA

PRESTON NORTH END.. MANCHESTER CITY ... SHEFFIELD WED BLACKPOOL TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR CARDIFF CITY

Half Time CLUBS

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WEST BROMWICH A... SHEFFIELD UNITED ..

FULHAM BLACKBURN ROVERS. LEEDS UNITED BRENTFORD WEST HAM UNITED .. DERBY COUNTY COLCHESTER UNITED GILLINGHAM

CRYSTAL PALACE COVENTRY CITY

QUEEN'S PARK R TORQUAY UNITED ... SWINDON TOWN .... MILLWALL

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v. PORTSMOUTH CLUB NOTES

Making their second visit to The Valley within six weeks are Portsmouth, who, readers will recall, defeated Charlton here during extra time in the third round replay of the F.A. Cup on January 14. In the next round, Portsmouth had three games with Scunthorpe before they earned a fifth round ticket, and then, after drawing at Bolton, they lost 2—1 to the Wanderers at Fratton Park.

The Charlton and Portsmouth players should be well acquainted with each other by now, for they have played five hours' football together this season (not counting today's match). All three games were stylish and thrilling, and we are hoping for another such encounter to-day.

CHARLIE VAUGHAN. It is almost 12 months since Charl

ton transferred Charlie Vaughan to Portsmouth, and if Charlie is in the line-up against us to-day he will be accorded a rousing reception by our supporters, who will never forget the great service he rendered the Robins over a period of six years. It will be recalled that Charlie scored two of Portsmouth's three goals against us in the third round Cup-tie at Fratton. Injury prevented his turning out in the replay at The Valley, but he was present, and was warmly greeted by many of his Charlton friends.

WATCH PETER HARRIS. Throughout the years, Portsmouth

have only once been defeated at The Valley in League or Cup, and a player who always seems to do well against Charlton is Peter Harris, the brilliant Pompey outside-right. Peter hag been in great form of late, and was selected for the England "B" team against Scotland at Sunderland on Wednesday, but unfortunately, injury prevented him playing.

It was against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on August 25, 1951 that John Hewie made his League debut for Charlton at right-back. Since then, John, at various times, has also played at left-back, centre-half, centre-forward, and inside-left, and is now at right-half. Where would you like to play next, John?

WAY BACK IN 1922. Only a few of Charlton's support

ers here to-day can remember the first meeting of Charlton and Portsmouth, over 30 years ago. It was at The Valley on February 18, 1922, during Charlton's first seasop in the Football League, they being elected to the Third (Southern) Division.

About 8,000 people watched the play, and it was unfortunate for the Reds — as Charlton were known in those days, that their captain and centre-half, Arthur Whalley, was unable to turn out through injury.

NEXT FIRST DIVISION HOME MATCH, MARCH 20™

CARDIFF CITY KICK OFF 3.15 p.m.

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CLUB NOTES '—continued

Portsmouth, according to our report, were the better side and inflicted upon Charlton their second defeat of the season up to that time. The visitors won 2—1. In the closing quarter of an hour, Charlton were without their centre-forward William Cox, who went off with a broken nose;

THE TEAMS. To refresh the memories of the

"old stagers", we reproduce the teams : CHARLTON—E. Barnes; Burton, Goodman; Lane, Purdy, Hampson; Castle, Halse, Cox, Bailey, Wilson. PORTSMOUTH—Bob'son; Probert, Abbott; Wilson, Brown, Martin; Kennedy, Mackie, Cherrett, Hoten, Beedie.

Before the return match was played at Portsmouth the following week, Charlton's manager of those days, Mr. W. Bayner, secured the transfer of Bobbie Thomson from Chelsea to take the place of the injured Cox. Thomson, who was permanently blind in one eye, made his debut, for his new club at Portsmouth, but Charlton lost 1—0. REMARKABLE HAROLD HALSE. The most famous of Charlton's

players in the team previously mentioned was Harold Halse, the inside-right, an international who had a remarkable career. Harold's first club: was South-end United. Then he ,went to Manchester United, with whom he gained an F.A. Cup winner's medal in 1909, and a League championship medal in 1911. His next, club was Aston Villa, with whom- he stayed long enough to gain another F.A. Cup winner's medal in 1913, and then in 1915 he was in the Chelsea team that lost in the Anal to Sheffield United.

During his career, Harold Halse also gained many representative honours. He came to Charlton in the summer of 1921 and retired from football at the end of 1922-23 season. He died at Colchester in 1951.

William Cox who was Charlton's centre-forward in 1922, was a for- i mer schoolboy international who

scored nine goals in his three games for England. He played for Leaves-den Mental Hospital and Watford before joining Charlton in 1921, moving on to Sittingbourne in 1926. Harry Lane, the right-half, was a schoolmaster who had experience with Notts County and Notts Forest before joining Charlton. "SCOTTY" AVERTED DISASTER.

That opening season in the Football League in 1922 had its perils for Charlton. The club held its own from a playing standpoint, but behind the scenes was the constant struggle with the broker's man, and only a few weeks before the Portsmouth match referred to, a crisis developed which was only averted by the transfer to Fulham of one of Charlton's best players.

"Scotty" Kingsley was the player in question. He had no desire to move, but when the facts of the financial crisis were put to him, he readily agreed to the transfer in the knowledge that it would save Charlton from disaster. "Scotty" is still living in the Plumstead district, and in the summer, you'll find him playing bowls on Plumstead Common.

THE HIGHBURY MATCH. For Charlton's Football League

game with Arsenal at Highbury next Saturday, British Bailways are arranging through day return tickets to Drayton Park via London Bridge and The Underground. Tickets are available for all trains, and passengers may return by any train the same day. Tickets may be booked at any station on the Bexleyheath, Dartfoi'd Loop or North Kent lines. A few specimen return fares: Woolwich Arsenal 3/4d.; Sidcup 4/2d,; Lee 2/10d.; Charlton 2/10d.; Bexleyheath 4/2d.; Abbey Wood 3/10d.; Eltham Well Hall 3/4d.

BLACKPOOL'S POINTS. A forward line which did not

move with its customary slickness or finishing power was the main reason for Charlton's 3—1 defeat at Blackpool on Saturday. Had we

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Trainer: Secretary-Manager Asst. Secretary J. TROTTER J. SEED J. PHILLIPS

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CLUB NOTES—continued.

accepted our several chances in the first, half, it would have been a different story. Within the first five minutes Eddie Firmani missed the easiest of chances, and the same player erred again soon after.

Blackpool had no more chances than Charlton, the difference being that the Northerners took them—we didn't.

Syd O'Linn used the ball well, but Stuart Leary in the centre lacked his usual accuracy at passing. Eddie Firmani claimed our only goal.

RESERVES' REVIEW. With three young amateurs in the

forward line, Charlton defeated Plymouth Argyle 3—1 in a Football Combination match at The Valley on Saturday. At centre-forward was Pat Terry from Brixton. He is just out of the Army, and scored a couple of good goals for us in a Mid-week League game two months ago.

On trial at inside-left was 21 year-old Ron White from Bethnal Green, who showed useful constructive ability early in the game, and scored a good goal into the bargain. Charlton's third goal was deflected in by a defender.

ROBINS CLUB NOTES. Congratulations to our president,

Sam Bertram, upon reaching his 500th League appearance for Charlton.

A special welcome to members of Portsmouth Supporters' Club to The Valley this afternoon. We hope many of our visitors will attend the Social at our Lee Green H.Q. this evening.

The Charlton directors have kindly provided a new hut, for the sole use of the Robins' Club. It has been erected at the rear of the covered terracing. Supporters may join the Club at the new hut, where full details may be obtained. This afternoon, handbooks will be on sale there, and also at the gymnasium.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE—Div. 1

Up to and including 3-3-54

P W D L F APs. West Bromwich 32 20 7 5 78 40 47 Wolverhampton 32 20 5 7 79 48 45 Huddersfield .... 32 14 11 7 56 40 39 Burnley 32 18 2 12 66 51 38 Bolton 32 14 9 9 58 47 37 Manchester U. 32 13 11 8 57 45 37 Charlton Ath .... 32 15 4 13 60 56 34 Blackpool 32 13 8 11 59 58 34 Chelsea 32 12 9 11 58 58 33 Arsenal 31 11 10 10 53 54 32 Tottenham H 32 14 4 14 52 52 32 Preston N.E 32 14 3 15 65 46 31 Cardiff City .... 32 12 7 13 36 58 31 Sheffield Wed. 33 13 4 16 58 73 30 Portsmouth .... 32 10 9 13 67 71 29 Newcastle U. .... 33 9 10 14 51 62 28 Manchester City 32 10 8 14 44 59 28 Aston Villa .... 30 11 5 14 48 53 27 Sunderland .... 32 10 5 17 61 71 25 Sheffield U 31 8 8 15 53 67 24 Middlesbrough 32 8 6 18 45 70 22 Liverpool 32 5 9 18 54 79 19

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CHARLTON ATHLETIC v PORTSMOUTH

CHARLTON ATHLETIC

Kick-off 3.15 p.m.

Colours : Sled Shirts, White Collars, White Knickers.

Right Bock. JIMMY CAMPBELL

Holt. JOHN HEWIE

Outside Right. GORDON HURST

Inside Right BOBBY AYRE

Goal. SAM BARTRAM

Cenfru Half. DEREKj UFTON

L Cent-sir Forward.

STUART LEARY

3 Left Back

SYD ELLIS 6

Left Half. CYRIL HAMMOND

no Inside Left.

SYD O'LINN

ii Outside Left.

EDDIE FIRMANS

Referee :

Mr. A. Hill (Newport)

REGAN Outside

BARNARD Inside Left.

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DICKINSON) Left Halt.

S

MANSELL Left Back.

3

HENDERSON Centre Forward.

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REID Centre Half.

6

GILL Goal.

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Linesmen :

Rev. L. R. L. Bearmon (Bedford) (Red Flag)

Mr. J . R. Bickmore (Chalfont St. Peter)

(Yellow Flag)

GORDON HARRIS Inside Right. Outside Right.

8 7

GUNTER Right Half.

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WILSON Right Back.

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PORTSMOUTH

Colours : Royal Blue Shirts, White Knickers.

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FIXTURES AND FOOTBALL LEAGUE

1953 Date Opponents

Aug. 19—Sunderland „ 22—Burniey ,, 26—Tottenham Hotspur.... „ 29—Chelsea

Rep. 3—Tottenham Hotspur... 5—Sheffield Wednesday 9—Preston North End ....

,, 12—Middlesbrough * ,, 14—South Africa

,, 17—Preston North End ,, 19—West Bromwich A. ,, 26—Liverpool

Oct. 3—Newcastle United .... „ 10—Blackpool „ 17—Portsmouth

" ,, 18—Racing Club de Paris ,, 24—Arsenal

" ,, 26—Millwall ,, 31—Cardiff City

Nov. 7—Huddersfield Town... „ 14—Sheffield United „ 21—Wolverhampton W. ,, 28—Aston Villa

Dec. 5—Manchester City „ 12—Sunderland ,, 19—Burnley ,, 25—Bolton Wanderers ... ,, 26— Bolton Wanderers .. 1954

„ 23—Middlesbrough Feb. 6—West Bromwich A. ...

„ 13—Liverpool ,, 25—Newcastle United ... „ 27—Blackpool

Mar. 6—Portsmouth H „ 13—Arsenal A „ 20—Cardiff City H „ 27—Huddersfield Town.... A

Apl. 3—Sheffield United H ,, 10—Wolverhampton W A

16—Manchester United .... A „ 17—Aston Villa H „ 19—Manchester United .... H ,, 24—Manchester City A

LONDON MID 1953

Grd. F. A. H 5 3 H 3 1

. A 1 3 A 1 3 H 0 1 A 2 1 A 0 2 H 8 1 H 3 1 H 2 1 A 3 2 H 6 0 A 2 0 H 4 2 A 1 3 A 3 2 H 1 5 A 2 1 A 0 5 H 2 1 A 1 1 H 0 2 A 1 2 H 2 1 A 1 2 A 0 2 H 1 0 A 1 3

H 1 1 A 3 3 H 2 3 H 4 2 A 2 0 H 1 1 A 3 2 H 0 0 A 1 3

RESULTS — 1953-54 FOOTBALL COMBINATION CUP

1953 Date Opponents

29—Leyton Orient 31—Fulham

12—Millwall .... 19—Portsmouth 23—Aldershot

Oct. 1—Reading ,, 3—Millwall

7—Fulham ,, 10—Portsmouth ,, 15—West Ham United

FOOTBALL COMBINATION

Grd. F A. A 0 0 A 0 7 H 1 2 H 1 1 H 3 ft A 1 1 H 3 1 A 5 1 A 0 1 H 0 4 H g * A 3 4 A 3 8 H 1 1

Oct. 17—Mill wall H 1 1 ,, 24—Arsenal A 1) 1 ,, 31—Chelsea H 3 1

Nov. 7—Reading . A 1 1 ,, 14—Ipswich Town H 4 1 ., 21—Bournemouth & B.A. A 0 » ,, 28—Portsmouth H 1 2

Dec. 5 Cardiff City A 1 4 ,, 12—Leicester City A 4 2 ,, 19—Tottenham Hotspur . H 1 4 ,, 26—West Ham United A 2, 4

28—West Ham United H 0 4 1954

Jan. 9—Fulham H 4 0 ,, 23—Norwich City H 4 2

Feb. 6—Luton Town A 2 3 ,, 13—Luton Town H 1 1 ,, 19—Plymouth Argyle A 0 2 ,, 27—Plymouth Argyle H 3 1

Mar. 6—Millwall A ,, 13—Arsenal X ,, 20—Chelsea A ,, 27—Reading H

Apl. 3—Ipswich Town A 7—Fulham A

Bat. Oct. 3—Southend U. A 1 7 Tues. ,, 20—Chelsea A 3 1 Wed. ,, 28—Fulham H 2 0 Wed. Nov. 4—Crystal Palace ...A 1 0

,, 11—Arsenal H 0 3 ,, 18—Millwall H 1 1

Thurs. ,, 26—Fulham A 0 1 Wed. Dec. 9—Southend U. H 0 1

„ ,, 16—Portsmouth 1954

H 2 4 „ ,, 16—Portsmouth 1954

Wed. Jan. 6—Watford H 5 1

LONDON CHALLENGE CUP Oct. 12—Millwall A 0 4

„ 10—Bournemouth & B.A. H ,, 16—Leicester City H „ 17—Portsmouth A ,, 24—Cardiff City H „ 26—Norwich City A

WEEK LEAGUE Wed. Jan. 13—Portsmouth A 1 1 Sat, „ 16—Millwall .-. A 6 3 Wed. „ 20—Tottenham H H 0 2

„ 27 -Queen's Pk. R H 4 1 ,, Feb. 3—Watford A 1 2

„ 24—Queen's Pk. R A 3 5 „ Mar. 10—Crystal Palace ... H

ThUrs. ,, 18—Tottenham H A Wed. ,, 24—West Ham U. H

,, 31—Arsenal A Mon. Apl. 5—West Ham U A

„ 12—Chelsea H KENT COUNTY CHALLENGE CUP

FINAL Feb. 22—Mill wall A 3 2

Friendly.

500 NOT OUT! Sam Bart ram's

Amazing Record TO-DAY, the most popular goalkeeper in League football makes his 500th peace-time League appearance for Charlton, which is a record for any present day player with one club. In the last game of last season, it will be remembered, Sam in his 467th League match, broke the record of Ted Sagar of Everton for most appearances by a goalkeeper. In all, Sam has made 701 first team appearances for Charlton, including League games, Cup-ties, friendlies and war-time matches, and after nearly 20 years he is still playing as well as ever, and likely to go on to set up an all-time record.

It was in September 1934, immediately following the tragic death of Charlton's goalkeeper Alec Wright, in a bathing accident at Torquay, that we signed Sam Bartram. Mr. Anthony Seed, brother of the Charlton manager, wrote from the

north-east stating that he knew of a goalkeeper to take Wright's place. On the way baclc from Scotland, where he attended Alec Wright's funeral Mr •Jimmy Seed broke his journey at Newcastle, and made for the Durham mining district of Boldon. There, waiting at the corner of the street, was the secretary of the Boldon Colliery team, and along with him was a shy red-haired youngster — yes, it was Sam !

A month's trial was arranged, and at the end of it, Mr. Seed, not being completely satisfied, gave him a further month, and on the last day of the second month's trial, Sam was signed on. Over the years, he has been the model of loyalty and good service, and in October last year, with the sanction ol the Football League, the club presented him with a silver tea service "for long, meritorious, and loyal service to Charlton Athletic".

Much has already been written of Sam Bartram's honours and achievements, and of the many stories linked with his name we like best the one in which Sam was lost in the fog. On Christmas Day, 1937, Charlton were playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. A thick fog descended and conditions became so bad that the referee abandoned the match after 20 minutes in the second half with the score 1—1. The players trooped to the dressing room and were preparing to get into the bath when one of them asked "Where's Sammy?" He could not be found, so a party of players went out on to the pitch in search. They found him, still guarding his goal in

the dense log, unaware that the game had been abandoned! All of us sincerely hope that Sam will yet achieve a League championship

medal, and also the next big landmark in his playing career — to celebrate in 1955, his 21st anniversary as a Charlton player in the same year that the club celebrates its golden jubilee.

Sam's Message To You . . . "In these few words, I should like to voice

my appreciation of the kindly interest taken by all sections of the public, and by Charlton supporters in particular, upon my reaching this great landmark of my football career. Thank you for the many messages of congratulations.

I can honestly say that I have not a single reproach or regret in my 20 years association with Charlton Athletic.

We at Charlton have the finest team spirit in the country, and it is to that grand spirit and understanding rather than individual merit, that I owe my success. I should like to pay tribute to the club trainer, Mr. Jimmy Trotter, without whose skilful treatment and painstaking care, I should never have reached the 500"—SAM BARTRAM.