Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 04 March 1929

Midland League.

Lincoln and York Men in Big Scoring Feats.

Check To Mansfield.

Lincoln City Reserves and Gainsborough Trinity won well in the Midland League Saturday, but Mansfield Town, who also have championship ambitions, were held to draw at the Field Mill ground Wath Athletic.

Rotherham United Reserves were not strong enough to withstand Notts County Reserves, who beat them 3 -1 on their own ground. The visitors took the lead through Taylor just before the interval, and in the second half James and Taylor put on two more goals. Orr scored the Rotherham goal. Robertson kept goal well for the Notts team. Rotherham missed several chances through erratic shooting.

Though the attack was weakened the absence of Mercer, who was still on the injured list, Shirebrook fully deserved their 3—1 victory over Doncaster Rovers Reserves. Indeed, on the run of the play, the visitors were fortunate to escape so lightly. Despite the treacherous going the game was very fast, but Shirebrook adapted themselves more readily the conditions, and there was perceptible weakness fore or aft. Swift scored for Doncaster and Place, Binns, and Bramley for the homo side.

Barnsley Reserves were fortunate win 2—1 at Staveley, for had the home forwards made more of their chances a far different score would have resulted. The first goal came from a penalty, Jenkins boating Breedon with a tame shot. Twice Staveley gave glimpses of their capabilities but allowed chances of scoring to go begging. Haigh scored for Barnsley after Swift had missed a “sitter.” Swift, however, captured the points in second half, beating Edwards from short range.

Denaby Back Sent Off.

Gainsborough Trinity somewhat easily defeated Denaby United on the Northolme. Keating scored in each half and Shaw added a third. Denaby hardly got going against the Trinity halves, who were in fine form, and the  second half was well advanced before they gave Sewell good shot to stop. They only had two corners in the whole game. A regrettable incident occurred late in the second half when the referee had to send off Shenton, Denaby’s right back.

Mexborough Athletic, by beating Nottingham Forest Reserves 2—1. put up a profitable performance at Hampden Road. Forest played the better combined football but were not happy in their finishing work, though the hard ground and light ball made, control difficult. Mexborough snowed speed and perseverance but their best work was defence, where the half-backs were hard workers. The goalgetters were Tilbrook and Shaw for Mexborough and Hales for the Forest.

Wath were, in ball-control, a cleverer side than Mansfield Town, and had they converted a penalty might have got both points instead of only one. The division of points was perhaps a fair termination to a very good game. outstanding on the field was Skeels, the visitors’ outside-left, and Hewitson, who scored twice, was a capital centre-forward. Murdin got their first goal. For Mansfield McEachlan, Staniforth, and Kerry scored, the final reading being three goals each. McKenna was the home side’s best man.