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SPOTLIGHT ON 1907

PLAY UP NEWTOWN!

Montgomeryshire Express 12th March 1907
Undoubtedly the best wing half in the International at Wrexham on Monday was George Latham, one of Newtown's sons. He gave a very creditable performance and is fully deserving of the honour conferred upon him of being again elected to represent Wales against England.

Montgomeryshire Express 26 March 1907
ENGLAND V WALES Craven Cottage
A few old Newtonians had a happy time at Craven Cottage on Monday. Several of them met outside the ground to see George Latham when the player drove up in a motor car. We gave him a good old cheer and shook hands all round. 'Play Up Newtown!' was the cry on the ground and we nearly shouted ourselves hoarse. George did play a game too, well worthy of the town. 

Wales 3v2 Ireland, Belfast 1907. Players back row; George Latham, G.O. Williams, J. Roberts, L.R. Roose, Lloyd Davies, Ll. Davies, Linesman Evan Rees, Newtown Front Row; Mr S. Roberts, trainer, Lot Jones, Arthur Hughes, W. Meredith. R. Morris (formerly Newtown), Gordon Jones.

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1907, a league was formed in connection with the County School Football Club, and to the winners of that league, a shield was offered. The successful team was West, captained by Jim Phillips, and Headmaster R. Forrester made the formal presentation. 

Reverse of Medal reads;

C. P. CHALLINOR
R.W.W.
WINNERS
MONT CHALLENGE CUP
1906   1907

Mr Mike Lewis is pictured here at Newtown Football Club, with his grandfather, Mr C.P. Challinor's medal.

Mr Challinor played for Royal Welsh Warehouse, Newtown in the Montgomeryshire Cup final, where they beat Welshpool. See Did You Know? below, to read about the semi final. 

Montgomeryshire Cup Final 1906/07
Royal Welsh Warehouse 3v2 Llanidloes (aet)

The first winners of the Trophy were the R.W.W. Newtown team who beat Llanidloes after extra time.
The R.W.W. side were to have played Welshpool in the final, but after a protest from Llanidloes, who Welshpool had beaten in the semi-final, the game was awarded to Llanidloes by the Welsh F.A.. As a result of the protest and the debate it caused, the 1906/07 Final was in fact played in the September of the 1907/08 season.

The final was played on the Grove Meadow ground at Montgomery on September 28th 1907 - 4.30 start. The referee was a well known official, a Mr Baker of Nantwich.
A crowd of over 700 people watched the keenly contested game and after extra time, the R.W.W. team won 3v2. The Cup was presented to the winning captain, Johnny Bellis by Lord and Lady Powys.
Scorers for R.W.W. were W.E. Owen (2 pens) and J. Bellis, while for Llanidloes, G. Smith and G. Evans scored.

The teams were;
R.W.W.; J.E. Powell; E.R. Morris, C.P. Challinor, H. Morgan, R.E. Evans, J. Bellis capt, T.J. Evans, M. Jones, W. Denny, W.E. Owen, E. Garnett 
Llanidloes; J.B. Griffiths, J.E. Morgan, C. Smith, G. Breeze, G. Evans, J. Evans, B. Smith, J. Bradbury, T. Hughes, G. Morris, O. George

Montgomeryshire Cup Final 1907/08
Royal Welsh Warehouse 2v1 Newtown North End

The trophy was retained by the R.W.W. team who played their local rivals, Newtown North End 2v1 in the Final. There were eleven entries, Montgomery, Welshpool, Newtown N.E., Machynlleth, Llanfyllin, R.W.W., Chirbury, Llanidloes Utd, Caersws Utd, Berriew and Newtown Excelsiors.

The Cup Final teams were;
R.W.W.; J.E. Powell, C. Challinor, H. Morgan, E.R. Morgan, R. Evans, J. Bellis, T. Evans, M. Jones, W. Owen, Arnold Owen, E. Garnett.
Newtown N.E.; G. Hibbott, W. Jones, J. Morris, T. Richards, E. Morgan, R.A. Swettenham, J. Jones, J. Thomas, N. Jones, A.N. Powell, F. Williams.

This information on the Cup is taken from notes Keith Harding had prepared as part of his uncompleted History of the Montgomeryshire Cup.

DID YOU KNOW?

In the 1907 Montgomeryshire Cup semi final, RWW complained that Llanfyllin arrived late and the bad rain had made the  pitch difficult. Teams agreed to postponed the semi final played a friendly instead. Llanfyllin won 1-0.

The Montgomeryshire Express wrote; After settling down, Llanfyllin became the aggressors, but found Challinor in fine form.Of the players, Challinor of the Warehouse takes first place, his kicking and tackling  being very fine. But for him, the loss would certainly have been heavier.

RWW won the semi final 1-0. It was typical cup tie according to the paper. The Myllinites nearly brought the downfall of RWW, but Powell and Challinor were in fine form  

Montgomeryshire Express, 21st May 1907
T. E. Pennington, Newtown's clever goalkeeper would secure a good opportunity for the next season, as last week, Tommy signed on for Reading, a Southern League team.  

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1907, a friendly encounter was contested by Newtown North End and the Whie Stars. The Stars were a much lighter XI than their opponents but gave almost as good an exhibition. North End won 6v2. Two penalty kicks were awarede to the White Stars, but they were unfruitful. 

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1907, Newtown held the Welsh Amateur Cup Final between Buckley Engineers and Aberystwyth. The Engineers won 4v0 in a replay, after a 2v2 draw.