Match Report

Hendon
8
Redhill
0
Date:
Saturday 02 January 1937
Competition:
Athenian League
Attendance:
Unknown
Venue:
Golders Green

Match Report

Two more Athenian League points were the lot of Golders Green on Saturday, when, either having recovered from the effectsof their Christmas dinner or made a New Year resolution to win all their matches, they trounced Redhill and left them without a single goal to take home.

As so often happens, the team that was eventually to lose s tarted off with a very bright flash in the pan when they rushed right down to the Green's goal and tried to score. The defence was too good, however, and although Ellwood gave the Greens a nasty turn on a number of occasions, on the whole Redhill were clearly out-run on the ball and outplayed over the whole field.

W. Boston, who should not have been playing after the knock he took on Boxing Day, turned out and gave a display of good football which fully justified his presence on the pitch.

After Redhill's rush down-field, Hayward and Bucci cleared the ball up to the Green's left wing, where F. Boston, Morton and Soden carried it away to the Redhill end of the field. Before they could take their opportunity to score, however, West and Colwell succeeded in holding them until the other back and the halves arrived, and a tussle for supremacy ensued. The superior weight of the Reds told then, and the ball was cleared, but not for long. Breagan and Browne brought it back and again tried to get through, but Ellwood and Gage were far enough back to stop a very pretty piece of work.

W. Boston put in a very nice piece of work here. He trapped the ball neatly and then from the half-way line he ran right down the wing, evading Ellwood and Gage with excellent footwork before he centred for a shot from the Golders Green forward line and lost the ball.

Then came the Green's first goal. Morton had been fouled about 40 yards from the Reds' goal and Hayward took the kick. The ball sailed serenely over the heads of the defenders and right into the net, actually the most beautiful kick of the game.

Golders Green

1
Reg Hill
2
Bill Boston
3
Reg Hayward
4
Jimmy Shorland
5
Bert Broadis
6
George Bucci
7
A J "Billy" Breagan
8
Johnny Browne
9
E W Soden
10
Bill Morton
11
Fred Boston

Match Events

A J "Billy" Breagan
A J "Billy" Breagan
A J "Billy" Breagan
E W Soden
A J "Billy" Breagan
E W Soden
E W Soden
15''
Reg Hayward

Redhill

1
Sid Smith
2
S West
3
J Jones
4
H Colwell
5
R J Tabor
6
G Parratt
7
W Lloyd
8
H Baker
9
H J Washford
10
R Ellwood
11
E Gage