Golders Green did not exhibit the same form on Saturday as they did when they last met Uxbridge. Nevertheless they did not allow the visitors to Claremont Road to take any points away. There was still lacking that cohesion which is the hallmark of a good team.

Uxbridge kicked off on a very deceptive pitch and they quickly took the ball into the Golders Green area, but it never bounced just as it was expected to, and they lost control. Golders Green seized this point with alacrity and soon came back to the centre line. For a little, on the icy ground, the players found it difficult to keep the ball going where they wanted it. The surface was so poor that high kicking was ineffective, but gradually the Greens assumed the mastery, finding that they could outwit their opponents with their speed.

The first really serious attempt to score was made by Soden with a long shot from near midfield. Murden saw it coming, however, and was well able to deal with it. Uxbridge then pressed hard, but Shorland cleared the ball out to Bucci, who played it cleverly and evaded Hodge, Craig and W.J. Scott, passing it on to Soden. The backs being well forward of the penalty area, Soden passed them in his own quite brilliant way, and had a clear field for goal. Murden saw his only chance to save was to pick the ball up from Soden's feet, and this he ran out to do, but he slipped and left the goal unguarded. SODEN made no mistake and Golders Green were one up after about twenty minutes.

Rain began to fall shortly before this goal was scored, and the ground, which was only surface hard, softened slightly. This gave Bucci an opportunity to use his feet in a way he had been unable to on the hard surface, and the home team had more of the ball.

In this half the Uxbridge forwards made one or two good movements downfield, led by Gillies, who was remarkably skilful in evading Green and Morton, but the defence was too sound for any serious penetration.

After the interval there was a noticeable improvement in the surface of the pitch, for although it was muddy, it had not reached that state where it weighted the ball with mud. So the standard of play improved.

Chances arose for Uxbridge out of poor placing on the part of the Golders Green defence, which would have enabled them to equalise, but they failed to take the openings and Golderrs Green carried the play to the Uxbridge half of the field.

One occasion gave Green a similar chance to that which Soden had when he scored, although Murden did not run out. Green, however, miskicked and the ball went wide by some feet.

Hard play followed on the heels of this effort, but Uxbridge could not get near enough to the Golders Green goal to keep Hill warm, and BUCCI finally gathered the ball up, took it past W.J. Scott and Craig, and gently shot it by Murden to make the score: Golders Green 2; Uxbridge 0.

A. Scott and Sweet, the two backs, were unable to cope with Bucci's shot, and Murden did not expect it as there were so many defenders in front of the goal.

Play returned to the Uxbridge area quickly after this and Golders Green were nearly three goals up after a corner, but Browne's headed shot went over the top.

A last convulsive effort brought Uxbridge down to the Golders Green goal, and Gibbons made a worthy shot to score, but Hill caught the ball beautifully and cleared it up to midfield.

The game closed uneventfully enough and did not show a great deal of credit to either team. Uxbridge, with their greater weight, should have scored at least three goals, while Golders Green, having regard to the poorness of play exhibited by their visitors, should have had two more goals at least to their credit.

Gibbons, Gillies and W.J. Scott were the soundest of the Uxbridge team, while Gunning also played a good game.

The shining light of Golders Green was, as usual, Bucci, and Soden ran him a close second. Browne, Breagan and Morton were also good, while Bloxham's steadying influence was again felt at right-half, Shorland pairing up well with W. Boston.