Golders Green and Enfield shared League points on Saturday, and this[, a 2-2 draw,] was a fair result. Perhaps Golders Green had more of the game, but Enfield were superior in attack. The ground was not in a condition which could be described as ideal, but both teams quickly adapted their technique, and a hard game resulted.

It will be seen [from the team line ups] that Bloxham moved to centre-half and Ward was brought in to the right-half position. Weaver did not play as his mother had died during the week. In the Enfield team the changes were due to the non-arrival of C. Cox at outside-right. Hayward was moved to that position and J. Simmonds brought in to fill the vacancy.

As often happens, the first goal was scored by the team which seemed to be in the losing vein. During the first ten minutes play was mainly at the Enfield end of the field, having been quickly brought there by Soden, supported by his forwards. He had an early chance to shoot, and did so, but Holmes was able to save.

Quite against the run of the game Enfield scored first. Knight passed to GRIFFIN, who scored a fine goal. R. Hill, who had not a clear view, was well and truly beaten. That goal came within 15 minutes of the kick-off. The equaliser did not come until after half-time. The remainder of the first half was a tale of hard kicking, fast running and sliding in the mud.

The referee's whistle was heard frequently during the game, due in no small measure to the slippery nature of the pitch. On several occasions awards were made for foul play which could not have arisen had the surface of the ground been sound, and the same thing was the cause of a number of free kicks awarded for handling the ball. Most of these were as a result of a player slipping as he went for the ball, and touching it quite by accident.

Breagan and Browne were both playing a good game, and seemed to have learnt the secret of combining. F. Boston and J. Hill, too, were on form. A point against Browne's play, however, was that he often, too often, came to the wrong side of the centre line. His position was inside-right, and for him to assume that his roving commission gave him a mandate to go away from the right-hand side of the field away over to the left wing was a very wrong one. He left Breagan quite unsupported.

Soden's injury again troubled him in this game. When at Sutton he did something to his leg which reduced his speed and eventually made an alteration to his position necessary. On Saturday, that he was not fit when he came on to the field was evident, as he frequently limped. A knock on the same leg in the early part of the game quite put him off, and he was not his usual self again.

The first corner kick of the match came after 25 minutes' play, and it was forced by Golders Green. They failed, however, to convert the kick owing to the superior height and weight of the defenders, who were well massed.

Although F. Boston was playing well to J. Hill, he was not in his best form. On several occasions he failed to judge his angle properly.

The first half closed with the score standing at: Golders Green 0, Enfield 1.

After the interval events moved quickly for a short time, and, as at the commencement of the game, Golders Green kept the play well away from their own goal.

One very fine movement brought F. Boston and J. Hill down to the Enfield goal, and left Soden standing right in front of it. Boston sent a beautiful pass across the goalmouth to Soden. He took it with the wrong foot, and completely mistimed his chance. Disappointment showed in every member of the Golders Green team at this failure, but they played hard for another opening and soon got it.

Soden retrieved his lost honour by making one of his excellent sprints. He received the ball in midfield and was away like the wind. He ran round Lister, who tried to stop him, and then between Knight and Simmonds. He nearly lost the ball then, but succeeded in passing across to F. BOSTON, who was ready in position and shot, completely beating Holmes.

After that score, five minutes after half-time, until 12 nminutes before time, play was fast and furious. Wright, Griffin and Pulling were responsible for a number of attacks on the Golders Green goal which gave R. Hill plenty of opportunity to show his skill, and 12 minutes before the final whistle went WRIGHT scored after a run down the field reminiscent of Soden's style.

Golders Green then played like a team possessed by demons and succeeded in gaining another goal. On one of the few occasions when he was unmarked BLOXHAM picked up the ball in the loose as it came away from the goal. He returned it swiftly and surely and beat Holmes.

Several times it seemed as if another goal might be scored, giving Golders Green their first League victory since January 30, but it was not to be.

A big fault still with the Golders Green passing is that instead of placing the ball where the player is going, the man who kicks it almost invariably puts it where the receiver actually is, which is a bad policy.

Ward is worthy of a special mention in the hard work he did. He was particularly clever in the way he used his head on many occasions, and in time he should become a regular member of the first team. Shorland and W. Boston were also very sound.