Golders Green recorded their first League win since January 30 on Wednesday night, when they beat Leyton by the only goal.

The match was played in very bad light, and to add to the players' difficulties the ground was very slippery as a result of the rain which had been falling during the day.

To give them their due, Golders Green really played a good game. Passing was a hundred per cent. better than has been the custom recently, and the forwards were very well together. On the comparatively few occasions on which the powers of the defence were taxed they showed themselves well able to cope with the Leyton forwards.

Although no score was recorded in the first half of the game the home team showed that they were on their mettle. They started off a man short, as Marrable had hardly arrived before play opened, but soon, with the full team, the Golders Green men were playing round the Leyton goal.

A feature of the match was the way in which the ball was kept out of touch, clever wing play being mainly responsible.

Caswell played a very good game, always placing his passes properly. Stovell's play was a great improvement on that of Saturday. He made several fine attempts to break through the defence. Towards the end of the first half Golders Green forced several corners, but were unable to score from the kick. At half-time the excitement of the 500 spectators who had turned out was intense.

The second half was mainly a repetition of the first. The Leyton men made a number of good moves, but the defence, particularly Caswell and Bloxham, kept them at bay. At length, some 12 minutes from time, Golders Green scored.

A throw-in was made by Breagan and Soden heel-kicked the ball back again. Breagan then passed it to BLOXHAM, who shot hard and straight. A further attack was made by Soden just on time, but the final whistle blew before anything could come of it.

J. Anderson, in goal for Leyton, had an almost inspired evening, for the number of saves he pulled off was remarkable.