After suffering defeat at Enfield on Friday by 4-1, numerous supporters wondered what Hampstead were going to do in the return game on Saturday. One change in the team (Minter returning to the forward line, and Bucci dropping back to his correct position at left-half vice Mander) was sufficient to put more life into the team. An early surprise was the award of a penalty kick to Hampstead for an apparent handling offence, but Dean placed the ball straight at Holmes, who cleared easily.

It was soon apparent that the skill and opportunism of Minter was having a worrying effect on the Enfield defence, for on one or two occasions he conjured with the ball before passing low to either Bramley or Cole. Hampstead opened the score when, from a centre by Cole, Bramley came in from the other wing and put in a good shot which Holmes touched down. In the scramble Minter put the ball through.

Practically from the kick-off from the centre Enfield equalised, Irons scoring with a fine low drive from a centre by Green. Hampstead again took up the pressure. Bramley had good chances of giving Hampstead the lead from superb passes from Minter and Evans, but they were wasted by miskicking and bad centreing. It is becoming evident that Bramley is not a right-winger.

For the last twenty minutes of the first half and during the interval rain fell pretty steadily, and this had a good effect on the Hampstead team generally. Rees, at centre-half, had better control of the ball, and often broke up dangerous raids by the Enfield forwards with a "sliding tackle," a thing he was unable to do at Enfield because of the hard ground.

Early in the second half Hampstead took the lead, a chance shot from Minter going into the net off Johnson (Enfield's centre-half), who played a great stopping game throughout, although at times some of his tackles were questionable. He shadowed Evans during the whole of the game.

Hampstead's third goal came from a fine, low first-time shot by Minter, which left Holmes no chance. With ten minutes to go Cole, receiving a pass from Butland, ran close to the touchline, and passing the ball back into the goalmouth, found Evans free to tap the ball into the net. Enfield then fell to pieces and it was only the resolute defence of Dyson and Lawrence at back which kept the score down to one more goal, a good cross-drive on the right from Bramley deceiving Holmes in its flight.

Of the dence Bucci played a sterling game, while Richardson was an improvement on his two previous displays. Compared with Holmes, who saved certain goals, Smith had comparatively nothing to do. For Enfield, Johnson, at centre-half, and the backs, Dyson and Lawrence, were outstanding. The forwards at no time were as dangerous as they were at Enfield the previous day, Green, in particular, being very slow.