K. Barter, the ex-Leyland Motors centre-forward, playing for Kingstonians against Hampstead on Saturday, ran riot. He scored five goals, and mainly through his efforts Hampstead lost by seven goals to two, their heaviest defeat of the season. At one time the score was 3-2, but in the closing stages Hampstead's defence was quite incapable of holding back a virile line of forwards. Notwithstanding the heavy score, Goodwin played quite a good game. He may have been at fault on one occasion, but he had to handle a very greasy ball, and errors were excusable. Such was the pressure put upon the Hampstead defence in the second half that a dozen goals might have been scored. Hampstead hard hard luck on several occasions, but taking things all round Kingstonians deserved to be several goals in hand at the close.

The position might have been changed had not Shearcroft been crocked in the first ten minutes. He remained on the field, operating at outside-right, until near the end of the game, but it was painful to see him hobbling about. He made very good use of the ball when it was placed close to him, in fact, he was responsible for a goal, but nine times out of ten he was beaten for possession. We understand he was not quite sound at the start, and if that be the case, Potter, who played against Chesham United in the successful replayed Cup-tie on Thursday, might have been given a further chance. The only other change from Thursday's team was Parsons for Bloxham. Parsons appeared with his hand bandaged. He had met with an accident which, it is said, would not have happened had he been playing football at Chesham instead of pursuing his ordinary vocation.

The weather was atrocious, but happily the Kingstonians are in the possession of a grand stand which accommodates a couple of thousand people. Hampstead supporters turned up well considering the heavy rainfall. They seemed very elated at the result of last Thurdsay's game, but as goal after goal was scored by Kingstonians Hampstead's stock fell several points. Kingstonians have made several changes to their team since Hampstead beat them on the Richmond-road ground last season, but L.G.P Harman (goal), E.W. Rassell and F.G. Rassell (backs), S.E. Craddock (centre-half), and F. Macey (inside-left) carry on very successfully, all being in good form in this match. Macey is a master in ball control and deft in his passes, while Craddock excelled in both attack and defence.

For about half-an-hour the game ran on even lines. Goodwin had rather more to do than Harman, and in the first minute gave a taste of his prowess in dealing with a corner kick, but the backs helped him considerably, and it was gratifying to find that Pease, who had stood down for a fortnight, had recovered his form, all the half-backs doing good work. Harman did well to tip one of Anderson's shots over the bar, and McCarthy seemed to be the most dangerous forward on the home side. Despite the handicap through Shearcroft's injury, Hampstead made several attacks, but the shooting was not too fierce and Harman was not seriously troubled. Goodwin made a lovely save from a free kick by Macey and did well to keep his charge intact for half-an-hour. When he was at last beaten with the first of Barter's five goals it was through a misunderstanding. It was strongly contended that prior to the ball being sent into the net it had gone out of play by at least a foot, and some of the Kingston supporters who were well placed supported this contention, but the referee over-ruled the objection. Soon after Barter scored again, following a bad miskick close to goal by Shorland, who until then had played excellently, and the centre-forward before half-time completed his " hat trick ", Goodwin being unfortunate. Had the ball not been so slippery the chances are that he would have saved the shot. Just before the interval Smy missed a fairly easy chance after Harman had fumbled the ball.

Hampstead created a sensation in the second half by scoring two goals quickly. Shearcroft got the first from a really good shot, Harman having no chance to clear ; and Reinke, who had not been conspicuously successful, headed in from a pass by Anderson. At this stage it seemed quite possible that Hampstead would run the home side very closely, but Kingstonians rallied in a remarkable way and after Webster had scored for them there was no doubt as to the result. Barter scored the fifth and sixth goals, and McCarthy was rewarded for a good afternoon's work by getting the seventh.

Defeat was not unexpected, having regard to Hampstead's hard game on Thursday, but the severity of it was disappointing. Seldom has Hampstead's defence been pierced seven times, and lest those who did not see the game come to the conclusion that Goodwin was to blame, we must disabuse their minds on that score. The defence generally was good, and one may therefore judge that the Kingstonians forwards showed form much above the average. Shearcroft's injury dislocated the forward line. The most effective work was done on the left, but Smy missed one or two good chances, and Reinke was not altogether a success.