From the Hendon & Finchley Times, 18 November 1927 (including teams):

Having beaten Waltham Comrades, Welwyn Garden City, Chesham United and Barnet in the F.A. Cup, Hampstead had their colours lowered at Southall on Saturday, the home side emerging from the divisional final by three goals to two, after a thrilling game. The result was not unexpected, indeed, most people were surprised that the margin in favour of Southall was not greater, but Hampstead played surprisingly well, and but for an unfortunate injury to Pease in the first half, they might have won, or at least forced a draw. Pease, who had been giving a fine show - much better than that of his vis-a-vis - Wenham - at centre-half, had his ankle badly injured, and left the field towards the latter part of the first half. St. John Ambulance men gave skilful treatment, and it was hoped that when he re-entered the playing area soon after the re-start he would be something more than a passenger. For a few minutes Pease took up the position of outside-right, but it was soon realised that his injury was of too serious a nature to justify further risks being taken, and quite rightly he retired for good. This defection placed Hampstead under a great handicap. Anderson took up the centre-half position, Shearcroft dropping back to right-half, and under the circumstances the "blue-and-whites" have reason to feel pleased that they did not lose by more than one goal.

During the game rain fell heavily, and with a slippery ball there were mistakes on both sides, but on the whole the standard of football was good. Some feeling crept into the game at times, and there were several minor injuries apart from that to Pease, but on the whole the players had the good sense to keep their tempers. Southall lacked the services of Delanty, who had been booked to appear.

Playing with the wind in the first half (Wardlaw's good luck in this respect did not forsake him), Hampstead started promisingly, a nice movement by Pease giving Levy a chance to centre. Webb, however, cleared finely, but Hampstead continued to exercise some pressure on the home goal, although the shooting lacked sting. Chances were missed by both Levy and Young. Southall had a fine forward line with Rogers (late of Barnet) as leader, Clark and Knight forming a clever pair, and it was well that Wardlaw and Parsons were on the top of their form. Wardlaw not only defended well, but sent in some good shots, one from long range being well on the target.

Play had proceeded for twenty-five minutes before a goal was scored, and that fell to Southall, through Rogers from a corner kick. Just prior to this Goodwin saved finely from Rogers when he was dead on the spot - a piece of work which Hampstead supporters appreciated.

This reverse did not upset Hampstead, who quite held their own. Reinke had very hard luck not equalising, one of his drives hitting the under part of the cross-bar.

Goodwin did well to save from Cleghorn, but was beaten by that player with a shot that did not possess the same amount of sting. With Southall leading by 2-0 the hopes of Hampstead began to drop but there was a decided revival when, from a pass by Young, Shearcroft shot into the corner of the net from long range. Soon after this Pease got hurt and was carried off the field, but Hampstead continued to have a fair share of the play. Wardlaw and Anderson both sent in good shots, but there was a lack of steadiness in front of goal by both teams.

Pease returned after the interval and took up a position at outside-right, but he limped very badly, and was generally beaten for possession. After a short time he retired for good, and as Young dropped back the forward line was weakened. Before his departure, however, Hampstead managed to equalise the scores, Smy converting a penalty after a foul on Reinke.

It was not to be expected that with ranks depleted, and with the elements against them, Hampstead could ward off the attack until the end. It was resisted for some time, thanks largely to Goodwin, who has seldom been seen to greater advantage, and it was not the goal-keeper's fault when Southall scored what proved to be the winning goal, Clark heading through from a corner, Goodwin being unsighted.

Even then Hampstead continued to play spiritedly, and there were some promising movements on the left wing. Once Smy had an exceptionally good opening - almost as good as a kick taken from the penalty spot - but he failed.

Except in the forward line, Southall were not better than Hampstead in any department and the choice of ground was probably the contributing factor to the result. Hampstead gave an infinitely better show than against Cheshunt the previous week, but poor shooting was again their undoing.
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From the West Middlesex Gazette, 19 November 1927 (including teams) :

Hampstead, playing above the form indicated by their Athenian League record, made a plucky fight against difficulties in their game at Western-road, Southall, on Saturday, in the fourth qualifying round of the F.A. Cup, and ran the home team to the odd goal of five.

Southall, however, should have made the issue more decisively in their favour. Though facing a strong wind, they had slightly the better of fast and interesting, if somewhat scrappy, play in the first half, and were just value for a 2-1 lead at the interval. The second half's play was spoiled by the weather. Heavy showers of rain fell and made the ground treacherous, and consequently the quality of the play suffered, and chances were missed. Hampstead had the rain and the wind in their faces, and were under an additional handicap by an injury that happened to Pease, their centre-half, in a tackle with Yates just before half-time. He resumed for a while at outside right, but was off the field for practically the whole of the second half. Southall consequently had the greater part of the play, and had good work in midfield been followed up by more steadiness in front of goal, they must have won by a more convincing margin.

In the absence of Delanty, who was present but suffering from an injury, Rogers played at centre-forward for Southall. He was active and enterprising, but found his small stature a disadvantage, besides failing to keep his line together. Clark and Knight were the most dangerous wing, and their clever movements were the best feature of the forward play on either side. Wenham, Johnson and Webb were good defenders for Southall, Buttery being handicapped by an old injury. On the Hampstead side, Smy and Shearcroft were prominent in a more open type of attack that occasionally disconcerted the home defence, and made the issue open even to the end. Wardlaw and Anderson were capable halves, and Parsons a sound back.

Rogers, who had previously had a close-range shot finely saved by Goodwin, opened the scoring for Southall after 25 minutes' play by shooting through a crowd of players following a corner. Five minutes from half-time Cleghorn increased the lead with a first-time ground shot from a pass by Clark, but a minute later Shearcroft, who had hit the crossbar a little earlier, reduced Hampstead's deficit with a beautiful shot from 25 yards out. Southall pressed strongly on resuming, and Goodwin made a number of brilliant saves, while Rogers and Yates both missed good chances. After thirteen minutes Hampstead equalised, Smy scoring from a penalty awarded against Webb for a foul on Reinke. The visitors made several other breakaways, and fought tenaciously, but Southall continued to have more of the game and, though Goodwin gave a fine display of goalkeeping, he was beaten once again when Clark headed through from a corner by Knight midway through the half. The attendance numbered 2,240.