Hendon sustained one of the worst defeats in their career on Saturday, when, playing at home, they lost to Enfield in the London Senior Cup by 6-1, the exact figures recorded in the Athenian League match at Enfield in September. On the other hand, Hampstead have twice beaten Enfield at Claremont-road this season, by 5-2 in the League, and by 2-0 in the F.A. Cup. Honours, however, are with Enfield, seeing they have travelled three times in the four matches, and have a goal average of 14-9.

Hampstead were without H.L. Pease (playing at Truro for Middlesex) and C. Wise; and Enfield were deprived of the services of J.E. Dyson and J. Walton, who were also selected to play for the County. The visiting club, however, did not feel the loss of their two regular players to the same extent as Hampstead missed Pease, as the substitutes played remarkably well, Macdonald in particular doing well at back. R. Wardlaw reappeared at half-back after an absence of three weeks, owing to an injury, W. Houghton going to centre-half, and A. Anderson moving to right-half. J.E. Harvey was chosen to fill the place of Wise at inside-left.

It was a melancholy day for Hampstead apart from the result, as rain fell heavily during a greater part of the game, and the size of the crowd was considerably reduced. There were vacant seats in the stand, and one was surprised that more did not take advantage of protection from the elements. The light was so bad that during the second half of the match it was extremely difficult to follow the play, and one would not have been surprised if the referee had brought the match to an abrupt ending, although Enfield might have rightly felt aggrieved seeing that they had shown themselves to be far the superior side.

The good luck that has attended Wardlaw in spinning the coin deserted him, and kicking in the direction of Hendon Enfield soon forced the pace, Brown having far more to do than the visiting goalkeeper. The ground was slippery and falls were frequent, but Enfield did not seem so much troubled by the conditions as the home side. Where they excelled most was in attack, the forwards combining well and all their movements being accurately timed. They had distinctly hard lines when the ball struck the upright, as Brown seemed to be hopelessly beaten. At the other end the inside men seemed feeble, it being some time before a good shot - from Shearcroft - was sent in. From one of Deeks' centres Wardlaw headed by, and the goalkeeper was tested by Harvey, but the brief attack was fruitless. Then came some sparkling football by Enfield, and the danger of leaving Sims unmarked was experienced, the inside-left, who was in brilliant form, easily beating Brown.

This reverse had the effect of spurring Hampstead on to better things. Some corners were gained, but while admitting the effectiveness of the Enfield goalkeeper, the manner in which the home forwards threw away chances was exasperating. One effort by Evans, Shearcroft and Deeks - one of the few attempts at combination - deserved a better fate than it received: and then everything from that point seemed to go in favour of Enfield. An appeal for hands against them in the penalty area fell on deaf ears, and in the next minute or so Stredwick, at outside-left, added to Enfield's account, a claim for offside being disallowed. Before half-time Sims, from a splendidly placed corner kick, obtained a third goal for Enfield.

Little need be said about the play in the second half. Enfield again scored through Sims, and although Hampstead raised a faint hope among their supporters by replying through Howell, following a nice centre by Wardlaw, Brown, though defending valiantly, was twice more beaten by W. Green and R.R. Stredwick, the game thus ending in a victory for Enfield by 6-1.