A match which had been looked upon with the greatest amount of interest - the F.A. Cup-tie between Hampstead Town and Barnet at Cricklewood-lane - was associated with terrible weather; to use a classic, it was a "wash-out." The phrase is not used in regard to the football, which, under the conditions, reflected credit upon both teams, but it was impossible for the players to do themselves justice, and under the circumstances perhaps it was well that the game ended in a draw.

By failing to win Hampstead had to replay on the Barnet ground yesterday, and the result of this match will be found in another column. Additional interest was taken in the result of yesterday's game by reason of the fact that the winning team now meet either Guildford or Summerstown in the next round, and with choice of venue have a reasonably good chance of making further progress in the competition.

Barnet, who started a man short, were soon attacking and after forcing a corner, Deeks, one of the most conspicuous players on the visiting side during the first half, opened the scoring within five minutes. Just prior to being beaten Goodwin had fallen in the goalmouth. Undeterred, Hampstead put in some good work, the inside forwards taking the ball up the field on many occasions, but they seemed hampered near goal, and Burr had no difficulty in keeping his charge intact. The extreme wing men worked hard, but inexperience of a heavy ground took its toll, Smith, in particular, missing good openings. One of the best shots came from Wise, who tested Burr to the full. At the other end Goodwin was often called upon, Rogers and O'Callaghan showing a rare turn of speed and much cleverness. A the end of half-an-hour an attack on Hampstead's left brought Young in possession, and largely because Burr had failed to clear a greasy ball, the scores were equalised. A few minutes later Wise was rewarded for much good work. Accepting a pass from Sweetman, he had no difficulty in beating Burr, although others less cool in front of goal might have allowed the opportunity to slip. Hampstead, therefore, crossed over leading by two goals to one.

The second half was played under the most depressing conditions. In addition to the rain, fog was gathering, and the players were so bespattered with mud that it was impossible to distinguish them, the similarity in colours not tending to help matters.

One of the best attempts of this half was made by Seabrooke, who, gathering the ball in midfield, looked like running clean through. it seemed, however, that he made the mistake of approaching too closely to goal before shooting, and as a result of a collision he not only failed to find the net but had to be taken off injured. During his absence Hampstead were sadly handicapped, but fortunately his injuries did not prove serious and during the last quarter of an hour one would not have gathered he had been in the wars. O'Callaghan was the biggest source of danger to Hampstead, and after he had forced an unsuccessful corner he scored a nice goal, making the game two all. In the last few minutes Hampstead played up strongly, Smith sending in a number of shots which just failed to miss the target.

On the whole the result, 2-2, was a fair reflex of the play, and under the conditions any other result would have been unjust to both teams.