At the present rate of progress Hampstead Town will have scored one hundred goals by the time the middle of the season is reached. They have now 76 to their credit, seven being obtained on Saturday at the expense of Edmonton in the fourth [qualifying] round of the London Senior Cup. In the previous three games the defence had kept a clean sheet, but Edmonton, a plucky team, managed to score a couple, and there was a perceptible weakness in the back division. W.G. Brooker, who has gallantly stepped in to the breach at right back through an injury to Field, did as well as could have been expected, and the half-back line is fortunately as forceful in defence as in attack, but the services of a really first class back are sadly needed for the important cup-ties and League games in the near future, and it is hoped to secure a suitable man. It was feared at one time that Field would not be able to turn out again this season, but the latest report is of a more hopeful character.

Hampstead had the same team in the field that had beaten Hounslow easily on the previous Saturday, and with the exception of the first few minutes held the upper hand throughout. Although the home side scored seven goals many golden opportunities were wasted by the Hampstead forwards, and at the same time A. Hewitt, the Edmonton goalkeeper, put up a wonderfully good display. Good goalkeeping has been a feature at Cricklewood-lane this season, and Hewitt, on Saturday's form, must rank among the best in the London district.

The ground was in somewhat better condition than it has been in some previous games, but it was not a pitch on which players could do themselves justice. They found it difficult to keep their feet free from mud, and the ball had a tendency to stop where it dropped. The visitors probably suffered more than Hampstead through ground conditions.

Winning the toss, and having the benefit of the wind, Edmonton showed up favourably for a short time, but once Hampstead had got into their stride Hewitt was seriously troubled. He did well to keep out shots from Irwin, Young and Seabrooke, but was beaten after twenty minutes by Wise, who headed in a pass from Young. Napper occasionally broke away on the right wing for the visitors, and from one of his centres into the goalmouth Whybrow scrambled the ball into the net as Brooker attempted to head clear, and this put the teams on level terms. They did not remain like it for long, as Young gave Hampstead the lead again by netting a pass from Smith after Seabrooke had side-stepped the ball. Within a minute of the restart Seabrooke, from Young's pass, put his side further ahead; whilst within another minute Lawrence had reduced the lead with a shot from twenty yards out. Goodwin stopped the ball, but failed to tip it over the bar as was evidently his desire. Ten minutes later Bulley in attemping to clear kicked the ball straight to Wise, and the latter had only to tap it into the net. Shortly afterwards, Wise and Seabrooke missed by inches, whilst just before the interval Hewitt made a great save when taking the ball of Young's toe when the latter was about to shoot. At the interval Hampstead were leading by four goals to two.

Early in the second half Young missed another easy chance, but made up for this by scoring two more goals, and thus completed his "hat" trick. Hewitt brought off some clever saves from each of the Hampstead forwards in turn, and was loudly applauded. Before the end Seabrooke added another goal from the result of some clever play by Smith.