Match Report

RAF Uxbridge
2
Hendon
3
Date:
Saturday 01 October 1921
Competition:
FA Amateur Cup
Attendance:
Unknown
Venue:
RAF Uxbridge

Match Report

From the Hendon & Finchley Times, 7 October 1921 :

Hampstead Town did remarkably well in visiting and defeating R.A.F. (Uxbridge) in the first [qualifying] round of the Amateur Cup by three goals to two, and in so doing overcame the stiffest proposition in their division. Hampstead are fancied by some of the best judges to figure in the final, and although this is a far cry, their first effort in the competition was convincing. Throughout they had the better of a keenly-fought encounter, and only the brilliance of the R.A.F. goalkeeper saved his side from a bigger defeat.

Fifteen minutes from the start C. Wise scored a fine goal. H.S. White, Hampstead's outside-left, who is doing well this season, put in a grand wing shot, which the goalkeeper only partially cleared, and Wise, following close up, drove it in well out of reach. Cramb equalised for the Airmen before the interval, and shortly after resuming they led by a further good goal registered by Turner. Hampstead, however, continued to press, and R. Kirby scored with a couple of fine efforts, both in similar style, and clean headers from White's accurate centres.

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From the West Middlesex Gazette, 8 October 1921 :

The Uxbridge Depot of the R.A.F. suffered defeat at the hands of Hampstead Town on the Depot's ground on Saturday. There was a large crowd of spectators. The Airmen won the toss, and opening the game with the sun behind them were soon on the aggressive. The Hampstead defence was more than equal to the task, Brooker and Dunstone easily breaking the line of attack and supplying their forwards with useful opportunities for development. Packham on the visitors' right wing worked one such pass almost to the corner flag before centreing. His oblique shot, taken with Ramsey pressing him, was nicely placed, but Bayes caught magnificently and threw out. The visiting forwards were now close in and [White] on the opposite wing received and shot but the ball went high. Hamilton, right back for the Airmen, was unable to stop the onrushes of [White] and Wise, Hampstead's left wingers, and it was on one of these occasions that [White] put in a direct shot that Bayes saved. From the throw out [White] again received and passed to Wise, who netted. Bayes, in goal, and Ramsey, put up a stout defence against the attacks that followed, and it was no little relief when Wilson took the game up the left wing in conjunction with Ross. The pair worked well together in a masterly effort. Turner, the centre-forward, received but his tricky footwork availed him nothing. Wilson received from a clearance and passed to Cramb, who netted with a brilliant shot.

On the change over the Airmen took up the initiative, Turner working his way through the defence splendidly. At the crucial moment he declined to part with the ball to Ross, and was robbed of it by Brooker. He later received from Cramb, and netted. This success was, however, shortlived, and the Hampstead Town players made the best effort of the game. With clock-like regularity the ball went to the wingers, and then over to the centre-forward, each time being frustrated in the final accomplishment of their aims by the splendid play of Ramsey and the goalie, Bayes. With commendable persistence the visitors maintained their method of attack, and Kirby was subsequently successful in heading in from a pass by [White], and again did the same thing a minute later. What followed was very much in the visitors' favour, the unity of the forwards being a feature of the play that excited the admiration of all. Bayes saved shot after shot, and Ramsey, although short in stature, was a formidable defender without whom the result would have been more marked against the home team. Result : R.A.F., 2 ; Hampstead Town, 3.

[Note: throughout the latter report, H.S. White was referred to as Waite.]

Hampstead Town

1
Cyril Evans
2
W G Brooker
3
S Dunstone
4
W E Brewer
5
Arthur Thwaites
6
H F Woodward
7
F W Packham
8
C Vance
9
Reg Kirby
10
Cecil Wise
11
H S White

Match Events

15''
Cecil Wise
Cramb
45''
Turner
60''
65''
Reg Kirby
66''
Reg Kirby

RAF Uxbridge

1
Bayes
2
Hamilton
3
Ramsey
4
Rolls
5
Benson
6
Smith
7
Wash
8
Cramb
9
Turner
10
Ross
11
Wilson