The strip for the Barking team failed to arrive on time and so we duly obliged by lending a set of our white shirts to the visitors.

The odds were, therefore, very heavily weighted in favour of the game being won by the team in the Hendon shirts, but in the event, the points, like the kit, were shared.

A bobby Wilson goal in the first half gave us an interal lead, but centre-forward Neville Fox equalised for the visitors five minutes after resumption of play.

Almost immediately Peter Anderson restored our advantage, but the Barking centre-forward again put his side back on level terms with a quarter of an hour to go.

John Brooks, who was a last-minute selection, stepped into the first team to give a promising and intelligent performance.