London Paper Mills F.C. knocked Golders Green out of the F.A. Amateur Cup in the first round at Dartford on Saturday.

On the face of the matter, only seeing the score, it would seem that a close match had been the order of the day, but in point of fact the game went very much as the Mills wanted it. They fielded a very strong team, and Golders Green were handicapped by the loss of Bucci, who failed to appear. Shorland was transferred from right to left-half in his place, and J. Pearson was called in at right-half.

During the whole of the match the Green's left wing was badly starved. They would not swing the ball out from the centre of the field and give the winger a run down the touchline so that he might send the ball across for a poossible shot nearer goal.

The only time this move was attempted it almost worked. F. Boston took the ball right away and carried it down the wing. He centred and the shot hit the crossbar. Soden received the ball on the rebound and tried again, but his shot went over the goal. After the goal-kick play opened out for a little, but it came back to the line and resulted in a corner, which was taken by F. Boston.

This corner kick was beautifully made and resulted in a goal, for BROWNE neatly headed the ball into the corner of the net, beating Collom completely and giving Golders Green the lead. They did not retain it for very long, however. Three minutes afterwards the Mills' outside-right, RUDDY, made a wonderful long shot from outside the penalty area. Hill tried his best to save, but failed, and he landed on his stomach as the ball hit the back of the net.

With the score level once again both teams fought hard to gain another lead, and Ruddy was in the forefront of the attack upon the visitors' goal. Closer in this time, he made another attempt, but Hill made a lovely save and sent the ball over the top. This was but the prelude to another goal, for as the corner came across HILLS headed in. Hill handed the ball out of goal, but it was given to the Mills. No more goals were scored in the first half, but play ranged from end to end of the field, first one team and then the other being on top.

Play in the second "45" was very similar to the first. True the Greens made a very determined attack on their opponents' goal, but nothing came of it. F. Boston was again responsible, having been fed with the ball for about the second time in the game. Following this effort the Paper Mills attacked by means of fast rushes up the field. The result was another goal by RUDDY from a corner kick taken by Quarton.

After this the Greens tightened up their defence, but even so they were not good enough for the home team, and it was only as the game was nearing its close that they were able to break away and take the game to their opponents' side of the halfway line.

Once again the referee's whistle, which had been in plentiful use throughout the game, was heard. This gave Golders Green a chance to shoot from the penalty line. They made use of the opportunity. BROADIS took the kick and sent the ball sailing serenely into the net with the exact counterpart of Hayward's shot the previous week. This goal left Golders Green with only one needed to equalise, and they really did try hard to get it. The whole forward line was fighting its very hardest to get that chance which would have meant a period of extra time, but the Paper Mills were too sound in their defence of the citadel which was their goal.

The final whistle blew Golders Green's hopes of the Amateu Cup right out of existence.

In spite of the fact that five goals were scored inb the match, there was little really good football. Too much cause was given by both teams for the referee's whistle, both as regards fouls (many of them not really serious) and handling the ball, and neither side could have derived much satisfaction from the game.

Of the Mills' team, Ruddy was certainly the outstanding player. He quickly had his opposite number, F. Boston, sized up, and regularly ran in circles round Shorland, Broadis an d Hayward. These three, with Hill in goal, deserved a word of praise, as did W. Boston, for the way they fought against an overwhelming attack. Wilson, Ruddy's partner, with Hills and Quarton on the left wing, made a formidable combination.

The Green's forward line was steadily and regularly guilty of spoiling its chances. Times without number Browne started a good movement, but failed to give his wing a chance and lost the ball. In the early part of the game the half-back line was fundamentally unsound. It would not clear the ball out to the wings, but regularly passed it down midfield. When it did realise what was happening the remedy came too late to do any good.

Furthermore, the Greens were kicking the ball harder, very often, than they reckoned upon, with the result that it went past the player who should have received it. This was probably due to the lightness of the ball and the hardness of the ground, which also gave rise to much aerial play.