The meeting of the two "locals" had long been looked forward to, but when it came it was disappointing. Hampstead carried all before them and piled up seven goals without response, but it is justice to Hendon Town to say that though the score of 7-0 was a fair reflection on the day's play, it does not represent Hendon Town's form throughout the season.

After the defeat of Hollands Athletic the previous week and the Cup-tie displays they have given against such teams as Sutton United, whom they ran to the odd goal, the Town were entirely disappointing. Their failure originated in the half-back line, where, although each member worked hard, the play was without method, a fault which allowed the whole team to fall to pieces. Hampstead are particularly strong in their halves this season, and Moody held the team together well. They were equally brilliant in defence or attack and provided that methodical support which enabled the forward line to function with absolute precision, while Webb and Owens were always steady at back.

The Hendon forwards were frankly unfortunate. Unable to rely on their halves, they were easily disorganised by the Hampstead defence, and rarely got going with any promise. There were undoubtedly some good individual displays on the part of Morton and Wilgrove, but the line could not maintain their formation, and the value of Saunders on the right wing was neutralised by the ever-readiness of Owens.

Hampstead were without Sherman (down with influenza) on the right wing, and he was replaced by R.T. Sear, who did very useful work. C. Graves took the place of Smy at inside-left and was among the goal-scorers. In the absence of Smy the captaincy was taken by R. Wardlaw. Hendon included J. Weaver on the left. He has been resting after recent injuries and was understood to be fit and in good form again, but he was not given enough work to do until the second half. J. Wilgrove again deputised at centre-forward for Evans, who has not recovered from his illness.

The spin of the coin favoured Hampstead and Wardlaw took advantage of the wind and the sun. From the kick-off Brewer passed out to Saunders, but before he could get away he was met by Wardlaw, and an attempt to pass in to Brewer again failed. Graves secured the ball but tapped too far ahead, and Valentine swung the ball up the field for Weaver to lead Hendon to the attack. He lost the ball to Webb, and though Wilgrove returned it to him a moment later Weaver had no time for the useful centre. Hampstead made two raids on the Town defence, Graves and Moore being responsible, but the defence were functioning quite well this early in the game and Hendon soon attacked again on the left. Weaver obtained the ball from a throw-in and made tracks for goal, but over-ran himself and shot behind the goal. Then came Hampstead's first real advance. With long passes the ball was carried through the halves and Graves received it well placed, but Caslake stopped him. Bucci also tried to work through before the pressure was relieved by Caslake, whose kick sent Brewer and Saunders into action. They worked well together and Saunders was enabled to try a shot, but Owens put him off and his drive went wide. Wilton returned the ball to the Hendon forwards, but Morton hung on to it too long when Wilgrove was waiting for a centre, and another promising movement was lost by Weaver shooting wide.

A spell of entire rest for Smith followed, Hendon being held within their own territory, mainly through the efforts of Shearcroft, Moore and Graves. Marsh and Trinder intercepted shots before Graves gave Hampstead their first goal six minutes from the start. Receiving from Shearcroft, he beat Trinder and put in a low shot which Miall went down to meet, the ball passing through his arms as he fell at full length.

Nettled by the early reverse, the Town made vigorous efforts to equalise, and the right wing were particularly active, but the combination was not good enough and only one shot resulted, Wilgrove dealing smartly with a centre from Saunders, only to be defeated by Young. When Hampstead pressed again Moody and Wardlaw kept the forwards close up and shots came from Graves, Moore and Sear. Valentine was showing up well in the Town defence and Marsh and Caslake did a lot of work, but Miall was several times called upon. He saved splendidly from Moore and Shearcroft before off-side eased the situation. Hampstead returned to the attack almost immediately, the play continuing to be mostly on the left, and Moore got in many good centres despite the attentions of Trinder, by whom he was eventually fouled in the penalty area. Moody took the kick and shot over the cross-bar. The Hampstead shooting was not steady and after several of his centres had been wasted, Moore ran in for a solo effort. He shot too high, but made amends soon afterwards, beating Miall with a low cross-shot into the far corner of the net, this goal coming after 18 minutes' play.

Wilton, though frequently on the slow side, gave the Hendon forwards numerous opportunities to make headway, but he and Valentine fed the right wing too consistently when Saunders and Brewer were so well marked that they never looked like breaking through, and Wilgrove found it well-nigh hopeless to try and penetrate in the centre. Perhaps the most promising moment for Hendon was when Webb hesitated with Weaver and Morton upon him, but he passed back to the goal-keeper in time, and Smith cleared with ease. Young took the ball from his kick and swung it across to Wardlaw, who dribbled through cleverly and forced a corner off Miall, who pushed the ball over the bar. Then, with 27 minutes gone, Trinder failed badly and let Moore through to score a neat goal from an awkward angle.

It was shortly after this that Walsh was injured and had to leave the field for attention to his knee. He soon returned, but he was handicapped for the rest of the game.

Shearcroft gave Hampstead their fourth goal after Sear and Bucci had combined to carry the play forward again. Caslake stopped his first shot, but he took the ball on the rebound and banged it in, Miall being well beaten. The Town were not yet out of the hunt. Brewer sent out a well-judged pass to Saunders, who beat Owens, but shot wide. It was a nice piece of work which should have succeeded. Another anxious moment came when Wilgrove ran through and shot past Smith, who came out to meet him, but again the effort was unsuccessful.

After the change of ends the pace became hotter and Weaver was more in action. He got in some neat centres, but Wilgrove could make no impression upon the solid defence. The Hendon defence, on the other hand, weakened, and at times Miall was the only Town player in the picture. He behaved with remarkable coolness and judgment in some of the bombardments to which he was subjected, and it was no reflection upon his work that he let three more goals through.

Graves scored the fifth after Trinder had miskicked and fallen, and Bucci added another after Miall had stopped a shot from Graves. Saunders was still prominent for Hendon and Morton performed prodigious feats, but with their unfailing combination Hampstead were completely dominant, and this half of the game was 30 minutes old when Shearcroft scored the seventh and final goal. A question of offside was raised by the defence, but the referee over-ruled the appeal. Miall had just saved brilliantly when tackled by Graves and again with two forwards on him.

With the exception of a few breakaways by Hendon, mainly on the left, Hampstead continued to press, and Shearcroft was going well when he was brought down by Trinder in the fatal area. A penalty was awarded, but Bucci shot wide of the net.

In the last few minutes of the game Hendon came near to scoring. Morton took the ball down the field and swung it over to Saunders, who returned a fine centre. Weaver was in front of the goal and just missed getting his head to the ball as it skimmed across the posts.

Apart from the praiseworthy work of the whole Hampstead team, Miall was the hero of the game, for he undoubtedly saved Hendon from having a double-figure score against them. The work of W. Morton, the youngest member of the Town team, excited general admiration.