Taking advantage of the delightful weather, there gathered around the ropes a fairly good crowd, who witnessed an encounter which would have been more interesting had the opposition provided for the City been a little stronger.
The City were without G.Edmonds for the first time in a Spartan League match, owing to illness, and after the first few minutes it became a matter of speculation as to how many goals the Saints would be able to register minus the assistance of their crack scorer. H.G.Cook obliged by filling the centre-forward position and that his sportsmanlike qualities are appreciated by the spectators was evidenced by the applause he received upon turning out.
The City made many raids on the Cambridge goal during the match but, due principally to the agility of Wheeler, the goalkeeper, their score was kept down to three. The United, on the other hand, hardly ever looked like scoring, so superior were the home halves and backs to the visiting forwards and whenever the latter did get near goal, found themselves unable to compass Smith, who has rarely had such an easy afternoon’s “work”.
Reprinted from “The Herts Advertiser & St Albans Times” – 16th December 1911. |