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27.09.1913 at 15:00 Clarence Park

Attendance :

St Albans City

1 - 2

Page Green Old Boys

Referee :

FA Cup Preliminary Round

Goalscorers

Dickie Hammond

W.Love
C.Hanniford

Opening squads

Fred Palmer
W. Davidson
W. Lane
Dickie Hammond
Billy Clark
Ernest Grimsdell
H. Wingfield
Jimmy Brandham
Herbert Smith
Leslie Hosier
Charlie Paul

H.Aston
W.Simons
A.K.Love
C.B.Dibb
H.Cassle
A.E.Edwards
I.G.Carter
C.Hanniford
F.Beach
W.Love
A.E.Grant

Substitutes

Substitutions

None.

None

Yellow cards

None.

None

Red cards

None.

None

Match report

St Albans City lost their first two matches of the season. In their third they gave an improved display and won but, on Saturday, they relapsed and played as poorly as before. The efforts of the forwards were feeble, the defence was shaky and the Club had an early dismissal from the English Cup Competition.
Reflection upon the Cup-tie leads to the conclusion that a few changes in the City eleven are eminently desirable. There is surely a promising player or two in the locality worthy of a trial and the Club Committee would perhaps be better employed looking out for such individuals than introducing previously unheard of players from outside, who turn out failures. To lose 2-1 to a comparatively unknown team in Page Green Old Boys(1) was humiliating to the Saints, but the visitors were the better of the two sides and deserved to win.

Reprinted from “The Herts Advertiser & St Albans Times” – 4th October 1913.

1 Page Green Old Boys were members of the Middlesex League Premier League.