F.A.
AMATEUR CUP.
Another Heavy Defeat for Kingstonians.
Wimbledon's. 6-1 win.
Kingstonians secured another heavy defeat when, on Saturday, they visited
Wimbledon to fulfil an engagement in the Amateur Cup competition, the
home team winning by six goals to one. Nearly 3,000 people watched the
game, in which there was much good football on both sides. The Wimbledon
team was a greatly improved one upon that which effected a draw at Kingston
earlier in the season, and they quite outplayed their opponents. The probable
secret of their success was their superior training, which enabled them
to maintain a pace that from early in the second half gradually but, surely
wore down the Kingstonians, and practically ran them to a standstill.
An Early Handicap.
Owing to the late arrival of Wilson, Kingstonians played only four forwards
during the first ten minutes or so, but even with this handicap they quite
held their own at the time. The opening stages of the game provided some
vigorous football, and both goalkeepers were called into action. Warner
saved well a smart shot from near the corner flag by Heap, and following
a couple of corners for Wimbledon Lane finished a smart forward movement
with an excellent centre, which provided Mansey with a fine opening, but
the Kingstonian forward was not quick enough, and Spiers frustrated his
shot.
A little later Wright, by good footwork, got into a position from which
a goal seemed certain, but again Spiers got between the ball and the goal,
and a corner was the only result. About a quarter of an hour had elapsed
when Wimbledon opened the scoring, some pretty combination by the forwards
and a neat centre by Nash giving Corke the opportunity for a shot at close
range which he turned to full account.
An Open Goal.
Play continued fairly even, and ten minutes later Kingstonians draw level.
Lane, receiving from the wing, was met by a back, and the goalkeeper,
some yards out of goal. Both the defenders came to the ground, and Lane,
tipping the ball round them, had an absolutely open goal and scored easily.
Some pretty short passing by the home forwards, and none too confident
kicking by the Kingstonian backs, led to Warner having a number of shots
to save, which he did excellently, and after some narrow escapes at both
ands, Corke again scored, an almost perpendicular dropping shot slipping,
between Warner's hands.
A combined movement by the Wimbledon forwards enabled Armitage to put
the home team further ahead, and before the interval the same player again
netted the ball, but offside had previously been given. At half time the
score was :
Wimbledon
3 goals.
Kingsionians 1 goal.
The second
half saw the greater co-ordination and superior staying powers of the
home team gradually tell, and the efforts of the Kingstonians become more
sporadic, and, lacking in unity, made little impression on the home defence.
The Kingstonan halves, particularly Stentiford, work hard, and Lane made
valiant efforts in the forward line, but individual efforts were of little
avail against such excellent defenders as Wimbledon possessed. Warner
saved many shots in a manner which drew applause from the spectators,
but he was again twice beaten by Gillam.
Then followed a brief period in which Wimbledon were put on the defensive.
Lane and Mansey had shots at goal, and on one occasion good work by these
two players looked like materialising, but Taylor ran out and got to the
ball a second before Mansey. Once, at the other end, Warner had left the
goal to clear when Armitage hit the upright with a stinging shot, and
the Kingstonian goal had several other narrow escapes ere at length, with
it fast long shot, Heap sent the ball just under the bar, thus scoring
Wimbledon's sixth and last goal.
Result :-
WIMBLEDON 6 goals.
KINGSTONIANS 1 goal.
The teams were:
Wimbledon: Taylor; Goodchild and Spiers; Knight, Keeble and Ainger ; Nash,
Armitage, Gillam, Corke and Heap.
Kingstonians: Warner; Birch and Gibson; Stentiford, Yates and Wood; Mansey,
Wright,
Millis, Lane and Wilson.
Report
from Surrey Comet dated 22 Oct 1919- see
report in original format.
Additional report from Surrey Advertiser dated 22
Oct 1919.
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