The Archive · 1926

Succumbs to Police

Outplayed individually in the first half of their match on Saturday, the S.F.C. finally won from the] Engineers, mainly because the} latter simply could not shoot goals at any time throughout the 90 minutes? play. The Club scored three times to the Engineers' -none, al goals coming in the second half.

Neither of the teams showed: the brand of football they are capable} of, and had the Engineers but demonstrated a slight amount of the football they know, they might have} won ® comparatively easy. victory from the league leaders. Football is not a game of individualists, andi this fact was amply proved on Saturday, when time after time cohesion between the players in the} forward line certainly would have eon responsible for more goals. When a wing man outwits the defence, only to: find no one to take} 'a pass at the goal mouth, it may} be said that proper cohesion is} lacking.

The teams were as follows:—

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