From the opening bully the Germans charged down the field but the Navy defence was ready and the civilians had little scope. Right away the Cumberlanders retaliated with the team's forwards in action.
Lt.-Cmdr, Lamb was especially active on the right side and the fast, snappy passing between him and Andrews kept Lemmser and Schilk busy. The latter was very weak, being unable to withstand the Navy's strong attack. Andrews went through in a perfect play but he flicked the ball wide of the post by a scant foot or two.
For fully ten minutes the ball was confined to the Germans' territory the Cumberland having everything except the final touch to find the net, As the service men slackened in their efforts, the Club managed to transfer play to the other end. The forwards were ably fed by Wetzell, who was the leader of his team, but nothing resulted because of a lack of shooting power.
In one of the raids the Germans were awarded a corner and nearly got first blood: Wetzell's drive hit one of the defenders and returned into play, which gave the opposing team possession of the ball. Caddy sent Lamb up who in turn flicked goal wards for It. Stevens to notch the opening point. Tollens, the custodian, was blocked out by Schilk and was unsighted when the ball sizzled past him,
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