The absence of. S. CoNaco forced the United A's to make a substitution in Ellis, This made Fonseca play back and Berglof on the left flank, giving the new blood the left half position, Nevertheless, the team showed no signs of unfamiliarity and took up the pressure in real earnest. The soldiers who looked rather shaky oh a result of their opponents' quick beginning were confined to play in their defensive areas during most of the first ten minutes. Commendable work on.the part of Kermani, Oliviera, and Ellis proved a big factor in helping their team to obtain an In the 15th minute, Murray beat Thompson with a fast shot in one of the-raids but the point was disallowed due to the scorer having kicked the ball prior to his shot. After that, Kermani was given a perfect pass by Murray but he took too much time to shoot znd Fairclough tackled him in the nick of time, thus nullify-Jing the United centre-forward's first scoring opportunity. Later on, the energetic work of Oliviera in working up the field resulted in Murray taking possession of the ball. The latter immediately sent Kermani through, but Thompson's anticipation again spoiled the offender's attempt. The Durham custodian effected a brilliant save by vacating his citadel and throwing himself down in front of Kermani to stop the l: tter from making a shot. Subscquerttly, the ball was cleared by Whitehead.
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