The Police won the toss and elected to play with the wind. The Clube players kept the ball low and contented themselves with short passes ás compared with the Police efforts to recover lost ground by passing high and far, The Police soon took Up the offensive and for the first thirty minutes had the better of the play.
Rosario in the goal was very capable and when he could not collect the ball turned it out of danger having a nar-Tow escape on one occasion when a fast shot from Clarke tipped his fingers and rebounded off the post into play.
Tt was not until forty minutes had elapsed that the first score came when slammed the ball into the net from a corner kick taken by Woodley. The Lusitano forwards kept the ball at their feet from the kick off and their forward movement resulted in a magnificent dash by L. Rosario who put in a hard shot which Peasgood Only saved by, turing the ball over the bar. At half time the score still stood in the Police favour at 1—0.
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