The United defence was not given many hectic moments. After a shaky start, Pate got his eye in and was making timely clearances to break the back of many of the Indian thrusts, Combination on the Indian team was not too apparent, the players preferring to hit hard' and trust to nek, With their wings being starved, their inside forwards had' a busy time but they failed to break through very often as the United defence was concentrated in the middle of the field.
Kung proved the most dimieult men on the Indian defence to outwit, his fine spoiling, tactics stopping the United forwards in their tracks. The lusty drives of Gurmukh Singh, centre half, had a tendency of opening up the game. Spuran" Singh, at inside left, was the greatest, thorn in the side of the United defence og his whip-like drives were aver dangerous.
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