Golders Green made several changes in their side for the home game v. Barnet last Saturday, but in the second half they went completely to pieces.

Lucas, home on leave, was in goal, and made a number of brilliant saves. Fisher and Currie interchanged positions, but neither did himself justice. Sealey undoubtedly saved the Green from a heavier defeat : he was the best defender by far, but was too often left to face utterly impossible positions. Gallacher, as soon as his side were in arrears, seemed to be itching to go into the forward line : he played right up the field, and left a fatal gap in the defence, giving Saw a day out. Yates came in at outside right, and, except for about three or four passes, had to forage for all sorts of unlikely balls as an alternative to standing idle. Elmer, too, had few opportunities, while Goodchild, who took over at centre forward, was mostly also playing a lone hand : he did very well indeed in the circumstances, but had no support.

The root cause of the failure was the weakness of the half back line and of the inside forwards. The latter did not assist sufficiently in defence, nor were they up to take part in an attack when it developed. When they had the ball they were slow and easily robbed.

The earlier stages of the game gave no indication of the debacle which was to follow. Golders Green played up well, and it was not until just before half-time that Barnet opened their account with a goal from SAY and, as they had the advantage of the wind, their interval lead of 1-0 was by no means a winning one.

Five minutes after resuming, SAW put them further ahead, and though for 15 minutes there was no further score, the Green were steadily deteriorating. Thereafter, goals followed at regular intervals. SAY scored the 3rd, SAW the 4th, while the Green were standing still for off-side, playing to the linesman's flag instead of to the whistle. JORDAN notched the 5th, RYMAN the 6th and SAW the last.

In the final 10 minutes, Golders Green improved slightly, but the forwards were never in the picture, and as a side, they were outclassed.