Golders Green were knocked out of the London Senior Cup in the first round by Nunhead on Saturday at the Nunhead ground. Their defeat came in the second half after Barlow, the Golders Green goalkeeper, took a very severe toss, injuring his right shoulder, in spoiling an attempt to score by Henderson, the Nunhead left winger.

Sustained attacks at each end of the field were an outstanding feature of the match. Neither team's defence seemed to be in very good form, and the bulk of the real defensive work devolved upon the goalkeepers, Barlow for Golders Green, and Mulley for Nunhead.

The Golders Green forward line lacked the co-ordinating influence of Graves, while Shorland, at left-back in place of Caswell, was not over confident, this being his first game of the season. He was unfortunate, too, for in making a sliding tackle he got badly shaken up, grazed his left leg, and had a foul awarded against him for holding his man down when he could hardly move. Their legs were interlocked. Moreover, Shorland needs a wet, soft pitch, and the field was frozen iron-hard.

The game was played at a steady pace, and offered few thrills.

Golders Green kicked off, and Walker made a swift pass over to Marrable, who passed forward to F. Boston. The latter took the ball away, and almost succeeded in beating the defence. He had to centre, however, and in so doing he lost his chance.

Swiftly positions were reversed, and Shorland and W. Boston were holding off a violent attack which ended in a goal-kick for Golders Green.

The game went back to the centre of the field, and after fifteen minutes of such play Golders Green forced the third corner-kick of the match, which was taken by F. Boston. This beautifully placed kick came to WARD, unmarked, and he headed the ball straight into the goal. In passing it touched one of the defenders, but Golders Green were one up.

The reply was not long in coming. A flying attack from the Nunhead right wing left Shorland chasing Viard, who had the ball. Shorland did the only possible thing, and made a sliding tackle, coming to ground heavily and bringing Viard down too. They were so thoroughly tied up that Viard could not rise, and a penalty was awarded. In this fall Shorland injured his leg.

The penalty was taken by HITCHCOCK, who made no mistake about scoring, although Barlow made a valiant attempt to save.

The remainder of the first half provided little play worthy of note, but individual players were putting up very creditable displays, J. Browne and A. Breagan particularly. F. Boston did not have as much opportunity as in his last match, as he was not fed with passes, but when he did have the ball he made use of it.

The very light ball was conducive to high kicking, but although there was not much of this, there was a lot of very fine head play.

Half-time came, and the light was so poor that it was decided to play straight on.

Directly the game was re-opened Nunhead attacked from the left wing, and LAWRENCE ran through the defence, beating Marrable and Shorland, and scoring Nunhead's second goal. He later made a similar attempt, but failed to get through. During the early part of the second half Henderson appeared to be the mainstay of the Nunhead attack.

During a Golders Green attack the Nunhead goalkeeper jumped for the ball and landed awkwardly, injuring himself slightly. Then Barlow made a spectacular save.

Henderson had received a pass and was down the left wing like a flash, past the halves and backs, and heading straight for goal. Barlow dived on to Henderson's foot, picking up the ball. He fell flat and threw the ball away to touch while Henderson went flying right into the goalmouth. Barlow had to leave the field while first-aid was administered to his right shoulder, which had taken the full force of the blow. He was only off the field for a short time, and Shorland took his place in goal until he returned.

After his return Nunhead were merciless in their attack, and two more goals came from WEBB, bringing the total to four. On the first of the two goals it was useless for Barlow to attempt to save. He had practically no support from the backs. With the second the backs made an attempt to stop Webb from receiving a pass, but were unsuccessful, and a ground shot came through.

From this point until the end of the game there was a ding dong struggle, but the Golders Green team were tired and lacked the necessary punch.

Ward, who had shown quite good form in the early part of the game, was worse for wear at the end.

Breagan and Browne both played hard games and displayed neat football, but Breagan's place was obviously at half-back, while Walker had not the wanted verve for the position of centre-forward. Leahy's display on the wing could have been better, but taking into consideration the fact that the opposing half was strong, it is not surprising that he failed signally in some of his breakaways.

The Nunhead forward line combined well together, but Henderson was easily the most dangerous player. Broadis had Webb well marked, and seldom let him get away in the opening of a movement, while Marrable played a steady game, making only one or two minor mistakes.

Of the Nunhead halves, Dunne and Hitchcock played well, while Mulley, in goal, was outstanding.

It will be interesting to note the effect of Graves in the forward line again when Golders Green meet Wealdstone on Saturday. Had he been able to play against Nunhead there is little doubt that the result would have been quite different.