1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Great Britain in the final, Sweden and Austria met in match h) forthe second prize. Sweden won this match, so that Belgium and Austriaplayed match i) for the third prize, the team that won this matchqualifying for third prize. As Belgium won this match, another game,match k), had to be played between Sweden and Belgium for secondprize. Altogether, ten matches were played, the greatest numberpossible according to the system employed, when 6 teams competed.Belgium, which had been beaten in the very first round by GreatBritain, could, as is shown above, in spite of this fact, meet Austria,which was not beaten by Great Britain before the final for first prizewas played, and Belgium, by beating its rival, robbed it of its chanceof getting even a third prize.The result of the matches was as follows:a)b)c)d)e)f)g)h)i)k)Great Britain v. BelgiumSweden v. FranceAustria v. HungaryBelgium v. HungaryGreat Britain v. SwedenBelgium v. FranceGreat Britain v. AustriaSweden v. AustriaBelgium v. AustriaSweden v. BelgiumSemi-final.Final.Second and Third prizes.First Round.Match a). GREAT BRITAIN-BELGIUM. 7—5.3.15 p. m., Sunday, 7 JulyThis match, which was originally intended to be played on Saturday evening,but which, on account of the increasing darkness, had to be put off until Sundayafternoon, was a very lively one. Great Britain attacked first, but Belgium defendedbrilliantly, and it was Belgium that made the first goal, obtained after 5 minutes’play. Another assault from Great Britain resulted in a hard shot from the leftforward, but the ball went the wrong side of the net, and Belgium took an earlyopportunity of increasing its lead to two goals. Immediately afterwards, Belgiums’left forward was ordered out of the water on account of being within the two-metreline, and this opportunity was at once seized by Great Britain, who made itsfirst point. Directly after this, each side made another goal, and when the whistleblew for half-time, Belgium led by three goals to two.Belgium played a very strenuous game, and immediately after the game wasrenewed, it made a fresh addition to its score, and thus stood 4 goals to 2, andit was only in consequence of the wonderful speedy and energetic play of Radmilovic,Great Britain’s centre forward, that the latter country was able to draw level,4—4, just before time was called. Radmilovic swam forward time after time withthe ball, and shot from every possible position.In accordance with the rules, the game was continued in periods of 6 minutes,3 in each half, the result of the extra-time play being that Great Britain made 3742