1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Match h). Qualifying Match for second prize. SWEDEN—AUSTRIA. 8—18 p. m., Sunday, 14 July.As in the semi-final, the Swedes took the initiative at the start, and the ballwas passed from the centre forward to the right, who was attacked so vehementlyby the defending back that a free throw was awarded. This resulted inthe left forward obtaining the first goal for Sweden. In the next bout theAustrians were never allowed to touch the ball and it soon lay in their net again,matters beginning to look very dark for them. The Austrian goalkeeper succeeded,however, in repulsing the third attack, and the ball was thrown out to Scheff whoswam forward grandly and placed it in the Swedish net. Immediately afterwards,the Swedish left forward again succeeded in making a goal, and as the opposingback was ordered out of the water a moment later on account of rough play,Sweden made its fourth goal from a penalty throw. Wilhelm Andersson, theSwedish left forward, worked with extraordinary energy, and after a beautiful pieceof combined play between him, Robert Andersson (centre forward) and Bergqvist(right forward), the last-named made the fifth goal. The next minute the Swedishcentre made another fine swim towards the Austrian goal, but came too near thegoal-line, so that the defending goalkeeper was able to cover the whole of the goalopening,and the shot was unsuccessful. A comer throw resulted, however,but the attack was repulsed by the Austrians. Julin, the Swedish back, finishedoff half-time by a fine swim forwards, which was interrupted by the timekeeper’swhistle. Result at half time, Sweden 5—1.During the second half, the Swedes relaxed their efforts and played somewhatnonchalantly. Their first attack resulted in a corner which came to nothing, butafter a piece of good individual play the left forward made the sixth goal forSweden. Immediately afterwards, the Swedish goalkeeper cleared a hard back-throwfrom the left, and a piece of combined play enabled Sweden to obtain its seventhgoal, made by Bergqvist. A free throw from Bergqvist was returned by WilhelmAndersson, and the ball found the Austrian net for the eighth time. A dangerousattack by Austria, immediately afterwards, was cleared brilliantly by the Swedishgoalkeeper. Bergqvist was ordered out of the water soon afterwards, but beforethe Austrians could take any advantage of the event, the whistle blew for full time.Result 8—1 (5—1, 3—0) in favour of Sweden.Referee: George W. Hearn, Great Britain.Match i). Qualifying Match for third prize. BELGUIM—AUSTRIA. 5—4.1 p. m., Monday, 15 July.The general opinion was that Belgium was going to win pretty easily but,partly as the result of bad luck, and partly in consequence of their careless play, theBelgians almost lost the match.Directly after the start, the Belgian centre forward carelessly threw away asafe goal, but soon afterwards the ball found the Austrian net twice. The Belgiansplayed roughly and made many fouls, and one of the team was at last orderedout of the water for being within the 2-metre line. Scheff employed the opportunityto make a goal for Austria, and the remainder of the half saw no changein the total, which remained at 2—1 in favour of Belgium.Immediately after the game was re-started, another Belgian player placed himselfwithin the two metre line and as, in consequence, Belgium had to play with 6746