1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

one, made in the scrummage after a corner. The Finns now began to perceivetheir danger, and commenced to play a harder and more energetic game, and theRussians tiring towards the close of the match as a result of the severe pressure,it could be seen that Finland would be the victor. Just before time was called,Öhman made the winning goal after having dribbled through the Russian defence.The players on both sides had still much to learn in the technics of the game.As was said above, the Russian forwards were very speedy, but they could donothing in consequence of faulty combination. Filippoff, the outside left, and Sokoloff,the right back, were Russia’s best men, while the strength of the Finlandteam lay in the stubborn defence offered by their backs.GREAT BRITAIN V. HUNGARY. 7—0The Stadium, Sunday, 30 June, 1,30 p. m.GREAT BRITAIN : (forwards, from left): I. G. Sharpe, Gordon Hoare, H. Walden,Vivian Woodward, A. Berry; (half-backs): J. Dines, E. Hanney, H. C. Littlewort;(backs): A. E. Knight, T. C. Burn; (goal): R. G. Brebner.HUNGARY : (forwards, from left): Borbás Gáspár, I. Schlosser, M. Pataki, A.Bodnár, B. Sebestyén ; (half-backs): A. Vágo, J. Karoly, G. Biro; (backs): E. Payer,J. Rumbold; (goal): L. Domonkos.Referee: Groothoff (Holland).In spite of the tremendous heat that prevailed, this match was witnessed byabout 7,000 persons, quite a crowd for a football match in Stockholm.The heat seemed to suit the lively, powerfully built Hungarians and, at first,things looked a little dark for Great Britain, whose defence was really the onlypart of the team that had anything to do for the first quarter of an hour — though,at the same time, it seemed quite equal to any demands that might be made onit. If the Hungarian forwards had been a little cooler in front of goal, and hadcalculated their chances better, however, the result might easily have been altogetherdifferent to what it was. In any case, the ball went whizzing in every directionround Brebner’s goal — in every direction but the right one, and after some fifteenminutes, Hungary was awarded a penalty kick for “hands”. Bodnti made anexcellent effort, but Brebner cleared grandly.After this it was Great Britain’s turn to attack, Walden giving his team the lead by anirresistible shot, made at a distance of 20 metres from the goal-mouth. Only acouple of minutes elapsed ere the same player came forward again, after a “hands”that Mr. Groothoff, the referee, could not possibly see, and the Hungarians, whounwisely enough, did not play on while waiting for the whistle, but stopped toappeal to the referee, let Walden put the ball into the net without hindrance.Then succeeded a few uneasy minutes for Great Britain. Hanney, GordonHoare and Walden were all injured; the first so seriously that he was compelledto abstain from all further participation in the game, while the two others,fortunately for their side, were able to resume their places after a minute or two,Gordon Hoare retired from the front line to act as half-back, but, in spite ofthe numerically weakened attack, Woodward and Co. managed to give the Hungariandefence a very warm time, and, three minutes before the first forty-five wasended, Great Britain’s captain made a beautiful goal after a corner.The second half was entirely Great Britain’s, although they were playing onlyten men, Sharpe having to do double work on the left wing. Scarcely four minuteshad elapsed from the re-start, ere Walden got his forehead to a centre by Sharpe488