1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

and made a very pretty goal. The fifth in the series was obtained by VivianWoodward, after threading through the Hungarian defence, while the sixth andseventh goals came from Walden’s foot. The game was now a hopeless one asfar as Hungary was concerned, but the Magyar team worked on indefatigably andkept the British defence fully employed, especially during the last few minutes,when the forwards of Great Britain’s team, relying on the 7 goals’ lead, tookthings pretty quietly.Of course, the best team won, but there was by no means 7 goals’ differencebetween the two elevens. If the Hungarians had but had the least bit of theiropponents’ finishing power, their forwards must have made several goals.Great Britain won the game by its confident play in front of goal, its fine combination,and the individual skill of its members. Nothing but praise can be givento the team, both as a whole and individually. Domonkos, Rumbold, Karoly andSchlosser, of the Hungarians, deserve more than a word of praise.DENMARK v. NORWAY. 7—0.Råsundo, Sunday, 30 June, 4:30 p.m.DENMARK: (forwards, from the left): V. Wolfhagen, H. J. Christoffersen, AntonOlsen, Sophus Nielsen, Axe1 Petersen; (half-backs): P. Berth, Niels Middelboe, I.L. Seidelin-Nielsen; (backs): H. Hansen, Ch. Buchwald; (goal): Sophus Hansen.NORWAY: (forwards, from the left) : E. Maartmann, R. Maartmann, H. Endrerud,K. Krefting, H. Reinholt; (half-backs): G. Andersen, C. Herlofsen, H. Johansen;(backs): E. Baastad, P. Skou; (goal): I. Pedersen.Referee: R. Gelbord (Sweden).Denmark, certain of winning, did not place its best team in the field, butplayed reserves instead of Paul Nielsen, Oscar Nielsen and Castella.The superiority of the Danes was evident from the very first moment, and thewhole resolved itself more into an exhibition game than a match. Only 3 minuteshad passed when Anton Olsen, the best shot at goal in all the Olympic footballmatches, found the way into the Norwegian net after a nice piece of work incombination with Sophus Nielsen. The Norwegians held their own very well forthe first quarter of an hour, and the two Maartmanns gave Buchwald a few livelymoments. They seldom came past the 18-yards line, however, Buchwald and HaraldHansen at back being in tip-top form. It would occupy too much space to attemptto describe the innumerable attacks on Pedersen’s goal made by the smart Danishquintette. Middleboe, undoubtedly one of the foremost football-players in the world,obtained the second goal for Denmark by a hot shot that went just below thecross-bar, and the third was made very prettily by Wolfhagen a couple ofminutes later.The second forty-five did not differ essentially from the first half, unless by afalling-off in the keenness of the play. The result was a foregone conclusion, asboth sides seemed to know. Christoffersen and Anton Olsen each made a coupleof goals more, but the attention of the lookers-on was, for the most part, directedto the very scientific displays given every now and then by Niels Middelboe,Sophus Nielsen and Berth. Both Middelboe and Berth came very near to making acouple of extra points, after having corkscrewed the ball through the perfectly demoralizedNorwegian defence, but in both instances Pedersen saved very resolutely.When the referee blew his whistle at the close of the 90 minutes, however, Denmarkhad won as it liked by 7 goals to none.489