1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

places, but Jorgensen shadowed the speedy Bouvy quite as effectively as Buchwaldand Middelboe had done at an earlier period of the game. In a collision withBouman, Poul Nielsen sprained his knee and had to be carried off the field, butthe accident made no noticable difference in the play of the Danes, Oscar Nielsensurpassing himself now that he was left alone on the right wing. But then Hollandmanaged to get a goal. Van Bredakolff succeeded in getting a loose balltowards the Danish home-quarters ; Sophus Hansen rushed forward to take the ballbut, at the same instant, Harald Hansen quite unexpectedly hindered him, and putthe ball into their own goal into the bargain.Denmark knew the right kind of cure for this accident. As soon as the ballwas kicked off it went to Wolfhagen, who tricked it past Fortgen and Wijnveldtand then sent it with a hard pass at the height of the hips across to Anton Olsenwho, from a distance of 20 metres made the loveliest goal of the Olympicfootball competition. The ball went with the speed of a cannon-ball and, wiselyenough, Göbel made no attempt to clear it. Thunders of applause were still echoinground the Stadium when the game was once more started, but then came “Time”with Denmark a well-deserving winner by 4 goals to 1.The Danes played an ideal game and no weak spot could be found in the team.The soul of the eleven was Niels Middelboe, but all the men deserved praise.Holland played as well as Denmark allowed them to do. Göbel, in goal, washead and shoulders above the other players of the team, and it was entirely dueto him that the defeat of the Dutch was kept within reasonable limits.FINAL.GREAT BRITAIN v. DENMARK. 4—2.The Stadium, Thursday, 4 July, 7 p. m.GREAT BRITAIN: (forwards, from left): I. Sharpe, G. Hoare, H. Walden,Vivian Woodward, A. Berry; (half-backs): J. Dines, H. C. Littlewort,D. Mc Whirter ; (backs): A. E. Knight, T. C. Burn; (goal) : R. G.Brebner.DENMARK: (forwards, from left): V. Wolfhagen, Sophus Nielsen,Anton Olsen, A. Thufvason, Oscar Nielsen ; (half-backs) : P. Berth,E. F. Jörgensen, Ch. Buchwald; (backs): Harald Hansen, Niels Middelboe;(goal): Sophus Hansen.Referee: Groothoff (Holland).The football final in the competition proper had been awaited withthe greatest interest, and close on 25,000 persons had passed themany turnstiles of the Stadium when the teams of Great Britain andDenmark met for the final struggle.Great Britain was able to place its best eleven on the ground, butthe chances of its opponent were lessened by the Danes being obligedto play reserves instead of the well-known Danish back, Castella, andPoul Nielsen, Thufvason not being anything like equal to Poul Nielsenin the front line of attack. Against Holland the Danish forwardshad played like one man, no one making a single fault, but now thecombination often went to pieces in Thufvason’s section.493