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Medal Final settled by penalty

The prevailing fashion of conceding a penalty in a final cost Watford British Legion the Medal Competition at Vicarage Road on Monday Evening.
Fifteen minutes from the end W Jordan awkwardly intercepted a centre with his arm, and referee F Judd had no option but to point to the spot.
Legion protested, but the official was adamant, and Howe, with calm deliberation and strict accuracy shot strongly into the corner the net to send Legion's hopes tumbling to the ground.
Sun just about deserved to carry the day, their fortunes being slightly superior.
Their biggest pull was at left back, where Davis was an effective stopper and the initiator of many raids.
Howe was the best back on the field, although the Legion's pair gave nothing away. Woolf was lucky not to get penalised more often for liberal use of his elbows.
The most dangerous forward on view was S Jordan, Legion's inside right, a lad with a powerful shot who passes with accuracy.
The Sun learned to fear him most, for in the first half he shaved their upright and just before Maldoom equalised fifteen minutes after the resumption, Jordan jolted the inside of the post with a peach of a shot from fully thirty yards.
Roberts had given the Sun a first half lead with a remarkable goal. Cooper headed across the goal and while the legion defenders stood still, apparently thinking the ball would travel outside, Roberts rushed in and with a kick, which would have done credit to a ballet dancer, put past a helpless Bunce.
At the time I thought the Legion should have had a free kick for dangerous play as Roberts seemed to take the ball with his boot at a dangerous height, but apparently the angle of the stand gave a deceptive view for the referee told me afterwards that there was no Legion player within four feet of the scorer.
Bunce made a couple of grand saves from R Brown, and one he turned aside from the foot of Roberts was a masterly effort.

Sun Engraving: J Trevers, W Howe, C Trevers, B Brown, A David, R Cartwright, C Roberts, A Doig,
R Brown, F Cooper, A Southam