CUP TIE FINAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 98, 28 April 1930, Page 8

CUP TIE FINAL

arsenals victory ENGLAND’S BIG MATCH SCENES AT WEMBLEY By Telesraph-Pre™ Assodalion-Cop, right) Received April 27, ILS P 'u LONDON, April 20. In the Association Football Cup tie final at Wembley Stadium in the presence of 92,500 spectators Arsenal beat Huddersfield by two goals to nil. lhe receipts for the match were £Ld,-bo. The King was present and shoos hands with the teams before the match and ehatted with the captains afterwards and presented the Cup to Tom Parker, the Arsenal skipper, who was muddy and grass stained from his exertions on the field. After a dozen minutes’ fast and even plav, Alee James scored for Arseuai with an easy shot. Huddersfield had a fair share of the game, which was of the fastest nature throughout, but Prccdv’s goal keeping was almost unbeatable. He went down in the second spell just in front of the goal, his opponents all around him trying to get the ball, to which he hung grimly until he eould manoeuvre it behind the goal. It was then seen he was unable to rise. When helped up he soon recovered and resumed his brilliant game. A eouple of minutes before the end of play Lambert scored Arsenal’s second goal. The first man at the gates to witness the match had walked or borrowed rides from Huddersfield and his side never scored. The fact that he saw the Graf Zeppelin was meagre consolation. Thousands of people from all parts of the country, who were unable to come to London, listened-in to the wireless running comment on the year’s greatest Association football event.

It was a clash between teams from the north and south, which cost great nuns in transfers. Huddersfield paid 520,000 for their players. One playei ?rom Bolton Wanderers cost Arsenal a record fee of £lO,OoO.

Huddersfield had twice won the Cup. and Arsenal had never before taken part lu the final.