A West Indian football team in Harringay in 1928

Having watched Haringey Borough F.C. acquit themselves so well in the televised F.A. Cup match yesterday, thought I'd reproduce this report on a Harringay club from The Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica), Nov. 5, 1928: 

WEST INDIANS PLAY HORNSEY CLUB 

The Harringay Constitutional Football Club had an attractive match at Dr Bohan's Farm, when their visitors were an eleven of West Indians.

Harringay kicked off against a stiff breeze. The visitors early showed that they were not well versed in the finer points of the game, but they made up for it in their wholehearted enthusiasm, which led to a trail of minor injuries to practically the whole of the Harringay eleven. The Indians were, however, scrupulously fair but appeared always to take both man and ball as if careless of the result, providing something happened - which usually did. There was no score in a very exciting and full-blooded first half although Harringay should have gained a goal when a shot from their centre-forward hit the side of the post, coiled round and was deftly turned out of the goal. The referee was some fifteen yards in Harringay’s half of the field and, of course, failed to notice the ball had gone over the goal-line by a clear foot.

Midway through the second half Cox (inside-left) ran the ball some fifteen yards right along the line and eventually passed, while the Indian defence stood stock still apparently waiting for the whistle and watched Jeffrey run through and score at close range. The visitors drew level when their centre-forward beat three men and, after helping the ball along with his hands, scrambled the ball past Barnard. There was no further score and an exciting game ended in a draw 1-1. Matthews had a very good match, being thoroughly in his element, and others to do well were Slater. Donovan and Taylor. (Hornsey Journal).