South Yorkshire Times December 29, 1932
Mexboro’ Turn the Tables
Denaby 1, Mexboro’ 2
What we saw of the match at Tickhill Square on Monday, in which Mexboro’ gained a 2-1 revenge for their Christmas Eve defeat at Hampden Road was quite good. Most of us went over to Denaby with a sort of forlorn hope, but Referee Parker found all the conditions required by the regulations fulfilled, ordering the match to start, and it not only started but defied the pessimists and finished.
On the balance of play Mexboro’ just about deserved their win, as Denaby did theirs at Hampden Road. The game was fast, hard and full of incident—it must have been, for we saw quite a lot from the press box, and the noise from the ghostly crowd at the other side indicated that they were getting their share of thrills. According to report — we cannot offer eye-witness’s evidence—FISHER gave Mexboro’ the lead with a beauty. KING equalised with another, and GLASPFR snapped the winner.
In between King celebrated the festive season by the unusual feat, for him, of missing with a penalty kick. The balance of play swayed this way and that with refreshing frequency, as one set of halves and then the other got a grip; but in the last resort Mexboro’ were rather the keener in their finishing, and this earned them their reward. Gale was frequently cheered for saves which we but dimly saw—we have good gruund4, however, for declaring that he gave a display which probably impressed the “scouts” who were said to be watching.
The Denaby attack again showed itself for below the “pre-Carlisle” form, though the team work generally was excellent. Mountney did some splendid work which we did see. Alderman was an effective worker as Mexboro’s pivot, and Clasper pleased us with his clever ball manipulation at inside-left. A surprisingly large crowd braved the fog and strained their eyes to overcome the ‘s conditions off field which, in the words of the radio announcer, are sufficiently indicated by “visibility bad.” By the way. Fisher, the young Sheffielder who filled Walker’s place, showed some nice touches.