Mexborough & Swinton Times, February 25, 1927

Keeping It Up.
Grantham Follow the Rest at Denaby.

Denaby United 4, Grantham 1

Denaby: Bromage; Taylor, Hunter; Goodison, Ogly, Windle; Wadsworth, B. Johnson, J. C. Johnson, Green, Skeels.

Grantham: Wrigley; Yoldren, Derek; Mellor, Waterall, Walton; Watson, Spaven, Witham, short, Rayson.

Referee: J. Gilling, Rotherham.

There was a missing link at Denaby on Saturday. Grantham will not be as flattered to hear it. A 4-1 defeat is quite enough to go on without being told your opponents were below their best form but it has to be said. J. C. Johnson, who has been there live wire of Denaby’s revived attack, fused badly on Saturday. Yet Denaby got four goals and worked hard enough to earn eight!

The match started with a shock. In four minutes Grantham forward swept down like an international line, and Witham headed it in: all this neat and easier as you please. It was an eye opening from a team whose reputation offered no warning of such prowess.

But Denaby weren’t having that. They at once set about putting these daring visitors in their place. Grantham gradually subsided, though every now and then they turned with a flash of defiance, particularly on the wings. Watson and Mason were both lively customers, but unfortunately for them their middlemen disappeared more and more into the Denaby halfbacks pockets until by about half past 4 there was little of them to be seen. They managed an occasional canter in midfield but as soon as they showed a tendency to go further Denaby’s indulgence became stern repression.

The equaliser came when Wadsworth dropped the ball in with such nicety and Green coolly nodded it in. Ben Johnson blazed in a shot that the goalkeeper could barely have seen.

In the second half a foul on Green led to the third goal. Ogley took and scored the penalty kick. The other goal was scored by Green late in the game.