West Ham defeated Woolwich Arsenal by 3 goals to 2 in gthe London Professional Charity Fund at Upton Park, and quite deserved their success. The Southern Leaguers were the better side on the day and their lead of 2 to 0 at the interval might easily have been increased. The Woolwich defence was by no means certain and West Ham were usually the more dangerous when near goal. Casey on the West Ham left wing, made many speedy runs, and his centres were always a source of trouble to the Arsenal defence.
In addition to Casey, Aston and Hilsdon did well in the West Ham forward line, the last-named atoning for a missed penalty by scoring a couple of goals. Randall was the pick of the halves - he is a rare worker - and Irvine, who played at left back in place of Foster, was the best back on the field.
The first goal came after 25 minutes, Ashton dashing up from the right and scoring with a fine shot. About a minute later west Ham increased their lead, Casey sent in a splendid centre from a corner kick and Hilsdon easily beat Lievesley. 
The Arsenal improved after these reverses, and on one occasion Lewis would have done better to hav shot instead of centring. A few minutes before half-time West Ham were awarded a penalty for a foul on Leafe, but Hilsdon struck the crossbar.
Play was fairly even for a time after the resumption, but after a time the Arsenal played better than at any other period and after Lewis had sent in a fine centre, from Hughes brilliantly saved a shot from Flanagan. Stonley scored with the goalkeeper still on the ground. Curiously enough, the Arsenal obtained their second goal a minute later, as West Ham had done. Burrell centred from a corner flag and Flanagan got his head to the ball to obtain a splendid goal. These goals were scored after about twenty minutes and a little later Hilsdon got the winning goal.