West Ham, opened their League programme at Plymouth and stepped off the mark in great style beating Argyle fairly and squarely by three goals to one. In Hubbard, who justified the faith placed in him by scoring two goals, Hammers have at least found the lightning raider to support the gulie of goulden and Macauley.
Such opportunism as was displayed has not been a feature of the West Ham attack since those good-old days of Watson and Gibbins. Like greased lightning Hubbard followed up those early through passes by Golden. In the first half the international lobbed the ball over an advancing defender's head and the centre-forward sprinted through and crashed the ball past Middleton to give the Londoner's a first half lead.
Hubbard was well up with the play during the second period, and was frequently in duels with the home 'keeper. After failing in an attempt to harass Middleton over the line, he later succeeded in following up a faulty pass back by Clark to kick the ball from the goalkeeper's hands into the net.
West Ham's tird goal was scored by Jack Wood, the former West Ham schoolboy who is heading for a regular berth in the Hammers' left flank. Eluding Kirkwood, the burly Plymouth back, he cut into the middle and gave Middleton no chance at all. One of Plymouth's newcommes, Sargeant, was the only home forward to shine, and sent in several oblique angle shots which troubled Medhurst. He scored the Argyle's only goal to level the scores after the interval. 

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Plymouth Argyle: 

Middleton, Kirkwood, Rae, Gorman, Clark, Archer, Lane, Jones, Glover, McDonald, Sargeant

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Goal: Sargeant