West Ham won with plenty to spare. They made many glaring blunders near goal the early stages, however, that they almost deserved to lose. They should have had the game good won before the interval, but repeatedly Mills who was very erratic at centre-forward, shot wide when unmarked and with only Nash, the Palace keeper to beat He was not the only offender in this respect, and significant of the poor marksmanship of both sets of forwards that the beat shot of the first half was sent by Rivers, the Palace left-half, who hit the bar with great drive. It was left Deacon, who schemed cleverly inside-left set West Ham the road to victory which he did with a brilliant solo effort. Beating three men, he worked his way close in and shot into the corner of the net. There was a very different tale to tell in the second half when West Ham made amends for their early lapses. The forwards dallied less and made rings round the disjointed Palace defence, scoring three good goals. Ruffell who was the cleverest forward on the field, beat Nash with a splendidly placed first-time drive after Wood, on the opposite wing, had cleverly drawn the backs out of position and sent the ball across the field, where Ruffell was waiting to seize the opportunity. This was the best goal and movement of the afternoon. Deacon and Mills quickly obtained two more goals, but by this time the Palace had gone to pieces. The football generally was very scrappy.