The fortunes of war were not kind to Bolton. During the opening half, when a butterfly sailed over the pitch its way to the nearest cabbage, Griffiths illustrated one of the definite tragedies of life by putting through his own goal and McKay missed a penalty when he hit the post. But for those two mistakes Bolton might have shared the points and started their new Second League career in better heart. I think West Ham won because Victor Watson was in more immediate touch with his colleagues than Milsom. In the second half Bolton's tall and supple leader played to a large extent. into the hands of Barrett, who from first to last made his portly self a third back. Though in a cohesive sense It is impossible to rave about the virtues of defence on either side, I would take Barrett and then Church as the leading figures. In the absence of Collins It was Barrett who redeemed the moderate quality of his immediate colleagues. Thorpe, Anderson and Robson are new men who need time to ripen acquaintance; but it is safe to predict that the return of Chalkley to the back division cannot long be delayed. There was much to admire in West Ham's attack. I do not suggest that Morton and Leonard Goulden, the old Leyton amateur, played a more artistic game than did Cook and Westwood on the other side; but the home pair shot with more accuracy, and the mercurial Morton, little and wise and bursting with youthful vigour, seems destined for another good season. The other pair drooped on a broken wing. Landells, the old Millwall man, who used to play alongside Jack Cock, hurt the back of his thigh at an early stage. On and off during this match he went outside, and so Tippett will need another match before he can prove his real worth. From What he did on Saturday in front of a  crowd that bordered on 26.000. I think Tippett is entitled to an extensive trial.