There was no doubt that West Ham were the better all-round side, and it was due to their greater superiority in attack that they won so well. The forwards passed and re-passed so speedily that the defenders made many mistakes, but to the credit of the Orient, they never gave up trying, although they lacked the same efficiency in attack, and the West Ham defence rarely looked like being beaten. West Ham opened strongly, and there were soon shots from Bell and Fenton, but these lacked direction. Rumbold was early conspicuous in the Orient defence, and Iceton brought off several fine saves. Orient kept West Ham at bay for nearly half an hour, but then their goal succumbed twice in three minutes, and there was no doubt as to the result. Walker put Fenton through to score the first with a fast, low drive, and three minutes later Kirkaldie secured and, closing in, gave Iceton no chance with his final effort. The nearest the Orient had gone to scoring up to this stage was when Barrett was obliged to pass back to Conway, who missed the ball, which struck an upright. Towards the interval the Orient had more of the play, and Conway had to save from Rossiter and Lane.
There was no further score before the interval, and afterwards the Orient started with a great dash, forcing three corners in quick succession, but they lacked finish, and these were all cleared. After 17 minutes a miskick by Rumbold led to West Ham scoring their third goal. He allowed Dell to go through unchallenged and pass to Ruffell, who returned the ball in a flash for Fenton to complete a great move. Still the Orient never gave up trying, but their fate was sealed when Kirkaldie was brought down in the penalty area, and Barrett put on the fourth goal from the spot kick. A few minutes later Fenton completed the scoring with the best goal of the match, a screw shot from long range which curled well out of Iceton's reach. West Ham's team work and better attack were the deciding factors.