The first game was against an amateur combination at Cloppenburg, and was preceded on the Tuesday evening by a civic reception at the Dorfkrug, which is in the museum village; the meal was a typical peasant repast which is also part of the tourist attraction of this area. The players had a light training session on Wednesday morning, and attracted a 5,000 attendance for the evening kick-off. The Hammers took a little while to settle down to the combination of a light ball and bumpy pitch, and for the first 25 minutes Cloppenburg held their own; in fact they got a merited equaliser and nearly snatched the lead. But two more goals reflected our overall superiority and we were well worth the 3-1 interval lead.
For the second half Heffer, Charles and Brooking took over from Bonds, Howe and Boyce. The after-the-interval exchanges rather resembled those of the first 45 minutes, and early on Ferguson made two fine saves, one from a penalty. But it was obvious that the homesters were tiring, and with the score at 4-1 the Hammers piled it on with a further quartet in a ten-minute blitz. This was what the 5,000 attendance had come to see, and they gave the Hammers a great ovation at the end of the 8-1 victory.
 
In direct contrast to the English weather at the time we were in the middle of a heat-wave, and brilliant sunshine kept the temperature touching the 80-degree mark throughout the tour. We left for Berlin on the Thursday afternoon, and arrived there around 5 p.m. There was a tremendous reception for the Hammers at Templehof Airport and it was evident that they were looking forward to seeing the team described in their press as "None play so fair as West Ham."