The team representing the full strength of England that is playing three matches on the Continent, two against Hungary, at Buda Pest, and one against Austria, at Vienna, started the series on Saturday at Pest, when the Hungarians were beaten by four goals to two. The result was much closer than was anticipated, and great credit must be given to the home country for the skilful, plucky, and unremitting efforts they made to get on terms with their powerful opponents. It is probable that the Hungarians have never previously played with so much vim and determination, and they owe much to these two characteristics of their play. They are also under a debt of gratitude to [Bihari], their goalkeeper, who was in superb form, and his display was the outstanding feature of the match.
   It is pleasant to place on record that the Hungarians have made immense strides during the last twelve months, and at the close of the game V.J. Woodward, the captain of the English side, said he had no hesitation in stating that their opponents of Saturday afternoon were collectively the strongest side England had ever met on the Continent. After making these generous references to Hungary, it should be pointed out that the visitors also played brilliant football, but their shooting was not up to the standard, otherwise [Bihari] would have been defeated on several more occasions. The play was delightful to watch, for the sporting spirit of both teams was admirable, and there was not a foul in the game. There were one or two technical infringements, but those arose from keenness to score rather than to secure an advantage by improper means. The game is bound to do a lot of good to both Hungarian and Austrian football.
   There was a large crowd, although the pouring rain which had tumbled down from early morning until shortly before the kick-off had kept thousands away. The Englishmen faced a strong breeze in the first half, but they attacked immediately, and at the end of four minutes Bridgett headed into the net from a smart centre by Warren. Most of the play was at the Hungarian end of the field, but they defended so stubbornly that although the goal had many narrow escapes it did not again fall until ten minutes from the interval, when Woodward cleverly scored, and Fleming supplemented this with a third. Just before crossing over Gross got away on the home left, and shooting across, the ball hit the post and rebounded into the net.
   The concluding half ran strongly in the favour of England, but the finishing was somewhat weak, and this and superb goalkeeping by [Bihari] prevented England increasing its lead. When twenty-seven minutes had elapsed Gross, who was the fastest man on the field, got away from a forward pass, and when Hardy came out to meet him, he lobbed the ball over his head into the net—a smart bit of work. The visitors set up tremendous pressure on the home goal, and it was captured largely as the resulk of a sinuous run by Woodward, the ball going off a Hungarian into the net. This was the extent of the scoring, the game ending.