SOCCER CUP FINAL

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 72, 28 April 1930, Page 7

SOCCER CUP FINAL

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HUGE CROWDS AT JVEMBLEY*, Kiag Hands Cup To JVinners. -

. LONDON, April 26. In the Association Football Cup tie final at the Wembley Stadium, in the presence of 92,500 spectators, Arsenal beat Huddersfield by two goals to nil. The receipts for the match totalled £23,265. Early in the second half the Graf Zeppelin floated oyerhead so low that the passengers could be seen .waving handkerchiefs and saluting the Kihg. The airship was en roiite to Cardington, where an hour later it picked up Captain Eckener and returned tQ Friedrichshafen. . The first man at the gates to witness the match had walked or borrowed rides from Huddersfield, and his eide never scored. The fact that he' saw the Graf Zeepelin was a meagre consolation. The King was present and shook hands with the teams before 'the. match and chatted with the captains afterwards and presented, the. cup. to, Toxn, Parker, Arsenal skipper, who was muddy and grass-stained from his exertions on fhe ^field. . After a dozen minutes fast and evea play,. Alee. James scored for Arsenal with an easy shot. Huddersfield had a fair share of the game, which was of the fastest throughout. but Preedy's goal-heeping_ was almost unbeatable. He Went down in the second spell just iu front of the goal, his opponents all round him trying- to get the ball, to which he hung grimly' xxntil he could manoeuyre it behind the goal. It Was whexx seen that, he was unable to rise., When helped )xp he soon recovered and . resnmed his hrilliant game. A couple of minutes before the end of play Lainb.ert scored Arsenal's second: goal.