Olympic Cavalcade

OLYMPIC CAVALCADE Holland beat Sweden 4-3. In the 2nd round Finland beat Russia 2-1, Great Britain beat Hungary 7--:-o, Denmark beat Norway 7--:-o, and Holland beat Austria 3-1. In the semi-finals G-reat Britain beat Finland 4--:-o, and Denmark beat Holland 4-1. In the Final, played at the Stadiumat 7 p.m. on 2 July, 1912, Denmark, represented by V. Wolfhagen, Sophus Nielsen, Anton Olsen, A. Thuf– vason and Oscar Nielsen (forwards); P. Berth, E. Jorgensen and Ch. Buchwald (half-backs); Harald Hansen and Niels Middelboe (backs), with Sophus Hansen in goal, were defeated 4-2 by the British team, represented by Ivan Sharpe (Derby County), Gordon Hoare (Glossop), H. A. Walden (Bra~ford City), Vivian Woodward (Chelsea) and A. Berry (Oxford City) (forwards); J. Dines (Ilford), H. C. Littlewort (Glossop) and D. McWhirter (half-backs); A. E. Knight (Portsmouth) and T. C. Burns (London Caledonians) (backs), with R. G. Brebner (Northern Nomads) in goal. To watch this eagerly-awaited Final there were upwards of 25 ,ooo spec– tators present in the Stadium. Against Holland the Danish forwards had played like one man; their strength against the strong British team was weakened by having to call men from the reserves. Denmark won the toss and kicked off, but Great Britain was soon on the attack through Berry, and both Hansen's and ' Brebrier's goals were soon in constant danger. Britain steadied her line of attack, and the first goal was scored by Walden. Denmark then fought stubbornly on the defensive; the next goal was scored by Gordon Hoare, who caught the Danish goal-keeper on the wrong foot and beat him completely. Then AntOIJ. Olsen drove a fast ball past Brebner from point-blank range. That goal inspired the Danes, then Buch– wald fell and was helped from the field with a badly sprained wrist and Nielson, the strategist of the Danish forwards, fell back to take his place at half-back. Before ten minutes had passed, Gordon Hoare, by heading in a centre from Berry, scored a brilliant goal. Berry himself dribbled past Hansen to score Britain's fourth goal, and just after half time Middelboe, who seemed to be able to play equally well in any position, changed places with Anton Olsen, and he scored Denmark's second goal. The match for 3rd . place in the competition was played at Rasunda between Finland and Holland at 3 p.m. on 4 July, 1912, Holland winning by 9-0. The attendance was not large, for the spectators had foreseen the result of the match. It is to the displays ~f Gymnastics given during the 1912 Celebration of the Olympic Games that I attribute the spread to every part of the world of Per ~enrik Ling's system of Swedish Gymnastics, which he based upon the sports and pastimes of the aforetime Swedish Vikings. It is to the appearance and the victory of British players of Association Football at the Vth Games that must Ee attributed the amazing growth and popularity of Soccer throughout S~andinavia. In Sweden in particular it is