The first round of the Northants Senior Cup occupied the attention of six of the local teams. Ar Tarn received the Fosse from Rushden, who scored but two goals in response to five scored by the homesters. The Fosse, however, were seriously handicapped by the absence of Bass, and they had to play ten men all through the game. The visitors twice took the lead in the initial moiety, and actually opened the scoring through Hanger, Desborough having a very anxious time indeed. In the second half matters gradually veered round in favour of the homesters, and the equalising goal was quickly followed by three more. Rushden Windmill journeyed to Peterborough to play the Loco, and the game was left undecided, through both teams scoring once. It was a hard-fought game, and the visitors were a tough handful, being the first to find the net. Towards the end play became very exciting, and the Loco, after a period of pressing, scored the equalising goal. There was no mistake of Stamford’s intentions of entering the next round of the cup, when they had Corby Stars as guests, and they ousted them from the competition by six clear goals. The Stars were quite outclassed, and were kept continually on the defensive, except for an occasional breakaway.

Among the many Feast attractions on Monday at Rushden was a Northants League match between the Windmill and Fosse, and, although the latter were assisted by the Denton brothers, they suffered a severe drubbing. A very large crowd witnessed the encounter, and the Windmill, who were always the superior side, won the match by six goals to one.