In front of a crowd of about 1000 spectators who heavily supported Uruguay, England opened the competition.

The Uruguay team were determined to beat England and had 5 capable floor players of size, speed and strength, and an effective goalkeeper.

Using an organised system of pass and penetrate, England dominated the first third of play (phase) and created numerous opportunities with its starting four of Michael Ableson (Capt.), Ricky Jupp, Stan Oaten and Jack Holmes.

After about 5 minutes, England scored a wonderful team goal, finished by Ableson, after drawing Uruguay’s Man to Man defence out of position and creating space for the attack, then scored a second through soon after through similar circumstances.

Having played well to dominate, England faced extraordinary refereeing by the Argentine officials who repeatedly allowed Uruguayans to strike the upper body with the stick, chop England players around the ankles and hold shirts repeatedly for the rest of the match.

The referees also provided their neighbours with the assistance of penalising England when they took the ball if any part of their body followed through.

At 2-0 up, Ricky Jupp executed a magnificent piece of cover defence, when Ableson was physically pulled off the ball by a Uruguayan on the halfway line and a counter attack was allowed, sprinting from the right wing to disposes the attacker with a clean tackle near the penalty spot, but the referee chose to award a Direct free Hit and issue Jupp with a yellow card.

Keeper, Mat Conroy, saved the free hit from the right side, through patiently closing the angle.

Soon after a Uruguayan dribbling into the penalty area with the ball in their feet tripped when the ball was struck away well and fairly by Oaten and the referee took the opportunity to award a penalty and issue a yellow card, much to the satisfaction of a vocal Argentine crowd, which was well taken to make the score 2-1.

Clearly the better team, England had to contend with harsh refereeing and soon after conceded another goal following a breakaway coming from a bloke and stick shove on Holmes who was holding the backline.

England then scored another two excellent team goals through rapid passing, to go to the break 4-1 and having had 65% possession.

In the change room, the England team addressed the disappointing refereeing professionally and determined to extend their possession of the ball, and better exploit opportunities.

Minutes into the second half Uruguay scored 2 more goals, bringing the score to 4-3 substitute Kris Pay then scored from a well executed dribble and pass from Oaten behind the goal .

England then extended possession by playing ´piggy in the middle´ with an ever more violent Uruguay till Ableson, who was brilliant throughout the match, was blatantly struck on the barrier and in clear view of the referee with the hook of the defenders stick to the abdomen.

Having suffered this treatment for to long the coach, Kos Galtos, briefly voiced his dissatisfaction at the referee and was issued with an immediate yellow card, which the local radio later commented upon as extraordinary!

England playing as a team continued their disciplined effort to score 2 more well worked goals and achieve a final score of 7-3 with 60% possession.