 In contrast to this, the newspaper article which features Queen's Park's victory over Wanderers in October 1875 (a match in which C.W.Alcock and the Anglo Scot A.F.Kinnaird played in for Wanderers) gives a concise description of the style of combination adopted by the club, particularly in the section which describes the second and third goals,

In the south east of England as the coordinated system of 'backing up' began to decline, the systematic passing game of Queen's Park would eventually win through.