However, given the age of the Arsenal side at the time (Rooke and Mercer were both over thirty, as were Denis and Leslie Compton), long-term success was not possible.
Сепак поради просечната возраст на тимот (Рук и Мерсер биле над триесет години, како и Денис и Лесли Комптон), долгорочен успех бил невозможен.