he was selected again for the 1925 match, to oppose a professional eleven chosen from among those players recently returned from an fa tour of australia. the amateurs won 6–1, macey scored twice, and although he "looked a midget by contrast with the opposing defenders", the way he scored his second goal "with both spencer and charlton trying to worry him off the ball was typical of his work throughout". "the times" reporter wrote that "macey, the little army forward who is always so enormously popular with the spectators, scored two goals, and, but for almost uncanny anticipation on the part of hardy, should have scored two more. macey played the best game of his life in such good football, and his quick dashes to the right place to take the forward pass from his centre were examples of fine opportunities quickly realised."