Y.M. AND SHORE LAST GAME.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 238, 9 October 1933, Page 14

Y.M. AND SHORE LAST GAME.

During the week a well-founded rumour was abroad that Y.M.C.A. and Shore United would not fulfil their fixture at Onehunga, but this proved to be wrong, and when they did start McClusky took his game as seriously as ever, and started to bombard the Y.M. goal before either his own team or the enemy had settled down to p.lay. The Y.M. goal was defended by Herbert, while Cowie, its usual guardian, played centre forward. Herbert gave opportunities to the opposition by running a long way out of his goal to take the ball, and Heveral times lost his footing on the slippery grass as he tried to pull up short and get back to his goal before the ball got there. As a centre forward Cowie played a hard game, shooting with terrific force, but usually wide of the goal. Tlie most attractive player on the Y.M. side was McFarlane, who showed himself verv elusive in getting through the defence, but his shooting, though well-aimed, was not hard enough to beat A. Smith, who guarded Shore's citadel. Alongside McClusky In Shore's front line, Stevenson also did his share in keeping Herbert busy, and had two goals to his credit at the end of the game. His shooting was not as deadly, however, as that of McClusky. The game all the way was characteristic of the last of the season, and everybody seemed stale and lackadaisical.