TECHNICAL WINS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28619, 23 June 1958, Page 5

TECHNICAL WINS

Hurley Shield Matches

Fielding a more effective forward line and a stronger defence, Technical Old Boys had a decisive win in their Hurley Shield game against Christchurch City at English Park on Saturday. The early game provided more interest, when Neerlandia caused a surprise by beating Rangers. Another surprise was the close game between Western and Atlantis. Although weakened by the absence of several leading players, Western was expected to win comfortably, but Atlantis came very close to securing its first win. In the other game, Nomads had a narrow win over Shamrock.

Results: Technical Old Boys 5, Christchurch City 0. Neerlandia 4, Rangers 3. Western 5, Atlantis 4.

Nomads 2, Shamrock 1. The following are the points in the senior competition for the Hurley Shield (games played shown in parenthesis):—Western 14 (8), Technical Old Boys 13 <B>, Nomads 9 (7), Rangers 7 (8), Shamrock 7 (8), Christchurch City 6 <7), Neerlandia 6 (8), Atlantis 0 <8). TECHNICAL OLD BOYS WIN

More seriously affected by representative calls on its players, Christchurch City was soundly beaten by Technical Old Boys in the main game at English Park. City missed A. Juner on defence, and P. DeVine to lead the attack. Although E. Charlton was away in K Dunedin, Technical had a good substitute, E. Fields. He played a big part in Technical’s win. After the first 15 minutes, the game was very onesided and seldom exciting. For a quarter of an hour, the game was very even, marked by much aimless kicking. Technical then settled down and Fields scored a good goal from W. McKenzie’s centre. W. Shannon and McKenzie combined well to give Fields his second goal and before half-time, McAnulty put Technical three points ahead. Although D. Worthington worked hard for City and gave the other forwards few chances. City seldom caused the Technical defence any real anxiety, and Technical added two more goals in the second half. Fields and Shannon netting.

The goalkeeper for Technical was H. Botterman. He did everything expected of him, and his long throws to the feet of his backs proved much more effective than the aimless punt down the field. M. Dean and C. Spinks, fuH-backs in last year’s Chatham Cup team, were together again and defended well, although Spinks was beaten by Worthington at times. V. Smith, at left half, was always prominent. He tackled well and his long passes usually found their man. The other fink half position was filled by N. Hughes, and he played a useful game, linking up well with the inside forward, A. McAnulty, who was possibly the best forward on the ground. W. McKenzie played a good game on the wing, but W. Dunn, on the other flank, was inconsistent. E. Fields led the line well, playing with the speed necessary to throw the defence off balance.

H. Shannon did his best in goal for City but he did not receive adequate cover from his backs. T. Lynch was the better of the fullbacks. with M. Wild doing well in the centre-half position. R. Herbert and T. Clackson held their own as flank halves, and their cover defence was good. Of the forwards, D. Worthington was the best, his ball control and placement of his passes being up to representative standard. The referee was Mr T. C. Gottermeyer. NEERLANDIA V. RANGERS Neerlandia had a good win over Rangers in the early game at English Park. Although the play was not of a particularly high standard. Neerlandia showed considerable improvement. There was a certain amount of aimless kicking, but the team made a genuine effort to play combined football, with satisfying results. After eood performances recently.. the Rangers side disappointed, Individually, the forwards are capable players, but, although they combined reasonably well, opportunities were wasted.

After a scoreless first half, Necrlandia took the lead when rightwing P. Halewyn centred for J Nieuwenhoizen to goal from close range. Rangers retaliated with a good movement that left D. Finney in a scoring position. Instead of shooting, he sent the ball on and the chance was wasted. Halewyn made another goal for Neerlandia the centre forward G. van jOrson, hooking his centre into the goal with a perfectly-timed shot. P. Nota opened Rangers’ score when he collected a well-placed free kick to net from close range. Two more goals by Nieuwenhoizen made the Rangers task seem impossible, but within a few minutes, it had reduced the gap to one goal. First R. Moore sent T. Ryan away on a long run in which he outpaced the defence to draw the goalkeeper and net, and shortly after, the ball found its way into the Neerlandia goal from a melee. Just on time. Rangers had a chance of drawing the game when it was awarded a penalty, but P. Cole kicked the ball straight to the goalkeeper. The tall Neerlandia goalkeeper, J Kerkhoff, handled well and his kicking, until he suffered an injury, had exceptional length. T. Tabak, at right full-back, held in check the strong Rangers winger, P. Nota. and he used the ball intelligently, combining well with his half-back R. Campfens. A. van der Lely, at centre-half, gave the opposing centre-forward few chances and used the ball well. Campfens was the more efficient of the two flank halves, and most of the Neerlandia attacks carrte from the right.

For Rangers, W. Duddy and 1 Pash were a strong pair of backs, and P. Cole and A. Macalpine both worked hard as flank halves. T. Ryan and D. Finney were the best of the forwards. The referee was Mr L. J. Tointon. SHAMROCK V. NOMADS In a close match at Riccarton Domain. Nomads beat Shamrock by two goals to one. With both teams affected by representative commitments there were only a few periods of bright play. Nomads started slowly, but gradually gained control in mid-field, the wing halves and inside forwards combining well in the second spell. Shamrock tried hard throughout, but with half the regular senior team absent, there was much loose play and wild passing. J. Morris made few mistakes in goal for Shamrock, but his clearing kicks lacked power and direction S Orman and L. Fleete defended well, but received little support from the other mid-field players. The Shamrock forwards had few opportunities. The centre forward. R Nicholls, and outside right. T Coughlan, made an occasional break. The left flank combination of J Price and B. Newsome saw little of the ball, but worried the Nomads defence when in possession.

In the early stages, the Nomad’s ghal-keeper. J. Joiner, was not impressive. but he improved as the game progressed. B. Prebble was prominent on defence. Nomads had the edge m mid-field, and there was some sound play by J. Schaffer. D Simmonds and A. Van Rooyen. The wingers. I. McCallum and G. Wright, l oth made some good breaks but their centring kicks were seldom effective

At half-time, there was no score. After eight minutes of the second spell Nomads opened the scoring. McCallum in-passed to Van Rooyen, who found the net with a powerful angled drive. Shamrock had a spell on attack, but with 15 minutes to go Nomads went further ahead when centre forward J. Cullen headed a neat goal Shortly before full-time Shamrock retaliated, Newsome scoring a good goal following, a goal-mouth mdee. Mr T. Dobson was referee. &

ATLANTIS V. WESTERN After trailing Atlantis with only 10 minutes to go, Western recovered in the closing stages to win by 5 goals to 4. Both teams were weakened by injuries and representative calls. This resulted in a lowering of the standard, but what was lacking in skill was compensated for by the keenness of the struggle. Play began with Western taking the ball down the field in dominating style, but the Atlantis defence survived. With a movement on the right flank the ball went to the head of D. Marshall, the Atlantis left winger, and his header from well out beat J. Donnelly, the Western goalkeeper. T. Glass, Western’s left w’inger, scored an opportunist goal to even the scores. Just before half-time J. White, Western’s centre-forward, forced his way through to score with a fast ground shot. D. Soder put Atlantis even again when he ran on to a cross from T. Stringfellow and beat J. Donnelly from close in. Atlantis again went into the lead when a mistake by R. Laby allowed D. Soder to score a good goal. Atlantis was on top at this stage, and with a little more steadiness could have gone further ahead. Western raised its game to stave off defeat, and K. Olley put it on even terms again, before J. Donnelly penalised for steps. J. McGrath scored from the ensuring indirect free kick to put Atlantis in the lead. Western was striving desperately with time running out, and K. Olley evened with eight minutes to go. With a draw appearing inevitable H. Glass sent in a harmless-looking shot and S. Weston, the Atlantis keeper, let the ball through Jiis hands into the net. For Atlantis the veteran half-back line of J. Hegerty, R. Fleming and G. McGrath, was excellent. They contained the Western inside forwards, with first-time clearances. D Marshall was the pick of the forwards who, with the exception of J. Szabo, formed a lively line. For Western, G. Whitehouse and R.. Laby were steady in the backs. The half-backs had a good match, especially G. Wooders, who played a strong attacking game. K. - Olley was the most enterprising of the Western forwards. The referee was Mr A. L. Gray. LOWER GRADES Second Division.—Celtic 4, University 2. Third Division.—Nomads 4. Technical 0.8. 3: Teachers’ College 3. Neerlandia 0: Rangers 5, Wigram 1: Western 2. City 0. Fourth Division.—Atlantis 4, Rangers 3: Thistle 3, Burnham 1. Junior Grade.—Celtic 3. H. 5.0.8. 0: Citv 3. Western V. Atlantis 6. Technical 0.8. 3; Bovs’ High 3. Thistle 1 Fourth Grade.—Shamrock 3, Christchurch West 1: Linwood H.S 5, Bovs’ High 0. Fifth Grade.—Nomads 5, H. 5.0.8. 2; City 8. Technical B 1; Technical A 2, Rangers 1: Shirley B.H.S. 3. Western A 1: Celtic 1, Boys’ High B 0; Boys’ High A 5. Western B 0: Shamrock B 4. Shamrock A 1. Sixth Grade.—Neerlandia 1, Western B 0; Shamrock 4, Technical College 1: Celtic 4. City 2. Seventh Grade.—Shamrock A 3, Nomads 0; Celtic 5. Western C 0; Western A 3 Western B 1; City 4, Rangers 1: Thistle 5, Shamrock B 0. Eighth Grade.—City 2, Technical 0.8. 0; Rangers 1, Western B 0; Nomads 2. Shamrock B 1; Western A 9, Western C 0; Shamrock A 5, Neerlandia 0. Ninth Grade.—Technical 0.8. 1, Shamrock B 0; Celtic A 4, Nomads B 0; Rangers 3, Nomads A 2: Western B 2, Celtic B 1; Western A 1, Shamrock A 0; City 3, Shamrock C i 1. > Tenth Grade.—Western A 5. Shamrock B 0; Technical A 1, Technical : B 0; Western B 2, Shamrock 0; I Rangers 1, City 1; Western D 0, Western C 0; Nomads 3. Technical C 0; Celtic A 3, Celtic B 0.