TECHNICAL WINS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28661, 11 August 1958, Page 14

TECHNICAL WINS

Lead For Hurley Shield By beating Nomads on Saturday, Technical Old Boys retained its position at the head of the points table in the Hurley Shield senior soccer competition Western won against Neerlandia, as expected, and is only a point behind Technical. The early game at, English Pafk resulted in a win for Rangers over Shamrock. Results:— Technical Old Boys 4, Nomads 3. Western 5, Neerlandia 2. Rangers 5. Shamrock 3. Points in »ne Hurley Shield competition, with the games played shown in parenthesis, are:—Technical Old Boys 21 (12). Western 20 (12), Nomads 14 (11). Rangers 12 (12). Shamrock 11 (12), Christchurch City 8 (11). Neerlandia 6 (12). Atlantis 2 (12). TECHNICAL OLD BOYS V. NOMADS Technical Old Boys played fast, open football to win narrowly from Nomads at English Park. The dry ground and an almost complete absence of wind and sun made conditions perfect. Right to the last the game was played at a good pace, with rapid switching from end to end. Both teams produced some good combined football which more than compensated for periods of kicking which was too hard and poorly directed. Nomads settled down from the first whistle, and the Technical defence was hard-worked to keep the fastmoving Nomads forwards out. Against the run of Play. Technical scored first A low cross from tvl. Jones surprisingly ran through to the goal-mouth, where E. Fields firsttimed the ball into the net.

With the spell half gone. Nomads moved downfield for D. Innes to send the ball across the goalmouth. J. McCallum returned it to the centre for A. van Rooyen to net. Nomads continued to have the advantage, but. tne Technical goalkeeper stopped some fierce shots. Within the first few minutes of the resumption of play in the same spell, E Fields and A. McAnulty scored for Technical, and it was 20 minutes before Nomads scored again, when McCallum netted. Another perfectly timed shot by Fields increased Technical’s lead again and although Nomads scored again from a goal-mouth melee after a corner. Technical finished strongly. H. Bbtterman, the Technical goalkeeper, saved some difficult shots, and his well-directed throws to his team-mates initiated many attacks. C. Spinks and W. Charlton, the two full-backs, contrasted in styles, but both were difficult to beat. Spinks was particularly good in the and Charlton impressed with the neatness of his play. V. Smith was dominant in the air as centre-half, and was seldom beaten down the centre. D. Charlton and I. Drewitt were flank halves, Drewitt having a particularly pood second half. The Technical forward line worked .well. W. Shannon and A. McAnulty, the inside forwards acted as an efficient link with the halves. E. Fields made tne most of his opportunities as centre-forward, and his two goals were neatly executed. Both M. Jones and A. Gardenbroek took their full part in the game on the two wings, with Jones looking the better on the day.’

Nomad? also had an efficient goalkeeper, (J. Jovner playing a sound game and kicking a long ball. The full-backs, B, Shaw and B. Prebble, combined well with I Graham to offer a strong defence, but they all made the mistake of holding the ball too long before attempting to clear, with the result that they sometimes lost the ball to their opponents.

J. Schaffer played his usual energetic game as right-half, but D. Simmonds on the other flank had an off day. T Toth was always working as centre-forward, and A. van Rooyen was the better of the inside forwards. I. McCallum showed improved control of the ball in centres and corner-kicks.

The referee was Mr L. J. Tointon. RANGERS v. SHAMROCK Combining more effectively in the forwards and showing better penetration, Rangbrs had a well-deserved win over Shamrock in the early game at English Park. Shamrock scored two early goals, but Rangers had evened by half-time. Two more goals early in the second half put Rangers in a strong position, and the tempo of the gale slowed down, the players obviously affected by the unusually warm afternoon. . In the final stages. Shamrock scored its third goal. Rangers retaliated with another which made the final score 5-3. Rangers’ win was partly attributable to the excellent goal-keeping of W. Adam. Tall and competent, Adam did not look worried. E. Clark, as right full-back, marked B. Newsome, the fast Shamrock wing, quite successfully, and W. Duddy, the other backs, made J. Killick, the other Shamrock wing, look very slow indeed. J. Adam and I. Pash played good games in the half line, although Adam was not as steady as usual. Credit for the success of the Rangers forwards goes to the two inside men, J. Hinchley and T. Ryan. Both worked hard and used the ball well, and they were always well up with play when their team attacked. Hinchley scored two goals himself and made one for Ryan. R. Moore was always a threat down the middle and his fast bursts nearly brought him success on several occasions. Lacking in size and experience, W. Morris had a difficult day in goal for Shamrock, especially as the defence ahead of him was anything but sound. N. Morisini and P. Fletcher were the best of the backs. In the forwards, B. Newsome and J. Price combined well and with more help from the rest of the line, some of their efforts could have been successful. Scorers for Rangers were J. Hinchley (2), T. Ryan, R. Moore and P. Nota, and for Shamrock N. Donnelly and P. Taylor* (2). The referee was Mr T. F. Mathie. ‘ WESTERN WINS In a rather scrappy game at Elmwood Park, Western beat Neerlandia comfortably by 5 goals to 2. Poor finishing was a marked tea-

lure of this match. Western being the chief culprits, thus marring its methodical approach play. Play opened with Western attacking, and it scored when H. Glass drove home a cross by A. Trottef. Neerlandia was soon on level terms, K. van Orsouw scoring from a penalty. Faulty covering by the Neerlandia defence allowed H. Glass a free passage to goal, and he made no mistake. Western went further ahead when H. Glass rammed home a free kick by G. Wooders to secure a well-earned hat trick. After the Neerlania goalkeeper had brilliantly saved a penalty by C. Whitehead, T. Feringa scored for Neerlandia from a free kick well taken by M. Campens. Western took control in the second •spell, but wasted many chances. I. Brownlie and A. Trotter added further goals, and the end came with Western attacking. Western was well served by J. Donnelly in goal. R. Labey. who came in as substitute for the injured J. Longmuir, had a good match. W. Bithell was not impressive at centre-half and W. Rodgers was the best of the halves. C. Whitehead covered a lot of ground’ in the unaccustomed inside forward position, and on the whole acquitted himself well. H. Glass, at outsideleft. was the most formidable forward. A. Trotter justified his inclusion with a good performance at outside right. Neerlandia did not impress as a team. There was lack of co-ordina-tion between attack and defence. The defence gave poor support through inability to get a fair share of the ball. The defence players must go in for the ball instead of waiting for it. H. Hoe vers gave a competent display in goal, and A. van Leley gave him good support. The forwards did not impress as a line, but M. Camfens tried hard to get the others to combine. The referee was Mr J. Sheffield.