SOCCER Cup Semi-Finals To Nomads, Western

Press, Volume C, Issue 29537, 12 June 1961, Page 10

SOCCER Cup Semi-Finals To Nomads, Western

Nomads and Western, last year’s winners of the English Cup and flurlev Shield respectively, will play off on June 24 in the local final of the Chatham Cup competition. They earned this right by beating Shamrock and City respectively in Saturday’s semi-finals. For the most part these matches were not impressive but the winners were definitely the better teams.

Technical went further ahead in the Hurley Shield competition with a win over High School Old Boys. In the only other match played on Saturday, University beat Neerlandia-United, a minor upset.

Results are:— CHATHAM CLP Western 4, City 1. Nomads 5, Shamrock 2. HURLEY SHIELD University 4, Neerlandia 3. Technical 10, Old Boys 0. Hurley shield points are:—

NOMADS v. SHAMROCK Shamrock's great run of the last few weeks was brought to an abrupt halt by the competent Nomads side on Saturday. In a match which began very well but faded badly in the second spell. Nomads never looked in real danger of defeat. Two goals up after three minutes, Nomads had to concede two to equalise shortly after that, but from that point the Shamrock forwards were never a danger. The Nomads defence did not look brilliant, but it was quite able to contain the occasional disjointed attacks of the Shamrock forward line. J. Kissack and D. Simmonds took every opportunity of indulging their liking for kicking the ball out of play. D. Stapley had a good match, and I. Toth, on the other side of the half-back line, was also adequate. P. McParland proved a very busy left wing, and his movements into the goalmouth were usually rewarded. P. Rennell scored two goals himself and made olenty of opportunities for his fellows. I. McCallum did not see as much of the game as usual, but A. van Rooyen, in the centre, moved well. J. Callaghan had a miser-

able match in goal for Shamrock. The first Nomads goal came after an error by a defender. but Callaghan also missed at least two shots which he should have saved. H. Verdellan did not have a happy return to the game, but P. Flynn was as energetic as usual. Whether booting the ball from the toe of an attacker. or roving around the Nomads goal as an auxiliary centre-forward. Flynn gave his side good service. B. O'Brien lapsed from the! fine form which he had shown in the previous two! rounds, and P. Barrett and H. Taylor, if adequate, were not as good as usual. J. Killick shot one fine goal with , a long curving ball, but apart ; from that the Shamrock for- . wards did nothing of note. The Nomads goals were . scored by McParland (two), [ Rennell (two), and van Roo- , yen. Killick and Rea scored I for Shamrock. ; Mr G.' H. Royce was the referee. 1 WESTERN v. CITY ! n»r., ne "/S, ol< , Western sWe bad > difficulty An beating • Christchurch City by 4 goals S’ ?■ , in „ the ear b match at I Chy's passing among the forwards, which has been oad all season, showed no ■ improvement, and any promisf Ing attacks by that team soon . died a natural death. Western's new forward line took a lithe time to settle down, and did ■ not achieve any great wonders. - However, it is fair to say that , it performed as least as well as did its predecessor. > Smith dealt competently with the few shots which ) reached him in the Western goal. M. Shardlow and I. Laby ( did not Impress as full-backs, and only R. Durant of the halfback line showed good form. Durant’s distribution gave his • forwards enough chances to > ensure a win. On the other , side of tlte half-back line W. ; Rodger could not find a man , with his passes. I W. McKenna, playing a long- > overdue first match in the top _ grade, gave a good display. His control was impressive and, if he was a little slow at times, ■ this was a good start in a position foreign to him. K. Olley was his usual dynamic self, and P. Frost, in the centre, also showed he could settle down well into that position. A. Westwood was the better of the City full-backs, as T. Clackson was having some trouble in containing McKenna, J. Le Poidevta generally held control in the centre, and the fact that Frost beat him occasionally was more to the Western man's credit than to Le Poidevin’s detriment. There are few forwards in the local competition who control the ball as well as does E. Bennett, and there are even fewer w<ho pass the ball as poorly as Bennett does. He made many chances for his team, and just as quickly he frittered them away with poor passing. B. Sayers had another poor match: he wandered around the field with no apparent aim. Goals for Western were scored by Frost. Olley. Durant and S. Furlonger. A. Joubert scored for City. Mr J. Davidson was the referee. UNIVERSITY v. NEERLANDIA University had a surprise win 1 over Neerlandia by 4 goals to 1 3 at Wycola Park. Down 3-1 at ' half-time Neerlandia had ! nearly all the play in the second spell, but just failed to narrow the gap sufficiently. Neerlandia played throughout 1 the second spell with 10 men. ’ and this was probably decisive. I The centre-forward. N. Robin- I son. was sent from the field by ' his captain. H. Scholten, after 1 a dispute over positional < changes. Scholten took over < the centre-forward berth, but had little success. University gave a curious display. Immaculate in a new set of numbered jerseys, the < team played controlled soccer for the first 20 minutes. In that time three copybook goals were scored and the University forwards had the Neerlandia defence completely bewildered. From then on, however, Neerlandia were quicker to the ball in midfield and University was , defending desperately for most | of the second half. B. Fergus was outstanding for . University at centre-forward He scored all four goals with a variety of shots and generally 1 showed the form which made , him a junior Otago represents- 1 tive. He was ably supported , especially in the first spell by ( D. Charme and Seevaratnam on , the left flank. Charme has impressive ball control although < he was lost when his team was j on defence. , In the defence A. Ross, at left j back, was assured and his con- , sistent kicking got his team out of many difficult situations. ; Several of the rest of the team ( were less in touch than usual, i Neerlandia missed many . opportunities to goal In the sec- i ond half, lacking a reliable shot, i N. Keeman. at inside left, was I always in the play, picking up the ball in midfield and set- ! ting up attacks, but both Schol- i ten and H. Hoevers gave disap- : pointing displays. J. Ferine', impressed on the right wing 1 with consistently good comer I kicking. Fergus (4) scored for Uni- I versitv and Robinson. Keeman i and Feringa (penalty) for Neer- ' landia. I Mr A. Coulson was the ! referee. I TECHNICAL v. OLD BOYS At Ensors road Technical Old , Boys overwhelmed High School I Old Bovs to win very comfort- : ably by 10 goals to 0. The , skippers of both teams agreed : before the kick-off to play the game in the stvle shown bv the Footha>l Association team . at English Park, namely avoid- ■ ing heavy body tackles. This ( was a decided advantage to the more experienced Technical players, who could get the b»ll . under control at a faster clip than the opposition. Bv keep- ■ Ing possession the Technical for- ■ wards had a feast of the ball, i Old Bovs will have to sharpen up their control and passing if this style is to be adopted 1 At times they had their oonor- i (unities to score but failed lamentably in front of goal. I For Old Boys, D. Chapman In foal, had a trvine time and bls grand efforts keot the score to 10. In no way eouid he be blamed for the double-figure scored against him. He has had a bad time in the last three games, conceding 27 goals

playing against teams that overshadowed his team-mates in front of him. Tile full-backs. Masters and I. McAlpine, were simply outclassed and only R. Richardson, at centre-haif. gave his goalkeeper any assistance whatsoever. Their forwards at no time looked dangerous and only P. Dow and P. Kay showed any enterprise. For Technical, K. Flintham was never troubled. The fullbacks, D. Waugh gnd I. Graham, showed they could be beaten, but the Otd Boys' attack failed to capitalise. The half line led by R. van Dalsum gave their forwards a featst of the ball and kept them constantly on attack; With E. Charlton in devastating form, they cut through the defence at will. The interchanging of positions between all the forwards had H. 5.0.8. running in circles, and one of the features of their play was their crisp and accurate ground passing, with W. Logan and J. Campbell giving the thrust on the wings and W. Shannon and A. Verham judiciously spreading the ball. The centre-forward, Charlton, had plenty of room, and he made the best of it by scoring eight of his team’s goals. Charlton (S) and Shannon (2) scored for Technical. Mr I. Billcliff was the referee.

P. w. L. D. Pts. Technical 7 8 1 1 13 Nomads 7 5 2 — 10 City 6 5 1 10 Western 7 4 3 «• 8 Rangers 6 3 2 1 7 University ., 7 3 4 • 6 Shamrock .. 6 3 3 «• 6 Old Boys 8 2 5 1 5 Neerlandia .. 7 1 5 1 3 Wanderers .. 7 - 7 • 0