SOCCER Nomads, City Lead For Hurley Shield

Press, Volume C, Issue 29555, 3 July 1961, Page 6

SOCCER Nomads, City Lead For Hurley Shield

Nomads and City take a one-point lead in the local Hurley Shield soccer competition as a result of their wins over Old Boys and Rangers respectively on Saturday. Technical, now one point behind, has one more match to play. In the other match played on Saturday, Shamrock beat Wanderers. Western, playing a Chatham Cup match in Timaru, did not meet Technical. Next Saturday the top six teams, Nomads, City, Technical, Shamrock, Western and Rangers, will continue in the Hurley Shield competition. University, Neeriandia, Old Boys and Wanderers, with the promoted Western and City teams, will play in the Keys Cup competition.

Results were:— City 6, Rangers 0. Shamrock 7, Wanderers 1. Nomads 5, Old Boys <.

NOMADS v. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS Struggling hard to maintain superiority. Nomads barely managed to win, 5-4, against a keen and at times brilliant High School Old Boys’ team. With a three-nil lead at half-time, Nomads seemed assured of victory, but on the resumption. Old Boys quickly netted two goals. From then, Nomads had to work unceasingly to retain the one-goal margin. Nomads adapted themselves to the conditions in the first half. The forwards played as a unit and with the left-half, D. Stapley. and inside-right, P. Rennell, as ball distributors, they were able to camp in Old Boys’ territory. The first goal came after 25 minutes when A. van Rooyen and I. McCallum changed positions. The former squared to Rennell who angled back to van Rooyen who promptly centred for McCallum to score. Three minutes later, Rennell scored again. The third goal came when the wind curled O. Batchelor’s centring kick into the net. High School Old Boys were a different team in the second half. Whereas their passes seldom found , their men in the early period, they were now used to advantage by the forwards. The Nomads’ defence was tested to the full by the Old Boys’ assaults. The centre-forward, G. Hicks, in particular, played a successful roving game. Good support came from S. McNaught, P. Kay and F. Dennis and two goals were scored in quick succession, A feature of the Old Boys’ scoring was that each time, the defence was cleverly drawn. In the midst of the fine forward play of both teams, the defence, too. was well up to standard. D. Simmonds, J. Kissack and D. Stapley were prominent for Nomads

and the half-line of A. and I. McAlpine with R. Richardson and P, Dow impressed ; in the Old Boys' defence. Both R. Harris and D ' Chapman went well on a day 1 which, for them, alternated between freezing (from inactivity) and roasting (under pressure of determined and well-directed attacks). Nomads’ goals were scored by Rennell (2), McCallum, van Rooyen and Batchelor. Hicks (2), Kay and Coman scored for Old Boys. Mr I. Billcliff was the referee. SHAMROCK V. WANDERERS From the score of seven goals to one it appeared that Shamrock enjoyed a comfortable victory, but conditions were far from comfortable at Beckenham Park. In the conditions. Shamrock earned credit for playing a reasonable brand of football. Wanderers played for part of the first spell with only eight men and managed only 10 for the rest of the game. This, coupled with the slushy conditions kept tile game open and free from too much tackling and skirmishing. Shamrock was clearly superior in most departments but there were many occasions when Wanderers Were in scoring situations. Some ot the Shamrock defence had difficulty in manoeuvring on the surface and could have been in trouble if the depleted Wanderers forward line had not given them an overlap. No-one was more conspicuous on the field than J. Callaghan tn the Shamrock goal. From his immaculate appearance the game might have been played on the hardest of grounds. It was based, however, on sound technique and. Callaghan seems at his best when ground conditions call for extra concentration. The best of the Shamrock defence were P. Fletcher and P Barrett, whose quick, short steps enabled them to keep their footing and dribble clear. Further upfield. H. Taylor and J. Price saw plenty of the ball and instituted some good passing movements with the heavy ball. For Wanderers E. Brown showed good anticipation In goal and two stalwarts in J. Hegarty and P. Saunderson added noth quantity and quality when they arrived. J. Killiek (2). Taylor (2), J. van Broekhuysen. J. Rae. and Price scored for Shamrock. P Saunderson goaled for Wan<MrrL. Tolnton was the referee. CITY V. RANGERS Undeterred by the cold, driving rain and a muddy surface, Christchurch City gave the best display of wet-weather football seen at English Park for some time when it beat Rangers. 8-0. The greasy ball presented no problem to the City forwards who exploited the short-passing game to the full. They maintanied their superb mid-season form which was so noticeable when they accounted for hitherto unbeaten Technical last week. Both the wings. J. Adams and A. Joubert, represented a constant threat to the Rangers' defence, which was further baffled when the ball was pushed to the Inside trio of R. Bruce, B. Rumbold, and E. Bennett. Rumbold, at centreforward, was particularly impressive in his positional play, which was rewarded with three fine goals. Able support for the forwards came from the half-line, with D. Niven always prominent on attack. The occasional Rangers’ attacks were dealt with so successfully by City’s rearguard, reinforced by the centre-half, J. Le Poidevin, that City’s goal was rarely in danger. Rangers 1 contribution to a fast-moving game was their willingness to attack whenever toe opportunity presented itself. R. Pearson, at full-back, set toe example for his teammates. Not content with clearing, Pearson often took the ball Into toe attack himself. However. his efforts were wasted by the centre-forward, J. Samson, and his right flank of T. Hinchley and D. Lally, who had little Idea of what to do with the ball. In contrast, J. Hinchley and D. Anderson, on the leftflank. combined well and gave toe attack any thrust it had. The defence of the Rangers waa far from adequate. R. Coates, in goal, had a difficult day. but produced some wonderful saves to keep the score down. City’s goals were scored by Rumbold (3), Bruce. Adams, and Joubert. Mr J. Davidson was the referee. Lower Grades Second Division —New Brighton 5. Technical Old Boys 3. Third Division.—Thistle-BHB. 4. Woolston 1; Teachers’ College 8. Technical Old Boys 2; Rangers 3. City 1. Fourth Division.—Lincoln College 4, Wanderers 3; High School Old Boys beat Shamrock by default. Fifth Division-.—Shirley High School Old Boys 3. City 2; Wlgram beat University by default; Nomads 3, Boys’ High School 2. Fourth Grade—Shamrock B 7. Rangers 1; Western A beat Celtic B by default; Western B 2, Shirley Boys’ High School B 0; Notnads A 4. High School I Old Boys 0. Fifth Grade —High School Old Boys beat Western B by default. Sixth Grade.—Section I.— Western 4, Nomads 1; High School Old Boys 14. Wanderers 10: Shirley Boys’ High School .1, City 0. Section II: Technical i I College 1, Western B 0; Rang- : jers 1. Technical Old Boys 0; I ; Nomads B I. Shamrock 80. Seventh Grade.—Section I: Western A 3, City A 0; Sham-I i rock A 2, Technical A 0. Sec- : tton II: Nomads 3. Technical I B 0; Shamrock B 1, City B 1. I Bighto Grade.—Section It I Brighton 1, Neeriandia 1; Celtic 1, City 0; Nomads 2, Wanderers 0; Rangers A 1, Western AO. Section U: Western B 3. Rangers 0. Ninth Grade—Section I: Nomads 3. Western A 2; Shamrock A 5. Celtic A 0: Wanderers 2, Western Eighth Grade 0; City A 2, Technical A 0. Section II: Western B 0. Shamrock B 0: City B 3, Shamrock 2; Technical B 2, Technical C 0. Ten to Grade.—Section I: Wanderers 2. Rangers 1; Nomads 1. Western A 0: City 0, Technical A 0: Shamrock A 1. Celtic I. Section II: Technical C 4. Qty B 0? Weteera B «. Western C 11; Brighton 2, Technical B 0. Eleventh Grode—Wanderers I, Cetee 9; Technical Old Boys 2. SMinrodt 1; Western 3. Neertendto ft.

Hurley Shield points are:— 1 W L D Pts. Nomads .. * 7 2 —* 14 City S 7 2 14 Technical * 6 1 1 13 Shamrock ..9 6 3 12 Western S 3 —— 10 Hangers .. 9 4 * 1 9 University .. 3 « « Neerlandia .. 2 6 1 5 Old Boys .. 2 6 1 5 Wanderers .. — S 0