SOCCER TECHNICAL BEATEN BY NOMADS

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29799, 16 April 1962, Page 9

SOCCER TECHNICAL BEATEN BY NOMADS

Nomads continued their impressive form with a 3-0 win over Technical when the premier division soccer matches were continued on Saturday. At no stage did Technical impress as a team which could repeat its Hurley Shield success of last season. Other premier division sides to win were Shamrock and Western, both for the second time. In the first division Neerlandia and High School Old Boys won, and University and New Brighton played a drawn match in the curtain-raiser at English Park.

Results were: PREMIER DIVISION Nomads 3, Technical 0 Shamrock 2, Rangers 0 Western 6, City 1 FIRST DIVISION University 3, New Brighton 3 High School Old Boys 10, Wanderers 0 Neerlandia , Thistle Points are:—

NOMADS V. TECHNICAL Nomads made no race of their match against the 1961 champion side. Technical, and the final margin of three goals was if anything a little flattering to the losing side. Throughout the match Nomads played with a precision and team-work which, at this stage of the season at least, places them in a position of their own in local football. The teams were:— Nomads: D. Chapman; J. Kissack, M. Rennell; D. Stapley, D. Simmonds, H. Glass; I. McCallum, P. Rennell, A. van Rooyen, C. Davidson, P. McParland. Technical: K. Flintham; I. Graham, T. Lynch; B. Chee, D. Waugh. W. Shannon; M. Jones. A. Verham, G. Massey, A. Chee. R. Higham. . x . Nomads gained the initiative from the start with the clever variation of their play. While they were definitely stronger on the right-hand side of the field, and many of their attacks were on that wing, both wing-halves and inside-forwards did not hesitate to move freely in an attempt to catch the opposition out of position. In conrast. Technical played a game of little initiative, and very few of its players could have been satisfied with their form on the day. Too many attacks were driven down the centre of the field, where they found the hard head of Simmonds to be an impassable obstacle. Chapman in his first match in the Nomads colours did not put a foot wrong. On the righthand side of the field Stapley and P. Rennell were in excellent form. Stapley was the best player in mid-field, and his control and passing were beyond reproach. As flways. Rennell hunted for the ball and set up some lovely chances for van Rooyen. Glass as a wing half did not impress, but later in the match, after suffering a leg injury, he moved on to the left wing where he was more than adequate. Davidson was of little assistance and needs to concentrate more upon his positional play. In goal for Technical. Flintham was his side's best player. He received little support from his full-backs, and Graham in particular will wish to forget this match. Waugh blocked van Rooven well for a large part of the match, but he was not able to put the ball away to advantage. The Technical forwards, completely rearranged from the previous week, were again ineffectual. Nomads’ three goals were all scored by van Rooyen. Mr C. Anderson was the referee. SHAMROCK T. RANGERS

Aided by a strong wind and uninspired play of its opponents. Shamrock won its second match in succession against Rangers. 2-0. when these teams met at Rlecarton Domain. Scoring both goals in the first half. Shamrock allowed the normally disadvantageous wind to baffle the Rangers’ attack in the second. By keeping the ball low. Shamrock was even able to mount attacks in the latter stages of the game. The teams were:— I Shamrock.—J. Callaghan: L. Tullett. H. Verdellan; P. Barrett. P. Flynn, H. Taylor; J.

Killick, W. Yates. H. Scholten, J. Price, J. Rea. Rangers.—E. Brown; M. Shardlow, A. Inglis; P. Cole, J. Adam, J. Wilkie; J. Samson, K. Olley, N. Robinson, D. Anderson, J. Hinchley. With both teams swinging the ball from wing to wing and from one end of the field to another, the game promised to be one of the most attractive seen at the Domain. However, after the initial thrusts at the Shamrock goal, Rangers lapsed once again into the long periods of kick-and-run play which seem to characterise the team. The rare interludes of intelligent football came only when the ball was won and gathered by the former Western player K. Olley. However, even a player of his calibre does not constitute a team without the support of others playing football to a plan rather than as a haphazard recreation. Far too often, the remaining forwards were either indecisive in their distribution of the ball or hopelessly out of position. On defence, the Rangers’ full backs, Shardlow and Inglis, did everything asked of them, while Brown in goal made the mistake of not cleanly gathering in a powerful drive from Killick for Price to score from the deflected ball. The second goal scored did not detract from the otherwise adequate performance of the Rangers’ ’keeper. While their opponents were floundering in their own inadequacies, the Shamrock forwards led by Scholten confirmed the fine showing of the previous week. Yates and Price in the inside positions were continually hunting for and obtaining the ball which became a sources of acute discomfort to the Rangers’ defenders. Only in the eariy part of the second half when the wind rose and players generally were slowly becoming accustomed to the new conditions did the endeavours of the Shamrock forward line cease temporarily. But even then, the wingers, Killick and Rea who were responsible for the movements which resulted in the goals work tigerishly helping the much improved ri ht-half, Barrett, and Taylor turn the ball towards their own vanguard. Flynn, again playing in the centre-half position, showed his energy to advantage in defence but it was the young right back, Tullett. who impressed with his complete overshadowing of Rangers’ left-wing, Hinchley. Not once was the winger allowed to make more than two or three yards ground before Tullett had wrested the ball from him or forced him to ineffectively kick the ball to nonexistent support. Verdellan as well as Callaghan was unobtrusive In his work but did it extremely satisfactorily. Scholten and Price scored for Shamrock. , Mr G. H. Royce was the referee. WESTERN v. CITY A busy, brisk and bustling young Western side, playing with rare confidence for such a comparatively untried team, outclassed Christchurch City to win by 6-1 at Elmwood Park. It was a fine match, full of purpose and good football and goals. It lacked only two teams more evenly matched, but while Western was a yard faster, thought a second or two quicker, and made the ban no the work a little more efficiently, City never once gave up trying. Nor did the side lack its own outstanding players. Teams were:— City.—G. Richards.; A. Westwood. T. Ward; B. Rtunbold, D. Niven, B. Sayers; D. Watson, S. McNaught, R. Bruce. E. Bennett, G. Wilson. Western.—D. Smith: W. McKenna. I. Laby; J. Young. K. Clarke. P. Frost; C. Whitehead. T. Haydon. M. Clements. D. Torkington, B. Newsome. A. Bishop took the place of Whitehead when Whitehead was injured in the first half. Western had all the ingredients of a highly successful eleven. Frost, who led the side from left-half with an assurance and authority that no-one tn the City team could match, was the key man in the first 15 minutes. Western’s overwhelming superiority lay in its clever, resourceful inside-forwards Haydon and Torkington (the former was the better craftsman!, a bustling, sure-footed centre-

forward Clemente, and the convincing tackling and passing of Young. These four, and Frost, who calmly directed the operations, stood head and shoulders out from the rest, with the exception of Westwood, of the City. He worked desperately hard, and his red head bobbed up wherever the battle was thickest. His was an intelligent performance, more so because it was always against the tide of play. AU six Western goals were little masterpieces. The first, in the twenty-fifth minute, was a goal from the moment dements pulled back his right foot. The second, scored by Bishop the second time he kicked the ball after replacing Whitehead, who badly sprained an ankle, rebounded with force off a post into the side netting on the opposite side of the goal. The third, a minute later, was possibly the pick of the bunch. Torkington chose his spot in the corner and hit the baH past Richards with effortless ease. Three goals in the first half, and three more for Western followed in the second. Clements added the next after Richards could do no more than push out a powerful shot from Bishop; Haydon hammered In the fifth from a spectacular free-kick just outside the penalty area: and Clements, with a finale fitting to all that had gone before, swung his right foot at a low centre, and the ball was bursting at the back strings of the net in the flicker of an eyelid. Sandwiched between Western's fourth and fifth goals was the solitary success of City—but of the seven it might be remembered the longest. Wilson went up beautifully to head in a centre by Westwood, but it looked as though he had been given off-side. Western took a quick free-kick, and the ball was bearing down on the City goal when the referee stopped play and awarded City a goal. It would have been rank injustice, even though it could not have affected the result, had the goal been disallowed, tor apart from a Western player being stationed on the goaltine, City had deserved that one tangible result of much hard work.

For Western goals were scored by Clemente (3). Bishop. Torkington and Haydon. Wilson scored for City. Mr J. Sheffield was the referee.

hurley SHIELD p w T 4 D Pts Nomads 2 2 •— 4 Shamrock .. 2 2 —— 4 Western 2 2 -— 4 Rangers 2 2 Technical .. 2 — 2 0 City 2 — 2 — 0 KEYS CUP Neerlandia .. 2 2 —— 4 University .. N. Brighton 2 2 1 1 — 1 1 3 3 Old Boys .. 2 1 1 2 Thistle 2 —• 2 — 0 Wanderers .. ( 2 •— 2 — 0