Soccer Nomads’ Win Best Of Holiday Games

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30106, 15 April 1963, Page 12

Soccer Nomads’ Win Best Of Holiday Games

Nomads, present leader of the Hurley Shield competition, outshone all other Easter performances from Christchurch senior soccer clubs by overwhelming the national club champion, Northern, of Dunedin, on Saturday.

Assisted by their former Canterbury and South Island representative, P. Rennell, who scored a hat-trick, Nomads accomplished a rare feat in tackling Northern on its own ground and soundly trouncing the Dunedin club, 7-1.

It was, however, at) equally happy Easter tor other Christchurch clubs in therr annual holiday games. Shamrock accounted for Stop Out (Wellington), 11-2. at Riccarton Domain on Saturday; Christchurch Technical 0.8. beet Dunedin Technical 0.8., 5-3, at English Park on Saturday; and Western defeated Seatoun (Wellington i. 4-0, at English Park yesterday. But Numads's victory was the outstanding result for Northern proved itself Last season the outstanding club team in New Zealand by winning the Rotliman’s tournament and being runner-up in f-1 Chatham Cup. Nomads took the lead through the centre-forward. R. Muirson. after six minutes, and then virtually made the game safe with three goals in as many minutes shortly before half-time. Muirson scored the first. P. McParland the second, and Rennell the third. Rennell notched his bat-trick by scoring the fifth and sixth goals, the former from tlie penalty spot, and after J. Little had belatedly replied for Northern. Rennefl ls:d on the perfect pass for Muirson to add his third goal, and Nomads' seventh. Doubtful First Goal After 20 minutes of uphill battling against what looked a stronger-balanced side. Oiristchurch Technical took eoinplete command against Dunedin Technical. There was an element of doubt concerning the city team's first goal in the twenty-sixth minute when W. Codyre opened the scoring from a 35-yard freekick with a linesman flagging for offside B. Porteous. the Dunedin centre-forward. equalised to make the score one each at half-time, but Christchurch raced away with two goals, through F. Madrussan and C. Chee, within three minutes of the restart. and never looked back.

A. Verham made it 6-1 a I quarter of an hour later, and C. Chee, play ing to only' his second game for the seniors, rounded off a fine match by I scoring Christchurch Tech incals fifth goal. Porteoue added a second for Dunedin and B. Davidson completed l'» scoring Harsh Penalty Award A«ainst a weakened Seetoun elt-ien. Western took the lead with a penalty after seven minutes. and tliereafter gained almost complete ascendamy over the Wellington chib. It was a hareh penalty deriemn (that enabled Western to gain I tl»e lead, for although the See - I toun centre-half. D. Young, had ' undoubtedly handled the ball. Ihe was on the extreme edge of the penalty area and there was little (lunger threatened to the , defending goal. T Haydon made ’no mistake with his kick. Seetoun’, substitute goalkeeper. M Price, was responsible for Western’s second and ’ third goals In the thirtieth minute he allowed a swerving shot from Haydon to slip out lof his hands, and then in the second half failed to hold on to a header from A. Bitoop The fourth and final goal, scored by Western’s right-half. J. Young, i was a different affair —a fullblooded shot that would have beaten many better goalkeepers. Other Results ! Christchurch Technical OR reserves 11. Dunedin 0.8. reserves A Shamrock third division wide 3. Stop Out under-20 0: Shamrock under-14 2. Stop Out under--13 3 Western reserves 1. Seatoun reserves 2