SOCCER Canterbury Overrun In English Trophy Game

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30147, 3 June 1963, Page 14

SOCCER Canterbury Overrun In English Trophy Game

"The Press" Special Service

AUCKLAND, June 2.

The winning margin of 9-2, by which Auckland defeated Canterbury in an English Trophy soccer match at Blandford Park on Saturday, might well have been much larger, so powerful were the Auckland forwards and so weak the Canterbury defence.

But it was not until early in the second half, when Canterbury took the lead, 2-1, with a penalty, that the Auckland forwards awoke from the peaceful slumber they had enjoyed in the first half.

They quickly regained the lead, weathered a brief Canterbury rally when the .Auckland goalkeeper, M. G. Clarke, was given the busiest moments of the match, and then swamped Canterbury as its defence fell apart at the seams.

Goals flowed between the Canterbury posts after 17, 28, 35, 36, 40 and 41 minutes of the second half. For Auckland, R. J. Cochran (3), D. H. Buller (2), A. Curteis, P. J. Oden, K. (Armstrong, and R. B. Ormond scored goals. For Canterbury, the centreforward, J. Price, beat the Auckland centre-half, J. 'Kemp, to score shortly before half-time, and the captain, G. Donaldson goaled from a penalty which was awarded when the Auckland full-back, B.

Wallace, saved desperately with his hands with Clarke well beaten. Chapman In Form The refusal of the Auckland forwards to attack the goal in the first half did not auger

well for the match with Karlsruher tomorrow. Rather, the Aucklanders tried simply to beat the Canterbury player who was imminent, with the result that the goal itself was rarely attacked, and when it was, the Canterbury 'keeper, D. Chapman, made several fine saves. Canterbury, on the other hand, had in Price and D. Anderson, the left-wing, players who were prepared to attack at every opportunity, and Price’s goal, which made the score one each at half-time, was thoroughly deserved.

There was no mistaking, however, the failure of Canterbury to contain Auckland in the last half-hour. Donaldson did his best to encourage his men with some dashing defence, but in the later stages the weary (and byAuckland standards, unfit) full-backs and half-backs made only token efforts to stop the dashing and still extremely lively Auckland forwards.

Limited Support

The climax was reached when Chapman, who did his best in goal with limited support, stopped his approach for a goal kick and called to Donaldson that he could not

see a single Canterbury man: they all had Auckland players standing in front of them. Of the Auckland team. Armstrong was always prepared to have a go tor goal. Cochran, at inside-left, scored two goals from the horizontal position—one with his sprigs and the other with his head. The crowd was 2500. Canterbury: D. Chapman; A. Westwood, A. Ross: G. Donaldson, D. Simmonds, K. Hendy; R. Bruce, D. Salisbury, J. Price. D. Torklnigton. D. Anderson. Auckland: M. Clarke; W Ward, B Wallace; K. Armstrong, J. Kemp, T. Sudlow; J. Sheppard, D Buller. R. Ormond, R. Cochran. P. Oden. (A. Curteis substituted for Sudlow.)

The referee was Mr J. Houlton (Waikato).