Soccer Western, Brighton Have Cup Wins

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30213, 19 August 1963, Page 9

Soccer Western, Brighton Have Cup Wins

Western, the O’Briens tournament winner, and New Brighton came through their first round matches in the English Cup on Saturday and qualified for next week’s semifinals.

Western scored once in each half to beat Christchurch City, while New Brighton and Shamrock went to extra time before the seasiders triumphed by three goals and three corners to three goals and one corner.

Nomads and Technical, who had byes, will join in the semi-finals. the draw for which is: Western v. Technical; New Brighton v. Nomads, both games at English Park. University, winner of the first division championship, suffered a 3-2 defeat in the semi-finals of the division knock-out competition. Results were;— HURLEY SHIELD Nomads 1, Tech. 0.8. 1. ENGLISH CUP Western 2. City 0. New Brighton 3 (3 corners). Shamrock 3 (1 corner). FIRST DIVISION CUP Rangers 3, University 2. Riccarton 2, Waterside 1. FIRST DIVISION Hornby 3, Wigram I, WESTERN V. CITY The Western left-back, I. Laby, produced the one movement in this televised match that should be remembered. In the midst of a welter of miskicks, bad passes and weak ball control, the stockily-built Laby scored Westerns second goal after a 55-yard run and a 35yarc shot. Laby intercepted an intended to the City right-wing. H Nelson sprinted down the touch-line, resisted a tackle by A. Westwood, moved inside, and then fired a fierce shot against the far post and into the net. It was a goal from out of the blue—and nothing that had gone before or that came afterv ards approached its coolness or efficiency Western’s first goal was a chapter of mistakes. The referee. Mr J Sheffield, was hasty tn awarding a corner when he was ir no position to judge and against the adviee of his linesman the kick was weakly

returned tv the left-wing. T Glass, and hi* second a.tempt, a hard cross shot, was badly mt-ffed by the City goal-keeper. G. Richards, who tried to punch the ball clear and misled. instead of taking it with his hands. The game spluttered along In a aeries of broken movements, cut short by the forwards' failure to find a man with a pass. It became a frustrating and. at times, painful game of hit* and misses. Only the two sets of defenders rose above the waste, and it was fitting that Laby. a full-back, should finally show the forwards how it could be done. The pity was that he did not do it earlier N. BRIGHTON V. SHAMROCK In forcing Shamrock to concede three comers during extra time, while giving away only one. New Brighton gained a narrow but well-deserved win. Tncre was little excitement dunig the first half, with both sides scoring as a result of e-ch other’s errors. Shamrock gained a 2-1 lead early in the second spell, and dominated p.ay for a long period. Taeii, with 20 minutes to play, New Bn., ton's young outside left, G. bp.ars, rejuvenated the game with an excellent goal. New Brighton then staged a concerted attack. First, insideleft D. Shuck seemed certain to score, but shot wide with the goal at his mercy. Minutes later the centre-forward, I. Hunter, broke through, but Shamrock's goalkeeper, K. Flintham, saved magnificently. With time running out. New Brighton gained the goal that seemed certain to decide the match when the full-back, R Smith, made no mistake from the penalty shot. Seconds before the final whistle Shamrock a,so were awarded a penally, and J. Killlck siammed the ball home to make the score 3-3 at full time. There were few scoring chances during the extra time periods. but New Brighton gained the vital territorial advantage narrowly. The Shamrock forward line played prettily at times, but could not m.tch the enthusiasm or energy of the New Brighton attackers. Forwards who impressed most were D Sansbury for Shamrock and J Kemp for New Brighton. The consistent R Foley was the bgst wing-half on either side. A. right full-back for New Brighton, A. Germany played well against more experienced opponents. and Smith was in terrific form at left-back. The outstanding defensive player for Shamrock was the rightback. L. Tullet. Scorers for New Brighton were the Shamrock full-back, J. Toal. G. Spiers, and R. Smith J. Killick scored all three for Shamrock Mr J. Sheffield was referee