Old Boys Score Seven In Soccer Upset

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30794, 5 July 1965, Page 15

Old Boys Score Seven In Soccer Upset

Spectacular winners by 7-2 over Technical on Saturday, High School Old Boys climbed off the bottom rung in the first division soccer championship. While New Brighton was being overwhelmed, 10-1, by Christchurch City, the Old Boys brought off the biggest upset of the season.

Their victory gives Old Boys an excellent chance of avoiding relegation to the second division which two weeks ago looked inevitable. The Old Boys and Brighton have the same number of points, but Old Boys have the better goal average and have one more game than Brighton to play. City, reaching double figures for the third time this season, needs only one more point from three games to clinch the Hurley Shield competition. Results:— City 10, Brighton 1. Western 4, Shamrock 4. Rangers 0, Nomads 0. High School Old Boys T, Technical 2.

Kay’s Hat-Trick Playing with determination and purpose, High School Old Boys outplayed Technical, and apart from one stage when the score was even, they never looked like losing. Crisp welldirected passing by the Old Boys caused constant trouble to the Technical defence and brought three copybook goals. Two others were long-range shots which R, Storer failed to hold and another came from a penalty. The backing up and recoverry powers of the Old Boys played a big part in the team's victory. As well as scoring three goals P. Kay had a great game at inside-right, and with the other Old Boys’ mid-field players he controlled and directed the play, receiving excellent support from R. Thomas. Technical was handicapped by injuries early in the game to J. Chalmers and B. Chee, but it will remain a game the club will want to forget. As well as being a yard slower to the ball the Technical players lacked any drive. Even a switch of positions at half-time, when Technical was 1-3 down, failed to have any hasting effect. Technical was not without hope when W. Penman scored a fine goal to bring the score to 4-2 but the Old Boys, who had been coasting along, brought greater pressure to bear, and finished well on top. Kay (3), B. Sayers (2), N. McAlpine and I. McAlpine scored for Old Boys, and Penman and W. Codyre for Technical.

The Old City Those people who were preparing to play a funeral dirge over the dying body of Christchurch City found themselves sadly out of tune at English Park. Revealing the power and opportunism that had been missing in recent games, City slammed 10 goals past the Brighton keeper, I. Hunter. INlven, a former Canterbury centre-forward, D. Watson, to lead the attack Inspired the reemergence of the "old look” City. Watson was a potential danger to Brighton with or without the ball and he scored five great goats. But the introduction of D. Niven and A. Taylor into the attack were also important factors. Niven ,a former Canterbury representative, has languished in City’s reserves since G. Evans joined City. He came back to play inside-right on Saturday, scored twice and brought more hitting power into the forward line. A. Taylor was played at outside-left, partnering h!» brother, Robin, and with plenty of free room made three of City’s six second half goals.

Brighton, apart from isolated moments, was completely overrun. Yet it scored one of the best of the 11 goals the game produced, T. Con'ley keeping Immaculate control to beat Evans and screwing the ball past half a dozen feet. Brighton also Introduced new players, the most interesting being a 15-year-old left winger, T. Jackson. It was a great ordeal for such a youngster but he stuck to an unqual task extremely well. But this was not a match fertile young and inexperienced. This was a return to the power and confidence of the City of old, and although Brighton offered little in return and was almost contemptuously brushed aside, it was a sharp warning to Western for next week’s Chatham Cup final. City’s other goals were scored by R. Taylor, R. Bruce and A- Gowans, whose tenthminute goal was a little gem. Referee: Mr R. W. Cullen. Fighting Shamrock Shamrock gave striking proof of how it can fight for survival against the greatest odds when it scored three goals late in the second half to draw, 4-4, with Western in the main game at English Park. After the first three games this season Shamrock was pointless and had conceded 28 goals. Since then the team in green has gone from strength to strength, and its magnificent recovery on Saturday was yet another example of its club spirit.

For all but the last few minutes Shamrock had an uphill fight. Western took the lead after two minutes, was two up after 13, and when it went 4-1 ahead soon after the start of the second half Shamrock's fate seemed sealed. But W. Yates scored twice inside a minute to put Shamrock right back in the picture, and then J. Killick added the equaliser from a penalty with only a few minutes remaining. However, notwithstanding Shamrock’s gallant recovery, this was a terribly disappointing decline by Western. But the fault was of its own making. The forwards frittered away chances because they held the ball too long and only M. Clem-

ents seemed prepared to control and pass in the same movement. The rest always Insisted on taking the ball a yard or two more than was necessary and ran into trouble instead of by-passing it. In defence, too, Western panicked and wasted the ball with hefty, thoughtless clearances, and if the Shamrock forwards had been able to keep themselves under control and not join in the rush, they might have saved themselves the anxieties of having to battle for a draw in the second half. Clements scored a fine hattrick for Western and played his best game of the season. C. Martin added the fourth. Yates <2) and D. Glubb scored for Shamrock.

Referee: Mr H. G. Royce. Goal-less Draw

A hard, fast and entertaining match at McFarlane Park ended with Rangers and Nomads sharing the points in a goal-less draw. Nomads in the first half, then Rangers in the second had dominating passages of play when either might have scored and snatched victory. But the final result was a fair reflection of all that had gone before. Time and again each goal was under severe threat and both 'keepers, H. Westernberg, for Nomads, and K. Flintham produced brilliant saves. The last five minutes was a good summing up of the rest of the game. The ball went from end to end, B. Rumbold diving into the net in a desperate effort to score for Rangers, and R. Mulrson shooting into Flintham’s hands when Nomads returned the attack.

Rangers had a newcomer at inside-left, A. Bolton, who has played for the English League club, Hull City. Although still not completely fit, he had a good game and one of his powerful drives missed the goal by a foot, and broke one of the wooden stays supporting the net. T. Bottomley (centre-half) and P. Cole, playing at left-half in place of the injured club captain, A. Inglis, were the pick of the Rangers defenders, while K. OUey, Rumbold, and Bolton starred in attack. For Nomads, D. Ennis and Mulrson worked hard throughout.

Referee: Mr I. Billcliff.

p W Goals D L F A Pts City 11 10 1 0 54 9 21 West, 11 7 1 3 35 20 15 Tech. 12 5 4 3 32 27 14 Sham. . 12 4 3 5 23 46 11 Nomads 11 3 3 5 19 21 9 Rangers 12 3 4 5 12 24 9 H.S.O.B. 11 3 0 8 24 28 6 Bright. 12 2 2 8 13 37 6