Brighton v. United Next?

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32323, 15 June 1970, Page 13

Brighton v. United Next?

Christchurch United versus New Brighton in the third round of the Gillette Chatham Cup—that is the local “Derby” clash made a possibility by Brighton’s 4-0 victory over Timaru City at English Park on Saturday.

United now joins, Brighton, Caversham (3-2 winner over Invercargill Thistle on Saturday) and a Wellington national league club in the southern group for the third round of the cup competition, on July 4. The southern group (also the central, mid-North Island) and northern sections) will be) drawn by the New Zealand; Football Association, thus causing the possibility that Brighton, whose target is to enter the national league play-off series at the end of this season, and United could come "out of the hat” together. Foregone Conclusion Although Brighton, at times, made hard work of beating its second division opponent, there was never any)

jidoubt about how the match .‘would finish. Timaru had some bright at ‘ tacking phases in the early • stages and had one more I chance of getting back into the match, six minutes after ‘ the interval, when B. Ham- ’ mond crossed a ball on to the J top of the bar. - Outside of these, it was; Brighton all the way. and the only surprise was that the sea-: siders made so little use of the! wide open spaces on the wings.: where the Timaru defence was' most suspect. 1 In the middle, W. Taylor) played a strong game, andj although Brighton, in the final! stages, twice scored through) this avenue of attack. Timaru I was strongest on defence where; Taylor held command. Undermined Confidence The outstanding player was; G. Storer, whose use of the ball to bring his colleagues into play lifted Brighton’s play several notches above anything Timaru could produce. It was Storer’s superb through ball that put K. Doornenbal in for the first goal after only two minutes, and probably seriously undermined Timaru’s confi- [ dence. | Certainly. Brighton was fortunate to go 2-0 ahead when P Dixon put through his own goal. The match got into a) stalemate for a long time, and; it took the neatest of back-) i heels by W. Quirke to break !the monotony and end Timaru’s’ fading hopes. Yet. there was still one more; amusing incident to follow, i Quirke .lost his right boot I cracking one shot at goal: the; ball was blocked bv the Timaru ■ goal-keeper, N. Wiseman, rebounded to Quirke, who then) slammed it into the net with I his stockinged foot. Hammond, the former Rangers and Canterbury forward, was the most dangerous of the Timaru attackers, but it was more of a striker, than a provider, that he won his reputation in Christchurch: too often, on Saturday, he looked lost without adequate support. Results of cup ties on Saturday were: New Brighton 4, Timaru City 0. Invercargill Thistle 2, Caversham 3. Eden 4, Birkenhead United 1. Nelson United 6, Grosvenor Rovers 1. Hamilton 1, Rotorua City 0. Wanganui Athletic 6, New Plymouth 0.8. 2.