SUBURBS AGAIN LEADS SOCCER

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32323, 15 June 1970, Page 22

SUBURBS AGAIN LEADS SOCCER

The Auckland club. Eastern Suburbs, has regained top place in the Rothmans National J Soccer League. In the return match yesterday

.[ with its fellow Auckland pace-setter. Blockhouse Bay, Suburbs reversed the result of their previous meeting by winning 2-1.

Suburbs now has a one--1 point lead over Blockhouse, [is three points ahead of i Mount Wellington, the other Auckland club, and is four! iin front of Christchurch Uni-| | ted. i After a goal-less first half : yesterday. Suburbs gained the I initiative and scored twice, | i through W. de Graaf and R.i Mears. .1. Watt replied for! -Blockhouse. Both Mount Wellington: and Christchurch United repeated their seventh-round [victories, the Mount convincingly over Gisborne United, United scrappily against Western Suburbs. Fourth In Succession Mount Wellington scored all of its goals in the first half, through J. Aris, I. Kristensen and T. Lepper, and although Gisborne had more of the play after the interval, there was no further scoring. Since winning its first match and losing the next three. Mount Wellington has had four successive victories, lifting itself into a strong position to challenge the leaders. Christchurch United was let off the hook by Western Suburbs at English Park. The Wellington team led 1-0 at half-time, its centre-forward, B. Baker missed four glorious chances to increase the lead in the first 15 minutes of the second half, and then' United scored twice in a minute to clinch the match. Two Goals Apiece I The biggest upset of the {eighth round was Hungaria’s [clear-cut, 4-0, victory over jstop Out after having been beaten. 3-1, by the same team

[a fortnight ago. The Italian. J. Scarramuzza, moved on to I the right-wing, got Hungaria's [first two goals, and J. Beck, switched to linkman, scored (the other two. 1 Results (with half-time scores in parenthesis) and the league table are. ' Christchurch United 2. West* ern Suburbs 1 (0*1). Eastern Suburbs 2, Blockhouse Bay 1 (0*0). Gisborne City 0, Mt Welling* ton 3.

(A report of the Christchurch United-Western Suburbs match is on page 13.)

Hungaria 4. Stop Out 0. A Pts P W D L F E. Subs . fl 8 1 1 18 fl 13 Bihouse 8 8 0 2 24 9 12 Mt Wgtn fl 5 0 3 19 17 10 Chch Utd . fl 4 1 3 22 19 9 Stop Out .. 8 S 1 4 18 19 7 Hungaria .. fl S 1 4 17 22 7 Gisborne fl 1 2 5 9 19 4 W. Subs fl 1 0 7 11 23 2