United opens 3-point lead
Christchurch I nited moved further ahead in the Rothmans National Soccer League as a result of the weekend matches, plus the fact that its previously closest challenger. Stop Out. did not play.
Blockhouse Bay. an impressive. 3-0 winner over We 11 i ng t on - Diamond United, moved into second place, three points behind the Christ-:' church duh. 1
Stop Out’s match with Caversham, which was postiponed because of the OtagoSouthland game with Stoke City on Saturday, will be played later in the season. TWO BY CAMPBELL Blockhouse’s little international wing, C. Campbell, snatched victory for the Bay with two goals in the second half, after I. Ormond had netted the first. But the performances of these players were the only highlights of | an otherwise poor and patchy I game.
W.D.U. exposed its defence to breakaway attacks while concentrating on an all-up attack in the second ha*C and Campbell took swift advantage of the chances offered to him.
Mount Wellington came from a goal down to Eastern Suburbs yesterday to win, 2-1, and join Stop Out on eight points—four behind United. With the score one each at half-time, the Mount went on to the attack in the second half and E. Thomas got the winning goal with a header 12 minutes from the end. DEFENSIVE LAPSES
Gisborne City proved too strong in defence and too fast in attack for Wellington City yesterday, and well deserved a clear-cut, 3-0, victory. Wellington’s defensive lapses allowed Gisborne to score once in the first half and twice in the second.
The eighth-round matches next week-end are:—Saturday: Wellington City v. United, Mount Wellington v. W.D.U. Sunday: Brighton v. Stop Out, Caversham v. Suburbs, Blockhouse v. Gisborne.
Results and table: New Brighton 0, Christchurch United 4 (W. Chisholm own goal, S. Sumner, T. Randles, 8. Hard-man)—half-time 0-1. Wellington-Diamond United 0, Blockhouse Bay 3 (I. Ormond, C Campbell 2)—half-time 0-1. Gisborne City 3 (D. Birnie, L. Cudd, A. Vest), Wellington City o—half-time, 2-0. Mount Wellington 2 (N. Ashhurst, E. Thomas), Eastern Suburbs 1 (J. Homewood)—half-time 1-1.
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United opens 3-point lead
Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33230, 21 May 1973, Page 24
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