SOUTHERN SOCCER Regional title is wide open
Last week, the Southern League soccer championship appeared to be a closed shop; this week lit is wide open again. The leader. Dunedin North .End, surprisingly went down, 1-2, to a rejuvenated Technical, in Dunedin; its challenger, Rangers, came from beihind to beat Shamrock, 3-2, • at English Park. Now. the gap between the two clubs has been narrowed
to three points, with Rangers having a game in hand.
VITAL MEETING Once more, the secondround meeting between North End and Rangers, in Christchurch, will be a vital fixture in deciding the championship and the southern region qualifier for the national league play-off series.
; Rangers took the lead with a | well-taken, opportunist goal by iA. Smyth, but M. Glubb equalised for Shamrock before halftime and D. Watson put Shamrock ahead shortly after the restart. Rangers put everything into attack to save at least a point and managed to get both, helped by goal-keeping errors. Smyth added his second goal and F. Versteg netted the winner. Woolston W.M.C., a candidate for relegation a few weeks ago, maintained its startling recovery with a victory over Western, and Technical advanced into the top half of the table with its win over North End. Results: Rangers 3, Shamrock 2; Roslyn-Wakari 1, Invercargill City 0; Dunedin North End 1, Technical 2; Queen’s Park 2, Mosgiel 3; Western 1, Woolston W.M.C. 2.
Results of qualifying competition matches were: Christchurch United Reserves 3, University 1; Halswell United 5, Nomads United 2; New Brighton 2, Burndale United 1; Northern Hearts 2. High School Old Boys 2; Rangiora 0, Cashmere Wanderers 3; Riccarton 1, Umaru Citv 1.
P W D L F A Pts Dn N.E. 13 10 1 2 30 15 21 Rangers 12 8 2 2 25 15 18 S’rock 13 6 4 3 25 18 16 Roslyn 13 7 2 4 20 15 16 Tech 13 □ 1 7 17 18 11 Western 13 5 1 7 18 20 1! In. City 12 2 6 4 16 15 10 Woolston 13 4 2 7 20 30 10 Q. Park 13 3 3 7 1« 24 9 Mosgiel 13 2 2 9 9 28 6
p W D L F A Pts Ch Utd 17 14 2 1 74 20 30 Brighton 17 13 3 1 33 13 29 H*well 17 12 3 2 46 22 27 Timaru 15 9 3 3 47 20 21 Uni’sity 17 9 3 5 3n 17 21 C’mere 16 6 2 B 21 36 14 H.S.O.B. 16 5 3 R 25 23 13 Burndale 17 6 1 in 25 37 13 Nomads 17 4 3 in 21 3R 11 Rice 17 3 5 » 11 37 11 N. H’ts 17 4 1 12 29 47 9 Rangiora 17 0 I 16 9 55 1
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33290, 30 July 1973, Page 11
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