Upset in Air N.Z. contest

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33462, 18 February 1974, Page 19

Upset in Air N.Z. contest

By P F.

Cashmere Wanderers, a second division team, caused the only upset of the first matches in the new, SI2,(XM) Air New Zealand Cup competition " hen the soccer season began in Christchurch on Saturday. They beat the Southern League first division team. Shamrock. 3-2, after being 0-2 down at half time.

Cashmere is coached byMr E. Bennett, the former Bumdale coach and former Christchurch City and Canterbury inside-forward. Shamrock, led by its new coach and captain, S. Wooliscroft. a young Englishman, was without six of its firstteam players for various reasons, and gave away chances in the second half after a good first spell. The two National League dubs Christchurch United and New Brighton both had convincing victories in their respective sections of the Christchurch section of this national tournament. Brighton scored 14 goals without reply from Nomads United, which was allowed into Section B to do away with the bye and make an even number of teams, and United had a 5-1 win against Western, of the Southern League. Other winners in the round-robin series in Section A were Technical and Burndale. and Rangers won in Section B The only misfortune of the day was in the RangersWoolston clash, when Woolston's 19-year-old left linkman, Brvan Smith, broke his right leg going into a hard tackle. Play was held up for seven minutes, and Smith was taken by ambulance to Christchurch Hospital, where he was admitted. Although it had virtually nd opposition. New Brighton showed signs, under its new player-coach. A. Vest, of being a much stronger proposition than last season. In spite of being without four of its probable firstteam players, Brighton created chances tidily, with N. Francis prominent, and many of the goals were well taken. K. Mulgrew scored HAT-TRICK It took the National League champion. United, a while to settle, but with four goals in a 15-minute

I spell, including a hat-trick in seven minutes by S. Sumner, i the game was all but over. United’s mid-field duo of! T. Randles and B. Hardman ■ dictated play during the . scoring spell, and Western was never in the same class. ’ M. McNaughton capped a s good display—he was made , United’s Wine Cellar Restau-i I rant player of the ' match—with a perfectly; e headed goal from a supurb j move late in the match, j' The young goal-keeper. r David Smithey, had a fine e game for Western. s In the other matches in the same section as United,; s |the Canterbury representa-; s tive striker from last season, j J. Wilks, scored twice fori v Technical; and the former! n Technical player, K. Pahi. c l took his Burndale side to a. t good win over Riccarton. . n SCRAPED HOME In section B Rangers only; e just scraped through by a ■ n penalty by R. McGrain, the] i-1 former Brighton linkman, I n and they will be without six! players in their match next | 'f week because of the wed- >- ding of George Adam ini’ Hamilton. ’ Results and scorers on Satur- ( S | day were: d ' Section A. — Christchurch I ir United 5 (Hardman. Sumner 3, McNaughton), Western 1 (W. I " Cohen I; Technical 4 (W. Rennie,; O,j Wilks 2. P. Glasson). Halsweli; 1, United 1 <D. Tlndley, penalty); Burndale 5 (K. Pahi. R. Foss. J. I Tuck. C. Haark 2), Riccarton 0.1 > Section B.—New Brighton 14 n 'Mulgrew 6. Quirke 2. Cawley 2, v Francis. T. Reece, G Gault i .f Almond). Nomads United 0; Ran-1 I gers 1 -McGrain. Density), Wool >’ ston W'.M.C. 0: Cashmere Wanderers 3 (D. Clark, M. Jefferies. M de Wolff). Shamrock 2 (S. t Wooliscroft 2>. n l Matches this week will be: h Section A.—Technical v. Westd. ern, Macfarlane, 2.45 p.m..: Ricll(carton v. Halsweli. Nunweek No. j 1, 2.45 n.m.; Christchurch United u A Burndale. Nunweek No. 1, 1 p.m. Section B.—Shamrock v. WoolII ston W’.M.C., Nunweek No. 2, 2.451 a p m.; New Brighton v. Cashmere, f* Macfarlane 1 o.m.- Rangers v " Nomads. Nunweek No. 2. 1 p.m. e —Advt i