Soccer Woolston impressive against Caversham

Press, 1 September 1980, Page 21

Soccer Woolston impressive against Caversham

'■ Woolston W.M.C. made ( ’-almost certain of its return tjto the Rothmans League ,f next season when it beat 2-0, in the first ’i-leg :of the southern region play-off series in pDunedin on Saturday. '■>& It was an impressive per(2lo Finance from Woolston, J-which always looked sharper ,>f find more enterprising than Strong winds :=and rain made conditions ,: r -jyery unpleasant. ;Jr Woolston scored first: in .‘Only the third minute when

.(••the Caversham goal-keeper, <Tony' Garrett, misjudged a which resulted in ‘“Mike- Poole, the Hertz L(League’s leading scorer this Reason, scoring from close f* range. i. The second goal, soon be- * fore the end, was the result ■'(of a fine piece of teamwork, .which ended with Poole ;-flicking the ball on for Mike f’Millward to score.

' Richard Mulligan had a j. fine game for Woolston, jj. always posing problems for r the Caversham defence, (( which had a difficult day. i>‘ The second leg of the

j I play-off series will be in i Christchurch in two weeks. > Technical, Shamrock and tlWestern advanced to the 11 semi-finals of the English; i|Cup with wins in Christ-i t! church on Saturday. i Technical beat Nomads - United, 2-1, at English Park, with goals from Murray r Smith and Brian Geoghegan ) while Keith Granger scored 5 for Nomads. For the second 5 1 time this season, Stuart I Chalmers' of Nomads was /sent off, for retaliating after i a foul.

Barry O’Neill scored the only goal of Shamrock’s match with Halswell United Neil Caswell, the young Shamrock goal-keeper, had a fine match, making several impressive saves. Peter Schuyt, the Shamrock midfielder, could consider himself unlucky, hitting both posts with shots within a minute in the first half. Two second half goals

enabled Western to beat New Brighton, 2-0. Wayne Newsome and Ray Wild scored the goals. Earlier Wild had missed a penalty but, at the other end, the

Western goal-keeper, Eric Eicholtz, made three good saves to keep Brighton scoreless before half-time.

: Cashmere-Wanderers ended its Hertz League programme with a 3-0 win over Northern Hearts in Timaru. Graham Ford scored twice, and Alan Smith added a penalty. Western won the premier grade knockout final, beating Rangers, 2-1. Lower grade matches played on Saturday resulted.

Division one — Knock-out final; Technical 2, Rangiora 1; Division three: Western 2, Bumham 1.

Division four — Championship : Halswell 5, Technical B 2. Section trophy: Riccarton 10, Burwood 0; University B 1, Western B 1; Western A 4, Technical 3; Wigram beat Lincoln College by default. Division six: University B 5, Bumdale 0. Youth division — Knockout semi-finals: Cashmere 1, Rangers A 0; Nomads beat Rangiora by default.