Mount Wellington on course

Press, 28 July 1986, Page 27

Mount Wellington on course

By DAVID LEGGAT

A run of 11 Rothmans Soccer League matches without defeat has put New Zealand’s most successful club, Masport Mount Wellington, on course for its sixth championship title this season. Mount Wellington’s win over Majic Carpet Manurewa in the fifteenth round yesterday — both goals coming in the first 13 minutes — was its seventh in the last 11 rounds. With four draws Included, the Auckland club has picked up 25 points from a possible 33 to put itself on course for its first championship triumph since 1982.

National Mutual Miramar, which has led for most of the winter, has not had a win in the last three rounds. Stuart Dunbar, the McKee Nelson United player, was sent off for persistent infringement in yesterday’s draw in Wellington.

Christchurch Brother United moved into third place when N.Z. Permanent Gisborne surprisingly went down at home to DB Wellington, courtesy of a Brent O’Neill goal just before half-time.

Michael McGarry scored the winner for Wickliffe Press Dunedin City in Auckland, after Hanimex-North Shore had

battled back from a twogoal, half-time deficit to draw level. In another game of goals, Greg Hough got Landbase Papatoetoe a share of the points with a goal just before the finish. Results: '

Christchurch Brother United 3 (Johan Verweij, Paul Hillis, John Hanson), University Cowan 0. Halftime 1-0.

N.Z. Permanent Gisbojme 0, DB Wellington 1 (Brent O’Neill). Half-time 0-1.

Hanimex-North Shore 2 (Terry Emms penalty, Darren McClennan), Wickliffe Press Dunedin City 3 (Mark Weddle 2, Mike McGarry). Half-time 0-2.

Landbase Papatoetoe 3 (own goal, Chris Turner pen-

alty, Greg Hough), Child Freighters United 3 (Jeremy Cutler, Perry Cotton, Michael Breslin). Half-time 2-1.

National Mutual Miramar 1 (Alec Hutcheon), McKee Nelson United 1 (Peter Simonsen). Half-time 0-0. Masport Mount Wellington 2 (Keith Hobbs, Dave Taylor), Majic Carpet Manurewa 0. Half-time 2-0. ROTHMANS LEAGUE

P W D L F A Pt Mt Wgtn IS 9 5 1 29 11 32 Miramar 15 8 5 2 32 20 29 Chch Utd 15 8 3 4 29 18 27 Gisborne 15 7 4 4 29 23 25 Well. 15 6 5 4 29 20 23 Dun. City 15 6 2 7 32 27 20 Univ. 15 4 6 5 20 24 18 C.F.U. 15 4 4 7 23 34 16 Manurewa 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 Nth Shore 15 3 5 7 24 39 14 Papatoe. 15 2 7 6 17 25 13 Nelson 15 2 5 8 19 33 11