SOCCER FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 299, 12 September 1921, Page 7

SOCCER FOOTBALL

FOUR TRAMS LEFT IN SENIOR CUP CONTEST SATURDAY’S MATCHES The Soccer cup fixtures ws'e advanced ' another (stage on Saturday in ideal ; weather. At Association Park, before / < largo attendaneo, TKistlo easily accounted for Waterside by 3 goals to nil. These teams had met a fortnight before, tho result being a draw, one goal each, after extra’time had been played. On Saturday Thistle were easily the better team and deserved their win. This leaves four teams in the cup contest—Thistle, Y.M.C.A. Porirua, and Marist. The draw for the semi-final will take place on Wednesday night. At Lyall Bay Diamonds ! defeated! Y.M.C.A. (B) by 5 goals to 1,. ■ and on the Polo ground Karon and 'Swifts played a drawn game, tho scores (being 4 goals each. _- . , ' i In the second division Thofndon deifeated Brooklyn at Association Park by >2 goals to 1, after a hard game, in which Ivery little good football was shown. The Brooklyn team were weakened by the absence of four of their regular players owing to colds and influonzd., and ' were unlucky to lose. •' • ’ Tn the fourth B division', Stopout defeated ' Marist at Miramar by 3 goals to 1 1. a fid Miramar beat Porirua at Association Park by 2 goals to nil.. Stopout and Miramar will play off m the final for tMe fourth B division cup Tn the'sixth division, Marist (T.) by their win over Island Bay by 6 goals to nil will meet Kilbirnie in the final. ■Tn tho Seventh di,vision, the Miramar atidl Marist (N.) A game ended in a draw (2 goals, each), while Porirua accounted foi\Kilbirnio by 5 goals to nil. WELLINGTON V. CANTERBURY. At Dttppa Street, Wellington fourthclaw defeated Canterbury by 12 goals to 1. after a very one-sided game. Canterbury defeated Wellington in. the fifth-class game 'by 3 goals to % after a find exhibition of football. The teams were entertained at difiner in th/ Y.M.C.A. by the local association, close on 70 being present. «An enjoyable time 'was spent, pnd' the following toasts were honoured: —"The King, ’ "The Visitors” (Mr.' C. Dick, chairman, responded to by Mr. Froggatt, manager. Canterbury teams), "Wellington and Canterbury Teams” (Mr. G. Bell, responded to by the captains). Mr. W. Auld, chairman of the W.F. A..extended a. cordial welcome to the Canterbury teams, and promised them a return visit next season, where he hoped the positions occupied that day would bo reversed. •. , - > - INTER-ISLAND MATCH THE SOUTHERN TEAM. By Telegraph —Press Association. , Dunedin' September lb. The following have been selected to represent the South Island in the interIsland soccer match to be played fit Wanganui next Saturday:—Swift (Canterbury), Hogg (West Coast), Flood (Canterbury), Dryden (Otago), ’.Sharp' (West Coast), Simpson (Canterbury), Brundell (Otago), Bissett (Canterbury), Munsio (Otago), Norton (Canterbury, captain), and Rfihson (West Coast). LADIES’ FOOTBALL. > The ladies’ Aotea ("Soccer") Club's A and B teams practised at Lyall Bay on Saturday with a view to picking a re-pres-entative team to melat the Christchurch/ladies’ club challenge. All ths players .were ,eager for inclusion, ‘ -and they playc.d .up so well that it made the problem of selection difficult. However, the probables were picked, subject, if ne/eessarv, to slight changes in players and positions. The A team comprised most of the "reps.," and scored 2 goals in the first half. Miss Campbell (usually tho inside right for B team) scoring twice. The B team did better in the second spell, just missinj? scoring on two occasions. (. x /.