CHATHAM CUP SOCCER

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 232, 27 June 1932, Page 6

CHATHAM CUP SOCCER

Heavy Grounds Spoil Play SEATOUN-PETONE draw Marist and Hospital Win FIVE GOALS TO BAKER Rain marred the two semi-finals of the Wellington round of the Chatham Cup Soccer games at the Basin Reserve on Saturday, and the gate suffered accordingly. On a heavy and slippery ground, Hospital, after being a goal down at half-time, scored three goals against Waterside, who failed to score again. Marist had an easy win against Hutt. In the first division championship Petone drew with Seatoun, while the Diamonds-Swifts encounter resulted in a win for Diamonds. RESULTS AT A GLANCE Chatham Cup Hospital .... 8 Waterside ... 1 Marist ...... 5 Lower Hutt.. First Division Diamonds ... 8 Swifts ...... 3 Petoue 4 Seatoun 4 Second Division NA.M. ••• 4 Island Bay .. - Stop Out .... 2 Brooklyn ... « Technical 0.8. 4 Miramar R. .. ~ FIRST DIVISION TABLE

HOSPITAL’S RECOVERY Waterside Fail in Second Half Hospital carried too many guns for Waterside in the second half of their game» and succeeded in winning 3 aver being a goal behind at the interval, th Waterside team deserved its lead at halftime, but in the second spell failed to come to light, Hospital more or less dominating the play, and netting three times Thompson and Lambert, with the help of: Arewick, effectively held, up the WatersidL right-wing, from which most of the attacking was done. Both Hospital backs were kicking solidly, and the forwards were always ready to take up the running when the ball came down. .Ab soon as the ball was set in motion Waterside initiated an attack which was repelled by Thompson, and rushing play up the left-wing Bolton miskicked. lhe ball crossed to Marshall, whose attempt to centre went wide. Gogs l " frus^ ra M an effort by Simons and C. Jeffreys to Q et through, but a cross to the other wing saw MarshaU well placed, but he sent over the top. The Waterside front line now showed some neat passnng movements aud kept the Hospital defence on the alert. Johnston sent a lovely cross from which Dunsmuir should have netted, missed badly. The goal-kick enabled Hospital to get to close quarters, and Marshall dropped the ball right into the goalmouth. With the forwards close up M teous should have fisted out, hut he caught tbs ball, and was almost bustled into goal before be could get rid of it. Play moved to the other end, where bll made a grand save from Johnston,, wao was given a great pass by McLeod. Dongbottom next gave Dunsmuir a chance but it Was missed. Waterside would not be denied, for after Ell had saved from -.atterson, a quick passing bout brought the ball once more to Patterson, and this time be gave Ell no chance. alr U,®y*“ play ensued to the interval, when Waterside led 1-— 0 Hospital were aggressive as soon as nlav resumed, and as the ball was slung to the right-wing E Jeffreys placed in front of goal for W. Woods to net; 1-1-Thompson miskicked, and gave a coimr, but this gave Waterside no advantage. Johnston dropped the ball between the two backs, but McLeod was not up, and the defence cleared. Hospital then took the upper hand, and Waterside had to defend vigorously. Goggin was useful hei bv hte steady work. Hospital iorvvards away, aid Marshall made Porteous go all out to save oa the line. A midfield move saw the Hospital fiont ranke advance, E. Jeffreys and W. Woods working the ball neatly between the backs Bolton failed to recover from a slip in tho mud, and this enabled Woods to cut in “id net; 2—l. A hot scrum in the M aterside goal saw three or four Pl.ay erß A® down, with Porteous in possession. He threw to Cummings, and he crossed to Dunsmuir, who brought Ell out to save. Simons was penalised for too vigorous tactics, and Haines sent the free-kick straight at goal, where E I gathere‘d well and cleared. Trewick sent to E. Jettrejs. who ran well down, and screwed the ball round. Woods slipped, but Jefferys iollowSi up smartly, and before Porteous could get out he smashed the ball with shot into the net; 3 —l. Dunsmuir figur .d in a couple of good efforts, but received no support, and just before the end shall made a brilliant solo run, got right in front of goal with no one to stop him, and finished up with a poor shot that went yards wide. The final score was. Hos pital 3, Waterside 1. Mr. F. Sanderson was the referee. EASY FOR MARIST Hutt Beaten by Three Goals Marist scored a comfortable win over Lower Hutt at the Basin Reserve by o goals to 2, in a Chatham Cup encounter. On account of the slippery ground and heavy ball, the football provided seldom attained a high standard. Hutt played their usual bustling type of game, smothering the Marist forward movements, which from a spectators point of view was inclined to spoil the display. Marist were weak on the left-wing, where Cudby was played in place of Hawken. Bird was sound at ceutre-half for Marist, and Brown, Hutt s ccntre-tor-ward. shaped well. A’icolle gave his usual sound display, although he wns given little to do in the second spell. Jlarist kicked-off, and Marshall sent Condon away, but Hutt worked their way up on the right and forced a corner. Nicolle placed the ball nicely, but a Hutt player headed over the bar. Wilkes saved n long shot from Bird, and at the other end Kelly headed clear from a firsttimer by Nicolle. At half-way Bird started a Marist forward movement, but Butland intercepted Barton’s centre, clearing to Bird, who sent in a st’UK'nz s,lot from 25 yards out, which beat Wilkes. Hutt equalised a little later when Laracy blundered, and let the opposing forwards through. Brown managing to send the ball past Tarkington. . . Hutt’s defence was proving sound, mid several promising attacks by Marist wenbeing broken up. Marist were given a free-kick for ‘‘hands,” but Hindlc’s kick

was cleared. Marshall beat a couple of Hutt players and Wilkes saved a good effort by Barton. Marshall, Condon, and Cudby had an excellent chance to score when the defence was caught off its guard, but the winger’s shot went astray. Marist were in trouble for a while, a long . shot by a Hutt player hitting the cross-1 bar, and a little later Turkington saved a good one by Nicolle. When the teams changed round the score was 1-all. ■ The opening exchanges in the second spell were distinctly in favour of Marist, who forced a corner, which was cleared. Brown made an opening for Nicolle. who centred accurately, but the inside men were too slow in reaching the ball, enabling Marist to clear. After saving a shot, Wilkes sent out to Barton, who crossed high to Marshall, who headed into the net Hutt were slipping at this stage, and another Mar-, ist offensive saw Barton pass to Condon, who sent on to Marshall, for the centre to goal, making the score 3—l. Turkington did well to stop a determined Hutt attack, and then Barton got away and squared to Marshall, who touched lightly to Condon, to Marshmenr. who ran the ball into the net. Marshment essayed a long shot, which Wilkes cleared at the expense of a corner; Marshment regained possession, and passed to Condon, who headed past the goalie. Just before the final whistle Hutt broke away, and Brown goaled, .making the final score: Marist 5, Hutt 2. DIAMONDS DEFEAT SWIFTS Baker Scores Five Goals Diamonds defeated Swifts by three.clear goal at Kelburn Park. The ground was extremely heavy and treacherous, which made ball control difficult, but in,spite of the conditions some bright football was witnessed. Baker, the Diamonds centreforward, distinguished himself by scoring five of the six goals for his team. . Swifts set the ball in motion, and after a period of midfield play, they , broke through the defence on the left-wing. Bilby tapped a well-timed pass to Shankie, whose snot just went wide of its mark. The Swifts’ defence was next tested, and Bradford was called upon to save a dangerous attack. A senes of further attacks nearly 1 spelt disaster, but again Bradford was safe. Following a period of midfield duels McCormack broke through on the left-wing, transferred to Baker, who had little difficulty in scoring. Swifts made determined efforts to equalise, but the Diamonds’ halves held the opposing forwards in check. From' a freekick to Swifts Wyatt was forced to save at the expense of a corner. Kelly placed accurately to the inside men, and Bilby secured and scored. From the spot kick Diamonds quickly broke through the Swifts' defence for Baker to put his team ahead. Swifts retaliated with several long shots, but the ever-watchful goalkeeper dealt with them in masterly fashion. Shortly before half-time McCormack put his team a further goal up, scoring frmn a centre by R. McLeod. At half-time Diamonds led 3—l. . , On resuming, Swifta bore down, on the Diamonds defence, and a free-kick was awarded them,. After several anxious moments Hopper cleared well upfield. Swifts goal underwent a terrific bombardment by the Diamonds forwards, Bradford effecting some clever saves. Eventually a hard drive by R. McLeod proved too much. The goalkeeper in saving failed, to clear in time, allowing Baker to nip in and tap the ball into the net. Swifts made determined efforts to lesson the score, and Shankie achieved this object by scoring a splendid goal. Scarcely had play resumed before Diamonds were on the offensive. and Baker again scored. A run on the Swifts right-wing resulted in the wing-, er transferring to Shankie, who scored T a good goal. Shortly before full time K. McLeod sent over a high pass from the wing, and Baker netted, making the final score: Diamonds 6,' Swifts 3. „Mr. E. Ormrod was the referee., SEATOUN-PETONE DRAW Tables Turned After Changeover Although two goals down at the interval Seatoun managed to make so good a recovery against Fetone that they left the field on even terms with their opponents—quite a'good performance. Petone had rather the best of the exchanges in the first half, although they by no means had matters all their own way. Considering the state of the ground the play was fairlv fast, the home side achieving better results from the long passing. McPherson, Lark, Campbell .and Moore scored for Petone, and Dickenson and Garrod netted for Seatoun in the first KP ln'the second half Seatoun rallied.well, Petone being continually on the defence, and McKenzie added a couple of goals. The Petone backs defended solidly in Uie final stages, and Seatoun had to be content with a draw. „ ■Mr. T. Plant was the referee. OTHER RESULTS First Reserves. ♦ Marist 3, Waterside 0; Diamonds 4, Seatoun A 3. Second Reserves. Institute 5, N.A.D.A. 2. Intel-mediate. Marist 8, Petoue VFourth. Technical 0.-B. 6, Lower Hutt 3. Fifth. Waterside 2, Seatoun 0. Sixth. Seatoun 2, Waterside 0; Marist. N. A. 5. Swifts 0; Marist N.B. 11, Stopout 0. Schools. Karori juniors 2, Mt. Cook juniors 1. Games Postponed. No seventh and eighth grade matches were played on Saturday morning owing to the state of the grounds. GAMES IN OTHER CENTRES By Telegraph—Press Association. Games at Auckland and Dunedin resulted as follow:— Auckland: Chatham Cup semi-final: Tramurewa 4, Ponsouby 2; championship, Thistle 4, New Accord 1; Onebunga 5, YAI.C.A. 1. Dunedin: High School Old Boys 8, Port Chalmers 2; Maori Hill 3, Mornington 0; Seacliff 1, Technical Old Boys 0; Northern 1, Mosglel 1. Christchurch: Western 1, Rangers 0; Thistle 4, Marist 1; Nomads 3, Technical Old Boys 0. „ '

Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Marist • • • • • .. 10 7 2 1 39 21 15 Diamonds • • .. 12 ;."ii 7 4 1 45 32 lo ' 5'3 3 24 24 13 Hospital . .. Waterside • . Swifts ••••• .. o .. 10 .. 9 4 2 3 23 18 11 4 3 3 35 30 11 3 3 3 24 25 9 Lower Hutt .. 10 2 7 1 15 29 5 Seatoun ... .. 11 1 9 1 22 46 3