THRILLING SOCCER

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 253, 23 July 1934, Page 14

THRILLING SOCCER

Excitement at Basin HOSPITAL-MARIST DRAW Fast and Even Display POSITIONS OF TEAMS Wellington Soccer followers were treated to a thrilling display at the Basin Reserve on Saturday by Hospital and Marist who fought a draw after 00 minutes scintillating football. Waterside and Nada also provided an interesting match, the honours going to the Watersiders by one goal. Petone just scraped home against Lower Hutt on the Petone Recreation Ground, while at Kelburn Park Diamonds- succeeded in defeating Swifts in an Auld Memorial Cup cm counter. . Little material change lias taken place in the First'A Division'championship. Petone, with 16 points, are still in the lead, and have played one game less than Marist and Hospital, who are in second place with 15, points,each. Hain was falling when the games started; it cleared after about 15 minutes, hut left the ground in a slippery condition. In spite of that, however, the football was of an exceptionally good standard. RESULTS AT A GLANCE First A Championship. Marist .... 3 Hospital .... 3 Petone 3 Lower Hutt . A Waterside 3 Nada 4 Auld Memorial Cup. Diamonds ••• 4 Swifts ...... 3 First B Division. Island Bay 6, Stop Out 1, Rovers 3, Miramar Rangers 0, Institute 2, Seatoun 1. ’ CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

PETONE JUST GET HOME . ..Solid’ Fight by Hutt Adopting bustling' tactics, interspersed with some brilliant play, Hutt set the pace irom the beginning of their game against I'etone cm the petone Beereatiou. Ground. Petone were prevented irota eettling down until the second spell, and it was only niter a spiendid resistance'Was overcome by desperate attacks by their forwards that Petone were able to win. The teams were aa follow: — ' Petone: Haines; Scott-Brown, Kiddolls; White, Campbell, Smith; Watson, McGrory, Leslie, Cunningham, Woods. Lower Hutt: Body; Gardner, Hazel; McGloy, Butland, Stobbs; Batchelor, Jessup, Brown, Cross, McGrath, ' s,’ Referee: Mr. J. S. Sanderson. - ' ' Petone took the field- without McVean, who was suffering from etrain, Hainee deputising, while Hutt had- to play 20 minutes without'Brown. ■; Hutt from the start, made the pace; and for. the first 15 minutes had Petone on the run. ; ScottBrown just blocked a Batchelor drive to the. net; and'Haines saved a snap drive •from. Cross. Petone were countering with spasmodic raids in which Cunningham was foremost, but the Hutt ■ defence ' was resolute. Butland tore his way • through, the Petone team‘.to give to Cross close in, but Haines again saved the situation. Brown, who had now appeared, was harassing the Petone defence. ■ ’ ? A chance to score fell to Petone when Body left his goal to save, but the opportunity was. missed. Petone were .- now more into their stride,' a ' 30-yard /drive by Campbell just going, over, and then they had two promising movements checked by offside play. . ’ Hutt were first to score through Stobbs, who finished some clever play by Brown. Batchelor and Jessup to smash the ball into the net Hutt followed .up this success with another raid in which Hainee. fisted out to Batchelor, but the latter ’ missed a great chance to increase the score by . hitting-the side of the net-. In the. closing minutes of 'the first half an offside - decision against Jessup robbed Hutt of another scoring chance. On resuming Petone became aggressive, Cunningham cleverly made an opening for Woods, but the winger was not alive to the move. , Then Hazel, cleverly playMcGrory and Watson offside when dangerous. Petone’s efforts were .hot to be. denied, and Leslie evened the scores from a faulty save by Body from a Campbell shot. Petone came down again, but Hazel cleverly nipped in to take Cunningham’s header to Leslie, and seconds later Gardner came to Body’s rescue when all was lost. Cunningham at this juncture was playing a heady game, and a beautiful pass

was wasted by McCrory, who shot over. Clever play by Batchelor in, forcing a corner which was splendidly taken was finalised by Jessup giving Hutt the lead. This reverse stung Petone into action. White was sending McGrory through time and again, and the inside-right scored the equaliser, very cleverly flicking the ball past Body. The pace was now a cracker, the Hutt defence standing up well to the onslaughts of the Petone vanguard. Petone took the lead when Leslie from a seemingly offside position during a raid sent the ball past Body. The game ended with the scores: Petone 3, Hutt 2. ' ■ A NARROW VICTORY Waterside Shade Nada Since Nada’s elevation to senior A status, they have,not met with many reverses, but in most eases the narrowest rrya eg in has separated the newcomers from their opponents. , This was again the case in their game with Waterside at the Basin Reserve when only one goal, a doubtful penalty at that, was the means of their losing the game. On the run of play Waterside were really value for the narrow victory, particularly in the first half when the Nada defence was besieged, and anyone with a semblance of a shot in his locker would surely have penetrated Stone’s charge. The teams were as follow: — Waterside: Gibbons; Abernethy, E. Longbottom; Quirke, A r Longbottom, Goggins; Nicolle, Dunsmuir, Janes, Patterson, Marshall. . Nada: Stone ; Dewar, Ronald; Reid, White, Blair; Corrin, Cullen, McLeod, Rolfe, Gray. Referee, Mr. A. V. Pagan. Nada started off in a workmanlike fashion, sweeping, everything in front of them with a constructive forward move which brought -the best out of Abernethy and E. Longbottom. . The strain was evidently too heavy and sudden, however, as the Waterside . defence wilted, and Corrin a promoted -Nada junior, fastened on to a ball from the centre to lift beautifully into the net, Gibbons’s effort to get his hands to the ball being negatived by . his ■ inability to ’ move quickly across the greasy goalmouth. : , E. Longbottom. was playing splendidly at centre-half for Waterside, time and again sending his forwards away with low thrusts through the centre, but the forwards, although safely negotiating the Nada middle line, were inclined to treat the backs too cheaply, w’ith the result that Dewar and Donald often got their kick in. It was hard luck for Nada when Dewar was penalised for alleged kicking at an opponent, and with the award of a penalty kick A. Longbottom drove the -ball Nada rallied after this, White’s distribution being very noticeable. Several likely raids were made by the Nada forwards, but Abernethy and E. Longbottom were, playing inspiring football, stemming every rush and cleaering well up to their forwards. In a goal-to-goal movement Waterside took the lead. Nicolle was the recipient of the back’s pass, and drawing Ronald pushed on to Dunsmuir, who finished off a grand movement with a low shot which slithered along the grass out of .Stone’s reach. Waterside crossed over with the goal lead. The second half was of a very even nature, play fluctuating throughout the 45 minutes. After this half had . gone twenty minutes Nada equalised, -this being the termination of a rather heady piece of play between Gray, Cullen, and McLeod, the centre-forward’s final shot flying past Gibbons. Janes with a bright effort'put his side in the lead before the final whistle,, the ball crossing from Marshall to Dunsmuir, out to Nicolle, then back into the centre, with'Janes doing the necessary. The game ended with the scores: Waterside 3, Nada 2. TORRID AND CLEVER Marist and Hospital Thrill Torrid and clever football that kept the crowd, in a state of excitement all the time was exhibited by those good teams, Marist and Hospital, who scored three goals apiece in one of the best and most thrilling club matches seen on the Basin Reserve this season. The sides were so evenly matched that eitherwould have been unlucky to lose. The draw, therefore, was a pleasing result. The teams were as follow: — Marist: Turkington; Mahoney, Duffy; Vaney, Hindle, T. Quirke; Barton, E. Kershaw, Condon, J. Kershaw, Al. Quirke. . Hospital: Wyatt; Miles, Thompson, Todd, Jeffery, Simon; Gibb, A. Caisley, Trewick, H. Caisley, Webster. Referee:; Mr. J. Graham. Hospital opened at a brisk pace, Gibb speeding up the wing to lift the ball into the.'.centre to Trewick, who headed cleverly,, to H. • Caisley, whose excellent attempt-< went perilously close. Marst promptly sent them back, and E. Kershaw and Barton were conspicuous in an attack that made -the defence step lively. After Mahoney had held up a Hospital raid, Marist returned with a devastating rush which would have been more effective had Condon given Barton a better pass. These men combined, in a more pleasing movement immediately afterward, Barton lifting the ball delightfully into-the centre, but Condon, when in a handy scoring position, was give offside by the referee, who appeared to have made a mistake. • Opening up near half-way, Jeffery piloted the ball to A. Caisley. - who had his back toward the goal. He smartly touched it over his head, whipped round, cleverly connected with the other foot, and drove a beautiful ball past Turkington from a distance of 18 yards. The goalie dived to,the corner of the net, and made a good attempt to save, but the speed of the movement proved too much for him. Marist lost a chance when the ball came in from the right to M. Quirke, who transferred to J. Kershaw, but the latter lifted it over the top while in a good position. After A. Caisley had missed by the smallest margin. Hindle sent on to Condon, who rushed away and placed a fine pass along the ground to J. Kershaw. The inside-left’s shot 'was just saved by Wyatt, - and securing again, Kershaw had another attempt, which missed. Some delightful combination was shown by the. Hospital front line, Who harassed the defence. One of the Marist bucks handler!, and Gibb succeeded in making the score 2-0 with a penalty kick. Beating two men cleverly, Condon sent on to J. Kershaw, who tested Wyatt with a grand shot that was saved at the expense of a corner. • Marist, who .had not been making the most,of their chances, livened up now. aud Condon, receiving from Al. Quirke, scored bis 1 team’s first goal when he shot into the far corner of the net. Immediately the ball was set in motion again Al. Quirke got possession and sent in a shot that was the replica of . Condon's. . Wyatt was unable to make an attempt to save either of these goals, for the greasy nature of the goalmouth made any sudden movement on his part impossible. With the scores level after an exciting first spell both teams played cautiously when the second half opened, a good deal of the early exchanges being contested in midfield. The.n Marist launched a dangerous attack, M. Quirke crossing to Condon, whose fast rising shot landed just under the crossbar. Wyatt reached up and' cleared, but the ball had gone over the line, and Marist were in the lead. Some of the Hospital men protested to the referee, who consulted the linesman. The latter agreed that it was a goal. At this stage a little feeling became apparent, 1 and a couple of players were cautioned. Hospital had a lucky escape after a bright movement between Barton and E. Kershaw, and then H. Caisley raced away, transferred beautifully to Webster, and the winger, with a slashing shot, beat Turkington all the way to make the scores level again. Trewick, Gibb aud A. Caisley were worrying the opposing defence, which., for the. remainder of the game, was given a busy and strenuous time. A splendid shot frqm Webster shook the crossbar.

and a header by Trewick went scaringly close. A thrilling game ended without further score: Hospital 3, Marist 3. . AULD MEMORIAL CUP Diamonds Win First Round After 'being two goals down at the end of the first spell Diamonds worked with vigour after the change-over, rattled on three goals, and beat Swifts by 4 goa’s to 3 in the first round of the Auld Memorial Cup at Kelburn Park. It was a bright and willing encounter. The teams were as follow:— 11 Diamonds: Cunningham; E. O Connell, Hopper; Carlsou, Geddes, O’Leary; Mackie, T. O’Connell, Tucker, Gilchrist, Tanner. Swifts: Bradford; McClune, Dickson; P. McGregor, Long, O. McGregor; Kelly, Bilby, Shankie, Hamil, Hawken. ■ Referee : Mr. J. Duncan. . Snapping up a bait from Shankie, Mackie tore down the Diamonds’ wing, but Was beaten by McClune. There followed a series of attacks by Diamonds, for Whom Mackie, T. O’Connell and Tucker were prominent, and after one of these when O'Connell whipped the ball into the ■centre Swifts had, to defend stoutly. After Geddes had broken up a Swifts attack Mackie secured and sent in a shot that crashed into the crossbar and bounced over. A sudden breakaway by Swifts puzzled the opposition, and Bilby fastened on to the ball aud placed it past Cunningham. • Through slipping on the greasy ground Tucker missed a chance to score, and a little later Shankie tested Cunningham. Kelly was next to have a shot, but it went behind, and play switched round to the other end, where Mackie placed a beautiful corner. A Swifts man bandied in the dreaded area, and Geddes landed the penalty. Hawken, Hamil and Shankie were figuring in several Swifts’ offensives, and after they had forced their way down on the opposing goal a Diamonds, player in endeavouring to clear from a scramb'e near the goal mouth‘sent the ball into his own net. Swifts improved their position further when Cunningham could not reach a long shot from Shankie, and at the interval were leading 3-1. The second spell had not been long in progress when Tucker received a splendid pass and netted a great goal.. Twice after this Hawken struck an upright and Kelly and P. McGregor also went close. Diamonds continued to the attack, and were rewarded when Gilchrist placed a smart shot past Bradford to score the equaliser, and almost on time Tanner centred to Tucker, who netted the winning point. The game ended: Diamonds 4, Swifts 3. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Following arc results of lower grade championship Soccer games played on Saturday:— Senior A Division. —Petoue 2, Marist 0. Second B Division.— Trentham 4. Island Bay 0; Hutt 3, Institute 0. Fourth. —Scottish Wanderers 3, Miramar Rangers 0. Fifth.—Swifts 4, Technical College B 1; Technical College A 2. Marist 1; Institute 8. Seatcffm 0. Seventh. —Scottish Wanderers 2, Miramar Rangers 0, RESULTS ELSEWHERE By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland. —Chatham Cup local final: Thistle 4, Mount. Albert Grammar Old Boys 0. Championship games: Eastern Suburbs .’I. North Shore 1 t Conirades 2, Onehunga 2; Ponsonby 3. Y.M.C.A. 2. Dunedin.—Seacliff 3. High Schoo] Old Boys 1; Northern 4. Maori Hill 3: Mosgie’l 4, Mornington 3; Technical College Old Boys 5, Roslyn-Wakari L Wairarapa.—Albion 5. United 2: Masterton 8, Cnrterton 5. Wanganui.—Thistle 6, Eastbrooke 0; Aromoho 3. Athletic 3,

Petone .... P. .. 9 w. 8 L. 1 Goals. Ch. D. F. A. Pts. : 0 30 11 ,16 Marist . • • • .. 10 6 1 3 38 17 15 Hospital ... .. 10 i ' .2 1 36 18 15 Lower Kutt .. 12 4 -6 .2 33 39 10 Swifts .. 10 t> ' ‘5 : ,0.'31. 36 10 Waterside .. ..11 4 6 1 27 34 » Diamonds .. 11 3 8 0 15 39 6 Nada ....... 11 0 8 3 18 33 3