AULD CUP SOCCER

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 256, 26 July 1937, Page 15

AULD CUP SOCCER

Waterside Too Strong For Diamond COMBINATION PREVAILS Hospital Win From Seatoun I After Extra Time 1 First A division teams in the Welling- ' ton Football Association’s competition played the first round for the Auld Memorial Cup on Saturday afternoon, when, despite grounds being on the heavy side, there were flashes of high-class football. Hospital, the holders, were thoroughly extended by Seatoun and only won by 2 goals to 1 after extra time had been playeel. Marist also won 2-1 against Institute, but Waterside and Petone had comfortable victories over Diamond and Technical Old Boys respectively. EASY FOR WATERSIDE Waterside kept a firm grip of the game in their match against Diamond on No. 1 ground at the Basin Reserve, and by better combination and team work worried the Diamond defence. O’Connell and Morris worked well together, but the swift-moving Waterside forwards kept well up to their work by Longbottom gave the Diamond backs no peace. .Osten played a sterling game at centre-half, but the Diamond forwards with the exception of Du Feu and Tucker appeared sluggish and were too slow in front of goal. R. - Ward and Janes were easily the best of the Waterside forwards, but the others by keeping their places made valuable openings for the centre-forward. ‘Waterside led by one goal to nil at half-time, Janes aiid Ward paving the way for Thompson to score after 15 minutes’ play. Diamond were unlucky when a shot by Gilchrist from Tucker struck the cross-bar, but other chances were ruined by indecision in front of goal. Waterside attacked early in the second half, Ward and Janes bustling through the defence and the ball glancing into the net from a Diamond defender. Waterside 2, Diamond 0. Fifteen minutes later Walker scored from close in on a pass from Janes, and the Diamond defence crumbled under- a sustained attack, R. Ward scoring an easy goal. Diamond took a hand at attacking and a breakaway by Hooker caught the "Waterside defence napping, Dyer beating the goalie with a low shot. Waterside 3, Diamond 1. From this stage Waterside assumed ; command and goals were scored by Dunsmuir and R. Ward (2), Waterside winning comfortably by six goals to one. 1 The teams were as follows:— Waterside: S. Ward ; Harris, Bolton; C. Anderson, A. Longbottom, Jeromson; Walker, J. Thompson, R, Ward, Duns- I muir, T. Janes. Diamond: J. McLean; E. O’Connell, O. Morris; D. O’Leary, K. Osten, L. Nicol; H. Tucker, J. Gilchrist, Dyer, A. Du Feu, B. Hooker. BY THE ODD GOAL Though, playing more attractive foot- . ball, Marist had only one goal to spare at the finish of their game against Institute on No. 2 ground at the Basin Re- I serve. Institute were the first to score, ‘ but Marist always seem to play better J when they are down and thy were level at half-time and then went on for a narrow ‘ win. I Much interest was aroused in the first appearance of Roy Sheffield, newly appointed physical instructor of the Boys’ Institute. At centre-forward for Institue he showed he knows the game. Playing against the fresh northerly, In- j stituto were early on attack and Sheffield , went close vyith a good shot. Soon it was < Marist’s turn but Hicks and McLean , were equal to the occasion. Hindle eame ; into the picture with a good run on the i right, but his .centre went astray. The best Marist could do was to force sev- ’ era! corners. Sutherland opened Institute’s seore when he connected with a grand centre from Tanner.

Marist returned to the attack, but the Institute defence, backed up by Boyes and Hurcombe, kept the green forwards out. A good shot from Eager on Marist’s right wing was well taken by King. Tanner was prominent on Institute’s left flank, and was always dangerous. Marist equalised when Kershaw received at half-way and raced through the defence for a smart F°. al - Institute forced a corner on the left which was easily cleared, and another attack led by Tanner was held up by Laracy. Both teams swung the ball about in the second spell, first one goal and then the other being in danger. Marist were successful when R. Quirke scored from elose range. Institute were all out to even the score, Sheffield opening up well to. his wings, but the defence held. Institute were unlucky when after a good move right through the team the ball just missed the net. Play swung to the other end and R. Quirke slammed in a shot which. King saved brilliantly. After a period of scrappy play Institute took control for a while, but could not score. As the whistle blew, R. Quirke netted for Marist, but time was up and the score remained, Marist 0.8, 2, Institute 0.8. 1. The teams were:— Marist O.B.: P. Turkington, J. Laracy, J. Duffy; T. Hindle. L. Foley, P. TravEager, E. Kershaw, R. Quirke, M. Quirke, J. Leonard. Institute O.B. : M. King; W. Hicks, A. McLean; R. McLean, R. Boyes, J. HurHicks ’ R ’ Sutherland, R. Sheffield, C. McNaughton, N. Tanner.

after extra time Despite the sodden ground at Porirua and the drizzling rain which fell incessantly throughout the afternoon, the Hospital v. Seatoun Auld Memorial Cup fixture proved full of interest. The teams were evenly matched, and, though the conditions made ball-control difficult if not impossible, the struggle of both teams for supremacy kept the spectators on their toes. Honours were even at tuu-tim.e, but Hospital scored during the extra time and won from Seatoun bv 2 goals to 1. ‘ J

From the kick-off Hospital took up the attack, and two minutes from the start a stinging shot from Webster hit the upright and the ball bounced back into play. Woods was handy but, with Parton beaten, he shot past from half-a-dozen yards out. Play was evenly distributed and both goalkeepers acquitted themselves well when under pressure. Another chance was lost, by Webster this time, when he was presented with a sitter by Woods, but missed by yards. Seatoun again swung to the attack, and Wyatt almost conceded a goal when he was caught in possession and charged through, but he managed to get rid of the ball as he fell. Thirty minutes from the start Jeffery essayed a magnificent shot from halfway. and when the ball hit the cross-bar and bounced back into play, Webster made no mistake with his first-timer. Hospital 1, Seatoun 0.

The second spell was a repetition of the first, and the pace that was clapped on said much for the fitness of the players. The shooting of the forwards on both sides was the most disappointing feature of the game, and many chances were thrown away. Seatoun were making every effort to equalise, but 35 minutes had gone before Salt paved the way with a swinging pass to the right wing, and D. Gendall’s cros's was neatly headed through by McKenzie. Seatouii 1, Hospital 1. With the score one-all at full-time, extra time had to be played, and six minutes from the re-start Hospital scored the deciding goal when Webster finished off another effort by Jeffery. There was no further score, and the game ended: Hospital 2. Seatoun 1. The teams were :—-

Hospital: J. Wyatt; Salisbury, Miles; J. Todd, E. effery, I. Upehurch; Webb,

Stanbridge, J. Webster, Sbaukie, -W. Woods. J-leatoun : H. Parton ; Jones. K. Yeoman ; J. Gibson, H. Salt, C. Yeoman, D. Gendall, D. Gibson, D. Scott, G. McKenzie, I| Gendall. PETONE’S clever win Weather aud underfoot conditions were decidedly unpleasant lor the Auld Cup iirst round meeting between Detune and Technical 0.8., at Petone. Petone, adapting themselves to the conditions, revelled in the soft going, and delighted with a well-balanced display. In _ a tricky forward line Patterson and White just shaded their colleagues. Technical, after a flattering start, faded out till the closing stages, when they made a belated effort, scoring three well-taken goals. After a fluctuating opening spell, Technical drew first blood when Beedle slipped the ball past Body after N. Gates and Stewart made the movement. Technical were now on top for a spell, and the Petone goal was hard pressed. Petone, however, settled down to take command for the remainder of the spell, and goals by Patterson _ (2) and Reid made the score at the interval, Petone 3, Technical 1. On resuming, Leslie was prominent with some forcing play, _ and netted an accurate flag-kick by Craig. Petone continued in top gear, and White scored a clever goal. Minutes later Leslie followed with another, and Petone with a big lead eased up, Technical’s forwards then came more into the game, and two goals were scored by Torrington and Liddicoat. Some tricky play by Patterson led to W-hite notching another goal for Petone. Just on the call of time Liddicoat scored from a penalty, and the game ended in Pctone's favour.

The teams were: — Petone: F. Body; P. Dewar, S. Haines; H. Smith, R. Reid, T. Graham, J. White, A. Patterson, A. Leslie, R. Cullen, D. Craig. Technical Old Boys: C. Redmond; R. Parker, J. Ronald ; B. Pullen. A. Gates, N. Gates; K. Wrigley, R. Liddicoat, H. Beedle, J. Torrington, C. Stewart. IN other centres By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch. —Thistle 4, Rangers 1 ; Nomads 1, Y.M.C.A. 0; Western 7, Technical 1. Dunedin.—Mosgiel 3. Seacliff 0; Northern 3. Maori Hill 1 ; U.S. Old Boys 8, Technical Old Boys 2: Roslyn-Wukari 5, Mornington 1.