SENIOR SOCCER

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 243, 11 July 1938, Page 16

SENIOR SOCCER

Leading Teams Have

Easy Wins

PETONE HELD TO DRAW

Diamond Go Down Fighting Against Hospital

The Wellington Football Association's first A division Soccer championship was advanced a further stage on Saturday, when the two leading teams'. Seatoun and Waterside, ' had comfortable wins. Marist, however, held I’etoue to a draw, and Hospital had to light hard to beat Diamond by the odd goal in live. WATERSIDE’S BIG SCORE Waterside and Technical met at Anderson Park before a good attendance of spectators. oonditiioi«s underfoot, were heavy, and consequently the game was not played at a very fast pace. aterside were definitely the better balanced side, and displayed much more combination than their opponents, who were prone to kick and rush tactics. Another factor that, led to Waterside's big win was their shooting ability in front of goal; Technical, on the other hand, failing to capitalise their field work by faulty shooting. • . Both sides enjoyed periods of attack in the iirst few minutes, with Waterside showing slightly to advantage. At the end of nine minutes a welliplaced corner by McCarthy was turned to advantage oy Longbottom, who opened the scoring. A rush by Technical saw Wrigley lift the ball into the centre, but his inside men failed to avail themselves of the opportunity. At the other end, Waterside were on top of the Teel nical defence, and R. Ward shot at goal for Redmond to save well. .Moments later, Ward had another chance with an open goal, but kicked weakly behind. A free kick to Waterside, 80 yards out, saw Cocks pilot the ball past Redmond to make Waterside two goals up. . „ it , , A Technical raid, with all the forwards participating, ended in Torrington slamming in a hard shot which jvaw, however, safely handled, by S. ward. Waterside then took charge, and L»ongbottom crashed a grand shot past Redmonel, and the same player scored again a few moments later. Just-before the interval. Technical almost scored, but o. Ward made a fine save. . With a four-goal deficit, Technical attacked strongly at the resumption, and were almost through' on a couple of occasions. Finally Liddicoat gained possession and drove for goal, tile ball hitting a Waterside defender and entering tne net. Heartened by this success, Technical attacked again, and 'Wrigley beat Ward with a stinging shot. Up to this stage Technical were .playing good football, but Waterside then took charge and, Ward, Walker and Longbottom scored three more goals, the game ending, Waterside 7. Technical 2. ■ The teams were: — Waterside: S. Ward: A. Harris, b. Bolton ; C. Anderson, F. Hazel, R. Cocks; C. McCarthy, T. Walker, R. Ward, A. Longbottom, R. Janes. A;Technical: C. Redmond; R. Parker. L. B. Pullen, A. Gates, N. Gates; K.'(Wrigley, Warr. P. Torrington, R. Liddicoat, C. Stewart. Referee: Mr. E. J. McQueen. SEATOUN COMBINE WELL Seatoun continued their winning way on Saturday when they beat Scottish Wanderers by 8 goals to nil at feeatoun 'Park. Wanderers have had difficulty in fielding a team through injury and sickness several times this season, and on Saturday they had to call on two veterans in Kirkwood and Cherry to fill gaps in the forward line. .Seatoun were never in danger of defeat, but it was pleasing to see the way the Wanderers’ defence stuck to its task. McCallum played a sound game at left full-back and Calder, letthalf, saved his side repeatedly. Cunningham worked hard to get his forwards avvav, but the Seatoun halves kept them subdued, and the' full-backs combined so well that McKenzie, in goal, had little to do. All the Seatoun forwards played well, with both wings making openings for their inside men. Seatoun hammered away at the Wanderers’ goal for 20 minutes till Salt slammed the ball into the net after Gibson and D. Yeoman had headed it past the defence. Later, Edmunds scored from the wing with a hard drive, and after D. Yeoman had scored, a speculator by Boyes (centre-half) from well out was also successful. , . Fleming and Dunlop broke through for Wanderers, butC. Yeoman came back and cleared, and it was not long before beatoun were again on attack, D. Yeoman scoring twice to make the half-time score 0-0 in Seatoun’s favour. With Seatoun easing up in the second spell, Wanderers shone in midfield play, but they seldom looked like scoring. Evers and Coveuev combined well, but met a rock-like defence. Jackson, in goal, made several saves, but two from D. Yeoman he was unable to stop, the first being on a pass from Boyes and the second a headed goal after receiving from Gendall. The teams were:— __ Seatoun: L. McKenzie; K. Yeoman, B. Yeoman; FT. Whiting, R. Boyes, C. A eoinan ; N. Edmunds, J. Gibson, D. Yeoman, 11. Salt. 1. Gendall. Scottish Wanderers: C. Jackson; Finke, AV. McCallum; T. Evers, AV. Cunningham, J. Calder; C. Coveney, J. Dunlop. E. Fleming, Cherry, Kirkwood. Referee, Mr. J. Graham. HARD-FOUGHT DRAW The game between Marist and Petone was evenly contested from beginning to end and, Uiken all round, the result, a draw, was a good indication of the play. In the first spell, Petone had the breeze at their backs and had most ot the play. At limes, tbe.v were definitely unlucky in not opening their score. On one occasion. Hie bajl struck the upright and shot right, across I he goal-mouth to be cleared finally by the dej'euce. . It was all against the run of play when Marist scored first, but it was a good movement down the loft wing. M. Quirke soul over a good cross ami with the Marist- forwards swooping dowu on it. Haines was unfortunate enough to deflect the ball into bis own goal. •petone continued to have much of the play ami before half-time they equalised when Craig made no mistake with a penalty kick given for a foul charge. A little feeling crept into the game and in the second spell some heavy charging was done bv both teams. The first spell had been I’etone’s but. the second was mostly in favour of Marist. The forwards infused much more life iiil,<> their ulii.v and with the Quirke brothers loading them. Shave in the I’etoue goal hail manv anxious moments. IjTom an attack bv I’etoue. Wickliffe was drawn from lii.s goal ami Leslie placed I lie ball over his lieml. where Laracy cleared, but the i-ol'crcc riilcil that the hall was over the line .'iml awarded a goal Io I’i'loiie. Mnrists's equalisci' came when M. Quirke, from tile left: wing, swung tile Imll right across tlie goal-inouth. where Leonard, racing up. steered it. into the net. Marist again scored from a free-kick, but the referee ordered it to he taken again, and Petone cleared. Before the end. J. White, the Petone right-wing, was injured in a collision witli Laracy and was carried from the field. The name ended without further score. The teams were:— Petone: M. Shave: W. Hughes. S. Haines; .1. Davidson. IL Reid. 11. Smith : J. White. J. Kassick. A. Leslie. D. Craig. .1. Binns. Marist; M. Wickliffe; J. Laraey. C.

N'unns; T. llindlc. L. I'ok'.v. I*. Traynor; .1. Leonard. .1. Dully, G. Irvine, R. Quirke. M. Quirke. Referee: .Mr. .1. Dunean. LAST-MINUTE WIN Lnpleasani weather ami a heavy ground prevailed at I’oi'irua lor the championship fixture between Hospital and Diamond, A skilful ami interesting game resulted in Hospital maintaining their winning sequence by a last-minute win, as a result of Lumbert's clever play. Diamond gave a polished and plucky exhibition, and although they were on the defensive in the closing stages of the game a draw would have been a true reflex of the game. Bennett and McLean were outstanding, the former capping a great display with two clever goals.

Diamond took the honours in 'the first spell by clever play, and should have had a substantial lead at the interval, bul good scoring chances were not made use of. Hospital were first to score, when W. Woods, receiving from Lambert, beat McLean close in. Fluctuating play followed, with both goals raided in turn. Alexander at this stage missed a couple of “sitters,” and Bennett had a scoring shot deflected into Wyatt’s hands by a Hospital back. The game continued on these lines with both goalies doing excellent work. Near the close of the first half, Bennett collected a pass to level the scores with a great goal. Hospital 1, Diamonds 'l. Flospital Jiad most of the play in the second spell and although McLean saved brilliantly from Lambert, Jeromson collected and scored with a clever back-heel-er. Diamond replied with a hot attack, Bennett brushing aside all opposition to even the scores with a brilliant goal. The Diamond defence resolutely withstood a sustained pressure until the closing minutes when Lambert created tlie chance for Webster to give his side victory. The game ended with Bennett justmiissing the target with a terrific drive. Hospital 3, Diamonds 2. The teams were:—

Hospital: J. Wyatt; W. Salisbury J. Todd ; J. Woods, E. Jeffery, C. Simon; J. Miles, J. Jeromson, C. Webster, W. AVoods, P. Lambert. Diamond: W. McLean : E. O'Connell, L. Toplis; V. Conder, K. Osten, L. Nicol; E. Alexander, J. Gilchrist, N. Bennett, A. Du Feu, B. Hooker. Referee: Mr. V. AAHieeler.

LOWER GRADE RESULTS First B Division. Swifts 6, Lower Hutt 2. Institute Old Boys 8, Miramar Rangers 0. Koijo Koro 5, Onslow 0. Stop Out 5, Nada 2. Second A Division. Seatoun C, Technical Old .Boys 0. Institute Old Boys 7, Scottish Wanderers 1. Marist 2, Diamond 1. Second B Division. Wadestown 4. Miramar Rangers 2. Onslow won 'by default from Nada. Third Division. Marist (I, Institute Old Boys 5. Technical Old Boys 1, AVaterside 0. Moera Stop Out 11, Lower Hutt 1. Diamond 7. Seatoun .1. Swifts, a bye. Fourth Division. Seatoun 4, Onslow 2. Marist. 3, Petone 0. Technical Old Boys 5, Miramar Rangers 1. Stop Out 1, Upper Hutt 1. AVaterside, a bye. Fifth Diyision. .Seatoun 3, Marist 0. Institute v. Technical College C, not played. AVaterside, a bye. Sixth Division—First Round Cup. Seatoun 7, Institute 0. Onslow, Y.M.C.A., Swifts. Technical CoHfigc, Marist, Stop Out, Diamond, byes. Sixth Division—Championship. Technical College 17, Y.M.C.A. 2. Swifts 7. Dianipnd 0. Hutt A'alloy League. Technical College C 7, Anglican Boys’ Home 0. WESTLAND BEATS BULLER Peter Dawson Cup Match By Telegraph—Press Association. AVestport, July 10. After holding the Peter Dawson Cup for eight years, the Buller Soccer team lost the trophy to a strong Westland combination at Ngakawau on Saturday. The challengers were superior in every department and scored' five goals to Buller's one in the first half. In the second spell Buller rallied and neither side scored, but Westland had- a decided advantage. R. Scott, Westlaud inside , left, was tlie outstaning player on the field and scored three goals. T. Dobson ami A. Cameron also scored for AVestland. Ryan scored .for Buller.

IN OTHER CENTRES

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Auckland. —Comrades 4, Suburbs 2; North Shore 7, Metro College 3; Thistle 7, Mount Albert 2; Ponsonby 3. Abels 2; Y.M.C.A. 3, Onehunga 0. Christchurch. — AVestern 4, Thistle 2; Technical 6, Rangers 0; Nomads 3, St. Albans 0.

Dunedin. — Mosgiel 3, Northern 1; Seacliff 5, Roslyn 4; Maori Hill 6, Caversham 1; Mornington 8, High .School Old Boys 4.