SENIOR SOCCER

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 235, 3 July 1939, Page 6

SENIOR SOCCER

Swifts Win Chatham Cup Replay

WATERSIDE BEATEN

Seatoun’s Fine Form In Championship

Plenty of excitement was provided by the Wellington Football Association’s first A division teams in Saturday’s matches. Swifts and Hospital met in a Chatham Cup replay, but the remainder were championship fixtures. Results were: —

Swifts 4, Hospital 2. Seatoun 4, Waterside 1. Petone 4, Marist 0. Technical Old Boys 4, Diamond 3.

Faster on the ball than Hospital, Swifts won with something in hand, though they met a dogged defence. Seatoun played up to their best form against Waterside, who, as the result of two defeats, have lost their lead in the championship to Petone. Marist eould not pierce the solid Petone defence and were soundly beaten after a scoreless first half. Diamond made a gallant effort in their match against Technical Old Boys, and wete only beaten a few minutes before full time.

Win For Swifts

.Superior speed and better finishing work by their forwards gave Swifts a comfortable win by 4 goals to 2 over Hospital in the replay of their drawn Chatham Cup game. Leading by three goals to nil at half-time, Swifts eased up a little in the second spell, and Hospital, with characteristic doggedness, made a determined effort to draw level, but met a solid defence, ' The Hospital halves and full-backs worked hard, Rogers, Jeffrey and. McCallum breaking up many Swifts’ forward movements. Trewick and Lambert were the most aggressive of the forwards, Lawler having an off day, and Cathro and Jeromson less reliable than usual. Well backed up by their halves, the Swifts forwards in the first sipell combined cleverly, Shankie and Heath making many openings for Baker at centre-forward. Hickmott, on the left wing, played right up to form, and. P. MacGregor also centred well. ■Six minutes from the Start, Heath received from P. MacGregor, and, beating Rogers, passed 'to Baker, who bustled through to score Swifts’ first goal. Hospital were having plenty of pace, but Salisbury and Olliver proved hard to .pass, and their movements broke down in front of goal, Hickmott broke away in a solo effort, and, though tackled by Todd, sent in a hard shot which beat Wyatt, the Hospital goalkeeper. Wyatt saved a number of shots by Shankie and Baker, but had no chance with a hard drive, by Baker, which was deflected off a Hospital back into the net. This gave Swifts a 3-nil lead at half-time. After Heath had scored. .Swifts’ fourth goal from a scramble early in the second spell, their attack weakened for a time, and Hospital came close to scoring. Jeffrey and Todd changed places, and Jeffrey was equally reliable at right fullback. Trewick, who had been playing his usual useful game, found an opening in the Swifts’ defence to score Hospital’s first goal. Later, a well-timed cross by Lambert enabled Trewick to score Hospital’s second goal. Swifts brightened their play, and Wyatt was several times called on, tipping two hard; drives over the bar. Full time came with the score 4rti in Swifts’ favour. Tables Turned On the No. 2 ground at the Basin Reserve, Seatoun sprang a surprise by scoring a thoroughly-deserved win over Waterside by 4 goals to 1, avenging their defeat in the first round They played fast and snappy football, and were a much better balanced team than Waterside, who played below form and lacked the finish shown in earlier games. Seatoun in the first spell had- the advantage of a light northerly breeze. Both sides enjoyed periods of attack. Snappy play by Edmunds and Ellis had Jordan, Hazel and Bolton defending stoutly. Seatoun kept up their attack with crisp movements and. a pass from Edmunds gave Johnston a chance to score, but his kick was weak. Janes and Longbottom were associated in a Waterside movement, but the Seatoun defence held. Waterside were penalized in the penalty area and Edmunds scored from the spot kick. Waterside launched a series of attacks and Seatoun bad a close call with the Waterside-.forwards round the goal, but the ball went behind. Play continued at a fast pace, with Hazel, Bolton and Jordan for- Waterside and the Yeoman brothers and Boyes for Seatoun, showing Up on defence. Waterside scored when Longbottom initiated a fine movement, sending to Ward, who in turn passed to Janes, for the outside-left to beat McKenzie with a rising shot. Just on half-time Seatoun drew ahead when Hazel mistimed a kick and Johnston flashed the ball into the net. , Early in the second half Boyes placed a fine free-kick which S. Ward had difficulty in saving. Waterside strove hard to gain the equalizer, and McKenzie was several times called on, but cleared on each occasion. A breakaway by Seatoun saw Tanner streak up the left, wing and pass to Johnston, who scored Seatoun’s third goal. Shortly afterward, Johnston headed another goal from a pass from Edmunds. An injury to McCarthy left Waterside with only ten men. and Seatoun had much the better of the closing stages to win by 4 goals to 1. Four-Goal Margin Played on the Petone Recreation Ground, the return game between Petone and Marist was full of incident. Considering the heavy ground, the pace was fast and the standard of football pleasingly high. Marist, who had won so well against Hospital the week before, were not at full strength, J. Duffy and M. Quirke being absent. Petone, however, were in superlative form and would have beaten any Wellington team on the day. Though held to a fairly even first spell by their game and vigorous opponents, they clapped on the pressure in the second half and had Marist for long periods on the defensive. The clever Petone forwards, led by the dashing Leslie, penetrated the stubborn Marist defence —Turkington in the Marist goal made many splendid saves —and Petone finally won by 4 goals to nil. In the first spell the midfield exchangee were keen and snappy, but the defence of ' both teams wns sound nnd the spell end-

ed without a score, though both sides had | chances.

Leslie had Turkington t wice m difficulties after the start of the second spell and later drove in a crashing drive which the goalkeeper had no chance of stopping. Petone increased their lead when Leslie whipped a pass from Haley into the net. Petone continued, to nttflck nnd fitter Woods and Patterson had come close to scoring Craig went through to score Petone’s third goal, beating Turkington with a glorious low drive from the line. Marist fought back gamely but failed to penetrate the strong Petone defence. Near the end Petone scored their fourth goal. From a tussle in front of the Marist goalmouth following a flag kick by Haley, Reid scored in conjunction with Leslie, giving Petone a win by 4 goals to nil. An Even Game The two bottom teams, Technical Old Boys and Diamond, met at Kelburn Park, and after an even game Technical won by 4 goals to 3. Light rain.made the ground slightly greasy, but this did not seem to slow up play to any extent. Both teams swung the ball about and play travelled rapidly from one goal to the other. Technical were early on attack, but the Diamond defence was sound. After 15 minutes Technical scored, Wrigley finishing off a good forward movement. Diamond took some time to settle down but, when they did- get going, the Technical backs had some anxious moments. Diamond were awarded a penalty and Du Feu scored. Technical carried play into Diamond territory and a shot by Torrington rebounded from the cross-bar, with the goalie well beaten. McNaughton, following up fast, tapped the ball into the

net. Technical held their slender lead till half-time. Wild kicking marred the play of both teams early in the second spell, but this phase soon passed. After a period of even play Bold put Diamond level 2-all. but Technical quickly regained the lead when Wrigley made no mistake from fairly close range. Play became a little vigorous and the standard of football suffered accordingly. Diamond drew level again when a centre from the right’ wing was deflected by a Technical defender into the net. Just on time Wrigley" scored Technical’s fourth and winning goal after an exciting race with the goalkeeper. Lower Grade Results I‘TrHt li Division, Institute Old Boys 10, Xada 1. . Stop Out 2, Training College 0. Lower Hutt 9, Scottish Wanderers 2. Onslow 4, Miramar Rangers 4. Second A Division. Marist 8. Technical Old Boys 1. Petone 5, Waterside 2. Diamond 6, Lower Hutt 2. HHIKI Second B Division. Lower Hutt 5, Training College 0. Mariet 5, Miramar Rangers 0. Wadestown 1, Nada 1. Third Division—Second Bound. Diamond 5, Swifts 1. Technical Old Boye 11, Miramar Rangers 0. Institute Old Boys 0. Seatoun 4. Moera Stop Out 0, Waterside 0. Stop Out 2, Marist 2. , Fourth Division —Second Bound. Waterside 4, Diamond 0. Scottish Wanderers 2, Boys’ Institute 1. Technical Old Boys 2. Seatoun 0. Technical College 2. Moera Stop Out 1. Petone 0, Marist 1.

Fifth Division. Technical College A 8. Boys’ Institute 0. Onslow O, Technical College C 0. Petone Technical College 1, Technical College B 0. Stop Out (J, Swifts 2 (first round cup). Sixth Division, Technical College A 5, Onslow 2. Boys’ Institute 1, Technical College B V. Seatoun 2, Diamond 1. Hutt Valley League. Lower Hutt 9, Hutt Rovers 1. Technical College B 2, Technical College C 1. Moera Stop Out 1, Anglican Home, 1. Inter-House Association. Division I. Dotns -J, Precision Engineering A 0. Wellsteel 2, Neeco 2. Government Printing 1, Pallo 1. Division 11. Cathles 4, Colbeale 1. Newtown Gymnasium 7, Precision Engineering B 1. Hananhs 2. Hibberds 1. IN OTHER CENTRES By Telegraph—Preas Association. Auckland.—Local final Chatham Cup: Ponsonby 4, Y.M.C.A. 0. Senior competition: North Shore 3, Comrades 0; Mount Albert Grammar 0.8. 5, Abels 5; Onehunga 2, Thistle 1. Christchurcli.—Chatham Cup: Nomads 8. St. Albans 1. Senior competition: Western 10, Rangers 1; Technical 2, Thistle 2. Dunedin.—H.S. Old Boys 4, Maori Hill J); Mosgiel 3. Caversham 0; Northern 4, ’Mornington 3; Seacliff 2, Roslyn-Wakari 1.

Championship Tables ITirst A Division. Ch. Pts. p. W. L. D. F. A. pts. Petone ■ 9 7 1 1 35 14 15 Waterside 9 7 2 0 25 16 14 Seatoun 9 6 3 0 29 16 12 Swifts 8 4 3 1 14 17 9 Marlst 9 2 o 2 17 24 6 Hospital 8 2 4 2 23 30 6 Tech. O.B 9 2 o 21 37 6 Diamond 9 0 7 42 2 I’irst B Division. Institute O.B. .. 9 9 0 0 59 9 18 Stop Out 10 7 3 0 35 22 14 Lower Hutt .... 10 o 4 1 06 ol 11 Mir. -Bangers .. 9 0 £> 1 27 23 n Nada 10 i) t) 0 23 30 10 Training Coll. . 10 At 7 1 14 37 5 Scottish Wdrs. 10 7 1. 16 29 5 ,£n.s low 10 1 - 20 49 4