HOSPITAL TOO STRONG

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 20, 24 July 1933, Page 13

HOSPITAL TOO STRONG

Incessant rain during the HospitalLower Hutt match at Porirua made good football impossible. Hospital were too solid a eide for Lower Hutt, and had no difficulty in winning by S goals to 1. The teams were: — Hospital:' Ell-; Miles, Thompson; Briggs, Trewiek, Simon; Marshall, Jeffrey, Stanbridge, Gibb, Windlcy.

Lower Hutt: Batchelor; L. Gardner, J. Butlimd; Campbell, MacDougall, 'G. Stobbs; Nicolle, A. Stobbs, Cross, Jessup, McGrath. . ■ ! ■■■'.'■

First blood was drawn by Hospital after a few minutes,' play. Marshall passed to Jeffery, who sent the'ball' across the goalmonth for Windley to net easily. Hospital 1, Lb'wer Hutt 0. Batchelor-was 'tested many-times in'tile next'-few1 minutes, but he was'very cafe. Then from ■ a throw in-' the ball went'to a crowd 'ofv players in front;,of the iHiitt goal, and Gibb sneaked a low shot just inside the upright. Hospital 2/ Lower Hutt 0. Hutt nearly scored , whett!-EIl-.fumble<l..a .beautiful corner shot from Nicolle, and a little later Ell had to pave smartly as the result of good pay by Cross, Jessup, and Nicolle. Before halftime Stanbridge went through alone, and Batchelor. just failed to hold his shot. Hospital 3, Lower Hutt 0. .Hutt were brighter in the second half, but in spite of gallant efforts could not ' reduce Hospital's lead. Briggs scored the next goal with an oblique shot from near the right corner. Hospital 4, Lower Hutt 0. Persistent attack by the Hutt forwards had';' its well-deserved reward when McGrath took the ball up the left wing and swungI 'it .across to the right, whence it was centred for Cross to score a neat goal. Hospital 4, Lower Hutt 1. Just before the end Jeffery passed the ball to Stanbridge, ,who goalcd with .a' deceptive low chot, making the final score: Hospital 5, Lower Hntt 1.

The referee was Mr. N. D. Brian,