LAST WEEK'S GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 6

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

CHATHAM CUP REPLAY

Waterside certainly found Saturday to be their lucky day, for their win in the Chatham Cup' replay against Swifts was one of the most fortunate to be. seen in local football this season. Swifts seemed to bo in an almost impregnable position with threequarters of the match gone and an advantage of three goals, but Dainty got his foot in front of a relatively harmless shot by Dunsinnir and deflected it past the goalie, who was handicapped by a sea of mud, and after that Waterside crept up level jusj. in the nick of time. "Crept" is the only word for the manner they drew up with Swifts, for Waterside were a team on the defensive throughout most of tho match : proper, and .only in the extra session did they show up well: It might be said that Swifts lost the game, for three of the, goals which Longbottom scored all, came in the same way; an attack on the right wing broke down, and an attempt to clear reached him where he stood waiting for it in midficld.

There is uo denying Swifts tb-e honours of.the, day. Their clean-cut combination and rugged defence .were much better than, their adversaries'. It was Swifts' bad.luck that the one man in the "Waterside team who could shoot managed to get tho ball after his fel-low-forwards had failed. The return of Smith to the: Swifts half-back line was partly responsible for the team's improved form, 'fie and Dainty made a strong combination, and on the left wing tho losers were .always making the pace a cracker. . Hawken seemed able to go through the defence at any stage, and once scored a£ter Guest an.l Smith, tho Waterside full-backs, had come right at him. But Hawken would have done better not/to keep the baVl so long. . Good chances were missed .that" way.'. Biiby X Shankie, and Adams were all in good'fo.rm,. though all missed glorious : chances...,...Yot they, took a largo number, I find', the football thoy played was a, revelation in tho bad cir-cumstances.-Kelly also played one of his reliable, games, and. it was bad luck that ho just failed to" connect with one or two"perfoct 'crosses, tha,t c.imo his way. In the backs Longbottom stood out., He was safe and cool. Bradford did good work while he could (he stopped some rattling good shots), but towards the end of the ganie the ground was ,so greasy that the goalie was practically helpless. Tho "Waterside star was A. Longbottom. The: match was of his saving, and none of his colleagues were in anything liko equal form. McLcod was missing badly, Dunsmuir was feeding his wing at times when it -jyould have paid to send the'ball infield, and Patterson, who did more work than anybody, was well marked. The "Waterside defence did not exist for a long period, the halves being very ineffective and tho full-backs far from safe.