FIRST A DIVISION

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 112, 14 May 1934, Page 15

FIRST A DIVISION

PETONE WIN DULL GAME

Petonp md Hospital gi\c ,i di&tppoint ing c\lubition on the pnucipal giouud at the I>iiin Resellc, the foimei team, win ning b> J goals-to 1 It was d hard game, phjed at a fast pace thioughont, but neitbei teim displdjed tht quilitj of football that was eipected of them The teams weie — Petone—McVean, Scott Biown, Haines, White, Campbell, Smith, Duulop, Wats>on, Leslie, Cunningham, Woods, Hospital—Wyatt, Miles, Thompson, lodd Jefteiy, Simon, A Caislej, II Cais lc>, fetanbndge, Upchuich, Webstei Petone kicked off, L facing the 'northern goal. The elevens /were evenly matched, but because of lack of combination on both sides neithei set of foiwards was dangerous, and the goalies had little to do for the greater part of the half except repel a few individual attacks. , Most of the play was confined to midfield, but was unexciting len minutes beloic lulftime Cunningham and Woods were combining in a promising movement up Petone's left wing when one of them was fouled in the pcuilly -uei Campbell took the kick and opened Petone's sconng account Potone 1, Hospital 0 Shoitly irteiwaids Leslie managed to beat Miles and Simon in succession and "work himself into <i iust class position, from which he sent in a shot that gave Wyatt no chance. Petone 2, Hospital 0

Play in the second half also was colour less. Petone forged still further ahead when soon after the kick-off Dunlop took the ball up his wing and centred for Leslie to swing in in effoitless shot that found the net from close linge Petone 3 Hospital 0 Hospital lallicd and Me Yean was well fested, earning applause bj stopp'ng tlnee shots in lapid succession Jefteiy whipped in a fast ball aiy McVein stopped and held jt iust long enough foi Caisley, the right-winger, to charge him md the ball o\ei the goal line Petone 3, Hospital 1 As the result of this the Petono goalie was off the field, for a few minutes, receiving attention'from the ambulance men, and not long aftei White lnd also to retire injured for' a little while. An uninteresting game cnded;with no further score.

The referee was Mr. E. Ormrod.