TRIAL GAME

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 4

TRIAL GAME

HALVES DECIDE RESULT

Superiority in the half-line was the reason why Whites won' a 5-2 victory over Blacks in the second Association football trial game at Te Aio Park on Saturday^ afternoon. In eoalkeepers and. forwards the sides were fairly even. Blacks had the better backs, but Whites' more skilful halves were the deciding factor in what would otherwise have been a very even game. The elevens were:— A Team (Black).—Turkington; Graham, Haines; Reid, Boyes, Kicol; Halley, Heath, Leslie, Hatchard, M. Quirke. B Team (White).—Parton; Cocks, Hazel; Hindle, Longbottom, Hanlon; R. Quirke, Thompson> Janes, McKenzie, Gendall. Whites led 2-1 at half-time, the scorers-being R. Quirke and McKenzie for the leaders and M .Quirke for the Blacks. In the second half Janes added two and McKenzie one for the winners, and Hatchard scored for the losers. ■ :..,' Up to the interval play was fairly even, but in the second half the more efficient distribution of Hindle, Longbottom, and Hanlon began to tell, and although Whites' forwards were no aetr ter than Blacks' they made the best of the more * opportunities they were given. ■ • .■ ■ Neither Turkington nor Parton were called upon as often as they, would have been had the forwards done more shooting and less dallying with ,the ball in critical positions, but both goalkeepers were good enough. Graham and Haines, full-backs for the losers, were the better pair in those positions than their opposit'es, but only just. Hindle, Longbottom, and Hanlon, however, were streets, ahead of Reid, Boyes, and Nicol, and their co-opera-tion among themselves and with their forwards was at times masterly. In the evenly-matched sets; of forwards Leslie, Hatchard, and M. Quirk were outstanding on the losing side, and McKenzie and Gendall on the winning Generally there was.far too much high kicking and not enough precision of movement, but the faults should disappear with the start of competition Kames. Corners, too, were often poorly placed, which was inexcusable i in the calm air. The game was not up to the standard of the first trial at Hospital.