FIRST A DIVISION

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 107, 9 May 1938, Page 15

FIRST A DIVISION

V MARIST HELD TO DRAW After easily having the better of the first half, of their game against Scottish Wanderers, ait. the Kilbirnie- Stadium, Marist faded in the second, and though they stili continued to be the better side their of superiority over Scottish/ Wanderers was so far reduced that even with the wind behind them in. the second spell they, could not alter the half-tin?e score of 2-all. .. Marist started well by,scoring in the firSt three mihiites, to which Wanderers replied -with ar goal from a penalty kfd£ -Though Wanderers held a. de-cided-territorial-advantage in this half they-coulddo little good, through lack of- efficients, combination among the forwards. . BUt they improved with every minute and when Marist took the lead with a second goal half way th'rdirgh' the spell Wanderers were ready - with'the equaliser, and .there the score stood to-the finish, though it was Marist's half. . .. , , In the second half Marist attacked consistently but a dogged Scottish Wanderers defence, plus, a certain artMifl&f" *wild-shootmrrand ■ faulty combination on Marist's part, kept the Wanderers' citadel intact. The first Half of the game was keen and interesting, but by comparison the second ij/as scrappy. I Marist should have won, and it was, tf Wanderers' credit thaU the, T ,result was a draw. ■ o': ' fThe teams were:— • iMariat.—Wickliffe; Nunns, Foley, Traynor; tKefshaw, Thompson, R. Quirke,-. ■ '--Duffy, iig, McCallum; * Cbveney, Gray, McKeen, f Cunningham. ' ■ ' |The referee was Mr. J. Parntt. • OLD BOYS FAIL I ... ; ;Tha Petone-Technical Old Boys gtme, played at Petone, ,was noteworthy for the number of opportunities Technical missed of scoring in the first spell. Technical "were out-,from the « kick-off to force the paee. They never left up from start to finish, and had they had a goal-getter in the van they wbuld have run Up points which Would hive made a .different game. , iPlaying against the wind, Technical attacked for a good part of the spell, and time and again were in scoring . positions, but there was no finish'in : the work of the forwards and the opportunities were wasted. In the latter part of the first half Petone played better and netted three times. . The second half was a keen tussle; and the honours were fairly, evenly < shared as far as the run of play was ; concerned. Technical maintained a steady pressure, but Petone .quickly tobk advantage of any mistake. Technical scored twice in this spell and Petone once. 1 Patterson, Leslie (2), and McGrory , scored for Petone, and Wrigley and A. Gates (penalty) scored for Technical. The teams were:— Petone.— Boddy; Dewar, Haines; Cook, Reed, fossick; White, Patterson,: Leslie, McGrory, Craig. '.'-. i~v i Technical Old i* Boys.—Redmond; Parker, Ronald; Pullen, Watts, N. Gates;. Wrigley, A. Gates, Liddicoat, Gre^JSfcll^irt,;'^--'T;-1-'- ■ 4 !i r ' ]

H&SPITAL WELL BEATEN •' • ■ "• • Ooa-of 4he biggest Association .surprise 011 was the ease with which'waterside defeated Hospital on the iiatter team's home ground. - Conditions wers good, with a heavy ground and! a i fairly."steady cross-wind. From the start waterside assumed the . offensive, and'they; held it for most of the first halt \fhe second half was more even, b\}t "towards the r finish Waterside broke through again to take ; possession Of- the game. Thft teams were as follows:— waterside.—Ward;- Harris, Ballon; Anderson, Hazel,- . Cocks; McCarthy, Walker, Ward, Jordan, Jones. Salisbury, Todd; J. Woods, Jeffery, Symon; Stanbridge, Jerom&on, Webster,; W. Upchujjsh. Rrf^ree.-rMr.'J. Graham. ■ < badly by - -commencing the'game with two irten short; Watffcgiae topic quick advantage of this, and Jrom a neat 1 cdrner-kick by Mcr Cart^ r Jordan registered neatly. Even witM&ciull;Hospital team, which was ] playing minutes after the start of the game, Waterside held the advantage.; Hospital were , by no means the team ef a season or so back, and seemed to rely almost purely on individual attacks. -Janes scored effortlessly from another corner-kick by.,McCarthy: The Waterside right forwards were-going' well, and Walker broke through later m.'the half to score. Hospital took, the offensive in the second half, and battered away with little success lit a solid" defence; Stanbridge got in close on several occasions. At'last .his chance came when the ball dropped almost at his feet from a long pass, and he scored. Hospital kept at it until the Waterside forwards" got away again, and after that it; wa? more than ever Waterside's gamfc.i Jaries and Ward were well on the job, rid the final score was: Waterside 7, Hospital 1. DIAMOND^ ON DEFENCE The <■,meeting. »f Seatoun and "Diamorfdsras expected, to provide the gpectator»(it;;Seat6urt Park with plenty of cxcitementj especially after the fight-ing'-flftishr-ftut up by Diamond in the ' Petone the Ipre.vious won 4-2, from the experthad rearranged it was evident been successful. Right ;l kickrofi they played with good judgment, and

it was not till, late in the second half that their play fell away .to. any decree. ■' The main fault in this, line was on the.right wing, where the outside right was inclined to get out of position, with the result' that many passes to : him went astray. The halves played soundly both on defence and attack, and gave nothing away, with the result that the Diamond front line, playing more as individuals than as a combination,. made- little headway. The Diamond centre forward did-not. touch the ball, after kicking off at the start of : the. game, until about ten minutes before half time. The Diamond team were a,-lot slower on the ball than Seatoun,. and consequently did not have the same opportunities, but several go6d chances went begging owing to the inability of the inside forwards to get the ball away cleanly to their centre. The backs on both sides played with vigour, .but- whereas the Seatoun men usually cleared the ball to one of their own side, the Diamond defenders contented themselves with getting rid of it, irrespective of where it went. In the second half Diamond rallied a bit, and it seemed that a close finish might be expected, but the burst was short-lived, and although Diamond scored twice ' they- 'were never : really dangerous, and were constantly on the defence. LOWER DIVISIONS I Second A Division. Institute Old Boys 4, Technical Old Boys 2; Marist 3,:.Seatoun 2. Second B Division. Onslow 6, 0; Wadestown 3, 1. "'T Third Division. - Marist 9, Swifts 0; Institute Old Boys 3, Diamond 1; Technical Old Boys 1, Seatoun 0; Lower Hutt, a bye; Moera Stop Out 4, Waterside 1. Fourth Division. Marist A' 7, Marist B5; Seatoun 3, Technical Old. Boys 1; Waterside won by default from Diamond; Stop Out 1, Miramar Rangers 1; Scottish Wanderers defaulted to .Upper Hutt; Petone 2,' Onslow 2. ' ' , ; Sixth Division. Swifts 11,. Stop Out 0; Onslow 5, Diamond 4; Technical College, a bye. INTER-HOUSE LEAGUE. Colbeai defaulted to Neeco; Levy 5, Hannahs 4; Welsteel 4, Hibberds 0; Domms, a bye. HUTT VALLEY LEAGUE. Fifth Division. Technical College A 9, tower Hutt 0; Technical .College B 2,-.Moera Stop Out 1; Moera Stop Out 9, Scottish ' Wanderers 0. Sixth. Division. Anglican Boys' Home, a bye; Petone. '• a bye. ' :