STILL WINNING

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 131, 6 June 1938, Page 15

STILL WINNING

NO TROUBLE TO SEATOUN Though ,W)fsy played foi all they were worth the Petone eleven were no: matdh foi- the nippy BeatoUn > aids, which had something to spare in.beating Petorte by 3 goals to , 1 on the prin-. cipal ground &V th 6, Basih Reserve. Thegame was not exciting, there being' tod 'marked a gap between the t&ams for fireworks, but it Was interesting except for a dull period in the second half. Seatoun's performance was 6s good as that expected, but Petone's must have been disappointing to those who saw their fitKJ display against Waterside recently. All three of Seatoun's goals were scored by. the youthful D. Yeomah in the first fifteen minutes qf the game, and for th£ rest.bf. the, |ltst half Seatoun were contistetitty.ftfn the attack. Rearrangememifein ■tlipPetone side in the secortd sptll .effected some improvement, but the loss of White through an injury handicapped them. Petone had at least an equal share of the play in the second half, but rarely looked like scoring, and their goal near the end of a mostly tame half came as a surprise not only to Seatoun but to Petone, too. It was a fine effort of McGrory's. Seatoun's men were nearly all at the top of their form. Petone's eleven were by no means weak, but they lacked Seatoun's combination and positional skill and _ generally were outplayed by a better side. Mr. E. J. McQueen was referee. ■ WAJERSI.DE SUCCEED AGAIN, Waterside continued in their winning vein on Saturday when they easily accounted for Diamond at the Basin Reserve by five goals to one. They had a three-goal lead at halftime, but it was .expected when the teams .changed.. over that Diamond would give them a close run. Bennett, the Diamond centre-for-ward, scored his side's only goal. Except for half-a-dozen raids on the Diamond goal, during two of which they scored, Waterside were on the defence for the greater part of the second spell, and it was only very poor shooting by the Diamond forwards which was responsible for their low score. Thev had plenty of opportunities, especially during the second half, but none of the inside forwards had the slightest idea of what to do when in front of the goal, and combination between them was absolutely lacking. In distinct contrast to this, the Waterside front line played with perfect understanding, and it was pretty to watch the ball go right down the field, passing between the forwards in neat scissors movements, which completely baffled the Diamond defence on numerous occasions. The backs on both sides had plenty to do when facing the wind, and both sets performed creditably, without being in any way brilliant. Thet Waterside* halves were more prominent than those of Diamond, and the latter's forwards, playing too much as individuals, and not enough as a combination, found It very difficult to make any headway against a strong defence. Waterside, although on the defence in the second half, were never really in trouble, and seemed content j to let Diamond do all the hard work | and make all the mistakes. The referee was Mr. J. Sanderson. TECHNICAL'S EASY WIN j A keen and evenly-contested game was anticipated between Technical Old Boys and Scottish Wanderers, but the handful of spectators at Seatoun Park were sadly disappointed with the standard of football, which at no time reached what is expected of senior teams. The game was fifteen minutes late in starting, due to the late arrival of several players who were held up en route by the exceptional flow of traffic to Rongotai. Technical took full advantage of the wind and soon had Jackson in action. Five minutes from the start Warr scored Technical's first goal. It was Technical forwards versus Wanderers defence all the first spell, with honours to the Wanderers backs and goalie. It was bad luck for McCallum when he deflected one past Jackson. A. Gates made the half-time score Technical 3, Wanderers 0. „ The Wanderers started the second spell with every promise of making up some of the leeway, but too much individual play spoilt? their chances. Liddicoat took advantage of a nice pass from Wrigley to make the score 4-0. Warr cut in from the left to add the fifth, and A. Gates added the sixth from a penalty. The final whistle sounded with the score: Technical 6, Wanderers 0. The referee was Mr. Duncan. A DRAWN GAME The game between Hospital and Marist at Porirua on Saturday afternoon was by no means a good one. It was remarkable, however, for one thing. Marist attacked for about twothirds of the first half and for about four-fifths of the second, but could only make a draw. The game was slow, partly because of the heavy nature of .the ground, and the visitors quickly took the offensive. K. Quirke missed a good chance, and this was the beginning of a series of close calls for Hospital. Lambert went well for Hospital. A quick raid by the home team ended when E. Jeffery, receiving from a long backward pass, scored with a beautiful shot from well out. After half-time, Hatchard replaced Duffy, who had received a leg injury during the crossing of the goal. R. Quirke went out to the wing. Soon after the resumption Hatchard passed to R. Quirke. who scored neatly from an ncute nngle. The rest of the game consisted of a scries of attacks by

Marist. Turkington handled the ball only once in the second half. The game ended with the score: Hospital i, Marist 1. Mr. F. Dean was the referee. LOWER DIVISIONS Second A Division—lnstitute 0.8. won by default from Waterside; Diamond 4, Technical 0.8. 1; Marist 10, Scottish Wanderers 2; Petone. 3, Seatoun. 2 (unfinished, the entire Seatoun team being ordered off). Second B Division.—Onslow 2, Marist 0; Wadestown 7, Nada 1. Third Division. —Waterside 9, Lower Hutt 1; Moera Stop Out 5, Institute 0.8. 0; Marist 4, Diamond 1; Technical 0.8., a bye. Fourth Division.—Marist defaulted to Upper Hutt; Seatoun 6, Petone 1; Stop Out 5, Onslow 1; Marist A 4,1 Miramar Bangers 1; Technical 0.8. 8; Swifts 0; Waterside, a bye. Fifth Division.-r'lnstitute v., Marist, not played; Seatoun 15, Diamond 0; Waterside v. Technical College B, postponed; Scottish Wanderers 4, Techni-| cal College C 2. Sixth Division. —Y.M.C.A. v. Technical College, postponed; Institute v. Diamond (ground to be arranged); Onslow 5 Seatoun 1; Marist v. Stop Out, postponed. Hutt Valley Association. —Technical College B 1, Lower Hutt 0; Scottish Rovers 3, Anglican Boys' Home 0; Moera Stop Out 2, Technical College CO. Interhouse League.—Col. Beal defaulted to Government Printing; Berbers 6, Canister 1; Wellsteel 7, Levy 0; The Doms. 10, Hannahs 0; Pallo 8, Neeco 0; Precision Engineering 3, Hibberds 0.