TOO GOOD FOR SWIFTS
Outclassing Swifts in every department of the game, Pettme took a well-deserved 3-2 win from them in their meeting on the principal ground at the Basin Reserve.
Petone had the better of the first half. In which they scored twice, once through a good solo effort by Bennie and once rather luckily from a corner kick by Craig, the ball going in off a Swifts defender. Shanlde got one goal for Swifts before half-time.
In the second spell Swifts did better but were still not good enough, though luck was dead against them. Shankle equalised towards the end, and it seemed that the game would be a draw, when almost on the final whistle White and Bennie dashed through the Swifts rearguard to snap the winning goal for Petone. Every man on both sides played well, and the teams functioned smoothly as combinations also, showing some pretty football at, times. Speed was a feature of the game, though as usual there was a slackening in the second half. It was a typical club game, with plenty of interest for the crowd. i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 31, 5 August 1940, Page 4
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186TOO GOOD FOR SWIFTS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 31, 5 August 1940, Page 4
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