SOCCER FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 May 1937, Page 11

SOCCER FOOTBALL

ENGLISH TEAM WINS [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

NAPIER, May 27

The English Association football players opened their New Zealand tou'r at Napier to-day in fine weather before an attendance of 2000, They scored a signal victory over the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay team by 12 goals to 0. The visitors probably had not lost their “sea legs” and this fact would 1 account for some of the poor shooting. The positional play was superb, an Englishman never being found out of place. Their penetration was effective and they lost no time. Most of their attacks came from the right wing, but the scoring came chiefly from the left, Finch obtaining three, and losing--another through being off; side. The visitors’ interception was splendid, and their ball control effective and pleasing. The home team defended really well, considering the great superiority of the visitors. The home goalkeeper, Hill, of Gisborne, put up a great fight and considering his trials his record was splendid, some of his saving being cheered. Towards the end both sides tired perceptibly, but only for a short time, the English attack resuming with great activity. The home team won the toss 1 and played with a slight northerly breeze, but the team, was defending almost the whole time, the periods of attack being brief because of the excellence and the combination of the Englishmen. Scoring came fairly frequently, but the missed shots were much more numerous. All the members 1 of the visiting team took a. fuill share of the work, but their excellent combined efforts made much work for their opponents. • One of the goals, the third, was accidentally netted by Brian, who miss-kicked into his own net. Joy’s effort was a perfect one, the ball being taken on the full and glanced into the net off his chest. Collinses effort also possessed much merit, but to Finch went the honours of the day. His record of three goals should have read four. The scorers -were Finch (3), Leek (1), Thornton (2), Matthews (2), Collins (1), Lewis (1), and Joy (1). The game was so one-sided that at half-time the crowd at the home team’s goal walked to the other end of the field in order to he close to the scene of action in the second spell. Mr R. Gallacher was referee. FIXTURES FOR TO-MORROW. Senior: Taylorville v. Runanga, at Taylorville. Blackball v. Technical Old Boys, at Blackball. Tech. Old Boys’ v. Blackball (meet P.O. 1.30 p.m.)—Hall, Lee, Marshall, McDougall, Woods, Paton (2), Kerr, Martin, Hogg, Perrin, Smythe. Taylorville v. Runanga, 2.30, at Taylorville: King, Bernard (2), Ford (2), Miller, Bowman, Calder, Cameron, Short, Bateman, Coutts.