THE ASSOCIATION GAME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21527, 26 June 1933, Page 13

THE ASSOCIATION GAME

SENIOR GRADE CONTESTS PONSONBY DEFEATS Y.M.C.A. ABELS EXTENDS TRAMWAYS * All senior matches played under tlie control of the "Auckland Football Association on Saturday were closely contested and in several cases hard-fought and . interesting Ftrusslcs were witnessed. A great contest, was seen in tho meeting of Ponsonby and Y.M.C.A. at Blandford Park, tho former earning a very close decision. A strong finish . by Thistle gave it the full points against Onehunga at Blandford Park, while Glen Junes accounted for North Shore at Devonjport. Tramways just got home ahead of 'Abels at Western Springs, and New Lynn secured a decision over Comrades at New Lynn. Excellent conditions were experienced, ground and weather being ideal for fast football. Following wero the results:— Ponsonby. 3: Y.M.C.A., 2. Thistle. 2; Onehunga, 0. New Lynn, 2; Comrades, 0. Tramways, 2; Abels, 1. Glen Innes, 1; North Shore, 0. The following table shows the positions •fef the teams:— ~ „ Goals Ch. P- W. L. D. F. A. Pis. {Tramways ..75 Ponsonby ~7 4 Thistlp .. 7 4 2 1 20 15 9 SCort'n Shore .7 3 3 1 16 li 7 Comrades .. 7 22 3 20 18 7 / Glen Innes .. 7 3 3 1 16 If. 7 IY.M.CA. 7 2 4 1 19 18 5 Onehunga. « . 7 1 3 3 15 15 5 'Abels / . 7 2 4 1 15 26 5 -New Lynn **7 16

PONSONBY'S SUCCESS MARGIN OF ONE GOAL Good backing by the half-lino set Poneonby at an advantage from the start, and b series of strong attacks had the Y.M.C.A. defence in trouble. Quick movement 011 tho light by Innes, who finished with a fine cross, saw Cowie come out to clear. Aggressive work by Chapman made way for a run by the Y.M.C.A. forwards who almost got through, only to be checked by Diamond. Humphreys tricked two opponents and made tracks for the Ponsonby goal, but was held up near the area. At the other end Jepson and Foreman made things very hot for the opposition in a swiftmoving raid which gained 40 yards. Ponsonby now kept its opponent penned up for. a time and a quick cross from the right resulted in a misunderstanding between the Y.M.C.A. goalkeeper and one of the backs, n.nd Foreman whipped in between the two to' guide the ball into the net. In spite of p brief retaliation by Y.M.C.A., Ponsonby continued to attack and a brilliant firsttjme shot _ from Jepson had Cowie fully Btretched in saving. A few minutes later from a corner-kick, which was placed accurately by Innes, Ahern moved in to head a fine goal. Riddolta and Humphreys tried earnestly to reduce the deficit for Y.M.C.A., hut the interval came with the ecore:—Ponsonby, 2; Y.M.C.A., 0. More cohesion and better support from /the halves were factors which put Y.M.C.A. on the offensive after resuming, Chapman leing particularly useful for fine initiative •work in the halves. Coltman, too, kept sending his forward line away with judicious placements. Y.M.C.A. was making . progress on the left and reached the area when Grant, in charging an opponent, used his elbows and the referee awarded, a penalty. Cowie took the kick and scored. This success put further life into Y.M.C.A. and the Ponsonby goal was stormed for an extended period. Bridges secured just outside the penalty area during a melee and lobbed in a great shot which beat the Ponsonby goalkeeper and evened the score. The last fifteen minutes of the game were hotly contested, both teams striving,, desperately for the deciding goal. Y.M.C.A. held a slight advantage, but Ponsonby countered euddcnly and a melee resulted in the YiiM.C.A. goalmouth. The ball came out to Foreman and in a twinkling' he had snapped it- into the net. The last few minutes saw 6ome hectic play, but the final whistle went with the score:—Ponsonby, 3; Y.M.C.A., 2. Mr. A. Kyle was referee.

VICTORY TO THISTLE DEFEAT OF ONEHUNGA ,The game at Blandford Park between (Onehunga and Thistle did not reveal a very liigh standard of football, the former, in the closing stages, finishing strongly to gain the decision by two clear goals. The opening stages were not well contested, players being haphazard in their methods in midfield as well in front of goal. Onehunga ■went close to scoring when Scott made an amount of ground on the left and Bent a Bice pass to Ritchie, who, however, misled. Wilson's turn also came, but, with an open goal facing him, he mulled the chance. Quick retaliation by the Thistle forwards eaw an cpening forced in the Onehunga defence, but Williamson booted high over the bar from about five yards out. Thistle continued to press. Galloway on the right shooting snd centring with a great degree of accuracy. Zuill, in the Onehunga goal, gave a fine exhibition, however, dealing with all pilots in a masterly fashion. There was no Bcore at half-time. ... The Thistle team showed a superiority, in constructive tactics on resuming, but the forwards could not finish. Several fine opportunities were lost owing to poor marksinanship. Dick hit back determinedly for Onehunga and gave Wilson a good chance to forge through, but the Thistle backs covered up quickly. The poor shooting of both teams indicated that the game was likely to finish without a single goal being scored, but about ten minutes from the end Williamson headed a good goal from a corner kick. A little later Dunsmore added Another with a low- shot, which left Zuill unsighted. Tho game finished with the erore:—Thistle, 2; Onehunga, 0. Air. W. K. Tugby was referee.

WIN FOR NEW LYNN COMRADES TEAM BEATEN Comrades started of! with ita usual Bpced, tut Mcfilligott sent back and F. Carr had s. shot, which Page 6aved nicely. New Lynn attacked strongly, but Page held his charge well in the face of heavy pressure. At last, however, Hamilton swung in a shot which ♦deceived Pato find the net. Comrades was finding the uneven ground a handicap, but pressed and Evans sent acrosß to Marvin, who brought Morris to his knees to save a certain, goal. Morris was playing a very safe game for New Lynn, while McElligott was directing operations in such a manner that movements, fraught with danger, were well broken up and defence turned into attack. New* Lynn's hopes were high ivhen half-time arrived with the home eide in the lead, the score being:—New Lynn, 1; Comrades, 0. A nicely combined New Lynn movement A*aw Page Handle a. long shot. Ollly _to be bustled by Smith, who got possession to ecore. Comrades made a determined effort 1o penetrate the lock-like New Lynn defence, but in spite of the efforts of Skinner,Marvin and Francis, who all had shots at close ranee. Comrades could not reduce the deficit. Watson initiated an attack, which nearly bore fruit, Kinnaird recovering quickly to clear. Skinner was being well watched, but at last he managed to elude <he defence and Morris was given no chance with a lightning drive. Still maintaining the pressure. Comrades penned the defence in and Francis and Skinner grazed the outFide of the post. The defence hold out until the final whistle, when New Lynn had obtained its first points in a game that was bright from start to finish. The final score Hvas: —New Lynn, 2; Comrades, 1. ifr. W. H. Guest was referee.

POINTS TO TRAMWAYS /SMALL MARGIN OVER ABEL'S Tramways vyas minus the services of Sponger, Fyfie and Tinkler, and played one man short in its game against Abel's at the Western Springs ground. Tramways secured ii close decision, nevertheless. Batts. in the / Tramways goal, was first to be tested, when Chalmers centred, McLeay trying a long* phot, which the goalkeeper cleared well. Jones opened up the play when he slipped / a nice pass to Cummings, who crossed, fcpong getting possession and passing to Williams, whose oblique shot gave Cameron no chance. Abel's was not long in equalising:. From a melee on Tramways left wins Morris cleared to Gill, who ehol from close in. Batty took the ball on his chest and MeLeay had no difficulty in netting the lebound. The science of the game was noteworthy by its absence. Cameron drew inerited applause when he touched a powerful shot from Cummings, but, instead of going behind, the ball travelled along the back lino to the left wing, where Donaldson flashed it back for Cameron to save again. Batty had a few anxious moments when Ansteed crossed into the goalmouth end Gill hit the bar. The. score at half / "time was: —Tramways, 1: Abels, 1. Shortly after the resumption Tramways Vas nttacking when Morris intercepted a *houlder-hish pass, but evidently handled, 03 the referee indicated a penalty jack.

An argument took place between tho players and tho referee reversed his decision. ■A linesman entered into the argument, however, and the original decinion was reverted to. Jones took the kick and placed a soft shot in the net. The atmosphere now seemed strained and tho players resorted to tactics which brought several cautions. Tramways was . lucky when Ansteed shot hard and Batty fisted the leather down into a melee of players, but the goalkeeper secured again and threw clear. Abel's attacked strongly toward the finish, hut could not pierce the defence, the final score being:—Tramways, 2; Abel's,. 1. Mr. J. Calvert was the referee. WIN FOR GLEN INNES CLOSE GAME WITH NORTH SHORE There was little to choose between North Shore and Glon Innes when the teams met at Devonport, tho latter securing victory by the narrow margin of one goal. Conditions were ideal for fast football, which the players did their best to Tevenl. The attacking of both sides was spasmodic for a time, tho forwards moving smartly, but with iittle understanding. McCluskey and Walters showed up in a forceftil North Shore run which was stemmed by tho opposition and then play centred with neither team making much progress. Moore gave Stevenson a good chance with a wellpluced centre, but the promoted junior was over-anxiouß and missed from a good position. R. Welch and Adama wero retaliating strongly for Glen Innes and only quick covering up by H. Smith kept tho attackers at bay. There was 110 score at half-time. On resuming North Shore attacked strongly and but for poor direction in shooting would have registered on two occasions. H. Smith, too, in crashing i in a free kick from close quarters had tho misfortune to etriko the cross-bar. Glen Innes now asserted itself and the North Shore backs had a lively time stemming a series of well-conceived raids. During ono determined attack a North Shore back failed to clear properly and the ball was pounced upon by Glaister and flashed into the net. Play swung very impartially after tins. North Shore, if anything, appearing the more likely to score. There wero several desperate melees in the Glen Innes area, but the hall was eventually cleared on each occasion. The final score was: —Glen Innes. 1; North Shore, 0. Mr. A. Firth was Teferee.

LOWER GRADE RESULTS Reserve Grade. —Onehunga, 12, Ponsonby, O Second Grade.—North Shore, 3, Thistle, 0; Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys, 5. Y.M.C.A., 0; Tamaki, 10. Abel's, 0; Ponsonby A, 2, Comrades, 0; Glen Innes, 3, Tramways, 3; Onehunga, 12, Ponsonby B, 2. Third Grade Open.—Seamen's United, 7, New Lynn. 1; Papatoetoe, 2, Swanson, 1. Third Grade Intermediate. —Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys, 4, Glen Innes, 3- North Shore United, 3. Metro-College, 2; Thistle, 3, Y.M.C.A., 1. , , Fourth Grade.—Tamaki, 9, Papatoetoe, 0; Y.M.C.A. A, 3, Metro-College, 1; Tramways, 3, Henderson, 0; North Shore United. 5. Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys. 0; Comrades. 4, Y.M.C.A. B, 1. Fifth Grade.—Comrades C, 3, Y.M.C.A. C, 0; Comrades A, 3, Y.M.C.A. B, 1; MetroCollege, 7, Tamaki, 0; Comrades B, 4, Y.M.C.A. A, 0. Sixth Grade.—Grey Lynn Y.M.C.A., 3, Metro-College, 3; Comrades C. 7, r«orth Shore United B, 0; Comrades B, 7, Glen Innes, 1: Comrades A, 2, Onehunga, 1. Seventh Grade. —Comrades, 2, North Shore United A, 2; Metro-College, 11, Y.M.C.A. B, 0; Tamaki, 5, Y.M.C.A. A, 0. Midgets' Games.—Comrades, 6, _ Y.M.C.A.. 1; North Shore United, 4, Tamaki. 0. Secondary Schools. —Senior grade: Auckland Grammar, 4, Takapuna Grammar, 2. Junior Grade.—Auckland Grammar, 1, Kowhai Junior High School, 0. Intermediate Grade;— Takapuna Grammar, 4. Mount Albert Grammar B, 1; Auckland Grammar won from Kowhai Junior High School by default.

BROWN SHIELD RETAINED DRAWN GAME AT WHANG Alt EI v [from our own correspondent] WHANG AREI, Sunday A very evenly-contested game resulted yesterday afternoon at the Recreation Park, Hikurangi, when a good attendance of spectators saw the North Auckland Association football . representatives retain the Brown Shield in a drawn game, two-all, against South Auckland. The weather was fine but cloudy, with an absence of wind and sun, and the football provided was well appreciated and, particularly in the 6econd half, was of a high standard. South Auckland was unfortunate in the second spell, as one of its best players, G. Adams, had to retire injured and two other members of the team, Ellis and Beaumont, received injuries which, although they did not render them incapable considerably hampered their usefulness. Of two very even teams, tlio outstanding player on the field was Tunstall, a member of the Northern team. Other good players in that combination were Caldwell, Malcolm, Gardiner, Carrigan and Disley. For South Auckland Perrie, Ellis, Gardiner, McCallum and Stirling were the pick of a. good team. The teams lined out as follows:—-South Auckland: Stirling, Gardiner, McCallum, Smith, Perpe, Beaumont, Liddle, Bate, Stewart, Ellis, Adams. North Auckland: Penman, Cfjldwell, Lawson, Disley, Tunstall, Malcolm. Shepherd, Carrigan, East, Gardiner, Atkinson. . North Auckland won the toss and snortly afterwards was awarded two corner shots, but failed to score. Atkinson made a great run up the side, where he was checked by the fullback. Carrigan obtained possession and had a shot at goal, but kicked over the net. Liddle centred well to Ellis, who goaled for South Auckland after the first 15 minutes' play. North Auckland then pressed strongly, with the result that Gardiner scored a magnificent goal, and half-time arrived with the score even, one-all. North Auckland set 'tip an attack upon resuming and several attempts to score just failed. Play went to the other end and Bate forced the ball into the corner. Liddle took the corner and Ellis jeceived the ball and beat the goalkeeper, giving South Auckland the lead. 2—l. Shortly afterwards Stewart, for the Southerners, had a good chance, but kicked the ball over the top. South Auckland was now showing much better combination, but unfortunately a senes of accidents caused a considerable depletion in its strength at this stage. Tunstall kicked the ball at the'half-way, mark to East, in the goalmouth, giving him an easy shot. Ibis made the score two-all and. although Houtn Auckland made valiant effort o to pain a lead, the match concluded without further SC Mr. R. Ncsbit, of Hikurangi, was referee.

ENGLISH TROPHY MATCH OTAGO DEFEATS CANTERBURY" [BY TELEGRAPH—:PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Saturday withstood the second challenge this season for the English Football Association Trophy to-day by defeating Canterbury by three goals to one in the presence of about 3000 spectators. The turf was soft, but otherwise conditions were good, there being an absence of wind and sun. Canterbury was the first to attack, JJ. Walker's shot going outside. Otago reversed and Gorrio narrowly missed. Hooper, after nearly bustling the goalkeeper through, headed over the bar. The visitors relieved and A. Sutheiland twice brought McDougall to his knees to save, another long drive going over the top. Otago swung back, Mitchell clearing a low drive _ from AlcCormack, wiiile one from Gorrie cleared the bi So far Canterbury had a territorial advantage, but now Otago became dangerous, forcing several corners. Hooper headed over on four occasions. Clever combination placed the visitors again on the defensive, a strong drive by Sutherland and another by Clements finding the Otago goalkeeper safe. Play swept back and two magnificent saves by Mitchell from Skinner and Witchall saved Canterbury from disaster. Otago was still attacking when half-iimo arrived without any score. . , Two minutes aftor recommencing fumbling by Cawtheray Jet Hooper through to register the first score. Play was up and down, first Canterbury being dangerous, then Hooper went away with only the goalkeeper to beat. Mitchell ran out and smothered the shot, conceding a rcsultlcss corner. Hooper secured again and tapped to Skinner, whose sross was headed into ths net by McCarmack. , . A right-wing advance by the visitors gave D. Sutherland two shots, the second beating McDougall. Fast play followed and Mitchell went down to a carpet drive by McCormack, and Hooper, coming up fast, bußtled tho ball into the net. Mitchell wrs carried off injured at this stage. A. Walker going into goal. In spite of being a man short the visitors staged some nice movements, but managed only once to net. Tho score was disallowed, however, owing to a foul. The final score was:— Otago, 3; Canterbury, 1.

GAME AT HAMILTON [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Sunday In an Association football game played at Hamilton yesterday Pukemiro < defeated United by 3 goals to 1. CONTESTS ELSEWHERE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] Wellington.—A uld Memorial trophy matches: Petone. 3, Diamonds, 2; Technical, 4, Marist, 2; Waterside, 4, Hospital, 1; Swifts, 2, Lower Hutt, 1. f Christchuroh.—Technical, 4, Nomads, 2; Pangers, 6, St. Albans, 2; Western, 3, Linwood, 0,