DEFEAT OF NAVY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21895, 3 September 1934, Page 13

DEFEAT OF NAVY

N °RTH AUCKLAND TOO STRONG :jX ,- ■ I '• : - '''■ iT l l cam ® at Blandford Park Beand North Auckland - repreProductive of fast and clever ,S0»lg Auckland winning by three Auckland; [had the ad*ne wind in the first spell and 'Wwvi-f®* play had tho Navy on ' »,«! 11 ;W bile, The Navy 4mcka were a ß d kept the play open. Wttitf. Navy player handling J«st a»a gave North Auckland the

opening goal, and the spell ended with Navy on the attack. The second spell had been in progress only a few minutes, when North Auckland's right winger, from a breakaway, scored one of the finest goals seen at the ground. North Auckland appeared to (he. and Navy attacked with vim, but the shots went over the bar or -were safely handled by Penman. Penman's clearances at times were weak. Caldwell and Rodgers were sound backs, whose clearances, smart recoveries and accurate placing Moved a big factor in spoiling the usual Navy style of play. The halfback line proved good spoilers, and McNey swung the play from wing to wing, with good support from his wing halves, Disley and Hamilton: Jennings and Carripran were ihe pick of an aggressive forward line, and their pretty inter-passing gained the applause of the crowd. Gardiner and G. Wilson worked hard and Shepherd tested Shirtcliffe with some hard shots, but the Navy custodian made some clever saves: 'With .Tancey playing a fine game at left fullback, and receiving sound support from Preston, the North Auckland forwards had plenty of opposition. Lund, in the pivot position, was always forceful, but he was too slow. Buss, who had a lot of extra work to do, was the force behind the' Navy attack. and combined well with Swan and Oakley. Price and Marsh troubled the defence, the former distributing the ball well. ; < • McNey (2) and Jennings scored for North Auckland. Mr. R. C. Brighton was referee. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Fourth Grade.—Metro-College, 3, Comrades. 1. * ' .V , . Fifth Grade.—Knock-out: Onehunga, 4, Y.M.C.A. B, 1. ' " • * ' Sixth Grad*.—-Comrades A, 7, Y.M.C.A. B, 0; Metro-College, 2, Y.M.C.A. A, 2; Abels, 6, Thistle, 0., . * Seventh Girade.—Knock-out final: Eastern Suburbs, Onehunga, 0. s Midgets' Games.—Knock-out final; Com-; rades, 2, Y.M.C.A. A, 0. FLYGER CUP RETAINED 1 DRAWN GAME AT HAMILTON [from OUR OWN* correspondent] Sunday . The Auckland junior Soccer representatives retained possession of the in the' challeiige match,with-South Aticfo#nd played at Seddon Pari: yesterday,?" the match ending in : a., draw, each side scoring two goals. Two evenly-matched teams pro-, vided a fast and interesting exhibition of the code. ' . Superior combination was shown by Auckland but this odvajitage < was-offset by the speed of the South Auckland "players. The visitors were obviously feeling the strain of their strenuous North Island tour, having played four games in six days.- Prominent in the Auckland- team were Cameron, goalkeeper, Speed and Dallimore. Cleal, A. Flyger and Carter were the best forwards. The best of the home combination were Allsopp, goalkeeper, McCallum and/Bassick. Bobinson, Crabb arid Adams were' the pick of the forwards. r Auckland's goals were scored by Cleal and Carter, while Crabb secured, both .goals': {or South Auckland. "v v > • v .■ • ? WELLINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION! . Marist defeated Swifts by 7 goals to 0 in the Soccer championship competition. These two teams will contest the final next Saturday. In the Auld Memorial Cup competition Petonel beat Lower Hutt by 8 goals to 1, and they will „play Marist. ..in the final,