ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21131, 15 September 1930, Page 3

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

SEACLIFF’S IMPROVED POSITION,

TECHNICAL DROPS BACK. For some weeks past the premiership honours have lain between. Technical and Seacliff, and, as Saturday’s match had a direct bearing on the,.final result, a good deal o£ interest was centred in these teams' engagements. Technical put up a poor game against Northern, with whom it. shared .the points, and this, together with Seacliff’s decisive win over Mosgiel places Seacliff in the position of being the likely premiers for the season. With two more matches in hand, against Mornington and Mosgiel, it is only two points behind Technical, who have played the full number of matches. Seacliff- .. .. 5 Mosgiel ~ .. I Technical .. 1 Northern .. 1 Maori Hill .. 7 H. 5.0.8., .. .. 0 Y.M.C.A. defaulted to Port Chalmers. The following table gives the relative positions of the teams in the First Grade competition:—

v. TECHNICAL. . The playing area at Logan Park was m good order for the game Northern v. Technical, which was watched by a fair number of spectators, who were treated to a rather poor game. Technical kicked off. Northern having the benefit of a slight breeze. The play 111 the opening . stages was fairly . even, with the Technical halves forcing play, but the safe defence of the Northern rearguard held the forwards in check. A misUick _by Lament, who filled Lindsay’s position at full-back for Technical, gave Thompson a great opening, which he faded, to rise, kicking the ball over. Technical opened ■ out with a left wing advance. Watts making a good run. Baird nancued the ball from the winger’s &hot. and from the resultant penalty Hector scoredn goal. Technical I goal. Northern nil, i Northern took up the attack following the kick off, Holden having to save a long drive from Coates, and Cope narrowlv Reared a further attack by Smith and faithful. In up and down play neither sme_ displayed much team work, and the hard kicking tactics of both sets of defenders made the play unattractive. Hbl--I™* , forced to push over a shot from M ilugh, and two corners followed without, advantage to Northern. Perry was Prominent in good work for the Black and Whites, but the play of the forward line was poor, and Holden cleared the few shots that came his way. Witchall made a good run for* Technical, but his pass to Batchelor ;was placed weakly to goal by the winger, and the defence cleared. From athrowin Middlemass opened out play to Witchall, who misheaded in front of goal. Patton secured and trimmed the crossbar with a good drive. Perry was again instrumental/ in placing the Black and on f a £t, ac k, the ball, travelling to M Hugh and Thompson. The latter crossed meely to goal, and Smith narrowly missed with a good header. Technical • now set up?a strong attack, Johes,..’the! Northern goalkeeper, being called Vnpon twice to clear. Groves brought r&ief to’the defenders by kicking over. breaksaw .Wallace miskick, and WitchaH, snapping up the,ball, crossed to Batchelor. The ball was travelling top fast for the winger, whose shot went over the line. In the closing stages of the spell Northern brightened up. ‘ Perry and M Hugh being prominent, but Holden proved safe in goal, and half time was' called with Technical on the attack. Off.the resumption of play Northern was the more aggressive; but lack of dash in front of goal lost chances. A couple of breakaways by Technical ended in Jones clearing shots from Middlemass and Pat- V ton. Baird transferred play by sending Thompson away on the right. A good cross was headed out by Lament, the bali gomg to Smith, who hit the crossbar iwitli his shot, .but, following up, scored from the rebound. Technical 1 goal, Northern 1 goal. Play livened up for a brief during whuji the Northern forwards went c, ose to scoring. Smith upsetting Holden with the ball. The goalie,‘however, recovered in time'to clear. The Technical half-backs were striving hard to force play by sending the ball through to the forwards, but the latter found the Black and Whites defence, sound. Twice Groves openediup play, to Witchall, the movements breaking down when Batchelor failed to return the ball to the centre. Hector drove in a hard shot to goal, Jones deflecting the ball on to the crossbar, and Coates made a timely save from the rebound. With the exception of M‘Hugh,. the rJortnern forwards were displaying poor form. __ Patton, sending his front' men away. Technical made determined effort? to score, shots from Witchall and Groves ill j posts, but the defence eventually cleared. Up-and-down,play followed The best piece of play of the day followed a corner kick to Northern, well put in by Thompson, which Holden cleared well down the field. Groves, obtaining possession. made a clover run. beating the opposing halves, hut Crossed too soon, and allowed Contes to clear before the other forwards came up with the play. Perry was still giving the Black-and-White forwards plenty of openings for attack, but poor placing spoilt the movements. Technical pressed Northern hard. Hector. Patton Ar-mishaw keeping play well down," and the ball hung permnsly near goal. sV-1 ii ' ° nes actlve in averting the danger Middlemass, with the ball at his ni hißh over - Nearus? the end both sides had scoring chances Ind m \VnH a f d Y t U T ? ail , inK for Northern and W atts for Technical. Just on time from a goal kick, the ball was sent ™?] down to Thompson, who slipped past .Cope the net ot tlie U r ef °ifi the . ball Passed into the net the refree blew for time, and the game, which was controlled by Mr A MLennan, ended: Northern i „ on . Technical ..." 1 loal.

SEACLIFF v. MOSGIEL,

TV Mosgiel match was ni^o eKleI , before a record attendlVhT h^ Rr ° Ul ll w ? 8 «»»d order, and niV Ch \T‘n eZe V lowin K did not affect the play. M Cormacfc was absent from the ff eam ? l anks .’ Warnock playing lh! de J‘ eft , and changing with M'Lean in the second spell. The only change in the Mosgiel team was Mehalski, a young aidl rd liff I? J.® yer ’ who occupied the out? centrSrw P ard! 10D ’ Cl Sklnner *° Mosgiel won the toss, and Hooper kicked off against the light breeze Advancing on &e left, M'Lean received his ,Y as cleared by Porter. Midciftr ? ay both sides beinc unth h slipped a nice 1 ball Hooper, who shot wildly over fn i lc i k . loSßiel broke away on the left, Mehalski and Dalziel being prominent, The latter beat Watson, to cross a nice ball fon White to open the score with a fine- header. Mosgfel. f goal, Seaeliff nil. Encouraged by this success, Mosgiel kept up the _ pressure. &f r reemved in a good position, but passed out when he should have shot. Waraoek, receiving from Morris,- sent on to M'Lean, who placed well for-. Hooper, " ho smashed the ball past M'Dougall from & e n ,; f , Mos l lel Igosb Seaeliff 1 goal. Shortly afterwards, by nice combmed play, Seaeliff swept down on the Mosgiel defence, M Cloy conceding a corner. M Lean s cross kick was headed clear by Porter, who sent on to Skinner, Anderson _ relieving with a strong kick A cross-kick from Rogers to Hooper saw the latter score with a first-time shot to the corner ofi the net. Seaeliff 2 goals, Mosgiel 1 goal. M'Cloy and Trevathan were clearing in good style, but Seaeliff were not to be denied, and from a clearance Simmonds scored from well out with a well-placed shot. Seaeliff 3 goals. Mosgiel 1 goal. Mosgiel now took a turn Skinner sending out to Gorrie, whose cross-kick Dalziel placed past. Seaeliff attacked, Baillie sending well down to Hooper, who slipped through between the backs to score a good coal. Seaelifi 4 goals Mosgiel l goal. Half time was called shortly afterwards. Even play marked the opening of the second spell, both sides playing better football. From a breakaway on the Mosgiel right, Gorrie tricked Anderson to place across the goal-mouth. Dalziel, who had come up to meet the ball and had only Jackson to beat, was ruled offside. Mosgiel kept up the pressure, good clearances

by Anderson and Baillie relieving. Porter misjudged a high. ball. Hooper scoring a corner off M'Dougall. Simmonds took tbe cross-kick, and placed well across the Spal for Warnock to breast the ball through. Seacliff 5 goals, Mosgiel 1 goal, shortly afterwards Hooper received from Morns, and started off on one of his characteristic runs, M'Cloy bringing him down in the penalty area. Anderson took the shot kick and missed by inches. Shortly afterwards the game finished, with play in midfield, the final score being:— Seacliff 5 goals. Mosgiel I goal. Mr Riach was referee. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS v. MAORI HILL. High School Old Boys met Maori Hill on the Oval, Maori Hill winning the toss and playing with a strong wincf in their favour. Oliver brqke through the defence, and sent out to Carse, the winger’s shot being deflected over the bar for a corner. . The kick was cleared by Chapman, but Thompson and Suttclifie were nothing away, and eventually Suttf*. 1 ?? sept infield to Oliver, who shot i Ig rhi.^H e .goalkeeper. Hall, saVed, but lost the ball, and it rolled into the net. ■Maori Hill 1 goal. Old Boys nil. From a Mill rush, Sutherland cleared, and Groves sent on to Hamel, but the winger could not . get his cross in, Taylor being the stumbling block. The backs sent well up to Balk, who passed infield to Brown, but tlm centre-half lost the ball. From a throw-in, Carse raced down the wing, and forced a corner, but without result. _ Brown was feeding both wings judiciously, and Sexton, from well out, sent in a great shot which was brilliantly saved by Hall. Balk placed well, and after two attempts Suttcliffe succeeded in placing the ball past Hall. Maori Hill 2 goals, Old Boys nil. Hall again distinguished _ himself when he saved in quick succession from Sexton and Suttoliffe. Welch was caught offside on two occasions, and thus Old Boys were able ’to relieve.the pressure for a time. Carse was seen in some clever work, and Oliver was in fine form, a cross by the latter enabling Thompson to score from well out, giving Hall no chance to save,. Maori Hill 3 goals, Old Boys nil. Maori Hill came ba9k, and it was only the fine work of Hall in goal that kept the-score down. School broke away on one or two occasions, but lack of support and poor passing spoilt any chances that came their way. Hamel was seen in a bright movement, which looked like bringing success until Taylor, with a'hefty drive, put Hill on the attack again. Shots by Carse and Thompson were well saved by Hall. Balk next received, and after nice play shot for goal,'but Sutherland was sound, and let Groves away. The centre, after getting into a good scoring position, shot nigh over the bar. From the kick-off Oliver received, and outpacing the opposition, scored in the corner of the net, making the half time score: Maori Hill 4 goals. Old Boys nil. The teams did not have a spell, but changed round, and it was expected that the School team would show up more with the wind in its favour, but this was - not the case, for the Hill ’ men simply dominated the play. Hall, Pickerill, and Sutherland defended well, and Chapman tried hard to get his forwards going, but the Hill half-back line was too clever, and kept the ball in the School goal mouth most of the time. After a spell of unini teresting play Maori Hill livened up, and Carse, Oliver, and Welch went away ina fine combined rush, Carse returning to Welch, who scored a good goal. Maori Hill, 5 goals; Old Boys. nil. Sexton missed two rosy chances, but shortly’after atoned for his previous failure by scoring a good goal from well out. Maori Hill, 6 goals. Old Boys, nil. The Old Boys now seemed to tire, and Maori Hill added another goal before the final whistle, Welch being the scorer. Mr A. Stewart was referee, and the game ended: Maori Hill 7 goals. High School ... .. ... Nil. SCHOOLBOYS* FOOTBALL. The match between the A and B teams which represented . Otago at the recent tournament in Christchurch, played as a curtain-raiser to the Northern-Technical game, provided some interesting play for the spectators present. The combination and placing of the ball were of a high standard. To even up the teams the",two sets of full-backs were interchanged, and the younger lads proved the, cleverer side, winning by 4 goals to 1, the scorers being Rogers (2) and Adams, whilst Brown, of the A team, headed through another. Henderson secured the only goal. for the A team. , WELLINGTON COMPETITION. (Feb United Press Association. i WELLINGTON, September 14. The Wellington “ Soccer ” championship is in a more interesting position than it has been for years past Waterside has played_ all its matches, and is leading with 20 points. Diamonds, with one game to play, having 18 points, and Hospital, with two games' to play, 17 points. Hospital won against Petone on Saturday, 3 goals to 2, and by winning the two remaining games will secure the championship by one point If Hospital wins one and draws one and Diamonds win their last game the three clubs will .tie for the championship, and a play off will be necessary. * In the other senior game for the Auld Memorial Cup Marist in the semi-final defeated W.Y.M.I. by 4 goals to 3. ,

Goals Cup P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Technical IS 12 2 2 44 24 26 Seaeliff ., 14 11 1 2 59 18 24 Maori Hill ,. 16 10 4 2 44 25 22 Mosgiel ... 15 8 5 2 47 27 18 H.S.O.B. ,. 16 6 9 1 36 49 13 Northern 16 3 7 6 22 37 12 Mornington 15 4 8 3 31 53 11 Y.M.C.A. 16 3 12 1 29 46 7 Port Chalmers 16 3 12 1 21 54 7