SOCCER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19871, 20 June 1927, Page 5

SOCCER

THE CANADIANS’ TOUR

CANTERBURY WELL DEFEATED. [Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, June 18. The Association football match between Canada and Canterbury was played at English Park to-day under the worst possible conditions. It had rained all night until the late morning and the afternoon was showery with a cold wind blowing. The ground was wet and heavy and the ball greasy. Canada won decisively by six goals to nil and but for the excellent defence of McDougall in goal the score might have been even larger. On the other hand Canterbury attacked frequently but their shooting was faulty and good opportunities were missed. Although the play was often in the visitors’ end of the field they were »1ways dangerous when in control of the play, and their superiority in skill and combination was very marked. Three goals were scored in each spell, the scorers being Davidson, Archibald (3), Painter and Gibson. VISIT TO WAIRARAPA. TOURISTS FOR MASTERTON. [Per Press Association.] MASTERTON, June 19. The New Zealand Association Football Council has extended the tour of the Canadians to embrace Wairarapa ’ and the visitors will play here on July I 17. ASSOCIATION CUP THISTLE IN THE ASCENDANCY. EASTBROOKE ACCOUNT FOR I MILLS.

The Wanganui Association Cup Competition opened on Saturday in wet j weather, which made the grounds heavy ! and play suffered acdordingly. ' Thistle opened with a narrow victory ' over ’Shops, and Eastbrooke proved ! too good for Mills on Cook’s Gardens. THISTLE AND WORKSHOPS. i Thistle fielded their strongest eleven. McLay returning after his enforced ‘ absence. Workshops introduced Mossen on the right and Uings took the left back berth in place of Thomson The ball was extremely hard to con trol and mistakes were frequent on both sides. Mid-field play was the order for a spell until Morris set his forwards going but Langslow pulled

them up. A . long clearance by Lowe [ was secured by Ellis and transferred I to Baker, who delayed to shoot and j a good chance was lost for ’Shops. Thistle Score First. At this stage Thistle were moving i best in the heavy going and McLay ' [led an attack on Clarke’s charge, end-I !ing in the keeper clearing at the ex- ! pense of a fruitless corner. Thistle again returned on the right and Walker delivered a fast angular shot which ' (Clarke palmed down to the waiting * Fairclough and Thistle took the lead. The Jags continued on the aggressive and McLeod, with a good effort, managed to pierce the ’Shops’ defence again after twenty minutes’ play. ’Shops Fail at Goal. ’Shops retaliated strongly after this second reverse and one or two good openings went a-begging, Mackley in particular failing at close quarf ters. ’Shops’ half-backs were playing well, particularly Dick, and his wing in front was receiving some nice passes which were hardly made full use of. Reward came tho ’Shops’ way at last as Mackley, seizing on a pass from Lowe, beat Martin with a clever effort. Half time arrived with the. score: Thistle 2; Shops 1.

Play Continues in Quagmire. The teams continued without leaving the field and ’Shops were early making tracks for Martin but off-side against Baker gave Thistle relief. The ground was like a quagmire and mistakes were frequent, players keeping their feet with difficulty. ’Shops were very eager for the equaliser and it was only the able custodianship of Martin that prevented a score. Play was mostly in Thistle territory and Martin saved twice from Ellis. ’Shops repeatedly looked like scoring but Thistle defence held out and the end came with the scores:--Thistle 2 ’Shops I A draw would have been a better result as ’Shops had as much of tho play as Thistle. ’Shops showed improvement from previous Saturdays and were best served by Clarke, Morris, Dick, Lowe and Mackley. Thistle’s best were: Martin, Langslow, Mackay, McLay, and Bain. Air D. Stirrat was referee. EASTBROOKU AND WOOLLEN MILLS. Previous encounters This season between Eastbrooke and "Woollen Mills have ended in favour of the former, and Saturday’s game was also won by them. Mills were without Grover and Davidson of last week’s lot. Harper and Norris filling the vacancies. Before the game was many minutes ’ old Mills were in arrears, Thomson accepting a pass from the left to score for the Brooke. Mills were mostly on the defensive

until strong play by Proudfoot and lSmaller led to an attack on Killeen’s I charge but Carrivright’s effort went I wide. McGhie in his new position as I centre-forward tried hard to get I through but Webster and McMillan i stood firm and soon Eastbrooke, led by i Thomson, were again un the ascend- ' ancy. j Thomson with a solo effort placed | Eastbrooke further ahead and soon I after the same player made the score I three to nil, which was the position at half-time, although from a penalty Cowan had a chance to reduce the leeway but failed. Mills played better in the second spell and Hope came near getting through, only the timely intervention of Clapham averting a score. Kili leen was seldom called upon, so ably were the men in front doing their work and it was no surprise when Glover gave to his forwards and Thomson, accepting from the right, scored his fourth goal for Eastbrooke. Mills tried hard and were rewarded towards the close when McGhie, with a rocket shot, beat Killeen, and the final whistle came: Eastbrooke 4; Mills 1. Mr H. Ward vas referee. JUNIOR GRADE. Workshops opened with a victory in the Woodham Cup competition, defeating Thistle after a hard game in which Workshops were the superior lot. Play was hardly started when Roily accepted a pass from Knowles to give Worshops the lead. This seemed to give them the necessary confidence and it was all that the Thistle defence could do to hold the ’Shops out. Play swung in Thistle’s favour towards half-time and Dickson saved well from Fenton and Bell. Workshops, however, again took matters in hand and a long pass from Williams to Wilson ended in the latter beating Morgan for the second time. The steady downpour of rain spoiled the game in the second spell when Thistle had the bulk of the play. Workshops maintained their lead to the end and retired winners by two goals to nil. Mr W. Raine was referee. THIRD GRADE. The new grade was started on Saturday, when Avenue and Wanganui East played on No. 2 ground, Victoria Park. The rain spoiled play but nevertheless a most enjoyable game ended in favour of Avenue by two goals to one. Robb and Fairclough scored for Avenue and Fisher for Wanganui East. , JUNIOR SELECTION. The following teams have been selected to play in the curtain-raiser to the trial match on Saturday on Cook’s Gardens:— A Team (blue). —White; A. Walker,

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Harper; Caldwell, V. Wilson, Bolton; Burbush, Gray, Beckett, F. Dear, Riley (captain). Emergencies: Melville and Wilson. B Team (red and green).—Scott; J. Walker, Egerton, Stephano, Williams, H. Smith; Fenton, Knowles, Kerwin, Quinn, Falconer (capt). Emergencies: Tippins and Brewer. IN AUSTRALIA MATCHES WITH TOURISTS Received June 19, 5.5 p.m. BRISBANE, June 18. The Second Test was djrawn: Czechs 5, Australia 5. Received June 19, 5.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 18. China beat Australia by three goals to nil.