ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18349, 8 June 1931, Page 11

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

GAME AT SEDDON PARK. ROTOWARO - DEFEATS WANDERERS. The South Auckland’ seriTbF’* championship’ .an-other ->slage locally when Wanderers opposed .Roto-:.. waro at Seddon Park. The home learn were .without Dm .serviced of King and Gavjiye (injured).*, while Rotowaro were minus Robertson. Considerable. interest attached, to this game as the visitors, so far .have gained full points in all their matches. The teams were:— Wanderers: Elvey, Gardiner, Imrie, Watson, Smith, Bullock, Rogers, Cooper, Neale, Edmondson, • Schonau.Rotowaro: Black, Rutherford, McGallum, H. Berry, Beaumont, Barlow, Oliver, Reid, G. Berry, Ellis, Crooks. Tho Play. Wanderers won the toss and elected to play with the sun and 'breeze In their favour. They immediately made tracks for Black, play Hovering around the visitors' area for some time. The- pressure--ended by Neale heading over a nice cross from Rogers. . Beaumont raised the , hopes Of Rotowaro. Passing to Crooks, the latter finished by shooting narrowly past. Wanderers returned to the attack, the Rotowaro backs being hard pressed to keep their goal intact. Nice combination between Edmondson and Schonau saw the latter cross to Neale, the centre when tackled, slipped to Edmondson and the inside left drove in a beauty that Black was glad to tip over for a corner. Schonau’s kick was scrambled out for Smith to return from well out, his shot hitting the bar and bouncing behind—a narrow escape. Play was bright, with the home,.'team having the, better'of - the exchanges. Rotowaro !| could not raise the siege, shots from Rogers, Neale and Watson all going near the mark- ? ' ..- ■ ».

A breakaway by Oliver nearly brought success, Elvy clearing, the outside man’s final effort. The visiting forwards showed a tendency to get into offside positions, first Crooks and later Berry being penalised. Oliver was the visitors’ most dangerous forward. Making use of his speed he repeated his previous breakaway, but finished poorly. At this stage it appeared only a matter of how long the miners’ defence could hold out. Bullock was doing a lot of spoiling. Rotowaro had a spell of attack in which Crooks was prominent. Berry was left in a good position but spoiled a good chance by handling. A free kick placed right into goal by Imrie was scrambled away by Beaumont, who was standing beside Black. Pretty play by Crooks and Berry looked dangerous for Wanderers until Bullock nipped in and cleared. Half-lime arrived with no score to either side. The Second Half. On resuming, Beaumont went to centre, but Wanderers maintained their pressure. Smith passed to Rogers, who crossed to Neale, Black saving his header. Wanderers were showing signs of their .strenuous game on "Wednesday anil lacked snap. Rogers and Neale in particular were limping. Rotowaro Look a hand at attack and hung around - Elvey for sonic time. After twenty minutes of this spell had gone, Rotowaro look the lead. Crooks broke away and crossed a low ball into the penalty area. Beaumont was handy and had little difficulty in placing past Elvey. Rotowaro 1 Wanderers 0 Play continued very evenly, Wanderers having slightly the belter of he exchanges. A great shot from smith just cleared the liar. Several jorners were forced, but the home forwards lacked finish. Rutherford 1 md McCallum were putting up a great let’encc, the latter in particular. Time was getting on, with Roto-

waro content to hold their lead. Schonau was proving the home team's most, dangerous forward, bne cross 1 from him being headed over by Cooper, j Interest was maintained until the 1 finish, the visiting defence successfully maintaining a clean sheet. Time came with the score:— Rotowaro 1 Wanderers 0 Comment 9. A good game, with the visitors lucky to get away with the points. Rotowaro have a young team with plenty of bustle. Best for Rotowaro were: Rutherford, McCallum, Beaumont, Oliver and Crooks. - For Wanderers Gardiner, Imrie, Smith, Bullock and Schonau were best. Imrie looks like being a valuable cap- > ture for Wanderers and local football. PUKEMIRO ACCOUNTS FOR Y.M.C.A. Playing at Pukemiro, the home team defeated Y.M.C.A. toy seven goals to twoHUNTLY AND RENOWN DRAW. At Huntly, a great game between Huntly and Renown ended In a draw of four goals each. At one stage Huntly were leading 4—l. THE JUNIORS. Wanderers juniors journeyed to Glen Massey anti returned winners by four goals'to two. Vu' . AUCKLAND MATCHES. Sornor Reserve. Tramurewa'7 beat Onehunga 1. Ponsonby 2 drew with Celtic 2. New Lynn 4 beat Y.M.C.A. 2. Thistle 3 drew with North Shore 3. i Seniors. Y.M.C.A. 4 beat New Lynn 1. Thistle 2 heat North Shore 1. Ponsonby 2 drew with Celtic 2. Tramurewa 5 beat Onehunga 1. GAMES IN THE SOUTH. Wanganui. K.P.’s 3 beat Thistle 0. Athletic 2 beat Eastbrooke 1. Palmerston North. St. Andrew’s 3 beat R.S.A. 1. Athletic 4 beat Blockhouse 0. Wellington. .. ■■■ : 'First'g i 2 drew with Marist 2.- ;v.rj. .'Petone 7 heat Seatoun 3. Diamond 9 heat W.Y.M.I. i. Hospital 2 heat Thistle 1. Dunedin. Maori Hill 1 drew with High School Old Boys 1. Seaclil’f 4 beat Port Chalmers i. Mornington 3 beat Northern 1. Ohrlstohuroh. Thistle 2 drew with Nomads 2. Marists 1 beat Western 0. Brighton 7 beat St. Albans 0. Sumner 2 beat Kalapoi 1. AUCKLAND REPRESENTATIVES. Mr D. Corbett, sole selector, has chosen the following eleven to defend the F.A. Trophy against Wellington next'Saturday'on Blandford Park:— Zuill (Onehunga), Gerrard (Shore), Reid (New Lynn), Morrison (Ponsonby), Christie (Tramurewa), Jones (Shore)'; Innes' (Ponsonby), McLeay (Thistle), Spencer (Tramurewa), lllslop (Thistle), Kay (Y.M.C.A.). Reserves: Batty, Chapman, Gill, Hunt.