ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18661, 13 June 1932, Page 2

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

ATHLETIC v. THISTLE. GAME AT BEDDON PARK. VISITORS' SUCCESS. , The South Auckland championship competition was resumed on Saturday, the local game being the initial meeting of the Athletic and Huntly ThistleThe- following teams appeared before a good attendance:— Hamilton Athletic—Webster, Elvev, Fisher, Clark, Burdis, Yates, Rennie, Jackman, Crabb, Scott, McLean. Huntly Thistle.—Bennett, Liildores, Jenkins, .Moody, 11. Sterling, E. Tate, J. Sterling, Deakin, Wylie, ■ Patrick, Dow. Thistle were the first to settle and following a spell of attack on the right the visitors took the leadThistle Open Soorlng. ,1. Sterling started the movement and his cross was returned into goal by‘Dow for Wylie to connect with his head and score. —Thistle 1, Athletic 0. : Athletic were not shaping well at this stage, and seemed unable to shake o,fl';lhe Huntly pressure. Patrick was prominent for Thistle and after 15 minutes' play this player put his team further ahead with a good drive from outi'idc the penalty area. —Thistle 2, Athletic 0. . j;','Athletic - improved following this, •'lid their fohyvard rank progressed to- . wards Bennett. Good combination between Scott and .McLean ended in the latter driving over the bar- Play was now very even, both teams progress ing by fast wing raids. Thistle forced a'corner and Patrick looked like adding to his tally, but Elvey cleared & dangerous situation. A Narrow Escape. From Ibis clearance Athletic almost reduced the leeway. A. Grabb secured In about the inside right position and outstripping the defence he ran In on Bennett, hut his parting shot travelled right across the goal and by. It was a narrow escape for Thistle as the keeper was well beaten. The play' of the home defence bad , much-Improved, with Clark and HBur.dls keeping a tight rein on.the tricky Inside Thistle forwards. 'Yates was keeping , Deakin well in checkjQopd forcing ;jiay toy Clark set Jffck-m-an moving but Lindores repulsed the attack. Athletic maintained the pressure and at last received reward. Jackman was (lie marksman, liis shot being assisted home by one of the defenders. —Thistle 2,-Athletic 1. •Tho-gamc Continued, very lively following this,'hut half time arrived with the scores, unchanged.—Thistle 2, Athletic J. On resuming Jenkins and Tate •changed-places, \ Dow looked dangerous for Thistle and drove in a powerful shot, which Webster cleared. The visitors hung around Athletic territory until offside gave them the turn about. From the kick A. Crabb secured and lot Rennie away. Unfortunately. for: Athletic, the wing rnank centre wwW-Q square and a pkamis'-j ln|f 5 lost. ■ ' ' ‘ ■ further althougH -against the run of the ,-pla.y. Jenk'iriS;\tVrove‘'in 'a hard shot from Webster managed to ■get the ball, but there'was too much sting'in the drive for the keeper to hold it, and before he could recover Wylie nippe’d In to score his team's third goal—Thistle 3, Athletic 1. Athletic, by this time were, having an equal share of the play territorially, hut their wing men were inclined to place their finishing efforts 100 far ahead for Crabb and his inside men , to-connect. Keeping at it, however, their efforts were rewarded by the best goal, of the game. Scott secured on the half-way line and seeing Thistle fullbacks lying well upAH’ld quickly summed up the position. His through'pass was seized upon by Crabb and maintaining good control the. centre went close in on Bennett and drove into the net.—Thistle 3, Athletic 2. ... The exchanges were now very fast. '‘Thistle wero penalised outside the ■penalty area and Burdis drove past. Moodie relieved the pressure and good ‘combination by Deakin and Sterling let Wylie through, but his parting effort was blocked. Thistle Score Again. The greater experience of the visitors was not to be denied and thenforwards closed In on Webster. A spinning ball was deflected Into goal and both Webster and . Wylie made for it. The centre-forward got his head tin -first and put on Thistle’s fourth goal.'—Thistle 4, Athletic 2. In the closing stages Thistle held the advantage and just on time, Patrick scored from close in to make the llnal score.—Thistle 5, Athletic 2. Mr W. Green was referee.

OTHER GAMES. Renown 9, Wanderers 0Rotowaro 1, United 0. School Games. West 3, Whitlora 0. Frankton i, Forest Lake i. GAMES AT AUCKLAND. Senior Grade. — Y.M.C.A. r» heat New Lynn i; Ponsonby 3 beat North Shore 2; Onehunga 1 drew with Thistle 1; Glen Innes 3 beat Tramurewa 2. Senior Reserve. —Onehunga 1 drew with Thistle 1; Tramurewa 7 beat Glen Innes 1; North Shore 2 drew with Ponsonby 2. THAMES VALLEY COMPETITION. MORRINSVILLE 2 v. WAITOA i. The Morrinsvliie and Waitoa teams met at Morrinsvliie on Saturday. Hunter was first to be tested with a shot from Cross, but made a safe catch. Next McEwan tested Smith, but found him quite capable. Play was taken quickly to the Morrinsvliie goal, where Hunter mis-punchcd a centre from llodder, and had to pay the penalty. Cross was up with the play and just had to walk the ball in. Almost immediately, through good play

on Ruddook's part, Morrlnsvllle equalised, McEwan being the scorer. The hest shot this half was Shepherd’s from the half-way line. Half time came with one goal to each side. With 15 minutes to go Morrlnsvllle took the lead through King. His effort was an Individual one, and he heat four men before scoring. From the kick off Waltoa started a threatening movement, which was finally broken up by Adams. Waltoa continued to have most of the play, but found in Marshall, for Morrlnsvllle, an unbeatable left-half, his tackling and kicking being strong. From a corner kick, taken by King, McEwan headed In and Smith had to concede a corner by punching the ball over the bar. Morley’s corner kick failed to materialise, as the ball did not rise. The game then ended in Morrinsville’s favour by 2 goals to 1. Outstanding for the-winners were Hunter, Shepherd and Ruddock. For Waitoa Smith, Williamson and Phillips were, most prominent. ENGLISH TROPHY. OTAGO BEATS CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN. Saturday. Driving rain set in at midday, and Logan Park was in slippery condition for the representative Soccer match between Otago and Canterbury for the English trophy. There were 3000 spectators. Canterbury played with the wind and rain behind them in the first spell. They launched several attacks on the Otago goal, hut could not get within striking distance. Otago rallied, and their forwards carried the ball to the Canterbury goal, where McCormack had.a shot, which was just wide. Canterbury’s goalie was called on to stem two further assaults, which he did narrowly. Canterbury then swept to the Otago goal-mouth, but they were penalised, and the home team cleared. After several attacks on the visitors’ goa:, Balk cross-kicked,- and the ball beat the goalie and bounced into the net. A few minutes later Duncan brought the ball up the right wing and crosskicked. Barnes fumbled, and the ball rolled into the net. Canterbury attacked, but the shooting was unfinished. ■ From a rush down field the hall went to Anderson, who sent it into the corner of the net. Even play followed until halftime. Otago ... 2 Canterbury ■■••• 1 * The second spell opened with an Otago attack, but the visitors cleared. Play went, swiftly from one end of the field to the other and both goalies were, called on to clear. Canterbury missed what looked like a certain score when Trotter dribbled through the Otago backs, but his shot went just outside the post. ... Otago swept down again and from a corner kick Brown headed the hall Into the net. Ticklish work in the Otago goal-mouth looked decidedly dangerous, but the defenders were lucky. In the last few minutes Trotter suffered a leg injury and had to leave the field. The Canterbury attack was beaten off, and the’ game ended with the scores Otago 3 Canterbury i GAMES AT HUNTLY. Rotowaro f beat United 0. Junlor.-r-Starr. Town 4 .beat Glen fMifisGy 1,-_ • • IN OTHER CENTRES, .... Palmerston North.—Athletic 5 beat Felldlng 3. Christchurch. —Nomads 3 beat Western 1; Rangers 2 beat MarJst 0; Thistle 2 beat Technical 1. Wellington.—Waterside 5 beat Mar--Ist 4; Swifts 4 heat Lower Hutt 3; Diamond 6 'beat Seatoun 3; Petone 1 drew with Hospital 1.