SOCCER Technical Takes Lead For Shield

Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 19

SOCCER Technical Takes Lead For Shield

Technical retained its unbeaten record, at the expense of Nomads, when the two leading teams in the Hurley Shield soccer competition met at English Park on “Saturday. Most teams had players away with the representative sides in Dunedin. <■ v Bur P ris «i by beating High School Old Boys, who made such a good start in their first two matches! Western. City and Rangers had fairly comfortable victories in the other matches.

Result* ere:— i City 1 Shamrock L 1 Vnivendty J, Old Bay* 1, Technic*! 4, Named* 8. Ranter* 5, NeerHadi* Z. Western S, Wanderer* •.

TECHNICAL V. NOMADS The ci ash of -lie two leading teams Was undermined as both a true test and a spectacle by the absence of several players in Dunedin Technical was lees affected and coasted to a relatively easy 4-2 win over a Nomads side bereft of the solidity and guidance of D. S-.mmond* add P. Rennell. A. Verham stood out at Inside left for intelligent distribution and control of the ball although his play became lax In the second half. Thte other -side forward, W. Shannon, worked tirelessly but was consistently wide of the snark in his attempts at goal. Technical Is fortunate In -ssessing two of the better wings in the province. W. '.ogan showed In this game that he should regain representative status before long. All his play was sensible and purposeful. The right wing. J. Campbel! was moved to centre-forward when T. Feringa wad injured tn the second half and was prominent in many attacks. Only lack of manoeuvrability t ampered him. Fertnga p-oved himself a useful substitute at centre-for-ward. Ot large build, he showed speed and strength and scored a neat goal. K. Flintham, in goal, and R. van Dalsum, at centre-half, were the solid elements in the Technical defence. Most ot the Nomads newcomers were too slow to the ball and it was only Technics indecision in front of goal which kept the score down. R. Harris was sound tn goal, although he was often faced by a trio of Technical forwards receiving little opposition from the rest of the defence On the right Hank, Renrsell and I Loth were badly missed, with J. K'.mack and T. Burridge finding Verham and Logan a handful. D. Stapley had one of his better games at left-half. The Nomads forwards were unbelievably bad, even allowing for absence A. Van Hooven could do little right, and I McCallum mixed food crosses with some weak play. Goals for Technical were scored by Campbell. Fertnga. Logan and Verham. Van Hooven (penalty) and McCallum goaled for Nomads. Mr I. Btllcliff was the referee. I NTVEXSITT ▼. OLD BOYS A rapidly-improving University team beat Old Boys 3-1 in a somewhat patchy match at Bumside Park. University showed more cohesion, fitness and spirit than in previous matches this season. Old Boys, having their full share of the play, were unfortunate not to Increase their score. From a very poor start this season the University team has gone from strength to strength and, although still showing signs of ‘rush and kick' tactics, now appears to be developing into a formidable unit, displaying the inevitable benefits reaped from a few team talks and practices. A newcomer to the University team, and to New Zealand. D. Charmo from Suva, gave a fine and refreshing display, and opened University’s account after 30 minutes of play. A. Ross, at full-back, worked skilfully and tirelessly and constantly broke up promising

movements. He was ably supported by G Lewis, who was playing a « useful third-back game. However, much credit must be given to the goalkeeper L. Duckworth, who made some brilliant caves, particularly in pushing ■ penalty kick outside the post. E Fergus. st centre-forward, showed plenty of speed and Roborgh worked powerfully and effectively. Old Boys, -weakened by the absence of D. Chapman and C. Hicks, had several opportunities during the gam* but unsuccessful attempts at goal, and strong University defence, kept their scoring to a minimum. A beautiful 25-yard shot from P. Kay was worthy of a goal and was only just deflected over the bar. F. Dennis scored Old Boys’ only goal, after 13 minutes in the second spell. with a fast clean shot. Kay was fast and energetic. K Bfcharfcon was solid St caatsehaif and A. McAlpine also played well, orated sadly toward* th* dose of the gam* and desperate crils for the baS war* beard from all part* of th* field- . _ Charm*. D. Lee and Fergus scored for University, and Dennis for Old Boy*. Mr A. L. Gray was referee. CITY V. SHAMROCK SForwftaKrt city had ranch toft better c* the fame territortaujr. an® slstss warts, P. Flynn aad P. FJaicher. that kept them at bay. Playing a moot eonstrarttve and attractive football. City was keeping the preamre on attack, and la consequence g alkeeper Boyd had an easy day, handling only a few time* mirm< the first speU. R. Herbert. at left-beek. was the more polished of the two. and gave the Impression that he coulc serve his team much better there than «t his uaial place as left-half. The righthalf. T. Clackson. gave a polished display, and his waller ected passe* were a continual threat to the hardpressed Shamrock defence The centre-half. D. Niven, was a most competent pivot—he improves with each game. F Zeilberger, the City 1 * regular mside-left of last season, playing hi* first senior game of the season, was a real find In the left-half position. The inside-right. R. Bruce, played an intelligent game, could have scored at time*, but appeared to let someone else have a go rather than himself. A. Joubert, playing in his first senior game, was adequate and scored two good goals. N. Keeman and Joubert were the only two who looked like scoring on the day. E. Bennett, first on the left wing, then at inside-left, had a bad day ana was never in tile picture

For Shamrock. W. Lapstie. deputising for J. Callaghan, played a aterhog gam*, and it is a pity he ha* to play wood String to the New £«aland representative. He would be a

decided asset a* a regular first ; team keeper P, Barrett.' at rlftrt-half. was j too iocoaptrieneed to cope With •be continual pressure. P. Hyrm was a tower of strength on defence, and held his team together st some critical time*, i He was badly missed when he was forced to leave the field W*Ol a Cheek injury after he »M a team-mat*. Fletcher, col-; tided. B. Hassan, at left-half, was' weak and like Barrett, tn-1 experienced. The forwards I were never In the hunt, and! only J. Price caused th* City! '!> ®25 c ,n Z worry whatsoever. N. Donnelly, at outside-right, newer went well. P. Taylor., at centre-forward, was obtiteraied completely by hi* opposite. D. Niven. J. van Broeekhuysen and J. Rae are, individualists to be Joubert (3) and N. Keeman •sored for City. N. Donnelly •cored for Shamrock. Mr R. Cullen was referee. RANGERS V. NEKRLANDIA ' After looking unlucky to be two goals down at the interval. Neertendia United disintegrated in the second half of the early lame at English Park to give Rangers an easy 3-2 victory. The Ranger* forwards were! presented with little opposition from a scattered Neerlandla defence and were running through at will towards the end of the game.

D. Anderson, at inside-left, showed he was near peak fitness and it was his snappy: thinking and moving which lni-i tiated most Rangers attacks. P. Cole, at inside-right, and: J. Hlnchley. on the left wing, came to life In the second half but the line continues to lack a penetrating centre-forward. The back line of R. Pearson. H. Smith, and R. Cassie was adequate although the Neerlandia forwards split them badly on several occasions. The halves. A. Inglis and J. Wilkie, worked well in combination with their Inside men and Rangers completely dominated the midfield game. A most competent display was rn in the Rangers’ goal by Brown. Good anticipation

and handling marked hi* game and only weak kicking marred the performance. Neerlandla combined well early with H. Scholter and G. Ouwerkerk at Inside forward ; directing quick breaks upfield. After a good goal was ruled ■ offside the combination disappeared and the team divided into two halves, great areas in, midfield separating attack and: defence. Many of the team are obviously far from fit. H. Westonburg received little cover from bis full-backs, B. Rushan and A. van Herp who were mostly out of position; van Herp being * very bad: offender. A. van der Losy gave Scholter and ’ Ouwerkerk support In trying to link up with the attack. H. Hoevers and B. Ramsbqttom, on the wings, had moderate success. Hoevers crossed the ball well and Ramsbottomi ran well but had several wasteful shots from well out in the' second half. Scholter also had some spectacular misses but he! compensated with some intelligent distribution of the ball. All five Ranger* forwards.' Hlnchley. Anderson. J. Samson. Cole and J. Robson goaled. Robinson and Scholter scored for Neerlandla.

Mr L. J. Totnton was the referee.

WESTERN V. WANDERERS* Generally outplayed. Wanderers were beaten 5-0 by a weakened Western team at Elmwood Park.

Though Western had five players from the second division, in place of key men who were playing for Canterbury at Dunedin, Wanderers were not able to exploit this factor. Their. forwards were contained by the Western defence and the Wanderers’ defence was bewildered by the fast-moving opposition. Fitness in some of the Wanderers' player* Is con-1 splcuous by its absence but Is outstanding in others. The fitness of the inside left, L. Wells, was an example to his team mate*. He did hi* share in defence and combined well with the centre forward. J. Gal-

W. Thompson, the right wing, is a young player who did not have many opportunities but! made the most of his few chances. The defence tried hard but apart from J. Cole, at full-: back, and T. Bateman, at right-1 half, did not afford much protection to the custodian, W. Heuvelmans. While not a class, goal-keeper. Heuvelmans was I competent and made many fine saves to keep the score down. He was unfortunate to have one of hl* saves deflected Into goal by one ot toe defenders. The Western replacements acquitted themselves well. once again emphasising the vast resource* ot talent on which the team ean draw. J. Glasaon, at Inside-left, began brilliantly, with bis pass to C. Whitebead resulting In the first goal scored. As the match progressed, however, Glasson had a tendency to hug the left wing position. This left a gap in the middle of the attack and confusion in the mind of the left wing, B. Newsome. M. White, the 14-year-old right-wing, was checked by J. Cd* for some time but later beat him continually to be rewarded with a good goal. Both the other half-backs enhanced their claims to representative honour*. R. Durant was right back to his beat form while K. Clark gave a display of centre half play wtilcb was an object lesson. Whitehead’s positional play was outstanding while his combination with Newsome and K. CBlev. at inside-right, gave the. Wanderers’ defence problem* I which were not solved even at the end of the match. Western’s goals were scored by C. Whitehead (2). B. Newsome. and M. White, and a shot from K. Olley was deflected into goal bv a Wanderers' player. Mr J. Sheffield was the referee.

Lower Grades

Second Division.—New Brighton 5, Shamrock 1; Technical 0.8. 2. Lyttelton 2; Rangers 3. Wigram 2. Third Division.—Western 4. City t>: Neerlandla 7. Teachers’ College 8: Watersiders 3. Ranger* 2: Nomad* 4. Boys’ High School 1. Fourth Division. Lincoln Collage S, Western 1; Varsity 2. High School Old Boy* 2; City t. Shamrock 1. Fifth Grade—l,University 1. Neerlandla 1; Shirley Boys’ High School Old Boys 4, Nomids 1;. Boys' High School 4, Rangers 0: Neerlandla 1. Unlvereity 1. Fourth Grade—Section I: High School Old Boys 8. Nomads A 3; Shirley Boys’ High School A 7. Celtic 1: Shamrock A X Technical College 0. Section H: Western A 1. Rangers ft; Shamrock B 2. Western R ft:

Shirley Boys’ High School 4, Celtic B 1. Fifth Grade.—University 1, Boys 3, High School Did Boys 1; Celtic 7. Western B 0; Western A 2, City 0; Shirley Bop' High School 10. Technical 0; Shamrock 3, Notnsds 1; Shirley Boys' High School 10, Technical i College 0. I Sixth Grade.—Section I: High School Old Boys 5. Wanderers ■1: Celtic 3. Shamrock A 2; Nomads A 3. Western A 1. Section II: Technical College 0. Western 0; Rangers 1. Technical Old Boys 0; Shamrock B 8. Nomads B 0. Seventh Grade.—Section I: Western A 5. Shamrock A 1; Celtic 1. Cfty A 1. Section U: Rangers 3. Wester* C 0; Nomads IX Technical B 0; Shamrock B |2. City 1. Eighth Grade.—Section I: : Wanderers 1, Nomads 0. Section n: Western B 2. Brighton 1; Shamrock B 3. Neerlandla 1; Technical Old Boys 8. Rangers B 0. Ninth Grade.—Section I: Shamrock A 1, Celtic A 1; Western A 1. Nomads O’, Technical A X City A 1. Section□: Western B 1, Shamrock B 0; City B X Shamrock C I; Teeh■nical B. 5. Technical C 0. Tenth Grade.— SeaUan I: Technical A 4. Qty 2: Celtic 1. Shamrock 6; Rangers 1. Wanderers A I: Western A 5. Nomads 0. Section II: Shamrock C 1. Shamrock B 0; Western B 1, Western C 8; Wanderer* B i. Technical C i; Technical B 1. Brighton 0. Eleventh Grade.—Neerlandla ■ A 4. Western 0; Shamrock 1, Tedinteal Old Boy* i: Critic 4. Wanderer* 0; Noensds beat B bv default.

Points are:— W. L. D. Pts. P. Technical . 4 3 1 7 N’ocnda * 4 3 1 ■ Western 4 3 1 <K • City « 3 1 * • University . 4 2 2 4 lungers 4 1 2 1 3 h'eeriandla . 4 1 2 1 3 Old Boys . 4 1 2 1 3 Shamrock . . 4 1 .3 2 Wanderers . . 4 - 4 • 0